Economic Development

Ken A. Epstein

Opinion: Disguised Discrimination Against Black Workers Returns to City Council Agenda

Posted in Affordable Housing, Against White Supremacy, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Health, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs Hold Public Hearings Before Passing a Project Labor Agreement…

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Ken A. Epstein

Oakland Race & Equity Dept. Report Calls for End to Systemic Racial Disparities

Affordable housing protest at Oakland City Hall By Ken Epstein City Councilmembers  this week took the “first step”…

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Ken A. Epstein

Mayor Schaaf’s Proposals for Building Affordable Housing on Public Land Challenged

“The mayor and the people who work for her have been trying to kill the public land…

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Moratorium on Sale of Public Land Dies in Council Committee

By Ken Epstein A proposed moratorium that would block the sale of public land until the City…

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Ken A. Epstein

Council Delays Decision on Selling Public Land to Build Charter School

The Oakland school board asked the City Council not to sell the property to the charter school…

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Ken A. Epstein

Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan Endorses Cat Brooks

By Ken Epstein City Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan, one of Oakland’s most popular progressive political leaders, ended months…

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Ken A. Epstein

Moratorium on Public Land Sales Goes to CED Committee

By Post staff The City Council’s Community and Economic Development (CED) Committee will hear a community-initiated proposal…

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Open Letter: Councilmember Kaplan Challenges Sale of Public Land for Charter School

Mayor and City Administrator Don’t Want a Public Lands Policy, Says Kaplan By Rebecca Kaplan The Community…

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Ken A. Epstein

Council Committee Approves Sale of Public Land to Charter School

Public hearing will be held at Tuesday’s City Council meeting Activists say the proposed 625-student charter school…

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Ken A. Epstein

Prescott Elementary in West Oakland Says No to Charter School on Campus

Ben “Coach” Taspscott (top right) speaks at a meeting called by the school district Monday at Prescott…

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