Equal Rights/Equity
Fired Police Chief Kirkpatrick Was “Backsliding” on OPD Reforms, Say Police Accountability Leaders
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Libby Schaaf, Police-Public Safety By Ken Epstein The seemingly sudden firing of Oakland Police Dept. Chief Anne…
Black Workers Call for City Council Summit on Discrimination in Hiring on City Projects
Posted in Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor By Ken Epstein African American contractors and construction workers are opposing a proposal that…
Chesa Boudin Runs for SF District Attorney
Posted in Against White Supremacy, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government, Restorative Justice, Sanctuary City East Bay Civil Rights attorney Pamela Price…
School District Prepares for Second Round of School Closures
The district also is beginning the process of selling or leasing school properties. By Ken Epstein The…
Opinion: We Need to Stand for Leonard Powell
Posted in Berkeley, Community, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Probate court reform, Responsive Government Court Hearing Jan. 29 for Veteran Fighting to Keep City from…
“Restore Our Rights” – End Disenfranchisement of Californians with Felony Convictions
Posted in Elections & Voting Rights, Equal Rights/Equity, Mass incarceration, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, voting rights Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) is hosting…
Opinion: We Must Reduce Gentrification in Our Classrooms
By Alexandra Mejia Gentrification of Oakland leaves many of us with empty pockets and anxiety about a…
New Year, New Leadership, New Oakland?
Rebecca Kaplan unanimously elected City Council President By Ken Epstein Oakland honored its newly elected city leaders…
2019 Oakland Women’s March, Saturday, Jan. 19
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Politics, Responsive Government, voting rights The Women’s March Oakland 2019 will flood the streets with a wave of…
State Control Over the Oakland Unified School District, Neoliberalism, Austerity, School Closures and the Fiscal Crisis Management and Assistance Team (FCMAT)
Oakland’s state overseers (L to R): California Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction Nick Schweizer, Trustee Chris Learned,…