Equal Rights/Equity
Mayor’s Role in Taking Kaplan Off Air Quality Board “Is Politics at Its Worst,” Says Boardmember
Posted in Climate change, Economic Development, Elections & Voting Rights, Elections 2018, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Libby Schaaf, Rebecca Kaplan, Responsive Government Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan received appreciation and…
Activist Cat Brooks Joins Race for Mayor of Oakland
Posted in Against White Supremacy, Economic Development, Elections 2018, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Immigrant Rights, Labor, Libby Schaaf, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling, Rebecca Kaplan, Responsive Government, Restorative Justice Cat Brooks,…
Post Salon Calls for Moratorium on Sale of Public Land as Market Rate Building Boom Sweeps City
Posted in Affordable Housing, Community, Equal Rights/Equity, Post Salon, Responsive Government Mayor and City Administration push property sales without transparency or community involvement….
Opinion: Re-elect Desley Brooks to City Council
Posted in Affordable Housing, Against White Supremacy, Community, Desley Brooks, Economic Development, Elections 2018, Equal Rights/Equity, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Politics, Racial profiling, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government By Dan Siegel, Oakland…
Councilmembers Delay Vote on Proposal for Construction Job Opportunities for Oaklanders
Pre-apprenticeship building trades trainees from the Cypress Mandela Training Center, which was founded by the Oakland Private…
Opinion: Support Community Leadership on the Oakland Planning Commission
Posted in Affordable Housing, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Labor By Rev. Damita Davis-Howard We’re in a development boom in Oakland. Cranes and bulldozers…
Open Letter: Oakland Mayor Should Reject Job Policies That Increase Discrimination Against Black Workers
Posted in Affordable Housing, Against White Supremacy, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Libby Schaaf Black Americans have twice as much unemployment as white workers….
Opinion: Full Funding For Apprentice Training and City Job Centers
By Desley Brooks, District 6 Councilwoman Construction is booming in Oakland. From almost anywhere in the city…
Flatland Students Could Lose Access If AC Transit Cancels Bus Service to Hill Schools
“Resegregation of our schools is not an option,” says Rev. Hubert Ivery By Ken Epstein Community members…
Consulting Firm Will Make Recommendation to OUSD on School Closings
By Ken Epstein The Oakland Unified School District, near the end of the former Superintendent Antwan Wilson’s…