Police Public Safety
Commentary: Longshore Union Shut Down Port of Oakland to Protest Police Killings
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Labor, Police-Public Safety By Stacey Rodgers On Friday, May 1 – International Workers Day, about…
City Proposes “Bleak” Budget for Jobs and Training Programs
Posted in Economic Development, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety Frank Tucker Removed from WIB Board, Reinstated by Mayor’s Office By Ken…
State of Black Oakland (SOBO) Holds “People’s Assembly”
Posted in Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Gentrification, Health, History and remembering, Housing/Foreclosures, LGBT, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government By Rasheed Shabazz Hundreds of…
New City Report on Protest Arrests Raises Ferguson-like Concerns
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety By Ashley Chambers A new city report highlighting how Oakland police responded…
City Council Revives Proposal for Civilian Intake of Police Complaints
Posted in Police-Public Safety Nikolas Zelinski The Oakland Public Safety Committee at its meeting this week unanimously approved consolidation…
A Push for Alameda County to Fund Reentry Programs
Posted in Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Health, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated By Ashley Chambers A number of local groups are challenging…
Protesters Disrupt Alameda County Board of Supervisors Meeting, Demand Services for Formerly Incarcerated
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated By Ashley Chambers After months of rallying the community in the Jobs Not…
Berkeley City Council Approves Investigation of December Protests, Bans Tear Gas, Baton Strikes
Posted in Berkeley, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety By Judith Scherr Two months after Berkeley police injured peaceful protesters with batons,…
City Council and Mayor Pledge Actions to Reduce Systemic Racial Injustice
Posted in Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Gentrification, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated District Attorney O’Malley Speaks at Council Meeting By Ken Epstein…
Opinion: Oakland Needs Office of Race and Equity
Posted in Commentary, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Health, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, LGBT, Police-Public Safety, Politics, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government, Uncategorized “Allow ourselves to become comfortable with being uncomfortable” By Desley Brooks…