Responsive Government
Community Action Needed Against Illegal Dumping and Litter
Posted in Desley Brooks, Elections 2018, Illegal dumping, Responsive Government By Desley Brooks Litter has become a major problem in Oakland. Throughout…
Opinion: City Attorney Should Not Be Allowed to Undermine Police Commission
Posted in Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling, Responsive Government By Larry White, Attorney Oakland’s City Council is poised to enact an enabling ordinance…
Community Wins Major Victory for Independent Police Oversight Commission
Posted in Community, Police-Public Safety, Rebecca Kaplan, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein The debate at the City Council meeting went on for hours…
Open Letter: Community Leaders Call on Mayor, Council to Improve Services for Unsheltered Residents
Posted in Affordable Housing, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Libby Schaaf, Politics, Responsive Government The following is an open letter to Mayor Libby Schaaf, City Council Members,…
Councilmembers Not in a Rush to Hold City Accountable for Late Payments to small Businesses and Nonprofits
Posted in Responsive Government By Post Staff A number of speakers at this week’s meeting of the City Council’s…
Oaklanders Urge City to Take Legal Action Against NFL and Raiders
Posted in Arts and Culture, Economic Development, Responsive Government, sports Shown (L t R): Bob Bobbit, Griz Jones, Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, (behind…
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: “Oakland’s Democracy Is Strengthened by the Re-Election of Councilmember Desley Brooks,” Says Sandré Swanson
Posted in Commentary, Community, Desley Brooks, Elections & Voting Rights, Elections 2018, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Illegal dumping, Immigrant Rights, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government, Sanctuary City Desley Brooks and Sandré…