Responsive Government
Do Schaaf and Her Administration Bury City Policies They Oppose?
Posted in Politics, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein At this week’s City Council meeting, Assistant to the City Administrator Joe…
Oakland City Councilmembers Reluctant to Call Housing State of Emergency
Posted in Affordable Housing, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein The City of Alameda has been in the spotlight in the…
Oakland Schools’ PR Chief Receives New $192,000 Contract
Posted in Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein Isaac Kos-Read, chief of Communications and Public Affairs for…
Racism in Berkeley Schools “Has Been Tolerated for Too Long,” Say Community Leaders
Posted in Berkeley, Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Responsive Government Berkeley High School students walked out of school Nov. 5 after a…
Racist Threat at Berkeley High School Sparks Outage, Students Walk Out
Posted in Berkeley, Education/Schools/Youth, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government, Uncategorized Berkeley High School students walked out of classes and rallied at UC…
Oakland Anti-Displacement Coalition Says “Speak Out to Stay Put!”
Carroll Fife (top left), a co-founder of the Oakland Alliance, spoke at a workshop on developing an…
Is Oakland a “Sanctuary City” for Its Sanctuaries?
Posted in Affordable Housing, Arts and Culture, Community, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government, Uncategorized Gentrifiers cause the city to use police and fines…
Churches Respond to Noise Complaints Filed Against West Oakland Church
Posted in Affordable Housing, Arts and Culture, Community, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Responsive Government Neighborhoods gear up to protest gentrification with a “joyful noise”…
Window for City of Oakland to Act on Housing Opportunities for Residents Is Closing Fast
Posted in Affordable Housing, Community, Gentrification, Responsive Government By Margaretta Lin The international peace leader Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us to write…
City of Oakland Declares Humanist Hall a Neighborhood Nuisance
Posted in Arts and Culture, Community, Gentrification, History and remembering, Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government Gentrifying neighborhood threatens historic venue’s survival, according to staff. By…