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Kaplan Wins City Disparity Study
Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity Study will examine city’s practices of contracting with Black- and women-owned businesses Mayoral candidate…
New Restaurants: Does Their Workforce Looks Like Oakland?
Posted in Business, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Labor By Post Staff Like a lot of Oaklanders, Professor Kitty Kelly Epstein, likes to…
Seven Years After His Death, Chauncey Bailey’s Legacy Still Lives
Posted in Media, Police-Public Safety By Post Staff Post Editor Chauncey Bailey was gunned down August 2, 2007 in downtown…
Oakland “Locks Arms” to Aid Refugee Children
Posted in Community, Immigrant Rights By Ken A. Epstein The Oakland City Council this week unanimously passed a resolution committing…
Tagami’s $1.2 Billion Army Base Project Fails to Create West Oakland Jobs
Posted in Uncategorized By Ken Epstein and Ashley Chambers Community members are raising concerns about what has happened to…
Students, Teachers Rally to Save Dewey
Posted in Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Gentrification By Ken A. Epstein Students, teachers and community members held a barbecue Monday to muster…
Council Goes for Local Trash Pickup, Rejects Waste Management
Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Labor, Oakland Talks Trash By Ken A. Epstein It was David versus Goliath, a multinational garbage removal…
Oakland City Council Rejects Challenge to Minimum Wage Ballot Measure
Posted in Business, Labor, Responsive Government By Post Staff The Oakland City Council this week turned down a proposal that would…
OMSS $25-Million Army Base Development Will Hire 300 Local Workers
Posted in Army Base Jobs, Community, Economic Development, Transportation By Ashley Chambers In its marathon negotiations with the city, Oakland Maritime Support…
Council to Consider Minimum Wage Ordinance
Posted in Labor, Responsive Government By Ken A. Epstein The City Council next week will vote on an ordinance that…