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Ken A. Epstein

Oakland Wants to Spend $200,000 in Youth Jobs Funds to Hire One City Administrator

Posted in Oakland Job Programs, Responsive Government By Ken A. Epstein A proposal to redirect $200,000 in federal youth job…

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Report: 75 Percent of Juvenile Arrests in Oakland Are Black Males

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Spencer Whitney Nearly three quarters of juvenile arrests in Oakland are African American…

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Compliance Director Frazier Explains Why He Overruled Council on Police Reform

Posted in Police-Public Safety  OPD Investigating Itself Seen as the ‘Fox Guarding the Hen house,” Say Reformers By Ken…

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OMSS Truck Parking Evicted at Army Base, Site Handed to Another Parking Company

Posted in Army Base Jobs Mayor Quan Allows Apparent Favoritism  By Ken A. Epstein The city’s hard line decision…

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Speculators Control Oakland Housing Market

Posted in Community, Housing/Foreclosures By Tanya Dennis Existing home sales in the past 24 months have been heavily driven by…

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Effort to Revive Oakland’s Stalled Project to Sell Affordable Homes

Posted in Housing/Foreclosures By Tanya Dennis Concerned housing activists are meeting with the city on how to revive a…

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Police Reformers File Ethics Commission Complaint, Seek Meeting with Judge Henderson

Posted in Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government By Ken A. Epstein Tenacious as ever, Oakland police accountability activists are seeking to…

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City Puts Big Rigs Back on Streets

Posted in Army Base Jobs, Environment By Ashley Chambers As big rig trucks begin to park more and more on…

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President of Ecuador Welcomes Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin

Posted in Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, World News By Ken A. Epstein. Quito, Ecuador – Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin visited Ecuador this…

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Judge Backs Placing Civilian Complaint Intake in Police Department

Posted in Police-Public Safety By Tasion Kwamilele and Ken Epstein Federal Judge Thelton Henderson and federal Compliance Director Thomas…

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