Rashidah Grinage 
The Oakland Police Commission (Measure LL) was created by a vote of 83 percent of Oakland’s residents in 2016 as a way of taking oversight of the Oakland Police Department from a federal district court judge sitting in San Francisco and giving it to the people of our city. But the strong independent Police Commission … Read more
Oakland, CA. – Late last night, Oakland’s Police Commission unanimously passed a new policy which requires that police officers have an actual reason to search a person on probation or parole for a non-violent offense. The Oakland’s Police Commission drafted the new policy after consulting with people who had been subjected to repeated searches, criminal … Read more
Oakland, CA – Since the so-called Oakland “Strong Mayor” form of local government was enacted in 2000, removing the Mayor as a voting member the Oakland City Council, we need to look at what the job of Mayor of Oakland has come to mean. No longer part of the ‘policy making’ role of the Council, … Read more