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On BerkDOT, Berkeley Councilmember Ben Bartlett Says George Floyd Community Safety Act Curbs Racism ONN – On BerkDOT, Berkeley Councilmember Ben Bartlett Says George Floyd Community Safety Act Curbs Racism BerkDOT, a proposal to off-load parking citations work from the Berkeley Police Department to a new Berkeley Department of Transportation, is up for consideration by … Read more
Ben Bartlett Berkeley Councilmember Introduces “Safety For All: George Floyd Community Safety Act” ONN – Ben Bartlett Berkeley Councilmember Introduces “Safety For All: George Floyd Community Safety Act” “Safety for All: George Floyd Community Safety Act” UPDATE: Councilmember Bartlett’s message on Domestic Violence Month 2020. Berkeley On Tuesday, June 16, 2020, at 2:30 pm & … Read more
Ben Bartlett, Berkeley Councilmember, Speaks On Senior Bill of Rights ONN – Ben Bartlett, Berkeley Councilmember, Speaks On Senior Bill of Rights This is part of the “Bartlett Files” series here at Oakland News Now, and sponsored by Tacklett-Bartlett Note from Zennie62Media and Oakland News Now: this video-blog post demonstrates the full and live operation … Read more
Ben Bartlett ONN – Ben Bartlett On The Arts And Berkeley At The 2016 City Council Candidates Forum This YouTube video posted by Frances Dinkelspiel on YouTube features now current Berkeley City Councilmember Ben Bartlett at a 2016 Candidates Forum held at The Freight and Salvage. This is part of “The Ben Bartlett Files” sponsored … Read more
In early 2017, Berkeley Councilmember Ben Bartlett (among others) sounded the call for what are called “micro-homes”. The plan, the brainchild of San Francisco Developer Patrick Kennedy, of Panoramic Interests, remarked to the press that tension among residents was caused by close spaces. Kennedy’s idea for micro-apartments, in contrast, intended to offer privacy as a … Read more
Ben Bartlett, Berkeley Councilmember On Zennie62 On YouTube To Talk Blockchain ONN – Ben Bartlett, Berkeley Councilmember On Zennie62 On YouTube To Talk Blockchain UPDATE: Ben Bartlett, Berkeley Councilmember On Micro Housing The District 3 Berkeley Councilmember will be on Zennie62 on YouTube Live at 3 PM PST / 6 PM EST to talk about … Read more
The San Francisco Bay Area is faced with the most acute homeless crisis in its history. A recent (April 10th 2019) report issued by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute estimated that it would cost $12.7 billion to end the homeless crisis in the Bay Area. And the latest news is that the San Francisco … Read more
Oakland, CA – On March 26th 2019, Oakland City Council President Kaplan called on Berkeley to refocus on identifying viable alternative sites for RVs, rather than immediately adopting a vote on a ban at today’s council meeting. Kaplan is calling for increased regional collaboration on homeless solutions, and is helping to seek applicants to operate … Read more
Ernest Russell “Rusty” Simms, who we all know as “Rusty” Simms, and was a classmate and friend to many who attended Skyline High School in Oakland, as well as UC Berkeley, is, as I write this, in critical condition. He needs our help. For those who don’t know “Rusty” Simms, he’s a person who’s always … Read more
Does UC Berkeley have an obligation to provide housing for its students? According to a lawsuit by ‘Save Berkeley’s Neighborhoods’, and a basic read of already-existing California code, the answer is yes. In a story first published by The Daily Californian, the group ‘Save Berkeley’s Neighborhoods’ filed a lawsuit against the University of California at … Read more
Steph Curry was in a car accident where he emerged without an injury – by accounts, not a scratch. It could have been worse: the Golden State Warriors Star could have been killed. Steph Curry is arguably worth $500 million to the Warriors – about one-quarter or one-sixth of the organization’s franchise value. To one … Read more
ONN – Cal Stanford 121st Big Game Rescheduled For December 1st Due To Camp Fire Smoke Oakland News Now Note: this post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest version of an experimental mobile media video-blogging system network – part of a new approach to the production of media. The uploaded video is … Read more
ONN – Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick Asked To Resign By Mayor Libby Schaaf. Breaking News by Zennie62Media. I have been told by two sources that Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf was approached by Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick, who asked for a raise as per her contract. Mayor Schaaf refused her request. The Chief balked, … Read more
“Always forward, never one step back”, those words spoken by my former NAACP colleague and freedom fighter Rev. William Barber III of North Carolina have stuck with me for the better part of a decade. In 2002, while other jurisdictions were rolling back voter protections and preventing people of color and women from accessing the … Read more
Berkeley, CA.- Today Jovanka Beckles issued a press release regarding contributions made on her behalf by the California African American PAC, an outside independent expenditure campaign. Chevron, Tesla, Disney, the California Prison Guards and pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly all contributed to the PAC. Filings show that the California African American PAC listed the contribution on … Read more
Steven Donziger has taken a sad and giant fall from grace in the wake of his fraudulent scheme to extort billions of dollars from Chevron Oil Company, and for alleged pollution done in a Ecuador, where the U.S. Oil giant never had full, operational, production facilties. After being stripped of his law license in New … Read more
Berkeley, CA. – Last night, Assembly candidates Buffy Wicks and Jovanka Beckles participated in The League of Women Voters AD15 candidate forum at Berkeley Community Theater. After the forum, a Beckles campaign supporter, unprovoked, verbally attacked a a high school-aged volunteer intern for Buffy Wicks’ campaign. The harassment, which brought the student, named Sarah, to … Read more
OAKLAND, CA – As we head into mid-September, Oakland City Council District 4 candidate, SHENG THAO, gains regional Mayoral support from Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin, Fremont Mayor Lily Mei, Milpitas Mayor Rich Tran, and former San Pablo Mayor, Kathy Chao Rothberg. Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin says, “I am proud to endorse Sheng Thao for Oakland … Read more
Calling them our Four Warriors for the People, the Jovanka Campaign announced today that Actor-Activist Danny Glover, former Golden State Warrior and founder of Democracy Matters Adonal Foyle, Our Revolution National President Nina Turner, and Richmond City Council member and candidate for Assembly District 15 Jovanka Beckles will address a rally Saturday evening, 6:00-9:00 p.m. … Read more
Will Donald Trump’s Space Force save America from The Apocalypse? Let’s suppose for a minute that at least one of this Not-My-President’s ideas might work out to help our wheezing planet survive the onslaught of depredation from his cabal of oligarchs – after all, even a stopped clock displays the correct time twice a day … Read more
Jovanka Beckles, Richmond City Council member and candidate for AD 15, will join other local elected officials at a press conference Tuesday, August 21, 2018, 10:30 a.m. on the steps of Oakland City Hall to call on Governor Jerry Brown to set up a state wide plan to phase out oil and gas drilling. “We … Read more
After decades, California Proposition 13 will be the focus of a tax reform initiative, and its on the November 2020 ballot. On Tuesday, August 14th, 2018, Schools and Communities First, a powerful statewide coalition of nearly 300 endorsing community organizations, labor unions, business leaders, philanthropic foundations and elected officials, announced the submission of over 860,000 … Read more
San Diego Comic Con 2018 has new Genesis II comic series out of Berkeley, CA to SDCC! At San Diego Comic-Con 2018, Genesis II will launch its first in the series of comic books under the Genesis II brand. Allen Ling’s (the founder of Genesis II) close friendship with the actor Daniel Wu (of AMC’s … Read more
Jovanka Beckles, the Richmond City Councilmember running against Buffy Wicks for the California Assembly District 15 Seat, continues to send Zennie62Media email press releases. Meanwhile, we have not received any updates from the Buffy Wicks campaign since Zennie Abraham’s interview of Ms. Wicks (which we thought was good). This is important to note, because our … Read more
Igor Tregub, who’s running for the Berkeley City Council District One seat, has been fighting the good fight in the East Bay and Berkeley for just about 10 years. Most of that time, he’s advocated for other people, most notably Barack Obama, during his historic Presidential campaign. But within that seemingly boundless enthusiam has been … Read more
