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Today, Oakland Plans Sale Of Public Land For A Charter School We Don’t Need
The City of Oakland is taking on a proposal to sell property located, as the note goes “on Derby Ave at E15th, which is about two blocks from Fruitvale and International and two blocks from the Caesar Chavez campus”, according to Oakland Schools advocate Mike Hutchinson. (And who I interviewed when he ran for Oakland … Read more
Cat Brooks Runs For Mayor Of Oakland – Oakland, Ca Elections News
Cat Brooks Runs For Mayor Of Oakland. She came into Oakland’s public eye via three high-profile actions: the attempted recalls of Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff, and then her visit to Mayor Schaaf’s home, wanting to have homeless Oaklanders camp out in front of it. Now, (and after encouragement from a … Read more
Oakland Councilmember Annie Campbell Washington Responds To Zennie62 Vlog On Issue Between She And Desley Brooks
Oakland District Four Councilmember Annie Campbell Washington responded to my video-blog asserting that Desley Brooks was not the reason for her decision to quit the Oakland City Council via text and then via Twitter. This one: Before I present what she wrote, the back story is that Councilmember Brooks got into a dust-up with former … Read more
Annie Campbell Washington Story Of Leaving Oakland City Council Because Of Desley Brooks Not True
Oakland Councilmember Annie Campbell Washington fashioned a story where she was leaving the Oakland City Council because of the toxic, corrupt environment hallmarked by Oakland Councilmember Desley Brooks. This was the claim made two Thursday’s ago. But it was revealed to me and the Goldman School article shown in the video and that you can … Read more
Is Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Playing Racial Politics To Divide Black Community In Attack On Desley Brooks?
In 2013, then Oakland District Four City Councilmember Libby Schaaf, was all set to support an effort started by now former Oakland Auditor Courtney Ruby and now former Oakland District Two City Councilmember Pat Kernighan to oust Oakland District Six Councilmember Desley Brooks and District Seven Councilmember Larry Reid for, of all things, doing some … Read more
Oakland Earth Day Events For Saturday, April 21, 2018
Oakland, CA – On today, Saturday, April 21st, Oakland will hold its largest annual volunteer cleaning and greening event, Oakland Earth Day. Over 3,000 volunteers are anticipated at 115 locations to pick up litter, remove graffiti, weed, mulch, and restore native plant habitat. Approximately Oakland 70 sites are in parks or along creeks and other … Read more
Alameda County Public Defender Staffs New 24-hour Hotline For Arrested Teens
The Alameda County Public Defender’s Office reports that it’s excited to announce a new, free 24-hour phone service to advise teenagers of their rights to remain silent and consult with an attorney after being arrested. The Public Defender’s Office created the hotline in response to a new California law that went into effect in January … Read more
Oakland City Council Took Action To Expand Housing Options, Add Crossing Guards, Support CA AB 2020
Oakland, CA – On Tuesday night April 17th, The Oakland City Council passed Resolutions to do the following: 1) Cause the community development of expanded housing options in the City of Oakland; 2) Add more crossing guards to Oakland schools; 3) Support California Assembly Bill 2020, which would allow local governments to decide where and … Read more
Joseph Tanios Running For Oakland City Council District 4 Seat
Joe Tanios is one of those Oakland individuals who knows everyone of note (and how you define “note” is up to you) in our town. Mr. Tanios, who’s worked for the City of Oakland for 17 years, is one of those people who really does know ‘where the bodies are buried’ in Oakland. Now, the … Read more
Annie Campbell Washington Not Running For Re-election To Oakland City Council District 4 Seat
Annie Campbell Washington Not Running For re-election? Annie Campbell Washington, the popular Oakland City Council District 4 Representative, has announced she is not running for re-election in 2018. The news shocked Oakland’s political establishment, and has led to speculation on both why she made the decision, and who will replace her. Councilmember Campbell Washington had … Read more
Oakland A’s Rickey Henderson, Raiders Marshawn Lynch, At EBIA “Innovation Awards” May 17th
Ricky Henderson, the Oakland Athletics’ Hall-Of-Famer, will join Marshawn Lynch, the Oakland Raiders’ legendary standout running back, and Cal-Berkeley alumni and star who’s with Joshua Johnson and Marcus Peters of the Fam1stFoundation, Alamada County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley, Alicia Garza of Black Lives Matter, Barbara Leslie of The Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, and Oakland … Read more
Two Divergent Perspectives on Oakland’s “Tuff Shed” Homeless Shelter Community
Early this year, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and UN Special Envoy Leilani Farha reacted to their separate visits to the new homeless “Tuff Shed” shelter “community” (formerly called “encampment”) at the corner of 6th and Castro streets. One cannot help being struck by their personal perspectives that are as diametrically opposed to each other as are … Read more
Oakland Fire Department Donates $3,200 To Skyline High Baseball Team To Honor Late Coach Jake Walter
Oakland, CA — A dozen members of the Oakland Fire Department attended Skyline HIgh School’s home baseball game versus McClymonds High on Thursday, March 29 2018, to catch the game and make an important delivery. The Oakland firefighters, through their union and the department’s non-profit group Random Acts, collected money for the Skyline team after … Read more
Rebecca Kaplan, Focused On Oakland’s Homeless Problem, Has City Council Resolution Up April 10th
OAKLAND, CA – Rebecca Kaplan’s City Council Resolution to encourage the community development of expanded housing options in the City of Oakland is before the elected officials April 10th. On that day, the Community and Economic Development Committee and the Life Enrichment Committee will hear her plan. The Kaplan Resolution, which can be read here, … Read more
Gema Quetzal: Oakland Unified High School Student Appointed To CA Board of Education By Gov. Brown
California Governor Jerry Brown has appointed Life Academy student and OUSD Board of Education Student Member, Gema Quetzal to the California State Board of Education (SBE) as the lone youth voice for the 2018-19 school year. This is remarkable news for Oakland Unified School District and the city of Oakland. The 16-year old Quetzal will … Read more