Oakland – Amid the $200 million in expenditures to pass Proposition 22 and the $400,000 to defeat her by Lyft, Rebecca Kaplan is urging voters to vote No on Proposition 22. Large corporations, including Lyft and Uber, are spending big in this election, seeking to undermine our democracy, harm workers, and undermine our communities, while demanding sweetheart deals and special loopholes for themselves. In this upcoming November election, they are spending big, at the local level in Oakland and Statewide in California.
In recent weeks the aggressive campaigning and mistreatment of workers by these wealthy corporations has become even more clear. Locally they are demanding special treatment, tax loopholes, and monopoly power.
Said Kaplan: “I am honored to stand with the No on 22 campaign. These huge corporations have spent $200 million dollars to abuse workers, to get loopholes to laws that everyone else has to follow, and to get an unprecedented 7/8 vote requirement that is unheard of and an affront to our democracy. Why are they doing this? Because we said they had to play fair. We are not going to let them buy this election. Not in Oakland, not in California. Vote no on 22.”
During Kaplan’s recent press conference, Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez added: “We can’t allow billionaire corporations to buy politicians and policies, either directly or indirectly. I’m standing up with Rebecca Kaplan because I know she will stand with regular folks against corporate greed. She’s already proven that, and that’s why they are targeting her.”
These types of dirty campaign tactics should be unacceptable in Oakland politics. Oaklanders deserve better. Kaplan is also committed to helping voters find their ballot drop boxes and get to vote, and has shared information at kaplanforoakland.org/how-to-vote-by-mail-and-more/
About Councilmember At-Large Rebecca Kaplan
Councilmember At-Large Rebecca Kaplan is an honors graduate from MIT, and holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School. Kaplan was elected in 2008 to serve as Oakland’s citywide Councilmember, she was re-elected in 2016, Rebecca is Oakland’s first openly LGBTQ+ elected official and she serves on the Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC). In 2019, Kaplan was unanimously selected by her colleagues to serve as President of the Oakland City Council.