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Oakland African American NFL Expansion Team Seeks NFL Expansion Franchise

Oakland Business Group Seeks NFL Expansion Franchise From YouTube Channel: October 9, 2020 at 04:06PM ONN – Oakland African American NFL Expansion Team Seeks NFL Expansion Franchise The Oakland African American NFL Expansion Team Seeks NFL Expansion Franchise is a group of African American businessmen and investors that announced Friday that they’ve made a $92.5 […]

Oakland vs Raiders and NFL: Oakland Filed Complaint To 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals On Al Davis Day

Oakland vs Raiders and NFL: Oakland Filed Complaint To 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals On Al Davis Day ONN – Oakland vs Raiders and NFL: Oakland Filed Complaint To 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals On Al Davis Day Here is the full City of Oakland complaint: City of Oakland Filed Appeal In Lawsuit vs Oakland […]

Ray Bobbitt, Bill Duffy, Robert Bobb, Alan Dones, Loop Capital: Black Developer Group Bidding $92 Million For Oakland Coliseum

Oakland News: A letter was passed to me moments ago that outlines the interest of the African American Sports & Entertainment Group in purchasing the Oakland Coliseum site for $92 million. The group consists of Ray Bobbitt, who spearheaded the African American Oakland NFL Expansion effort, which is part of this group’s focus, famed sports […]

Oakland Public Ethics Commission Complaint On Lane Partners Not About Lynette Gibson-McElhaney

This Oakland Public Ethics Commission Complaint comes under the subhead-line of ‘bone-headed reports by fake news folks with racist agendas” and refers to an Oakland Public Ethics Commission Complaint that was filed against a firm called Lane Partners, represented by Andrew Haydel. The matter was before the Oakland Public Ethics Commission, and in it’s agenda […]

City of Oakland and Housing Consortium of the East Bay doing a C-Y-A by Derrick Soo

City of Oakland and Housing Consortium of the East Bay doing a C-Y-A by Derrick Soo ONN – City of Oakland and Housing Consortium of the East Bay doing a C-Y-A by Derrick Soo Back in April of this year, Mayor Libby Schaaf announced a NEW Housing Program dubbed “Operation HomeBase at 633 Hegenberger Rd. […]

Oakland Council President Rebecca Kaplan Challenges Lyft to Debate Her

OAKLAND, CA – Yesterday, October 5th, at 10:30AM Oakland City Councilmember at-large Rebecca Kaplan, held a press conference together with a coalition of leaders, to denounce the lies of billionaires who are trying to buy our elections – both in the City of Oakland, and throughout California. Large corporations, including Lyft and Uber, are spending […]

Re-Elect Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker To Protect Oakland Tenants

Since taking over for the three-times-elected Oakland City Attorney John Russo, Barbara Parker has consistently worked to protect tenants in Oakland at a time when the City’s very cultural fabric has been damaged by gentrification. One search for “Barbara Parker” and “tenants” in my email feed revealed 50 results. Time after time, news releases of […]

Oakland African-American NFL Expansion Team Has City Of Oakland vs Raiders Lawsuit Blocking It

Oakland African-American NFL Expansion Team Has City Of Oakland vs Raiders Lawsuit Blocking It ONN – Oakland African-American NFL Expansion Team Has City Of Oakland vs Raiders Lawsuit Blocking It Oakland African-American NFL Expansion Team Has City Of Oakland vs Raiders Lawsuit Blocking It Note from Zennie62Media and Oakland News Now: this video-blog post demonstrates […]

Sustainable, Healthy Use Of Lake Merritt – Nikki Fortunato Bas, Oakland District 2 Councilmember

Sustainable, Healthy Use of Lake Merritt: Pilot Program Beginning this Weekend The issues at Oakland’s Lake Merritt are complex, with groups having different needs and perspectives, all of which are important and that we are working to honor — families and elders facing challenging issues living at the Lake, entrepreneurs / vendors of color seeking […]

Oakland City Auditor Lowers Boom On Oakland Fire Department In Just Issued Report

The Oakland City Auditor just sent a blazing press release. Here’s what she and her office wrote about the Oakland Fire Department: Oakland – Today, Oakland City Auditor, Courtney Ruby, released a performance audit of the Fire Prevention Bureau (Bureau), a division of the Oakland Fire Department (OFD). This report examines whether the Bureau implemented […]

Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Council President: Gun Violence Should Be Law Enforcement Priority One

Oakland – Today, the Oakland City Council, CPAB, SSOC, and the Police Commission will discuss the concept, introduced by Council President Rebecca Kaplan, to make guns the top law enforcement priority in the City of Oakland. If Oakland can deter illegal guns and gun violence by increasing gun tracing, improving response time to shooting notifications, […]

Loren Taylor, Oakland District 6 Councilmember, Sends Updates On State And Local Policy

In his newsletter Oakland District 6 Councilmember Loren Taylor shared a series of news updates related to homelessness and tenant and landlord protection. Here they are: City Of Oakland Homeless Encampment Management Policy When the pandemic hit the city council moved quickly into shelter in place in March, pausing the sunshine ordinance to allow city […]

Oakland Heat Related DEATH At Operation HomeBase Homeless Trailer Park by Derrick Soo

Oakland Heat Related DEATH At Operation HomeBase Homeless Trailer Park by Derrick Soo ONN – Oakland Heat Related DEATH At Operation HomeBase Homeless Trailer Park by Derrick Soo Oakland Heat Related DEATH At Operation HomeBase Homeless Trailer Park by Derrick Soo When Operation HomeBase opened, City was made aware that the Electrical grid to power […]

City of Oakland Grants For Small Biz, Artists, Nonprofits, Violence Prevention Projects – Nikki Fortunato Bas

From the Nikki Fortunato Bas Councilmember, City of Oakland, District 2 Community Email comes this compendium of City of Oakland grant programs for business. $10K Grants for Essential Businesses: California State Compensation Insurance Fund is offering up to $10K to State Fund policyholders to help reimburse the costs of COVID-19 safety expenses such as the […]

City of Oakland, Community Vision, Launch Oakland Nonprofit Organization Grant Program

Oakland – The City of Oakland received $36.9 million in State of California CARES Act funding. Of that, approximately $850,000 will go to grants to support Oakland-based nonprofit organizations that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant program will support about 34 nonprofits with grants of $20,000 to $25,000 each. The grants are […]

City Of Oakland, Main Street Launch Open Grant Program For Oakland Small Businesses

Oakland – The City of Oakland received $36.9 million in State of California CARES Act funding. More than $4 million of those funds will go to the Oakland CARES Act Small Business Grant Program to support Oakland small businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program anticipates distributing $10,000 grants to 402 […]

Oakland Awarded $20 Million For Permanently Affordable Housing

City of Oakland Awarded $20M in California State Homekey Funding Projects to provide 163 units of permanently affordable housing for homeless and those vulnerable to homelessness Oakland –– Yesterday, the City of Oakland was awarded $20 million for two housing projects targeting some of the City’s most vulnerable residents. Governor Newsom announced the Homekey awards […]

Oakland’s Zendaya, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Awele Makeba Score Emmy Awards For 2020

Oakland – The annual celebration for excellence in television entertainment, the 72nd Emmy Awards show on ABC on Sunday night, September 20, was a huge night for Oakland Unified School District, and people with roots here. The District can add three Emmys to the collection of awards amassed throughout the years by alumni, staff, former […]

City Of Oakland, Center For Cultural Innovation Launch Grant Programs For Artists, Nonprofits

Oakland, CA – The City of Oakland received $36.9 million in State of California CARES Act funding. Through the Oakland CARES Fund for Artists and Arts Nonprofits, $1.425 million of those funds will go to support individual artists and arts nonprofit organizations that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Oakland CARES Arts Organizational […]

Oakland Forgot Economic Development And It Shows In The Very Condition Of The City

The Oakland that I knew is dead. It was a city that had over 100 job training programs and several low interest loan and grant programs for businesses. It was a city that was unafraid to embrace manufacturing, transportation, and heavy industry, as much as it demanded and caused the development of an economy comparatively […]

Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb On ITS Phil Tagami Bulk Terminal After Latest Court Win vs City

Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb On ITS Phil Tagami Bulk Terminal After Latest Court Win vs City ONN – Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb On ITS Phil Tagami Bulk Terminal After Latest Court Win vs City Oakland Councilmember Kalb and I talked after the City of Oakland lost its anti-SLAPP lawsuit attempt against developer Phil Tagami and […]

City of Oakland Seeks Applicants for New Homeless Advisory Commission

City of Oakland Seeks Applicants for New Homeless Advisory Commission. 9-member board recommends strategies to remedy homelessness and advises on priorities for Vacant Parcel Tax funds for homeless services Oakland, CA – The City of Oakland is establishing its first-ever Homeless Advisory Commission and is seeking nine qualified Oakland residents to sit on the inaugural […]

City of Oakland Gets $4.5M In CARES Act Money For Low-and-Moderate-Income Renters And Homeowners

City of Oakland Awarded $4.5M in CARES Act Funding to Support Low- and Moderate-Income Renters and Homeowners Affected by COVID-19 Oakland –– The City of Oakland was awarded $4,532,841 in Community Development Block Grant CARES Act (CDBG-CV) funding by the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD). The funds will provide housing service […]

City of Oakland Opens Additional Respite Centers In Response To Unhealthy Air Quality

Oakland – On Friday, the City of Oakland activated respite centers in response to unhealthy air quality stemming from the ongoing wildfires in the region. Today, the City is opening two additional sites that will operate at least through Sunday. These new locations will also be staffed by disaster service workers from the City of […]

Rebecca Kaplan Asks Oakland To Open Health-Compliant Clean Air Cooling Centers – Update

Update on Rebecca Kaplan’s Call for the City of Oakland to Open Health-Compliant Clean Air Cooling Centers. Response to City Administration Report to be heard September 15 at 1:30pm Oakland – On August 26, 2020, I shared with you my ongoing efforts to request the Oakland City Administration to open health-compliant Clean Air Cooling Centers, […]

Oakland Police Department Response To Question Of Boogaloo Boys Officer Violating Code

Oakland Police Department Response To Question Of Officer Violating Code In Boogaloo Boys Problem ONN – Oakland Police Department Response To Question Of Officer Violating Code In Boogaloo Boys Problem Oakland Police Department Response To Question Of Officer Violating Code In Boogaloo Boys Problem The City Of Oakland released this statement and, in response to […]

Fred Blackwell On Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal OBOT Oakland Army Base Project By Phil Tagami

Fred Blackwell On Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal OBOT Oakland Army Base Project By Phil Tagami From YouTube Channel: August 16, 2012 at 08:19AM ONN – Fred Blackwell On Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal OBOT Oakland Army Base Project By Phil Tagami In 2012, Oakland Economic Development Director Fred Blackwell introduced what is now The […]

Mayor Schaaf And Dan Kalb Introduce Oakland’s Independent Redistricting Commission

After some controversy regarding a majority-white pool of candidates, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and Oakland City Councilmember Dan Kalb (District One) introduced the City of Oakland’s first independent redistricting commission. This is what Schaaf and Kalb said in their statements, released today, and sent to Zennie62Media: “Congratulations to the fifteen commissioners selected to serve on […]

Marcie Hodge for Oakland City Council Districts 7 2020

Marcie Hodge for Oakland City Council Districts 7 2020 From YouTube Channel: September 2, 2020 at 07:37PM ONN – Building Leadership And Community Knowledge Support @marcie94605 for Oakland City Council districts 7 2020 will be live @djigorbeatz Bay Life Radio Interview tune-in and spread the word and save the date. Marcie Hodge’s passion is the […]

Updated Alameda County Health Orders Take Effect September 4th

Hair Salons, Barbershops May Open Indoors; Operations of Other Lower-Risk Personal Services Remains Only Outdoors Oakland – On Wednesday, September 2, the Alameda County Public Health Official issued updated Health Orders. Effective Friday, September 4, the Orders allow: Hair salons and barbershops to operate indoors Outdoor dance classes as part of outdoor non-contact fitness classes […]

Bloomberg Associates Building an Economic Roadmap For Oakland, But…

Building an Economic Roadmap for Oakland From YouTube Channel: September 1, 2020 at 08:53PM ONN – Bloomberg Associates Building an Economic Roadmap For Oakland, But… On YouTube, Bloomberg Associates posted this video and wrote: Bloomberg Associates worked with the City of Oakland to balance its rapid economic growth with its core values of equity and […]

City Of Oakland Gets $37M In CARES Act Funding With $5M For Renters, Homeowners

City of Oakland Receives Nearly $37M in CARES Act Funding – $5M for Renters & Homeowners Oakland – The City of Oakland received $36.9 million in State of California CARES Act funding. Five million dollars of those funds were allocated for renter and homeowner relief through the Keep Oakland Housed (KOH) partnership of KOH nonprofit […]

Oakland Police Community Message On Fake Message Protests, Related Damage And Arrests

Note 1: The Oakland Police Department Officer Johnna Watson sent this Community Message on Fake Message Protest related property damage and arrests via email and with photos to Zennie62Media 58 minutes ago from this time. Note 2: I call this a Fake Message Protest because, once again, the messages had nothing to do with Jacob […]

Ed Reiskin Oakland City Administrator Email On Jacob Blake Protests Of August 28th

Ed Reiskin, The new Oakland City Administrator, sent this email to Oaklanders regarding the Jacob Blake Protests of August 28th Dear Oakland Community, The City of Oakland is aware of a planned gathering starting at 7 pm at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza tonight, August 28, and possibly continuing through the weekend. The group promoting this […]

City Of Oakland: Updated Alameda County Health Orders Take Effect Today August 28 2020

Updated Alameda County Health Orders Take Effect Today. Outdoor pools and lower-risk personal services, like hair and nail salons, allowed to reopen outdoors Oakland – On Friday, August 21, the Alameda County Public Health Official issued updated Shelter-in-Place Orders to reopen outdoor swimming pools and outdoor hair salons, nail salons, barbershops, waxing services, skin care […]

Masks On District 5! COVID-19 Safety Car Caravan And Day Of Action August 29, 11AM-1PM

Masks On District 5! COVID-19 Safety Car Caravan & Day of Action on Saturday, August 29 from 11AM-1PM Oakland, CA – Oakland Councilmember Noel Gallo and Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan will be cruising through Oakland District 5 neighborhoods to promote COVID-19 safety, distribute masks and encourage residents to complete Census and register to vote. […]

California Appeals Court Rejects Golden State Warriors’ Attempt To Avoid Paying Debt To Oakland

Oakland – The California First Appellate District Court of Appeal has upheld both an initial arbitration decision and the lower court’s decision that the Golden State Warriors cannot escape the debt they owe the City of Oakland, Alameda County, and the Joint Powers Authority (JPA) for renovations to the Oakland-Alameda County Arena, debt the Warriors […]

As Raiders Open Las Vegas Allegiant Stadium, Oakland Preps A’s Billion-Dollar Subsidy Ballpark

In Las Vegas, the once-Oakland Raiders did everything it could do to make the unofficial soft-opening of the still-under construction Allegiant Stadium a special event. And why not? Allegiant Stadium is a brand new symbol of what many (including me) hope Las Vegas can be, yet again, post-Pandemic: a tourist mecca for the World. The […]

Red Flag Warning, Spare the Air, New Oakland COVID-19 Test Site – Councilmember Bas Letter

Dear Oaklander, I hope you and your loved ones are hanging in there as we in Oakland contend with wildfires in addition to COVID. Big appreciations to our firefighters, first responders and health professionals during these challenging times. In this newsletter, you’ll find information on these topics: New multilingual, multicultural COVID Test Site in Oakland […]

Monitor Warshaw’s Report On Oakland Police Chief Kirkpatrick False Statement; Need For Oversight

Oakland – This week, Robert Warshaw, The Federal Monitor over the Oakland Police Department released a new report, detailing deception and cover-up at the top of OPD. As many in Oakland’s communities work against police misconduct, we face the institutional leaders that cover-up those actions. NEWS: Read about Former Oakland Police Chief Kirkpatrick’s lawsuit against […]

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