economic development

Loren Taylor ‌Oakland Councilmember East Oakland Equitable Economic Development Agenda

ACTION ALERT – Support Councilmember Taylor’s East Oakland Equitable Economic Development Agenda From the Office of Councilmember Loren Taylor ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Dear Zenophon, Thank you for your continued support! Through your partnership my office has been able to secure much-needed resources for East Oakland, including increased investments into our diverse small businesses, […]

Howard Terminal Oakland Athletics Ballpark Community CBA Update: Draft EIR Friday, Transit Concerns Shared

Howard Terminal Ballpark update with the release of the Draft Environmental Impact Report, here. The last OaklandNewNow.com blog post update on the process toward building a new ballpark for the Oakland Athletics at Howard Terminal, revealed that the City of Oakland was in search of a new consultant to focus on the work of the […]

Oakland Mayor Schaaf Should Focus On Affordable Housing Needs, Not Victory Laps During Pandemic

The Office of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf just sent an email that is a kind of victory lap for the production of affordable housing in Oakland. What’s bothersome about the message is the total lack of attention paid to what the total picture looks like. Here’s what the good mayor sent: Oakland Produces Most Affordable […]

Oakland Finance Committee To Discuss Councilmember Kaplan Idea To Use Coliseum Surplus For Shortfall

Oakland Finance Committee to Discuss Informational Reports on Budget Shortfall & My Proposal to Use $10 Million Surplus to Save Vital Community Programs & Services Oakland – Today at 1:30pm, the Oakland Finance and Management Committee will receive budget informational reports from the Administration that I requested regarding: the implementation of administrative corrective actions to […]

Dave Stewart: Oakland Athletics Star Submits Letter Of Intent To Buy Coliseum Land For $115 Million

The baseball great and his development partner wants to team with a tribal lands developer for the light-on-specifics proposal focusing tribal casino and hotel development on the Coliseum land. Livestream above at 4:20 PM EST December 26th 2020. A source who wished to remain anonymous sent to this vlogger a seven-page copy of a document […]

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris Announce Additional Members of National Economic Council

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Announce Additional Members of National Economic Council Washington – – Today, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced additional members of the National Economic Council (NEC). These qualified and talented individuals represent the incoming administration’s commitment to having a team of diverse experts ready to […]

Don Perata Interview – 2010 Oakland Mayor’s Race Interview With The Man Who Almost Won

Don Perata Interview – 2010 Oakland Mayor’s Race Interview With The Man Who Almost Won But for rank-choice voting, Don Perata, and not Jean Quan, would have been our Mayor of Oakland. Don, best known as President pro tempore of the California State Senate, and later President of Perata Engineering (a lobbying company), was the […]

Berkeley Councilmember Ben Bartlett Sworn In – Reimagining Public Safety

Berkeley News from The Office of Councilmember Ben Bartlett The City of Berkeley is updating our COVID-19 Health Order to align with the State of California’s regional stay home order, effective 12:01am Monday, December 7. Under the New regional Stay at Home Order, California is split into 5 regions, with the Order being triggered if […]

Oakland City Council’s Natural Gas Ban Would Be More Gentrification As Costs Go Up

The Oakland City Council’s set to consider legislation by District One Councilmember Dan Kalb District Two Nikki Fortunado Bas, and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf to ban the use of natural gas in new buildings. But they’re doing so without any concern for how their legislation will impact your ability to live in Oakland in the […]

How Oakland Chinatown Fire and Pandemic Stopped Shopping In Heartbreaking YouTube Video

Shop 疫情中購物 Chinatown of Oakland in May-Jun-Nov 2020 pandemic屋崙華埠 From YouTube Channel: November 17, 2020 at 04:07AM ONN – How Oakland Chinatown Fire and Pandemic Stopped Shopping In Heartbreaking YouTube Video This video by Wy Woo on YouTube shows the before and after story of what happened to a once-thriving 8th and Webster Oakland Chinatown […]

A National Fund For Restaurants And Bars That Faced Pandemic-Related Damage And Loss Is Needed, Now

Now that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are President-Elect and Vice President-Elect, we can focus on programs to get America’s economy back on its feet. The Payroll Protection Program was a good start, and while it helped, it missed the mark in many ways. What is missing are economic development programs specific to The Pandemic. […]

Oakland Economic Recovery Advisory Council Interim Report Shows Major Problem: Analysis Paralysis

Oakland Economic Recovery Advisory Council Interim Report Shows Major Problem: Analysis Paralysis ONN – Oakland Economic Recovery Advisory Council Interim Report Shows Major Problem: Analysis Paralysis – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube The Oakland Economic Recovery Advisory Council Report was released October 26th and to zero fanfare. No press conference. No major effort to tell Oaklanders. […]

Oakland Economic Recovery Council 1st Meeting Monday, May 18, 2020

Oakland Economic Recovery Council 1st Meeting Monday, May 18, 2020 The City of Oakland reports: The Mayor and the Vice Mayor/Chair of the City Council Community and Economic Development Committee are inviting Oakland community and business leaders to participate in an Oakland Economic Recovery Council. The Advisory Council is co-chaired by Mayor Schaaf and Vice […]

Oakland City Council’s Weird Agenda: Oakland A’s Coliseum Closed Session Thursday Is Black NFL Group

Oakland City Council’s Weird Agenda: Oakland A’s Coliseum Closed Session Thursday Is Black NFL Group ONN – Oakland City Council’s Weird Agenda: Oakland A’s Coliseum Closed Session Thursday Is Black NFL Group – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Oakland City Council’s Weird Agenda: Oakland A’s Coliseum Closed Session Thursday Really Black NFL Group The Thursday October […]

Go And Bug Oakland Mayor Schaaf And Councilmember Taylor About Coronavirus Aide Today

COUNCILMEMBER LOREN TAYLOR PRESENTS COMMUNITY DISCUSSION IN EAST OAKLAND WITH RESIDENTS AND MAYOR SCHAAF REGARDING COVID-19 CRISIS AND OTHER CONCERNS Since the Mayor and Councilmember Loren Taylor are asking you to miss important football programs on a Sunday, make it worth your while and ask them about the many economic development programs available, and ask […]

Moms 4 Housing Now A Community & Land Trust-Owned Home – Oakland Councilmember Bas

Oakland District Two Councilmember Nikki Bas’ Digitized Newsletter Last week, I was so moved to see #MomsHouse on Magnolia Street finally become community-owned as permanently affordable, transitional housing for unsheltered mothers. Congratulations to Dominique Walker, Tolani King, Misty Cross, Sameerah Karim and Carroll Fife for leading this movement to end corporate speculation and house more […]

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 […]

2020 Election: Re-Elect Oakland City Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney For District Three

Oakland City Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney has served the residents of perhaps the most complicated Oakland City Council District in our city very well. Understand that while District Three is commonly thought of as being only West Oakland, in reality it’s also Downtown Oakland, Uptown Oakland, and Adams Point / Lake Merritt, where I live. […]

Oakland Misconceptions About Coal – “Coal Can’t Be Clean”

Misconceptions about coal – “Coal can’t be clean.” From YouTube Channel: March 13, 2020 at 07:10AM ONN – Oakland Misconceptions About Coal – “Coal Can’t Be Clean” This is related to the matter of Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal and Insight Terminal Solutions. Insight Terminal Solutions is a Zennie62Media content client. The World Coal Association […]

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 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 […]

Sanpete Utah Needs Insight Terminal Solutions Oakland Bulk And Oversized Terminal For Jobs

Sanpete County Utah has a population of over 27,000 people, and is located 122 miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah. Of late, in the ongoing push to build the much-needed Insight Terminal Solutions Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal and replaced the lost low-skill, well-paying jobs that went away with the closure of the Oakland […]

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 […]

Oakland, Utah, Wyoming: Subsidize Coal – Climate Change Is Due To Population Growth, Not Energy Type

The largest single threat to the ecology and biodiversity of the planet in the decades to come will be global climate disruption due to the buildup of human-generated greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. People around the world are beginning to address the problem by reducing their carbon footprint through less consumption and better technology. But […]

Policing Can’t Be Reformed: Why Defunding and Abolishing is the Common-Sense Approach

Policing Can’t Be Reformed: Why Defunding and Abolishing is the Common-Sense Approach ONN – Policing Can’t Be Reformed: Why Defunding and Abolishing is the Common-Sense Approach Communities across the country are rising up and demanding that policymakers reallocate budgets by divesting from the police and investing directly in Black communities. This webinar will explore what […]

Oakland Councilmember Sheng Thao, With Gallo, Kalb, Community Leaders, Write Right To Return To Work

Oakland Councilmember Sheng Thao, With Gallo, Kalb, Community Leaders, Write Right To Return To Work ONN – Oakland Councilmember Sheng Thao, With Gallo, Kalb, Community Leaders, Write Right To Return To Work Law For Special Oakland City Council Commitee Meeting June 29th 2020. OAKLAND, CA – In partnership with Councilmember Dan Kalb, Councilmember Noel Gallo, […]

Oakland City Council President Kaplan Proposes Budget Funding For Fire Works Response, More

Proposing Budget Funding To Provide Fire Works Response, Fire Safety, Education, Drive-In Theater and More Oakland, CA – In recent weeks, there has been an increase of people setting off fireworks throughout our community, often late at night, and extensively. Fireworks are not permitted, they are disrupting our community, and also create a growing risk […]

NFL Considering Black Investor Group Proposal To Bring Pro Football Team To Oakland

NFL Considering Black Investor Group Proposal To Bring Pro Football Team To Oakland ONN – I received a call and an email from someone who’s been involved in Oakland sports development in the recent past. He told me that a group of African American investors sent an introductory letter of intent to the National Football […]

Another Oakland Coal Ban Try Is Stupid: Is City Of Oakland Driven By Ego Vs. Phil Tagami?

The City of Oakland has lost yet another legal battle against the bulk terminal project it helped create, and against Phil Tagami, the man it once tried to get out of the project via The Tioga Report in 2011. Overall, The City of Oakland has racked up approximately $10 million in legal fees to date. […]

On Insight Terminal Solutions OBOT, Oakland Jobs, Extreme Left Fake News On Coal, COVID-19

Oakland from a distance – Even though we’re in the middle of a worldwide pandemic, some people insist on maintaining their pre-pandemic behaviors and won’t get a clue: such is true for the extreme left in Oakland and the SF Bay Area, who are starting to look like the extreme right in rural Florida and […]

Port of Oakland Looks To Lead East Bay Rebound From COVID-19 Says Danny Wan

‘We will be on forefront of economic recovery,’ Port of Oakland Executive Director Danny Wan tells business and civic leaders Oakland, Ca. – This region’s economic rebound from coronavirus would most likely start at the Port of Oakland. That’s what the Port’s Executive Director told East Bay business and civic leaders this week while seeking […]

Mayor Of Oakland Economic Recovery Council Shows She Doesn’t Get The Immediacy Of Our Problem

Mayor Of Oakland Economic Recovery Council Shows She Doesn’t Get The Immediacy Of Our Problem   ONN – Mayor Of Oakland Economic Recovery Council Shows She Doesn’t Get The Immediacy Of Our Problem The Mayor of Oakland sent a press release via her assistantpress release via her assistant that I still can’t get over. It […]

Mayor Schaaf, Vice Mayor Reid Announce Oakland Economic Recovery Advisory Council

Mayor Schaaf, Vice Mayor Reid Announce Oakland Economic Recovery Advisory Council In my humble opinion, forming a “Economic Recovery Advisory Council” at this stage is late. By now, we know enough for the City of Oakland to write a plan in one day, and then launch the plan the next day. Advisory Council will identify […]

Las Vegas Raiders Allegiant Stadium Ticket Sales Upstage LA Rams So-Fi Stadium: Mark Davis’ Revenge

Las Vegas Raiders Owner Mark Davis got his stadium (Allegiant Stadium) revenge against L.A. Rams Owner Stan Kronke and L.A. Chargers Owner Dean Spanos with the initial ticket sales data released this week and after the announcement of the 2020 NFL Schedule, and fans were able to snatch up the chance to go to pro […]

City of Oakland Economic Development Failing Oaklanders, Must Set-Up #KeepOaklandGoing

Walden Pond Books, Gaylord’s Ice Creamery, and more well-known small businesses are suffering and closing due to the necessary shelter-in-place policies installed to combat the Global Pandemic. There are scores of GoFundMe campaigns to help these institutions survive, but not a peep from the Oakland Office of Economic Development, save for a pop-gun program of […]

City Of Oakland Plans Parks & Rec Employee Cuts After Voters Approve Measure Q

City Of Oakland Plans Parks & Rec Employee Cuts After Voters Approve Measure Q ONN – City Of Oakland Plans Parks & Rec Employee Cuts After Voters Approve Measure Q Sad news: according to a well-placed news source, the City of Oakland plans to cut Parks and Recreation Department staff, after voters approved the controversial […]

Maraskeshia Smith, Oakland Assistant City Administrator, Left The City Of Oakland This Week

Maraskeshia Smith, Oakland Assistant City Administrator, Left The City Of Oakland This Week ONN – Maraskeshia Smith, Oakland Assistant City Administrator, Left The City Of Oakland This Week Breaking News: Maraskeshia Smith, the former 18-year veteran of the City of Cincinnati who took the job of Oakland Assistant City Administrator June 5th, 2018, has reportedly […]

Rumor: Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick Fired By Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf

Rumor: Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick Fired By Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf ONN – Rumor: Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick Fired By Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Rumor: Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick Fired By Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf UPDATE: • Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick Fired By Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf • LeRonne Armstrong For […]

City Of Oakland Was Insight Terminal Solutions Oakland Bulk And Oversized Terminal Co-Developer

Oakland Bulk & Oversized Terminal Called Envrionmentally Friendly By City of Oakland In 2012 ONN – The planned Insight Terminal Solutions and California Capital Investment Group with Managing Partner Phil Tagami-developed Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal has been the focus of a mainstream-media effort to tell what is a fake news. The fake news is […]

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