Economy

President-Elect Joe Biden Gives Remarks on the Final Jobs Numbers of 2020

President-Elect Joe Biden Gives Remarks on the Final Jobs Numbers of 2020 From YouTube Channel: December 4, 2020 at 03:59PM ONN – Tune in as President-elect Biden delivers remarks on the final jobs report of 2020 and the state of our economy. Note from Zennie62Media and Oakland News Now: this video-blog post demonstrates the full […]

Joe Biden Issues Statement On The 50th Anniversary of The EPA, Environmental Protection Agency

Statement by President-elect Joe Biden on the 50th Anniversary of the Environmental Protection Agency More than fifty years ago, with rivers burning, pollution in air, and the public health and safety at risk, ordinary Americans marched, protested, and petitioned their government to better safeguard the wellbeing of our nation. Eventually President Nixon, a Republican, and […]

President-Elect Biden And Vice President-Elect Harris Introduce Key Members Of Economic Team

President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris Introduce Key Members of Economic Team From YouTube Channel: December 1, 2020 at 01:55PM ONN – Gene Hazzard’s Ranted About Oakland And Political Corruption For Decades, And After Sanjiv Handa We need to deliver immediate relief for the American people and build our economy back better than ever. Tune […]

President-Elect Joe Biden Wants Oakland, California, Atlanta, Georgia, America, To Know Economic Help Is On The Way

President-Elect Joe Biden issued this statement to the press, a message that says economic help in on the way, and that’s for every city from Oakland, California to Atlanta, Georgia, and Honolulu, Hawaii, and Juno Alaska. Here are the words of President-Elect Joe Biden, today, as sent to Zennie62Media. Good afternoon. I hope everyone had […]

Limited Stay-At-Home Order For Purple Tier Counties By Alameda County Health Care Services Agency

The Alameda County Health Care Services Agency issued a press release on the State of California “limited Stay at Home Order” last week. Here’s the full press release as sent to Zennie62Media: The State of California announced a limited Stay at Home Order generally requiring that non-essential work, movement, and gatherings stop between 10 p.m. […]

City Seeks To Remove Humanist Hall: Oakland Event Space Called Nuisance, Could Be COVID-19 Flashpoint

David Oertel, The President of Humanist Hall located at 390 27th Street, Oakland, CA, is in trouble. But, from the looks of things, the man who owns the facility that was once the home of The Wellstone Democratic Club I was a member of, thinks he’s getting into what the late Representative John Lewis would […]

Runoff: Rafael Warnock, Georgia-Born, vs. Kelly Loeffler, Carpetbagger From Illinois, For Senate

Wow. I am getting calls and texts from friends all over about the one race that America sees as the key to either Democratic Control (in proper noun version) of Congress, or Republican Control of same: Senator Kelly Loeffler versus Reverend Rafael Warnock in the Senate Runoff Election. All of them ask for my view, […]

COVID-19-Related Policies System Dynamics Model: PPP Program Caused 50% Unemployment Rate Drop

The video above is a presentation by Karim Chichakly, Co-President of ISEE Systems, the makers of system dynamics modeling software platforms STELLA and IThink, which are based on the DYNAMO programming language originally created by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jay Forrester, and introduced in a book called Business Dynamics in 1956. In turn, Professor Forrester […]

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 In The White House: On Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Barbara Lee, and Oakland Elections – Pam Drake

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris – Biden / Harris – Win!! I spent Wednesday morning, November 4th, at the ampitheater in the plaza in front of Oakland’s City Hall, masked and distanced but heartened by the crowd who sang and prayed together for a Just America and demanded that we count every vote! We ate […]

SuRo Capital Corp. Reports Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results

SuRo Capital Corp. Reports Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results. Net Asset Value of $12.46 per Share as of September 30, 2020 San Francisco – SuRo Capital Corp. (“SuRo Capital”, the “Company”, “we”, “us”, and “our”) (Nasdaq: SSSS) today announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2020. Net assets totaled approximately $252.7 million, […]

Lam Research Corporation Announces $5 Billion Share Repurchase Authorization, Declares Quarterly Dividend

Fremont, Ca – Lam Research Corporation (Nasdaq: LRCX) today announced that its Board of Directors approved a $5 billion share repurchase authorization and a quarterly dividend of $1.30 per share of common stock. The company is authorized to repurchase up to $5 billion of common stock; this authorization supplements the remaining balances from any prior […]

College of Alameda Vice President Honored for Free Food Program During Covid-19

Dr. Tina Vasconcellos, Vice President of Student Services at College of Alameda, was honored by Congresswoman Barbara Lee for her leadership in feeding students and community members during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tatyana Kalinga, District Director for Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13), presented Dr. Vasconcellos with a letter of commendation from Congresswoman Lee at the College of […]

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 […]

Video On Donald Trump Saying Economy Does Better Under Democrats #TrumpDepression Is Twitter Trend

Video On Donald Trump Saying Economy Does Better Under Democrats #TrumpDepression Is Twitter Trend ONN – Video On Donald Trump Saying Economy Does Better Under Democrats #TrumpDepression Is Twitter Trend – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Video On Donald Trump Saying Economy Does Better Under Democrats #TrumpDepression Is Twitter Trend Note from Zennie62Media’s Zennie62 YouTube and […]

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 […]

Rep Barbara Lee Issues Statement On Nov 2020 Endorsements Counters Oakland Mayor Schaaf Voting Guide

Rep Barbara Lee Issues Statement On Nov 2020 Endorsements Counters Oakland Mayor Schaaf Voting Guide ONN – Rep Barbara Lee Issues Statement On Nov 2020 Endorsements Counters Oakland Mayor Schaaf Voting Guide I received an email that contained a statement from U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee, and here’s the text, verbatim: Statement regarding Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s […]

Oakland Mayor Schaaf Picks Lynette Gibson McElhaney, Treva Reid, More, In 2020 Voters Guide

LIBBY’S ELECTION GUIDE Dear Oaklanders, Earlier this week, I ended my 2020 State of the City address by recognizing that this November’s election is so consequential it could chart a new path for our state and our nation. I meant it. I hope you’re as fired up as I am about this Presidential race, and […]

Save Our Chinatowns: Oakland and San Francisco Still Need Our Help

The Pandemic has broken the very fabric of our economy and in Oakland and San Francisco its impact is acutely felt in Chinatown. The need to close to follow shelter-in-place guidelines created to slow the spread of the coronavirus ignited a giant negative economic impact. That caused Jocelyn Tsaih to start a fund-raiser called “Save […]

Bank Of America PPP Loan Mess Leads To Wrongly Asking Americans To Give EIDL Money Back

Bank Of America’s PPP Loan (Payroll Protection Program) Program Is A Horrible Mess Early on, Bank of America was the focus of a lawsuit because the banking giant was not properly processing the Payroll Protection Program Loans that were applied for as million of businesses were being impacted by or fearing impact of the Coronavirus. […]

Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s Nominee For The Supreme Court, Gets U.S. Chamber Support

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce supports Amy Coney Barrett, and sent the following press release to Zennie62Media: U.S. Chamber Supports President Trump’s Nominee Barrett for Supreme Court September 26, 2020 Washington, D.C. — U.S. Chamber CEO Thomas J. Donohue issued the following statement today regarding President Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the […]

Allison Jones Rushing Is Donald Trump’s Couch-Potato Conservative Replacement For RBG

If Donald Trump picks Allison Jones Rushing to replace the legendary, late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, it will be the worst pick any President Of The United States has made in recent memory. Why? Because Allison Jones Rushing, the United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, is being […]

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 […]

Ben Bartlett Berkeley Councilmember: California Wants Blockchain-Based CBD Record Keeping

In the online publication Cointelegraph, Councilmember Bartlett is extolling the possible virtues of cannabis record keeping based on blockchain. Here’s what he said on Cointelegraph: Berkeley city council member Ben Bartlett told Cointelegraph that California government officials are currently advocating to adopt a blockchain-based track-and-trace methodology to ensure accurate record-keeping, better retention of taxation and […]

Time To Stop The Left / Right Coal / No Coal Divide And Fix Oakland And America’s Economy Now

Time To Stop The Left / Right Coal / No Coal Divide And Fix Oakland And America’s Economy Now ONN – Time To Stop The Left / Right Coal / No Coal Divide And Fix Oakland And America’s Economy Now Time To Stop The Left / Right Coal / No Coal Divide And Fix Oakland […]

Coliseum City Origins: Coliseum Stadium Plan For Oakland Athletics Revealed In 2009 At Dellums Group

Coliseum City Origins: Coliseum Stadium Plan For Oakland Athletics Revealed In 2009 At Dellums Group From YouTube Channel: March 31, 2009 at 03:36PM ONN – Coliseum City Origins: Coliseum Stadium Plan For Oakland Athletics Revealed In 2009 This was written in 2009, and after a presentation before the Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums-formed Sports and Entertainment […]

President Barack Obama Statement On The Passing Of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Statement on the Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sixty years ago, Ruth Bader Ginsburg applied to be a Supreme Court clerk. She’d studied at two of our finest law schools and had ringing recommendations. But because she was a woman, she was rejected. Ten years later, she sent her first brief to the Supreme […]

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 […]

Economic Renewal Agenda: Congresswoman Barbara Lee Joins Senator Markey, Rep. Haaland, Grassroots Coalition

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Joins Senator Markey, Rep. Haaland, Grassroots Coalition in Announcing Economic Renewal Agenda Today, Rep. Barbara Lee joined U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) and a coalition of grassroots groups; labor unions; Black, Brown and Indigenous leaders from across the country to introduce a bold plan for economic […]

Is Oakland Politics Bugged By Astroturfing? Here’s How To Spot A Fake Movement

Astroturfing: How To Spot A Fake Movement From YouTube Channel: May 29, 2020 at 10:00AM ONN – Is Oakland Politics Bugged By Astroturfing? Here’s How To Spot A Fake Movement If you’ve ever wondered if protests and groups in Oakland are real or fake, this post and video above that I spotted on YouTube is […]

Snyder Continues to Support Family-Sustaining Coal Jobs

Snyder Continues to Support Family-Sustaining Coal Jobs From YouTube Channel: September 5, 2020 at 09:00AM ONN – Pa. state Rep. Pam Snyder continues to be a strong advocate for coal in SWPA and supports the good, family-sustaining jobs that also keep the local economy going. Note from Zennie62Media and Oakland News Now: this video-blog post […]

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 […]

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 […]

Joe Biden’s Hard-Hitting Speech On Donald Trump’s America Live In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Joe Biden Speaks on Donald Trump’s America LIVE in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania From YouTube Channel: August 31, 2020 at 02:24PM ONN – Joe Biden’s Hard-Hitting Speech On Donald Trump’s America Live In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania From Joe Biden’s YouTube Channel: COVID runs unchecked throughout the country, killing thousands of Americans a week and turning our economy upside […]

Select Remarks from Senator Kamala Harris from Night Three of the 2020 Democratic National Convention

MILWAUKEE—The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) released a selection of excerpts from the remarks of the Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States, Senator Kamala Harris, as prepared for delivery. Senator Harris will address the Democratic National Convention tonight, August 19, and officially accept the party’s nomination for Vice President. The theme of Wednesday’s […]

Select Remarks from President Barack Obama from Night Three of the 2020 Democratic National Convention: “Uniting America”

MILWAUKEE—The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) released a selection of excerpts from the remarks of Former President Barack Obama as prepared for delivery. President Obama will address the nation tonight, August 19, from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—a location selected to underscore that democracy itself is on the line, along with the […]

Select Remarks From Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Night Three Of DNC 2020

MILWAUKEE — The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) released a selection of excerpts from the remarks of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as prepared for delivery. Secretary Clinton and Speaker Pelosi will address the Democratic National Convention tonight, August 19. The theme of Wednesday’s program is “A More Perfect […]

Democrats Announce Highlights or Night Three Of The 2020 Democratic National Convention

Wednesday Night’s Theme is “A More Perfect Union” MILWAUKEE—The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) today previewed the official program for night three of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, happening Wednesday, August 19 from 9:00-11:00 PM Eastern. The theme of Wednesday’s program is “A More Perfect Union.” America is not going back to normal, because normal wasn’t good enough. […]

Select Remarks from Night Two of the 2020 Democratic National Convention: “Uniting America”

MILWAUKEE—The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) released a selection of excerpts from the remarks of speakers as prepared for delivery who will address the Democratic National Convention tonight, August 18, from 9:00-11:00 PM ET. The theme of Tuesday’s program is “Leadership Matters.” A moment like now demands real leadership. A leader who has the experience and character to […]

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