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Oakland News SF Bay Area By Zennie62Media Inc & Zennie Abraham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRWmKh13b50 Oakland News Now – The Oakland, California Homeless Problem is Beyond Belief – video made by the YouTube channel with the logo in the video’s upper left hand corner. OaklandNewsNow.com is the original blog post for this type of video-blog content. Is this where America is headed? Oakland California sure does have a homeless […]
Oakland Launches City’s First Compassionate Tiny Home Village Homeless Intervention on City-Owned Parcel at Lake Merritt Site Preparation Begins This Week to Transition Up To 65 Unhoused Residents Into Dignified, Supportive Housing with Wrap-Around, Trauma-Informed, and Harm Reduction Services OAKLAND, CA — Yesterday, Monday, August 2, 2021, site preparation began to create a tiny home […]
Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland At-Large Councilmember, is asking for the Oakland City Council to adopt new, effective homeless solutions We recently received the report from the City Auditor detailing the failures of the Oakland Administration’s current primary strategies around homelessness. We recognize that we must implement real improvements, including rapidly expanding deeply affordable housing, providing permitted […]
Oakland’s Budget Cuts aren’t an Option by Derrick Soo From YouTube Channel: March 9, 2021 at 04:43PM ONN – Oakland’s Budget Cuts Aren’t An Option – By Derrick Soo With large Homeless Encampment fires happening, cutting Fire Services Budget should NEVER be an Option. City of Oakland to implement new MACRO Service in lieu of […]
JOINT STATEMENT FROM OAKLAND AREA CHAMBERS Five Chambers – One Oakland Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce, Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, Oakland Latino Chamber of Commerce, Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Oakland Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce March 4, Oakland, CA- Standing together as crime rises in Oakland, the five Oakland multicultural Chambers of […]
Oakland’s Homeless Administrator LEAVES by Derrick Soo ONN – Daryel Dunston, Oakland’s Homeless Administrator Resigns For New Job – by Derrick Soo – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Watch the vlog City of Oakland’s Homeless Administrator, Daryel Dunston SUDDENLY leaves his position to take a job in another city. According to a source who did not […]
Oakland’s Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan and Councilmember Treva Reid Call on FEMA and California Leadership to Make COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Equitable Oakland (February 24, 2021) — Oakland’s Vice-Mayor Rebecca Kaplan and Councilmember Treva Reid (District 7 / East Oakland) sent a letter to State and Federal officials to seek immediate action to remedy the inequities […]
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 Street Trash & Homelessness continue to grow in 2021 From YouTube Channel: February 11, 2021 at 04:47AM ONN – YouTuber: Oakland Street Trash & Homelessness Continue To Grow In 2021 The channel “waajidsvideo” on YouTube posted this series of dashcam videos capturing areas in Oakland where, in the vlogger’s view, the homeless problem was […]
OAKLAND HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT: A large homeless encampment in Oakland has returned From YouTube Channel: January 31, 2021 at 09:25AM ONN – Large Homeless Encampment Near East Oakland Home Depot Is Back Says KPIX – So What Says Zennie Abraham? KPIX reports… A large homeless encampment next to the East Oakland Home Depot cleared out last […]
Marin County District One Supervisor Damon Connolly Q and A on 2021 Goals and Priorities starting with question on COVID. Vaccine. Economic Recovery Thank you Zennie for having me on the show. We are living through a historic moment, the decisions we make today on how we address COVID, equity, and our economy will have […]
Oakland Admin just removed our PortaPotties by Derrick Soo ONN – Oakland Admin just removed our PortaPotties by Derrick Soo – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube City has been “Budget” cutting expenses. I just spoke about Daryel Dunston about DPW no longer picking up Homeless Encampment trash. DPW called this Strike due to “Cuts” to Police […]
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 […]
My friend California Governor Gavin Newsom is just plain blowing it. As I have explained to Gov Newsom and anyone who would not listen, let alone pay attention, California should activate tax increment financing powers per city and county, and allow them to steer property tax revenue to compensate businesses for closing, and workers for […]
City of Oakland Corruption at Building Department with “Bribes” paid by Slumlords by Derrick Soo ONN – City of Oakland Corruption at Building Department with “Bribes” paid by Slumlords by Derrick Soo – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Affordable Housing is already a heated issue. But now its come to light that City of Oakland’s Building […]
John Arthur Jones III Blasts Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, Forgot Oakland City Council Exists From YouTube Channel: December 19, 2020 at 02:13PM ONN – John Arthur Jones III Blasts Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, Forgot Oakland City Council Exists On Facebook, John Arthur Jones posted this missive about The Mayor of Oakland: The current Mayor of […]
Oakland – The City of Oakland is now the official proud owner of Clifton Hall Dormitory in the amenity rich, transit-friendly Rockridge neighborhood. The 63-unit, unoccupied building will provide deeply affordable, long- and short-term housing for Oakland seniors and families. Funds for this acquisition were granted to the City of Oakland through the State’s Project […]
Live: Derrick Soo Interview Update On Oakland Homeless Situation And COVID-19, December 14, 2020 From YouTube Channel: December 14, 2020 at 06:37PM ONN – Live: Derrick Soo Interview Update On Oakland Homeless Situation And COVID-19, December 14, 2020 Note from Zennie62Media and Oakland News Now: this video-blog post demonstrates the full and live operation of […]
Oakland — On Monday, December 7, 2020 the Oakland Finance Committee heard the FY 2019-20 Q4 & FY 2020-21 Q1 R&E Report. According to the Report from the Interim Director of Finance, dated November 30, 2020, “FY 20-21 year end expenditures are projected to exceed the budget for a total of $62.29 million deficit, which […]
Oakland Natural Gas Ban Done Without Economic Impact Analysis, Needs Affordable Housing Exception ONN – Oakland Natural Gas Ban Done Without Economic Impact Analysis, Needs Affordable Housing Exception – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube On Tuesday, the Oakland City Council passed what would be a ban on natural gas use in all new building construction if […]
City of Oakland outdoor youth programming, senior programs, homeless services and library sidewalk service continue without change Oakland, CA – Due to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases (10,733 current cases as of November 30, 2020 in Oakland per Alameda County Public Health Department), and coupled with the fact that the holiday season and gatherings […]
Oakland Passes Natural Gas Ban, Dan Kalb Celebrates With Downtown Luxury High Rise Atlas Apartments Pict The Oakland City Council just passed a ban on the use of natural gas in new residential and commercial buildings. This was the rationale posted here Tuesday: Oakland City Council will consider groundbreaking legislation to improve building safety and […]
Oakland Community Cabins // Project Spotlight From YouTube Channel: November 20, 2020 at 04:21PM ONN – With six tiny villages throughout the City of Oakland, this is the behind-the-scenes discussion of how a community is coming together to end homelessness with transitional rapid shelter. Starring: -Talia Rubin, LCSW // City of Oakland (Government Lead) -Joe DeVries // City of Oakland (Government Lead) -Jim […]
Social Innovation Symposium: Public-Private Partnerships to Build a California for All From YouTube Channel: November 24, 2020 at 01:48PM ONN – Governor Gavin Newsom Social Innovation Symposium: Public-Private Partnerships To Build A California For All Governor Gavin Newsom will join corporate and philanthropic leaders in a virtual symposium today highlighting the innovative public-private partnerships forged […]
Oakland Homeless Encampment 2020 From YouTube Channel: November 15, 2020 at 04:49PM ONN – Oakland Homeless Encampment 2020 YouTube Video Note from Zennie62Media and Oakland News Now: this video-blog post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest updated version of an experimental Zennie62Media , Inc. mobile media video-blogging system network that was launched […]
As part of “Salute to Service,” the National Football League (NFL) this week announced its expanded plans to honor, empower and connect our nation’s service members, veterans and their families. COVID-19 has brought exceptional challenges to the military community that underscore the importance of supporting service members and veterans more than ever. Since 2011, this […]
The Oakland City Council calls for State Legislation to Give Affordable Housing Entities Priority to Purchase Residential Homes Up For Tax Auction The Oakland City Council (unanimously) passed a resolution, introduced by Oakland Council member At-Large Rebecca Kaplan, that would support the California State Legislature enacting legislation that would support affordable housing by requiring that […]
Killer Cold Weather arrives EARLY in Oakland by Derrick Soo ONN – Killer Cold Weather arrives EARLY in Oakland by Derrick Soo – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Winter is the DEADLY time of year for Unhoused folks. Many are not prepared for the SUDDEN temps below 40 degrees, and I’ve experienced people that have DIED […]
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 […]
Oakland, FAD – Good Friday to you. Again, and thanks to the County of Alameda’s Registrar of Voters, Zennie62Media has a table for each rank-choice-voting election in the races for Oakland City Council. As the Alameda Registrar of Voters sends new updates, those will be posted below the first set for each race. Here they […]
DETAINED & CUFFED!!! DRESSED AS A HOMELESS MAN PINOLE, CA POLICE FAILED!!! From YouTube Channel: November 4, 2020 at 11:04PM ONN – Bay Area Transparency On YouTube Messes With Pinole Police Officer, Gets Detained The title implies that I agree with what happened to Bay Area Transparency, but I do not. I simply point out […]
The Sounds Of Oakland: Election Night 2020 From YouTube Channel: November 5, 2020 at 12:31AM ONN – The Sounds Of Oakland: Election Night 2020 – Oakland Photo Vault On YouTube Our video of the 2020 Election Night fun in downtown Oakland. Pay special attention near the end when members of the Oakland homeless community decided […]
Mayor Schaaf and I AGREE on with Oakland’s Homeless by Derrick Soo ONN – Mayor Schaaf and I Agree on Oakland’s Homeless and Alameda County Fairgrounds – by Derrick Soo It’s rare that Mayor Schaaf and I agree on ANYTHING! But, this morning on a “Live” interview locally, Mayor Schaaf said she wasn’t behind asking […]
Supporters of Safety for the Homeless in Oakland by Derrick Soo ONN – Supporters of Safety for the Homeless in Oakland by Derrick Soo – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube I have many Supporters for several “Projects” to make changes to the Unjust denial of Rights of the Homeless. Fire Safety, Mail Delivery, are two Projects […]
Oakland Town Hall on Violence Prevention From YouTube Channel: October 29, 2020 at 10:40PM ONN – Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Holds Town Hall on Violence Prevention, Same Tired Views Last night, Mayor Schaaf held a virtual town hall meeting to discuss the rise in gun violence in Oakland since the Coronavirus hit the industrialized World. […]
Oakland Approaches Alameda County About Housing Homeless At Fairgrounds In Pleasanton From YouTube Channel: October 28, 2020 at 10:43PM ONN – A new proposal to move homeless people from the City of Oakland to the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton is drawing criticism from county leaders as well as Tri-Valley residents. Katie Nielsen reports. (10/28/20) […]
Housing Symposium Segment 5: Lessons from being Homeless From YouTube Channel: October 27, 2020 at 06:22PM ONN – State of Black Education Oakland (SoBEO) co-founders Jumoke Hinton and Dr. Charles Cole, III talk about lessons learned from growing up homeless. Part of SoBEO’s Housing for All campaign: https://ift.tt/2TyPG4c Note from Zennie62Media and Oakland News Now: […]
Oakland – The City of Oakland sent a press release to provide more background on the funds Eliane Brown secured for her housing project. Oakland reports that as part of its Project Homekey Initiative, the State of California has awarded the City of Oakland nearly $17.5 million of Project Homekey funding for two innovative housing […]
Congratulations to Elaine Brown, the famed and legendary Oakland Black Panther, who is now CEO of the nonprofit Oakland & the World Enterprises, successfully gained $21 Million in Homekey program funds. Brown and her team will use the money to purchase the former Traveler’s Hotel at 392 11th Street, at Franklin, in downtown Oakland, from […]
