Congresswoman Barbara Lee Votes For Lifesaving, Commonsense Gun Violence Prevention Bills

Congresswoman Barbara Lee, California, Oakland

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-13) voted to pass H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and H.R. 1446, the Enhanced Background Checks Act— two commonsense gun violence prevention measures to require background checks on all gun sales and close the Charleston Loophole that allowed the hate crime at Mother Emanuel AME Church … Read more

What They Are Saying As House Passes President Biden’s American Rescue Plan

President Joe Biden

The White House released this “What They Are Saying” press release after the U.S. House of Representatives passed President Biden’s American Rescue Plan WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: House Passes President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Today, the House voted to pass the American Rescue Plan, a historic accomplishment that will provide immediate relief and support to … Read more

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Applauds American Rescue Plan $1.9 Trillion Relief Package Passage

U S Rep Barbara Lee Press Conference On American Rescue Plan With Oakland Business Reps

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13), senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, today applauded the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 through both chambers of Congress. The $1.9 trillion dollar relief package will deliver critical COVID relief and economic support to the American people. This historic legislation includes much-needed financial … Read more

Oakland’s Budget Cuts Aren’t An Option – By Derrick Soo

Oakland’s Budget Cuts Aren’t An Option - By Derrick Soo

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 … Read more

President Biden Statement On International Women’s Day

President Joe Biden

Women’s history is American history — and world history. On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the achievements, contributions, and progress of women and girls in the United States and around the globe. My Administration is committed to honoring women by investing in their opportunity, security, and wellbeing. I was proud to issue an Executive Order … Read more

President Biden Gives Remarks After The American Rescue Plan Passes The Senate

President Joe Biden

The American Rescue Plan passed the Senate on Saturday. What’s dubbed “The COVID Relief Bill” is a $1.9 trillion package of spending plans focused on making sure Americans get the monetary help they need in various areas and getting access to the vaccine, where they live. Here are President Biden’s remarks, thanks to The White … Read more

Oakland Must Establish MACRO Immediately Says The Worker Agency

A police officer tries unsuccessfully to keep a protester from blocking Interstate 580 in Oakland, Calif on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, after the announcement of the grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Oakland Must Establish MACRO—an Alternative to Leading with Police for Mental Health Crises Response—Immediately Oakland residents, labor and elected officials are calling on the City Of Oakland to immediately implement this program within the next six months Oakland – A broad coalition of residents, community organizations and labor groups are calling on the Oakland City … Read more

Oakland Mayor Schaaf’s End Teacher Supremacy March At Lake Merritt Reveals Racial Divide – Part 2

Lake Merritt March by Photo By Davey D

This Oakland News Now post is based on a Facebook entry by famed Oakland Hip-Hop Journalist Davey D. His text forms Part One of this series, and which you can read at this link, then the embed of the multimedia content is below, along with the views of Kev Choice. Davey D note on the … Read more

Buffy Wicks Oakland California Assemblymember Announces 2021 Legislative Package

California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks

Buffy Wicks slate of bills include policies to protect working families; fight California’s housing crisis; reform the Employment Development Department (EDD); and more Oakland – On Wednesday, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (AD-15) unveiled highlights from her 2021 legislative package, policies designed to protect working families, renters, and Californians recovering from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 … Read more

Readout of VP Kamala Harris Call With President Felix Tshisekedi Of Democratic Republic Of Congo

Vice President Kamala Harrris

Readout of Vice President Kamala Harris Call with President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of The Congo Vice President Kamala Harris spoke today with President Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Vice President congratulated President Tshisekedi on assuming the African Union Chairmanship. They discussed COVID-19, the recent Ebola outbreaks, and economic … Read more

The Defund Oakland Police Coalition Report On Reimagining Public Safety In Oakland

Oakland Police Department

Oakland – Today the Defund Oakland Police Coalition released a comprehensive report in response to the draft recommendations issued by Oakland’s Reimagining Public Safety Task Force (RPSTF). At a press event today experts involved with the recommendation process spoke to the specific recommendations from each Advisory Board. “The Defund Oakland Police Coalition is excited about … Read more

OUSD Asks Everyone To Be Respectful Of Each Other On Social Media And Elsewhere

Oakland Unified School District OUSD

Oakland Unified School District Communications Director John Sasaki sent this to Zennie62Media. OUSD Asks Everyone in the District Community to be Respectful of Each Other on Social Media and Elsewhere Dear Oakland Unified Community, Recently, we have seen some social media posts from staff and families that have raised the temperature on the discussion surrounding … Read more

Hey Bank of America – Biden-Harris Administration Paycheck Protection Program PPP Changes Announced Today

Bank of America

After this blogger complained about how Bank of America was handling the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Program four times, like here and here, over the weekend, BofA unlocked the unexplained prohibition on my firm applying for a second draw. Now, today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced major changes to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) designed … Read more

FYI Oakland: Readout Of The White House’s Meeting With Community Violence Prevention Experts

President Joe Biden

From now on, for particular Biden Administration releases that I believe would be of particular interest to the Oakland Community, I will put “FYI Oakland:” in the title of the post. Readout of the White House’s Meeting with Community Violence Prevention Experts Today, Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice and White House Deputy Public Engagement Director … Read more

Oakland Police Officers Prevent A Suicide Attempt From Building

Oakland Police Officers Prevent A Suicide Attempt From Building ONN – Oakland Police Officers Prevent A Suicide Attempt From Building – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube OPD NEWS: On February 15, 2021, at about 5:19 PM, a person called the Oakland Police Department (OPD) Communication Division to report a person sitting on the ledge of a … Read more

Biden-Harris Administration Opens Health Insurance Special Enrollment Period On HealthCare.gov

President Joe Biden

Yesterday, the Biden-Harris Administration opened HealthCare.gov and CuidadoDeSalud.gov for a special enrollment period until May 15 to provide all Americans the opportunity to sign up for health insurance coverage amid the pandemic. President Biden believes health care is a right and will do everything in his power to uphold his commitment to ensure all Americans … Read more

President Biden & VP Harris Announces Extension Of COVID-19 Forbearance, Homeowners Foreclosure Protections

Joe Biden And Kamela Harris

As millions of Americans face continued hardship from the COVID-19 pandemic, President Biden and Vice President Harris continue to take action to help keep individuals and families in their homes. The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a housing affordability crisis. Today, 1 in 5 renters is behind on rent and just over 10 million homeowners are … Read more

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Announces Funding For COVID-19 Funeral Expenses

Congresswoman Barbara Lee, California, Oakland

Washington, D.C. –– Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) today announced $2 billion in special Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds for families to afford proper funerals for their loved ones who passed away as a result of COVID-19. This program replicates the funding used for funeral assistance after Hurricane Katrina, and was inspired by legislation introduced … Read more

Executive Order Rebuilding, Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees, Impact Of Climate Change On Migration

President Joe Biden

Executive Order Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs to Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration REBUILDING AND ENHANCING PROGRAMS TO RESETTLE REFUGEES AND PLANNING FOR THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON MIGRATION By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of … Read more

All Things Co-Op: Interview With Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin

All Things Co-op: Interview with Mayor Jesse Arreguin From YouTube Channel: November 3, 2020 at 06:50AM ONN – All Things Co-Op: Interview With Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin Mayor Jesse Arreguin joins All Things Co-op to talk about Berkley’s cooperative roots, the legislation that Berkeley adopted in 2016 that provides incentives and support for cooperatives, and how … Read more

Damon Connolly Interview On 2021 Goals, Objectives As Marin County District One Supervisor

Damon Connolly Interview On 2021 Goals, Objectives As Marin County District One Supervisor

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 … Read more

President Biden Executive Order On Tackling The Climate Crisis At Home And Abroad

President Joe Biden

The United States and the world face a profound climate crisis. We have a narrow moment to pursue action at home and abroad in order to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of that crisis and to seize the opportunity that tackling climate change presents. Domestic action must go hand in hand with United States international … Read more

President Biden Executive Order On Strengthening Medicaid and The Affordable Care Act

President Joe Biden

Trump lost and President Obama and Obamacare won, again. And thanks to the late Senator John McCain for his dramatic role in saving Obamacare. The Lord put Joe Biden in as POTUS to undo the evil Donald Trump did. Awesome. EXECUTIVE ORDER – – – – – – – STRENGTHENING MEDICAID AND THE AFFORDABLE CARE … Read more

Berkeley City Councilmember Rigel Robinson Speaks to LWVBAE Interns

Berkeley City Councilmember Rigel Robinson Speaks to LWVBAE Interns From YouTube Channel: December 8, 2020 at 02:14AM ONN – Berkeley City Councilmember Rigel Robinson Speaks to LWVBAE Interns League of Women Voters writes: In October of 2020, Berkeley City Councilmember Rigel Robinson gave an overview of the city to League interns and discussed some of … Read more

Biden White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, National Economic Council Director Brian Deese Press Briefing, January 22, 2021

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Second Press Briefing, January 21, 2021

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese January 22, 2021 James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:03 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Good afternoon, everyone. Happy Friday. Today, we are joined by National Economic Council Director Brian Deese, who will highlight some key aspects of the executive orders the … Read more

Biden Administration SBA, Economic Officials Meeting With Small Business Leaders Mentions PPP Loans

President Joe Biden

Readout of Senior Administration Economic Officials’ Meeting with Small Business Leaders and Advocates Notable that Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans were discussed, and with the objective of getting more dollars to communities of color. Only two percent of all PPP Loans went to black business owners. Today, Acting Small Business Administrator Tami Perriello, Director of … Read more

Executive Order On Economic Relief Related To The COVID-19 Pandemic

President Joe Biden

ECONOMIC RELIEF RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Background. The pandemic caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to an economic crisis marked by the closure … Read more

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Second Press Briefing, January 21, 2021

White House Logo

White House Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, January 21, 2021 James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 4:03 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us today. Many familiar faces from yesterday back again. We are pleased to have Dr. Fauci here with us as part of the President’s commitment to … Read more

WATCH: Kamala Harris First Speech as Vice President, Urges Country To ‘See Beyond The Crisis’

Vice President Kamala Harrris

WATCH: Kamala Harris makes first speech as vice president, urges country to ‘see beyond the crisis’ From YouTube Channel: January 20, 2021 at 09:59PM ONN – WATCH: Kamala Harris First Speech as Vice President, Urges Country To ‘See Beyond The Crisis’ PBS writes: Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to the nation from the National Mall … Read more

President Joe Biden And Vice President Kamala Harris Announce Jennifer Klein and Julissa Reynoso As Co-Chairs of the White House Gender Policy Council

Joe Biden and Kamela Harris

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Announce Co-Chairs of the White House Gender Policy Council WASHINGTON – Today, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced the formation of the White House Gender Policy Council, co-chaired by Jennifer Klein and Julissa Reynoso. President-elect Biden pledged to create a White House Council on … Read more

President Biden Picks Klein, Bronaugh, Palm, Trottenberg, Marten, Chopra, Gensler, For Posts

Joe Biden and Kamela Harris

President-elect Biden Announces Additional Key Administration Posts WASHINGTON – On January 18th, President-elect Joe Biden announced a number of key administration posts: Elizabeth Klein, Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Dr. Jewel Bronaugh, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; Andrea Palm, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services; Polly Trottenberg, Deputy Secretary of Transportation; Cindy Marten, Deputy Secretary … Read more

Full Speech: President-Elect Joe Biden Blasts Trump Administration For Blocking Access During Transition

Joe Biden and Kamela Harris

National Security Agency Review Teams Briefing Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by President-elect Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware This post based on press release sent directly to Zennie62Media by Biden-Harris Transition Team. In the speech, the video for which is also presented below, President-Elect Biden points to the Trump Administration for actions by the Department … Read more

Black Youth Organizations Letter To Oakland City Council President Kaplan On Police Press Release

Black Organizing Project

The letter below was originally presented in “Rebecca Kaplan Calling On Oakland Police to Stop Criminalizing Oakland Youth” here at Oakland News Now. It was digitized for presentation here. December 18, 2020 Dear Oakland City Councilmember Kaplan, We are writing on behalf of a consortium of youth development and community-based organizations including Black Organizing Project … Read more

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Announce Additional Members of White House Senior Staff

Joe Biden and Kamela Harris

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Announce Additional Members of White House Senior Staff Washington – Today, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced additional members of the White House senior staff. These diverse, experienced, and talented individuals demonstrate that the president and vice president-elect are building an administration that looks … Read more

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Statement On Latest COVID-19 Relief Package and Omnibus Deal

Congresswoman Barbara Lee

Washington – Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13), senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, today released a statement on the latest COVID-19 relief package and omnibus bill passed in the House of Representatives and expected to pass the Senate later this evening. This deal comes eight months after the House and Senate agreed on the first … Read more

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

Joe Biden and Kamela Harris

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 … Read more

Statement From President-Elect Joe Biden On Bipartisan Agreement On COVID-19 Relief

President-Elect Joe Biden

The Press Office Of President-Elect Joe Biden sent the following to Zennie62Media. I applaud the bipartisan Congressional economic relief package that will deliver critical resources to fight COVID-19, including funding for vaccine distribution, and much needed temporary relief for workers, families, and small businesses. In November, the American people spoke clearly that now is a … Read more

City Of Oakland To Cut Salaries Due To COVID-19 Pandemic-Caused $62 Million Shortfall

City of Oakland

Oakland – On Thursday, Mayor Libby Schaaf and City Administrator Ed Reiskin shared with City of Oakland employees the stark financial reality the City faces due to extreme revenue losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Like all cities and local governments — and barring significant federal relief — Oakland must consider immediate measures to address … Read more