Loren Taylor Oakland Councilmember, Mayoral Candidate, Talks Run, Oakland Problems
A wide-ranging talk on the District 6 Councilmember’s run for Mayor of Oakland, and Oakland’s future. Loren Taylor Oakland Councilmember, Mayoral Candidate, Talks Run, Oakland Problems ZENNIE62MEDIA, Inc. is proud to present Zennie Abraham’s interview with Oakland District Six Councilmember Loren Taylor. This is his platform to share why he’s running for Mayor. We’ll also […]
Oakland CM Loren Taylor Blasts Sheng Thao, Nikki Bas Over Spike Of His Violence Reso
Oakland District Six Councilmember and candidate for both re-election and Oakland Mayor (not a legal position to be in, but that’s for another time), took to Instagram to vent his spleen over the way Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunado Bas and Oakland District 4 (Oakland Hills / Montclair) Councilmember and Mayoral Candidate Sheng Thao […]
Oakland 2022 Election Could Result In Zero Black Male Councilmembers For First Time Since 1963
As it looks right now, if Oakland District Six Councilmember Loren Taylor does elect not to run for re-election and pursues the job of Mayor of Oakland, and then loses, Oakland will be without a black man as a councilmember for the first time since 1963. To me, that we’re in such a situation presents, […]
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, […]
Loren Taylor Oakland Councilmember Run For Mayor And District 6 Re-Election Is Illegal
https://youtu.be/Z8voFyzPP80 Oakland News Now – Loren Taylor Oakland Councilmember Run For Mayor And District 6 Re-Election Is Illegal – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube. OaklandNewsNow.com is the original blog post for this content. Oakland District 6 Councilmember Loren Taylor announced his run for Mayor of Oakland yesterday. He says that he can unite the City of […]
Oakland Wildfires: Councilmembers Thao, Kalb, Taylor With Fire Department Staff
Oakland Wildfires: Councilmembers Sheng Thao, Dan Kalb, Loren Taylor With Fire Department Staff Oakland, California – Council President Pro Tempore Sheng Thao, who represents District 4 on the Oakland City Council, joined the Oakland Fire Department, Joe DeVries, Sue Piper from the Oakland Fire Safe Council, and Councilmembers Dan Kalb and Loren Taylor to discuss […]
Oakland City Council Approves Including Councilmember Bas, Taylor, Police Alternatives In Budget
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr76iUKjIyQ ONN – Oakland City Council Approves Including Councilmember Bas, Taylor, Police Alternatives In Budget Oakland City Council approves funding police alternatives – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Reimagining public safety in Oakland is one step closer to reality now that the Oakland City Council approves funding for […]
Oakland Black Cultural Zone And Waste Management Compost Giveaway A Big Success
The Oakland Black Cultural Zone teamed up with Waste Management and gave away 400 bags of compost, 100 trees, 100 half- barrel planters, and packets of daffodil bulbs as part of a neighborhood beautification project in Oakland. The event is done in partnership with Keep Oakland Beautiful, The Rare Barrel Beer Co and Oakland Councilmember […]
Oakland City Council Meeting Schedule – Contact Your Oakland City Councilperson
Oakland City Council Meeting Schedule – Contact Your Oakland City Councilperson – Coded For Oakland News Now by Zennie Abraham, CEO, Zennie62Media The Open Oakland Councilmatic Code was slow to update to the City Council Agenda, and lacked a link to the actual page, so it was removed. Oakland City Council Meeting Watch Page Oakland […]
Oakland Councilmember Loren Taylor’s Town Hall : Eliminating Local Contracting Disparities
Oakland Town Hall: Eliminating Local Contracting Disparities From YouTube Channel: February 13, 2021 at 09:51PM ONN – Oakland Councilmember Loren Taylor’s Town Hall : Eliminating Local Contracting Disparities Watch Councilmember Loren Taylor and local business stakeholders discuss ways to eliminate racial and gender based contracting disparities in Oakland! Panelists include the following: 1. Cathy Adams, […]
Oakland Has Long Had Policies To Give Business Contracts To African Americans; Forgot Black Business Development
Today, in 2021, There’s a well-intentioned, and brand new effort in Oakland to steer City of Oakland spending toward black business. Wow. Makes you think that was never done before, right? Well, in my history in Oakland, which goes back to April 8th of 1974, it has been done. The real problem is one that […]
Loren Taylor Oakland Councilmember: Stay At Home Order Effective December 7th Update
Dear Oaklander, Given the record-breaking surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, Alameda County has joined other Bay Area health departments and the City of Berkeley in implementing the State’s Regional Stay Home Order in an effort to prevent our health care systems from being overburdened and to reduce lost of life. In Alameda County, the […]
Oakland Progressives Party YouTube Fundraiser Celebrating Oakland Rising’s Jessamyn Sabbag
Oakland Progressives Party – 12/2 @ 5-6:30 From YouTube Channel: December 3, 2020 at 10:01AM ONN – Oakland Progressives Party YouTube Fundraiser Celebrating Oakland Rising’s Jessamyn Sabbag This YouTube video comes from the new YouTube Channel for the Oakland Progressives Party. It features a fundraiser that was held on December 2nd from 5 PM to […]
Oakland Race And Gender Disparities Study Released After Councilmember Taylor, Oakland African Chamber of Commerce Action
COUNCILMEMBER LOREN TAYLOR, THE OAKLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY LEADERS SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATE FOR RELEASE OF OAKLAND’S RACE AND GENDER DISPARITY STUDY On Tuesday, November 24, 2020, Councilmember Loren Taylor, the Oakland African Chamber of Commerce and other community leaders, held a press conference to demand that the City publicly […]
Will Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Join Councilmembers Kaplan, Gallo, Thao In Barbara Lee For Senator?
On Monday, Oakland City Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan was joined by colleagues Noel Gallo and Sheng Thao, and the trio issued a short press release via her amazing Chief of Staff Kimberly Jones that went like this: OAKLAND, CA (November 23, 2020) — Today, Oakland Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan, Noel Gallo, and Sheng Thao wrote an open […]
Conversation With Your Councilmember Loren Taylor – Oakland District 6 – EastOaklandHills 10.8.20
Conversation With Your Councilmember [Loren Taylor – Oakland District 6] – EastOaklandHills 10.8.20 From YouTube Channel: October 29, 2020 at 02:55AM ONN – Conversation With Your Councilmember Loren Taylor – Oakland District 6 – EastOaklandHills 10.8.20 Councilmember Loren Taylor (Oakland District 6) in Conversation with East Oakland Hills Residents on October 8th, 2020. Topics include […]
Oakland City Council: Councilmember Loren Taylor Leads Passage Of Homeless Encampment Policy
Oakland – On Tuesday, October 20, 2020, the Oakland City Council unanimously passed its first Encampment Management Policy clarifying how it will ensure health and safety for those living in and around homeless encampments. As Chair of the Council’s Life Enrichment Committee, Councilmember Loren Taylor, guided the 8-month process for developing the policy which included […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 City Council To Consider New Homeless Encampment Management Policy
Oakland – On Monday September 21st, the Oakland City Council will move one step closer to clarifying to how Oakland will manage and support homeless encampments throughout the city. Led by Councilmember Loren Taylor, the Council’s Life Enrichment Committee hopes to finalize a new Encampment Management Policy. Councilmember Taylor emphasized that, “When there is a […]
Councilmember Taylor Brings Experience Leading Disruptive Innovation To Oakland’s Public Safety Transformation
(NOTE: There is still time to apply for a role on Oakland’s Reimagining Public Safety Taskforce. Apply Now – Click Here) Prior to serving as District 6 representative, Councilmember Loren Taylor guided efforts to transform heavily regulated and bureaucratic industries including healthcare services, medical devices, utilities, and telecommunications. As co-chair of Oakland’s new Taskforce to […]
Oakland Councilmember Loren Taylor Town Hall Discussion On Homeless Encampment Management
Town Hall Discussion on Homeless Encampment Management From YouTube Channel: June 23, 2020 at 11:13AM ONN – Oakland Councilmember Loren Taylor Town Hall Discussion on Homeless Encampment Management From Oakland Councilmember Loren Taylor on YouTube, who represents District Six in Oakland, California. Note from Zennie62Media and Oakland News Now: this video-blog post demonstrates the full […]
Black Businesses & Community With Oakland City Councilmember Loren Taylor
Black Businesses & Community with Oakland CityCouncilmember Loren Taylor From YouTube Channel: April 17, 2020 at 06:42PM ONN – Black Businesses & Community With Oakland City Councilmember Loren Taylor In this chat, we will talk with Oakland City Councilmember Loren Taylor about Black Owned Businesses as well as Women Owned businesses during Covid19. We will […]
Oakland City Council Fakes Defunding Police, Slashes Community Services Says Cat Brooks
Oakland – Tuesday night July 21, 2020, The Oakland City Council had the historic opportunity to address the decades-long budget inequity that has left police with the lion’s share of our tax dollars and many residents without healthcare, housing, and critical social services during the pandemic. Councilmembers Reid, McElhaney, Taylor, Gallo, and Mayor Schaaf chose […]
Oakland City Council Passes Police Commission Ballot Measure For November 2020 Ballot
Oakland, CA (July 23, 2020)- Today, The Police Commission Ballot measure resolution that Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb and I, Oakland At-Large Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, introduced, which was co-sponsored by Oakland Councilmembers Noel Gallo and Loren Taylor, was unanimously passed by Council. It will now go on the November 3, 2020 Ballot for Oakland voters to […]
Oakland City Council’s Equity Caucus Redirects $150 Million From Oakland Police To Black Community
Oakland – Tuesday, July 21, 2020, the Oakland City Council Equity Caucus (Vice Mayor Larry Reid, Councilmembers Lynette Gibson McElhaney, Noel Gallo,and Loren Taylor) ushered a unanimous vote to immediately begin the effort to redirect $150 Million from police to fund Oakland’s Black community, improve public safety and meet other critical community needs.“Yesterday’s debate provided […]
Oakland City Council Delays “UberLyft” Rideshare Tax Vote To Look At Berkeley’s – Here It Is
The Oakland City Council was all set to pass legislation that would have placed a special tax on what it calls “Transportation Network Companies” or rideshare firms like Uber and Lyft (hence the name “UberLyft”) on the November 3, 2020 General Municipal Election Ballot. But then, common sense stepped in to delay the action. It […]
Oakland Overwhelmingly Supports Defunding Police, Investing In Housing, And Health Services
Community Survey Finds Overwhelming Support Across Oakland for Defunding OPD and Investing in Housing, Mental Health Services Survey conducted by #DefundthePolice Coalition finds strong support for Councilmember Nikky Bas’s (District Two) proposal to reallocate another $11.4M from OPD’s budget this year and form a Task Force of impacted community members to plan next year’s $150 […]
Press Conference: Oakland Council President Kaplan To Reopen Budget Vote To Defund Police
Press Conference: In Midst of Mounting Pressure and Day of Action, Oakland Council President Kaplan to Reopen Budget Vote; Commit to Join Bas, Labor, Community to Defund Police Oakland, Ca — Today, Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan will join a press conference of labor and community organizations near her home to commit to reopen […]
Oakland Councilmember Loren Taylor at Kickoff of The March for Black Lives in #DeepEastOakland
Oakland Councilmember Loren Taylor at Kickoff of The March for Black Lives in #DeepEastOakland ONN – Councilmember Loren Taylor shares some thoughts at the beginning of the March for Black Lives which started at the vacant lot at 73rd & Foothill – a city-owned lot that was recently leased to the Oakland BlackCultural Zone for […]
Ben Bartlett Berkeley Councilmember Shows Oakland City Council How To Defund Police
Ben Bartlett Berkeley Councilmember Shows Oakland City Council How To Defund Police ONN – Ben Bartlett Berkeley Councilmember Shows Oakland City Council How To Defund Police Raw transcript from video: Hey, you know, I tell you something just really pisses me off. the City of Oakland just made this rush to stuff something in as […]
Oakland Equity Caucus Budget Approved,$26.9M In COVID-19 Funding
Oakland Equity Caucus Budget Approved,$26.9M in COVID-19 Funding for Most Impacted Communities, Redirects Police Funding OAKLAND, Calif. – On Tuesday, June 23, Oakland City Council approved the “Community First Budget” proposed by Finance Chair Lynette Gibson McElhaney, and Equity Caucus partners Vice Mayor Reid, Councilmembers Noel Gallo and Loren Taylor. Informed by Oakland’s 2018 Equity […]
Oakland Councilmember Loren Taylor District 6 Gives Update On Protests And Oakland Police
Oakland Councilmember Loren Taylor District 6 Gives Update On Protests And Oakland Police ONN – Oakland Councilmember Loren Taylor District 6 Gives Update On Protests And Oakland Police 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. […]
“Jana Wilson” On Facebook Looks And Is Used Like A Fake Profile Designed To Spread Controversy
“Jana Wilson” On Facebook Looks And Is Used Like A Fake Profile Designed To Spread Controversy ONN – “Jana Wilson” On Facebook Looks And Is Used Like A Fake Profile Designed To Spread Controversy A Facebook profile page with the name “Jana Wilson” took to attack a Zennie62Media post from Oakland District 6 Councilmember Loren […]
City Of Oakland Issues Curfew Following Eruption Of Nighttime Violence
City of Oakland Declares Local Emergency, Issues Curfew Following Eruption of Nighttime Violence Curfew in effect from 8 pm to 5 am starting tonight Oakland, CA – For the safety and well-being of all our residents, this afternoon the City of Oakland declared a local emergency and issued a curfew order effective tonight from 8 […]
Oakland Councilmember Loren Taylor Reflections On Protests In Oakland
Oakland Councilmember Loren Taylor Reflections On Protests In Oakland ONN – Councilmember Loren Taylor provides Reflections On recent Protests In Oakland following police killing of #GeorgeFloyd 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 […]
Councilmember Loren Taylor Vlog – Take 2
Councilmember Loren Taylor Vlog – Take 2 ONN – 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 June 2018. This is a major part of Zennie62Media , Inc.’s […]
Oakland Councilmember Loren Taylor Vlog1
Oakland Councilmember Loren Taylor Vlog1 ONN – 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 June 2018. This is a major part of Zennie62Media , Inc.’s new and […]