Ed Reiskin lands Robert Bobb’s praise (click on the video to listen to Mr. Bobb’s commentary). Ed Reiskin, the current but as yet unconfirmed Oakland Chief Administrative Officer who was elevated from his Assistant CAO position by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, has experienced somewhat choppy waters of public opinion since the news of his … Read more
Oakland, Ca. District 1 City Council Candidates Forum ONN – The First Online 2020 Oakland City Council District 1 Candidates Forum The first of what will be many Oakland City Council District One candidates forums was held today, online, and by Tumbleweedmedia. The forum featured Incumbent Oakland City Councilmember Dan Kalb, Stephanie Walton, and Tri … Read more
Marchon Tatmon Oakland City Council 2020 District Seven Candidate Interview ONN – Marchon Tatmon Oakland City Council 2020 District Seven Candidate Interview Marchon Tatmon Oakland City Council 2020 District Seven Candidate Interview A 50 minute Zennie62 YouTube Live interview with Marchon Tatmon, who ran for Mayor of Oakland in 2018, and is now running for … Read more
Oakland, CA- This past Friday, March 27th, for the first time, the Oakland City Council held a special city council meeting by teleconference. An estimated 1,000 participants joined the meeting via zoom or phone. At this meeting, the Council unanimously supported Council President Kaplan’s Resolution to more closely follow the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) … Read more
Oakland, California Has Not Hired A Black Chief Of Police Since 2011. Why? ONN – Oakland, California Has Not Hired A Black Chief Of Police Since 2011, Why? This week, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf hired Susan Manheimer, the newly retired San Mateo Chief of Police, to become the Interim Chief of Police in Oakland. While … Read more
Lorie Carter Owens, Oaklanders, Must Understand Oakland Police Chief History And Blacks ONN – Lorie Carter Owens, Oaklanders, Must Understand Oakland Police Chief History And Blacks Oaklander Lorie Carter Owens took time to engage me in the Facebook Group NAACP Oakland, and because I made the video blog called “Susan Manheimer: Oakland Mayor Schaaf’s Allergy … Read more
Moratorium On Oakland COVID-19 Related Evictions Called For By Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas ONN – Moratorium On Oakland COVID-19 Related Evictions Called For By Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas The Oakland District Two Councilmember sent this email: Oaklanders are strong, resilient, and community-minded. We are focused on a major piece in stopping the spread of infection: … Read more
Oakland Measure R Passes, Now Oakland City Council Should Change From “Newspaper” To “Media Source” ONN – Oakland Measure R Passes, Now Oakland City Council Should Change From “Newspaper” To “Media Source” Note from Zennie62Media and Oakland News Now: this video-blog post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest updated version of an … Read more
Treva Reid Officially Announces Run For The Oakland City Council District 7 Seat Held By Her Father ONN – Treva Reid Officially Announces Run For The Oakland City Council District 7 Seat Held By Her Father 44 minutes ago, Treva Reid officially announced that she is running for the seat held by her father, the … Read more
LeRonne Armstrong Does Want To Be Oakland Police Chief, Wilson Riles ONN – LeRonne Armstrong Does Want To Be Oakland Police Chief, Wilson Riles After this Vlogger blogged that Deputy Chief LeRonne Armstrong should be the next Oakland Police, former Oakland City Councilmember Wilson Riles chimed in on Facebook with “He does not want to … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Jesse Alexander, Lynette Gibson McElhaney, Noel Pico, Faye Taylor Run For Oakland City Council D3 ONN – Jesse Alexander, Lynette Gibson McElhaney, Noel Pico, Faye Taylor Run For Oakland City Council D3 The 2020 Oakland City Council District Three Election Race heated up as of this Valentines Day because of two events: first, the race … Read more
Here’s Why Jeremy Gong Really Isn’t Running For The Oakland City Council District 1 Seat In 2020 ONN – Here’s Why Jeremy Gong Really Isn’t Running For The Oakland City Council District 1 Seat In 2020 So, I figured out why Jeremy Gong isn’t running for the Oakland City Council District One Seat in 2020. … Read more
Jeremy Gong Isn’t Running For The Oakland City Council District 1 Seat, FYI ONN – Jeremy Gong Isn’t Running For The Oakland City Council District 1 Seat, FYI Jeremy Gong Isn’t Running For The Oakland City Council District 1 Seat, FYI A look at the City of Oakland website page marked “Find Candidates & Measures … Read more
Oakland Should Force Landlords To Share Accurate Rent Payment Records ONN – Oakland Should Force Landlords To Share Accurate Rent Payment Records The Oakland City Council has focused on making it harder for landlords to price housing rents out of the reach of many of Oakland’s long time tenants. It has also passed a law … Read more
Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan Thanks Moms 4 Housing, And Works To Obtain Affordable Housing From County’s Property Auction List Oakland, CA – For the past several weeks, Moms 4 Housing, a group of Oakland homeless mothers and their children had been residing in a formerly-vacant home in West Oakland. An Alameda County Superior … Read more
Tri Ngo Oakland City Council District One Candidate Interview ONN – Tri Ngo Oakland City Council District One Candidate Interview Note from Oakland News Now Technical: this video-blog post shows the full and live operation of the latest updated version of an experimental Zennie62Media mobile media video-blogging system network that was launched June 2018. The … Read more
Zennie62Media’s Zennie62 YouTube Live Will Resume Thursday With Three Shows ONN – Zennie62Media’s Zennie62 YouTube Live Will Resume Thursday With Three Shows Zennie62, or me Zennie Abraham, will be back with three livestream shows: 1. 1 PM EST: Tre Ngo, who’s running for the Oakland City Council District 1 Seat that Dan Kalb currently occupies, … Read more
OAKLAND, CA – For the past several weeks, Moms 4 Housing, a group of homeless mothers and their children have been residing in a formerly-vacant home in West Oakland. Wedgewood, a large investment corporation, with a troubling history of questionable evictions, is seeking to evict the women. The case is pending in court, and the … Read more
Oaklanders Complain About Missing Live-Work Building Codes At Oakland City Council Part 2 ONN – Oaklanders Complain About Missing Live-Work Building Codes At Oakland City Council Part 2 This is completely outrageous. The City of Oakland somehow managed to allow someone – and no one knows who – take out the set of local building … Read more
OAKLAND, CA – “Broadway Bus Lanes.” Today President Rebecca Kaplan is supporting a Resolution from the Oakland Department of Transportation before the Public Works Committee – Tuesday, September 24 at 11:30AM at Oakland City Hall (Link to Agenda) – that supports transit improvements by creating dedicated transit only lanes on Broadway, our busiest street, from … Read more
Oakland Decriminalizes Magic Mushrooms: A White Drug Of Gentrification Few Blacks Use ONN – Oakland Decriminalizes Magic Mushrooms: A White Drug Of Gentrification Few Blacks Use The City of Oakland City Council took up a resolution (not an initiative as some have reported) to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms, or “Magic Mushrooms”, at the committee level on … Read more
Oakland, CA – Tonight the full Oakland City Council will hear and take action on Oakland’s 3-year street paving plan. This 3-year paving plan is different than past paving plans as the framework prioritize streets for repaving based on equity, street condition, and traffic safety. Currently, as it stands, not many streets will be paved … Read more
OAKLAND, CA – Tomorrow, May 7th there will be a Special Oakland City Council Budget Meeting for the Mayor to present her proposed budget (Link to Agenda) which begins at 4:00PM. There will also be a Council Meeting beginning at 5:30PM. (Link to Agenda) On the agenda for the 5:30PM Council Meeting President Kaplan has … Read more
Oakland, Ca – On Tuesday, April 16th the Oakland City Council took extraordinary action to save critical services that include, the restorative justice program, the foster youth case management program and school libraries from shutting down or significant service reductions that were adopted during OUSD’s recent budget cuts. A Resolution authored by Councilmembers Sheng Thao … Read more
Oakland City Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan (At-Large), Nikki Bas (District Two), Noll Gallo (District Five), And Sheng Thao (District Four) Funding Resolution For OUSD Programs to be introduced at Oakland City Council April 16th, 2019. Oakland, CA – On March 4th, 2019, the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) made $21.75 million in budgetary cuts to meet … Read more
Oakland, CA – The Tuesday, April 2nd Oakland City Council meeting will begin early at 4:30PM in Council chambers. Also planned is a special tribute in honor of Victor McElhaney, son of Councilmember Lynette McElhaney, who was shot in Los Angeles on March 10th. There will be poetry from Paradise the Poet and a musical … Read more
Oakland, CA – A special Oakland City Council Meeting for Thursday, March 21st beginning at 10:30AM has been called. Council President Kaplan has moved the agenda from the cancelled March 12th Council meeting to Thursday morning. (Link to Agenda) President Kaplan also has five items on the agenda. Agenda Item 7.8 asks the Council to … Read more
Oakland, CA – Today, Tuesday February 5th, the Oakland City Council meeting will begin at 5:00pm. (Link to Agenda). This will be the second meeting overseen by new Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan, and she is keeping to her promise to limit ceremonial items on the agenda, and holding council members to time limits … Read more
Oakland, CA – Today in the Life Enrichment Committee the Resolution introduced by former Councilmember Desley Brooks, and co-authored by Council President Kaplan, to rename the unnamed road adjacent to the West side of the Fruitvale BART Station between 33rd to 35th Avenues to “Oscar Grant Way” was passed. At the meeting Councilmember Lynette McElhaney … Read more
OAKLAND, CA – last week, in a unanimous vote, Councilmember At Large Rebecca Kaplan was elected Oakland City Council President. Kaplan is the first openly LGBT+ Council President in Oakland’s history. The new Oakland City Council President opened her statements with 1 Kings 3:9 “Give Thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge Thy people, … Read more
Oakland District 1 Councilmember Dan Kalb’s Message On Measure AA Certification Dear Oakland residents, Thank you for contacting my office recently to inquire or express concerns about the City Council’s Certification of Oakland Measure AA (The Children’s Initiative of 2018). I do understand that the City Council’s certification decision may be puzzling to some. I … Read more
Oakland, CA – Today, November 27, 2018, is the 40th anniversary of the assassination of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, a leader in the LGBT movement and and first openly-gay American be elected to public office. At tonight’s City Council meeting, Oakland’s at-large Council member Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland’s first openly-lesbian Council member, will offer an … Read more
Oakland, CA – Following the elections, the Oakland City Council will have three new members. Rebecca Kaplan, the only city-wide elected member of the Oakland City Council (At-Large), reached out to all three Councilmembers-elect, and welcomed them all to the Oakland City Council. Kaplan, who was re-elected city-wide in 2016, was not on the ballot … Read more
Nikki Bas, Loren Taylor, and Sheng Thao are the new representatives of Oakland City Council Districts 2, 6, and 4, respectively. To all of them, I say congratulations and welcome to the Oakland City Council. All of you have worked hard to get to your new public service responsibilities. But, of the three of you, … Read more
