The Oakland Mayor And City Council can’t back away from Biden’s woes; they;’re responsible. President Joe Biden is taking a bit of a beating in a new CBS Poll released on this MLK Day and about how he is handling the Pademic and the economy. The headline of the CBS News article reads “CBS News … Read more
Oakland – The Oakland Fund for Public Innovation, in partnership with the City of Oakland, invites qualified Oakland cultural practitioners to respond to a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a new round of the Cultural Strategists-in-Government Program. The strategists will bring new perspectives and creative thinking to help City staff address some of the greatest … Read more
2021 Oakland Mayor And City Council – 2022 Elections Survey By Jobs And Housing Coalition Zennie Abraham note: This is the latest version of the long running survey of Oaklanders by the Oakland Jobs and Housing Coalition. Some of the highlights are these: The vast majority of the 400 survey respondents say they are not … Read more
https://youtu.be/UZwNBdPk0xc Oakland News Now – Major League Baseball Las Vegas Rumor May Explain Mayor Schaaf’s Wrong Oakland A’s Coliseum Claim – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube. OaklandNewsNow.com is the original blog post for this content. Major League Baseball Las Vegas Rumor May Explain Mayor Schaaf’s Wrong Oakland A’s Coliseum Claim During my interview with Oakland Mayor … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb_ZshA6K-4 Oakland News Now – Howard Terminal Update: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Says “Sources – Uses” Financing Doc Not Done – 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. Howard Terminal Update: Oakland Mayor Libby … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0tYrP2j-PY Oakland News Now – Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Talks With Zennie Abraham On Howard Terminal And Oakland Coliseum – 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. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Talks With Zennie … Read more
ZENNIE62MEDIA, Inc. received this “Action Alert” from the Office of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf. It’s great that she calls for funding for police academies, but she and the City Council fail to inact AB 464 to get billions to Oakland small business, and she has not stood alongside her police chief when he announces the … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTl0wdP02vo Oakland News Now – Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Says NO to the Recall – 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. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf at the Working Families Say No to the … Read more
Oakland News Now may be Oakland’s current, popular, active blog, but Oakland Focus, which I built on the Blogger.com platform in 2003, is Oakland’s first true blog. As such it contains a number of posts which now help chart and understand part of Oakland’s history. Take the post where my long time friend (who’s currently … Read more
Oakland’s Vice-Mayor Kaplan Request for City Auditor’s Report Spotlights Failure of City Administration to Use $2 Million of Federal Funding to House Unsheltered People Oakland – Vice-Mayor Rebecca Kaplan is calling on the Oakland Administration to implement City Council’s adopted budget amendment and immediately release funds to the Homeless Administrator meant to provide immediate shelter … Read more
https://youtu.be/zyFLnKkf4fw ONN – Mayor Schaaf Uses Old Media Ways To Make OUSD Oakland Undivided Forever Announcement – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Mayor Schaaf Uses Old Media Ways To Make OUSD Oakland Undivided Forever Announcement Mayor Schaaf sent over this press release a day ago. Well. Its a Media Advisory: News from: Office of Mayor Libby … Read more
Oakland City Council 2021-2023 Oakland Budget Makes City More Dangerous, Small Business Unfriendly Much of the Oakland City Council sided with a public that is the full definition of the group you don’t want to follow: the one doing Mob Rule. Even though crime is up all over Oakland and America, these folks want to … Read more
In Oakland’s sports facilities past, city managers and now chief administrative officers, the people charged with running the day-to-day operations of the City of Oakland, have always been a visible presence in the media. Thus, it’s logical to expect a press conference with Oakland’s current CAO Edward “Ed” Reiskin talking about the Oakland A’s work … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSHWEqG4BAM ONN – Livestream: Blame To Go Around In Oakland A’s Relocation Threat? Start With Oakland Athletics – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Livestream: Blame To Go Around In Oakland A’s Relocation Threat? Start With Oakland Athletics The day started with Oakland A’s President Dave Kaval’s letter to … Read more
Mayor Schaaf proposes $3.85 billion “Just Recovery Budget”. Two-year plan makes unprecedented investments in homelessness and housing, supports public safety, and re-instates prudent fiscal policies. Oakland, CA – Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and City Administrator Ed Reiskin today released a two-year Proposed Policy Budget for fiscal years 2021-2023. The Just Recovery Budget totals more than … Read more
Look. From the perspective of this Oakland vlogger / blogger who created the report that led to the 1988 Coliseum Redevelopment Survey Area, the current players in the matter of building a ballpark at Howard Terminal at Jack London Square are making mistake after mistake. That includes Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, Oakland Athletics President Dave … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtGhKA-j2ro ONN – Oakland Mayor’s Town Hall Budget Summit – Guaranteed Income – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Powered by Restream https://restream.io/ Part 1 of Budget Summit is streamed. Register to join part 2, and jump in #BudgetSummit zoom breakout rooms: http://bit.ly/2NzkX7J via IFTTT Note from Zennie62Media and … Read more
Senator Padilla And Oakland Mayor Schaaf American Rescue Plan Press Conference Livestream From YouTube Channel: March 5, 2021 at 11:59AM ONN – Senator Padilla And Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf American Rescue Plan Press Conference Livestream Note from Zennie62Media and OaklandNewsNow.com : this video-blog post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest updated version … Read more
OFF THE GRID PARTNERS WITH CITY OF OAKLAND TO DOUBLE GREAT PLATES DELIVERED PROGRAM AND FEED 100% MORE SENIORS AFFECTED BY COVID Beginning Immediately, Oakland Residents Can Sign Up for Free Meals at https://offthegrid.com/oakgreatplates Oakland – Off the Grid (OTG), the Bay Area’s premier food truck and catering experience company, has partnered with Oakland to … Read more
This Oakland News Now post is based on a Facebook entry by famed Oakland Hip-Hop Journalist Davey D. What follows is his text, then the embed of the multimedia content. Davey D note on the featured photo: The gentlemen in the front is from Brooklyn.. He says he grew up in the projects.. His kids … Read more
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Renews Calls To Cap I-980 – By Richard Haick ONN – Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Renews Calls To Cap I-980 – By Richard Haick – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Watch the vlog . Stay tuned. Note from Zennie62Media’s Zennie62 YouTube and Oakland News Now Today Blog SF Bay Area: this video-blog … Read more
35th And Galindo Named Deontae Bush Way In Oakland 3 Years After His Death In Traffic Accident ONN – 35th And Galindo Named Deontae Bush Way In Oakland 3 Years After His Death In Traffic Accident – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Watch the vlog 35th And Galindo Named Deontae Bush Way In Oakland 3 Years … Read more
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 … Read more
Oakland – The City of Oakland’s Workforce Development Board is launching a free, online skills training platform offered by Metrix Learning. Taking courses can help Oaklanders improve a wide variety of skills, earn industry certificates, launch into new careers or advance up the career ladder. Metrix Learning offers more than 5,000 courses leading to over … Read more
Port of Oakland video signals change in Port’s future CMA CGM’s direct Asia service shows Oakland’s import cargo potential Oakland – Port of Oakland says its business model is changing with the commitment by CMA CGM, a world leader in shipping and logistics, to launch a new direct service from Asia to the Port of … Read more
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong Announce New Dedicated Liaisons to Non-English Speaking Communities to Increase Safety and Trust Note, just an hour after Mayor Schaaf’s Office issued the press release this post is based on, Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunado Bas issued a tweet that she met with Police Chief … Read more
I saw this over at Instagram, and since there’s no repost for WordPress (yet), I made my own. It reads as the title above does: “Oakland Can Support Black Lives Matter And Attack Anti-Asian Racism At The Same Time”. It’s an answer to the sudden attacks on elderly Asian Americans in Oakland, and a behind-the-scenes … Read more
Now Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf And Mom With Zennie Abraham In Photo From 1998 Christmas Party ONN – Now Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf And Mom With Zennie Abraham In Photo From 1998 Christmas Party – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Now Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf And Mom With Zennie Abraham In Photo From 1998 Christmas Party … Read more
Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong From YouTube Channel: February 5, 2021 at 02:55PM ONN – Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong This is what I wrote here at Oakland News Now on February 21, 2020, just less than one year ago: LeRonne Armstrong For Oakland Police Chief: Long-Time Deputy Chief Should Be Top Cop Oakland Mayor … Read more
Oakland mayor picks new police chief LeRonne Armstrong From YouTube Channel: February 5, 2021 at 04:27PM ONN – Mayor Libby Schaaf confirmed that LeRonne Armstrong is the new Oakland police chief. KTVU: In a video tweet, Schaaf said she was very excited to have Armstrong on board. She called Armstrong “a mentor” and “a leader.” … Read more
Oakland-Scranton flag honors Harris, Biden From YouTube Channel: January 24, 2021 at 07:07PM ONN – Oakland-Scranton Flag Honors President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris AP writes: The hometowns of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have created an Oakland-Scranton flag in a gesture to commemorate their inauguration as U.S. president and vice president and to … Read more
The First Nationwide COVID-19 Memorial to Lives Lost is Part of The Inauguration of President-elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris Oakland – Today, Mayor Libby Schaaf announced that Oakland will be participating in the Nationwide COVID-19 Memorial to Lives Lost by: • Illuminating Oakland City Hall on the evening of … Read more
Oakland Salutes Madame Vice President: A Virtual Inaugural Ball & Hometown Celebration From YouTube Channel: January 17, 2021 at 06:00PM ONN – Born in Oakland, Kamala D. Harris will be sworn in as the 49th Vice President of the United States on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. The pandemic is keeping all of us from gathering … Read more
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Blasts $600 Stimulus: $600 In Ohio Is Not $600 In Oakland She Says ONN – Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Blasts $600 Stimulus: $600 In Ohio Is Not $600 In Oakland She Says – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Blasts $600 Stimulus: $600 In Ohio Is Not $600 In … Read more
First, Merry Christmas, everyone! Second, Let me repeat that title: “The Oakland City Council Budget Problem Is The Pandemic Councilmember Kaplan”. That take comes from a Twitter exchange that featured Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan posting this to a small set of other Oakland-focused Twitter accounts: This: They say the huge budget problem was … Read more
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 … Read more
Oakland Mayor Schaaf Says She Did Not Receive Invite To Be On Biden Cabinet, Does Not Seek One ONN – Oakland Mayor Schaaf Says She Did Not Receive Invite To Be On Biden Cabinet, Does Not Seek One – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said that she declined an offer to … Read more
US Supreme Court Rejects Texas, Trump, GOP Congress Bid To Overturn Election Of Joe Biden As POTUS ONN – US Supreme Court Rejects Texas, Trump, GOP Congress Bid To Overturn Election Of Joe Biden As POTUS – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube US Supreme Court Rejects Texas, Trump, GOP Congress Bid To Overturn Election Of Joe … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more