Caught Cat Brooks for a 37 minute interview from her mountain perch and via the Zennie62Media network. The actress that become activist, and almost the Mayor of Oakland (I still think Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and Cat must have lunch and really get to know each other, but I digress), was in, as she told … Read more
With Eyes on Policing, Oakland Hopes to Change ONN – John Jones, Regina Jackson, Barry Donelan, Dan Kalb, Others, On Changing Oakland Police Department The video from VOA News says “As protests against police violence continue in the US, residents are looking at their local police forces and asking questions.” Roll call: John Jones III … Read more
Rashidah Grinage On The Oakland Police Commission Ballot Measure, Calls To Defund Oakland Police ONN – Rashidah Grinage On The Oakland Police Commission Ballot Measure, Calls To Defund Oakland Police Rashidah Grinage, one of the creators of the Oakland Coalition for Police Accountability, talked about the Oakland City Counciil’s vote to advance the ballot measure … Read more
Rashidah Grinage On The Oakland City Auditor’s Report On Oakland Police Commission ONN – Rashidah Grinage On The Oakland City Auditor’s Report On Oakland Police Commission 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 … Read more
The Oakland Police Commission (Measure LL) was created by a vote of 83 percent of Oakland’s residents in 2016 as a way of taking oversight of the Oakland Police Department from a federal district court judge sitting in San Francisco and giving it to the people of our city. But the strong independent Police Commission … Read more
Oakland, CA. – Late last night, Oakland’s Police Commission unanimously passed a new policy which requires that police officers have an actual reason to search a person on probation or parole for a non-violent offense. The Oakland’s Police Commission drafted the new policy after consulting with people who had been subjected to repeated searches, criminal … Read more
Oakland, CA – Since the so-called Oakland “Strong Mayor” form of local government was enacted in 2000, removing the Mayor as a voting member the Oakland City Council, we need to look at what the job of Mayor of Oakland has come to mean. No longer part of the ‘policy making’ role of the Council, … Read more