Not dealing with this one bit, I don’t care who it’s from. Oakland City Councilmember Sheng Thao is someone I considered a friend, but this video she put out makes me think twice about that. It’s the video for her run to be Mayor of Oakland, and in its rush to have people talk about … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ovNvERGpqE Oakland News Now – Oakland city councilmember Sheng Thao announces candidacy for mayor – 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 city councilmember Sheng Thao announced her candidacy for mayor of Oakland … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMuBPOoEPVk Oakland News Now – Sheng Thao announces candidacy for Oakland mayor – 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 councilmember and council president pro tem Sheng Thao on Wednesday announced her candidacy … Read more
Today, the Oakland City Council voted to approve the Construction Innovation Ordinance introduced by Mayor Libby Schaaf, Council President Pro Tempore Sheng Thao, and Councilmember Dan Kalb. This creative legislation will help provide more legal housing options as well as expand tenant protections to them. What The Construction Innovation Ordinance Does Allow residential occupancy of … 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
The Oakland Mayor’s Race for the seat currently held by the 50th Mayor and my long-time friend Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf is starting to get crowded. Now, there’s some guy named Stephen Schear, which is why I’m blogging about this subject of the Oakland mayoral election for 2022, again. Right now, there are five people … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwASH_bdFto Oakland News Now – Loren Taylor Running For Mayor Of Oakland, District 6 Re-Election At The Same Time, See Video – Video – 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. Loren Taylor Is … Read more
Kaplan, Bas, Thao and Fife Plan Saves Oakland Head Start Child Care Centers Oakland, CA – Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan, Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas, President Pro Tempore Sheng Thao, and Council Member Carroll Fife, in coordination with extensive community support, successfully passed a budget amendment to equitably reopen Head Start child care centers in … Read more
Oakland, CA— Today the Oakland City Council voted unanimously to SAVE three Head Start centers that were identified by City Staff to be closed after the city lost sizable federal funding due to not meeting the benchmarks set forth by the Federal grantor. As a symptom of not meeting the complete benchmarks, a trigger for … Read more
Oakland, CA – Oakland Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan and Alameda County Supervisor David Haubert jointly announced today plans for City-County collaboration to provide safe parking, managed RV sites, to protect public health and provide safer alternatives, with sanitation, for those living in RVs, vans and other vehicles. Plans include safe parking areas and proper handling … Read more
Oakland, CA – Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan, Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas, President Pro Tempore Sheng Thao, and Council Member Carroll Fife, in coordination with extensive community support, are working to demand an equitable reopening of Head Start child care centers in Oakland’s most underserved communities at the September 1, 2021, Special City Council Meeting. … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkHW1czPQwg ONN – Mayor Schaaf, Councilmembers, Announce New Ordinance to Increase Housing Affordability – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Mayor Schaaf, Councilmembers, Announce New Ordinance to Increase Housing Affordability WHO: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, District 1 Councilmember Dan Kalb, District 4 Councilmember Sheng Thao WHAT: To address the … Read more
Sheng Thao (D4) and Councilmember Treva Reid (D7) denounced the illegal sideshows taking place across Oakland Oakland, California – On Monday, Council President Pro Tempore Sheng Thao (D4) and Councilmember Treva Reid (D7) denounced the illegal sideshows taking place across Oakland. “The rise in sideshow activity we’re seeing is dangerous for Oakland families including those … Read more
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 … Read more
Oakland, CA: (June 3 , 2020) – Today, Oakland Council Members Nikki Bas, Rebecca Kaplan and Sheng Thao sent a joint letter to Mayor Schaaf, City Administrator Reiskin and Interim Police Chief Manheimer to urge the immediate halt of the use of tear gas for crowd control during the COVID-19 pandemic “ Dear Mayor Schaaf, … 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 – Mayor Libby Schaaf invites Oakland residents to join her in celebrating Oakland’s diversity, culture, and community to mark the beginning of her second term as the city’s mayor. “Inauguration week presents a unique moment for Oaklanders to turn toward one another to show our city’s values and celebrate our secret sauce,” said Mayor … 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
OAKLAND, CA – Daniel Swafford, who is the Executive Director of the Montclair and Laurel Business Associations and community volunteer for over 15 years, endorsed Sheng Thao’s candidacy for Oakland City Council District 4. In a video, Swafford urge voters of District 4 to vote for Thao, stating, “…we really need someone that represents us … Read more
OAKLAND, CA – SHENG THAO, continues to gain strong support as the progressive candidate for Oakland’s open District 4 City Council seat. This week, SHENG received the #1 endorsement from Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, Black Young Democrats of the East Bay, and Asian Pacific American Democratic Caucus of Alameda County. SHENG also received the #2 … Read more
OAKLAND, CA – Oakland City Council District 4 candidate, SHENG THAO, continues to secure big endorsements, including from Sierra Club and the Harvey Milk Democratic Club, becoming the only candidate to receive the endorsements of the environmental organization and any LGBTQ club in her race. SHENG THAO’s statement: “It is an important time in Oakland, … Read more
OAKLAND, CA – As we head into mid-September, Oakland City Council District 4 candidate, SHENG THAO, gains regional Mayoral support from Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin, Fremont Mayor Lily Mei, Milpitas Mayor Rich Tran, and former San Pablo Mayor, Kathy Chao Rothberg. Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin says, “I am proud to endorse Sheng Thao for Oakland … Read more
Oakland News Now – Beckles, Brooks, Bas, Thao,Maxson, Taylor, Middleton get Wellstone Democratic Renewal Endorsement at their annual election season endorsement meeting held Sunday. Here are the full results: Wellstone Renewal Democratic Club Endorsement List 2018 Election 15th Assembly District – Jovanka Beckles Oakland Mayor – Cat Brooks City Council District 2 – Nikki Bas … Read more
The Oakland, California elections races for 2018 are officially set. And so we have three sports active in Oakland right now: baseball (Go Oakland A’s), football (Go Oakland Raiders!) and Oakland Politics (I’m putting in a plug for Women’s Rugby!). And who’s involved in this horse race, as some might call it? The Oakland Office … Read more
The Laurel Street Fair, which takes up all of Mac Arthur Blvd from 35th Avenue to just before High Street, is going on right now. Today Laurel Street Fair along MacArthur Blvd. 35th Ave. to Maybelle Ave. stop in Showin' Out Hair Gallery for our Anniversary Sale #laurelstreetfair #showinoutsale #showinouthair A post shared by @ … Read more
Pamela Harris, Sheng Thao, And Nayeli Maxson all took this photo on Saturday, August 4th (this blogger’s birthday) and then Sean Dugar, who’s Ms. Harris’ campaign aide / manager (I suppose they’ll correct me on that) tagged me on Facebook, to make sure I saw the photo. So, without being hit over the head, my … Read more
Sheng Thao lands Oakland Union Local 21 Union endorsement. Sheng Thao, who is currently and as served as the Chief of Staff to Oakland At-Large City Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, is running for the Oakland City Council District 4 seat that’s going to be vacated by the retiring Annie Campbell Washington. In this battle, Ms. Thao … Read more
Libby Schaaf , The Mayor of Oakland elected (no pun intended) to release her annoucement of 2018 Oakland City Council Race endorsementss early. Check the date: June 29th 2018 – the election is November 6, 2018. But, from The Mayor’s perspective, it gives her room to hold events and fundraisers for her choices for Oakland … Read more
