November 2016 Oakland Voters’ Guide
The presidential election is still getting almost all of the coverage, but in our state, county and city lots of important issues are getting decided…
Oakland Politics
A Common Sense Primer for Candidates and Newly Electeds in Oakland and Beyond
This is an old blog and the advice is too late for some candidates but newly electeds may find some of the tips useful as…
Policing Oakland, California, What Is to Be Done?
Please come to the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club on Thursday, June 23rd, 7pm, at Humanist Hall for a discussion on forming independent police commissions in…
Press Advisory Independent Police Commission Ballot Measure
Press Advisory Independent Police Commission Ballot Measure-Sponsored by Oakland City Council Members Kalb and Gallo, Goes to Public Safety Committee on Tuesday Oakland, CA– Oakland…
We Want Real Police Reform, Not Faux Fixes
The Coalition for Police Accountability, a group of community organizations, individuals, and unions [coalitionforpoliceaccountability.org] for police reform, has been working with Oakland City Council Members Dan Kalb,…
Oakland City Hall-Winchester Mystery House or Wonderland?
Yesterday I attended a city council meeting-the Committee on Economic Development, CED-to discuss putting the renters’ protections initiative on the November ballot. The meeting lasted…
April 5th, Oakland’s Housing Emergency Declared
Lots is happening in the fight against displacement in Oakland. Let’s get to it: First Friday-Come out to this week’s First Friday and join Oakland…
Time for Declaration of Housing State of Emergency
The letter below which was written by the Block by Block Organizing Network’s housing committee was sent to all the council members and the mayor…
The Living Wage, BART Protestors, and Charter Schools, a Blog for Friday the 13th, Oakland
Today’s blog is just a Friday-the-13th-kinda-thing -lots of seemingly strange stuff happening in the Town lately. Since we don’t know yet what might come out…
100 Blocks, Violence Prevention, and the Media, What Do We Know?
I started out to write a blog about the Mayor’s 100 Blocks Initiative last week after attending a presentation by Reygan Harmon, the mayor’s public…