Oakland Goes Through the Looking Glass Again-the Oak Knoll Decision
“’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.” The Mad Hatter’s…
Notice: New Information–Join our Complaint–No Complicity with ICE in this Sanctuary City
Breaking: Although the complaint has been removed from next Tuesday’s agenda by Council Members Annie Campbell Washington and Abel Guillen with no new date, we…
James Vann on the Oakland A’s Proposal
Guest blogger James Vann submitted this post to the East Bay Times but they rejected it saying that it was too “broad [a] critique” of…
Wellstone Democratic Club on the Laney Proposal for the A’s Stadium
This letter from the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club was sent to the Peralta Trustees and the Oakland City Council and Mayor with serious concerns on…
“The Force” & the Oakland Police Accountability Coalition: A Story Untold
Many members of the Oakland Police Accountability Coalition, some of whom have worked on police reform for decades, have struggled to reconcile the portrayal of the…
Going to the Movies in 2017, Oscar, the Others & movies that mattered to me
All the critics agree, it was a great year for film-I’m not sure I buy that-I also keep hearing it was a good year for…
A Sunday Afternoon in Berkeley
Yesterday we held a No Hate Rally in Berkeley and the haters didn’t come–or did they? I went and I’ll admit that I have hate…
Media Advisory – Norm Stamper Gives Talk on Reforming Police Culture
Norm Stamper is the author of To Protect and Serve: How to Fix America’s Police. He will be speaking about topics from his new book, Police Accountability: Reimagining and Reenginering the Cop Culture on Wednesday, June 26th at the Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church, 3534 Lakeshore Avenue from 7 to 9 pm.
Oakland City Council Must Heed the Homeless Advocacy Working Group
Homelessness: The Community Has Acted-What Will Oakland Do ? Guest Commentary by James E Vann for the Homeless Advocacy…
Has SB 562 actually moved Universal Healthcare Forward?
“Are we turning into Trump-like voters who believe that wishing will make it so and who refuse to take on the hard work of designing,…