My State of the City Address
Last week the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club hosted a panel discussion called “Deconstructing Oakland Politics.” We talked a lot about the lack of leadership shown…
Last week the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club hosted a panel discussion called “Deconstructing Oakland Politics.” We talked a lot about the lack of leadership shown…
On Thursday, October 22nd, at Humanist Hall, 370 27th Street (wheelchair access from the 28th Street entrance,) the Wellstone Democratic Club will host a panel…
As Obama’s days in office wind down, the #BlackLivesMatter movement is picking up and maybe that’s not a coincidence. At the same time that the…
Today’s blog is a compilation of rants/lectures on various community/political topics happening in the Bay Area or beyond this week, including the city council becoming…
I’m editing this blog in order to add some information about the vote on the 12th Street project that took place on June, 2nd. If,…
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…
Everyone is gearing up for a rough city council meeting tonight; and as a result of last week’s Public Safety Committee meeting, some council members…
My mother never repeated the old saying to me that “you can catch more flies with honey” than with, I don’t know, catcalls? Well, my…
In the next week the Oakland City Council will see a rare makeover as three long time council members exit the stage and 2 new…
Jan Gilbrecht is an Oakland activist who recently attended the Citizens’ Police Academy and worked with other activists to request that the Oakland City Council…