Expect a Long Night at Lame Duck Oakland City Council
The Coalition that brought you Measure LL, independent oversight of the Oakland Police Department, is asking you to attend the last city council meeting of…
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Movie Commentary-A Private War, Widows & Some Reflections on Local Democracy
New blog including-what to see and not see at the movies and what you didn’t want to know about the world around you. Hopefully. there’s…
Council Extends Police Officers’ Contract Early-Avoiding Scrutiny by Commission or Community
Setback to Ending the NSA On the very same day that a federal judge reinstated three of the tasks that the Oakland Police Department was…
Mayor Libby Schaaf Takes a Wrong Turn
Last night I was very disappointed, even angry at our police department and new mayor, when the police took a hardline approach for the 2nd…
Why I will No Longer Protest in Oakland
I think we need an Adrenaline Junkies Anonymous here because I am one but it’s time to quit. It’s hard for me to stay away…
Guest Post–We the Policed–by Jan Gilbrecht
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…
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…
OPD Needs Real Civilian Oversight–We Need a Police Commission
A coalition of folks are putting together this proposal and asking the City to lend a hand and vote to put this charter change on…
Why the Gang Injunctions Got Funded and What to Do about it.
Last night the City Council finally decided to vote on the gang injunctions, the original ones in North Oakland and the new ones proposed for…