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Attorney Pamela Price Announces Run for Oakland Mayor

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6 years ago

August 17, 2018

Civil rights attorney Pamela Price kicked off her campaign this week for Oakland Mayor.

In a video announcing her candidacy, Price vowed to bring a new urgency to finding solutions to the city’s exploding homelessness crisis – and the health issues associated with it – by investing immediately in anti-displacement initiatives, affordable housing, and comprehensive support services, and to fight income inequality in Oakland.

“I’m running for Mayor of Oakland because the numbers of our neighbors and families without housing, or dangerously close to losing it, are spiraling out of control,” said Price in the video.

“Homelessness has increased by 25 percent in just three years, and more than 70 percent of the un-housed people are Black and Latinx, 30 percent are young people, and 86 percent are from within Oakland,” she said.

“I’m so grateful to have been a member of the Oakland community for over 40 years,” continued Price. “Oakland is an incredibly diverse city, known for leading action to advance civil rights and social justice. But in this moment, I am also saddened for Oakland (because) the high cost of housing is literally killing us.”

Price is a successful small businesswoman and an elected member of the Alameda County Democratic Party Central Committee. Last June, In June, Price ran for Alameda County District Attorney. She lost countywide but carried Oakland with 55 percent of the vote.

She is an award-winning civil rights attorney with a nearly 30-year record of successfully defending clients against discrimination and harassment.

Growing up in the foster care and the juvenile justice system, Price went on to get a B.A from Yale University in political science and a law degree from UC Berkeley School of Law.
At Yale, she made history serving as the lead plaintiff in the first Title IX case outlawing sexual harassment in education.

Price opened her own civil litigation firm in Oakland in 1991.

In 2002, she became one of only a handful of Black women to ever argue a case in front of the United States Supreme Court, where she successfully advocated for her client, a Black electrician who had been subjected to constant racial harassment at Amtrak’s Oakland Yard.

In a landmark suit in 2004, she won new statewide sexual harassment protections for female employees at the California Department of Corrections.

Price was honored in 2017 as the Woman of the Year for Assembly District 18 by Assemblymember Rob Bonta and the California Legislative Women’s Caucus for her lifetime of social justice advocacy and service to the people of Alameda County.

In 2018, she was honored with the African-American Policy Forum’s Pauli Murray Trailblazer Award.
For more information on Pamela Price for Oakland Mayor, visit pamelaprice4mayor.com.

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The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of April 24 – 30, 2024

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DA Pamela Price Stands by Mom Who Lost Son to Gun Violence in Oakland

Last week, The Post published a photo showing Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price with Carol Jones, whose son, Patrick DeMarco Scott, was gunned down by an unknown assailant in 2018.

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April 22, 2024

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District Attorney Pamela Price with Carol Jones

Publisher’s note: Last week, The Post published a photo showing Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price with Carol Jones, whose son, Patrick DeMarco Scott, was gunned down by an unknown assailant in 2018. The photo was too small for readers to see where the women were and what they were doing. Here we show Price and Jones as they complete a walk in memory of Scott. For more information and to contribute, please contact Carol Jones at 510-978-5517 at morefoundation.help@gmail.com. Courtesy photo.

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Vallejo Welcomes Interim City Manager Beverli Marshall

At Tuesday night’s Council meeting, the Vallejo City Council appointed Beverli Marshall as the interim city manager. Her tenure in the City Manager’s Office began today, Wednesday, April 10. Mayor Robert McConnell praised Marshall’s extensive background, noting her “wide breadth of experience in many areas that will assist the City and its citizens in understanding the complexity of the many issues that must be solved” in Vallejo.

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April 22, 2024

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Beverli Marshall began her first day with the City on April 10. ICMA image.

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At Tuesday night’s Council meeting, the Vallejo City Council appointed Beverli Marshall as the interim city manager. Her tenure in the City Manager’s Office began today, Wednesday, April 10.

Mayor Robert McConnell praised Marshall’s extensive background, noting her “wide breadth of experience in many areas that will assist the City and its citizens in understanding the complexity of the many issues that must be solved” in Vallejo.

Current City Manager Michael Malone, whose official departure is slated for April 18, expressed his well wishes. “I wish the City of Vallejo and Interim City Manager Marshall all the best in moving forward on the progress we’ve made to improve service to residents.” Malone expressed his hope that the staff and Council will work closely with ICM Marshall to “ensure success and prosperity for the City.”

According to the Vallejo Sun, Malone stepped into the role of interim city manager in 2021 and became permanent in 2022. Previously, Malone served as the city’s water director and decided to retire from city service e at the end of his contract which is April 18.

“I hope the excellent work of City staff will continue for years to come in Vallejo,” he said. “However, recent developments have led me to this decision to announce my retirement.”

When Malone was appointed, Vallejo was awash in scandals involving the housing division and the police department. A third of the city’s jobs went unfilled during most of his tenure, making for a rocky road for getting things done, the Vallejo Sun reported.

At last night’s council meeting, McConnell explained the selection process, highlighting the council’s confidence in achieving positive outcomes through a collaborative effort, and said this afternoon, “The Council is confident that by working closely together, positive results will be obtained.”

While the search for a permanent city manager is ongoing, an announcement is expected in the coming months.

On behalf of the City Council, Mayor McConnell extended gratitude to the staff, citizen groups, and recruitment firm.

“The Council wishes to thank the staff, the citizens’ group, and the recruitment firm for their diligent work and careful consideration for the selection of what is possibly the most important decision a Council can make on behalf of the betterment of our City,” McConnell said.

The Vallejo Sun contributed to this report.