By Magaly Muñoz, Post Staff At a special City Council meeting in City Hall Tuesday afternoon, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao laid out her current and future plans...
The report, “Closing the Racial Equity Gap: A Call to Action,” is a result of a series of Homeownership Solutions Summits held in Arizona, California, and...
Taxpayers in 55 California counties, excluding Lassen, Modoc and Shasta counties — who were impacted by winter natural disasters — are eligible for an extension to file...
“California lost a net of 407,000 residents to other states between July 2021 and July 2022, including a greater share of those with a college degree...
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, a key pillar of Bidenomics — the President’s economic plan — the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)...
Recent studies suggest that the economic picture for Black Californians is not looking rosy. The state is becoming less affordable for African Americans, leading many families...
This year’s NAACP CA/HI State Convention theme is “This Is How We Thrive.” The convention will bring together elected officials, activists, organizers, faith leaders, and entertainers...
“Seeing the disparities in our area, our approach — to be on the ground — best served this population,” said Dr. Noha Aboeleta, the founder of...
Housing developments will now be more streamlined with less red tape, density laws can be overruled in the interest of housing, and institutions like colleges or...
In his veto message, Newsom said he appreciates the author’s intention to support cannabis retailers, many of them struggling to make a profit. However, he is...
In the last eight months, the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano has seen demand for its services increase by about 50,000 people, to roughly...
I wasn’t at the 60th commemoration of the March on Washington. But I was at the 50th in 2013, right up front staring Al Sharpton and...
The California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) says the programs they have in place to restore decades of environmental devastation and neglect in minority communities can play...
The economy may be the No. 1 issue in the upcoming election. But it’s still a mystery. How can inflation be normalizing around 3%, going down...
The Richmond City Manager’s Office Economic Development Department in partnership with GRID Alternatives will host their annual workshop regarding the no-cost solar program for Richmond and...
The California Black Women's Collective Empowerment Institute (CABWCEI) is launching a statewide effort called “Conversations for Black Women — Building an Economic Action Plan Tour” in...
President Joe Biden has concluded his three-day trip to the Bay Area after departing Wednesday morning from San Francisco International Airport on Air Force One. On...
It's hard to know just how many builder's remedy projects have been filed across the state. YIMBY Law, a legal advocacy group that sues municipalities for...
City Council chambers were full for the May 17 Planning Commission hearing, and almost all the 40 speakers who had signed up to make presentations talked...
As members of the Faith Alliance for a Moral Economy (FAME) and the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4H) we have created a Moral Budget Platform...
Despite opposition of the trustees, many community leaders and city officials are moving forward for an educational future for the campus. In a statement released this...
Kampala Taiz-Rancifer, OEA second vice president, said, “We’re bargaining for safe, stable, and racially just community schools. Our proposals for wages are to provide the kind...
One Silicon Valley lawmaker wants the state to get into the housing market to assist residents in the "missing middle" — comprising those who earn too...
As the Bay Area's economy continues its up-and-down recovery from the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, recent data shows that many low-income households and communities...
If a public opinion poll done last month is right, more than half of you won’t know what I mean by the initials “ESG,” and fewer...