Mayor London Breed, Supervisor Matt Haney Introduce Legislation to Prevent Frivolous Appeals From Delaying City Projects And Policies

Legislation would raise the requirements for City projects to be appealed and allow them to continue during the appeals process to prevent unnecessary delays On Tuesday,...

Union Backed School Board Candidates Finish Strong Against Billionaire Supported Candidates

As final votes are being tallied, three Oakland School Board director candidates backed by the Oakland Education Association who ran on platforms against privatization, cuts, and...

Oakland Police Commission Interviews 4 Finalists for Police Chief

The Oakland Police Commission and Mayor Libby Schaaf held a virtual candidates’ forum last week to allow the public to meet the four finalists for Chief...

Stacey Abrams Continues the ‘Fair Fight’ for Election

Stacey Abrams not only has revealed the ins and outs of voter suppression in the U.S., she is also credited with 800,000 new voter registrations. She...

VOTERS OF COLOR RESTORED DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA IN 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Third times a charm: Biden/Harris elected 46th President and 49th Vice-President

On Saturday, November 7, news outlets projected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are the President-elect and Vice-President-elect of the United States of America. This is Biden’s...

Oakland Measure Strengthening Police Commission Is  Passing with 81 Percent Approval

Measure S1, which gives the voter-approved Police Commission more teeth, is passing with 81 percent of the vote. According to the League of Women Voters of...

Biden/Harris Lead Trump/Pence 253 to 214, with 71 Electoral College Votes Available

As of 3:00 p.m. PST on Thursday, November 5, former Vice Pres. Joe Biden and his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, are inching to the...

Mayor Michael Tubbs Trails Kevin Lincoln II in Stockton Mayoral Race

With 34/34 voter service centers reporting and a voter turnout of 39.3%, 143,761 ballots cast from 365,839 registered voters, Kevin Lincoln II secured 25,749 votes or...

Jovanka Beckles Projected to Win AC Transit Board Seat

Although the votes are still being counted, Jovanka Beckles’ campaign is confident she won her seat for the AC Transit Board of Directors in Ward 1....

Voters Deliver a Mixed Bag in Decisions on State’s Propositions

So far, they decline employee status for gig workers, stricter parole rules and restoring Affirmative Action. Much was at stake for Californians in this year’s statewide...

White House poised for increased ethnic diversity and a Black agenda, political candidates in play for both

The political action committee of the Black Economic Alliance (BEA) endorses political candidates whose work supports prosperity and economic security for Black Americans.  Launched in 2018,...

Opinion: Why I am running for Richmond City Council

I am a longtime resident of the Iron Triangle and of the Richmond Community as a whole. In fact, I have lived in Richmond over 50...

Opinion: Why I support Otheree Christian for School Board

I am proud to endorse Otheree Christian for West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD), Area 2. As a Richmond native, a graduate of John F....

Voting in Oakland in the 2020 General Election

Election Day 2020 is less than a week away and 36% of California’s registered voters or nearly 8 million people have already turned in their ballots....

Bernie Sanders’ Endorsement of Kaplan Gives a Lift to Her Campaign

Senator Bernie Sanders has weighed in on the Oakland City Council-at-Large race by endorsing Council President Rebecca Kaplan. Former Berkeley Mayor and longtime friend of Senator...

Judge Denies Uber and Lyft Appeal – Companies’ Last Chance on Prop. 22 Falls to Voters

The legal push-and-pull over whether ride-hailing company drivers in California will maintain their status as independent contractors or become W-2 employees continued last week. On Oct....

Commentary – Voting Yes on Prop 16 Will Help Close the K-12 Black Student Academic Achievement Gap

On Nov. 3, voters will determine the fate of Proposition 16. If approved, it will repeal the ban on affirmative action written into the California Constitution...

California Dem Party African American Caucus Endorses Propositions

The California Democratic Party African American Caucus (CDPAAC) hosted press conferences at four locations across the state to call on Black Californians to support what that...

Voting for the First Time: What First Time Voters Need to Know

Voting can be confusing. Especially in California. California has 13 propositions on the ballot in addition to multiple races and measures across the state. If you’re...

OPINION – Who Dropped a Dime on 50 Cent? Ice Cube’s Platinum Plan Dripped Away

As the elections and voting cycle winds down, we all just witnessed, with rapt attention, the unraveling of the premature, immature, and amateur rapture culture phenomenon...

‘You Know Who to Vote For’ Martin Luther King’s Voting Message 56 Years Ago Today

An eerie message from Martin Luther King Jr. from 56 years ago today on October 27, 1964, has been found. The message sounds remarkably relevant to...

REJECT Libby Schaaf’s Election Picks

The following commentary is mine and mine alone.  I do not speak for the Jobs and Housing Coalition or The McConnell Group’s clients. I recently read...

Offset: “You’ve Gotta Vote”

Offset, 28, husband to Cardi B,  was briefly detained by the Beverly Hills Police Department (BHPD) on October 24 and tweetted a statement that said in...