Oakland City Council adopted a Fiscal Year 20-21 midcycle budget Tuesday with amendments that included CARES Act funding allocations to provide critical resources to residents and...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced modifications July 6 to temporary exemptions for nonimmigrant students taking online classes due to the pandemic for the fall 2020...
On July 7, 2020, Supervisor Shamman Walton introduced an ordinance to amend the San Francisco Police Code known as the Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies (CAREN)...
Prison officials announced July 10 that an estimated 8,000 incarcerated individuals will be eligible for early release by the end of August in order to stem...
Draymond Green, 30, has won three National Basketball Association (NBA) Championships with the San Francisco-based Golden State Warriors and is known to be an agitator on...
Mayor London Breed announced July 2 that the city of San Francisco was awarded over $130 million in state funds for affordable housing, transportation and infrastructure...
On June 25th the California Strategic Growth Council voted to fund Oakland’s “Better Neighborhoods, Same Neighborhoods” proposal a grant of $28.2 million. “Led by the community...
During Gov. Gavin Newsom’s daily COVID-19 update to Californians on June 26, he announced that the state will begin “smart,” or “targeted” testing, for the disease....
Assembly member Kevin McCarty’s Assembly constitutional Amendment 6 passed out of the California State Senate on June 24, 2020. The bill, known as the Free the...
This past weekend, the Mississippi Legislature approved the removal of the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag. It’s a sign of the times, historians say, that speaks to the turning spirit of the nation – even happening in a state that has remained a proud stronghold, clinging to enduring customs that nod...
San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton proposed legislation to address the racial discrimination resulting from emergency 911 calls and will call for a commitment from the city...
How many lives of young men and women should be sacrificed for entertainment — and for billions in profit? That question can’t be ducked as the...
On June 18, the United States Supreme Court ruled against the Trump Administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The renewable...
Mayor London Breed hosted a panel on “Racial Justice and Police Reform in San Francisco” with Malia Cohen, chair of the California Board of Equalization, San...
On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Pres. Donald Trump’s administration cannot immediately end DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which was created in...
About 1,000 people who came to the plaza in front of San Francisco’s City Hall on Tuesday got more than a typical rally for George Floyd,...
Local residents have joined with Assemblymember Rob Bonta to oppose a state bill that would have required the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) to permanently close...
On June 9, 2020 the Office of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced a directive to allow victims and witnesses of police violence to receive...
Representatives of social justice organizations and individuals announced a civil rights class-action lawsuit Thursday against the City of Oakland in the wake of police violence during...
The city of Oakland must do right by Oakland voters and address racial and economic inequality by ensuring the creation of a strong and effective Department...
Local residents are scrambling to oppose a state bill that they recently found out about that would require the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD)...
As protests and unrest continued to sweep the country in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month, Floyd’s brother Terrence...
Across the entire county, Black Americans have been crying out for specific data on the impacts of the coronavirus on their communities due to high rates...
Rep. Barbara Lee issued a resolution calling for the formation of a Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Commission on Monday. The resolution will be officially introduced...
On May 20, the California Assembly Public Safety Committee approved a bill that would make it illegal for first responders to take pictures or record video...
