Tag: city council
Community Coalition Files Lawsuit Against Measure AA
A community coalition filed a lawsuit today in Superior Court to challenge the certification of City of Oakland’s Measure AA and prevent collection of...
Mayor Schaaf’s Budget Proposes Only $250,000 for Homelessness
Caption: Nancy Nadel speaks at Tuesday night City Council meeting, calling on the council to pass a 2017-2019 budget that prioritizes "housing the unhoused."...
Council Members, Community Angry at Mayor Schaaf’s Plan to Divert Soda...
Caption: Authors of the Soda Tax Measure HH were Oakland City Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan, Desley Brooks and Annie Campbell Washington.
In a presentation at this...
Op-Ed: The Drug War, Mass Incarceration and Cannabis Equity
By Cat Brooks It is no longer questioned that the war on drugs has disproportionately impacted Black, Brown and poor people. What is less understood...
Oakland Plans for Publicly Owned Bank, Thursday, Feb. 9
Oakland residents are showing growing interest in in a plan to establish a public bank, which would provide an alternative to handing millions of...
Oakland Council, SF Foundation Kickstart Immigrant Defense Network
The Oakland City Council voted unanimously this week to appropriate $300,000 over two years from the city’s general fund to help establish of a...
Oakland Quickly Responds to Tenants’ Rights Issues with Emergency Measures
The Oakland City Council this week passed an emergency renter protection ordinance and voted to make Dec. 2 an annual Remembrance Day for the...
Oakland Small Property Owners, Tenants Disapprove of Rent Control Changes
Both small property owners and tenants spoke out against Oakland city staff’s proposals for changes to the city’s rent laws on Tuesday night, which...
Oakland, Berkeley Urge District Attorney to Investigate County Probate Courts
The Oakland City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to urge District Attorney Nancy O’Malley to empanel a grand jury that would investigate the county’s...
Oakland Administration Adding Insult to Injury with “Aggressive” Response to Warehouse...
The town hall meeting on safe and affordable housing that was held on Wednesday brought together roughly 300 community members, artists and homeless residents...
