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City Government4 years ago

Mayor Libby Schaaf’s Administration and Her Allies Block Funding for Construction Job Training

By Desley Brooks | District 6 Council- member In Part I of this article, Councilmember Brooks wrote that “The Council, Mayor and Administration have once again...
Uncategorized4 years ago

Desley Brooks: After 8 Months in Limbo, Oakland Council Sticks with Status Quo on Job Training

By Desley Brooks | District 6 City Councilmember Oakland is part of two metropolitan areas—San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara—that currently rank as places with the best...
City Government4 years ago

Assemblymember Rob Bonta Endorses Desley Brooks for City Council

California State Assemblymember Rob Bonta has announced he is endorsing Desley Brooks for re-election as the District 6 City Council representative. “I am happy to endorse...
City Government4 years ago

Opinion: Re-elect Desley Brooks to City Council

By Dan Siegel | Oakland Justice Coalition Desley Brooks deserves another term on the Oakland City Council because she has been a strong, creative advocate for the...
News4 years ago

Councilmember Desley Brooks Invited to Harvard to Speak on Cannabis Equity

Councilmember Desley Brooks continues to garner national attention for her work in helping found Oakland’s Cannabis Equity program. Brooks was invited to speak at Harvard’s Kennedy...
City Government4 years ago

Mayor Schaaf Goes on TV to Attack Councilmember Brooks

Schaaf denounces Brooks’ proposal to train Blacks and Latinos for city-funded construction projects Resorting to name calling, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf has turned to the local media...
City Government4 years ago

Brooks Calls for City Funding of Training So Blacks and Latinos Can Overcome Barriers to Construction Trades

City Councilmember Desley Brooks speaks Tuesday in front of City Hall about her proposal for city funding of pre-apprenticeship job training programs. She asked city officials to “listen...
Featured5 years ago

‘Trash Tour’ of Oakland Shows Officials That Not All Neighborhoods Are Treated Equally

The first stop on the March 17 “Trash Tour” was outside Mayor Libby Schaaf’s house, which tdhen made its way through flatland neighborhoods in East Oakland,...
News5 years ago

Oakland Firefighters Endorse Brooks

Oakland Firefighters Union Local 55 has endorsed Desley Brooks in her re-election to the Oakland City Council District 6 seat. The fire department’s Field Operations Bureau...
City Government5 years ago

Opinion: Navigating the City’s Entrenched Politics to Deliver Equity and Opportunity

By Desley Brooks Thank you to the editors at the Post for allowing me to shed some insight into what it takes to push through the...

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