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Opinion: Schaaf’s Leadership of OPD Compels Support of Cat Brooks for Mayor
Cat Brooks (right) speaks at mayoral debate. By Dan Siegel Dan Siegel Mayor Libby Schaaf owns the multiple failings of the Oakland Police Department and must be held accountable for them. Her lack of...
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Oakland Race & Equity Dept. Report Calls for End to Systemic Racial Disparities
Affordable housing protest at Oakland City Hall By Ken Epstein City Councilmembers this week took the “first step” to implement the “2018 Oakland Equity Indicators Report,” a recent study that...
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City Awards Police 12.5 Percent Raise, Bypassing Public Input
Oakland police By Ken Epstein The Oakland City Council, bypassing opportunities for public input, rushed this week to approve a Schaaf administration agreement with the Oakland Police Officers...
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Council Rushes to Approve Five-Year Police Agreement
APTP activist James Burch tells City Council to stop putting the Oakland Police Officers Association’s needs above those of the community at Tuesday’s meeting. Photo by Zack Haber. By Zack Haber At a...
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Displaced Residents Seek Compensation After City Evicts Them, Tows Their RVs
Dayton Andrews, Kelly Thompson and Gary Rosenquist speak about the mass towing at a press conference for the United Front Against Displacement outside the County of Alameda Administrative Building at...
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Oakland May Name Road in Honor of Oscar Grant
Community leaders join together to endorse naming road next to the Fruitvale BART station as “Oscar Grant Way.” Shown (L to R) are: BART Board President Bevan Dufty, BART Director Lateefah Simon, Oscar...
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Schaaf Administration Accused of ‘Hamstringing’ Police Commission
Members of the Oakland Police Commission seek the City Council’s help to overcome obstacles that are keeping the commission from getting off the ground, speaking at Tuesday’s council meeting. Shown (L...
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Council Adopts Kaplan’s $3.2 Billion Budget
Bas wins $12 million for Community Land Trust affordable housing fund Hundreds of supporters of the City Council’s modifications to Mayor Schaaf’s proposed budget filled City Hall during the...
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Chesa Boudin Runs for SF District Attorney
East Bay Civil Rights attorney Pamela Price introduces Chesa Boudin, who is running for district attorney of San Francisco, at a fundraiser in Oakland June 23. Photo by Ken Epstein. By Ken Epstein...
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Fired Police Chief Kirkpatrick Was “Backsliding” on OPD Reforms, Say Police...
Anne Kirkpatrick By Ken Epstein The seemingly sudden firing of Oakland Police Dept. Chief Anne Kirkpatrick on Feb. 20, 2020, without a publicly stated reason initially left some Oaklanders wondering...
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