Going back to their days together on the Oakland City Council, there has never been much love lost between Desley Brooks and Libby Schaaf. OAKLAND CITY COUNCILTwo years ago, Oakland Councilmember Desley Brooks railed against Mayor Libby Schaaf‘s apparent bureaucratic… Read More ›
Annie Campbell Washington OAKLAND CITY COUNCILFirst-term Oakland Councilmember Annie Campbell Washington announced she will not seek re-election to her District 4 seat this fall. The announcement late Thursday afternoon is somewhat of a surprise. Campbell Washington would have been a… Read More ›
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL An opinion by the Oakland City Attorney’s office that a voter-approved independent police commission did not have authority, under the City Charter, to hire or fire an inspector general for police investigations, roiled advocates of police transparency… Read More ›
Oakland Councilmember Annie Campbell Washington doubts the city administration is serious about reducing overtime hours for its public safety employees. OAKLAND CITY COUNCILOakland’s overtime budget for the police and fire departments is bursting at the seams, leading one normally reserved… Read More ›
Oakland voters overwhelmingly supported Measure Q in 2004, but the parcel tax has struggled to improve libraries in the city. OAKLAND CITY COUNCILOakland’s libraries have faced years of disheartening budget cuts, but a plan to place a library parcel tax at… Read More ›
THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 15-21 –BERKELEY– Special council meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 6 p.m. [ENTIRE AGENDA HERE]–MOVE TO REPEAL PEPPER SPRAY ORDINANCE– Last September, the City Council approved authorization for the police department to include pepper spray under its use-of-force policy. Pepper spray had… Read More ›
OAKLAND CITY COUNCILOakland Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan and Desley Brooks expressed bewilderment Friday after an inquiry into the Aug. 16 raid in Oakland conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents was abruptly removed from consideration at yesterday’s Oakland City… Read More ›
Oakland City Council President Larry Reid says he quit smoking in April after more than 50 years. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL“I started smoking when I was 15-years-old,” Oakland City Council President Larry Reid said late Tuesday night before the council approved… Read More ›
OAKLAND CITY COUNCILIt was one of the most somber Oakland City Council meetings in recent memory. Dozens of public speakers detailed the anguish following the loss of loved ones to gun violence in Oakland. And, later, after Council President Larry… Read More ›
Oakland Councilmember Desley Brooks said Mayor Libby Schaaf’s soda tax budget ploy was“dishonorable and desperate” on Tuesday.. OAKLAND CITY COUNCILOpposition among Oakland City Council members, and the public, toward Mayor Libby Schaaf’s budget proposal to use soda tax revenues to help close the… Read More ›
OAKLAND CITY COUNCILThe momentum for Oakland becoming only the second public bank in the entire country was slowed Tuesday when an Oakland City Council committee declined to support a feasibility study worth $100,000. A majority of the Finance and Management… Read More ›
OAKLAND CITY COUNCILOakland’s consistently high levels of violent crime need a noticeable jolt of improvement, said Oakland Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney Tuesday after proposing the creation of a new city Department of Violence Prevention. Oakland Council President Larry Reid is… Read More ›
Signage seen in and around Oakland in recent months urging a ban on coal in the city. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL |The burning issue of coal in Oakland was snuffed out Monday night. After hours of sometimes rowdy debate, the Oakland… Read More ›
Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb said part of the impetus for the proposed ordinances is inaction by Congress on gun control. OAKLAND | The Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee on Tuesday greenlighted three gun control measures that were proposed following… Read More ›
Large capacity clips like these would be banned in Oakland under a proposed ordinance. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | The National Rifle Association is urging its members and advocates to voice opposition to a package of gun restrictions being proposed at… Read More ›
Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb, above, along with Rebecca Kaplan and Annie Campbell Washington are proposing a slate of gun-related laws. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | Oakland public officials will offer a slate of gun-related legislation later this month to limit access to… Read More ›
Oakland Councilmember Noel Gallo, far left, at a meeting of the Life Enrichment Committee, says his colleague, Desley Brooks’ plan for a department of race and equity adds more bureaucracy to its city government. PHOTO/Steven Tavares OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | A… Read More ›
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney is the Oakland City Council’s next president. The first-term council member was named to head the City Council at a special meeting Monday morning that also included the swearing-in of two new… Read More ›
Oakland District 4 City Council candidates Jill Broadhurst and Anne Campbell Washington. OAKLAND | CITY COUNCIL | DISTRICT 4 | Jill Broadhurst’s campaign was accused of questionable tactics contained in a mailer sent recently to Oakland District 4 voters. Meanwhile,… Read More ›
Oakland District 4 council candidate Jill Broadhurst raised over $64,000 this year. OAKLAND | CITY COUNCIL RACES | The real money in Oakland politics exists in District 4. While the current council member from the Oakland Hills district, Libby Schaaf, is… Read More ›
