2016 Election, Dan Kalb, Larry Reid, Libby Schaaf, Lynette McElhaney, Noel Gallo, Oakland, Oakland City Council, oakland school board, Peggy Moore, re-election

Oakland council, school board incumbents win easily; Kaplan dominates

November 9, 2016 — 0 Comments

2016 Election, campaign finance, Celeste Guap, Dan Kalb, Nancy Skinner, Noel Gallo, Oakland POA, Oakland police, oppose, PORAC, Richmond police, Rob Bonta, SD9, State Senate, union, Viola Gonzales

Nancy Skinner received contributions from Oakland, Richmond police unions

October 17, 2016 — 1 Comment

Bruce Quan, campaign finance, Dan Kalb, Larry Reid, loans, Oakland, oakland at-large, Oakland City Council, Peggy Moore, Rebecca Kaplan

With dearth of competitive races in Oakland, campaign money is not flowing

October 3, 2016 — 1 Comment

2016 Election, Dan Kalb, ethics, Jean Quan, Larry Reid, Lynette McElhaney, Noel Gallo, Oakland, Oakland City Council, Peggy Moore, re-election

McElhaney’s purge and the dud of an election season coming to Oakland

August 17, 2016 — 3 Comments

Abel Guillen, Barry Donelan, Dan Kalb, Libby Schaaf, Noel Gallo, Oakland, Oakland City Council, Oakland committees, Oakland POA, Oakland police, police oversight, Sean Whent, sex scandal

Amid growing sex scandal, Oakland police oversight measure moves forward

June 15, 2016 — 11 Comments

Abel Guillen, Anne Campbell Washington, Dan Kalb, East Bay Express, Gun Control, high capacity magazines, NRA, Oakland City Council, Oakland committees, Patrick McCullough, Safe Storage Act

With gun control laws, Oakland City Council to ring in new year without a bang

December 17, 2015 — 9 Comments

Anne Campbell Washington, Dan Kalb, Gun Control, guns, high capacity magazines, NRA, Oakland, Oakland City Council, ordinance, public safety committee, Safe Storage Act, San Bernardino

NRA marshaling opposition to Oakland’s proposed gun restrictions

December 14, 2015 — 6 Comments

Anne Campbell Washington, Antonio Ramos, auto burglary, Barbara Parker, Dan Kalb, Gun Control, guns, high capacity magazines, Oakland, Oakland City Council, Oakland committees, San Bernardino

Oakland to hear plans restricting high-capacity clips, theft of guns from cars

December 4, 2015 — 8 Comments

ABAG, climate change, Dan Kalb, Libby Schaaf, merger, MTC, Oakland city attorney, Plan Bay Area, regional planning, SEIU Local 1021, Steve Heminger, unions

Oakland City Council opposed MTC-ABAG ‘hostile takover’ because Schaaf would have voted for it, says Kaplan

October 28, 2015 — 1 Comment

Barbara Parker, Dan Kalb, E12th Street remainder parcel, Lake Merritt, Noel Gallo, Oakland, Oakland city attorney, Oakland City Council, populism, surplus

Psst! Oakland has a nice chunk of land available again near Lake Merritt

July 17, 2015 — 2 Comments

Athletics, Coliseum Area Specific Plan, Coliseum City, Dan Kalb, EIR, Floyd Kephart, Larry Reid, New City Development, Oakland, Oakland City Council, Raiders, Warriors

Oakland City Council moves the ball forward; approves Coliseum City EIR

April 1, 2015 — 0 Comments

ACLU, ad hoc committee, Brian Hofer, DAC, Dan Kalb, Desley Brooks, Domain Awareness Center, Oakland, Oakland City Council, Oakland Privacy Working Group, Port of Oakland, public safety committee

Privacy policy for Oakland surveillance center moving closer to reality

February 12, 2015 — 1 Comment

Dan Kalb, Oakland, Oakland City Council, State Senate, Twitter, vaccinations

Oakland Councilmember #talkssh*t to Rand Paul

February 3, 2015 — 0 Comments

bullhook, circus, coliseum, Dan Kalb, Desley Brooks, elephants, Feld Entertainment, Larry Reid, Lynette McElhaney, Noel Gallo, Oakland, Oakland City Council, Oakland Coliseum Authority, Ringling Bros

Labor leads compromise pushing bullhook ban in Oakland to 2017

December 12, 2014 — 31 Comments

circus, coliseum, Dan Kalb, Noel Gallo, Oakland, Oakland City Council, PETA, Ringling Bros, Russell Simmons

Hip-Hop icon Russell Simmons supports Oakland’s proposed bullhook ban

December 10, 2014 — 1 Comment