Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan is proposing two major tax-generating ballot measures for November during Tuesday’s slate of Oakland City Council committee meetings.
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EBC AGENDA | APRIL 6-12 | Controversial OAKLAND job training proposal returns; A’s meet with Port; FREMONT rent review will cost $24/unit
THE WEEK OF APRIL 6-12 –OAKLAND– Regular council committee meetings, Tuesday, April 10, starts at 9:30 a.m. ➤Community & Economic Development Committee, 1:30 p.m. [ENTIRE AGENDA HERE]–CYPRESS MANDELA TRAINING CENTER– Councilmember Desley Brooks‘ controversial proposal to use funding derived from some voter-approved… Read More ›
INSIDE THE EAST BAY: Kaplan pushes to keep her seat on Bay Area Air Quality board
◼Is Libby trying to give Kaplan the Schaaf?◼Fremont councilmember’s flippant defense ◼Assembly candidate could be risking union’s wrath ◼Ellen Corbett’s curiously busy lately. Before Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan gained a seat on the nine-county Bay Area Air Quality Management District… Read More ›
EBC AGENDA | DEC 15-21 | BERKELEY revisits police pepper spray policy; ALAMEDA land swap for 589 housing units; ALAMEDA COUNTY Coliseum sale talks; OAKLAND reboots
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 ›
EBC AGENDA | July 7-13 | OAKLAND’s border wall plan; ALAMEDA COUNTY to expand Laura’s Law; KAPLAN wants to revoke ICE deal; ARREGUIN holds state of the city
THE WEEK OF JULY 7-13The extended Fourth of July weekend is behind us, although many East Bay politicos and government workers are likely looking ahead to the annual August Recess, which shuts down local government for a month and forces… Read More ›
Oakland and San Leandro make banking statements
San Leandro Councilmember Benny Lee is leading the push for divestment of Wells Fargo. OAKLAND | SAN LEANDROBig banks took a big hit in East Bay politics last week. The Oakland City Council voted to cease its relationship with JP… Read More ›
Kaplan to CalPERS: Divest from Dakota and Keystone XL pipelines
Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan at Standing Rock in late November. OAKLAND CITY COUNCILLast November, Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan braved blisteringly cold weather to protest the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. The project along with the Keystone XL pipeline, another project strongly… Read More ›
2016 EAST BAY YEAR-IN-REVIEW, PART 3 – Khanna heads to Congress; Oakland moves to keep the Raiders; Ghost Ship tragedy; East Bay responds to Trump
SEPTEMBER Sen. Bernie Sanders >>>Progressive darling and former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders puts his imprint on the Berkeley mayoral race by endorsing Councilmember Jesse Arreguin. >>>San Leandro City Council moves to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, two… Read More ›
2016 EAST BAY POLITICAL YEAR-IN-REVIEW, PART 1 – Primary races begin to heat up; Ray McDonald fiasco blows up in Hayward; rents continue to rise
JANUARY>>>During a frigid Alameda City Council meeting that lasted until 4 a.m., struggling renters win an extension for a moratorium on rent increases that will lead the way to an ordinance approved in March. “If the NRA wants guns to… Read More ›
Oakland reaffirms sanctuary city status; urges for statewide designation
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | A sense of dread over the incoming presidency of Donald Trump may have been alleviated at least for a few hours Tuesday after the Oakland City Council unanimously approved a resolution reaffirming its status as a… Read More ›
President Obama backs Oakland at-large council candidate Peggy Moore
Peggy Moore’s years of work for President Obama’s campaigns finally paid off Saturday. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | AT-LARGE |ELECTION 2016 |With just four days before Election Day, Oakland City Council candidate Peggy Moore received an enormous boost in her bid… Read More ›
With dearth of competitive races in Oakland, campaign money is not flowing
Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan during a forum in Oakland this summer. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL |ELECTION 2016 |Oakland At-Large Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan’s campaign finance report appears at first glance to be robust. Kaplan is the only incumbent of five councilmembers on… Read More ›
Kaplan stands in solidarity with Kaepernick, but will she sit for the cause?
Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan during a council meeting two years ago. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL |49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat during the national anthem three weeks ago. The act of defiance to protest the treatment of African Americans in this country… Read More ›
One more time, says Barbara Lee, I didn’t endorse Oakland council candidate
Peggy Moore during a candidate forum in Oakland last month. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL |Oakland At-Large City Council candidate Peggy Moore said last month it was an error that a push poll advocating for her campaign included the endorsement of Rep…. Read More ›
State political director for Hillary Clinton to run for Oakland’s at-large council seat
Peggy Moore filed an intention to run Wednesday for Oakland’s at-large council seat. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | AT-LARGE |Peggy Moore, one of the East Bay’s best and brightest political apparatchiks is poised to become highest-profile challenger yet for any of the… Read More ›
Quan won’t commit to run for Oakland City Council, but calls Kaplan lazy
Former Oakland Jean Quan and Oakland At-Large Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan. OAKLAND | Former Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has been keeping quite a high profile over the past six months or more. Since losing re-election to Libby Schaaf in November 2014,… Read More ›
More fodder suggesting Jean Quan is running for Oakland City Council
Jean Quan poses with a biker club in a photo featured last week in her email newsletter. OAKLAND | ELECTION16 | The question of whether former Oakland mayor Jean Quan is really serious about running for Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan’s at-large… Read More ›
Kaplan supports U.S. Senate bill effectively ending war on pot
Oakland Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan says the bill will help free up money for reducing crime. OAKLAND | Legislation was introduced Tuesday in the U.S. Senate effectively seeking to end the federal government’s lengthy war on marijuana and Oakland Vice Mayor… Read More ›
Haggerty re-elected to lead Alameda County Transportation Commission
Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty PHOTO/Shane Bond ALAMEDA COUNTY | With passage last November of Measure BB, the 30-year, $8 billion half-cent sales tax increase for transportation in the East Bay, the first round of project are slated to begin… Read More ›
Gov. Jerry Brown Endorses Libby Schaaf for Oakland Mayor
OAKLAND | MAYOR | When Gov. Jerry Brown served as mayor of Oakland, Councilmember Libby Schaaf was part of his staff. If the popular governor was going to weigh-in on this 15-candidate mayoral race this fall, it was likely going… Read More ›
Oakland Councilman Kalb Endorses Mayor Quan for Re-Election
Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb and Mayor Jean Quan. OAKLAND | MAYOR | Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb is endorsing Mayor Jean Quan’s re-election this fall. Quan’s campaign made the announcement Tuesday. “I am endorsing Jean Quan for mayor because her policies… Read More ›
Oakland Minimum Wage Ordinance Stalls, Boosting Chances of Ballot Initiative
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | An Oakland ordinance that would have gradually increased the citywide minimum wage over the next three years failed Tuesday night while bolstering the likelihood a more liberal ballot measure hoping to raise it to $12.25 will… Read More ›
Tuman Weclomes Kaplan to Oakland Mayor’s Race with a Dig
Joe Tuman OAKLAND | MAYOR | Oakland mayoral candidate Joe Tuman welcomed Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan to the race on Friday, but wasted little time before taking a dig at her nascent candidacy and Mayor Jean Quan. “This is one more… Read More ›
Kaplan Enters Oakland Mayoral Race
Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan announces her candidacy for mayor Thursday near the corner of 92nd Avenue and International Boulevard in Oakland. PHOTO/Steven Tavares OAKLAND | MAYOR | Standing on the corner of 92nd Avenue and International Boulevard with trash strewn… Read More ›
Larry Reid To Coliseum City Investor: ‘Show Me The Money!’
Larry Reid COLISEUM AUTHORITY | On Monday, Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan was effusively thanking investment firm, Colony Capital, LLC, the Coliseum City’s new, well-financed investor when her City Council and Coliseum Authority colleague, Larry Reid, interrupted. “I wouldn’t go out and… Read More ›
Specter Of Wall Street Waters Down Oakland’s Anti-Foreclosure Resolution
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | FORECLOSURES | What began as two competing resolution designed to show support for Richmond’s audacious plan to help underwater mortgage holders reduce principal and potentially by use of eminent domain, took pains Tuesday night to avoid… Read More ›
Competing Foreclosure Resolutions Faceoff At Next Oakland Council Meeting
Oakland Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan and Desley Brooks. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL//FORECLOSURES | A pair of largely ceremonial Oakland City Council resolutions, both lauding Richmond for its efforts in helping owners of underwater mortgages in that city, is heading on a collision… Read More ›
The Marginalization Of Desley Brooks
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL//ANALYSIS | One of Oakland’s most progressive voices is being marginalized. Not because of politics, but because of her rotten attitude. After another impetuous and nasty display by Councilmember Desley Brooks at Tuesday’s city council meeting, it’s clear… Read More ›
Rumblings Of A Richmond-Style Foreclosure Plan For Oakland
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL//FORECLOSURES | Richmond’s move last month to help foreclosed homeowners through a city-led plan to buy underwater homes under eminent domain made Wall Street extremely jittery. Rumblings that Oakland Councilmember Desley Brooks might be interested in studying Richmond’s controversial,… Read More ›
Oakland Gets Tough On Illegal Dumping
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL//ILLEGAL DUMPING | The sight of dirty mattresses propped up by sign poles and piles of unattended refuse is getting on the nerves of many Oaklanders. Residents routinely complain illegal dumping on Oakland streets is ubiquitous and the… Read More ›
