Moms 4 Housing Hosts International Solidarity Event

Oakland’s Moms 4 Housing hosted an international online solidarity event called “Reclaim Homes from the US to the UK” with representatives from the Focus E15 Campaign...

Opinion – Just, Equitable, and Regenerative Recovery with Public Banking

The COVID-19 crisis is shining a bright and unforgiving light on the glaring economic and racial inequalities we live with every day. Public banking is a...

S.F. Mayor London Breed Urges Religious Congregations to Do Their Part to Deter COVID-19

At her Wednesday press conference updating the public on COVID-19, San Francisco Mayor London Breed took a moment to wistfully recall the Easter Sundays of her...

City Council Passes Moratorium Halting Renter Evictions and Sweeps of Homeless Encampments

Responding to the economic devastation that is hitting working-class communities in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic,  the Oakland City Council has passed what may be...

Dr. Michael Lenoir: ‘Social Distancing’ is Vital to Slowing the Spread of the Coronavirus

The ravaging and rapid surge of the coronavirus, known as COVID-19, has altered the lives of nearly everyone globally.  From mandated sheltering-in-place orders to the thorough,...

San Francisco Foundation Awards First Grants From Its Newly Created SFF COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund

The San Francisco Foundation announced Monday that it has begun awarding grants from its SFF COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund. Less than two weeks after announcing the...

City of Oakland Announces Availability of Small Business Emergency Grants in Partnership with Working Solutions

Oakland, CA – March 31, 2020, the City of Oakland announced the availability of emergency grants to help vulnerable small businesses weather the impacts of COVID-19....

Rebecca Kaplan Calls for Action to Stop Coronavirus Spread in Vulnerable and Homeless Communities

To help provide emergency relief to the Oakland community, Council President Rebecca Kaplan has called a special City Council meeting Friday, March 27, via Teleconference to...

City Will Maintain Essential Government Functions

Interim City Administrator Steven Falk today announced temporary changes to city government functions this week in accordance with the Alameda County Health Officer’s order for all...

Oakland Coronavirus Resources for Unhoused, Disabled, Elderly, and Poor Residents

 As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads to the Bay Area,  resources are being made available to provide help to the most vulnerable populations, which include the unhoused,...

Oakland City Council Authorizes Handwashing Stations, Seeks to Halt Evictions as Pandemic Spreads

Responding to community concerns, the Oakland City Council took a series of emergency actions, including the purchase of handwashing stations and proposing a moratorium on renters’...

New California Bill Aims to Eliminate Racial And Other Biases in Hiring

Imagine applying for a job online. But instead of a hiring manager or some pre-screening software reviewing your application and pushing it along — or eliminating...

Fired Police Chief Kirkpatrick Was “Backsliding” on OPD Reforms, Say Poice Accountability Leaders

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 how...

Kaplan Urges Yes Vote on Measure R & Measure C

Please Vote for Measure R. The City of Oakland, like many local governments, has public notices that are required to be published in a newspaper, to...

Former California Assemblymember Sandré R. Swanson Endorses Mike Bloomberg

Kaplan Proposes Law to Protect Police Commissioners From Official ‘Intimidation and Harassment’

Reacting to reports that the City Administration secretly spent $50,000 to hire an outside contractor to investigate a member of the Oakland Police Commission, City President...

Tangie Leverett Becomes First Black President of Contra Costa Realtors Association

The Contra Costa Association of Realtors held its annual inaugural celebration at the Blackhawk Auto Museum in Danville on Jan. 11, 2020. Tangie Leverett was sworn...

After Forcible, Armed Eviction by Local Law Enforcement, Moms 4 Housing Win a Victory

Homeless moms who were forcibly evicted from a vacant Oakland house where they lived for two months without permission from the home’s corporate owner, announced on...

Sixth Annual MLK March Led by Oakland Youth

  Thousands of people gathered at Frank Ogawa Plaza on Jan. 20 to participate in Oakland’s  6th annual March and Rally to Reclaim Martin Luther King...

Supervisor Wilma Chan: County Adopts Tobacco Retail License Ordinance

Supervisor Wilma Chan announced the adoption of an ordinance that bans certain tobacco products that encourage youth consumption in the County’s unincorporated areas and requires all...

Lynette McElhaney to Serve as New President of Black Elected Officials of the East Bay

Black Elected Officials (BEO) of the East Bay announced the election of Lynette Gibson McElhaney as the new President of the Board of Directors. The Oakland...

Assemblymember Wicks’ Bill to Allow Faith Communities to Help Alleviate the Housing Crisis

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) introduced a bill last week that would allow communities of faith to help alleviate the housing crisis. The bill, AB 1851, would...

Howard Terminal Ballpark Discussions Continue

The City Council passed a resolution this week to work collaboratively with the Port of Oakland to authorize a new A’s stadium at Howard Terminal on...