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Maximize your Education: Financial Aid and Scholarships

Mia Bonta, Assemblymember, 18th District is thrilled to share valuable academic resources designed to uplift students seeking higher education in Assembly District 18 and beyond. With last year’s frustrations with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (“FAFSA”), I encourage our emerging leaders to proactively prepare to ensure they have the opportunities and financial support to envision themselves in higher academic institutions.

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6 months ago

August 30, 2024

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As a former school board member, Mia knows how transformative education can be so along with her colleagues, they legislated to ensure that this year's budget reflected the priorities of having every student eligible for financial aid, livable wages for teachers and professors, and robust TK-12 priorities reflected in our 2024-2025 state budget.

Mia Bonta, Assemblymember, 18^th District is thrilled to share valuable academic resources designed to uplift students seeking higher education in Assembly District 18 and beyond. With last year’s frustrations with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (“FAFSA”), I encourage our emerging leaders to proactively prepare to ensure they have the opportunities and financial support to envision themselves in higher academic institutions.

As a former school board member, Mia knows how transformative education can be so along with her colleagues, they legislated to ensure that this year’s budget reflected the priorities of having every student eligible for financial aid, livable wages for teachers and professors, and robust TK-12 priorities reflected in our 2024-2025 state budget.

In today’s E-Newsletter, Maximize your Education: Financial Aid and Scholarships you will find carefully crafted academic financial aid, scholarships, and educational support for students pursuing their educational goals.

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After Years of Working Remotely, Oakland Requires All City Employees to Return to Office by April 7

City Administrator Jestin Johnson recently told city unions that he is ending Oakland’s telecommuting program. The new policy will require employees to come to work at least four days a week. These new regulations go into effect on Feb. 18 for non-union department heads, assistant and deputy directors, managers, and supervisors. All other employees must be back at work by April 7.

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The City Oakland is requiring all employees to return to the office, thereby ending the telecommuting policy established during the pandemic that has left some City Hall departments understaffed.

City Administrator Jestin Johnson recently told city unions that he is ending Oakland’s telecommuting program. The new policy will require employees to come to work at least four days a week.

These new regulations go into effect on Feb. 18 for non-union department heads, assistant and deputy directors, managers, and supervisors. All other employees must be back at work by April 7.

The administration may still grant the right to work remotely on a case-by-case basis.

In his memo to city unions, Johnson said former President Joe Biden had declared an end to the pandemic in September 2022, and that since then, “We have collectively moved into newer, safer health conditions.”

Johnson said “multiple departments” already have all their staff back in the office or workplace.

The City’s COVID-era policy, enacted in September 2021, was designed to reduce the spread of the debilitating and potentially fatal virus.

Many cities and companies across the country are now ending their pandemic-related remote work policies. Locally, mayoral candidate Loren Taylor in a press conference made the policy a central issue in his campaign for mayor.

City Hall reopened for in-person meetings two years ago, and the city’s decision to end remote work occurred before Taylor’s press conference.

At an endorsement meeting last Saturday of the John George Democratic Club, mayoral candidate Barbara Lee said she agreed that city workers should return to the job.

At the same time, she said, the city should allow employees time to readjust their lives, which were disrupted by the pandemic, and should recognize individual needs, taking care to maintain staff morale.

The John George club endorsed Lee for Mayor and Charlene Wang for City Council representative for District 2. The club also voted to take no position on the sales tax measure that will be on the April 15 ballot.