Since February 2023, several stakeholders, including the Coalition for Police Accountability, began to work on amending the Enabling Ordinance of Section 604, Article VI of the...
Oakland Parks, Recreation & Youth Development (OPRYD) honored Martha Humphrey as Oakland’s 2024 Mother of the Year. Affectionately known as “Ms. Martha,” Humphrey was recognized during...
Landlords held a protest this week at an Oakland City Council meeting calling for an end to the city’s eviction moratorium protection, one of the strongest...
The voters said they wanted the right to weigh in on whether to spend public funds on the Howard Terminal project. The Council refused to place a...
In a statement released after the meeting, the East Oakland Stadium Alliance said, “The City Council (has) denied Oakland residents the right to vote on whether to...
“Riding the BART shouldn’t be a death sentence,” said Elaine Brown, former Black Panther Party chairwoman. “Oscar tried to defuse a fight on the train and...
City Administration must implement Civilian Crisis Responders Program and keep planned community advisory board
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...
A public banking forum is scheduled for Monday at City Hall The Oakland City Council this week passed a resolution authorizing a public bank feasibility study,...
The Oakland City Council’s Public Safety Committee next week will discuss a set of police accountability reforms that were proposed by 100 Black Men of...
A new city report highlighting how Oakland police responded to protests in the city last year – sparked by the failure to indict police officers in...
The Oakland City Council this week continued to come to grips with issues raised at a recent public hearing “on racial inequality within the economic and...
The Oakland City Council is calling a meeting in January to discuss the meaning of the Black Lives Matter movement for Oakland and what reforms the...