DALLAS WEEKLY MAGAZINE — Last year, DW reported on the ongoing fight for clean water in Sandbranch. As the issue has been repeatedly dismissed or forgotten...
For more than two years, Glad Tidings Community Church Pastor Jeremiah Captain has been fighting a losing battle with illegal dumping. As soon as Captain and...
Knowing the social, environmental, and economic impact of illegal dumping, I’ve led regular clean-ups and successfully budgeted additional resources for more city environmental enforcement officers to...
“Oakland faces a critical moment,” said Oakland mayoral candidate Derreck Johnson. “For too long, our politicians have over-promised and under-delivered — from homelessness and illegal dumping...
Higher Ground has partnered with community-based programs that will be on hand to provide valuable resources including a food giveaway, the City’s Stop Waste Program, designed...
Mayor Libby Schaaf rated unfavorably by 54% of voters, while only 37% were favorable
Building a Healthier Future for Oakland
Since Oakland's many problems can be either solved, altered, eradicated or exacerbated by actions and/or inactions from the Mayor's Office, it is incumbent upon us to make...
This week’s operation will put 15 Public Works street cleaners on Fillmore Street on Thursday, between McAllister and Pine streets. CleanCorridorsSF crews will be on the...
District 6 City Councilmember Loren Taylor says while the budget includes many items that he supports, he ultimately voted against it because he believes leaves much...
OAKLAND POST — In an unusual unanimous vote, the Oakland City Council passed the Oakland Together budget that included $44.4 million in amendments to the administration’s original...
City workers are fighting for what we love: the people of Oakland. City services, including picking up illegal dumping, filling potholes, and implementing affordable housing programs...
Since the East Oakland Congress of Neighborhoods launched last year, more than 2,000 residents have been organizing, planning and taking action to address illegal dumping, environmental...
The first stop on the March 17 “Trash Tour” was outside Mayor Libby Schaaf’s house, which tdhen made its way through flatland neighborhoods in East Oakland,...
Oakland Councilmember Kaplan, who has been a leader in regulating and legalizing medical cannabis, is calling for the City of Oakland to move with urgency in...
Oakland is facing a public health crisis caused by illegal dumping, which has increased by 100 percent in the past five years. City employees are working...
Local residents attend recent meeting against illegal dumping. Some of the major community organizations in Oakland have joined together as the East Oakland Congress of Neighborhoods...