San Francisco Mayor London Breed told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that keeping street ambassador programs and adding supplemental funding for police and prosecutors will...
Extreme weather systems, such as atmospheric rivers, have hit California with increasing frequency in recent years. The average damage from floods caused by atmospheric rivers in...
Last Saturday, Rep. Barbara Lee held her first U.S. Senate campaign rally at Laney College in Oakland. “We fight for freedom, for dignity, for justice, and,...
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao held a press conference this week with acting Police Chief Darren Allison and small business leaders to announce new and strengthened public...
Last week, Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) the chair of the Assembly’s Committee on Elections introduced Assembly Constitutional Amendment 4 (ACA-4). The legislation proposes amending the...
“Crime is soaring, homelessness is out of control, the cost of living is unsustainable, schools are failing students, our water infrastructure is out-dated and our communities...
Armstrong says there’s a sense of fairness that should be considered due to his track record. “This is not a sport; this is a community in...
Mayor Thao provided a few minutes on the program to introduce to the community Dr. Kimberly Mayfield, the newly appointed deputy mayor, who has served as...
After serving this great City of Richmond twice as its mayor, several times as vice mayor, and many years as a councilmember since 1967, this day...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Civics of technology derives from a lot of related concepts, but it’s about how we can use technology to further civic engagement, the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Baltimore’s Mayor Brandon Scott said the state should take more responsibility for Baltimore but has not. Over time, citizens have complained that Maryland...
The results were a significant defeat for the moderate, pro-big-business regime of outgoing Mayor Libby Schaaf, her corporate backers and the candidates she groomed and promoted...
There’s no question that Americans came out in force to support reproductive freedom. In state after state where measures on abortion rights were on the ballot, people...
SB 70 is the latest in a string of bills that Newsom has vetoed, referencing lower-than-expected state revenue. The California Department of Finance announced earlier this...
We are responding to the false attack that Thao is somehow unqualified to serve as mayor, an age-old tactic used against women candidates. Other candidates and...
As the only Black man on Oakland’s City Council, I know firsthand that public safety is an intersectional issue. It requires a focus on the history...
The City of Oakland has an agency that is charged with leading and coordinating our prevention efforts with people, aptly called the Department of Violence Prevention...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The in-depth analysis of the juvenile justice system’s unequal and limited use of diversion from court involvement, particularly for Black youth, found that...
APTP saw their desire for change come to fruition when Oakland adopted the MACRO program. The Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (MACRO) program handles non-emergency...
Revelers might be tempted to bring fireworks into Marin and commence with risky activities, often fueled by alcohol consumption. It’s a serious no-no, so locals are...
Traditionally, PACs form to support a candidate with more money than allowed by the conventional political contribution means. It seems the group called United Latinos Vote...
Oakland’s Vice-Mayor Rebecca Kaplan said her research has shown that “ghost guns” account for 30% of guns recovered in California. Although these guns function and cause...
District 5 Councilmember Noel Gallo has heard the demands of Oakland voters and he is scheduling a hearing before the Council to place public spending on...
“Advancing youth justice is one of my most important accomplishments,” said Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton. “We have an opportunity and a responsibility to...
Newsom’s budget includes increased investments to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars in education (at all levels), housing, the private sector, clean energy, agriculture,...
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