Open Thread
Want to talk about something I haven’t covered? Do it here. You can find the previous open thread here.
Keeping the A’s in Oakland
Judging by the many comments on the open thread, and the many e-mails I’ve been getting about it, it’s clear that people want to talk about the A’s....
Oakland Crime Stats Update, February 2009
The Mayor announced in his State of the City address last month that he was going to cut crime in Oakland by 10% this year. Outgoing Police Chief Wayne Tucker told...
Tom Thurston: Making citizen led redevelopment work in Central City East
The Central City East Redevelopment District is one of the first redevelopment districts to be led by a group of community members, called a Project Area Committee.
New Oakland taxes, OO repeal update
So the big Finance and Management Committee tax meeting is over, and here’s what happened. If you missed yesterday’s post about the new taxes being considered...
Taxes, taxes, taxes!
The Oakland City Council’s Finance and Management Committee has a busy meeting (PDF) to look forward to tomorrow. Below is a summary of four proposed measures...
Spreading public art throughout Oakland
Last Tuesday’s Life Enrichment Committee was a really good meeting. It was everything meetings should be, but rarely are. It was pretty short – around...
So many meetings, so little time
So one of the main objections people raise to more frequent Council meetings, or say, moving Council Committee meetings to the evenings throughout the week in order...
Elizabeth Echols for AC Transit
I hope you caught today’s earlier post about the AC Transit Board vacancy. The AC Transit Board of Directors will meet next Wednesday, February 25th, at 10...
Big shoes to fill at AC Transit
I don’t write about AC Transit nearly as much as I should. It’s hard enough to cover the City thoroughly, let alone all the other government bodies out...
Update (or not) on the Kaiser Convention Center
Last May, the Oakland City Council, in closed session, directed staff to enter into negotiations with Live Nation to reopen and operate the Henry J. Kaiser Center,...
Your State in meltdown
Please pardon me for straying from my usual local subject matter. I try to stick to only writing about Oakland on this blog – after all, that’s what...
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- len raphael: Unconfirmed that MJQ laid off 100 employees today, blaming RDA court case. How much did she and the CC waste in legal fees betting against Jerry’s lawyers?
- ralph: No, Livegreen, Occupy Oakland is doing plenty good. They are the poster children for the new, “This is Your Brain on Dope” Campaign.
- Livegreen: They seem to b determined to shut down Oakland and little else. They’ve forgotten Wall St. I can’t help but think the Officers who were preventing them from breaking in to City Hall could have spent...
- gregory mcconnell: The Occupest disrupted City Hall today. They managed to make it difficult, but not impossible, to go into City Hall. They demanded that people who accosted cops on Wednesday should be released. I was out...
- livegreen: I watched the M-Y mtg last night, & it was painful. Jose is a nice guy, but he has difficulty running a meeting that gets anything done. They debated for about 1 hour whether they should discuss recommendations...
- len raphael: The murder of 5 year old Gabriel Martinez. Got a call from an acquaintance who lives in East O and often gets supper at his family’s taco stand. She asked where she can sign up to help on the recall.
- Ravi: I’m sure that all of those Quan diehards (“a recall would be a waste of time and too expensive”) are very gratified that this lovely and deserving woman is having such a good time. No doubt they prefer...
- len raphael: JQ “”I’m actually having a lot of fun,” she said after rehashing many of the lower moments from her first year in office.” “http://www.insidebayare a.com/news/ci_19651889R...
- Ravi: And regarding police reform and the crime thing, Judge Henderson could decide to put OPD under Federal jurisdiction because the terms of the NSA haven’t been fulfilled by the City Administration. Those folks in City...
- len raphael: Harbinger of things to come to the City Council when they eventually have to make similar decisions. But they won’t. The Fed bankruptcy judge will do it for them.
- livegreen: Yeah, but OUSD has to do something. There are way too many schools for the school population. There’s simply no choice. At least they’re willing to make the tough decisions. Unlike the City of...
- len raphael: Are those school board recalls entirely over the school closing decisions? Different groups or one umbrella?
- Ravi: Two recall petitions for Quan; five recall petitions for five school board members.
- len raphael: City says there are now 7 concurrent recall petitions. Not clear how many are for Quan and how many for Council Members. Direct democracy at work.
- Ravi: Can the Oakland City Council lead? Nope, nor can the Mayor. It’s up to the citizens, who are deeply divided and have been for a very long time.
- len raphael: Oakland Local is the only on or offline general circulation media that shows understanding of the depths of our fiscal situation and understands that it’s causes precede the real estate crash. One of these...
- Mkilian: Related to the Cal Supremes haircut to Oakland with respect to RDA and the immediate need for a “fiscal operations plan” is another issue put forth in Oakland’s internet newspaper, Oakland Local, is...