OPD issuing tickets for violating non-existent outdoor smoking ban

So here I was, all excited to go on vacation and ready and eager to spend a few days without giving a thought it the world to Oakland, or the City Council, or the budget, or insane civil service rules, or Deborah Edgerly, or any of it.

So last night, I step off the plane in the Electric City, and check my voicemail, since my flight came in early and my hostess isn’t there yet to pick me up. I have one message, from a friend all frantic and irritated about the fact that he had just been ticketed for smoking outside a bar. Read more

Does nobody in this city play golf?*

Nancy Nadel exempts golf courses from smoking ban

Council finally listens to constituent concerns on smoking ban!

Oakland smoking ordinance delayed

Beyond Oakland

Once again, the Council proves they don’t care about good public policy or practicality

Real problems deserve real policy solutions

Larry Reid gets it. Pat Kernighan, Jean Quan, and Nancy Nadel? Not so much.

Oakland’s most pressing public safety issue? Secondhand smoke, apparently.

Your Council this week - June 25th-29th, 2007