Highlights from last night’s Council meeting
Did you skip the show last night? Had something better to do with your Tuesday evening than stare at KTOP for seven straight hours? Don’t worry. I watch these...
Army Base, quickly
Aah, I had so wanted to write a whole bunch of posts about the Army Base last week before the item came to Community and Economic Development Committee (CED) today,...
Trying, and failing, to do something good
So last night was one of those refreshing Council meetings where everyone brought their A game. They delayed the discussion on the Piedmont Pines utility undergrounding...
O.M.G.! Chang and Hamill don’t file for at-large Council race!
So I was working on something else and couldn’t make it to the City Clerk’s office today to check out who filed for Council races (today was the deadline)....
Nancy Nadel exempts golf courses from smoking ban
So for the third time this fall, the Oakland City Council passed a first reading of the new outdoor smoking ban tonight. A first reading of an amended ordinance...
This isn’t a vision – it’s a list.
So the exciting news about the Army Base is that it looks like pretty much everyone (except Ron Dellums) is on the same page. Nancy Nadel, who I’m thrilled...
Council finally listens to constituent concerns on smoking ban!
So, amazingly, the Council did not do as I predicted yesterday and just let Barbara Killey get away with this ignoring the instruction to exempt bars. Not that she...
Once again, the Council proves they don’t care about good public policy or practicality
The Council voted to pass the smoking ordinance just before 2 am this morning. Jane Brunner left the meeting before the item was heard. Ignacio De La Fuente, Pat...

