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Free employee parking will be around a little longer

Do you guys remember that whole issue where it turned out that the City was giving up like $400,000 a year in potential revenue by giving free parking at the garage near City Hall (PDF) to employees? And a lot of people really did not like that? And then the Council was like, “Hmm, this seems like a lot of money. Let’s have this come back to Committee where you can explain more thoroughly the revenue...

Ethics Commission considers increasing campaign donation & spending limits tonight

Tonight, the Oakland Public Ethics Commission will hold a special meeting about local campaign contribution and expenditure limits. You may have read about this proposal yesterday on FutureOakland or maybe earlier in Jean Quan’s hysterical newsletter. Campaign contribution and expenditure limits in Oakland In short, the City Attorney has proposed that the existing Oakland campaign contribution and expenditure...

League of Women Voters: What is Records Management – and Why Should You Care About it?

Records management is the practice of maintaining the records of an organization — in this case, the City of Oakland — from the time they are created up to their eventual disposal. This may include the classification, storage, securing, and destruction of records.1 Capability for timely record retrieval is also a key part of a modern records management system. The League of Women Voters can attest that Oakland...

Condo conversions return to Council

Condo conversions were a big controversy a few years ago, but since then, have pretty much faded off the radar of everyone but professional affordable housing activists and developers. Now the issue is back, sort of. Councilmembers Pat Kernighan and Rebecca Kaplan have introduced a proposal to make some changes to Oakland’s condo conversion rules (PDF), which will be considered at today’s Community...

Oakland does cabaret reform: why make life easier for small businesses when you can take more money from them instead?

Below is a photograph of a charming new downtown bar called the Layover. I love the Layover. It’s been great to watch downtown transform over the past several years, and have all this wonderful new nightlife. But it has always bothered me a little bit that every new place that opens is so fancy. Penelope is very nice, and their spicy cocktails are delicious, but I’ve always just felt more comfortable...
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