2025年1月6日 · The face of power in Oakland changed several times Monday morning at a special meeting and inauguration ceremony that was at times theatrical and at others confused. The three new City Council members elected in November — Rowena Brown (at-large), Zac Unger (District 1), and Ken Houston (District ...

2024年11月13日 · Tyron Jordan: A military veteran, Jordan ran for Mayor in 2022 and City Council District 3 in 2024. A legal practice assistant at Morgan Lewis and Bockius, Jordan has served on Oakland’s Library Advisory Commission. Jordan outlined many of his ideas for the city in 2022 when we interviewed him.. Barbara Lee: A former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Lee represented residents in ...

2025年1月3日 · The Oakland Housing Authority is opening its waitlist for Section 8 housing vouchers, which can be used by low-income households to pay part of their rent.. Applications will open Jan. 7 through Jan. 26 for 5,000 new spots on the list. It’s a rare opportunity for Oakland residents seeking affordable housing: the waitlist last opened in 2011. Recipients of Housing Choice Vouchers — still ...

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2024年11月18日 · Last Friday, the city of Oakland published two reports about the state of its finances going into the new fiscal year. They had the same numbers and the same overall message: Oakland is projected to end the year with a $93 million operating shortfall and needs to make cuts. But the reports used very different language to describe the potential financial consequences facing the city.

2024年12月27日 · Lerma won a special election last November to fulfill the remaining term of current District 4 Director Mike Hutchinson, who was first elected to represent District 5 in 2020 and stepped down in 2022 to run for the District 4 seat …

2024年12月18日 · The council officially scheduled a special election for April 15, 2025, where residents will be able to vote on a new mayor to serve out the remainder of Thao’s term. Voters will also decide on an interim councilmember to represent District 2, and possibly a sales tax measure.. But until the spring election, it’s likely that at-large Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, who did not run for ...

2024年11月8日 · Ashley McBride writes about education equity for The Oaklandside. Her work covers Oakland’s public district and charter schools. Before joining The Oaklandside in 2020, Ashley was a reporter for the San Antonio Express-News and the San Francisco Chronicle as a Hearst Journalism Fellow.

2024年10月10日 · Voter guides issued by organizations. ACCE — The Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment’s Oakland chapter is an activist group that focuses on advocating for renters and low-income neighborhoods. ACLU of Northern California — the Northern California branch of the civil liberties group is known for advocating for free speech, criminal justice reforms, and racial and economic ...

2024年11月5日 · I was doom-scrolling on X a few months ago when a video about Oakland, California, caught my eye: “Do you know your recaller?” it asked, before an image of a talking white-haired man with a yellow tie flashed across the screen.“Let’s find out.” I’d been curious about the recalls in Oakland for a while: Mayor Sheng Thao and District Attorney Pamela Price, both progressive women of ...