In the coming months, MOBN! will be publishing its endorsement protocols for the non-partisan November, 2012 Oakland Election, which are still in development. At this time, however, the MOBN! Board…
Late last month, community members assembled at St Paul’s Episcopal Church to discuss Oakland’s violence and what is being done about it. Speaking were: Zachary Carey, Pastor, True Vine Ministries,…
Last week, Oakland moved a step closer to having a real Cease Fire program. The Oakland City Council’s Public Safety Committee, the Chief of Police and Mayor Quan’s Senior Policy…
Oakland is a city where there are scores of different views on what must be done to make us safe. But if there is one thing on which we can all…
As we discussed in previous posts, here, here and here, Oakland is struggling with its years long efforts to comply with a consent judgment regulating many aspects of its police…
Imagine this: a large, diverse California city with a historically troubled police department, with poor police/citizen relations, a history of racial profiling, documented police corruption and citizen abuse, together with…
Earlier this month, we started reviewing the last two years’ monitor reports and assessing the areas where the City has repeatedly been unable to comply. We blogged about these compliance…
Last week, we provided a birds’-eye view of the last five quarterly monitors’ reports on the City’s compliance with the NSA, the consent judgment agreed to by plaintiff’s and the…
MOBN! members who follow Oakland city news in the media are aware by now that after nine years of Federal Court supervision, the City of Oakland and the Oakland Police…
At City Hall, on Wednesday, January 25, at 5:30 p.m., Mayor Quan and City Administrator Santana will present their plan to adjust the budget for lost Redevelopment Agency revenue. While…
