Of all the problems with Oakland’s current budget discussions, here are the two problems that may be the most profound. The city has no meaningful reserve to fall back on…
Yes, seven months is a really long time from now, but the race seems to be underway already. Make Oakland Better Now! was originally formed to try to force an…
There were two big developments today. Chief Batts introduced his strategic plan framework, and he and City Attorney John Russo filed Oakland's first anti-gang injunction action. This morning, the Chief…
If you are a member of Make Oakland Better Now!, it's because you care about the city addressing its obligations to keep us safe, to fix our infrastructure and to…
The City Council will hold a special meeting to address its budget this coming Tuesday, February 16 at 5:00 p.m. Today the city finally announced the meeting and posted both…
We have two more tables from the recent on-line survey. We asked Oaklanders "if there were more money (i.e., a ballot measure generated more tax revenue) where would you want…
At the Make Oakland Better Now! budget meeting on January 11, we passed out a ballot asking members in attendance to give us their views on where the city should…
For those of you who haven't yet voted in the MOBN! budget poll (and you should -- vote here before this Friday at 5:00 p.m.) it looks as though there's…
Well, it's taken months, but Make Oakland Better Now! finally has a blog using real blogging software, allowing multiple authors and providing RSS feed. (And many thanks to Debby Richman…
