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Author: Make Oakland Better Now!

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City Budget / Public Safety / Transparency / Accountability

You Can Help Make Oakland Better Now!

There is so much going on in Oakland right now, and so many opportunities to Make Oakland Better Now! First, the ballot measures: Ballots are on their way to your…

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October 19, 2011
Public Safety / Uncategorized

Can Oakland Be The Next City To Become Safe?

If you follow MOBN!'s postings, you almost certainly share our deep concern about public safety in Oakland.  And the odds are you want to learn more about what we can…

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October 14, 2011
City Council / Mayor / Public Safety

With The Chief Leaving, We Have To Fix This Ourselves

Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts’s resignation on Tuesday was an enormous blow to a city already facing a public safety crisis and a murder rate that is spiraling upward.  Chief…

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October 13, 2011
Public Safety / Uncategorized

Oakland Needs a Comprehensive Public Safety Plan

This morning, MOBN! board members Frank Castro, Mike Ferro and Bruce Nye guest posted at A Better Oakland, urging Oakland to stop its decades-long divisive and pointless "cops v. programs"…

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October 4, 2011
City Council / Mayor / Public Safety

Oakland Needs You Now: A Wakeup Call For Oaklanders

After last week's tragic shooting of three-year-old Carlos Nava, Oakland Chief of Police Anthony Batts told reporters “Maybe the loss of young Carlos will wake people up.”  As reported in…

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August 18, 2011
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New Direction Needed to Address Public Safety in Oakland

The following is the full text of an e-mail sent by Council Members Ignacio de la Fuente and Larry Reid  to their constituents and others on Tuesday, August 16.  If you…

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August 18, 2011
City Budget / City Council / Mayor / Transparency / Accountability

What Agreements Did the City Make With The Unions?

We know that City Council is hoping to vote on a budget today at 4:30.  We know that the budget depends on the agreements reached with all five of Oakland's…

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June 30, 2011
City Budget / City Council / Mayor

Oakland Close to Having A Budget; Now The Hard Work Of Reform Begins

Last Friday afternoon, three budget balancing proposals were posted on the City’s web site and placed on the agenda for tonight’s special City Council meeting. One was offered by City…

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June 28, 2011
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Oakland Welcomes Appointees to Critical Posts

Make Oakland Better Now! would like to extend a big, hearty congratulations to two recent appointees to Oakland’s city government: Barbara Parker – Acting City Attorney  Outgoing City Attorney John…

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June 23, 2011
City Budget / City Council / Mayor

Can Oakland Balance Its Budget By Amending Voter Mandates?

In a recent San Francisco Chronicle article by Matthai Kuruvila, Mayor Quan was quoted as saying she “just didn’t have time” to put reforms on the ballot.” In several recent…

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June 7, 2011
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