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…
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…
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"…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This month, Oakland’s City Council will be considering one or more of the three budget proposals submitted on April 29 by Mayor Jean Quan. Mayor Quan has named the three…
