Voting on Measure C
Make Oakland Better Now! Supports Measure C Measure C, which is on the June 7 ballot, renews for 30 years the existing annual parcel tax of $114.50 per parcel for single-family residential…
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May 11, 2022
How Big Should OPD be?
Over the last year Oaklanders, like people in most other American cities, have been heatedly debating the size and cost of their police force. This debate began with the brutal…
October 4, 2021
Oakland Gun Violence is a Public Health Emergency
Make Oakland Better Now! supports City Council Member Treva Reid’s proposal to declare that the gun violence in Oakland is a public health emergency. Her full statement, which was released…
September 18, 2021
Redistricting in Oakland
Every ten years, after the conclusion of the U.S. Census, new boundaries for congressional, state and local districts are drawn in a process, called Redistricting. Have you ever wondered why…
August 11, 2021
COVID-19 Pandemic: Oakland Needs Your Help
MOBN! has just donated to the Oakland Fund for Public Innovation, which operates The Oakland COVID-19 Relief Fund. This fund was launched recently by Mayor Schaaf and Councilmembers Kalb, Bas and McElhaney as an emergency fund to serve Oakland’s most vulnerable residents and first responders during the pandemic.
April 18, 2020
Science & Crime
At the June 20th joint Rockridge Community Planning Council/Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council meeting, Mayor Jean Quan was asked how many police she thought Oakland needs.
First, she said that it is not a matter of what we need, but what we can afford, given that California policemen cost more than East Coast policemen, and she quoted that CA officers cost $200,000 per officer vs $100,000 on the East Coast. She then stated that her goal was to return Oakland to 800 officers that we had “before the recession.” Although the current budget only gets us to 700, she said she is confident that as the economy continues to improve Oakland will be able to afford more police in the long term.
June 23, 2013
Learn More About The Upcoming Public Safety Proposals — Then Come Out And Support Them
Just about everyone in Oakland and in Oakland City Government says “public safety is our number one priority.” If we mean it, we are going to have to take big steps and bring big change. Among other things, this means finding cost-effective ways to grow the Oakland Police Department to a sworn staffing level of 900. And it means having a comprehensive public safety program.
But while we are getting there, we also need to support the smaller measures that can make a difference. Three of those are the proposals by Council Members Schaff (D4) and Reid (D7) to borrow Sheriff’s Department officers, hire civilian technicians and lock in a second police academy for Calendar year 2013.
January 10, 2013
A Recall In Oakland? What’s The Real Story?
On Wednesday, January 25, 6:00 p.m., at Nile Hall, Preservation Park, 668 1th Street, the Oakland Tribune, League of Women Voters of Oakland, Maynard Institute for Journalism Education and Laney…
January 19, 2012
A Letter To All Oaklanders: We Need Your Help Tomorrow
Dear Oaklanders, Tomorrow, October 29 at 10:00 a.m. at 1148 E. 18th Street, Suite 10, Make Oakland Better Now! co-hosts the kickoff meeting for two critical signature gathering campaigns, one…
October 28, 2011