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MOBN! has been carefully following the development of the City of Oakland 2021-23 biennial budget. Here is our current update. The City Council is well into the budget process. The…

The City Administration recently submitted a revised budget estimate which   projects a 2020-21 fiscal year-end negative balance of -$62.29 million. This is the result of a myriad of factors caused…

OPD and other police agencies use CopLink to share data on arrests, incident reports, calls for service, gun casings found at crime scenes, Shot spotter, etc There is a disagreement…

As we observed in our last blog post, the Task Force members have been appointed.  The members, and their appointments, are as follows: Anne Marks (District 1 CM Kalb), David…

After several years of reduced violent crime in Oakland, 2020 has seen as noticeable increase.  From our recent review of first eight month of weekly crime data reports published by…

Make Oakland Better Now! is pleased to invite you to an important panel presented by the Oakland Rotary #3 on the effects of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Don't miss this…

POLICY, RESEARCH and COMMUNICATIONS PART-TIME INTERN (Oakland, CA):Make Oakland Better Now! is a grass-roots group of voters, volunteers, and policy advocates working together to make Oakland a safer, more prosperous…

The city of Oakland is facing a very difficult budget situation. We believe that the mid cycle budget amendments will be more like the adoption of a whole new budget.…

Many months ago, seeking a ballot measure to amend the Oakland City Charter, Council President Rebecca Kaplan began circulating proposed changes to Oakland’s Measure LL (Charter section 604), the Police…

Many Oaklanders have already heard about this, but to make sure you all know:  In this era of the Covid-19 virus pandemic, City Council and Council committee meetings will be…