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…
Join us for an in depth discussion about public safety and strategies for violence prevention in Oakland as they relate to public health, implicit bias and community/police relations. Director…
At tonight’s meeting, starting at 5:00 p.m., City Council will be considering the Fair Chance Housing Ordinance, supported last week unanimously at a Special Community and Economic Development Committee meeting,…
We recently received the following e-mail from Reygan Harmon, Oakland's Operation Ceasefire Director. As those who follow Make Oakland Better Now! are aware, we have been active supporters of Operation…
This is the third in a series of posts on Measure Z, which is on Oakland’s November ballot and which we support. In the first, we talked about why police…
Part Two: Why MOBN! Supports Measure Z This is the second in a series of posts on Measure Z, which is on Oakland’s November ballot and which we support. Last…
MAKE OAKLAND BETTER NOW! SUPPORTS MEASURE Z – A PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURE WITH NO TAX INCREASE HERE ARE THE REASONS WHY The most important local measure on this November’s ballot…
Thanks so much to all the Oaklanders who contributed their thoughts about questions to ask Oakland’s mayoral candidates. Your ideas came in as blog comments, as e-mails and as Facebook…
