Nobody who is concerned about stable and responsible state, county or city budgeting can ignore the issues presented by public pensions. Whether it’s Governor Brown’s recent proposal, San Francisco’s recent…
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…
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"…
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…
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…
by Nicolas Heidorn Nicolas Heidorn is a board member nominee of Make Oakland Better Now! A Rainy Day Fund proposal will be on the agenda at the joint Make Oakland…
Many Oaklanders breathed a sigh of relief when Chief Batts announced he was not going to San Jose. But most of us understand he won't be long for Oakland unless…
At the Make Oakland Better Now! budget meeting on January 11, we passed out a ballot asking members in attendance to give us their views on where the city should…
Well, it's taken months, but Make Oakland Better Now! finally has a blog using real blogging software, allowing multiple authors and providing RSS feed. (And many thanks to Debby Richman…
