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Oakland Tenants - you need to attend the City Council Meeting on January 16, 2016 Oakland Tenants - January 12 2016 is IMPORTANT....
Posted: Mon, Jan 4, 2016 5:30pm PST
Statement of Clarity on Police Commissioner Speaking at Oscar Grant Vigil Although we stand in total support and solidarity with the Oscar Foundation, Wanda Johnson and the Grant family, we stand in strong opposition to ANY representative from the BART Police Department being given a platform to propagate a perspective that they are in compliance and/or in support of the people's interests....
Posted: Sat, Jan 2, 2016 10:01pm PST
Alameda renters to confront greedy landlords on Jan. 5 The Alameda Renter’s Coalition is organizing renters to appear at the January 5 meeting to support strong renter protections, and are urging as many people as possible to contact the Alameda City Council members to demand strong renter protections for the renters of Alameda!...
Posted: Sat, Jan 2, 2016 6:53pm PST
Yesterday’s “Obama Socialists,” Today’s Bernie Boosters The League of Pre-Squeezed Lemons...
Posted: Sat, Jan 2, 2016 4:50pm PST
BART's holiday gift to seniors and disabled Surprise -- no discount tickets available....
Posted: Wed, Dec 23, 2015 4:23pm PST
Affordable housing developers are part of the homeless problem As more and more of the so-called affordable housing projects exclude the poor because they are being built for higher income residents, including work force residents, the homeless problem just keeps getting much worse!...
Posted: Tue, Dec 22, 2015 8:54pm PST
Oakland sued by former Black Panther member Former Black Panther leader Elaine Brown alleges that on October 30, 2015, Oakland Councilwoman Desley Brooks assaulted, struck, pushed and hit her without provocation, excuse or justification, while discussing City of Oakland business regarding affordable housing!...
Posted: Sun, Dec 20, 2015 9:26pm PST
Wheaton College President Philip Ryken denies targeting professor for wearing a hijab Despite the denial of Wheaton College president, Philip Ryken, that Hawkins was targeted for administrative leave because she decided to wear a hijab, he claimed that she was placed on leave for stating that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. Many critics, including students and faculty at the college find that very difficult to believe!...
Posted: Sat, Dec 19, 2015 3:00am PST
Oakland Officials Promote Economic Cleansing In The City Oakland officials have been fueling the economic cleansing taking place in the city, as the renters of are being terrorized by skyrocketing rents, and greedy landlords evicting them by the thousands!...
Posted: Mon, Dec 14, 2015 1:04am PST
KPFA-Pacifica Union History and Politics Remembering the progressive missions and legacies of IWW labor organizer and working class song writer Joe Hill and Pacifica Radio founder Lew Hill. Highlighting, untangling threads of recent history/politics of Pacifica-KPFA workers unions, the industrial to craft unionism transition or coup underlying labor turmoil over 25 years, particularly differences/conflicts in union solidarity, representation or exclusion of unpaid workers. UEW industrial/inclusive vs. CWA craft/paid staff only union...
Posted: Sun, Dec 13, 2015 4:48pm PST
Occupy Oakland Protester Convicted of Smashing OPD Windows, Sued by Oakland, May Be Vindicated An activist who was pursued by the City of Oakland for criminal vandalism and restitution is challenging his conviction four years later. César Aguirre was convicted for allegedly smashing the windows of the OPD Internal Affairs and Recruiting Offices during the Occupy Oakland General Strike of November 2-3, 2011. Aguirre has now filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging his conviction based on the prosecution's failure to disclose material evidence. NLG attorneys Brian McComas a...
Posted: Fri, Dec 11, 2015 6:54pm PST
Section 8 renters face discrimination and are being abused There is plenty of documentation and evidence revealing that Section 8 renters are being targeted, and are facing major problems in Oakland, the Bay Area, and across the nation because very few states, counties, and cities prohibit discrimination against Section 8 voucher holders!...
Posted: Thu, Dec 10, 2015 3:45am PST
UC Berkeley Students Occupy Chancellor’s Office to Demand Justice for UC Workers Students occupy their central administrative building and rally in the hundreds to demand just compensation for subcontracted campus employees...
Posted: Thu, Dec 3, 2015 12:55pm PST
Court rules L.A. Housing Authority illegally cut Section 8 housing subsidies According to records with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), San Francisco has 9,147 Section 8 units in their inventory. Oakland has 13,424 Section 8 units. Richmond has 1,851 Section 8 units. Berkeley has 1,935 Section 8 units. Alameda has 1,845 Section 8 units. Alameda County has 6,273 Section 8 units. Marin County has 2,153 Section 8 units. Contra Costa County has 6,876 Section 8 units....
Posted: Tue, Dec 1, 2015 6:50pm PST
Recent anniversary date of President John F. Kennedy assassination President John F. Kennedy (JFK) spent his last night alive at the Texas Hotel in Ft. Worth, Texas. When morning came there was a light rain falling on Ft. Worth as the JFK entourage, including JFK's wife Jackie, prepared to take a thirteen minute flight to Dallas for a limo ride through the city. It proved to be a very fateful day....
Posted: Sun, Nov 29, 2015 4:49am PST
Letter to Berkeley: You Are Being Scammed by Your City Council. If the Berkeley City Council wanted to help the homeless they would be providing the money, a timetable and the plans to create the facilities they say they want to create. They didn't. They don't. They just want you to believe they are....
Posted: Wed, Nov 25, 2015 10:44am PST
The Malonga Center windows: A tale about Oakland city priorities Public records requests reveal that the city of Oakland prioritized the noise complaint of one individual over an entire decades-old arts community....
Posted: Fri, Nov 20, 2015 2:56pm PST
Alameda County Passes Groundbreaking Policy to Respect the 4th Amendment. Alameda County Board Of Supervisors Passes Most Comprehensive Cell Phone Interceptor Privacy Policy In the Country...
Posted: Thu, Nov 19, 2015 7:58am PST
Revised: Embattled city backed receiver was replaced at Empyrean Towers It was on June 26, 2015, that Mark Adams was appointed by Judge George Hernandez to be the receiver for Empyrean Towers. Last week Mark Adams was replaced by Randy Sugarman, of Sugarman & Company, LLP., by Judge Roger L. Efremsky, as a Chapter 11 trustee for the property....
Posted: Wed, Nov 18, 2015 6:10pm PST
Oakland Rising In 2006, Jerry Brown was Mayor of Oakland, Arnold Schwarzenegger was Governor of California, and grassroots politics in Oakland was losing its voice. Local communities felt locked out of City Hall, their voices not being heard. From this landscape came Oakland Rising (OR)....
Posted: Sun, Nov 15, 2015 9:58pm PST
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