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At tonight’s Oakland City Council meeting Oakland residents will address the council asking them to stop making payments to Goldman Sachs. Here are the details: At the City Council meeting on February 21, a coalition of Oakland residents will ask city council to cease making huge payments to Goldman Sachs on an interest rate swap … Continue reading »

When the resolution calling for the prevention of disruption to port services was first on the agenda last December, several speakers took to the floor to remind Oakland City Council that the port does not belong to a corporation, but to the people of Oakland.  One of the more poignant addresses came from Elaine Brown, … Continue reading »

Not having a permit and blocking streets is apparently the straw breaking the back of Oakland City Council. Council member Ignacio De La Fuente told the San Francisco Chronicle. “We have not been aggressively enforcing these rules, which is the reason we’re in the place we’re in now,” said Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente. “The … Continue reading »

The Oscar Grant protests, known as the Oakland riots by some, saw thousands of Oaklanders take to the streets to demand justice for Grant in July 2010. Among those protesters were then council member Jean Quan (now mayor) and council member at large Rebecca Kaplan. Quan and Kaplan helped form a citizen line between protesters … Continue reading »

Oakland City Council members have been vocal about their displeasure concerning the cost to police Occupy Oakland. Mayor Jean Quan said protests are happening at “inconvenient times” when police could be used elsewhere. People may break windows and throw bottles, but that isn’t what attracts a police presence. The police are already present, well before … Continue reading »

City leaders are rushing to cut $20.3M from the city budget by cutting hundreds of jobs in response to the dissolution of the Redevelopment Agency happening February 1. Oakland City Council held an emergency meeting Wednesday night, January 25, to discuss a budget amendment from Mayor Jean Quan and City Administrator Deanna Santana to account … Continue reading »

The decision to not rename the pressroom after political gadfly Sanjiv Handa came easy to council member Ignacio De La Fuente. The district 5 representative said the two did not agree before his death and for him to act as if they did now would be hypocritical. “I have never been a hypocrite and I’m … Continue reading »

Oakland City Council “welcomes your input at City Council meetings,” according to the city’s website. The City Council’s agenda is regularly updated, and one wishing to speak on any or all agenda items may do so by filling out a speaker’s card online for each of those items. One’s card must be submitted to the … Continue reading »