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Jaime Omar Yassin

Jaime Omar Yassin

PEC Sends Schaaf Settlements Back for Sharper Penalty Stipulation; Campaign Finance Increase Meets Tepid Response; OPC Recommends No Changes to OPD Pursuit Policy; Security Guard Cuts, Potential Armed Guards New Focus After Tie-Vote Melodrama Subsides

PEC Sends Schaaf Settlements Back for Sharper Penalty Stipulation; Campaign Finance Increase Meets Tepid Response; OPC Recommends No Changes to OPD Pursuit Policy; Security Guard Cuts, Potential Armed Guards New Focus After Tie-Vote Melodrama Subsides

Settlements for Schaaf Campaign Finance Violations Go Back to Negotiation After PEC Insists on Stricter Penalties In a night of confused deliberation and voting, the Public Ethics Commission ultimately voted to send back two unprecedented former Mayor Libby Schaaf-linked campaign finance settlements for stricter penalty revisions. The votes prompted Gary
Jaime Omar Yassin
Schaaf's Pattern of Campaign Violations; Judge Orders Chief's Direct Supervision of IAD; Press Event Celebrates Coliseum Sale; Thao Confronts Recall Proponents at Endorsement Meeting

Schaaf's Pattern of Campaign Violations; Judge Orders Chief's Direct Supervision of IAD; Press Event Celebrates Coliseum Sale; Thao Confronts Recall Proponents at Endorsement Meeting

PEC Settlements Show Pattern of Campaign Violations by Former Mayor Schaaf Involving Millions in Contributions A set of draft settlements that will be presented to the Public Ethics Commission next week for final approval detail a "pattern" of unlawful behavior on the part of former Mayor Libby Schaaf.
Jaime Omar Yassin
Election '24 Candidate and Finance Overview: Season Begins with Abrupt Changes in D7 Landscape; Houston's Long History of Local Gov Connections; NSA Backsliding on Armstrong's IAD Management Could Affect Campaign

Election '24 Candidate and Finance Overview: Season Begins with Abrupt Changes in D7 Landscape; Houston's Long History of Local Gov Connections; NSA Backsliding on Armstrong's IAD Management Could Affect Campaign

D7 Campaign Landscape Transforms Over Night as Reid Exits Race Last week, D7’s current CM Treva Reid announced that she won’t be seeking re-election as her first term in office ends. The late day announcement on the deadline to submit candidate paperwork triggered Oakland’s rules for candidate
Jaime Omar Yassin
A Campaign Finance Vehicle Using Funds from Just one Contributor Has Paid for the Majority of Thao Recall Campaign Expenses; AASEG on Track to Buy 100% of Coliseum Shares from City and A’s

A Campaign Finance Vehicle Using Funds from Just one Contributor Has Paid for the Majority of Thao Recall Campaign Expenses; AASEG on Track to Buy 100% of Coliseum Shares from City and A’s

Foundational Oakland Unites Expenditure Committee, a Vehicle for Recall Funds from Just one Contributor Foundational Oakland Unites [FOU], an independent campaign expenditure committee, has paid the majority of signature gathering bills for the recall of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao–and received all of its recently reported $605K in contributions from
Jaime Omar Yassin