The Oakland Observer

Sign in Subscribe

Jaime Omar Yassin

Jaime Omar Yassin

Disciplinary Outcome for OPD Officers in Soakai Death Could Come This Week: Updated 9/6/23

Disciplinary Outcome for OPD Officers in Soakai Death Could Come This Week: Updated 9/6/23

The discipline process for OPD officers who engaged a vehicle pursuit that led to the death of Lolomania Soakai last June may have a resolution as soon as this week, according to statements and actions by the Oakland Police Commission at last Thursday’s meeting. At the start of the

Oakland Observer Week Ending 7/23/23: Protracted Mayor's Salary Spectacle Nearly Cost Quorum Necessary for Coliseum Connections Aid; Tenants Round 199th Day of Displacement with No End in Sight, Resources and Patience Dwindling

Oakland Observer Week Ending 7/23/23: Protracted Mayor's Salary Spectacle Nearly Cost Quorum Necessary for Coliseum Connections Aid; Tenants Round 199th Day of Displacement with No End in Sight, Resources and Patience Dwindling

Protracted Wrestling Over Mayor’s Salary Ordinance Puts Coliseum Connections Aid at Risk Within minutes of the introduction of the Mayoral salary issue Tuesday night, Council Member Carroll Fife presented a quick resolution–give the lowest possible raise, move forward on shifting the charter-mandated process out of Council's

Oakland Observer Week Ending 7/16/2023: Chair and Vice Chair of Police Commission Sue Selection Panel, Chanin as Fractures Deepen; Last Council Meeting Before Summer Recess Has Likely Record of over 60 Consent Calendar Items

Oakland Observer Week Ending 7/16/2023: Chair and Vice Chair of Police Commission Sue Selection Panel, Chanin as Fractures Deepen; Last Council Meeting Before Summer Recess Has Likely Record of over 60 Consent Calendar Items

Oakland Police Commission Tension Continues in Fraught Process at Selection Panel; Milele, Jordan Sue Selection Panel Interpersonal tensions and accusations continued to be a contemporary defining feature of the Oakland Police Commission [OPC] in a selection panel interview process Wednesday that often resembled a tribunal of inquiry. Rather than simmering

Oakland Observer Week Ending 7/9/2023: OPD's License Plate Readers Went Down During Ransomware Attack, Then Stayed Down Due to OPD Decision to Keep Them Offline; Last Committees Before Summer Recess: Update 7/27/2023

Oakland Observer Week Ending 7/9/2023: OPD's License Plate Readers Went Down During Ransomware Attack, Then Stayed Down Due to OPD Decision to Keep Them Offline; Last Committees Before Summer Recess: Update 7/27/2023

OPD License Plate Reader System Has Been Inactive Since February Oakland Police representatives revealed that the OPD's license plate reader system has been offline since February’s ransomware attack at a Privacy Advisory Commission [PAC] meeting Thursday. The February ransomware attack was responsible for shutting down the department&

Oakland Observer Week Ending 7/2/2023: Late Night Opposition, but Bas/Thao Budget Passes; CMs Move to Increase Aid to Displaced Coliseum Connections Residents; Harbin-Forte Dismissed by Thao...

Oakland Observer Week Ending 7/2/2023: Late Night Opposition, but Bas/Thao Budget Passes; CMs Move to Increase Aid to Displaced Coliseum Connections Residents; Harbin-Forte Dismissed by Thao...

After Late Night Opposition, Bas Team/Thao Budget Passes Narrowly In a contentious budget deliberation that pushed late into a Monday night Special Meeting, CM's Janani Ramachandran, Treva Reid and Noel Gallo pushed back against elements of Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas and her budget team's

Oakland Observer Week Ending 6/25/2023: Calls for Resignation Met with Controversial Statements from Chair at Police Commission

Calls for Resignation Met with Inflammatory Statements from Police Commission Chair Police Commission Chair Tyfarah Milele responded to calls for her resignation by the Coalition for Police Accountability [CPA] and at least two fellow Commissioners with a 15 minute prepared statement in which she called out members of the public

FY 23-25 Budget Amendments to be Heard, Budget Potentially Voted on at Special Monday Afternoon Meeting

The final version of the amended City of Oakland biennial budget, for the period between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2025, will be heard at a special City Council meeting Monday at 2:30 p.m.* This biennial budget balances the City’s largest ever shortfall of revenue, estimated