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Jaime Omar Yassin

Jaime Omar Yassin

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
Jaime Omar Yassin
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
Jaime Omar Yassin
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&
Jaime Omar Yassin
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
Jaime Omar Yassin

Oakland Observer Week Ending 6/18/2023: Council President Budget Amendments Restore Some DVP, OFD and Democracy Dollars Funding, but Pushback on Department Mergers Arises...

Council President and Council Members Deliberate Budget Amendments During an atypically mellow special budget deliberation meeting Wednesday, Council members discussed amendments to Mayor Sheng Thao’s proposed budget. The main set of amendments was put forward by Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas and a budget team–CMs Rebecca Kaplan, Carroll
Jaime Omar Yassin