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Notes from "Encampment Abatement" Meetings Reveal Rationale Behind Amendments, Suggest Jenkins Involvement in Policy

Notes from "Encampment Abatement" Meetings Reveal Rationale Behind Amendments, Suggest Jenkins Involvement in Policy

Statements captured in notes from meetings between D6 CM Kevin Jenkins’ Chief of Staff and City Council members suggest that Jenkins has had a substantive role in encampment management policy amendments currently sponsored by D7 CM Kevin Houston—and that the amendments evolved from a proposal Jenkins had initially co-authored

Live Reporting: Encampment Management to Abatement Policy, Special Public Safety Committee Meeting, 9/10/25

Live Reporting: Encampment Management to Abatement Policy, Special Public Safety Committee Meeting, 9/10/25

Oakland Observer Returns This Week to Cover Rushed "Encampment Abatement" Policy: Update: Questions Mount on Encampment "Abatement" Policy as State Suggests Potential to Lose Homeless Grant Funding Ahead of Today's Meeting

Oakland Observer Returns This Week to Cover Rushed "Encampment Abatement" Policy: Update: Questions Mount on Encampment "Abatement" Policy as State Suggests Potential to Lose Homeless Grant Funding Ahead of Today's Meeting

After an all too-short break, the OO will be back early this week. At issue, what appears to be a joint proposal to turn an already questionable rubric that guides the City's actions on homeless dwellings and encampments into a more visibly vituperative policy—the proposal would rename

Oakland Observer Returns This Week to Cover Rushed "Encampment Abatement" Policy

Oakland Observer Returns This Week to Cover Rushed "Encampment Abatement" Policy

After an all too-short break, the OO will be back early this week. At issue, what appears to be a joint proposal to turn an already questionable rubric that guides the City's actions on homeless dwellings and encampments into a more visibly vituperative policy—the proposal would rename

Jerusalem Coffee Shop Presser Live Reporting Thread & Reporter's Notebook, July 30, 2025

Jerusalem Coffee Shop Presser Live Reporting Thread & Reporter's Notebook, July 30, 2025

Jerusalem Cofffee House Press Conference_July 30 2025Jerusalem Cofffee House Press Conference_July 30 2025.pdf645 KBdownload-circle Some context and more ample info to add to this live reporting thread: Speakers: Walter Riley: A distinguished bay area lawyer and civil rights activist who has helped defend pro-Palestine activists such as

Live Reporting: City Council Committee Meetings, ALCO BOS Meetings/AASEG-OAC Vote; Measure W Discussion, Public Comment

Live Reporting: City Council Committee Meetings, ALCO BOS Meetings/AASEG-OAC Vote; Measure W Discussion, Public Comment

It was a jumbled week for both City and County processes, and the OO reporting structure. At Council, two committee meetings were cancelled, Finance and Public Works. Life Enrichment was rescheduled for the Finance time slot, Public Safety for that of Public Works. At Life Enrichment, Fife broke the news

OO Newsletter Down Day as Legislative Session Ends

OO Newsletter Down Day as Legislative Session Ends

For various reasons, there won't be a regular format Oakland Observer newsletter this week. For a run down of what happened at the City Council meeting last week and at Rules committee Thursday, please take a look at the PDFs of live reporting linked above, which will tell