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Leaked Document Reveals Big Money PAC is Controlled by the Price-Recall Campaign; OPC Sends Chief Candidates to Mayor; OPD Releases Video of Shooting; Council Preview

Leaked Document Reveals Big Money PAC is Controlled by the Price-Recall Campaign; OPC Sends Chief Candidates to Mayor; OPD Releases Video of Shooting; Council Preview

Leaked DA Recall Document Reveals Mega-Donor Committee “Reviving the Bay Area” is Subordinate “Team” of SAFE Recall Campaign A leaked SAFE campaign strategy document was made public Friday by “Protect the Win”, the campaign opposing the recall of District Attorney Pamela Price. Brenda Grisham, the ostensible principal officer of the
Jaime Omar Yassin
Schaaf-Era 911 Hiring Failures Revealed Months After Resolution; "Safe Work Zones" Unlikely to Reduce Crime for Workers; Council Committees Digest

Schaaf-Era 911 Hiring Failures Revealed Months After Resolution; "Safe Work Zones" Unlikely to Reduce Crime for Workers; Council Committees Digest

Schaaf-Era 9-1-1 Hiring Fail Revealed Months After Resolution A Schaaf administration hiring failure with serious repercussions for Oakland’s 9-1-1 staffing was the focus of a report initially requested by Janani Ramachandran at a December 5th City Council meeting. Ramachandran had requested the report as early as September. The report
Jaime Omar Yassin
Another Step Toward a Recall Changing ALCO Ballot Measure; Price Recall Effort Closing in on $1 MM; Police Commission on Shaky Brown Act Ground w/Teleconferencing Move; Gaza Ceasefire Reso on Way to Council

Another Step Toward a Recall Changing ALCO Ballot Measure; Price Recall Effort Closing in on $1 MM; Police Commission on Shaky Brown Act Ground w/Teleconferencing Move; Gaza Ceasefire Reso on Way to Council

Delay on Recall-Changing Ballot Measure as BOS Votes For Alternate Version Which Requires Second Reading Yet another pause has been added to an Alameda County Board of Supervisors [BOS] proposed ballot measure that would, if passed in March by voters, delete the County’s century old archaic text on local
Jaime Omar Yassin
Special Report: Pro-Palestinian Advocacy Tests Limits of "Progressive" Image for Oakland’s City Council and School Board: Update, Bas Urges Biden/Congress on Ceasefire; Update, Kalb did Speak at Press Conference

Special Report: Pro-Palestinian Advocacy Tests Limits of "Progressive" Image for Oakland’s City Council and School Board: Update, Bas Urges Biden/Congress on Ceasefire; Update, Kalb did Speak at Press Conference

From Friday November 3 to Thursday, November 10, tens of thousands attended solidarity and direct political action events in the City of Oakland, advocating for the end of lethal violence against Palestinians in Gaza. The actions were some of the largest political events—and quite likely the largest pro-Palestinian events—
Jaime Omar Yassin