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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