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This Week at Oakland City Council: Gaza Ceasefire Resolution; Good and Bad News at Finance Committee

This Week at Oakland City Council: Gaza Ceasefire Resolution; Good and Bad News at Finance Committee

It’s an outlier week for Council. Normally there’d be only a designated required Council meeting with the public safety boards and commissions on Tuesday. But because of a special meeting scheduled to hear a ceasefire resolution and a Special Finance Committee meeting on Monday there’s actually three

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

Council Commitees and ALCO BOS Preview, Week of 11/13/2023

What’s at Council and ALCO BOS This Week Special Council Meeting to Appoint Police Commission Alternate The Council must act with urgency to appoint a new alternate Commissioner to the Oakland Police Commission [OPC] to replace Angela Jackson-Castain, the selection panel alternate who was elevated by vote of the

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—

Special Report: Oakland Block the Boat Action Delays Supply Ship Bound for Israel, Tacoma Block the Boat Action Underway

Special Report: Oakland Block the Boat Action Delays Supply Ship Bound for Israel, Tacoma Block the Boat Action Underway

Block the Boat Sequel Delays US Military Support Vessel with Ultimate Destination Israel A third iteration of the Arab Resources and Community Center [AROC] -led “Block the Boat” managed to delay a civilian-crewed military support vessel ultimately bound for Israel for an entire day Friday. The action, which began in

SAFE Recall's Affluent Donor Base, ALCO Dems Pro-Palestine Resolution + Council Preview

SAFE Recall's Affluent Donor Base, ALCO Dems Pro-Palestine Resolution + Council Preview

SAFE Recall Committee Issues First Funding Report; but Majority of Recall Funds Hidden from Public Scrutiny Through Use of General Committee The SAFE campaign finance committee this week met its legal obligations to produce a quarterly 460 report—which details donations and spending from July 1, to September 30. Recalls

ALCO Board of Supervisors Pass First Reading of Recall Amending Ballot Measure Legislation, Second Reading Tuesday

ALCO Board of Supervisors Pass First Reading of Recall Amending Ballot Measure Legislation, Second Reading Tuesday

The measure would delete the text of ALCO’s archaic 98 year old Charter Section 62 on recalls, written at a time when the State of California had different recall rules, and before the advent of many state and federal election laws.