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Window Closing on Scheduling Summer Recall Special Election; Judge Orders ALCO DA to Investigate Bigoted Jury Selection Practices in Past Administrations

Window Closing on Scheduling Summer Recall Special Election; Judge Orders ALCO DA to Investigate Bigoted Jury Selection Practices in Past Administrations

Tuesday’s regular meeting agenda for the Alameda County Board of Supervisors [ALCO BOS] was published late Friday, offering the first glimmer of a potential timeline for a Recall election of ALCO District Attorney Pamela Price. So far, the document is bad news for SAFE, the DA Recall Campaign that

Council Committee Preview, 4/23/2024

Council Committee Preview, 4/23/2024

Finance, 9:30 am Citywide Cooperative Agreements Bump of $6.5MM The Finance Dept is requesting that three of its cooperative purchase agreements be upped by a total of up to $6.5 MM. The agreements piggyback on other agency agreements, but the report doesn’t have any information describing

Analysis: SAFE Principals Demand BOS Hold Special Election for Recall at Potential Cost of $20 MM Instead of in November, But Facts Are Not on SAFE’s Side

Analysis: SAFE Principals Demand BOS Hold Special Election for Recall at Potential Cost of $20 MM Instead of in November, But Facts Are Not on SAFE’s Side

As ALCO supervisors certified March’s election results at a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors Tuesday, SAFE principals and a handful of supporters urged the body to call a recall election date immediately, claiming the BOS are required to do so under the current charter rules. The recall

City Council Preview, 4/16/2024

deadlines got away from the OO during a busy week. Here's some headline highlights from tonight's Council meeting. More to come on significant legislation based on tonight's outcomes. —Additional 588K for long-stalled quick builds on collision prone TEMPO/International Corridor from $1.266 to

Port Casts Unanimous Vote to Change Oakland Airport Name, Opposed by NAACP and Environmental Organizations; Public Safety Committee Concerns on Historically Small Police Academy

Port Casts Unanimous Vote to Change Oakland Airport Name, Opposed by NAACP and Environmental Organizations; Public Safety Committee Concerns on Historically Small Police Academy

Oakland’s Port Commission unanimously voted to change the Metropolitan Oakland Airport’s name to the San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport on Thursday. Controversy over the plan had simmered for weeks after Port Commission Chair Barbara Leslie aired a social media post hyping the proposal. The institutional apparatus involved

Council Committee Preview, 4/09/2024

Council Committee Preview, 4/09/2024

Of interest at Oakland's City Council Committee Meetings Tuesday Finance, Tuesday 9:30am —Consolidated Fiscal Policy 2024 Update/Revisions: The CFP governs the way Oakland spends its money and how, but the Finance Department is suggesting substantial and insubstantial changes. More on this after the committee meeting. Public

PAC Recommends Ditching Shotspotter/Grim Drill Down on Budget Woes at Finance Mtg/Newsom's Flock Claim Repackages Old, Questionable Info

PAC Recommends Ditching Shotspotter/Grim Drill Down on Budget Woes at Finance Mtg/Newsom's Flock Claim Repackages Old, Questionable Info

Privacy Advisory Commission Recommends Discontinuing “Shotspotter” to Council In an unexpected twist at Thursday’s Privacy Advisory Commission [PAC] meeting, Commissioners passed a motion recommending that the City Council sunset its Gunshot Detection Technology [GDT] and use the estimated $1.8 MM* savings to bolster other policing measures. The PAC’