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D7 Campaign Landscape Transforms Over Night as Reid Exits Race Last week, D7’s current CM Treva Reid announced that she won’t be seeking re-election as her first term in office ends. The late day announcement on the deadline to submit candidate paperwork triggered Oakland’s rules for candidate

Foundational Oakland Unites Expenditure Committee, a Vehicle for Recall Funds from Just one Contributor Foundational Oakland Unites [FOU], an independent campaign expenditure committee, has paid the majority of signature gathering bills for the recall of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao–and received all of its recently reported $605K in contributions from

Fraught City-Wide Security Guard Contract Founders in Late Night Council Vote A failed bidding process for the City’s security guard contract was a focus late into the night at the City Council's Tuesday meeting, leading to an ultimately frustrated vote to extend the City's contract.

PEC Strengthening Measure on Ballot After Reintroduction and Passage at Council In a dramatic reversal, the City Council voted to put a new Public Ethics Commission [PEC] ballot measure before voters in November at a Special Meeting Tuesday. The same ballot measure legislation failed at a previous meeting during budget