Recent PostsThe common refrain in Oakland recently is that businesses are opposed to the meter rate increases and the metering time change from 6pm to 8pm. Several business owners, led by Allen Michaan of the Grand Lake Theater, have spoken out at Council meetings, expressed their concerns to the media, circulated a petition threatening to recall [...]
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Monday, September 28th – The Story of How Copenhagen Became a Cycling City
In the 1970s, Copenhagen was an automobile-centric city, even though it had a substantial cycling population. Huge public demonstrations in the early 1980s resulted in significant changes in the city’s transportation infrastructure. Since that time, Copenhagen has become of one the world’s preeminent [...]
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As I was writing the weekly listing of Oakland events yesterday, I realized that I was spending almost as much time writing the part about tonight’s City Council meeting as I was writing the rest of the post. I also realized that it was nearly impossible to say everything I wanted to in just one [...]
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Tuesday, September 22nd – Oakland City Council Meeting
After a two month long recess, the Council is back in action this week and this first meeting is full of important and contentious issues. Among many other items, the Council will discuss and vote on an emergency moratorium on nail salons and laundromats, the Public Works Agency [...]
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Today is PARK(ing) Day, “an annual, one-day, global event where artists, activists, and citizens independently but simultaneously temporarily transform metered parking spots into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public parks.”
And on my way to work I was able to snap a photo of the PARKing spot outside of Pizzaiola on Telegraph near 51st:
According to the PARK(ing) Day [...]
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Posting here might be a bit erratic over the next few weeks, partly because I’m totally swamped but also because it seems that every time I intend to write about something, In Oakland has beat me to it. In Oakland is one of San Francisco Chronicle’s new local blogs, written by blogoaksphere originators V Smoothe [...]
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Monday, September 14th – Could I Really Get Appointed to a California Board or Commission?
Have you ever thought about being on a California Board or Commission in a volunteer or paid capacity? Come find out what is available and what you need to know to apply! We are privileged to have two high-profile speakers: [...]
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Next Tuesday, September 15th is going to be a busy day for me, and I hope it will be for you too. The morning will start off with what should be a heated hearing at Public Works and the evening will end with a casual mixer with young, politically involved East Bay residents.
9:30 am – [...]
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