Posted on November 10, 2009 by Becks
A couple weeks ago, I started a new series about rules for running for Mayor of Oakland. Today I’ll share the third rule and will continue with this series in the coming weeks and months.
Rule #3: Do not do anything that is or appears to be illegal or unethical
Sounds pretty obvious, right? I thought so [...]
Filed under: Election, Oakland, Politics | Tagged: Dan Lindheim, Don Perata, Jean Quan, OPOA | 4 Comments »
Posted on November 8, 2009 by Becks
Monday, November 9th – Town Hall with Mayor Dellums and Police Chief Batts
Come hear Mayor Dellums and Chief Batts share their vision of public safety. Topics include:
Mayor Dellums — public safety strategy: PIES (Prevention, Intervention, Enforcement, Sustainability)
Chief Batts — vision for the Oakland Police Department
Crime statistics: crime is down double digits citywide,but more must be [...]
Filed under: Activism, Art, Community, Economy, Election, Entertainment, Oakland, Politics, Urban Planning | Tagged: Anthony Batts, Central Estuary Plan, Debra Bowen, Democracy for America, Estuary Art Attack, Loni Hancock, Mayor Dellums, Mix It Up East Bay, Wellstone Democratic Club, zoning update | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 5, 2009 by Becks
Last night, Alameda County Registrar of Voters Dave MacDonald came to the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee meeting to discuss instant runoff voting (IRV), which is a hot topic in Oakland right now.
MacDonald started off by making it very clear that he wasn’t taking sides on IRV, but that the Registrar was just implementing what [...]
Filed under: Berkeley, Election, Oakland, Politics | Tagged: Alameda County Democratic Central Committee, Dave MacDonald, Don Perata, Ignacio De La Fuente, instant runoff voting, mayoral race, Rebecca Kaplan | 16 Comments »
Posted on November 4, 2009 by Becks
After years of maintaining a small garden on our apartment balcony, we finally decided to ask our apartment manager if we could move our garden to the benches at the back of our garage, which we can see from our balcony. He of course said yes so we moved most of our edible plants out [...]
Filed under: Food, Oakland | Tagged: chard, gardening, Kassenhoff Growers, lettuce, peppers, radicchio, thyme | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 3, 2009 by Becks
Remember about a month and a half ago when I asked you if you wanted more City Council coverage and promised I would provide it? Well, things got busy for me after that, and then I took a couple week break from blogging, so I’ve yet to follow through on my promise to cover some [...]
Filed under: City Council, Oakland, Politics | Tagged: billboards, EBMUD, performance measure tracking, World Cup | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 1, 2009 by Becks
Monday, November 2nd – Town Hall with Mayor Dellums and Police Chief Batts
Come hear Mayor Dellums and Chief Batts share their vision of public safety. Topics include:
Mayor Dellums — public safety strategy: PIES (Prevention, Intervention, Enforcement, Sustainability)
Chief Batts — vision for the Oakland Police Department
Crime statistics: crime is down double digits citywide,but more must be [...]
Filed under: Activism, Art, City Council, Community, Entertainment, Oakland, Politics, Public Transit, Urban Planning | Tagged: Alameda County Democratic Central Committee, Art Murmur, BART Police Review Committee, Bay Area Toll Authority, instant runoff voting, Keeping the Faith for Equality, NWPC, Pro Arts, zoning update | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 30, 2009 by Becks
For anyone who commutes between Oakland and San Francisco, I’m guessing this has been a bit of a chaotic week. And at some point, if not every day during the closure, you probably took BART across the Bay. And I have no doubt that it was beyond crowded in the stations and on the trains. [...]
Filed under: Economy, Oakland, Public Transit, San Francisco | Tagged: AC Transit, BART, transbay | 20 Comments »
Posted on October 29, 2009 by Becks
I know I announced a few weeks ago that I was taking a break from blogging, but I expected to be back in the full swing of things this week. Little did I know how difficult it was to start blogging once you’ve stopped! I have a couple posts I’m working on, but they involve [...]
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Posted on October 28, 2009 by Becks
This guest post was written by John Gatewood, one of the co-founders of ULTRA (Urbanists for a Livable Temescal Rockridge Area), which supports higher density mixed-use development along the major transit corridors of north Oakland. John works in the Graphic Arts Industry and is a resident of Temescal.
Oakland is a rust belt city that just [...]
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Posted on October 26, 2009 by Becks
Tuesday, October 27th – Walk Oakland Bike Oakland Meeting
You may not have thought about it this way, but walking and biking are climate action! Attend WOBO’s October Volunteer Meeting this Tuesday night to discuss opportunities for advancing walking and biking within Oakland’s Energy and Climate Action Plan. The discussion will be led by WOBO Board [...]
Filed under: Activism, Art, Community, Entertainment, Environmentalism, Food, Music, Oakland, Public Transit, Urban Planning | Tagged: BRT, Climate Action Plan, Dia De Los Muertos, Fox Theater, Fruitvale, Halloween, Piedmont, San Leandro, Sierra Club, Uptown Masquerade Bash, Walk Oakland Bike Oakland | Leave a Comment »