Meet the candidates for Oakland City Attorney - oaklandside.org
2024年10月7日 · After 13 years of service, Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker is calling it quits.That means voters have a chance to select a new top lawyer for the city. The City Attorney leads an office of about 80 people who help draft city contracts, defend the city against lawsuits, advise elected officials, and sue people who break Oakland’s ordinances. The city attorney …
Oakland news | The Oaklandside
2024年12月20日 · The Oaklandside is a local nonprofit news source dedicated to Oakland. News on arts and community events, OUSD, housing, city council, policing and more.
Homeless? Unhoused? Word choice matters when reporting on …
2020年11月10日 · Throughout my reporting for The Oaklandside on local housing and homelessness issues, readers and community members have raised an important question.. Why, and when, do we use the word “homeless”? Is there …
Oakland election results: All Alameda County ballots counted
2024年11月6日 · Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 9:30 a.m.: The Alameda County registrar published another ballot count update Wednesday afternoon. According to the Secretary of State, all county-wide votes have been counted now and only about 4,800 are left to cure, a process by which election officials will help voters fix their ballot if they made a mistake.The slow ballot count …
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Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley is stepping aside
2021年7月15日 · Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley pushed prosecutors across the U.S. to better address violence against women, violence against persons with disabilities, and interpersonal violence including sexual assault, domestic violence, elder abuse, child abuse, stalking, and human exploitation and trafficking.
Oakland’s plan to revamp downtown is 8 years in the making
2023年11月8日 · What areas of downtown Oakland are included, and what is the plan meant to do? The Downtown Oakland Specific Plan is one of nine neighborhood-specific plans that have been created by the city of Oakland, each setting forth a vision for making their respective areas more “sustainable and vibrant” for residents, businesses, and visitors.. The plan defines …
A guide to affordable housing in Oakland - The Oaklandside
What do we mean when we say “affordable housing”? “Affordable housing” can mean different things depending on who you ask. In this guide, that term refers to subsidized housing where the government or a nonprofit organization pays part of the rent, making it less expensive for low-income residents.
Evacuation - The Oaklandside
Oakland is set up to give evacuation warnings and orders in several ways. This includes: From AC Alert, the countywide warning system, which sends notifications via text, phone call, email, social media and push alert.
Will Oakland’s movie theaters survive?
2023年7月5日 · In 2022, U.S and Canada movie theaters grossed $7.5 billion, according to the National Association of Theatre Owners.In 2019, they made $11.4 billion. Mulcahy said the Piedmont Theatre has a “better rent situation” than some of their other locations where landlords have recently declined to renew leases.