By ALEXIA UNDERWOOD
Concerned about California’s new budget? Think we need criminal justice and prison reform, more green jobs, a safer Oakland? The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights has a campaign for you.
This local non-profit is hosting a ‘People’s Budget Fix’ rally today from 11-12 p.m. in front of the Elihu Harris State Building on [...]
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Oakland Human Rights Center Hosts Budget Rally
July 30, 2009 – 5:44 am
Budget Diaries 3 – The End or Just the Beginning?
July 1, 2009 – 3:01 pm
By ALEXIA UNDERWOOD
To balance an $83 million general fund deficit, the Oakland City Council passed an amended budget proposal Tuesday night that leaves many departments’ budgets substantially smaller.
The most controversial change, Council member Jean Quan noted while reading the proposal aloud, was the $13.4 million cut to the Oakland Police Department’s personnel budget. It’s equivalent to [...]
BART Consultants Get First Degree From Community
June 24, 2009 – 9:34 pm
By STEVE SALDIVAR
The BART boardroom opened its doors Tuesday night and community leaders and members said they feared the “top to bottom” assessment by an outside consulting group was nothing more than a public relations ploy by BART.
“You don’t know the facts as we know the facts,” Dr. Ramona Tascoe, an ordained minister and medical [...]
Checking Out Your Neighbor’s Art
June 14, 2009 – 9:08 am
By ALEXIA UNDERWOOD
With 400 artists to choose from and more than a few in North Oakland, it was difficult to decide which studios to drop by on the last Saturday of this event. I didn’t want to waste my time driving around – it’s not often that you get the opportunity to chit-chat in your [...]
Rising BART and AC Transit Fees Sends Some Commuters Reeling
June 12, 2009 – 11:09 pm
By STEVE SALDIVAR
Commuters said Friday that the BART and AC Transit increases that will go into effect on July 1 are unfair and unaffordable.
“We need to get more help from the government, not less of it,” said Mahvash Nasehi. “Most people who use BART are low income people, they can’t afford to buy cars. They’re [...]