Tracking the candidates’ financial interests
on October 29, 2010
Across the United States, elected officials from the local level all the way up to the president—as well as all candidates hoping to hold these offices—are required to officially disclose their personal assets and income. This information helps voters make informed decisions, and helps the public detect any potential conflicts of interest that might tempt an official to use her office for personal gain. In California, this information is recorded on a document called the “Statement of Economic Interests,” or Form 700 under the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission.
As Oakland voters make their final choices leading up to next week’s election, Oakland North has collected Statements of Economic Interests for all of the city’s municipal candidates. Readers are invited to browse the documents as they weigh their options on the ballot.
[Note: These documents are no longer available online.]
Candidates for Oakland Mayor
- Terrence Candell
- Arnold Fields
- Greg Harland
- Marcie Hodge
- Rebecca Kaplan
- Don Macleay
- Don Perata
- Jean Quan
- Joe Tuman
- Larry Lionel Young, Jr.
Candidates for Oakland City Council
District 2:
District 4:
District 6:
Candidates for Oakland Unified School District Board
District 2:
District 4:
District 6:
Candidates for Oakland City Auditor
Connect with Oakland North on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter.
Oakland City Hall image: Oakland’s public records are stored at the City Clerk’s office at City Hall. Photo by Daniel Ramirez via Flickr Creative Commons.
1 Comments
Oakland North welcomes comments from our readers, but we ask users to keep all discussion civil and on-topic. Comments post automatically without review from our staff, but we reserve the right to delete material that is libelous, a personal attack, or spam. We request that commenters consistently use the same login name. Comments from the same user posted under multiple aliases may be deleted. Oakland North assumes no liability for comments posted to the site and no endorsement is implied; commenters are solely responsible for their own content.
Oakland North
Oakland North is an online news service produced by students at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and covering Oakland, California. Our goals are to improve local coverage, innovate with digital media, and listen to you–about the issues that concern you and the reporting you’d like to see in your community. Please send news tips to: oaklandnorthstaff@gmail.com.
Interesting. I hope someone more familiar with these forms will chime in if I’m wrong. But it looks like Courtney Ruby is claiming she has no real property interest, no income, no investments. Perata only lists his income from his company Perata Consultants LLC, what about ownership in real property, and other investments?
How can you really compare this information and use it in a meaningful way?