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Posts Tagged ‘City Council President Larry Reid’

City council approves Oak Knoll development project

By Alondra De La Cruz | November 8, 2017

Oak Knoll is a housing development project that will bring new commerce and housing to the East Oakland. But even though housing is much needed in Oakland, some Oaklanders stand against the project because it does not set aside any units as affordable housing.

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Oakland officials consider new graffiti ordinance

By Charles Berkowitz | November 27, 2012 | 4
Graffiti

Oakland’s Public Works Committee convened Tuesday morning to consider a new graffiti ordinance that would bolster the city’s current vandalism laws.

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Oakland City Council approves new requirements for Army Base redevelopment project

By Monica Cruz-Rosas | November 16, 2011 | 1

The Oakland City Council approved new requirements Tuesday night that would grant local businesses exclusive rights to demolition and remediation contracts for the Oakland Army Base redevelopent project.

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Quan rehires 10 laid-off OPD officers, but Batts’ future still vague

By Samantha Bryson | January 31, 2011 | 4
On November 18, Chief Batts discussed the future of community policing in Oakland, saying that he’d train every employee at OPD, “starting with the short bald guy who’s the chief of police, all the way down to janitorial staff.”

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and Police Chief Anthony Batts appeared together Monday, for the first time since Batts was turned down for the job as San Jose’s chief, to talk about the future of the OPD -– a future that Batts may not be part of.

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