Posts Tagged ‘gang injunctions’
OPD report: No reduction in violent crime after North Oakland gang injunction
On Tuesday night, the Public Safety Committee heard a report by the Oakland Police Department on the efficacy of the North Oakland gang injunction, meant to provide more insight into the effects of injunctions before the city implements additional ones. It concluded that violent crime had risen in the gang injunction area, while other crimes were down.
Read MoreJohn Russo appoints Barbara Parker as Acting City Attorney
In an email sent to press Friday night, the Oakland City Attorney’s office announced that Chief Assistant City Attorney Barbara Parker will be temporarily stepping into the city’s top legal job to fill the vacancy left by John Russo, who begins his new career as Alameda’s City Manager on June 13.
Read MoreJohn Russo reflects on his time as Oakland City Attorney
John Russo is getting ready to pack his bags on June 10, ending his 11-year term as Oakland City Attorney to start his new position as Alameda City Manager on June 13. In this exclusive interview, Russo looks back on his time in Oakland, including six years on the city council, and talks about the city’s budget problems, gang injunctions, and the vote he thinks he got wrong.
Read MoreOakland City Attorney John Russo takes job as Alameda City Manager
It is official—Oakland City Attorney John Russo will be the new City Manager of Alameda. In a letter of resignation sent this morning to City Council President Larry Reid, Russo said he will end his 11-year term as Oakland City Attorney on June
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