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Posts Tagged ‘Gavin Newsom’

New mental health emergency response system provides alternative to 911

By Noah Baustin | October 12, 2020 | 0
Asantewaa Boykin, center, is the program director of MH First. Photo submitted by MH First.

Mental Health First Oakland is a new alternative to calling 911 for mental health emergencies.

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As California expands safety net for workers, undocumented Californians fall through the holes

By Brian Nguyen | September 23, 2020 | 0

Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1876 into law on September 10, guaranteeing full-time and part-time employees sick leave in California.

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New law boosts mental health support for Californian firefighters

By Laurine Lassalle | October 29, 2019
Photo by Laurine Lassalle

When Oakland Fire Department (OFD) Captain Christopher Foley and his coworkers learned that one of them had been killed in a San Jose shooting, not long after 36 people died in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire, they needed help—and found it in the department’s peer support program.

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Uber drivers advocate for workers’ rights as new gig economy bill AB 5 passes

By Katie Bernstein | September 24, 2019 | 2
Ride share drivers organized in support of AB 5 outside of Uber HQ during a Gig Workers Rising rally on August 27. Photo courtesy of Jeff Barrera / Gig Workers Rising.

Ride share drivers say AB 5, which was signed into law last week, will give them a voice.

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Oakland activists celebrate tepidly, as midterm results yield positive, mixed outcome for progressives

By Annie Berman | November 7, 2018
Tony Thurmond, candidate for State Superintendent for Public Instruction, arrives at his election watch party at Impact Hub, greeted by some children who had been standing by the door. Photo by Mickey Capper.

After this midterm election, California remains a Democratic stronghold, but some are upset that the state didn’t go far enough to live up to its professed progressive values. Here are reactions from local liberal activists.

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This weekend in Oakland

By Oakland North Staff | December 10, 2010 | 1

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Check out the great events that the Oakland North staff has compiled just for you.

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“I felt as though a baseball bat had hit me”: a community prays, reflects, on Prop 8

By Becky Palmstrom | November 4, 2009 | 2

At a commemorative interfaith service in Oakland, supporters of gay marriage gathered to reflect on the year since state voters approved the ballot initiative restricting marriage in California to man-woman couples.

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