Skip to content
Oakland North logo
Site Menu
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Crime
  • Education
  • Health
  • Environment
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Community
  • About Us

Posts Tagged ‘Governor Brown’

New law boosts mental health support for Californian firefighters

By Laurine Lassalle | October 29, 2019

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.

Read More

Governor Brown vetoes law for free condoms in California prisons

By Shelby Carpenter | October 17, 2013

Assembly Bill 999, sponsored by Democrat Rob Bonta of Oakland, would have required the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to develop a five-year plan to offer condoms in all California prisons.

Read More

Governor Brown temporarily blocks AC Transit strike

By Shelby Carpenter | October 16, 2013 | 1

A strike by the bus line would have left thousands of riders without their usual transportation on Thursday.

Read More

Governor Brown vetoes AB180, tighter gun control in Oakland

By Shelby Carpenter | October 12, 2013 | 6

The law would have made Oakland the first in California to regulate the registration or licensing of firearms on a local level.

Read More

Get In Touch!

oaklandnorthstaff@gmail.com

University of California
North Gate Hall
Berkeley, CA

About Us

Oakland North is an online news service produced by the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism for, and about, the people of Oakland, California.  Our goal is to produce professional and engaging journalism that is useful for the citizens of the city.

Search for Stories:

© 2025 UC Regents. All Rights Reserved.

Scroll To Top