Posts Tagged ‘measure KK’
This week in potholes: Great Pave continues, vigilantes chip in, too
Oakland residents react to The Great Pave, a $100 million effort to repave streets equitably across the city.
Read MoreMcElhaney missing meetings as criticism intensifies over ethics complaint: “Where is your council president?”
At the Oakland City Council meeting on Tuesday night, tensions flared as councilmembers discussed a June Alameda County civil grand jury report, which found that an Oakland city councilmember violated government ethics and conflict of interest rules.
Read MoreSchaaf talks Oakland “moon shot” at State of the City address
Schaaf opened her State of the City speech with a clip of President John F. Kennedy’s famous “moon shot” speech at Rice University in 1962, during which he promised Americans that the United States would put a man on the moon.
Read MoreU.S. has modest job gains in September, East Bay economy is still growing
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that the U.S. unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 5 percent in September. Meanwhile, the most recent data for the Bay Area shows Alameda County’s unemployment rate at 4.6 percent as of August.
Read MoreMeasure KK aims to solve Oakland’s pothole problems
In November, voters will decide on Measure KK, which asks if the city should approve a general bond that would invest up to $600 million for street and sidewalk repairs and to fix aging public buildings and parks.
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