Posts Tagged ‘nate miley’
Oakland and Alameda County officials try to jump-start solutions to homelessness
A new city-county collaboration has been put forward by Oakland City Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, along with Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley, in an effort to grapple with the East Bay’s increasing homelessness crisis.
Read MoreCeremony honors Alameda County veterans and military families
Veterans Day ceremony honors Alameda Country military families and veterans.
Read MoreCounty Board of Supervisors approve placing $7.8 billion transportation plan on November ballot
Alameda County voters will get to decide in November if the transportation sales tax should be doubled in order to fund nearly $8 billion in transportation improvements and a return of some transit services in the county.
Read MoreHighland Hospital breaks ground for new Acute Tower
On Friday, all five Alameda County supervisors and the county administrator convened, not in their downtown meeting room, but beside a construction site at Highland Hospital to celebrate the groundbreaking of the hospital’s Acute Tower Replacement Project. A dozen ceremonial shovels were placed next to the podium, while several excavators were doing the real work on the other side of the fence.
Read MoreCargo ship plugs in at the Port of Oakland to reduce diesel emissions
Gigantic 10-story tall ships that stretch three football fields long line the wharf at the Port of Oakland. There’s constant movement as big white cranes load and unload colorful shipping containers on and off the boats. Most of the ships look pretty much the same, equipped with lifeboats, pulley systems and flags hoisted on the decks. But one vessel has something different: two thick cables, which look like over-sized extension cords, that hang off the side of the boat and connect to the dock.
Read MoreHow Oakland became ground zero for the legal-cannabis argument: a public tour through Oaksterdam
Over the past 15 years Oakland has become the the epicenter of a national conversation about the legalization, taxation and regulation of marijuana. How did this happen? It started with the coalescing of an open-minded city council, an impoverished downtown, and a handful of determined activists.
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