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Posts Tagged ‘Rosie Torres’

Newly sworn-in Oakland City Council says resources should be shifted to public safety

By Angela Hart | January 8, 2013 | 3

Oakland’s new city council members, who were inaugurated at a ceremony at City Hall Monday, set the stage for the elected body’s biggest policy focus of the next four years—public safety. While it’s no secret that crime is Oakland’s number one problem, with the city’s homicide rate reaching 131 on the last day of 2012,…

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New faces join Oakland City Council, School Board ranks

By Mark Anderson | November 13, 2012

After months of fundraising, campaigning and speeches all around the city, five new faces will join the Oakland City Council and the city’s school board. Some of them have never held public office before; others have previously held other roles in local government.

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