Jun 28, 2021
LISTEN ON KPFA WEBSITE HERE Fast forward to 1:34 Last Thursday, June 24, the Oakland City Council took a major budget vote to reduce the size of a planned increase in police spending and divert resources to non-cop emergency response alternatives, after a year of...
Jun 28, 2021
by liz sukLast Thursday in a landslide win, City Council voted 6 – 2 to approve City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas’ proposed budget amendments which include reallocating $18M to fund violence prevention rather than the mayor’s proposed two additional...
Jun 28, 2021
by Mallory Moench, Rachel Swan | SF Chronicle | June 26, 2021 The mood felt tense as two dozen kids, ages 6 through 13, filed into Curt Flood Field to do stretches and bleacher runs Friday afternoon. Shortly before practice started, shots...
Jun 25, 2021
LISTEN ON KPFA WEBSITE HERE Fast forward to 1:50: Oakland’s biennial Budget is up for a big vote today. Cherri Murphy is a faith-rooted organizer with Faith Alliance For A Moral Economy, an initiative of the East Bay Alliance For A Moral Economy join us to discuss...
Jun 24, 2021
Funding and community safety decisions happen at all levels of government including statewide. Residents in Assembly District 18 – portions of Oakland, San Leandro and Alameda – will vote on who replaces Asm. Rob Bonta (recently appointed to...
