Mar 29, 2022
After a two-month delay, Oakland’s Independent Redistricting Commission adopted its new map at the end of February. It incorporates much feedback from our communities and ensures that representation for our Black, Latine, and API communities is strengthened rather...
Mar 28, 2022
Today City of San Francisco’s Supervisor Gordon Mar joined us to talk about how wealthy corporations, developers, and big money are influencing our elections and some of the policies that are there to combat the big money influence. “We’ve had the public...
Mar 24, 2022
Did you know that the District Attorney holds immense power in deciding the fate of individuals, their families, loved ones, and the community at large? The DA can decide who to charge and who not to charge, resentencing, as well as the power to choose alternatives to...
Mar 19, 2022
Today’s Monday Meals conversation on the Alameda County District Attorney forum included special guests, Danny Thongsy, Coordinator of the Justice Reinvestment Coalition, J Vasquez, Policy & Legal Services Manager at CURYJ, and OR’s Deputy Director, Jon Bean. RSVP...
Mar 17, 2022
The Fair Elections Oakland coalition has launched an effort to pass a public campaign financing program—called “Democracy Dollars”—like the vouchers used in Seattle elections since 2017. Written by David Moore, Co-founder of Sludge. View original here. A...
