Thanks to Ari Tanaka-Vasquez from Oakland Indie Alliance @oakindies and Jessie Nguyen from the REAL People’s Fund @realpeoplesfund for joining us to talk about the proposed progressive business tax in Oakland.

“For us to get people to say ‘actually my participation is going to make a difference’ – that is what is really exciting about this opportunity is that people now have another pathway to participate in a system that has previously locked us out and continues to create laws to keep us out.”

The REAL People’s Fund is a $10M community capital program offering equitable access to finance for small businesses in the historically disinvested East Bay community.

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...

“We’ve had the public financing program in place for decades and it has helped to counterbalance some of the huge spending from the corporate and developer interests.” Hear SF Supervisor Gordon Mar talk about how we can curb the influence that big money has in elections.

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...

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...

Elena Serrano from EastSide Arts Alliance joined us at Monday Meals to talk about what we learned about and through the redistricting process. A lot was covered so be sure to check out the conversation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr-G_eoz7o8

José Del Río III (@thejdelrio), Money in Politics Program Manager at California Common Cause @commoncauseca joined us this Monday Meals to discuss the Democracy Dollars campaign, a new campaign finance reform that tips political power back to the voters....

Today, Thursday, 2/17, at 3:30pm, take action at the City Council meeting by demanding support for a more transparent and accountable process for the proposed Howard Terminal Ballpark development. The final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Howard Terminal will be...