Oct 25, 2015
Oakland Voices By Saleem Gilmore In 2006, Jerry Brown was Mayor of Oakland, Arnold Schwarzenegger was Governor of California, and grassroots politics in Oakland was losing its voice. Local communities felt locked out of City Hall, their voices not being heard. From...
Nov 3, 2014
FiveThirtyEight By Ben Casselman When Richard Martin was convicted of felony drug possession two decades ago, he decided it was time to get clean and get a job. Getting clean was hard. Getting a job was even harder. He was a 40-year-old recovering addict with an...
Jun 19, 2014
KQED News By Cy Musiker On Nov. 4, Oakland voters will be ranking their top three choices from among 15 candidates running for mayor. As part of our Election Watch 2014 coverage, we’re previewing issues on the minds of voters — among them crime, gentrification and the...
Nov 22, 2013
Mercury News Center A marketing campaign to make people aware of the president’s new health care law includes a call center in Oakland and neighborhood canvassing. Follow FollowFollowFollow Contact [email protected] 510.261.2600 570 14th Street, Suite...
Nov 22, 2013
San Jose Mercury News By: Tracy Seipel When she answered her front door the other day, East Oakland resident Cynthia Williams, who’s been unemployed and without medical insurance for nine years, was greeted by a bubbly 25-year-old woman wondering if she’d...
Nov 22, 2013
SF Gate By: Becca Andrews In a quick four-minute window in between several other hot-button issues, Map 26 was chosen in the first public hearing for Oakland’s redistricting at last night’s City Council meeting. Map 26, which was submitted by Councilmember Lynette...
