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–The OO’s considered opinion about what’s most critical and important on tomorrow's City Council agenda. Non Consent Moratorium On Data Centers* Putting an asterisk on this one because of some incongruities in the agenda. Firstly, it's listed on the Consent calendar, but the Life Enrichment Committee

1) Police Oversight Figures Share Recollections of OPD’s Troubling Past as They Look Toward a Post-NSA Future Read Oakland Observer’s reporting on what is quite likely to be the last NSA case management conference for OPD has details and context missed by other outlets. As far as

Although media may have speculated wildly about OPD's potential departure from the Negotiated Settlement Agreement [NSA] in the days before Tuesday’s NSA meeting, it appears that for the parties involved, there was never much doubt. Judge William J Orrick indeed announced he finds the City/OPD in complete

Long before a police officer killed George Floyd, before Black Lives Matter, before Oscar Grant, police shootings shook Oakland and started a movement.

Burris: "When I did the Milton Black case back in 1979, I had a young kid, and I had to tell him to move from Oakland because I was concerned about his safety with OPD officers and he did and he n…

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1) Fife’s Data Center Moratorium Forwarded to Full Council But Wang Fails to Add Legislative Imprimatur Lots of details the others have missed: according to the OCA, passage will require an almost unanimous 7 votes. And Wang tried very hard to get her amendments into the legislation, but even

CM Carroll Fife’s legislation to institute a 45 day moratorium on data centers was forwarded to City Council on a unanimous vote of attending members last Tuesday. The vote followed an overwhelmingly supportive public comment from a packed house of data center opponents. Three speakers said they opposed a

Oakland leaders assert it’s time for the police department to come under local control again, despite an internal affairs setback. A federal judge will decide next week.

request is a gigantic change order for ongoing work, adding 4 million to original estimate, now 10.6 MM. city rep is going through the causes, which he attributes to unanticipated delays and cost…

Nearly a year after approving the $2.25 million surveillance tech, OPD hasn’t signed a contract, raising questions about how the city can enforce data protections.