PamDrake
Embattled Mayor, Gritty City or Mayor Fighting for Oakland?
Mayor Quan with friends at Chabot event It’s an old cliché that almost everyone who writes about Oakland feels they must use. You know, it’s a gritty city. The latest one was the New York Times article that touted our new restaurants, which are great, don’t get me wrong. But the writer still felt he
(Read More…)
Oakland Food Truck Pods Coming to a Neighborhood Near You!
Oakland Food Truck Pods Coming to a Neighborhood Near You! After three years of sometimes contentious discussions, the Oakland City Council is poised to propose a pilot plan to allow Oakland’s numerous and varied food truck offerings a chance to set up in “pods” that is, groupings where few restaurants or other food services already
(Read More…)
Oakland Merchants & Shoppers Want Free Holiday Parking
As Oakland Lakeshore Business Improvement District head, I, Pam Drake, went out to survey the business owners along Lakeshore and around Oakland. All want free holiday parking for the Christmas shopping season. Hopefully the City of Oakland hears the wishes of the many merchants and shoppers of Oakland and allows this. Too many good Oakland
(Read More…)
Occupy What?
I am a poster child for the 99%. I am a woman, an older person with no retirement savings, and I raised two kids by myself. My kids experienced chronic illnesses as children and one of them still struggles with medical issues and the costs associated with them. I do my best to help on
(Read More…)
Oakland Activists Hold Occupy Oakland Eviction Press Conference
Green Party activists Don MacCleay and Wilson Riles along with Occupy Oakland activist Vicki McGuire and small business owner and former Mother of the Year, Naomi Schiff, held a press conference today calling on the City “not to proceed with a forced eviction.” MacCleay, a recent mayoral candidate, said that there is “plenty of room
(Read More…)
