“We don’t need more police”: Mayor & Police Chief hit a nerve at town hall – Oakland Local
Oakland LocalAnd while some balked at the surveillance, Mayor Quan argued that this technology brings Oakland in step with cities using the same tactics to get safe. “We can’t pretend…
Mayor Quan responds to dismissal of compliance director – KTVU San Francisco
KTVU San FranciscoA federal judge has terminated the contract of a compliance director appointed by the court to oversee reforms in the Oakland Police Department. U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson…
Oakland Mayor’s Race Fundraising News
Oakland Mayor’s Race Fundraising News This Oakland Mayor’s Race Fundraising News has Bryan Parker in the lead with $180 k , followed by Joe Tuman at $155k, as Mayor Quan…
Oakland News: Mayor Quan Reelection Mistruths; Tuman, Siegel Videos
This Oakland News comes from Las Vegas, where I am for the New Media Expo and International CES, or CES 2014, or the Consumer Electronics Show. I have two items…
Dan Siegel, Former Quan Aide, Occupy Oakland Hero, To Run For Mayor Of Oakland
Dan Siegel, long-time Oakland civil rights attorney, partner in the Oakland law firm Siegel & Yee, and long-time friend, and former legal adviser, to Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, is running…
Oakland News: Mayor Quan’s Woodminster Wheelchair Problem In “White v. Oakland”
In this Oakland News, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan doesn’t know this until now, but as of this writing she’s about to be deposed in a lawsuit where the person who…
Oakland News: City Council And Police Radio: Will They Pick Alameda JPA Over Staff Ire?
This bit of Oakland News is, a more disturbing continuation of my Oakland Police Radio blog post of last week. It’s disturbing because several Oakland City staffers who I will…
Oakland News: Mayor Quan’s Boondoggle Radio Deal For Re-Election; Coliseum City Stupidity
UPDATE: Oakland News: Mayor Quan’s Woodminster Wheelchair Problem In “White v. Oakland” UPDATE: Oakland A’s Move To San Jose Rejected By Major League Baseball. This Oakland News entry may, no…
Oakland News: Raiders, A’s Coliseum Leases Extended; Mayor Quan’s Dirty Tricks On Libby Schaaf
This Oakland News is chocked full of a lot of stuff, so let’s get to it. Oakland A’s and Oakland Raiders Extend Coliseum Leases The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority has…
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Thinks Black Oakland Is Bad
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan said this to the National Journal’s Sophie Quinton: “And so, you asked me what my challenge is. Well, my challenge is to let people know what…
Oakland Mayor Quan Re-Election Woes Show In Chamber Poll, Fundraising News
The Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce released the results of an extensive poll of likely Oakland voters, and the news reflects not only every single anecdotal report or conversation this…
Oakland News: Mayor Quan Fundraiser Draws Just Four People; Visit Oakland Office Party
UPDATE: Oakland News: A’s One Game From AL West; Whole Foods Oakland; Oakland Cabs In this Oakland News, a fundraiser for Oakland Mayor Jean Quan recently held in the Oakland…
Pat Kernighan: Oakland Council President Continues Racist Agenda v. Councilmember Desley Brooks
UPDATE: Oakland’s Kernighan Ignores Info Exonerating Desley Brooks From Censure Oakland Councilmember Pat Kernighan (District Two) has elected to push an agenda identified by many as racist, in the action…
Supreme Court Drops DOMA, Prop 8: Oakland Mayor Quan, Councilmember Kaplan
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan made the following joint statement Wednesday with Oakland City Council President Pro Tem Rebecca Kaplan, the city’s first openly-lesbian councilmember, in response to the Supreme Court’s…
Oakland Mayor Quan Ready To Talk Oakland A’s Stadium Lease Via Media
The City of Oakland’s reacting to a small handful of media who asked for Oakland Mayor Jean Quan to give a statement on the Oakland Athletics Stadium situation, where the…
THE OAKLAND CITY BUDGET 2013 – 2015: A CITY COUNCIL PRIMER
The Oakland City Council will hold its last budget hearing on Thursday, tommorrow, and before its final vote in two weeks. This is your chance to go to the Oakland…
Oakland City Auditor Report Spiked As Ruby Rumors Of Mayoral Run
The Oakland City Auditor Report that alleged that Councilmembers Larry Reid (District 7) and Desley Brooks (District 6) were acting in violation of the City Charter in various ways was…
Oakland Mayor Quan: Husband As Driver / Bodyguard Violates City Charter
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has a terrible habit of operating the Office Of The Mayor Of Oakland as if it’s Mayberry RFD: a small town where she drives herself around,…
Josh Cribbs To Raiders? Mayor Quan’s Bodyguard; Oakland Workers Video: News
UPDATE: Quan And Husband Violate City Charter When He Drives Here Around. A lot of Oakland news, from the Oakland Raiders trying to land Josh Cribbs to Oakland Local 21’s…
Was Oakland Mayor Quan’s Husband Driving Drunk In Art Murmur Video?
UPDATE: a friend called to assert that Dr. Floyd Huen does not drink and the video-person was being inappropriate to he and the Mayor of Oakland. Was Floyd Huen, the…
WILLIAM BRATTON TO BE NAMED OAKLAND’S POLICE CHIEF
FOLKS, THIS IS AN APRIL FOOL JOKE! William Bratton Will Be Named Oakland’s Police Chief. A good, well-placed City Hall Source and friend has told this vlogger exclusively that William…
Erica Maskaleris: Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Turns Blind Eye To Missing Woman
Erica Maskaleris, the 31-year-old woman who founded the tech consulting company Geekosystems, has been missing for one solid week now, as of this writing. The news that the jogger was…
Oakland Art Murmur Shooting: Mayor Quan’s Statement
In the wake of the Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday Shooting of last Friday night, February 1st, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has issued this statement: We are deeply saddened…
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan: Obama, Oakland Crime, William Bratton At Inauguration
Inauguration surprise: Oakland Mayor Jean Quan was right behind me at the Presidential Inauguration. We were both seated in Red Ticket Zone Section 16. Turns out that was a really…
Oakland Mayor Quan Supports William Bratton OPD Contract
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan issued a letter than may or may not bee seen or cared about as Oakland ponders Lance Armstrong and Manti T’eo. Mayor Quan is making public…
Oakland Mayor Quan, City Of Oakland’s Inept Social Media Approach
The City Of Oakland has suddenly adopted a head-in-the-sand, protectionist, and just plain stupid social media strategy that results in a series of wrong-headed approaches that don’t protect the elected…
Sandre Swanson: Oakland Mayor Quan Appoints Assemblymember Deputy Mayor
Outgoing California Assemblymember Sandre Swanson was appointed Deputy Mayor of Oakland today by Oakland Mayor Jean Quan. The email announcing this popped up just five minutes ago. Sandre was one…
Jean Quan: Oakland Mayor Is Transparently Absent-Minded
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan is perhaps the most absent-minded Mayor of Oakland in our modern history. Thus, to accuse her of transparency smacks of nastiness, not the activity of a…
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Interview On Obama At DNC 2012
While walking to the area where the California Delegation sat at the Democratic National Convention, this blogger spotted Oakland Mayor Jean Quan sitting next to and talking with Oakland City…
Oakland News: Mayor Quan, City Attorney Race, Chauncey Bailey, Oakland Police
In this Oakland News this blogger has a lot to say, some of it may not make certain people happy, but turning 50 turns on switches in people, and that…
Oakland News: Mayor Quan Invites Councilmembers To Mua For Drinks; Budget Items
Oakland Mayor Quan tried for a Kumbaya moment Thursday June 28th, and got it, to a degree. And that after a Wednesday July 27th press conference that went badly off…
Oakland Councilmember Reid’s 16-Minute Tirade Against Mayor Jean Quan #Oakland
Here’s the video – a classic: For the record, Larry Reid is the President Of The Oakland City Council and after his initial reaction to Oakland Mayor Jean Quan’s claim…
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan’s Disastrous 100-Blocks Press Conference – Full Video
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan returned from a trip to Brazil and in general a number of travel obligations that kept her out of Oakland far more than she was in…
Oakland City Council District 3 Race: Sean Sullivan, Ken Pratt, Lynette Gibson McElhaney
This video was made on the evening of the June 12th Oakland City Council District Three Candidates Forum. This blogger was fresh in town from what was my fifth trip…