Organizations urge Oakland to overhaul budget, implement reform
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Tue, 22 Feb at 6:57am.

Oakland must begin to make hard choices to right its financial ship.

This was the message Sunday afternoon at the joint meeting of Make Oakland Better Now! and the East Bay Young Democrats.

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Oakland's new education advisor takes long view on helping schools
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Mon, 24 Jan at 9:30am.

When it comes to helping Oakland's public schools, new education policy advisor Lewis Cohen is thinking big thoughts.

"Our role is to see a bigger, long-range picture,"said Cohen, who recently was appointed by Mayor Jean Quan to oversee her administration's education platform.

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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan looking for volunteers, 'block by block'
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Thu, 13 Jan at 8:22am.

Mayor Jean Quan is bringing her organizing skills to City Hall.

The mayor has issued a city-wide call for residents to volunteer in their communities and she is working with local organizations and regional agencies to get Oaklanders to donate free time toward improving the city.

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It's Jean! Full day of events usher in new Oakland mayor
Article by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Tue, 4 Jan at 12:10am.

Jean's Mayor! Here are the plans for today, Jan. 3: 

As a part of the inaugural events, Mayor-elect Jean Quan will be leading a “Remembering and Making History” walk, where she will retrace her own and Oakland’s history from Chinatown to the Fox Theater.

The march will reach Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts, home of the SOA offices at 9:45a.m. The schedule for the march follows the listing of the pre-inauguaral events.

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Oakland auditor sets sight on police department
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Fri, 10 Dec at 10:44am.

Courtney A. Ruby has jumped out the election box with audit guns blazing.

A few weeks after decisively winning a second term and releasing a performance audit that found the city lost track of $14 million in its CEDA loans receivable program, Oakland's City Auditor now has her eye set on the city’s public safety agency - the Oakland Police Department.

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