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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EBYD, MOBN holding Feb 20 meeting to examine Oakland's financial woes
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Sun, 20 Feb at 11:52am.

The city's financial challenges will be in the spotlight Sunday afternoon as Make Oakland Better Now! and the East Bay Young Democrats team up to focus on possible solutions and future budget scenarios.

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Public Safety Committee report reveals cost of Oakland gang injunctions — but is it worth it?
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Tue, 15 Feb at 8:39pm.

A report dated Feb. 11 issued by the Public Safety Committee and signed by City Attorney John Russo and Police Chief Anthony Batts has outlined the city’s expenditures to date in the ongoing gang injunctions civil prosecutions.

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Oakland gang injunctions hearing Feb. 3 denies prosecution's conflict of interest claims
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Sat, 5 Feb at 8:01am.

The most recent court hearing on the controversial issue of Oakland gang injunctions has, for the time being, resulted in an apparent victory for the defense.

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Oakland gang injunction hearing fails to disqualify defense attorneys, judge to rule Feb. 3
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Mon, 10 Jan at 1:35am.

A hearing regarding possible conflict of interest allegations in the ongoing Oakland gang injunctions saga has resulted in the judge issuing a non-ruling, until more evidence is presented.

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Oakland Getting New City Records Management Program ... Finally
Article by Jessica Kwong.
Last updated at Fri, 6 Aug at 3:35am.

On countless occasions over the last 20 years, Oakland city officials and residents have requested public documents and received them in an untimely fashion – if at all.

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Gang injunctions on KQED
Blog entry by Emilie Raguso.
Last updated at Thu, 25 Feb at 3:34pm.

KQED's Forum with Michael Krasny focused this morning on a proposed gang injunction, which Oakland City Attorney John Russo announced he was seeking last week. We first wrote about the pending gang injunction on Feb. 5.

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