Since February 2023, several stakeholders, including the Coalition for Police Accountability, began to work on amending the Enabling Ordinance of Section 604, Article VI of the Oakland City Charter. The Enabling Ordinance was approved by 83.19% of Oakland voters and established the civilian membered Police Commission (the Commission), the Community Police Review Agency (CPRA) and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The recent process to amend was focused on addressing some of the inefficiencies and disruptions that have occurred with the Police Commission and to establish guard rails and procedures to mitigate such issues in the future. | By Coalition for Police Accountability Since February 2023, several stakeholders, including the Coalition for Police Accountability, began to work on amending the Enabling Ordinance of Section 604, Article VI of the Oakland City Charter. The Enabling Ordinance was approved by 83.19% of Oakland voters and established the civilian membered Police
The fight to save Geoffrey’s Inner Circle, a longtime entertainment venue and cultural institution at 410 14th St. and an anchor of the Black Arts Movement and Business District in downtown Oakland, has finally reached the Oakland City Council after working its way through the city’s planning process for several years. | Council rejects one development proposal, while another remains undecided. By Ken Epstein The fight to save Geoffrey’s Inner Circle, a longtime entertainment venue and cultural institution at 410 14th St. and an anchor of the Black Arts Movement and Business District in downtown Oakland, has finally reached the Oakland City Council after working its way
community. councilmember jenkins is a lifetime local resident who says he s all too familiar with the history of gun violence in yeah, this is first time it s happened on my watch. a city council member. i grew up in open eyes. you said and that won t every year. they would have january 1st, they would have a list of everyone that was a victim of homicide in the city. and i grew up looking at that after i turned 18 to see who i knew that die. and so that s not a normal thing. and no young should have to go to that. he talks about his plan on addressing senseless shootings. now that he s in a position to make a difference. so when i was running and we ran on addressing the root causes of crime, i would makes people go out and commit crime. and also we have to look at enabling opd to be able to do their job. however, he says he doubts that chief leronne armstrong who is currently on leave with, have been able to prevent the shooting from happening if he was still a i ve seen
mateo bridge. we had an earlier accident. thankfully, that s clear. but you re seeing residual issues 15 minutes heading across the richmond, sandra fell bridge. and let s get a look at our golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls about 40 minutes because we re starting to see traffic build along one on one darya. james, back to you. thank you. rain. 8 o clock and are developing story. the man accused of the mass shooting and half moon bay is set to go back to court next month. schenley zhao zhao made his first court appearance. wednesday he faces 7 counts of murder. one count, attempted murder, all with special circumstances. and that means that the san mateo county district attorney can seek the death penalty if convicted on all charges. the da believes the motive for the shooting is what authorities called workplace violence. but he wouldn t elaborate on that or say if you thought specific victims who were shot were targeted. we want to make sure that this man gets a fair tri
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