The following is an excerpt from the Alameda County Civil Grand Jury’s 2016 Final Report. It addresses the issue of excess (or unfair) garbage / recycling fees charged to small businesses. CITY OF OAKLAND’S COSTLY PURSUIT OF ZERO WASTE FRANCHISE CONTRACTS alameda-county-civil-grand-jury-on-excess-garbage-fees EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Grand Jury received numerous citizen complaints concerning increases to garbage […]
BBBON Steering Committee Meeting October 13, 2016 Decisions and Action Items Campaign Continue to concentrate in Districts 5 and 7 Walk in the last three weeks for Noel Gallo, and Rosie Torres (1), Michael Hutchinson (2) Continue to push Measures HH, JJ and LL Send email blast to mailing list and make phone calls to […]
To view the pdf: wellstone_bbbon_oakland_final
To view the pdf: wellstone_4pg-campaign_berkeley_11x17-final
The Council Has Passed the “Housing Roadmap” – Now What? Declare Housing State of Emergency and Immediate Moratorium on Approval of New Projects To meet the crisis that is upon us and to stabilize the housing market in this moment, we call on city government to declare a Housing State of Emergency and a […]
Every year Block by Block Organizing Network District 7 (BBBON D7) holds a service event in District 7 to commemorate Martin Luther King Day. In 2016, BBBON D7 continued this tradition by hosting a planting and cleaning event on G-Street (between 85th and 92nd Avenues). For over the past two years, BBBON D7 and HOPE […]
BBBON has endorsed Sandre Swanson for California State Senate, 9th District (which includes Oakland). Now those of us who are also members of the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club will have another chance to vote to support him. With the endorsement in hand, the Club’s delegates to the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee will be able […]
BBBON member Jennae Wallach has been working on peace building and peace education in Oakland for the past several years. As part of that work, she learned about the Global Peace Ambassador Training sponsored by the Shift Network (TSN). Jennae writes, “It is an amazing but expensive course. For the last five years, TSN has […]