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News, Full Disclosure, Mar 6, 2013
City Contractor Faces Labor and Environmental Charges

There's strong evidence that an Oakland city contractor has violated labor and environmental laws, and that he owes the city more than $235,000 in back rent.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Bill Aboudi, Oakland Army Base, Teamsters, Port of Oakland, Northern California River Watch

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News, Full Disclosure, Apr 4, 2012
Raiders' Deal Still Haunts Oakland

A new lawsuit notes that the football team never repaid a $53.9 million "loan" it received from the city and Alameda County.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Raiders' Deal, Joe Debro, Oakland Raiders, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority, National Football League, Pat O'Connell, Deena McClain, Ignacio De La Fuente, Amy Trask

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News, Full Disclosure, Mar 28, 2012
Can Corporations B Beneficial?

Proponents of a new kind of business hope to change how capitalism works.
- by Darwin BondGraham
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Benefit corporation, B corporations, Jared Huffman, AB 361, Dodge v. Ford, Henry Ford, eBay v. Newmark, Court of Chancery, Craigslist, Craig Newmark, William B. Chandler, III, Donald Simon, Wendel Rosen, greenwashing, Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard, California Association of Nonprofits, Business Law Section of the California State Bar, Lynn Stout

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News, Full Disclosure, Mar 21, 2012
The Semi-Secret Recall of Jean Quan

Under lax disclosure laws, campaigns to oust Oakland's mayor, or keep her in office, can keep their donors under wraps — for now.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Jean Quan, Committee to Recall Mayor Quan Now, Lynda Cassady, California Fair Political Practices Commission, Jerry Brown, Len Raphael, Committee to Recall Mayor Quan Now, Alan Yee, Committee Opposing the Recall of Mayor Jean Quan, Stand with Oakland

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News, Full Disclosure, Feb 29, 2012
Why Not a Gas Tax?

Voters are souring on sales taxes, so why not increase taxes on gasoline to pay for transportation projects?
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Sales taxes, Alameda County Transportation Commission, Measure B, Tess Lengyel, Field Poll, Public Policy Institute of California, Millionaire's Tax, Prop 13, Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy, gas taxes, Carl Davis, Metropolitan Transportation Commission

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News, Full Disclosure, Feb 8, 2012
Jerry Brown Targets the 99 Percent

The governor's ballot measure would impact low- and middle-income families. No wonder wealthy interests are bankrolling it. Plus, the Jean Quan recall campaign is already in debt.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Jerry Brown, tax the rich, One Percent, 99 Percent, the Millionaire's Tax, sales tax, Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy, Public Policy Institute of California, Mark Baldassare, California Federation of Teachers, Occidental Petroleum, Ray Irani, Jean Quan, Committee to Recall Mayor Quan Now, Greg Harland, Gene Hazzard, Charlie Pine, Oakland City's Clerk's Office, Len Raphael

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News, Full Disclosure, Jan 25, 2012
Private Cops on the Public Dime

Oakland taxpayers' money is being funneled to an anti-union company that employs private cops to patrol the downtown and uptown areas and influences OPD policies.
- by Darwin BondGraham
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Block By Block, SMS Holdings, Downtown Oakland Association, Lake Merritt Uptown District Association, Jean Quan, Occupy Oakland, Oakland Redevelopment Agency, Community Economic Development Agency, PrimeFlight, John Mica, Dan Lungren, John Thune, Jim DeMint, Ted Tarver, Anthony Toribio, Eponic Corporation, Anthony Batts

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News, Full Disclosure, Jan 18, 2012
The Incompetent Recall

The two recall petitions against Oakland Mayor Jean Quan have been riddled with errors and rejected at least three times by the city clerk.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Jean Quan, Oakland City Clerk's Office, Gene Hazzard, Ken Pratt, Tamika Thomas, James Sutton, Greg Harland, Len Raphael, Committee to Recall Jean Quan, Committee to Recall Jean Quan Now, Charlie Pine, Nancy Sidebotham, Mark Morodomi, James Vann, Fair Political Practices Commission, San Francisco Public Ethics Commission, PG&E

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News, Full Disclosure, Dec 14, 2011
Occupy, Quan, and the Recall

Some of the people behind the troubled recall campaign against Mayor Jean Quan are opponents of Occupy Oakland, but it may be the occupiers who oust her from office.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Occupy, Jean Quan, Occupy Oakland, Gene Hazzard, Charlie Pine, Don Perata, Joe Tuman, James Sutton, Oakland City Attorney's Office, Rebecca Kaplan, Ignacio De La Fuente, Margaret Gordon

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News, Full Disclosure, Dec 7, 2011
The Absent Police Chief

The official calendar of ex-Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts shows that he routinely took off for long weekends.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Anthony Batts, California Public Records Act, Oakland Police Department, Dom Arotzarena, Howard Jordan, Don Link, KTVU Channel 2, Chip Johnson, Jean Quan, Ron Dellums, Deanna Santana, Karen Boyd

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News, Full Disclosure, Nov 30, 2011
Marcie Hodge Loses, Again

A judge throws out a libel suit that the former Oakland mayoral candidate filed against the Express.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Marcie Hodge, East Bay Express, Full Disclosure, Don Perata, Jean Quan, Rebecca Kaplan, Joshua Koltun, Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees, Nicole Hodge Amey, TCI Tire Centers, Larry Tramutola

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News, Full Disclosure, Nov 16, 2011
The One Percent Solution

Business groups dominated by representatives from large corporations lobbied for the crackdown on Occupy Oakland.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Occupy, Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Occupy Oakland, Downtown Oakland Association, Lake Merritt/Uptown District Association, Maria Gastelumendi, The Rising Loafer Cafe and Bakery, Tim Gallen, DeLauer's, Cort Dunlap, Awaken Café, JC Wallace, SKS Investments, The Clorox Company, Deborah Boyer, The Swig Company, Kaiser Permanente, Signature Properties, CIM Group, AT&T, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Waste Management, Southwest Airlines, Comcast, Visa, Clear Channel Outdoor, Grubb & Ellis, Colliers International, Joie de Vivre, US Securities and Exchange Commission

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News, Full Disclosure, Oct 12, 2011
Council Rebuffs Van Jones Protégé

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has nominated Jakada Imani to the port commission, but some councilmembers are blocking him.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Oakland City Council, Jerry Brown, Jean Quan, Jakada Imani, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Van Jones, Larry Reid, Margaret Gordon, Nancy Nadel, Ignacio De La Fuente, Jane Brunner, Rebecca Kaplan, Pat Kernighan, Libby Schaaf, Desley, Proposition 23, Alan Yee

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News, Full Disclosure, Sep 28, 2011
Why a Curfew Is Unnecessary

A proposed curfew would target Oakland's teenagers, but state statistics show that youth crime has plummeted in the city since the late-1990s.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Larry Reid, Ignacio De La Fuente, curfew, Oakland police, California Department of Justice, Daniel Macallair, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, Libby Schaaf, Oakland Tribune, Wayne Tucker, Alameda County Juvenile Hall, Anthony Batts

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News, Full Disclosure, Sep 7, 2011
Why Curfews Don't Work

There's been a big push recently to enact a youth curfew in Oakland, but there's little evidence that they're effective; plus they waste police resources.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Carlos Nava, Larry Reid, Ignacio De La Fuente, youth curfew, Tammerlin Drummond, Chip Johnson, David Muhammad, Daniel Macallair, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, Holly Joshi, Anthony Batts, Deanna Santana, Jean Quan, Jim Chanin

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News, Full Disclosure, Jun 1, 2011
Perata Pays De La Fuente $12,500

The Oakland councilman, a frequent critic of public-employee unions, said the ex-state senator hired him to gather union support for a statewide ballot measure.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Ignacio De La Fuente, Don Perata, Hope 2010 Cure Cancer, Jean Quan, Lance Armstrong, Californians for a Cure, American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, American Heart Association, Rhys Williams, Chris Lehman, Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics, and Allied Workers International Union

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News, Full Disclosure, Mar 23, 2011
Has Oakland Killed Community Policing?

The Oakland Police Department has slashed the number of neighborhood beats by nearly 40 percent.
- by J. Douglas Allen-Taylor

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There's strong evidence that an Oakland city contractor has violated labor and environmental laws, and that he owes the city more than $235,000 in back rent.

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In its effort to convince county voters to approve Measure A1, the East Bay Zoological Society has broken several local and state laws.

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Oakland is spending $102,000 over the next three years on an online campaign finance system that few candidates and political committees are using.

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A group with ties to Don Perata's campaign manager launches initiative to overturn instant-runoff voting.

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A new lawsuit notes that the football team never repaid a $53.9 million "loan" it received from the city and Alameda County.

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Proponents of a new kind of business hope to change how capitalism works.

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Under lax disclosure laws, campaigns to oust Oakland's mayor, or keep her in office, can keep their donors under wraps — for now.

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Voters are souring on sales taxes, so why not increase taxes on gasoline to pay for transportation projects?

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The governor's ballot measure would impact low- and middle-income families. No wonder wealthy interests are bankrolling it. Plus, the Jean Quan recall campaign is already in debt.

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Oakland taxpayers' money is being funneled to an anti-union company that employs private cops to patrol the downtown and uptown areas and influences OPD policies.

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The two recall petitions against Oakland Mayor Jean Quan have been riddled with errors and rejected at least three times by the city clerk.

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Some of the people behind the troubled recall campaign against Mayor Jean Quan are opponents of Occupy Oakland, but it may be the occupiers who oust her from office.

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The official calendar of ex-Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts shows that he routinely took off for long weekends.

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A judge throws out a libel suit that the former Oakland mayoral candidate filed against the Express.

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Business groups dominated by representatives from large corporations lobbied for the crackdown on Occupy Oakland.

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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has nominated Jakada Imani to the port commission, but some councilmembers are blocking him.

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A proposed curfew would target Oakland's teenagers, but state statistics show that youth crime has plummeted in the city since the late-1990s.

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There's been a big push recently to enact a youth curfew in Oakland, but there's little evidence that they're effective; plus they waste police resources.

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The Oakland councilman, a frequent critic of public-employee unions, said the ex-state senator hired him to gather union support for a statewide ballot measure.

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The Oakland Police Department has slashed the number of neighborhood beats by nearly 40 percent.

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