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News, Full Disclosure, Feb 2, 2011
What's Left of BRT?

Bus Rapid Transit won't be coming to Berkeley and will only extend a short distance into San Leandro. Even in Oakland, it may face a tough road.
- by J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, Cory Lavigne, Kriss Worthington, BRT Policy Advisory Committee, Tom Bates, Rebecca Kaplan, Chris Peeples, Rick Fernandez, Jeff Davis, Jim Cunradi

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News, Full Disclosure, Jan 26, 2011
The Hidden Costs of Jerry Brown's Plan

The governor's proposal to eliminate redevelopment agencies could cost the City of Oakland more than $50 million in tax revenues a year and force massive layoffs.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Jerry Brown, redevelopment, City of Oakland, Dan Lindheim, Oakland Unified School District, City of Oakland

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News, Full Disclosure, Dec 15, 2010
Crime Dropped Significantly Under Ron Dellums

Homicides have plummeted more than 40 percent since Jerry Brown left office, and violent crime overall is down 16 percent. Plus, the truth about Dellums and the A's.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Ron Dellums, Measure Y, Anthony Batts, Howard Jordan, Jean Quan, Jack London Square, Major League Baseball, Oakland A's, Bud Selig, Doug Boxer, Oakland Planning Commission, Let's Go Oakland, Dan Lindheim, Victory Court

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News, Full Disclosure, Dec 8, 2010
Oakland's Play for the A's

Unlike San Jose, Oakland's redevelopment agency can finance land acquisition and infrastructure upgrades needed for a new ballpark -- and Major League Baseball knows it.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Oakland A's, Lew Wolff, Jack London Square, Major League Baseball, Central District, Dan Lindheim, AT&T Park, Victory Court, HOK Sports, Robert Bobb, Oak-to-Ninth, Michael Ghielmetti, Signature Properties, Jean Quan, Valdez Triangle, Jane Brunner, Larry Reid, Pat Kernighan, Rebecca Kaplan, Nancy Nadel, Ignacio De La Fuente, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Peerless Coffee, George Vukasin Jr., Bud Selig, San Francisco Giants

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News, Full Disclosure, Nov 10, 2010
Prop 19 Didn't Resonate With Minority Voters

Election results and exit polling data show that blacks, Latinos, and Asians who voted for Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer went against marijuana legalization.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Proposition 19, Jerry Brown, Barbara Boxer, Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina, The Drug Policy Alliance, California NAACP, Dale Gieringer, California NORML

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News, Full Disclosure, Oct 27, 2010
Does Don Perata Really 'Believe in Oakland' — Or In San Jose?

Oakland A's owners Lew Wolff and John Fisher, who want to move their team to San Jose, donates $25,000 to a Perata group after the ex-senator says Oakland can't retain the team.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Oakland A's, Lew Wolff, Don Perata, Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Rebecca Kaplan, Jean Quan, Victory Court, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, AT&T Park, Ron Dellums, Jane Brunner, Joe Tuman, Dave Newhouse, Golden State Warriors, Coalition for a Safer California, Paul Kinney, California Correctional Peace Officers Association, Hope 2010, Gregory McConnell, Kerry Hamill, Marcie Hodge

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News, Full Disclosure, Oct 13, 2010
Don Perata Appears to Break Several Laws

The ex-state senator cheated the last time he was in a close race, and now there's evidence he's doing it again in his run for mayor of Oakland.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Don Perata, Perata Consulting LLC, Bob Stern, Center for Governmental Studies, California Fair Political Practices Commission, Nick Perata, Jean Quan, Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland Public Ethics Commission, Larry Tramutola, David Manson, Hope 2010, Coalition for a Safer California, Comcast, Joe Tuman, Ron Dellums

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News, Full Disclosure, Sep 29, 2010
The Baffling Mayoral Bid of Marcie Hodge

Former state senator Don Perata helped her run for Oakland City Council in 2006. Is her run for mayor in 2010 designed to return the favor?
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Marcie Hodge, Oakland City Council, Desley Brooks, Don Perata, Ignacio De La Fuente, Marcie Hodge, Larry Tramutola, Peralta Community College Board of Trustees, Marlon McWilson, Alameda County Registrar of Voters, Oakland City Clerk's Office, Geoffrey Pete, Oakland Black Caucus, Jean Quan, Rebecca Kaplan, Black Women Organized for Political Action, Sandre Swanson, Joe Tuman, Anthony Batarse, Jon Reynolds, Signature Properties, Oak-to-Ninth, John Protopappas, Ana Chretien, ABC Security, Ronald Dreisbach, John Foster, B&B Auto, Perata TV ads, San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans, Coalition for a Safer California, Oakland Public Ethics Commission, Oakland City Attorney's Office, Paul Kinney

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News, Full Disclosure, Sep 22, 2010
Lee and Skinner Fund Measure to Kill Redistricting Reform

Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner are financing an attempt to overturn a redistricting measure approved by California voters in 2008.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Budget impasse, November Election, gridlock, Sacramento, Conservative Republicans, Liberal Democrats, Proposition 11, Tea Party, Barbara Lee, Nancy Skinner, Proposition 27, Yes on 27, Frank Russo, Nancy Pelosi, Fiscal Accountability in Redistricting Act, FAIR Act, Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Don Perata, Jean Quan, Rebecca Kaplan, Scott Peterson, Joe Tuman, Ruth Bernstein, EMC Resarch, US Census, KPIX-TV-Channel 5, League of Women Voters, Bay Area Business Roundtable, Oakland City Clerk's Office, Coalition for a Safer California, Oakland City Attorney's Office, Oakland Public Ethics Commission, Paul Kinney

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News, Full Disclosure, Sep 15, 2010
Don Perata to Buy Oakland Mayor's Race?

Friends of the ex-senator have found a legal loophole that could allow him to greatly exceed the city's campaign spending cap.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Don Perata, Coalition for a Safer California, Oakland City Attorney's Office, Oakland Public Ethics Commission, Jean Quan, Rebecca Kaplan, Pat Kernighan, Nancy Nadel, Desley Brooks

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News, Full Disclosure, Aug 11, 2010
Perata Nearing Expenditure Cap

Campaign finance records show that the ex-state senator has already spent 85 percent of the money he's allowed to spend on the Oakland mayor's race.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Don Perata, Oakland mayor's race, Ralph Kanz, Oakland Public Ethics Commission, Jean Quan, Rebecca Kaplan, Hope 2010, Larry Tramutola, Dan Purnell

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News, Full Disclosure, Jul 21, 2010
Most Cal Sports Programs Lose Money

UC Berkeley financial documents reveal that 27 of the university's 29 sports teams lose money each year, totaling annual average losses of $10.7 million.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, UC Berkeley, Chancellor's Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics, UC Berkeley Athletics Department, NCAA, Dan Mogulof, Title IX, Brian Barsky, Pac-10 Conference, Stanford University

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News, Full Disclosure, Jun 30, 2010
Oakland Police Robocalls May Have Been Illegal

Automated phone calls made last week by the cops' union targeting Vice Mayor Jean Quan appear to have violated state law.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Jean Quan, California Public Utilities Commission, Ralph Cooke, Oakland Police Officers Association, Christopher Chow, Ignacio De La Fuente, Larry Tramutola, Jane Brunner, Pat Kernighan, Rebecca Kaplan, Desley Brooks, Larry Tramutola, Coalition for a Safer California, California Correctional Peace Officers' Association, Paul Kinney, Jason Kinney, Foster Interstate Media, John Foster, Ronald Dreisbach, Carlos Plazola

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News, Full Disclosure, Jun 23, 2010
Liz Figueroa Lies About Her Residence

The former state senator, who is running for Alameda County Board of Supervisors, has never lived in the home she says is her "primary place of residence."
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Liz Figueroa, Nadia Lockyer, Bill Lockyer, Alameda County Board of Supervisors, Alameda County Registrar of Voters, Gloria Ritchie, Martha Elizabeth Bloom, Gail Steele, Alameda County District Attorney's Office, Mark Green, Don Perata, California Correctional Peace Officers' Association's Issues, Perata Consulting, Nick Perata, California Secretary of State's Office

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News, Full Disclosure, May 19, 2010
AC Transit's Duplication of Service

The agency is planning more across-the-board service cuts, but it could save money by dramatically reducing the number of buses that go to San Francisco.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, AC Transit, BART, Crocker Highlands, Jerry Cauthen, MUNI, Bay Bridge, Linton Johnson, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Clarence Johnson, Rocky Fernandez, Greg Harper, Stuart Cohen, TransForm

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News, Full Disclosure, May 12, 2010
Kaplan Ensnared in Racial Dispute

The likely mayoral candidate is accused of backing a black-owned liquor store for political gain, but she says the market has been unfairly targeted.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Council, Nic Nak Liquors, Geoffrey Pete, Oakland Black Caucus, Ashrious Pannell, Ron Dellums, Don Link, Shattuck Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council, John Russo, Oakland Planning Commission, Jeffrey Jensen, East Lorin Neighborhood Association, Desley Brooks, Alameda County Sheriff's Office, JoJo's Market, Jane Brunner, Pat Kernighan, Nancy Nadel, Jean Quan, Larry Reid

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News, Full Disclosure, May 5, 2010
Oakland Unified Has Too Many Schools

The reason why Oakland teachers are the worst paid in the county is that the school district spends tens of millions a year on schools it doesn't need.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Oakland Unified School District, Tony Smith, Randy Ward, Roberta Mayor, Dennis Chaconas, Betty Olson-Jones

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Two police officers ensnared in a federal lawsuit involving alleged overtime abuses also are among the highest overtime earners in the city.

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Club owners say that Oakland police are padding their overtime by making them pay for it.

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Businesses say the crackdowns by OPD and other agencies have been "heavy-handed" and have resembled "search and destroy" missions.

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Bus Rapid Transit won't be coming to Berkeley and will only extend a short distance into San Leandro. Even in Oakland, it may face a tough road.

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The governor's proposal to eliminate redevelopment agencies could cost the City of Oakland more than $50 million in tax revenues a year and force massive layoffs.

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Homicides have plummeted more than 40 percent since Jerry Brown left office, and violent crime overall is down 16 percent. Plus, the truth about Dellums and the A's.

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Unlike San Jose, Oakland's redevelopment agency can finance land acquisition and infrastructure upgrades needed for a new ballpark -- and Major League Baseball knows it.

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Election results and exit polling data show that blacks, Latinos, and Asians who voted for Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer went against marijuana legalization.

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Oakland A's owners Lew Wolff and John Fisher, who want to move their team to San Jose, donates $25,000 to a Perata group after the ex-senator says Oakland can't retain the team.

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The ex-state senator cheated the last time he was in a close race, and now there's evidence he's doing it again in his run for mayor of Oakland.

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Former state senator Don Perata helped her run for Oakland City Council in 2006. Is her run for mayor in 2010 designed to return the favor?

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Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner are financing an attempt to overturn a redistricting measure approved by California voters in 2008.

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Friends of the ex-senator have found a legal loophole that could allow him to greatly exceed the city's campaign spending cap.

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Campaign finance records show that the ex-state senator has already spent 85 percent of the money he's allowed to spend on the Oakland mayor's race.

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UC Berkeley financial documents reveal that 27 of the university's 29 sports teams lose money each year, totaling annual average losses of $10.7 million.

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Automated phone calls made last week by the cops' union targeting Vice Mayor Jean Quan appear to have violated state law.

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The former state senator, who is running for Alameda County Board of Supervisors, has never lived in the home she says is her "primary place of residence."

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The agency is planning more across-the-board service cuts, but it could save money by dramatically reducing the number of buses that go to San Francisco.

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The likely mayoral candidate is accused of backing a black-owned liquor store for political gain, but she says the market has been unfairly targeted.

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The reason why Oakland teachers are the worst paid in the county is that the school district spends tens of millions a year on schools it doesn't need.

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