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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, 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, 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, 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, Nov 18, 2009
You Don't Know Jack

There's strong evidence that Marcel Diallo Jack, the self-styled "mayor of West Oakland," perpetrated a racist Internet fraud on a local activist.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Marcel Diallo, Max Allstadt, Black Dot Cafe, Nancy Nadel, Ron Dellums, Rick Holliday, Sean Sullivan, VSmoothe, West Oakland, City Slicker Farms

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News, Full Disclosure, Feb 23, 2011
Police Targeting Oakland's Black Venues?

Businesses say the crackdowns by OPD and other agencies have been "heavy-handed" and have resembled "search and destroy" missions.
- by J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Oakland Police Department, raids, Oasis Restaurant & Bar, Oyster Reef Seafood Restaurant and Bar, AIR Lounge, Club Paradiso, Arsimona Bar and Lounge, Celestine's Fine Dining and Entertainment, Dan Lindheim, Celestine Hardy, Oakland Fire Department, Holly Joshi, Desley Brooks, Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee, Alcohol Beverage Action Team Oakland City Attorney's Office William Jemmott, Bureau of Security and Investigation Services, Fessehaye Mebrahthu, Sandré Swanson, California Employment Development Department, California Department of Alcohol Beverage Control

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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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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, 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, 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, Dec 16, 2009
Out-Hustling the Oakland A's

Ron Dellums' proposal for two new ballpark sites in Jack London Square might block the team's planned move to San Jose, while providing a financial boost for Oakland.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Ron Dellums, Oakland A's, Lew Wolff, Major League Baseball, Jack London Square, Uptown, Jerry Brown, Robert Bobb, Fox Theater, Michael Ghielmetti, Jim Falaschi, Jane Brunner, Doug Boxer

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News, Full Disclosure, Mar 9, 2011
Oakland Cops Make Bank on Overtime

Two police officers ensnared in a federal lawsuit involving alleged overtime abuses also are among the highest overtime earners in the city.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Overtime, Oakland Police Department, Michael Morse, Anthony Batts, Geoffrey Pete, Geoffrey's Inner Circle, Ron Dellums, Sweet's Ballroom, Jeff Baker, Dan Lindheim, Howard Jordan, Kyle Thomas, Amer Kaddoura, Downtown Merchant's Garage, John Russo

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News, Full Disclosure, Apr 23, 2008
The Chamber's Candidate Has Quite a History in Business

At-large Oakland city council candidate Clinton Killian has a checkered past. The Chamber of Commerce may not have done its due diligence.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Clinton Killian, Oakland City Council, OakPAC, Oakland Chamber of Commerce

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News, Full Disclosure, Oct 21, 2009
A Friend of Chevron Gives It a Costly Gift

A Contra Costa County panel recently voted to award Chevron $12.6 million in tax breaks. But one panelist didn't disclose his ties to the oil giant.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Chevron, John Gioia, Irma Anderson, Gayle McLaughlin, Measure T, John Marquez, Harpreet Sandhu, Gus Kramer, Tom Butt

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News, Full Disclosure, Sep 29, 2009
ACORN Foresaw the Foreclosure Crisis in 2001

The grassroots group helped Oakland pass a tough anti-predatory lending law that would have halted the housing crisis before it started. Then subprime lenders started making campaign contributions in Sacramento.
- by Robert Gammon

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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, Mar 24, 2010
The Return of Reefer Madness

A growing number of East Bay cities have banned or are considering bans on medical marijuana dispensaries because of outdated, bogus fears.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Reefer Madness, California's Police Chief's Association, Bob Kochly, Holly Joshi, Andrew Frankel, Tom Bates, Kriss Worthington, Rebecca Kaplan, Ann Marie Gallant

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News, Full Disclosure, May 21, 2008
Candidate for Council Has a Troubled Past

Mario Juarez went bankrupt and got sued repeatedly after he was sexually abused as a child and sought justice from the Boy Scouts.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Mario Juarez, Ignacio De La Fuente, Oakland city council

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

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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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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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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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There's strong evidence that Marcel Diallo Jack, the self-styled "mayor of West Oakland," perpetrated a racist Internet fraud on a local activist.

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

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Ron Dellums' proposal for two new ballpark sites in Jack London Square might block the team's planned move to San Jose, while providing a financial boost for Oakland.

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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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At-large Oakland city council candidate Clinton Killian has a checkered past. The Chamber of Commerce may not have done its due diligence.

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A Contra Costa County panel recently voted to award Chevron $12.6 million in tax breaks. But one panelist didn't disclose his ties to the oil giant.

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The grassroots group helped Oakland pass a tough anti-predatory lending law that would have halted the housing crisis before it started. Then subprime lenders started making campaign contributions in Sacramento.

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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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A growing number of East Bay cities have banned or are considering bans on medical marijuana dispensaries because of outdated, bogus fears.

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Mario Juarez went bankrupt and got sued repeatedly after he was sexually abused as a child and sought justice from the Boy Scouts.

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

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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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