Dan Kalb Begins Task Of Giving Oakland Watchdog Group Some Teeth (Analysis)
Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb took a moment Monday to speak for the entire council. “There’s a sense out there in the community that residents have lost trust in city government,” the first-term...
View ArticleChip Johnson seems to think Oakland City Hall belongs to politicians, not the...
There are times when even the most veteran of journalists drop their editorial guard and reveal exactly how they think. Most people in Oakland know San Francisco Chronicle columnist Chip Johnson bends...
View ArticleThe Skinny: Oakland City Council Preview, Feb. 18, 2014
Oakland City Council Preview 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza Tuesday, Feb. 18, 5:30 p.m. [FULL AGENDA HERE] Twitter hashtag: #oakmtg >>> REASON TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER’S CARD THE DAC IS BACK City staff...
View ArticleThe DAC: A Costly Distraction from Making Oakland Safer (Community Voices)
The proposed DAC aka Domain Awareness Center, linking private and OPD operated surveillance video, Shotspotter microphones, license scanners is probably a done deal as far as this Tuesday’s City...
View ArticlePrivacy Groups Urge Oakland City Council to Scrap DAC; vote postponed
Privacy groups are aggressively lobbying members of the Oakland City Council to vote Tuesday night against a resolution approving a $1.6 million contract for the second phase of the Domain Awareness...
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The Skinny: Oakland City Council Preview, Mar. 4, 2014
Oakland City Council Preview 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza Tuesday, Mar. 4, 5:30 p.m. [FULL AGENDA HERE] Twitter hashtag: #oakmtg >>> REASON TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER’S CARD Councilmember Lynette Gibson...
View ArticleMayor Quan seals more limited Oakland DAC deal with tie-breaker vote
The Oakland City Council voted, 5-4, to keep the Domain Awareness Center (DAC) with measures to scale-back surveillance to only the Port of Oakland going forward into Phase 2 of the project. Mayor Jean...
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What these two students learned about surveillance in Oakland will blow your...
We took a photograph of every camera visible from the sidewalks of every block from Telegraph to Webster between 22nd Street and 27th Street. We picked this area because it’s characterized by varying...
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