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November 15, 2016 Oakland Voices

By Katharine Davies Samway and Tony Daquipa It was election night at the Level 13 Ultra Lounge in downtown Oakland, the venue for the watch party of the three African- American female candidates from the

David Slays Beverage Goliath: City of Oakland Measure HH Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Distribution Tax

November 14, 2016 Monica Green

Election Night and the happiest place in Oakland was the headquarters for Measure HH. Everyone was talking about the estimated $24 million that the beverage industry spent to fight measures in San Francisco and Oakland.

Lively and Uplifting Measure JJ Election Celebration

November 12, 2016 Oakland Voices

By Marabet Morales and Sandra Tavel. The election party for Oakland’s measure JJ at Solespace on 17th & Telegraph buzzed with movement and excitement. A local DJ (Tim Diesel) played beats and the emcee

Celebrating Measure LL: Oakland’s “Gateway Reform” for Citizen Oversight into Police Misconduct

November 11, 2016 Oakland Voices

By Kat Ferreira and Cinque Mubarak Tension hung in the downtown air as the presidential election votes were being counted. It felt like everyone in Oakland was having an anxiety attack simultaneously. Well, everyone

Election Night in Oakland

November 11, 2016 Brenda Payton

The Oakland Voices 2016 correspondents had gathered in the East Bay Times newsroom before heading out to cover our local races, two city council races and three measures – strengthening protections for renters, establishing an

Open Disclosure app tracks the campaign money

November 9, 2016 Howard Dyckoff

Oakland voters have a better way to understand who is contributing to 2016 candidate races and ballot measures. The updated version of Open Discloure.io went live in mid-October, and now there is a mobile version

Loyal To His Soil

November 7, 2016 Tony Daquipa

Benito Daquipa, my grandfather, was born in a rocky hollow surrounded by tall hills covered with tall trees. The little hollow near the town of Corella on the island of Bohol in the southern Philippines

They nicknamed her Cinderella but she was more like Superwoman

November 4, 2016 Kat Ferreira

The day began like any other, as 18-year-old Phyllis D’Almeida made her way to school. Her thoughts were focused on the calculus exam she was scheduled to take that morning. But when she arrived at

Community canvassers spread democracy from the streets

November 4, 2016 Howard Dyckoff

This election season, community-based organizations are getting out the vote on a number of local and statewide initiatives with tactics ranging from the old school — knocking on doors and phone banking — to the

A resilient Person, My Mother Ana Reyes

November 3, 2016 Abel Regalado

For a resilient warrior, failures and obstacles are nothing more that an opportunity to express the qualities that define them. My mother, Ana Reyes is the person in my life who demonstrates resilience when times