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Reflecting on election night

November 18, 2016 Katharine Davies Samway

Although I’m politically active, albeit in peace and justice issues rather than electoral politics, it’s been a while since I attended an election after-party away from someone’s home. And I had never covered such an

Rattled on Election Night

November 17, 2016 Sandra Tavel

Oakland Voices has a tradition of having a pizza party before heading out to collect stories on election night. My stomach jumped around and though the pizza looked lovely, I couldn’t eat. Which is odd

Oakland Voices Reacts

November 17, 2016 Brenda Payton

The Oakland Voices correspondents covered local elections last week, writing about the successful campaigns for expanded protections for renters, a soda tax, a civilian police commission and the not- as- successful, but strongly community-based, campaigns

Viola Gonzales – a choice for District 5

November 16, 2016 Damu Dailey and Abel Regalado

Along International Boulevard on election night, the bright banners hanging from windows of local businesses supporting candidates and propositions were everywhere. Local business owners, community leaders, and entire families were anxiously depending on the

Serving the people

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

A Professorial Mayoral Campaign

November 13, 2014 Tom Webb

Exiting the elevator on the 6th Floor of the Oakland Central Suites to cover the mayoral campaign of Joe Tuman, I was surprised to see no signs nor hear sounds of a raucous election evening