News

With funding from the State, City, and private donors, a series of four projects in partnership with the City of Oakland, Oakland Housing Authority, and Oakland Unified School District will enhance connectivity for generations to come.

The following documents were published in advance of the cancelled October 7, 2024 meeting of the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board (LPAB). They contain the published applicant's presentation, Staff Report, and related attachments concerning entitlement review documents. The LPAB meeting will be rescheduled. Please subscribe to the CCA newsletter for updates and notifications.

Just RecoveryHosted a cultural strategist focused on equity in navigating permitting pathways and lowering existing barriers for Lake Merritt BIPOC and low-income event organizers and vendorsSupported …

Early Sunday morning, an OPD Sergeant and Officer responded to a call about a person in distress in the water near the Lake Merritt Channel, located in the 300 block of East 8th Street. 

Delivering Equitable ServicesPartnered with councilmembers and Oakland Youth Vote to put Measure QQ on the ballot, which was passed by voters in November 2022 and allowed Oakland 16 and 17 year-olds t …

Re-Imagining & Expanding Public SafetyLed City Council budget amendments to preserve and expand critical community safety measures such as funding 678 police officer positions, Crime Reduction Tea …

Housing Is A Human RightLed record investment in affordable housing with $224M, $8.8M for the Rapid Response Homeless Housing Acquisition Fund, and $1M for tenant legal services due to the sunset of t …

Join us at the Oakland Museum this Friday Night! Take Our Survey: Share Your Vision for Oakland's Future.

Congratulations to Trybe, Inc and community organizations in support of the on-going re-opening of Clinton Community Center and Park! The September 26th City of Oakland Clean and Safe City Townhall was another testament to Trybe and the community’s transformation of the center from a rundown, derelict building, to a warm, inviting, welcoming community gathering space. 

My office has been proud to partner with the City of Oakland, @OaklandTrybe Inc and 7 other community organizations to reactivate Clinton Park and Community Center. But we can’t do it alone. The City has managed the restoration of the building after over ten years of deferred maintenance, a fire on one side of the building during the pandemic, and replaced the roof to prevent leaks. Trybe is re-opening the building, painted, outreached to the unhoused, and beautified the center and park. Community partners have painted the mural and hosted regular cleanups, festivals, and events in the park. And– there’s still a ton of work and funds needed to re-open the center and park as a community gathering and programming space. Please join me by donating to this Gofundme to support @OaklandTrybe and #ClintonCommunityCenter. #Oaklandtrybe #LittleSaigon

Last Friday, we celebrated Dream youth clinic’s first ever Open House in the newly expanded Dream Youth Clinic space!

My office has had the pleasure of working with Dr. Mays through our Council on Human Trafficking, looking specifically at interventions that truly meet the needs of survivors for housing and safety as well as job opportunities, counseling and mental health support.

I have been committed to addressing human trafficking and exploitation. Working with our neighbors in San Antonio district, one of the areas in Oakland most impacted by trafficking, we have implemented solutions that immediately address traffic and community safety while engaging in looking at long term solutions to this hundreds of years old problem.

Dream Youth Clinic has served the most vulnerable minors in Oakland since 2017. That is our Black girls, Black boys, youth of color and gender expansive youth; specifically sex trafficked, unsheltered, and in foster care youth are the focus of their work.
Dr. Mays and the entire team have dedicated themselves to ensuring that this clinic remains open and you better believe moved mountains to make it possible in this time of transition to ensure services are uninterrupted.

The health services they provide at no cost to young people are so critical and just as as critical are the opportunities for leadership development and civic engagement created through the youth groups, ensuring our reproductive and health justice movements are led by those most impacted, and their brilliance.

It was such an honor to be there celebrating this incredible and safe space for youth, I am committed to do everything in my power as an elected and a community leader to support and help grow this incredible institution✨

#openhouse #dreamyouthclinic #youthclinic #teenclinic #teenhealth #nocostclinic #oaklandyouth #oaklandteens #healthiseverything #reproductivejustice #localimpact #nationalreach #thefutureisnow #dreamyouthfutures