2023 Legislation
In 2023, Councilmember Carroll Fife introduced legislation to launch the multi-year Black New Deal study, pilot community-initiated traffic safety solutions, improve Oakland’s 9-1-1- dispatch system, authorize safe parking sites for unhoused residents, establish the Lakeshore LGBTQ Cultural District, voice support for a ceasefire in Gaza and state-wide social housing, honor Black cultural figures in Oakland both past and present, and much more.