Show threadKevin DalleyFeb 9

Details in #Oaklandside article
https://oaklandside.org/2026/02/06/finance-transportation-department-parking-citation-abandoned-cars-oakland-battle/

#Oakland #VisionZero

A battle over who runs parking in Oakland

The city’s finance department is on a fast track to take over parking enforcement from the department of transportation, alarming staff and business leaders. The turf dispute will get aired out at a Feb. 10 council committee meeting.

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rikNov 23
#Oaklandside, eg https://oaklandside.org/2025/11/20/flock-safety-cameras-oakland-license-plate-readers/, is doing a great job reporting on the question of #Flock cameras in #Oakland. the only significant bit they forgot to mention: Oakland's own Privacy Commission, charged exactly with balancing public safety with privacy, evaluated Flock and voted NOT to recommend them for Oakland:
https://oaklandside.org/2025/10/06/oakland-privacy-commission-rejects-flock-safety-cameras/
What are Flock cameras, and why are they controversial in Oakland?

Police can track the movements of vehicles with these powerful license plate reader surveillance cameras. But critics say they’re ripe for abuse.

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Oakland PrivacyOct 17

Oakland is quietly bringing AI into city government. Officials say it’s about efficiency. Critics warn it risks bias, privacy breaches, and job loss.

https://oaklandside.org/2025/10/17/oakland-quietly-incorporating-ai-into-city-work/

#oakland #aiethics #digitalgovernance #ca #tech #ai #oaklandside #local

Oakland is quietly incorporating AI into city work

From 311 chatbots to ChatGPT-written emails, Oakland officials are working with a local university to consider AI use across the city.

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Kevin DalleyJan 17, 2025
Chronicle says former #Oakland mayor ShengThao was indicted.
Has not been verified by #OaklandSide
In other new, NYC mayor Eric Adams is visiting Mar-a-Lagoon, hoping for a pardon
#ShengThao
https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/oakland-sheng-thao-indicted-20038739.php
Brian KolmApr 29, 2024

This Bay-Made store in Oakland seems pretty cool. Got to check it out.

https://oaklandside.org/2024/04/29/bay-made-oakland-gift-shop-spotlight/

#oakland #baymade #oaklandside #shopping

Oakland’s Bay-Made features arts and crafts by local creatives

The Lakeshore Avenue gift shop, home to an adorable calico named Sundae, sells everything from handmade candles and bags to skin care products and incense.

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Stephen ColesApr 11, 2024

Very interesting @theoaklandside article by Jose Fermoso about plans to remove I-980. The highway split downtown Oakland and displaced Black communities to serve White suburban residents, just like many other ill-advised highways in the 1960s.
https://oaklandside.org/2024/04/10/remove-oakland-freeway-i-980-racial-injustice-gentrification-community/

#SFBA #Oakland #Oaklandside #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning

Could tearing up an Oakland freeway undo decades of racial injustice?

Plans to remove I-980 have energized urbanists and environmentalists. But longtime residents fear it could be a new phase of gentrification.

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Show threadKevin DalleyFeb 14, 2024
@lauren
Lauren,
Here's an interview with Scott Wiener about speed-limiting tech, by #OaklandSide reporter Jose Fermoso, specializing in traffic safety.
May not convince you, but worth sharing
#VisionZero
https://oaklandside.org/2024/02/13/qa-state-sen-scott-wiener-on-his-new-bill-to-mandate-speed-limiting-tech-in-cars/
@kkeller
Q&A: State Sen. Scott Wiener on his new bill to mandate speed-limiting tech in cars

Speed governors would reduce dangerous driving, but they could face opposition from industry and the public.

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rikJan 13, 2024
Resurrecting CEASEFIRE in Oakland! Too many of my toots wind up being recommendations of #Oaklandside stories, but I need to do it again: If you live in #Oakland and want to know what constructive steps can be taken to reduce #gun #violence, read this:
https://oaklandside.org/2024/01/12/oakland-murders-and-shootings-ceasefires-audit/
Eli Wolfe gives a great summary of an important audit of Oakland’s #CEASEFIRE crime reduction program, funded by Kaiser Foundation and the U.S. Dept. Justice.
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Why have murders and shootings risen in Oakland? New report points to Ceasefire’s demise

The demise of the Ceasefire program led to a massive increase in gun violence, a new audit says. Mayor Thao announced the return of the program.

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rikJan 9, 2024
#oaklandside continues to do the deep reporting: https://oaklandside.org/2024/01/08/hiring-oakland-police-chief-has-always-been-messy/ sketching #OPD history back to Jerry Brown’s era in the 1990’s.
one bit that slipped thru is that in 2014 #OPD was the "first to allow an academic partner to examine data collected from vehicle and pedestrian stops and analyze body-worn camera footage." https://www.oaklandca.gov/news/2017/stanford-university-releases-results-of-groundbreaking-analysis-of-oakland-police-body-camera-footage Eberhardt, with #Oakland data, continues to be central to modern #deeplearning analyses of body camera data. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2216162120
Hiring a police chief in Oakland has always been messy

The challenges and conflicts swirling around the city’s current search for a chief are hardly new.

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Show threadKevin DalleyDec 29, 2023

14th Ave/Beaumont is closed below 580

#Oakland #oaklandside #OPD #HighlandHospital