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Substantive Agenda Items: 3. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OPD – Biometric Crime Lab Annual Report (to be heard with item below) a. Review and take possible action 4. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OPD Biometric Crime Lab proposed amendments to Use Policy (to be heard with item above) a. Review and take possible action 5. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OPD – Memorandum (substitute annual report) regarding Automated License Plate Readers, Cell-Site Simulator, Mobile Fingerprint ID a. Review and take possible action 6. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OPD – Remote Audio Telecommunications … Continued

May 3rd nationwide online and in select theaters in NYC, DC, LA, SF, Portland, Seattle, Boston. Come out and see us for in-person Q&A’s after the screenings with Stephanie Kelton, myself, other film protagonists and very special guests, TBA! Check out our exclusive announcement with Deadline! We are partnering with Giant Pictures and Kanopy for educational distribution where we will be available to Universities for classrooms and public libraries nationwide! And watch and share our NEW Official Trailer! We are also honored to have a special NYC premiere screening at … Continued

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Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89531900427?pwd=mXg1rSZe3ONl4pfWlALW4ornc32Eez.1 Speaker: Peter Fay American labor is deindustrialized, deunionized, fragmented, and pauperized. Its debased condition is a prisoner of its form: that of a commodity, forever cheapening, like any other. Bereft of political leadership, labor instinctively reacts in populist protest at its own demise, rejecting neoliberalism and the “new world order”. In response, the ruling class shames it as “deplorable”, “far-right”, and “Putin’s puppets”. In a world devoid of class identity, American culture proffers individual identity as the new religion, as the new “sigh of the oppressed … Continued

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NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued

Because of the COVID pandemic we will be meeting virtually via Zoom on the first Monday of the month. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82809764186?pwd=eWtjcXlsKzU1QkdSdk5xOUxseFl0Zz09 Meeting ID: 828 0976 4186 If you wish to get the password please subscribe to the Oscar Grant Committee mailing list by sending an email to: oscargrantcommittee-subscribe@lists.riseup.net The Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality & State Repression (OGC) is a grassroots democratic organization that was formed as a conscious united front for justice against police brutality. The OGC is involved in the struggle for police accountability and is committed to … Continued

Beloved Community, Tomorrow Oakland City Council will vote on a resolution Honoring the Life of Alan Dwayne Blueford, who was murdered by Oakland Police Department 12 years ago today on May 6, 2012 at the age of only 18-years-old. His mother, and our sister in struggle, Jeralynn Blueford, is calling on us to show up in support. We are asking you to show up tomorrow, Tuesday, May 7 at city hall to help this family, forever-impacted by OPD’s terror, continue to fight for Alan and his legacy. WHAT: Support Oakland … Continued

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Why do we allow a private corporation with a history of convictions for manslaughter to keep making huge profits from selling us electricity?  Reclaim Our Power has developed an exciting proposal to make a Just Transition from PG&E to Golden State Energy, a nonprofit public-benefit utility. On May 7, Richmond City Council will hold a hearing on a resolution endorsing this proposal. You can support this transition by showing up and speaking out at the hearing.  Your organization can help by signing onto this letter of support. Please view the agenda for instructions about submitting public … Continued

Hardware Hacking Tuesdays are better than ever! Plus Fix-It Clinic! Each Tuesday we welcome all to bring their hardware (and software and firmware) projects to Omni Commons, or simply come by to learn and tinker! All welcome, about 7:30pm until ∞ …whomever’s left standing! We are inside the Omni Commons at 48th and Shattuck, see the link at the end of this text to call in in case the doors are locked! ○ Projects: can range from building course materials for teaching local kids electronics to a robotic arm that draws, to … Continued

A self-guided online tour of the Superfund-qualified Zeneca toxic-waste site in Richmond will share the site’s history of contamination, and the dangers it poses to the community. For over a century, the Stauffer Chemical Company manufactured herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, and sulfuric acid at the 86-acre site, dumping hazardous waste onsite and filling in the Bay.  Many Richmond residents living nearby don’t know its history, nor are they aware that it was never fully cleaned up. The site on Richmond’s southeast shoreline has been leaking highly contaminated water and vapors for … Continued

Students Protest against US Universities’ ties to the Ongoing Genocide in Gaza – a panel presentation and discussion. Columbia University students started the movement against the University’s connection with the wars, seeking divestment. It is clear to all who have not closed their eyes that a genocide of Palestinians in Gaza by Israel is ongoing with the support and means to conduct it by the US government. The protest took the form of encampments on university general outdoor premises. But these peaceful protestors were attacked by police and supporters of … Continued

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued

Women to the Front! We are celebrating Mothers’ Day for Justice and Peace. Hear how the women-led group CODEPINK is addressing militarism, patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism, climate catastrophe and the war economy, from local CODEPINK activists Marjorie Mikels and Cynthia Papermaster, coordinator of the Bay Area Codepink chapter. Tune in to get informed and inspired! There will be plenty of time for your questions and discussion. Cynthia Papermaster is the Coordinator of the Golden Gate Bay Area Chapter of CODEPINK. She has BA and Masters degrees from UC Berkeley and is … Continued

OTU’s Mission The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists dedicated to protecting tenant rights and interests. OTU does this by working directly with tenants in their struggle with landlords, impacting legislation and public policy about housing, community education, and working with other organizations committed to furthering renters’ rights. The Oakland Tenants Union is open to anyone who shares our core values and who believes that tenants themselves have the primary responsibility to work on their own behalf. Monthly Meetings The Oakland Tenants Union meets regularly at 7:00 … Continued

Hardware Hacking Tuesdays are better than ever! Plus Fix-It Clinic! Each Tuesday we welcome all to bring their hardware (and software and firmware) projects to Omni Commons, or simply come by to learn and tinker! All welcome, about 7:30pm until ∞ …whomever’s left standing! We are inside the Omni Commons at 48th and Shattuck, see the link at the end of this text to call in in case the doors are locked! ○ Projects: can range from building course materials for teaching local kids electronics to a robotic arm that draws, to … Continued

Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info. (THE JANUARY 17TH MEETING, 2024 WAS MOVED TO JANUARY 24TH) Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for privacy, surveillance regulation of both corporations and the state, and government transparency, around the Bay and nationwide. We fight against spy drones, facial recognition, tracking equipment, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” … Continued

RSVP here We will cover our mission + vision, how we get stuff done, and our ongoing projects. You will leave with our handbook, other literature, and next steps to get involved! Share Share Forward Upcoming Copwatch Committee Meetings Communications Committee meeting: Thursday 5/16 at 5 PM Casework Committee training + meeting: Tuesday 5/28 at 6 PM Wanna join a committee? Come to orientation! 77814

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In the midst of this critical election season, the Berkeley Faith and Justice Coalition has invited a broad array of city leaders to answer pointed questions about the fight for racial equity in Berkeley.  Your presence is needed to underline to the council and school board members and candidates, as well as senior leaders of city management and the police, that Berkeley’s people: Demand that the needs and initiatives of the most vulnerable and marginalized members of our community are the focus of all city leaders! A leader of the … Continued

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Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. For our May meeting we will be reading The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy by Anand Giridharadas  (Amazon, Penguin).  For our June meeting we will finish the book. An insider account of activists, politicians, educators, and everyday citizens working to change minds, bridge divisions, and fight for democracy—from disinformation fighters to a leader of Black Lives Matter to Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and more—by the best-selling author of Winners Take All and award-winning former New York … Continued

Resisting the Purging of pro-Palestinian Faculty Speaker: Danny Shaw Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89531900427?pwd=mXg1rSZe3ONl4pfWlALW4ornc32Eez.1 Our speaker, Danny Shaw, is among the many voices for Palestine who have been punished for speaking out against genocide. After 18 years of teaching in the Latin American and Latinx Studies Department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, he was fired last month for his social media posts educating and organizing against the Israeli-U.S. genocide in Gaza. He has been camped out with the hundreds of students, faculty, alumni and staff that make up the … Continued

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NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued

Join the Santa Cruz County Chapter of the ACLU of Northern California for this virtual event regarding the rapidly increasing use of mass surveillance technology by local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. The expert panelists will discuss the current surveillance situation, what’s to come, the dangers of mass surveillance, how to monitor law enforcement’s use of surveillance technology and hold them accountable for misuse, our reasonable expectations of privacy, and what we can all do to protect our privacy and advocate for more protections. Panelists include: Tracy Rosenberg, Oakland Privacy & Executive … Continued

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Join experts for a Student Loan Help Clinic hosted online or via telephone. Topics covered include student loan basics, repayment plan information, loan forgiveness options, and more. Register here77825

SAN RAFAEL — May 21 — The Rafael Theater, 7pm Special Q&A with Stephanie Kelton and Maren Poitras 1118 4th St, San Rafael, CA Get Tickets Here! OAKLAND, CA  — May 22 — The New Parkway, 7pm Special Q&A with Maren Poitras 474 24th St, Oakland, CA Get Tickets Here! An intrepid group of economists is on a mission to instigate a paradigm shift by flipping our understanding of the national debt — and the nature of money — upside down. We all use money, and yet the questions of what is … Continued

Hardware Hacking Tuesdays are better than ever! Plus Fix-It Clinic! Each Tuesday we welcome all to bring their hardware (and software and firmware) projects to Omni Commons, or simply come by to learn and tinker! All welcome, about 7:30pm until ∞ …whomever’s left standing! We are inside the Omni Commons at 48th and Shattuck, see the link at the end of this text to call in in case the doors are locked! ○ Projects: can range from building course materials for teaching local kids electronics to a robotic arm that draws, to … Continued

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SAN RAFAEL — May 21 — The Rafael Theater, 7pm Special Q&A with Stephanie Kelton and Maren Poitras 1118 4th St, San Rafael, CA Get Tickets Here! OAKLAND, CA  — May 22 — The New Parkway, 7pm Special Q&A with Maren Poitras 474 24th St, Oakland, CA Get Tickets Here! An intrepid group of economists is on a mission to instigate a paradigm shift by flipping our understanding of the national debt — and the nature of money — upside down. We all use money, and yet the questions of what is … Continued

Speaker: Mark Albertson Extract: Sykes-Picot (May 1916) was a secret convention held during World War-I between Britain and France supported by imperial Russia for the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire. The Sykes-Picot agreement led to the division of Turkish-held Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine into various French- and British-administered areas. Mark Albertson, historian, will go through that progression of the April 1914 request by Arab nationalists desiring British assistance with their nationalism in throwing off the Ottoman yoke; the British acquiescing in November 1914 when the Ottomans join the Germans … Continued

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued

Beginning in June– hoping to solidify a regular monthly meeting time. We will try out the 2nd Monday of the month, so June 10 from 6-8p. Also, starting next month will be bi-weekly newsletters with updates, resources and announcements.� 🤞 Update– The Federal loan consolidation deadline has been extended until June 30th. The Student Debt Crisis Center (SDCC) is holding a workshop to discuss the options available to borrowers right now as well as what folks can expect to see later this year. Some folks will have payments cut in … Continued

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Hardware Hacking Tuesdays are better than ever! Plus Fix-It Clinic! Each Tuesday we welcome all to bring their hardware (and software and firmware) projects to Omni Commons, or simply come by to learn and tinker! All welcome, about 7:30pm until ∞ …whomever’s left standing! We are inside the Omni Commons at 48th and Shattuck, see the link at the end of this text to call in in case the doors are locked! ○ Projects: can range from building course materials for teaching local kids electronics to a robotic arm that draws, to … Continued

Beginning in June– hoping to solidify a regular monthly meeting time. We will try out the 2nd Monday of the month, so June 10 from 6-8p. Also, starting next month will be bi-weekly newsletters with updates, resources and announcements.� 🤞 Update– The Federal loan consolidation deadline has been extended until June 30th. The Student Debt Crisis Center (SDCC) is holding a workshop to discuss the options available to borrowers right now as well as what folks can expect to see later this year. Some folks will have payments cut in … Continued

No experience needed + all are welcome. We will meet for a mini training and then split into groups of 3-5, either into cars or walking, each group will have one experienced copwatcher facilitating. Why do we do mass copwatching shifts? This is a chance for us to teach our shifts practice: listening to the scanner, how to copwatch as a team, incident documentation, entry into our database, and more. We hope that people will take what they learn into their daily lives AND join copwatch for some of our … Continued