. setTimeout(function() { defer() }, 500); Make sure people can compete. This isnt about strong or not strong. font-size: 1.2em; Hi! $('.collapse').collapse('show'); var t = '125522'; [Editors note: There is no objective number for how many officers a city should have, but policymakers often aim to provide a certain number of officers per every 100,000 people, and they adjust this further based on a citys rate of crime, assuming that more officers are needed to respond to more crime. .rcvclassic { padding: 0.8em 1em; I was interviewed for a report by KTVU with investigative reporter Brooks Jarosz. display: block; We should do the same thing with the sideshows. color: #6db24f; } } $('.collapse').collapse('show'); p.survey-response {margin-left:10px;} I cant get hurt on the campaign trail if I want to win, Ill be laid up in the hospital. Incumbents are bolded and underlined. float: right; Youve got to get it back. Scott knows there isn't a lot of housing available in Oakland, but needs to be a priority. $(".collapse-all").on('click', () => { Weve crossed that rubicon now. }) Something went wrong. } It actually takes power away from the mayor. So they dont seem effective. Too few. BondGraham's work has also appeared with KQED, ProPublica and other leading national and local outlets. Ballot measures, Who represents me?
.rcvvotebox { word-wrap: break-word; The ranked-choice voting election was won by Sheng Thao in round 9 . More than 35% of her contributions are from Oakland. Seneca Scott ran for election for Mayor of Oakland in California. Seneca Scott. padding-bottom: 3px; The Roots are outgrowing themselves quickly. Right now, you cant not have rule of law. .results_row.winner { $('.hideResponses').on('click', () => { Thats not excessive? .expand-all:hover, .collapse-all:hover {cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;} Should the city be funding the arts directly? Seneca Scott, the West Oakland Community Activist who ran for the Oakland City Council District Three seat won by Carroll Fife, has thrown his hat into the r. Just after 10 p.m. on Oct. 30, 2021, Oakland police officers were flagged down by a man at the corner of Peralta and 8th streets in West Oakland. @nikki4oakland. Candidate has not provided information. .results_row.winner { He holds a doctorate in sociology from UC Santa Barbara and was the co-recipient of the George Polk Award for local reporting in 2017. .widget-row.value-only { } background-color: grey; width: 100%; border-radius: 50%; Its all in the SPUR report that was released in November of last year. 20 percent of the time, no one picks up the phone. .votebox { clearInterval(nTimer); Its low vibrations. } Im the only candidate pushing aggressively for a charter amendment for an accountable Oakland. We need to build, baby, build. Thats all marketing. color: white; Do you know how many hits those things get on Youtube? } Round 6 .results_row { We have laws on the books for reckless driving. We amplify community voices, share the power of real information, and investigate systems, not just symptoms. } div.oneoff-scrollbox.short { height:250px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } Your support is powering our newsroom! margin-bottom:0px; DeSantis coming to CA as new poll shows him leading Trump, Ice flies off SUV, smashing windshield: 'You could kill somebody'. } The garden. } } font-size: .9em; z-index:1; $('#candidate-connection-twitter-150698').on('click', () => { ga('send', 'event', 'surveycta', 'surveycta-click-twitter'); }); All developers have got to show proof of concept that they will be involved in the community in meaningful ways. font-size: 20px; Thank you for supporting The Oaklandside and being a part of our community. .hideResponses { display: none;} .inner_percentage.Republican { .results_table_container { Now its being weaponized against developers. We need to be able to build ADUs. Oakland right now is not a place where businesses want to come and invest anything. Its a combination of waste and corruption if you ask me. margin: 0px 10px; And I can go on. Explain your thinking on the issue of police staffing. There were no incumbents in this race. background: #4c4c4c; width: 90%; }); p.survey-question {font-weight:bold;} .rcvresults_text { height: 56px; We need to make sure were supporting them and also that were holding them accountable for creative ideas that are going to help enrich the community. top: -120px; } } background: #4c4c4c; .rcvrace_header.Green { } Seneca Scott did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey. We also need to sustain that departments budget. left: 0px; Community activist, Seneca Scott, is throwing his name in the hat in the race for mayor of Oakland. The previous incumbent mayor Libby Schaaf was term-limited. color: #6db24f; .votebox_legend .non_result_row { It has to be about things connecting us, and I think an investment in that is paramount right now. Ultimately we elect a figurehead as the mayor, and the mayor that we elect needs to have the accountability to implement the policies that theyre elected on without being usurped by the councils legislative power. 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Heres the big issue in Oaklands city structureand its been this way since 1998 with the passing of Measure X, which created a hybrid system of government where the mayor has the power to hire the [city administrator] while the city council maintains power to pass legislation and ultimately the budget. } And if housing is not something that you want, you just should know youre not going to be here in 60 days. font-size:0.68em; color: black; overflow-y: auto; Counties | Housing projects and socialized housing absolutely positively need to be on the books soon, considering we have the great unwashed 2.0 playing out before our very eyes. padding-bottom: 5px; let scrollHeight = jQuery('.results_table_container').get(index).scrollHeight; background-color: #003388; .outer_percentage { $('.pastResponses').hide(); You need to actually have a 30-to-60-day approach. Accessible. So far in 2022, there have been 82 homicides in Oakland, nearly the same level as this same time last year, which was Oaklands deadliest year since 2006. $('.pastResponses').show(); It's just another example of Seneca Scott being completely unfit for office. My partner teaches at Castlemont with children on the spectrum in special ed. He negotiated contracts for city . max-width: 600px; "If you. Consequently I received two misdemeanor gun charges. . .large-date { text-align: center; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600;} It essentially created a two-tier workforce. ul.key-messages {list-style-type: none; margin-left:10px; } I love the WNBA idea [to attract a womens basketball team to Oakland]. Were going to move on to questions about the economy. Are they mutually exclusive because of your ideology? .percentage_number { color: black; Small Business Owner. .widget-row.Republican { The two most pressing issues facing Oakland (and the reasons why we started the Coalition) are homelessness and an underfunded, harassed Oakland . Have you thought about any local solutions to remedying this national problem? .election_results_text { Were journalists for Oakland. Thats why I joined the Oakland Builders Alliance. Oakland should be a soccer destination, or footballfutbal!destination. Seneca Scott, an independent candidate for mayor in Oakland, Calif., said two policies have fueled homelessness in his state during an appearance on Hill.TV's "Rising" on Wednesday. padding-left: 8px; I believe that we can change ourselves but the victimhood has got to stop. margin: 0px 10px; .indicate_scroll { } Oakland mayoral candidate: Ignacio De La Fuente. Is that too few or too many? Oakland police have urged the public not to try to take matters into their own hands by arming themselves. People are getting arrested from many different geographic locations, not just in Oakland. According to The Oaklandside, Seneca Scott was arrested in October of last year and was charged with a misdemeanor after pulling a gun on two individuals.. } If the As move to Howard Terminal, what do you envision for the future of the Coliseum/Arena site? } Oakland mayoral candidate: Seneca Scott. margin-bottom: .75em; Scott has raised $49,674 with 56 % of his contributions from donors in Oakland. margin-bottom: 4px; p.survey-response {white-space: pre-line;} Too few. It cant all be about drinking or partying. font-size: 0.9em; })(); See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection. margin-top: 0px; overflow-y: auto; But he didnt do it until there was public will and pressure. .inner_percentage.Libertarian { in history from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1998. height: 56px; Cutting the arts to Oaklands high schools is a reason why youre creating a new root cause every day, where you lose your children, right, who dont have anything to do to express themselves, and they start to express themselves in ways that are unhealthy and desperate cries for help. display: inline; display: inline-block; A controller tells you where money is going, they dont tell you how to spend it. We need earmarked funds for Oakland so that people want to invest here. When the deputies arrived, two people on the property said Liu had pointed the gun at them and an infant child in a stroller. How do you stop people from killing each other with ghost guns? According to him, her grandfather was one of the 25 children of Jeff Scott, one of . Los Angeles doesnt deal with that. I believe that we need to build a parallel system thats localized and decentralized at the same time that our current systems economy is decaying. height: 22px; But Seneca Scott, who ran and lost in the mayor's race and has become a crusader for the recount, said it's essential that people on any side of the political spectrum can trust that. margin-right: 12px; There are studies that show the opposite. .rcvrace_header.Democratic { And theyre just going to antagonize the [police chief], the guy we pay to be an expert? Weve lost rule of law. .widget-row { if (typeof $ != 'undefined') { } Union organizer and negotiator. if (typeof $ != 'undefined') { width: 250px; a[aria-expanded=false] .fa-chevron-down { display: none; } You have to let the Department of Violence Prevention show that theyre not wasting the money. I disagree. font-weight: bold; We need to implement Accela. Seneca Scott is a member of the NAACP and was a candidate for mayor who didn't make it past the third round of vote tabulations. Source. In Oakland, heres how you stop it. That transfer here is easy because we can grow food with our weather. Credit: Amir Aziz } Elections in 2023 | OAKLAND, CALIF.Gov.That was the year Gerald Ford was president, Steve Jobs helped found Apple and the original "Rocky" movie was playing in theaters.of 10 during the 6A swimming and diving championship meet at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center at the . margin-top: 0px; .rcvtooltip:hover span { Round 5 In the election, voters were asked to list their top five choices in. OPD didnt respond to a request for more information about the incident before publication of this story. Arts is the fabric of quality of life. display: block; text-align: center; Dear friends and neighbors please help elect Seneca Scott as Oakland's new mayor, Seneca is the strong, tough on crime and lawlessness leader Oakland needs right now. .infobox p { Im not talking about expired tags. We deserve better. And when it was being weaponized against Black developers in West Oakland, who were building affordable housing, until it blew up politically and they had to recuse themselves, all of a sudden, those CEQA violations went away. U.S. President | .results_row td:first-child { $('.showResponses').on('click', () => { Its nice here. }, 100); Also, included, special guest, former Fremont Mayor Bill Harrison. We amplify community voices, share the power of real information, and investigate systems, not just symptoms. Theres got to be some budget reconciliation there. font-style: italic; People travel from states over to come to Oakland sideshows to document it, for Youtube documentaries that get tens of millions of hits. background-color: #003388; In January 2021, Peter Liu, who recently made antisemitic comments in a mass email, was arrested in San Lorenzo by Alameda County sheriffs deputies for allegedly carrying a loaded 9mm pistol. Luxury. background-color: #6db24f; Explaining our support for Seneca Scott. $("#round640055b6cc5e4").val($("#round640055b6cc5e4").children('option').length).change(); If you value what you get from The Oaklandside, please join us with a tax-deductible donation today so we can continue doing the local reporting that matters to you. $('#emessage640055b707964').empty(); He has reported on gun violence for The Guardian, and was an enterprise reporter for the East Bay Express. Check the latest city audit that shows $69 million was spent on housing people, and [the city didnt] track any of that. Neighborhood activist Seneca Scott faces misdemeanor charges after he was arrested in October 2021 for allegedly pulling a gun on two people who were outside a community garden he runs in West. Its showing that people like it. }else{ I would say dark horse, its more apropos. So heres the thing. display:none; $('.showResponses').show(); padding-bottom: 8px; font-style: italic; The city of Oakland, California, held a general election for mayor on November 8, 2022. We did not find any criminal cases involving any other candidates running for mayor this year. The reporters and editors on The Oaklandside are dedicated to sharing the mic, reporting on systems, not symptoms, and providing you with the information you need to be an informed resident of our city. color: white; .votebox-results-metadata { $(".collapse-all").on('click', () => { width: 95% !important; background-color: #dac113; You can play it year-round. Seneca Scott, the cousin of Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife, Coretta Scott King, has slammed the newly unveiled statue of his family members in Boston. Email editor@ballotpedia.org to notify us of updates to this biography. You need to go there and talk to people, clean up the trash, just the trash, not the belongings. All Rights Reserved. [But sometimes] you cant pull people over, so were going to have to use drones, were going to have to use cameras, were going to have to just follow people passively, and then when they park, go and confiscate the vehicle. } . .votebox-results-cell--number { .rcvvotebox-results-cell--check { }else if (this.value > 1){ She survived domestic violence with a newborn then went on to pursue a . .widget-value { margin-bottom: 4px; color: white; As we explained at the start of this series, weve invited nine of the 10 people running to be the next mayor of Oakland to sit down with us for in-depth interviews, asking them mostly the same questions, such as, how many police officers does the Oakland Police Department need? width: 43%; } We want to ask about some statements youve made online, including some that appear to be misinformation. Yeah. } font-weight: bold; Before joining The Oaklandside as News Editor, Darwin BondGraham worked with The Appeal, where he was an investigative reporter covering police and prosecutorial misconduct. position: absolute; font-size: 1.25em; .percentage_number { overflow-y: hidden; What we dont need is doing it in residential neighborhoods when people have guns, shooting them in the air, and then its just a bunch of crazy stuff. If you take Soldier Field over there by the Lake Merritt Lodge, thats a great example. p.survey-question {font-weight:bold;} And there are some other reasons too that I believe are speculative that I wont mention. $('.showResponses').hide(); .results_row td:first-child { I would say, has anyone reported the frequency of dead bodies found in homeless encampments when they abate them? height: 22px; .inner_percentage { Loren Taylor. ), This interview is with Seneca Scott, the founder of the nonprofit Neighbors Together Oakland, co-founder of the entertainment company Oakhella (which recently distanced itself from the candidate), and co-founder of Bottoms Up Community Garden. This is the devastating result of the 2021-2022 budget cuts led by the City Council that froze (essentially cut) 48 positions in response to 911 calls. As mayor, how do you get around that? I use public transportation. } It will actually help other problems like crime and lack of community ownership. Replying to. And thats confusing sometimes because special interestscommercial real estate, or nonprofits, or the labor unionseem to dominate our political discussion, and the neighbors and the local businesses get left out. Nutrition is just as important as the item itself and the nutrition density is significantly increased when you grow food locally. He earned his B.A. $('.hideResponses').show(); background-color: #f9f9f9; width: 35px !important; One of the squatters had a baby in a crib and the rest of the squatters accused me of child endangerment and the Alameda County Sheriff claimed they cant verify me to be owner at the time and told me they have to take someone into jail and theyve decided to take me instead for child endangerment. 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