(Updated for the week of September 28, 2009)
Mayor Dellums Welcomes Air Asia to the Oakland Airport: This Malaysia-based airline has chosen to brand the Oakland Raiders around the globe on its new Air Asia X aircraft. Mayor Dellums said the Oakland International Airport is quickly becoming the place to be with regards to the airline industry.
Dellums Applauds Local Hire Policy for the City: Mayor Dellums applauded the work of both the resident task forces and the City Council led task force for their work to achieve a policy, which requires the hiring of local residents on city funded projects.
Mayor Dellums Takes Fitness Walk with City Employees: On the day of “Open Enrollment” for city staff, Mayor Dellums promoted health and wellness and urged staff to take advantage of good health options.
Mayor Invites Residents to a Financial Planning Clinic: On Saturday, October 3, between 10am and 4pm at Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza. Mayor Dellums, Loni Hancock, Sandre Swanson and State Controller Chiang offer the opportunity for residents to address specific financial planning questions to professional financial planners.
Mayor Welcomes French Senators to Oakland: The Social Affairs Committee, made up of a delegation of nine French Senators, visited Oakland to discuss healthcare with Mayor Dellums. For decades, the former congressman has been advocating for universal healthcare in this country. In fact, in 1977, then Congressman Dellums introduced the National Health Service Act – a proposal that for two decades represented the most comprehensive and progressive healthcare proposal before Congress.
Mayor's Corner
Updated for the Week of August 24:
Stimulus Funding for Public Safety: With strong advocacy from Mayor Dellums, Oakland received the largest COPS grant award in the nation to fund 41 police officers.
New Police Chief: After an intensive national search, Mayor Dellums announced Anthony Batts as Oakland’s new police chief. As Long Beach’s Police Chief, Batts lowered the crime rate to its lowest levels since 1975 and the rate of officer-involved shootings dropped 70 percent.
Mayor Honored as Solar Champion: Environment California awarded Mayor Dellums and the City of Oakland with a “2009 Solar Champion” award for having one of the highest rankings for solar roofs and solar power installed in the state. According to Environment California, Oakland has more than 642 solar roofs and 7,007 kilowatts installed (or solar capacity). The installation of solar roofs is also an aspect of the Mayor’s Green Job Corps Initiative.
Mayor Welcomes New Youth Program at City Hall: Libre, a project which brought together Latino youth to learn algebra, have fun, and oppose gang warfare, held its summer graduation at City Hall. This remarkable program was created by youth organizer, Raquel Jimenez, and she is working with school district, Mayor’s Office, and Spanish Speaking Citizen’s Foundation to sustain and expand it.
Mayor’s Office Sponsors Back to School Rally in Collaboration with Oakland Natives Give Back, OUSD, Task Forces, Oakland Parks and Rec & Others: On August 23, hundreds of families gathered at City Hall to celebrate returning to school. Nine hundred young people received free books from Scholastic Books, free backpacks, free haircuts, free pizza, inspiring workshops, and messages of support from Gary Payton, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Dwayne Wiggins, Nyeshia Dewitt, and many other notables.
Stimulus Funding for Public Safety: With strong advocacy from Mayor Dellums, Oakland received the largest COPS grant award in the nation to fund 41 police officers.
New Police Chief: After an intensive national search, Mayor Dellums announced Anthony Batts as Oakland’s new police chief. As Long Beach’s Police Chief, Batts lowered the crime rate to its lowest levels since 1975 and the rate of officer-involved shootings dropped 70 percent.
Mayor Honored as Solar Champion: Environment California awarded Mayor Dellums and the City of Oakland with a “2009 Solar Champion” award for having one of the highest rankings for solar roofs and solar power installed in the state. According to Environment California, Oakland has more than 642 solar roofs and 7,007 kilowatts installed (or solar capacity). The installation of solar roofs is also an aspect of the Mayor’s Green Job Corps Initiative.
Mayor Welcomes New Youth Program at City Hall: Libre, a project which brought together Latino youth to learn algebra, have fun, and oppose gang warfare, held its summer graduation at City Hall. This remarkable program was created by youth organizer, Raquel Jimenez, and she is working with school district, Mayor’s Office, and Spanish Speaking Citizen’s Foundation to sustain and expand it.
Mayor’s Office Sponsors Back to School Rally in Collaboration with Oakland Natives Give Back, OUSD, Task Forces, Oakland Parks and Rec & Others: On August 23, hundreds of families gathered at City Hall to celebrate returning to school. Nine hundred young people received free books from Scholastic Books, free backpacks, free haircuts, free pizza, inspiring workshops, and messages of support from Gary Payton, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Dwayne Wiggins, Nyeshia Dewitt, and many other notables.
BART Strike
MAYOR RON DELLUMS: "It is our sincere hope that these negotiations get resolved in a timely matter, because many Oakland residents and employees depend on Bay Area Rapid Transit on a daily basis. These actions could have a tremendous impact on our business community at a time they should have our full support. Next week will be a challenge, but I encourage every Oakland resident and commuter to remain vigilant through this process, by visiting www.511.org for more information, carpooling when appropriate, and utilizing AC Transit and our Alameda/Oakland Ferry system.”
Oakland Specific Details:
• There will be no disruption to Art and Soul traffic this weekend, as the strike will take affect on Monday at midnight.
• The West Grand Avenue on-ramp to the Bay Bridge in Oakland will be limited to buses, commercial trucks, carpool vehicles, and FasTrak users during the weekday commute hours of 5 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 7 p.m. BART shuttle hours are 5 to 9pm and 3 to 8 p.m. and will only run towards commuter direction. Other vehicles headed for the Bay Bridge will be detoured to either the I-880 on-ramp on Union Street near 7th Street or the I-980/580 on-ramp on Northgate Avenue.
• BART will begin chartering buses on Monday, August 17 from four East Bay stations to San Francisco in the morning and reverse the operation in the afternoon. Although riders will be transferred to another bus in West Oakland, the majority of the boarding passes will be sold at the four East Bay stations in the morning. The boarding location in San Francisco is the intersection of Fremont and Folsom streets; the four East Bay BART stations will be Fremont, Dublin/Pleasanton, Walnut Creek, and El Cerrito del Norte.
• The Oakland Airport will suspend AirBART operations.
Oakland Specific Details:
• There will be no disruption to Art and Soul traffic this weekend, as the strike will take affect on Monday at midnight.
• The West Grand Avenue on-ramp to the Bay Bridge in Oakland will be limited to buses, commercial trucks, carpool vehicles, and FasTrak users during the weekday commute hours of 5 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 7 p.m. BART shuttle hours are 5 to 9pm and 3 to 8 p.m. and will only run towards commuter direction. Other vehicles headed for the Bay Bridge will be detoured to either the I-880 on-ramp on Union Street near 7th Street or the I-980/580 on-ramp on Northgate Avenue.
• BART will begin chartering buses on Monday, August 17 from four East Bay stations to San Francisco in the morning and reverse the operation in the afternoon. Although riders will be transferred to another bus in West Oakland, the majority of the boarding passes will be sold at the four East Bay stations in the morning. The boarding location in San Francisco is the intersection of Fremont and Folsom streets; the four East Bay BART stations will be Fremont, Dublin/Pleasanton, Walnut Creek, and El Cerrito del Norte.
• The Oakland Airport will suspend AirBART operations.
Information on Missing Five Year Old Child
On August 10, a five year old child, Hassani Campbell, was reported missing from the area of 6000 College Avenue.
Campbell was last seen wearing a grey sweatshirt and grey pants and had difficulty walking. Campbell is disabled with leg braces and suffers from cerebral palsy.
If you have any information about the whereabouts of Campbell, call the Oakland Police Department immediately.
Oakland Police Department – Special Victims Section
510-238-3641
Please follow the link below for more information: http://www.mayorrondellums.org/storage/pdf/081009_campbell.pdf
Campbell was last seen wearing a grey sweatshirt and grey pants and had difficulty walking. Campbell is disabled with leg braces and suffers from cerebral palsy.
If you have any information about the whereabouts of Campbell, call the Oakland Police Department immediately.
Oakland Police Department – Special Victims Section
510-238-3641
Please follow the link below for more information: http://www.mayorrondellums.org/storage/pdf/081009_campbell.pdf
Letter From Mayor Dellums Regarding COPS Funding
August 5, 2009
Dear Oakland workers, residents, and partners:
I have the great privilege to notify you about the City’s recent receipt of $19.747 million from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This grant award will fund 41 police officers for the next three years and constitutes the largest grant award given in the nation. It has been my great honor to serve as Oakland’s champion to the White House and federal agency officials in articulating our collective efforts to reduce crime through holistic and comprehensive public safety strategies. Oakland’s community policing model is a key centerpiece of our approach.
I want to take this opportunity to thank the hard-working City staff who worked tirelessly on the COPS grant application and follow-up efforts. Gilbert Garcia and Candice Jessie from the Oakland Police Department worked under the supervision of Acting Chief Howard Jordan to put together a stellar application. Margaretta Lin from my office worked under the supervision of City Administrator Dan Lindheim to write a proposal narrative that connected our community policing model with our other model city initiatives. Many thanks to the private foundation funders who are funding her work for the City as part of our Office of Public Private Partnership’s efforts. The City’s successful stimulus efforts result from the public private partnerships that we have developed over time. We greatly appreciate the collaboration with the City Council and their staff on the City’s stimulus efforts. In particular, Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan was very helpful in volunteering to collect community support letters for the City’s application.
Some noteworthy data points about the City’s COPS grant include the following:
· The City of Oakland’s grant of $19,747,117 was the largest awarded in the nation. Other cities that received large awards include San Francisco ($16,562,750) and Los Angeles ($16,285,650). California has 109 applications awarded.
· The grant scoring was based upon three factors: fiscal health, crime statistics, and community policing model. The City received a score of 100% on our grant application.
· The Department of Justice received 7,272 applications from law enforcement agencies requesting $8.3 billion to fund more than 39,000 officer positions. With $1 billion available, the Department funded 1,046 applications that will pay for 4,699 officers. They anticipated funding 24% of applications from large cities, the category that Oakland falls under.
· In light of the oversubscription for the COPS program, the Department of Justice decided to place a funding cap for the jurisdictions selected for an award which capped all funded agencies at no more than 5% of their current actual sworn force strength as reported in their application, up to a maximum of 50 officers. Oakland’s sworn workforce at the time of our COPS’ application was 814 officers, which gave us a funding cap of 41 officers.
The COPS grant will help us continue the effective public safety pathway that my administration has charted—investing in prevention, intervention, and enforcement strategies. When I took office in January 2007, I made a commitment to the Oakland community to prioritize public safety needs. Compared to this time last year, there has been a 15% reduction in part one crimes (violent and property crimes), and a 23% reduction in homicides. Along with the geographic realignment of police staffing, the development of problem-solving officers, and connecting OPD staff to prevention and intervention community outreach workers, having sufficient OPD officers has been key to our crime reduction efforts. While the COPS award is insufficient by itself to meet the City’s police staffing needs, I remain committed to working with you, the federal government, and other partners to achieve additional resources. I have been advocating with the White House and through the U.S. Conference of Mayors for additional funds to be allocated this fiscal year for the COPS program. Given the national need, the shovel-readiness of funding officers from an employment perspective, and the direct connections between public safety and economic revitalization, I believe that such action makes eminent sense for the nation’s economic recovery priorities.
I am greatly heartened by the City’s success with the COPS grant and hopeful that through our dedicated partnership efforts we will be celebrating many more successes to come.
Sincerely,
Ronald V. Dellums
Mayor
Dear Oakland workers, residents, and partners:
I have the great privilege to notify you about the City’s recent receipt of $19.747 million from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This grant award will fund 41 police officers for the next three years and constitutes the largest grant award given in the nation. It has been my great honor to serve as Oakland’s champion to the White House and federal agency officials in articulating our collective efforts to reduce crime through holistic and comprehensive public safety strategies. Oakland’s community policing model is a key centerpiece of our approach.
I want to take this opportunity to thank the hard-working City staff who worked tirelessly on the COPS grant application and follow-up efforts. Gilbert Garcia and Candice Jessie from the Oakland Police Department worked under the supervision of Acting Chief Howard Jordan to put together a stellar application. Margaretta Lin from my office worked under the supervision of City Administrator Dan Lindheim to write a proposal narrative that connected our community policing model with our other model city initiatives. Many thanks to the private foundation funders who are funding her work for the City as part of our Office of Public Private Partnership’s efforts. The City’s successful stimulus efforts result from the public private partnerships that we have developed over time. We greatly appreciate the collaboration with the City Council and their staff on the City’s stimulus efforts. In particular, Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan was very helpful in volunteering to collect community support letters for the City’s application.
Some noteworthy data points about the City’s COPS grant include the following:
· The City of Oakland’s grant of $19,747,117 was the largest awarded in the nation. Other cities that received large awards include San Francisco ($16,562,750) and Los Angeles ($16,285,650). California has 109 applications awarded.
· The grant scoring was based upon three factors: fiscal health, crime statistics, and community policing model. The City received a score of 100% on our grant application.
· The Department of Justice received 7,272 applications from law enforcement agencies requesting $8.3 billion to fund more than 39,000 officer positions. With $1 billion available, the Department funded 1,046 applications that will pay for 4,699 officers. They anticipated funding 24% of applications from large cities, the category that Oakland falls under.
· In light of the oversubscription for the COPS program, the Department of Justice decided to place a funding cap for the jurisdictions selected for an award which capped all funded agencies at no more than 5% of their current actual sworn force strength as reported in their application, up to a maximum of 50 officers. Oakland’s sworn workforce at the time of our COPS’ application was 814 officers, which gave us a funding cap of 41 officers.
The COPS grant will help us continue the effective public safety pathway that my administration has charted—investing in prevention, intervention, and enforcement strategies. When I took office in January 2007, I made a commitment to the Oakland community to prioritize public safety needs. Compared to this time last year, there has been a 15% reduction in part one crimes (violent and property crimes), and a 23% reduction in homicides. Along with the geographic realignment of police staffing, the development of problem-solving officers, and connecting OPD staff to prevention and intervention community outreach workers, having sufficient OPD officers has been key to our crime reduction efforts. While the COPS award is insufficient by itself to meet the City’s police staffing needs, I remain committed to working with you, the federal government, and other partners to achieve additional resources. I have been advocating with the White House and through the U.S. Conference of Mayors for additional funds to be allocated this fiscal year for the COPS program. Given the national need, the shovel-readiness of funding officers from an employment perspective, and the direct connections between public safety and economic revitalization, I believe that such action makes eminent sense for the nation’s economic recovery priorities.
I am greatly heartened by the City’s success with the COPS grant and hopeful that through our dedicated partnership efforts we will be celebrating many more successes to come.
Sincerely,
Ronald V. Dellums
Mayor
Press Release: Bank on Oakland
News from
Mayor Ron Dellums
PRESS RELEASE
July 29, 2009
Contact:
Stacy Towles
Bank on Oakland Program Coordinator
510-238-2428
BANK ON OAKLAND TEAMS UP WITH EDEN I&R’s 2-1-1 PHONE LINE TO PROVIDE BANK SERVICES
OAKLAND – By simply dialing 2-1-1, Alameda County residents can quickly obtain information about Bank on Oakland, a program that aims to help an initial 8,000 unbanked city residents open low-cost or no-cost bank accounts as a means toward asset building and financial independence.
Eden I&R, which operates 2-1-1 in Alameda County, and Mayor Ronald V. Dellums today announced that 2-1-1 will serve as the primary phone number for residents seeking information about Bank on
Oakland.
Bank on Oakland is led locally by Mayor Dellums, United Way of the Bay Area, and a volunteer coalition of local financial institutions, community-based organizations, and other interested partners. Bank on Oakland is part of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s larger Bank on California effort to bank 100,000 Californians over two years. During the next few months, the coalition will use targeted advertising and consumer education in multiple languages to promote low- or no-fee bank accounts.
“Bank on Oakland encourages unbanked residents to open bank accounts, by making banking options more accessible,” said Mayor Dellums. “By partnering with Eden I&R’s 2-1-1, we’re enabling Alameda County residents to obtain current information about participating banks and free financial training, in
over 150 different languages with one call to 2-1-1.”
“Thousands of low income Oakland residents call 2-1-1 every month seeking a variety of services,” said Barbara Bernstein, Executive Director of Eden I&R. “Public-private partnerships like the Bank On Oakland provide additional, critical services for people who are putting themselves at personal and financial risk by not having a bank account. By calling 2-1-1 and finding out about the closest participating bank, an individual no longer needs to carry around unnecessary cash nor pay fees to have
their checks cashed.”
For a list and locations of participating financial institutions call 2-1-1 or visit
www.BankOnOakland.ca.gov. You can also call 2-1-1 if you would like to partner with Bank on Oakland to educate your community about their banking options.
About Bank on Oakland
Bank on Oakland aims to make mainstream banking products and services more accessible to the 30,000 estimated Oakland households who currently have no checking or savings accounts. Everyone is welcome to open accounts at bank branches in Oakland, and then make transactions elsewhere. Without access to banking services, people are forced to rely on high-cost check cashers, paying hundreds of dollars each year in fees just to cash checks and pay bills. Bank on Oakland brings together 12 banks and credit unions
to offer low- or no-cost accounts and financial training to unbanked residents. The 12 participating banks and credit unions are: Bank of America, Bank of the West, Citibank, Chase, Oakland Municipal Credit Union, OneCalifornia Bank, Patelco Credit Union, People’s Federal Credit Union, United Commercial
Bank, Union Bank, Wachovia, and Wells Fargo.
About 2-1-1
2-1-1, a service of Eden I&R in Alameda County, is an easy-to-remember, three-digit phone number that connects people in need with health and human services. This free, confidential, 24-hour multilingual information line also serves as a vital link for individuals seeking to volunteer, provide resources and
assist during times of crisis.
About Bank on California
Bank on California is the Governor’s statewide initiative that brings together a local collaboration charged with giving unbanked households access to mainstream financial products and services, where they can begin saving, build a credit history, gain access to lower-cost sources of credit, and invest for their future.
Bank on California, modeled after Bank on San Francisco, is operating in five cities: Fresno, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose. Sacramento is planning to launch in late summer.
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Mayor Ron Dellums
PRESS RELEASE
July 29, 2009
Contact:
Stacy Towles
Bank on Oakland Program Coordinator
510-238-2428
BANK ON OAKLAND TEAMS UP WITH EDEN I&R’s 2-1-1 PHONE LINE TO PROVIDE BANK SERVICES
OAKLAND – By simply dialing 2-1-1, Alameda County residents can quickly obtain information about Bank on Oakland, a program that aims to help an initial 8,000 unbanked city residents open low-cost or no-cost bank accounts as a means toward asset building and financial independence.
Eden I&R, which operates 2-1-1 in Alameda County, and Mayor Ronald V. Dellums today announced that 2-1-1 will serve as the primary phone number for residents seeking information about Bank on
Oakland.
Bank on Oakland is led locally by Mayor Dellums, United Way of the Bay Area, and a volunteer coalition of local financial institutions, community-based organizations, and other interested partners. Bank on Oakland is part of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s larger Bank on California effort to bank 100,000 Californians over two years. During the next few months, the coalition will use targeted advertising and consumer education in multiple languages to promote low- or no-fee bank accounts.
“Bank on Oakland encourages unbanked residents to open bank accounts, by making banking options more accessible,” said Mayor Dellums. “By partnering with Eden I&R’s 2-1-1, we’re enabling Alameda County residents to obtain current information about participating banks and free financial training, in
over 150 different languages with one call to 2-1-1.”
“Thousands of low income Oakland residents call 2-1-1 every month seeking a variety of services,” said Barbara Bernstein, Executive Director of Eden I&R. “Public-private partnerships like the Bank On Oakland provide additional, critical services for people who are putting themselves at personal and financial risk by not having a bank account. By calling 2-1-1 and finding out about the closest participating bank, an individual no longer needs to carry around unnecessary cash nor pay fees to have
their checks cashed.”
For a list and locations of participating financial institutions call 2-1-1 or visit
www.BankOnOakland.ca.gov. You can also call 2-1-1 if you would like to partner with Bank on Oakland to educate your community about their banking options.
About Bank on Oakland
Bank on Oakland aims to make mainstream banking products and services more accessible to the 30,000 estimated Oakland households who currently have no checking or savings accounts. Everyone is welcome to open accounts at bank branches in Oakland, and then make transactions elsewhere. Without access to banking services, people are forced to rely on high-cost check cashers, paying hundreds of dollars each year in fees just to cash checks and pay bills. Bank on Oakland brings together 12 banks and credit unions
to offer low- or no-cost accounts and financial training to unbanked residents. The 12 participating banks and credit unions are: Bank of America, Bank of the West, Citibank, Chase, Oakland Municipal Credit Union, OneCalifornia Bank, Patelco Credit Union, People’s Federal Credit Union, United Commercial
Bank, Union Bank, Wachovia, and Wells Fargo.
About 2-1-1
2-1-1, a service of Eden I&R in Alameda County, is an easy-to-remember, three-digit phone number that connects people in need with health and human services. This free, confidential, 24-hour multilingual information line also serves as a vital link for individuals seeking to volunteer, provide resources and
assist during times of crisis.
About Bank on California
Bank on California is the Governor’s statewide initiative that brings together a local collaboration charged with giving unbanked households access to mainstream financial products and services, where they can begin saving, build a credit history, gain access to lower-cost sources of credit, and invest for their future.
Bank on California, modeled after Bank on San Francisco, is operating in five cities: Fresno, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose. Sacramento is planning to launch in late summer.
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Oakland receives largest COPS grant
Oakland is getting more of the funding than any other city in California and will receive $19.7 million over the next three years to fund 41 police officer positions.
From: KTVU
From: KTVU
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