Alameda County is governed by a Board of Supervisors. They meet at the County of Alameda Administration Building in Oakland, at 9 a.m. for closed sessions and 10 a.m. for open session. Their duties are as follows:
- Appoint most County officers and employees, except elected officials
- Provide for the compensation of all County officials and employees
- Create officers, boards, and commissions as needed, appointing the members and fixing the terms of office
- Award all contracts for public works.
- Adopt an annual budget.
- Provide, publish, and enforce a complete code of rules prescribing the duties and the systems of office and management, accounts, and reports for each County department.
- Have an annual audit made of all County accounts, books, and records.
- Supervise the operations of departments and exercise executive and administrative authority throughout County government.
- Serve as appellate body for employee grievances, planning and zoning.
District 1 Scott Haggerty, President
District 2, Gail Steele
District 3, Alice Lai-Bitker, Vice-President
District 4, Nate Miley
District 5, Keith Carson
District office phone numbers:
District 1: (510) 272-6691
District 2: (510) 272-6692
District 3: (510) 272-6693
District 4: (510) 272-6694
District 5: (510) 272-6695
Oakland City Council members and contact information :
Jane Brunner, District 1 (510)238-7001
Patricia Kernighan, District 2 (510) 238-7002
Nancy Nadel, District 3 (510) 238-7002
Jean Quan District 4 (510) 238-7004
Ignacio De La Fuente, District 5 (510) 238-7005
Desley Brooks, District 6 (510) 238-7006
Larry Reid, District 7 (510) 238-7007
Henry Chang, At Large
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Mayor Ron Dellums
(510) 238-3141
Press Officer: Paul Rose, Communications Director, (510) 238-7914
Michael Hunt, Deputy Communications Director, (510) 238-7413
Over the last year, there’s been a long list of praise and criticism for Mayor Dellums. Some particularly polarizing topics are:
Violence: Dellums has been criticized for not doing enough about increasing violence in Oakland. On Sept. 15 he announced a program that will put 25 peace workers on the streets in the most violent areas.
Work Ethic: Dellums has been accused of being a lazy mayor. The Novo Metro blog requested he post his daily calendar online to show what he does with time. Dellums has yet to do so.
Police Force: Dellums was also criticized for saying he doesn’t plan on increasing the number of Oakland police officers, despite the fact that Oakland’s force of nearly 740 officers is roughly half the size of cities of comparable size. See SFGate interview.
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The California State Senator for Oakland is Don Perata, who is Senate President pro Tem.
Contact information:
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 205
Sacramento, CA 95814
District Office
1515 Clay Street, #2202
Oakland, CA 94612
Press Office
State Capitol, Room 500
Sacramento, CA 95814
The Assemblymember is Sandré Swanson.
Contact information:
Capitol Office
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0016
Tel: (916) 319-2016
Fax: (916) 319-2116
District Office
1515 Clay Street
Suite 2204
Oakland, CA 94612
Tel: (510) 286-1670
Fax: (510) 286-1888
Most of Oakland is represented in the US House of Representatives by Barbara Lee, for the 9th District. Pete Stark represents the 13th District, including the Port of Oakland.
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Hillary Clinton campaign block party. Sunday, September 2007, 4:30 to 6:30.
In downtown Oakland by the Federal Building, on Clay St between 12th and 14th.
Thomas J. Orloff is the Alameda County D.A.
His office is at:
1225 Fallon Street, Room 900
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: (510) 272-6222
FAX: (510) 271-5157
Oakland-Piedmont-Emeryville-Berkeley Branch
Oakland Courthouse
661 Washington Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Telephone: (510) 268-7500
FAX: (510) 839-0391
Branch Head: Norbert Chu
OAKLAND – Interim state administrator Vincent Matthews was greeted with a raft of bad news about Oakland schools and open hostility from the standing room crowd Sept. 26 at his first public meeting with the Oakland Unified School District Board of Education.
Markeshia James and Shakora Cowart , elected student directors for the board, presented reports from students at nine Oakland high schools of rats, leaking toilets, no heat or air conditioning , no art classes, not enough books, not enough desks, no principal at one school and no library at another.
“There are rats at every school. It’s a big problem that shouldn’t be taken lightly. We have them on my campus [EXCEL College Prep] as well,” said Cowart after her testimony.
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The Oakland City Council Life Enrichment Committee approved a $72,000 grant Monday for Second Start, an adult literacy program that serves people over age 16 who read below a fourth-grade level.
The money, which now goes to the City Council for final approval, would pay for staff, tutors and support in the computer learning center for the 200 people in the program. (more…)
