. background-color: red; $("#round640055b707964").change(function(){ .large-date { text-align: center; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600;} | 63% of Oaklanders are unhappy with city government | | Get tickets to Culture Makers, {{#label}}{{label}}: {{/label}}{{message}}. display: inline-block; You need to actually have a 30-to-60-day approach. height: 100%; Round 1. $('#emessage'+s).empty(); Oakland mayoral candidate Seneca Scott was arrested last year near a community garden he co-founded in West Oakland for allegedly brandishing a firearm at two people, according to police. And theyre just going to antagonize the [police chief], the guy we pay to be an expert? .votebox-results-cell--check { Thank you for supporting The Oaklandside and being a part of our community. Please try again later. padding-top: 3px; z-index:1; Its tantamount to union extortion at this point. font-weight: 300; Seneca Scott is the founder and CEO of Bay Area Nonprofit, Neighbors Together Oakland and is currently a candidate for Oakland Mayor. Oakland spends a few million dollars a year on arts and culture through the city budget. So heres the thing. margin-bottom:0px; color: #888; Do you guys know what Accela is? But we need these places. Interns wanted: Get paid to help ensure that every voter has unbiased election information. } After a fire on Wood Street, you tweeted that you were told the FBI had discovered 10 dead bodies in cars at the camp, a number that law enforcement has discredited. opacity:1 !important; 3 talking about this. I cant stand LAPD for that. [Editors note: we asked Scott to email us studies showing the effectiveness of license plate readers in stopping crime, and well post them here if he responds.]. Its your job to stop the illegal dumpers, drug dealers, and sex traffickers from preying on us. Scott says Oakland has an encampment management policy that was previously passed meant to balance the interest of the housed and unhoused community. Care Court may change that. Make sure people can compete. G-1, Oakland, CA 94612 TEL (510) 272-6973 FAX (510) 272-6982 TDD (510) 208-4967 } I would say dark horse, its more apropos. Its proof of concept that these things bring neighbors together in ways that matter. display: inline-block; .rcvvotebox, h5.rcvrace_header, .rcvresults_text, .rcvresults_table_container, .rcvvotebox_legend { clear: both; width: 35px !important; } /* Show the tooltip text when you mouse over the tooltip container */ I think that is a better solution. 18. His formal announcement will be made this Monday. Weve crossed that rubicon now. Right? Beasley, who set down roots in The Lower Bottoms 60 years ago, creates massive, abstract metallic sculptures of majesty and soaring dignity; it was, I thought, a fitting location for . Second choice: Loren Taylor. } font-weight: 300; a[aria-expanded=true] .fa-chevron-right { display: none; } padding-bottom: 0px; $("#round640055b707964").val($("#round640055b707964").children('option').length).change(); Reid has raised $211,560 the third-highest sum of any contestant. Encourage candidate to share their information on Voter's Edge. Its nice here. .infobox p { How would they help the City Council and the city administration work together better? Seneca Scott faces unresolved criminal charges, reported by The Oaklandside, for carrying a concealed gun and exhibiting the weapon in a threatening manner. | 63% of Oaklanders are unhappy with city government | | Get tickets to Culture Makers, {{#label}}{{label}}: {{/label}}{{message}}. The garden. Well continue to report on this issue and will update this story if we learn more. Seneca Scott for Oakland City Council District 3 | Oakland CA Weve lost rule of law. I cant get hurt on the campaign trail if I want to win, Ill be laid up in the hospital. margin-bottom: 1px; .widget-row.value-only { When contacted by The Oaklandside today, Scott provided the following written statement: Early evening on October 30, 2021, just hours after one of my immediate neighbors was shot in the face in his home while holding his infant, and still processing those emotions, I had received a report that two men were inside our community garden attempting to steal our water heater. Most observers have current District 6 City Councilmember Loren Taylor and Thao as the leading candidates in the mayor's race. padding:7px 8px 8px; Often the City Council doesnt feel like the city administrator is enacting the policies and laws theyve approved. More than 35% of her contributions are from Oakland. } 1 hr 8 min; NOV 1, 2022; Loren Taylor: Oakland mayoral multitasker Loren Taylor: Oakland mayoral multitasker. $('#emessage640055b707964').html(' Total : ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString()); Replying to. The Roots are outgrowing themselves quickly. Click here to contact our editorial staff, and click here to report an error. color: #0645ad; I would challenge that. .inner_percentage { }); display: table; Look at East Oakland and Coach Drew. Its just quite a conundrum weve got ourselves into here. let scrollHeight = jQuery('.results_table_container').get(index).scrollHeight; Taylor, elected four years ago, represents much of . Its low vibrations. I was heavily involved with helping him, introducing him to the neighborhood, making sure he could put up surveillancethink about it, thats what we did, we surveilled peopleand we used that data to make the case that people were driving at excessive speeds through residential neighborhoods, and we got traffic calming measures to 8th Street. .expand-all:hover, .collapse-all:hover {cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;} $('#selected_round' +s).html("9"); } left: 0px; We need to attract more soccer. Sign up for The Oaklandsides free daily newsletter. background-color: #f9d334; What are you going to do as mayor if the next council passes a budget that pulls another $18 million out of OPD to fund non-police violent prevention programs? padding-bottom: 5px; I think that would remove a great deal of confusion and a lack of accountability thats not just cultural but systemic because of that structure, which is terribly confusing and unique to Oakland. The deputies arrested Liu and booked him into jail. Its not ok. And we deserve better, an ability to walk and bike across our streets. }); It was due to a lack of traffic-calming measures as well as a lack of community support because we had options in Emeryville. One of my best friends has had untraditional housing on the street since Ive known him. margin-top: 0px; All types of housing. I would say, has anyone reported the frequency of dead bodies found in homeless encampments when they abate them? } Especially if you look at the wealth disparity. A donation to The Oaklandside goes beyond the newsroom. People are getting arrested from many different geographic locations, not just in Oakland. width: 250px; Market rate. Its bringing neighbors together and increasing community safety. Theyve been edited for length and clarity, with added fact-checking from us in some places. The neighborhood organizer said hell restore rule of law in Oakland and make the city more economically resilient. background-color: #f4f4f4; Seneca likes to say that all of his endeavors serve the same purpose, helping to bring Oakland Neighbors closer together. You want public schools to be reimagined or repurposed. display: block; display: inline-block; Are you this candidate? He also said he is not dropping out of the mayor's race. Were going to move on to questions about the economy. Many of our neighbors are frightened to leave their own homes after dark. $('#' + this.value + s).show(); jQuery( ".votebox" ).each(function( index ) { No one wants to do a study on this and I dont have any numbers to back it up, but I can show you lots of pictures, lots of videos, and my own personal experiences that you guys have reported on that I can speak of were white males. As a city we must overcome our monumental crises of violent crime and lawlessness. Consequently I received two misdemeanor gun charges. 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. .rcvrace_header.Green { $(window).unload(function(){$("#round640055b707964").val($("#round640055b707964").children('option').length).change(); The issue is, are you a good neighbor, or are you not? $('.hideResponses').on('click', () => { We deserve better. Check the latest city audit that shows $69 million was spent on housing people, and [the city didnt] track any of that. width: 100%; .widget-key { .rcvresults_text { .image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper { .results_table { } If you go back to that report, the footage of people shooting up vehicles with assault rifles and setting them on fire, my neighbors sent me that. ul.key-messages {list-style-type: none; margin-left:10px; } text-align: left; var s = "640055b6cc5e4"; } You need to go there and talk to people, clean up the trash, just the trash, not the belongings. overflow-x: scroll; Official website. Right? .race_footer { display: inline-block; In 2020, Seneca ran for City Council to bring a voice to his neighbors that he felt was being ignored. A political nonconformist, Scott is attracting attention in a race dominated by radical progressives and old-school Democrats. The fact that weve given people passes on that is not only contemptuous of the unhoused but also the housed. So right in there, theres no political delineation of power because if the mayor has an agenda and that agenda is opposed by the majority of the City Council, then they can thwart the mayors agenda. margin-bottom: 4px; The charges are still pending, and Scott is scheduled to appear in court in November. ", You can watch the full interview in the video player above, Jupiter and Venus appear to 'kiss' in the sky, FL Gov. } .non_result_row { I actually have plans. padding-top: 8px; .race_header.democratic { color: #6db24f; Learn more. People keep acting like morale doesnt matter for some reason. And right now, unless those policies are supported by a majority of the City Council, the answer is no. 50:59. It essentially created a two-tier workforce. color: black; Oakland mayoral candidate Seneca Scott was arrested last year near a community garden he co-founded in West Oakland for allegedly brandishing a firearm at two people, according to police records. } The Oaklandside was unable to independently verify Scotts statement that someone brandished a knife at him or that property was stolen from the garden. } 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. Apply today! Theyre not mutually exclusive. $('#emessage640055b6cc5e4').html(' through round ' + this.value + ': ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString());
.rcv_select { margin-bottom: 0px; .race_header.libertarian { My experience on Oct 30, 2021 is one of the reasons I decided to run for mayor and completely integral to our campaigns message. .rcvvotebox { 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. $('.hideResponses').hide(); We developed these questions with help from hundreds of Oakland residents who answered our election survey this summer; thank you to everyone who weighed in. font-weight: 200; We waste money in Oakland. .votebox-results-metadata { top: 2px; Seneca Scott, Oakhella & Bottoms-Up Community Garden Loren Taylor, Oakland City Council, District 6 Sheng Thao, Oakland City Council District 4 All qualified candidates at the close of the City of Oakland filing deadline on August 12 will be invited to participate. Because some would argue that since the police department consumes more than 40% of the citys general fund, theres not enough money left over for root-cause programs. top: -120px; 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. width: 100%; If so, what concrete steps would you take to do that? left: 0px; 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. He also says there needs to be a focus on drug access and addiction within Oakland's unhoused community. } Would expanding affordable housing in Oakland be a goal of yours? The public. }) .votebox-results-metadata { (And note that we made the decision not to interview candidate Peter Liu so as not to provide another platform for his dangerous and hateful rhetoric. In phase one, we send the Urban Compassion Project and other light-hearted organizations that arent going to waste money and know how to account for it, who have a work plan and accountability structures with the city with the money were paying them. .votebox { The ranked-choice voting election was won by Sheng Thao in round 9 . Co-founder of OAKHELLA and 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. His donors include developers, architecture companies, realtors and real estate brokers. Were going to have to do that again. 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. .inner_percentage.Democratic { } width: 215px !important; So were going to do that across the city. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022. Union organizer and negotiator. You want to stop it? $('.collapse').collapse('hide'); Were gonna ask you a few questions about public safety, including from our readers. .contact_entity {font-size: 1.5em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} .image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper .image-candidate-thumbnail { Were going to have to figure out how to be resilient as a community in how we utilize our port, which I believe is another underutilized asset, to help enrich all of Oakland, to figure out what we can start to produce here. border-radius: 50%; } if (l > 1){ This is just not an honest conversation [happening currently] about the nuances of homelessness, about the new face of homelessness, [the] 24% growth during an eviction moratorium [from 2019 to 2022], that suggests that now youre importing people. width: 100% } height: 50px; . Here is an edited version of our conversation. 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