Oakland’s Virtual Inauguration Of New City Councilmembers, Comes At Hardest Time In Our History
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Oakland’s Virtual Inauguration Of New City Councilmembers, Attorney, School Board Comes At Hardest Time In Our History. Now former Oakland City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente had a saying when he would preside over meetings. Sometimes he used it when things didn’t go well for a constituent. Other times he used it to show compassion for a person. And other times he used it to show the City was able to help someone. It was a simple three word sentence: “Welcome to Oakland.” Today, we find our city to be in the worst shape ever. Sure, every other city is suffering because of the combination of The Pandemic and the decisions made in dealing with it. Indeed, closing businesses without compensation will wind up in a giant check government owes residents. And Oakland has set policies that have not met the moment of the Pandemic. Our economic response has been to form plans and not to take immediate action to get money to people and businesses. Now, you come in after a disaster that hit during an even year, an election year. In the past, the Oakland Hills Fire and The Loma Pireta Earthquake occurred in 1991 and 1989, respectively. This is different. Those disasters impacted parts of Oakland. In the case of the fire, it caused Oaklanders who never had to deal with City Hall to become so upset with it that Bob Klein, the Owner of Oliveto Market Hall, to talk of starting a new town in the middle of Oakland, called Tuscany. Fortunately, the City got its act together, so that never got going. Today, as you are sworn in, in San Francisco, iconic business owners are gathering to protest government policies that have harmed them. If you come in and play business as usual, what could happen to you is unthinkable. So you have a giant job ahead of you that calls for you all to be eight as one. No factions. You have to meet the moment. People need your help. They expect you to deliver. They don’t expect you to cut services. They expect you to find or make money to pay for services. Indeed, SB 628 Bealle, the “son of redevelopment” legislation that was signed into law September of 2015 by then Governor Jerry Brown, allows the creation of tax increment financing zones to raise money for affordable housing (read the bill carefully). Don’t be part of a system that always says no we can’t do something. Think out of the box. Be bold. Be daring. Be big. But most of all be together, because that’s that only way we’re going to get through this. Welcome to Oakland. Stay tuned.
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Oakland’s Virtual Inauguration Of New City Councilmembers, Attorney, School Board Comes At Hardest Time In Our History. Now former Oakland City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente had a saying when he would preside over meetings. Sometimes he used it when things didn’t go well for a constituent. Other times he used it to show compassion for a person. And other times he used it to show the City was able to help someone. It was a simple three word sentence: “Welcome to Oakland.” Today, we find our city to be in the worst shape ever. Sure, every other city is suffering because of the combination of The Pandemic and the decisions made in dealing with it. Indeed, closing businesses without compensation will wind up in a giant check government owes residents. And Oakland has set policies that have not met the moment of the Pandemic. Our economic response has been to form plans and not to take immediate action to get money to people and businesses. Now, you come in after a disaster that hit during an even year, an election year. In the past, the Oakland Hills Fire and The Loma Pireta Earthquake occurred in 1991 and 1989, respectively. This is different. Those disasters impacted parts of Oakland. In the case of the fire, it caused Oaklanders who never had to deal with City Hall to become so upset with it that Bob Klein, the Owner of Oliveto Market Hall, to talk of starting a new town in the middle of Oakland, called Tuscany. Fortunately, the City got its act together, so that never got going. Today, as you are sworn in, in San Francisco, iconic business owners are gathering to protest government policies that have harmed them. If you come in and play business as usual, what could happen to you is unthinkable. So you have a giant job ahead of you that calls for you all to be eight as one. No factions. You have to meet the moment. People need your help. They expect you to deliver. They don’t expect you to cut services. They expect you to find or make money to pay for services. Indeed, SB 628 Bealle, the “son of redevelopment” legislation that was signed into law September of 2015 by then Governor Jerry Brown, allows the creation of tax increment financing zones to raise money for affordable housing (read the bill carefully). Don’t be part of a system that always says no we can’t do something. Think out of the box. Be bold. Be daring. Be big. But most of all be together, because that’s that only way we’re going to get through this. Welcome to Oakland. Stay tuned.
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