background-color: #db0000; We should do the same thing with the sideshows. That does harm to both the housed who are expecting the problem to go away and the unhoused people who are in fear of eviction and losing their stuff every single month. Explaining our support for Seneca Scott. Its very important that people have a third space to go that is not work or a place where theyre spending money. display: inline-block; We should renew that investment. overflow-y: hidden; padding-top: 8px; Is that too few or too many? Photo: Courtesy the candidate. Source. Please try again later. border: 1px solid #888; font-weight: 100; To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update. Copyright 2023 KGO-TV. div.oneoff-scrollbox.short { height:250px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } .mw-body #mw-content-text .votebox .race_header h5.votebox-header-election-type { } Which brings me back to Seneca Scott. Many of our neighbors are frightened to leave their own homes after dark. Its [the citys] job to provide services that are not arbitrary and capricious.
. Round 4 background-color:white !important; People are coming from around our state and our geographic region to rob Oaklanders. Are there work plans involved? Learn more. 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. const abcde =JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(x)); .inner_percentage, .inner_percentage.Nonpartisan, .inner_percentage.Independent, .inner_percentage.Constitution, .inner_percentage.unknown { margin-right: 10px; display:none; div.oneoff-scrollbox.short { height:250px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } padding-bottom: 8px; let scrollHeight = jQuery('.results_table_container').get(index).scrollHeight; In recent years there have been several examples of tension between the City Council and city administrator. Thats not our job.. right: 0; var ex_votes = t - abcde[this.value].votes; width: 50%; padding-bottom: 3px; We lost one in West Oakland. max-width: 600px; The amount of footage and stuff I get from neighbors would shock you. The policy makes it illegal to have an encampments 50 feet from parks, residents and business, unless it's attached to a nonprofit or city service. The Alameda County Sheriff still owes me an apology.. background-color: #f9d334; padding-bottom: 0px; They live the lifestyle they want to live. $('.collapse').collapse('show'); We need to attract more soccer. .race_header, .results_text, .results_table_container, .votebox_legend { .inner_percentage.Democratic { Seneca Scott ran for election for Mayor of Oakland in California. $('#selected_round' +s).html("9"); What role should the mayor play in public education issues? width: 100%; } $('#' + this.value + s).show(); He says he'll be tackling issues like homelessness and crime. } This is an unacceptable state of affairs to inflict on our neighbors and businesses. }
float:right; Let me be very clear about that. He denied being transphobic. let item = jQuery('.votebox .indicate_scroll').get(index); a[aria-expanded=true] .fa-chevron-right { display: none; } Seneca Scott. height: 56px; [Scott subsequently deleted the tweet.] @nikki4oakland. display: block; He moved to Oakland in 2012 while working for the labor union SEIU 1021 and lives in the Lower Bottoms neighborhood. .large-date { text-align: center; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600;} Thats all framing. font-weight: 300; Care Court may change that. vertical-align: top; The filing deadline for this election was August 12, 2022. } border-radius: 6px; Far too many Oakland neighbors fear for their safety on a daily basis. I believe that we can change ourselves but the victimhood has got to stop. .rcvvotebox { Reid has raised $211,560 the third-highest sum of any contestant. div.survey-scrollbox { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } That shows that the predators are amongst us because they know that we have low response times with our police, and we have to prioritize violence, so you are able to get away with virtually any nonviolent property crimes right now. font-weight: 200; padding-left: 10px; } a[aria-expanded=false] .fa-chevron-down { display: none; } We dont report on that, though. } I dont think its served us well. Interns wanted: Get paid to help ensure that every voter has unbiased election information. The children are being violent because youve lost them. .votebox-results-metadata-p { I bike. .race_header.green { .percentage_number { Could any elected official tell me why it takes so long? .widget-row.heading { $('.showResponses').show(); People are getting arrested from many different geographic locations, not just in Oakland. One of my best friends has had untraditional housing on the street since Ive known him. 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. p.survey-response {white-space: pre-line;} We need to implement Accela. Loren Taylor. .panel-heading:hover { cursor: pointer;} When you talk about waste, 40-50% of our food ends up in there. She assumed office on January 2, 2023. Im a union man. Are you this candidate? And I love that we now have grants for people to have block parties. } Right now, you cant not have rule of law. color: #888; Thats all marketing. | I chatted with Seneca, who's 42 years old, recently. The forum is presented by the Center for Elders' Independence and LifeLong Medical Care. color:white; There are encampments at every single one of those areas. } margin: 0px 10px; font-size: 16px; font-size: 20px; Arts is the fabric of quality of life. } $('#emessage'+s).empty(); We amplify community voices, share the power of real information, and investigate systems, not just symptoms. jQuery(item).html("Scroll for more "); .inner_percentage.CrossFiled { $(".collapse-all").on('click', () => { position:absolute; Scott, who's the executive director of Neighbors Together Oakland, spoke to ABC7's Jobina Fortson on our digital-only newscast, "ABC7@7" on Friday. We need earmarked funds for Oakland so that people want to invest here. background-color: white; So this is how it needs to work. width: 50px; 63% of Oaklanders are unhappy with city government, Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic. We could not only reclaim lots of properties that arent being used or are being dumped on, but we could also provide a sense of pride and meaningfulness to the community, jobs, and nutritious food. font-weight: 300; }); Apply today! On the other hand, the city administrations staff often feels like the City Council is overstepping or loading up their plate with too much work. .mw-body #mw-content-text th.votebox-results-cell--text { 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. 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. I disagree. margin-top: 16px; }) 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. .widget-row.Independent, .widget-row.Nonpartisan, .widget-row.Constitution { There were no incumbents in this race. I love the WNBA idea [to attract a womens basketball team to Oakland]. Thats something that I would own, to make sure that [OUSDs] $70 million central kitchen is getting used to provide healthy food to Oakland students. When you have an independent office of the controller has a say in how the city is spending money. overflow-x: auto; Please join him for his Mayoral announcement at 11 am on Mon., Feb. 14, 2022, at the Bruce Beasley Sculpture Center (located at 323 Lewis Street. font-size: 0.9em; if (typeof $ != 'undefined') { Check out Bay Area safety tracker, Tracking the drought: Map shows conditions across SF Bay Area, Bay Area Life; Sundays at 6:30 p.m. on ABC7, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf wins re-election. How to run for office | p.survey-response {white-space: pre-line;} How will you work with those areas councilmembers to create more grocery stores with better, healthier options? .widget-key { .results_table { So we need to be honest. How do you stop people from killing each other with ghost guns? We like to take our toys and drive em around real fast, right? Read my statement here. Long Beach doesnt deal with that. float: left; Due to my role as a community organizer, I am besieged by neighbors with horror stories of being violently assaulted and robbed. .votebox-results-cell--check { We have hundreds of tax-abated properties in Oakland. top: 2px; .mw-content-ltr td.votebox-results-cell--text, So were going to do that across the city. @media (max-width:600px) { Weve shown that. 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. I said, Can you just not take their advice and use them and do whats right? He said, I guess., [Editors note: in February the City Council approved using surveillance cameras to catch illegal dumpers, but the program is limited to a few specific areas. } } margin-top: 0px; Often the City Council doesnt feel like the city administrator is enacting the policies and laws theyve approved. width: 50px; }) We waste money in Oakland. Theres no confidence in the government.Twenty percent of those calls go completely unanswered. Are we kidding ourselves now? letter-spacing: 0.03em; Thats important to me. } But theyre arguably more about class at the end of the day. letter-spacing: .04em; Is that an alley-oop for me? Weve crossed that rubicon now. .mw-body #mw-content-text h5.rcvrace_header { } color: #fff; background-color: #6db24f; vertical-align: middle; background-color: #f4f4f4; .contact_office { margin-top: 0.3em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} margin-bottom: .75em; background-color: grey; .race_header.democratic { font-weight: 300; .rcvresults_text { var x = '%7B%223%22%3A%7B%22votes%22%3A30194%7D%2C%222%22%3A%7B%22votes%22%3A30489%7D%2C%221%22%3A%7B%22votes%22%3A30408%7D%7D'; Despite the Silesian Voivodeship's name, most of the historic . We want to ask you about gun violence. U.S. Congress | He referred us to this San Francisco Chronicle story as well as our own coverage of a project in West Oakland.]. .outer_percentage { [Editors note: according to Edsource, The cost of housing in Oakland and the Bay Area is among the highest in the state, and Oaklands salary scale, as of 2020-21, was among the lowest in Alameda County, from $50,600 for new teachers to $95,000 for the highest-paid veterans.] How do you fix that? I will advocate that we do that every single time. Here's how under the radar the race for Oakland mayor has been just two. (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. But that doesn't mean he was inactive. Because its a very common occurrence. We have a need for community centers. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) announced a new bill on Friday to increase funding for Social Security and Medicare and institute a higher standard for making cuts to the entitlement programs, following President Biden's pointed accusations during his annual address before Congress on Tuesday. letter-spacing: 0.03em; width: 90%; His donors include developers, architecture companies, realtors and real estate brokers. Because thats criminal. Right, were going to have to have further pension reform. } My experience on Oct 30, 2021 is one of the reasons I decided to run for mayor and completely integral to our campaigns message. You need to go there and talk to people, clean up the trash, just the trash, not the belongings. Candidate has not provided information. Activist Seneca Scott announces run for Oakland mayor. } You have to start confiscating vehicles. He says residents in the unhoused community cannot be evicted without offers of housing. } I cant get hurt on the campaign trail if I want to win, Ill be laid up in the hospital. They should be ashamed of themselves. } Consequently I received two misdemeanor gun charges. overflow: hidden; $('#selected_round' +s).html("3"); padding-left: 16px; The neighborhood organizer said hell restore rule of law in Oakland and make the city more economically resilient. There are absolutely institutional issues of racism and equity, absolutely. max-width: 600px; } /* Show the tooltip text when you mouse over the tooltip container */ Forston also asked Scott about public safety, and says crime is another major issue in Oakland. But I think that may be excessive considering we have a MACRO program that can help supplement [and] could help pick up a big load off the police officers. .infobox { .widget-row.Green { display: inline; .votebox_legend { } We know that public schools in Oakland are run by the Oakland Unified School District and charter school organizations, but Mayor Libby Schaaf has made education a big component of her tenure, spearheading efforts like Oakland Undivided, Oakland Promise, and the Oakland Teacher Residency Program. } But we need business improvement districts that will support these things. Socialist John Reimann says the. $('.showResponses').hide(); .rcvtooltip:hover span { True, he'd run for City Council two years previously, but lost, and in the intervening period Seneca had very little public visibility. .percentage_number { background-color: #dac113; 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 . } 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. You need to actually have a 30-to-60-day approach. Im in danger. var s = "640055b6cc5e4"; .votebox-results-cell--number { var t = '30408'; Thats why I joined the Oakland Builders Alliance. left: 0; Something went wrong. line-height: 1.5em; } overflow-y: hidden; RELATED: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf wins re-election. 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. Were going to move on to questions about the economy. } color: black; Round 1. Thao ran for election for Mayor of Oakland in California. .votebox-covid-disclaimer { Both the Coliseum and the Arena are huge entertainment hubs for the city. } Small Business Owner. .votebox { Scott faces these charges while campaigning on the need to improve public safety in Oakland. } Scott said today it was in response to someone threatening him with. . We need to finish the job on that. display: table; And I thought that was a bad deal for her because she didnt get it done. .widget-row.Libertarian { top: 2px; margin-top: 1em; If you're on the ABC7 News app, click here to watch live. Its part of our culture. }else{ Can Oakland become a filmmaking hub? Liu immigrated to the United States when he was seven years old. .rcvtooltip span { if (this.value == '3'){ Because as youve seen, people die when [the police] follow people. Experts say they constitute mass surveillance and that typically less than 1% of scans by law enforcement lead to an arrest and conviction. U.S. President | Every other major city in California doesnt deal with that. Encourage candidate to share their information on Voter's Edge. } clear: both; } More than 35% of her contributions are from Oakland. Seneca Scott faces unresolved criminal charges, reported by The Oaklandside, for carrying a concealed gun and exhibiting the weapon in a threatening manner. The root cause is us. Courtney [Oaklands current city auditor] is trying her best and her office is doing their best, and I have a lot of confidence in them, but theyre always 8 or 10 months too late. if(document.getElementsByClassName("reference").length==0) if(document.getElementById('Footnotes')!==null) document.getElementById('Footnotes').parentNode.style.display = 'none'; What's on my ballot? } 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. .rcvrace_header.Libertarian { } margin-right: 12px; Why would you invest in a city that is closed to business when everyone else is not? Its not a business-friendly environment. defer(); See also:City elections in Oakland, California (2020). Round 8 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. It will actually help other problems like crime and lack of community ownership. position: absolute; width: 215px !important; .results_table_container { In Oakland, heres how you stop it. } text-align: left !important; We want to ask about some statements youve made online, including some that appear to be misinformation. As mayor, how do you get around that? Following the arrest, the Alameda County District Attorney filed charges against Scott in December 2021 for carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle and on his person and brandishing the weapon, all misdemeanors. Your donation goes beyond supporting our journalism. .contact_office { font-size: 0.8 em; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} We need a pre-approval process for people who are developing. But to this day the fire department has not determined a cause, and in fact, the second fire was arson unrelated to homeless camps. Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province [3] ( Polish: wojewdztwo lskie [vjvutstf lsk]) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia ( Grny lsk ), with Katowice serving as its capital. All Rights Reserved. Round 5 background-color: #ccc; .widget-row.value-only { As a city we must overcome our monumental crises of violent crime and lawlessness. I can tell you our neighborhood has become significantly safer [due to this event]. text-align: center; I'm Seneca Scott, founder of OakHella Music Festival, Neighbors Together Oakland, and 2022 Oakland Mayoral Candidate. background-color: red; We must be able to rely on our public safety officers to deter crime and enforce the law, so that I and other neighbors do not feel the weight of violence day in and day out. Weve had that average for two years. margin-bottom: 4px; . padding-left: 8px; }); .survey-result {padding:10px;} ), 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. OPD didnt respond to a request for more information about the incident before publication of this story. Her donors include general contractors, non-profit workers, pastors, attorneys, Blue Shield workers and AB&I Foundry workers. So those are the things Im focused on. !" The city of Oakland, California, held a general election for mayor on November 8, 2022. top: -5px; It also helps your family, friends and Oakland neighbors have access to reliable, independent reporting. top: -5px; } That boogeyman, that victimhood mentality, its defeatist. 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