Oakland a Success Story for Kids First? Not Exactly.

After voters passed Oakland’s version of Kids First, they had buyers’ remorse when they discovered that it was draining the General Fund. So they passed Measure D in 2009 to reverse the drain of money. Measure D amended City of Oakland Kids First!, Measure OO by...

More on Oakland’s Bad Experience with Kids First

http://www.eastbaytimes.com/oaklandtribune/ci_11306565: “Mayor Ron Dellums released a budget report this week projecting a general fund deficit of $50 million for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and $58 million the year after that. The bleak projections...

Save Point Molate from the RPA

Recent articles in the SF Chronicle by David Helvarg(“Don’t gamble with Point Molate” and “Build Waterfront Park, Not Homes, at Point Molate”) both copied at the end of this email, are gross misrepresentations of reality and are part of a recent frenzy to...