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Tag Archives: Jean Quan
Chinese Developer to Relaunch Oakland Waterfront Project
BCN — Funding from a Chinese real estate developer and investor will finally kickstart a long-stalled $1.5 billion development project on a 65-acre waterfront property south of Jack London Square in Oakland, Mayor Jean Quan said Wednesday. The Signature Development Group, … Continue reading
Rainwater Might Have Damaged Flawed Bay Bridge Bolts
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The bolts snap, the plot thickens. California Transportation Department officials at a meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission on Wednesday said that faulty bolts being used in the construction of a new span of the Bay Bridge might have been … Continue reading
Residents Gloomier in Oakland than San Francisco, San Jose
Bummed out by rising crime, Oakland residents are turning their thumbs down on their city's prospects, according to a new opinion poll. Sixty-five percent say the town is headed in the wrong direction, compared to only 22 percent with the … Continue reading
Jean Quan Takes 'Full Responsibility' For Incorrect 100-Blocks Data, Defends Strategy
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Here's Jean Quan's statement today acknowledging that the 100-blocks crime plan she repeatedly touted as reducing violent crime was based on incorrect data. Quan says: I was given incorrect data last year regarding areas with a high concentration of homicides … Continue reading
Oakland Official Disavows 100-Block Crime Numbers
Oakland officials are acknowledging that Mayor Jean Quan’s "one-hundred block" crime-fighting plan miscalculated where most violent crime in the city takes place. Quan has been saying that 90 percent of the crime in Oakland takes place in 100 blocks, and … Continue reading
Police Crowd Control Tactics Again an Issue in Occupy Oakland Protest; Video: Jean Quan Gives Media Tour of City Hall Damage
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Sunday was meant to be a daylong ‘rise-up’ festival for Occupy Oakland, held at the site of what was supposed to be the group's new social center. But when Occupy's plans on Saturday to take over a building and establish … Continue reading
Heated City Council Budget Meeting in Oakland; Video
The Oakland City Council is considering ways to close a $28 million-dollar-a-year budget gap as it faces the loss of redevelopment funds Feb. 1. The meeting was halted for a half-hour when Occupy Oakland protesters stormed the chambers and shouted … Continue reading
Panel Discussion on Jean Quan Recall
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I don't think I'm stretching it when I say things seem to have gotten pretty out hand for an elected official politically when the media, academia and the League of Women Voters are getting together to hold a nice little … Continue reading
Jean Quan "Corrects the Public Record" on Keeping Port Open
The Port of Oakland, you may recall, was shut down in November during the Occupy Oakland general strike, and also briefly a couple of weeks ago during another protest. Last week, after the Oakland City Council tabled a resolution calling … Continue reading
The Race to Recall Jean Quan is On
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The race is on between two groups trying to recall Oakland mayor Jean Quan. On Monday, the city attorney said it was legal for two recall efforts to proceed independently of each other. (Read pdf of the legal opinion here.) … Continue reading
