and program participants are in college. What I love about the government Opinion: Gov. Finally, when needed, we were unafraid to throw a few PUNCHES for Oakland and her values: We stood up against President Trump when he attacked our city and threatened Oakland's beloved immigrants. Thats what the people of Oakland expect and demand. Termed-out Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf holds her final press conference on Dec. 21 at City Hall. Email: Schaaf said the organizations mission is impactful and urgent. most about her legal background: the ability to within the next decade by offering an interrelated Schaafs private and public partnerships also includes the citys guaranteed income pilot program, which gives She added that Schaafs administration also changed zoning codes to allow for different types of interim housing. You can find an in-depth interview with Mayor Schaaf and other Oakland Promise collaborators on the podcast. And the new candidates Schaaf backed often entered the races late, lacked sufficient funding and were unprepared, inexperienced and/or poorly vetted. When the ranked-choice balloting was completed, he lost to Thao, a union-stalwart, by just 677 votes. She has provided coverage on wildfires, mass shootings, the fatal shooting of police officers and massive floods in the North Bay. Schaaf has responded to the housing crisis instead by criminalizing unhoused people. Adds$1.6millionto curtail blight and pick up illegal dumping. Schaaf's first roles in local government were as legislative aide to Oakland City Council president Ignacio De La Fuente[10] and special assistant to Oakland mayor Jerry Brown. Its Schaafs job to make sure the police respond in a timely manner to emergency calls, but all she has done is throw money at an agency that is already grossly inefficient. Overall, since Mayor Schaaf took office while the total OPD budget grew by over 80% Oaklands Public Works budget has increased by only 38%. [2][3] Schaaf won re-election in 2018 with a 27% margin. seeded with $500 and financial coaching for By Jeanine Becker Winter 2018. Sarah Ravani is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and City Administrator Ed Reiskin today released a two-year Proposed Policy Budget for fiscal years 2021-2023. The numbers speak for themselves. Since Schaaf took office, the number of unhoused Oaklanders has increased by 130%. By nearly every metric, she has decreased community safety and increased human suffering of those already most. She added that the city has 2,200 affordable homes ready to be built. ': A magical hike's dark side, Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). with babies born into poverty. Director of Communications Office of the Mayor jberton@oaklandca.gov 510-238-7072, Karen Boyd She has been named the interim executive director for Emerge California, an organization that trains women to run for elected office. Strategically preserves core OPD services while accurately budgeting expenditures at levels consistent with historical community demand for police response and services. took over. bulletin board!. Schaaf worked with private donors to create the program, which at the time, was one of the largest guaranteed-income pilot projects in the country, but still just a drop in the bucket in addressing the need. FILE - Mayor Libby Schaaf speaking in a video interview with SFGATE on May 20, 2020. Updated to include drought zones while tracking water shortage status of your area, plus reservoir levels and a list of restrictions for the Bay Areas largest water districts. [14], During her tenure on the city council, Schaaf fought to raise the minimum wage,[15] voicing her support for Measure FF,[16][17] also known as Lift Up Oakland, a $12.25 minimum wage ballot initiative which passed in a landslide on November 4, 2014. Schaaf said if she could go back in time to 2015, when she first took office, she would give herself one piece of advice: That homelessness would explode the way that it did and that its not just the countys responsibility, its everyones responsibility, Schaaf said. pizza favorite shuts down after 13 years, plus more Bay Area BARTs second Transbay Tube could get quashed as planners scale back S.F. Oakland Promise Ambassador of her own staff members didnt hear the word providing busy professionals with one-shot Its about the power of hope, Schaaf said while announcing the initiative in August. Of a thriving future. For the first time, the budget is being presented in an accessible on-line platform to make it easy to dig into the details. But it won't last long, Another winter storm? and philanthropic foundations, and individuals Is that fair for an overall eight year period? Schaaf also strove to increase government transparency and efficiency, build a safer city, and strengthen Oakland neighborhoods in her time on city council. needed to realize the bold vision: I love, in particular, local government. The bottom line is this: The Some of the highest vacancy rates are in key city functions about 30% of jobs in the building department and nearly a third of positions in the transportation department are open. Kindergarten to College Program are about We cannot afford another year of the Schaaf neoliberal nightmare. The City also introduced a Racial Equity Analysis tool that was used to assess how any proposed service changes would either benefit ornot disproportionatelyimpactlow-incomeBlack, Indigenous, and other communitiesof color. opportunity: to serve as a legislative aide to the Several non-emergency systems including phone lines within the City of Oakland are currently impacted or offline. [36] According to the project's website, the income is funded by private philanthropic donations. Twitter: hard sometimes because you have to make Meanwhile, with Schaaf gone, more politically moderate residents who once backed her and this year subscribed to Taylors pragmatic progressive approach have almost no representation or political organization to fall back on. And white people need to stop trying to cancel other white people whose heart is in the right place but don't exactly get it right on the first try. "[25], The Department of Transportation consists of 300 employees, previously working in the Department of Public Works and Oakland Police Department's Parking Enforcement operations.[26]. Schaaf and the Oakland Promise We created several public-private partnerships to test innovative approaches with private dollars, like the Cabin Community Shelter Model and Keep Oakland Housed that prevented 1800 families a year from entering homelessness and won HUD's National Partnership Award. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot concedes defeat, Southern California home sales fall to all-time low, Denver just got a direct flight to this Caribbean island known for music history and vegetarian cooking, NYC Mayor Adams dismisses need to separate church and state, declares himself a servant of God, Zero-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. The first enforcement of this ban was on May 21, during a #SayHerName[29] march, a nationwide coordinated march focused on ending state violence against black women and girls in the US. Workers in S.F. Oakland politics do not divide between Democrats and Republicans, or liberals and conservatives. her lead and raised money on their own to build more cabins. Meteorologist Gerry Daz examines why Februarys storm door was left wide open and when more Samantha Laurey, Visual Intern / The Chronicle, Yosemite breaks snow record; park closed indefinitely, The epic California snowpack is inching toward record levels. of her native Oakland and the idea of working Oakland Promise and its At best, her tenure has been mixed, said Jim Ross, a political consultant based in Oakland. and they involve many levers in order to make Designed by Arsenal, developed by Hop Studios. Expands Department of Violence Prevention coordination and case management, especially for families who are impacted by violence or sexual exploitation. Oakland Chamber of Commerce poll She holds a B.A. Heres why California has seen so much active weather. Leverage the power of combining grass Oakland is one of those cities on that cusp and Mayor Libby Schaaf is a great leader and inspiring Mayor who is determined to see that happen. SSIR.org and/or its third-party tools use cookies, which are necessary The next mayor has their work cut out to get us out of the hole Schaaf has dug us into. Ben Margot/AP hide caption Schaaf said the biggest challenges from her time in office are the problems she inherited from previous administrations from deteriorating roads with no plans to fix them to a non-existent. This is the gem of Oakland and its completely trashed, the woman said, pointing to the people sleeping on the street. 42. Oaklands 50th mayor. On the track I run with a guide runner and were attached all the time, but basically its like learning a different vocabulary to communicate. We did not have a structure in place to deal with it. As Schaaf, a moderate, leaves office, the progressive Sheng Thao is preparing to take over. She has made good on the promise to invest in police: The Oakland Police Departments share of the Oakland General Fund ballooned from $194 million per year, in the last budget put forward by Schaaf's predecessor, to $353 million per year in 2022-23 an 80% increase in just eight years. An estimated 60% or more are Black. the tough choices, you have to analyze the Stop criminalizing and dehumanizing our unhoused neighbors. Libby Schaaf. and catalyst for existing Bay Area gets a break from winter storm. $100 college scholarship, savings incentives, I believe that often we fail because we arent By nearly every metric, she has decreased community safety and increased human suffering of those already most marginalized. Heres what Sheng Thao plans to do first, Is Oakland more progressive than San Francisco? Schaaf committed to the public sector, We are confident that she will continue to move Emerge California forward as an influential force in changing the face of power and politics in our state.. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and City Administrator Ed Reiskin today released a two-year Proposed Policy Budget for fiscal years 2021-2023. In a statement to The Chronicle, Schaaf said she is thrilled to be taking over at Emerge California, where she attended a training in 2009. It invests in Oaklands most pressing demands of the day: homelessness and housing, public safety, streets, and long-term fiscal health.. $500 a month to 600 residents gotten some hesitation from folks because they [43], November 4, 2014 Oakland mayoral election, List of mayors of the 50 largest US cities, "Councilwoman Libby Schaaf files to run for Oakland mayor", "Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf wins re-election", "Mayoral election in Oakland, California (2018)", "Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Is Our East Bay Person of the Year", "De La Fuente to challenge Schaaf for Oakland mayor in 2018", "Mayor-elect Schaaf: Now is 'Oakland's time', "Oakland voters approve two tax measures, minimum wage hike", "Gov. OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Police are investigating an act of vandalism at Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf's house. the Oakland Generation Fund, a $50 million effort to expand two programs to give college scholarships and savings accounts to every public school student from a low-income family in the city by 2026. ambitious enough, says Schaaf. Brilliant Baby combines college savings accounts A key component of Schaafs strategy to addressing homelessness is the community cabin program, which moves unhoused people into temporary structures. As she departs because of term limits, Schaaf leaves the mayors office and seven of the eight City Council seats in the hands of her political opponents, a hard-left, union-driven coalition that swept the table in last months balloting. Despite those advances, some city leaders criticized Schaafs administration for failing to deliver basic city services. The mayor cannot press an agenda without the votes on the council. We made PROMISES to our children, by leaving transformative new resources for the next generation of Oaklanders, including: The Oakland Promise, nationally recognized as the most comprehensive cradle-to-career initiative of its kind, will provide all OUSD students with scholarships, college access and completion support. If there is one thing we have learned over the last year, we must be prepared for unexpected crises to arise that could put us in financially untenable positions long term. As the town awakened that February morning and more people flocked to the lake for their daily jog or walk, a woman approached Schaaf. children at a local schoolshe hit a tipping Often, complex coalitions with many different Schaaf announced that the city . To be sure, Schaaf shouldered more blame than she deserved for the citys homelessness, rising gun violence and troubled municipal finances. Mayor of Oakland Libby Schaaf reacts after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before the game between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics at Oracle Park on June 25, 2021, in San Francisco. ears on the ground through the and even system changes. received a dream job offer to be a nonprofit initial contribution, local businesses, corporate Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf was a target of HBO's Bill Maher on Friday night over her handling of a controversy surrounding supposed nooses found at Lake Merritt. There is no treatment for Stargardt, and eventually, the mother-of-one will lose her sight completely. players representing different stakeholders have "Intentions do not matter, these are extremely serious acts," Schaaf said at a press conference. That includes the Oakland Fund for Public Innovation, which works to test ideas that could improve the city and then bring them to scale. Ron DeSantis apocalyptic attack on higher education. 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"Oakland's Mayor Libby Schaaf wasn't going to let all that cheat her out of a chance to signal her virtue," he said. Before the sun rose on a brisk February morning, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf looked around Lake Merritt and counted the number of people sleeping on the street for the biennial point-in-time count. In addition to that, she's a former member of the Oakland City Council. Two sports teams left the city, and a third, the Oakland As, has threatened to leave if their proposed multibillion-dollar waterfront ballpark and surrounding development doesnt move forward. ICEs acting director Thomas Homan stated that ICE failed to arrest around 800 people because of the alert. In addition to stabilizing existing service levels, the Just Recovery Budget invests in the City Councils four priorities: Affordable Housing & Homelessness Solutions: Clean, Healthy, Sustainable Neighborhoods. 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Stop doing the bidding of the corporate landlords and wealthy developers. the past only 10 percent of students would be OPDs budget is 18% of this proposed budget, lower than in the past. contributions to make to this Thank you for your patience while we work to restore services. components of a comprehensive great idea.. [18], In the race for Oakland mayor, Schaaf was endorsed by Governor of California Jerry Brown[19][20] and US Senator Barbara Boxer. After the rally, demonstrators began to march onto the street. I see this as my lifes work; this is An Oakland Chamber of Commerce poll released in October shows that voters are largely dissatisfied with the city 64% of the polls respondents said they felt the city was headed in the wrong direction. Harriette Cole: I don't want the neighbor's kids at my house, Dear Abby: My wife said she doesn't like it, but it's part of my life, Ask Amy: I feel guilty for not speaking up about my co-worker's activities, Ask Amy: I'm your cabin housekeeper, and you apparently have no idea what I do. The outcomes and conditions in the city arent as positive as anybody would like. At the grass tops, the steering day by what we see and feel and the comprehensiveness of what needs to Donate today. While nearly 20,000 housing units have been built in her time, homelessness also grew by 131% since 2015. She hosts the podcast On Purpose Together, sharing stories and insights by and for leaders who leverage collaboration for impact. Oakland is experiencing a network outage that is affecting key services such as Oak311, permitting and business tax. comprehensiveness, and the interconnectivity While program pioneered in Denver, offering students Demonstrators met at Frank Ogawa Plaza before sunset for a rally. (2017). She joined The Chronicle in 2016 after graduating from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. eyes a possible U.S. Senate seat Then theyll need to lift us up. Since Keep Oakland Housed started up in 2018, the group said it has prevented homelessness for more than 7,000 households. In the citys housing element from 2015 to 2023, which lays out how a city will plan for new homes, Oakland reached 174% of its goal for above-moderate-rate housing. With her election, Unless the two groups can somehow coalesce, labor leaders will continue to fill the political vacuum. The Bay Area will catch a break from winter storms for a couple days, but it wont last very long. Education Fund, and the executive director of Escape to Long Beach, Washington before the summer crowds, How to score cheap flights (and mistake fares) in 2023, This restaurant is one of the hardest reservations to get in Hawaii, Wealthy Bay Area town grapples with 'attack on whiteness' controversy, How Red Rock became the only privately owned island in SF Bay, 'Are we going to love it to death? Schaaf nodded her head and told the woman that the city has nearly quadrupled its shelter bed capacity over the last eight years. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 17: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf is photographerd with Oakland Athletics mascot Stomper before MLB game against the Houston Astros at the Oakland-Alameda County. the comprehensive initiative aims to triple the and activities to instill a college-bound mind-set; They have two children, Dominic Fahey and Lena. clear to the mayor. There was a lot of criticism around the type of cabin, but the fact of the matter is she was thinking about interim housing before most jurisdictions in the region were thinking about it.. But Schaaf, attempting to placate the Left, failed to alert her public to the extent she could and should have. As Schaaf exits on Jan. 2, she leaves behind a crime-ridden city with inadequate police staffing, unfunded retirement liabilities that have grown from about $2.4 billion a decade ago to $3 billion in 2021, and general fund budget shortfalls projected to reach more than $100 million in each of the next two fiscal years. So the council, which shifted from roughly evenly split to labor dominance during Schaafs tenure, has had the final word on the citys budget and the votes to stymie the mayors police-staffing goals. and interests, she became aware of another Speaking to The Radio Times, Libby explained her learning process, and added that she's relying on touch and verbal communication. on-the-ground truth tellers who But, some say, the last few years of her administration, particularly throughout the pandemic, were less successful. My general sense is if Libby cant do it, boy, its going to be hard for anybody because she really had the experience, the skills and the general chops to be able to do it.. At her Maher played a clip of Victor Sengbe, the resident in question, stating, "Out of the dozens and hundreds and thousands of people that have walked by, no one has thought that it looked anywhere close to a noose" before criticizing Schaaf. that we represent. 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