Charlene Wang now has competition for District 2. Community organizer Nate Adams launched his campaign this weekend! He's a Democratic Socialist and it feels like a breath of fresh air. check it out & curious what people think!
I walk my dog by it everyday and it's been awesome to see its progress. It's beautiful!
hey all! was reviewing the public safety committee's agenda for tomorrow, and there's two interesting OPD contract proposals. i have to do more research, but wanted to call attention in case people are curious and/or want to make public comment.
the first one is $140k for Cellebrite Technology. what jumped out immediately for me is that they're an israeli company, which i feel like is uncalled for considering the number of efforts against israeli products (see oakland arms embargo and the oakland divestment efforts).
the second one is $1,024,000 for Peregrine technologies, which when looking it up, links to an article where Durham City Council faced protest because of its AI usage and privacy concerns. the council ultimately did not vote for it.
just these facts upon basic research raises a lot of red flags, warranting more investigation. if anyone knows anything about these technologies, would be extremely curious. police departments across the country are eager for this new surveillance and military tech economy (ugh), efforts must be made against this change.
After months of review, edits, critiques, outcry, etc, the EAP is returning to City Council on Tuesday, April 14 at 9:30 am. Agenda is here
The meeting begins in the morning because Council expects large amount of public comment. I'd expect deliberation and voting in the afternoon, along with amendments.
These are the edits I'm gathering/what is most crucial to know- if anyone else has feedback or knows more than me, please comment!
Note: the EAP is different than the original outrageous one introduced last year. However, it does contrast the city's informational report on homelessness and it's suggestions. But this doesn't require any actions.
How do people think about this? Curious, it's been such a long, chaotic process