On Wednesday we opened applications for our citywide guaranteed income pilot to provide another 300 families with $500 a month, for 18 months, with no strings attached. Applications are available in six languages and open until November 3, and can be found online and at every Oakland Public Library branch. Poverty is not a personal failure, it's a policy failure. And we're transforming those policies to provide a floor of income everyone deserves. Find more info and apply below.

Oakland Resilient Families Application | San Francisco Chronicle Article

It's a critical moment for the future of this once-in-a-generation project, which gives our region a chance to reimagine how underutilized public land can be redeveloped to achieve invaluable public benefits. A new finance district using only project-generated revenues to help fund infrastructure and safety improvements, public parks, affordable housing, displacement prevention, and other community benefits will make both our city and county safer and more resilient, successful, and equitable, while creating thousands of new skilled jobs that pay prevailing and living wages.

Facts vs. Claims | City of Oakland Waterfront Ballpark District

This week we helped launch Keys to Equity, an innovative initiative designed to make it easier to build accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in homes in Oakland. In partnership with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the San Francisco Foundation, and Richmond Neighborhood Housing Services, this program will provide project management support, financial assistance, and construction services to folks building ADUs in Oakland. Keys to Equity is aimed at supporting Black homeowners, who have been disproportionately impacted by systemic inequities in the housing system.

Keys to Equity | East Bay Times Article

Nearby Bay Area, originally called Keep Oakland Alive, is a hyper-local shopping website and app that features products exclusively from Oakland and Bay Area business. Designed as an alternative to Amazon, Nearby has partnered with more than 60 stores in the Bay Area. This website is a great way to support our Oakland small businesses—which are the heart of our city—as they rebound from the pandemic. Shop local!

Oaklandside Article | Nearby Bay Area Home Page

Last Friday, October 15 was "Doggie Day" in Oakland, California. Chico, a 75-pound cutie-pie adopted through Mutville, got to be Mayor of Oakland for a day courtesy of Friends of Oakland Animal Services. Check out these two great organizations and help an extraordinary animal like Chico find its forever home. Thanks fur your service, Chico!