Meet Betty Ann Ka’ihilani Bruno: How Volunteering With LWVO Led to a Career in Broadcasting
By Deborah Shefler Part of a series celebrating the LWVO's century of service to the Oakland community. For Betty Ann (1931-2023),...
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deborahshefler
13 hours ago2 min read
How Our Pro/Con Speakers Impact & Learn From Our Community
By Anna Mathai Many Oakland groups and communities invite us back every election for our nonpartisan presentation on the pros and cons of...
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deborahshefler
Sep 143 min read
Anna Mathai Does her Bit for the League—and Democracy
By Abby Cohn Has an Oakland League program ever helped you get up-to-speed on the pros and cons of all those local and state ballot...
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deborahshefler
Sep 22 min read
Inspiring League Achievers: Wilhelmine Wissman Yoakum (1891-1983)
By Deborah Shefler Part of a series celebrating the LWVO's century of service to the Oakland community. Wilhelmine was an early League...
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deborahshefler
Sep 22 min read
Youth Finally Getting Their Say in School Board Election
By Julie Bernas-Pierce, Member: YOUth DECIDE Committee The Alameda County Registrar of Voters announced on August 8 that Oakland and...
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deborahshefler
Sep 12 min read
Observer Corps Update - September 2024
By Liz Hartka Now that the dust has settled on the Midcycle Budget, Oakland government is gearing up for the November elections. August...
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deborahshefler
Aug 174 min read
Empowering Communities Through Engagement: A Journey with Kathleen Cha
By Petra Brady Even on Zoom, you can feel her energy through the computer screen. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Kathleen...
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deborahshefler
Jun 251 min read
Mayoral Recall Explained
By Helen Hutchison The Oakland City Charter allows for recalls of elected officials, including the mayor. The Charter says that these...
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deborahshefler
Jun 232 min read
Keeping Up With the Observer Corps - June 2024
By Liz Hartka The Observer Corps welcomes its three newest members: Wendy Murphy (Police Commission), Kimberly Holzinger (Public Ethics...
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deborahshefler
Jun 221 min read
Changes Coming to Dues Management: Sustaining Membership Option Ending July 1, 2024
Our National League, LWVUS, is moving to a new member portal called ChapterSpot for all Leagues across the country. This new system will...
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deborahshefler
Jun 213 min read
Introducing Jacqueline Jelincic: A Young Agent of Change
By Abby Cohn Jacqueline Jelincic doesn’t fit the stereotype of your average Leaguer—after all, she got her start with the Oakland League...
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deborahshefler
Jun 92 min read
URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Keep Democracy Dollars on Track for 2026
by Gail Wallace, President/Action Committee Chair Please write to Oakland’s City Council members and Mayor to ask that two items be...
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deborahshefler
Jun 73 min read
LWVO Honors Ernestine Nettles: A "Good Trouble" Advocate
by Sandy Venning In honor of LWVO’s Centennial, we are documenting our past with interviews, archival excavations, and blogs. See LWVO...
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deborahshefler
May 93 min read
Meet Bonnie Hamlin: A Volunteer in a League of Her Own
by Abby Cohn In honor of LWVO’s Centennial, we are documenting our past with interviews, archival excavations, and blogs. See LWVO...
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deborahshefler
Apr 302 min read
Keeping Up With City Government - April 2024
by Liz Hartka, LWVO Observer Corps Coordinator Recently, the U.S. celebrated National Sunshine Week. This is an annual salute to our...
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deborahshefler
Apr 274 min read
Celebrating LWVO Life Member Mary Strauss
By Bonnie Hamlin In honor of LWVO’s Centennial, we are documenting our past with interviews, archival excavations, and blogs. See LWVO...
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deborahshefler
Apr 114 min read
LWVO Celebrates One Hundred Years of Community Service
By Abby Cohn Oakland was booming in 1924. The copper-crowned Tribune Tower had opened downtown just as car and truck assembly plants were...
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Mary Gandesbery
Apr 72 min read
Judicial Elections: How California Judges are (Most often) Appointed and (Sometimes) Elected
By Mary Gandesbery California courts exist at three levels: local superior courts in each of California’s 58 counties, appellate courts...
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Fiona Jackson
Mar 282 min read
Observe Democracy in Action: Oakland Style (2024)
Join Our Observer Corps Updated March 2024 By Liz Hartka Most of the time when we read the news about what’s going on in City Hall, the...
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deborahshefler
Mar 243 min read
2020: OAKLAND VOTERS APPROVE YOUTH VOTE. 2024: IMPLEMENTATION STILL PENDING.
Revised March 2024 by Debra Weinstein and Gail Wallace In 2020 Oakland Measure QQ proposing a “youth vote” passed. The measure empowered...
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