The successful struggle to elect newarks first black mayor, kenneth gibson. Elected in june of 1970, gibsons administration marked a turning point for the black Freedom Movement in newark and was part of a National Wave a black political organizing that culminated in the election of black mayors in cities like cleveland, dairy, atlanta and detroit from 1967 to 1974. These histories feel particularly vital right now as black lives struggle against Police Violence in the wake of the murders of george floyd in minneapolis, jacob blake in kenosha, breonna taylor, as once again sounded the call for black liberation while raising familiar questions about electoral politics and black freedom struggles. 50 years ago, gibsons landmark election came on the heels of the 1967 rebellion in newark, when the Police Beating of an unarmed black man named john smith sparked a fiveday uprising against White Supremacy and its an forces in blue in the jim crow north. Amidst heightened organizing around rac
Be added to the queue. Each speaker may address the board once per agenda item for up to two minutes. You will hear a chime indicating you have 30s remaining and a second chime when your two minutes are up. At this time your microphone will be muted for the sake of equity. Item number one call to order for director sun hill. Director dunlop here. Director richardson here. Director brosnan here. Director howard here. Director azeem. Director rif. We do have a quorum. Wonderful and im so glad to see all of the Board Members here today in person. This is just terrific and welcome to the audience here. So well go to directly to the next item, please. Item number two, general Public Comment. This item is to allow members of the public to address the Treasure Island Development Authority board on matters that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Authority Board and that do not appear on todays agenda. In addition to general Public Comment, Public Comment will be held during each
Be added to the queue. Each speaker may address the board once per agenda item for up to two minutes. You will hear a chime indicating you have 30s remaining and a second chime when your two minutes are up. At this time your microphone will be muted for the sake of equity. Item number one call to order for director sun hill. Director dunlop here. Director richardson here. Director brosnan here. Director howard here. Director azeem. Director rif. We do have a quorum. Wonderful and im so glad to see all of the Board Members here today in person. This is just terrific and welcome to the audience here. So well go to directly to the next item, please. Item number two, general Public Comment. This item is to allow members of the public to address the Treasure Island Development Authority board on matters that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Authority Board and that do not appear on todays agenda. In addition to general Public Comment, Public Comment will be held during each
Be added to the queue. Each speaker may address the board once per agenda item for up to two minutes. You will hear a chime indicating you have 30s remaining and a second chime when your two minutes are up. At this time your microphone will be muted for the sake of equity. Item number one call to order for director sun hill. Director dunlop here. Director richardson here. Director brosnan here. Director howard here. Director azeem. Director rif. We do have a quorum. Wonderful and im so glad to see all of the Board Members here today in person. This is just terrific and welcome to the audience here. So well go to directly to the next item, please. Item number two, general Public Comment. This item is to allow members of the public to address the Treasure Island Development Authority board on matters that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Authority Board and that do not appear on todays agenda. In addition to general Public Comment, Public Comment will be held during each
James james flames are forcing more evacuations in sonoma. Neighbors had to leave the area around sonoma square. The north bay fires are only getting worse as firefighters struggle with containment. This is video from the journeys End Mobile Home Park in santa rosa. It is destroyed. darya here is what we know right now about the fires burning in napa and sonoma counties. The death toll is now up to 23. 285 people are still unaccounted for this morning. james this is kron news. The video you are seeing is the Mobile Home Park. That and many other neighborhoods were destroyed. So far the count is 3500 homes and businesses destroyed in these fires. In all of Northern California. 170,000 acres have burned. Napa is under threat. This is a look at the new evacuation area. It is voluntary right now. This is newly instituted. Is a voluntary evacuation at this point. The perimeter is the fire. That is the area in red. This advisory extends to the south down along highway 12 and east out to sola