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Proposed law would legalize drugs like psilocybin, MDMA and LSD; reaction on The Five Homicides in Oakland, California have surged 400% citywide in 2021, according to the latest crime analysis data shared by the city s police department. The Oakland Police Department s Weekly Gunfire Summary for the week of Feb. 22-28 reported a total of 25 homicides citywide in 2021, compared to just five in 2020 and 13 in 2019. Area 1, covering West and Downtown Oakland, has seen a 200% surge in homicides. Meanwhile Area 3, covering Fruitvale and Central Oakland, and Area 4, covering East Oakland, Mills and Leona, both have seen homicide surges of 100%, respectively. Area 5, covering East Oakland and Knowland Park, have seen homicides surge 1300%. ....
The Defund the Police coalition held a virtual press conference Wednesday to outline its recommendations to improve public safety in Oakland and at the heart of the matter was the Oakland Police Department’s budget. The group argues the department gets too much money and that much of that funding should be redirected to community programs who they say would be more effective in dealing with some of the city s biggest issues. They also say pulling police from responding to traffic violations and non-violent mental health calls would free up more officers to deal with violent crimes and it would cut down on what they call unnecessary confrontations and escalations. ....
Community support in Oakland for non-police responses to mental health calls By Keith Burbank article OAKLAND, Calif. - A task force created by the city of Oakland following the death of George Floyd and calls to defund Oakland police issued a series of draft recommendations, including one to make immediate investments in a non-police response to mental health calls, that drew support Wednesday from a coalition of groups critical of the Police Department. On a Zoom call, the Defund Oakland Police Coalition said it disagrees with only six of the 114 recommendations put forward by the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force. ....
Bay Area Communities Rally Against Anti-Asian Violence Posted On Participants in the San Francisco event, held on Feb. 14 at the Civic Center. (Chinese for Affirmative Action) SAN FRANCISCO In response to the recent surge in COVID-19-related violence against Asian American communities throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area, the Coalition for Community Safety and Justice (CCSJ) in San Francisco joined forces with a coalition of organizations in Oakland to organize two parallel Days of Action, both entitled “Love Our People, Heal Our Communities.” On the first weekend of the Lunar New Year (Feb. 13-14), and a few days after more than 70 Asian American organizations issued a press statement condemning the violence, these two events brought together a multiracial and multigenerational coalition to stand against racism, xenophobia, and violence, and to offer space for healing the grief and pain that Asian communities feel in light of recent events. ....