Our Vision

Housing as a Human Right

  • Improving conditions at encampments, converting abandoned and dilapidated homes to affordable housing

  • Rezoning to encourage mixed income development in high income areas

  • Passing tenant protection measures and measures to allow tenants to purchase the homes they live in

  • Funding the creation of temporary, transitional safe spaces for people without housing

  • Redefining home ownership

Investing in holistic community safety

  • Resourcing our neighborhoods versus divesting from community to invest in policing

  • City Budget education and review

  • Supporting the success of Oakland’s Department of Violence Prevention

  • Responding to 911 calls regarding non-violent crimes with community-based services including mental health crisis intervention 

Climate and Environmental Justice for All

  • Supporting efforts to end diesel pollution in West Oakland by upgrading trucks to electric vehicles

  • Using all legal means to stop the transportation of coal through West Oakland

  • Cleaning and repairing Oakland streets by investing more resources in under-served neighborhoods like West Oakland 

  • Investing in the Oakland Climate Justice Plan, developed in partnership with community service and environmental groups.

Taxing corporate wealth to increase city revenue

  • Gross receipts: this is upcoming legislation to tax big corporations the most and small businesses the least

  • Black New Deal: a plan to develop city-wide policies and programs that reinvest in Black communities around six focus areas: art & culture, economics, education, environment, housing, and public safety