.rcvvotebox { position: absolute; background-color: #db0000; width: 100%; .race_header.republican { left: 0px; Seneca Scott, executive director of Neighbors Together Oakland (NTO) and a member of the Coalition for a Better Oakland, is running for Mayor of Oakland. $('.showResponses').on('click', () => { I want to share with readers why Seneca Scott should be the next Mayor of Oaklanda belief shared by my colleagues at the Coalition for a Better Oakland. It was performative. text-align: center; height: 100%; Can Oakland become a filmmaking hub? Interns wanted: Get paid to help ensure that every voter has unbiased election information. Elections in 2023 | When people cant compete financially, they compete for moral superiority. Now, he is running for mayor. OPD also already uses license plate reader cameras, although the Privacy Commission has expressed concerns about the departments failure to hand over records showing how theyve used this technology.]. .rcvtooltip span { Or are there bigger priorities? .election_results_text { A search of court records shows that the district attorney did not file charges against Liu, who in past campaigns for mayor has advocated that concealed carry gun permits be allowed for Oakland residents. .rcv_select { to continue reforming our Police Department by instilling a culture of integrity and fairness at every level and achieve constitutional policing without federal oversight. The City of Oakland's Negotiated Settlement Agreement (NSA) dates from January 22, 2003, when the City of Oakland and the Oakland Police Department entered into an agreement resolving allegations of police misconduct raised by private plaintiffs in the civil lawsuit, Delphine Allen, et al., v. So just to be clear, are you saying you feel like the police department financially hasnt been supported enough, and you would provide more support? } Candidate has not provided information. Sign up for The Oaklandsides free daily newsletter. color:white; a.communitylink { color:black; font-weight:bold; } } The citys website itself says that the budget was cut. We need to follow that same thing here and be serious about that. Scott isnt the only mayoral candidate who has been recently arrested on a firearms charge. display: inline; The garden. jQuery( ".votebox" ).each(function( index ) { I'm Seneca Scott, founder of OakHella Music Festival, Neighbors Together Oakland, and 2022 Oakland Mayoral Candidate. .mw-body #mw-content-text .rcvvotebox h3.votebox-header-office-name { .rcvtooltip:hover span { Second, we need more California Highway Patrol. var ex_votes = t - abcde[this.value].votes; Seneca Scott, the cousin of Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife, Coretta Scott King, has slammed the newly unveiled statue of his family members in Boston. 20 percent of the time, no one picks up the phone. If youre going to keep disrespecting the person you pay, youre going to keep an adversarial relationship with law enforcement. But heres the reason why you need so many. 279 likes. And I thought that was a bad deal for her because she didnt get it done. Cities | margin-bottom: 4px; Scott was previously the East Bay director for SEIU Local 1021 and he ran for the District 3 City Council seat in 2020, finishing fourth in a field of six contenders. .votebox_legend .non_result_row { height: 50px; Ive seen the conversations. } In phase one, we send the Urban Compassion Project and other light-hearted organizations that arent going to waste money and know how to account for it, who have a work plan and accountability structures with the city with the money were paying them. Im on the Oakland Builders Alliance board. display: block; font-size: .9em; width: 100%; So those are the things Im focused on. position: relative; The Oaklandside was unable to independently verify Scotts statement that someone brandished a knife at him or that property was stolen from the garden. var nTimer = setInterval(function() { } Ballotpedia features 395,443 encyclopedic articles written and curated by our professional staff of editors, writers, and researchers. .indicate_scroll { } It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (administrative division) since 1999, and was previously the capital . They need to access housing or shelter in a way thats meaningful for them. } According to a sheriffs report, Liu called 911 and complained that there were trespassers on property he said he owned. height: 100%; } } Why would you invest in a city that is closed to business when everyone else is not? .inner_percentage.Libertarian { A donation to The Oaklandside goes beyond the newsroom. }) font-weight: bold; Its not ok. And we deserve better, an ability to walk and bike across our streets. border: 1px solid #999; setTimeout(function() { defer() }, 500); $('.pastResponses').hide(); Candidates and results Additional elections on the ballot General election General election for Mayor of Oakland text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; .non_result_row { We need 900. He holds a doctorate in sociology from UC Santa Barbara and was the co-recipient of the George Polk Award for local reporting in 2017. In recent years there have been several examples of tension between the City Council and city administrator. BondGraham's work has also appeared with KQED, ProPublica and other leading national and local outlets. Scott knows there isn't a lot of housing available in Oakland, but needs to be a priority. | The neighborhood organizer said hell restore rule of law in Oakland and make the city more economically resilient. display: inline-block; When you look at the proliferation of ghost gunsyou may know more than I do, but its a healthy chunk. } z-index:100; Oakland spends a few million dollars a year on arts and culture through the city budget. This is just not an honest conversation [happening currently] about the nuances of homelessness, about the new face of homelessness, [the] 24% growth during an eviction moratorium [from 2019 to 2022], that suggests that now youre importing people. So we need to stop that. People want to pick and choose what types of surveillance or information they think are relevant depending on what their ideology is. $('#emessage' +s).html(' Total : ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString()); Because its a very common occurrence. left: 0; .widget-row.Green { if (typeof $ != 'undefined') { Weve had public engagements with the unhoused community, the activist community, shelters, and developers who were all on the same platform. const abcde =JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(x)); Why? } height: 22px; .inner_percentage.Democratic { } $('.pastResponses').show(); vertical-align: middle; vertical-align: top; 63% of Oaklanders are unhappy with city government, to attract a womens basketball team to Oakland, Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic. .key-messages li:last-child { margin-bottom: 0px;} (And note that we made the decision not to interview candidate Peter Liu so as not to provide another platform for his dangerous and hateful rhetoric. Are they mutually exclusive because of your ideology? font-style: italic; top: 2px; She assumed office on January 2, 2023. .rcvrace_header.Libertarian { Seneca Scott IS Running For Mayor of Oakland CA Extra Connections. color: black; text-align: center; background-color: #6db24f; One of the unsuccessful mayoral candidates, Seneca Scott, said it's not about who won, but about how the process worked. display: inline-block; But Seneca Scott, who ran and lost in the mayor's race and has become a crusader for the recount, said it's essential that people on any side of the political spectrum can trust that. Three fires a day in homeless encampments. Especially if you look at the wealth disparity. font-size: .9em; .mw-body #mw-content-text th.votebox-results-cell--text { Heres the problem. Seneca Scott, housing activist; Loren Taylor, city councilor from the 6th district I use public transportation. }); text-align: left; .non_result_row th { But to this day the fire department has not determined a cause, and in fact, the second fire was arson unrelated to homeless camps. Thats not just wasted food, its wasted energy used to produce that food and ship that food and wasted fertilizer thats often petroleum-based. City Council District 2 *Nikki Fortunato Bas . People are getting arrested from many different geographic locations, not just in Oakland. Copyright 2023 KGO-TV. } !" Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) announced a new bill on Friday to increase funding for Social Security and Medicare and institute a higher standard for making cuts to the entitlement programs, following President Biden's pointed accusations during his annual address before Congress on Tuesday. } Encourage candidate to share their information on Voter's Edge. That does harm to both the housed who are expecting the problem to go away and the unhoused people who are in fear of eviction and losing their stuff every single month. Market rate. . if (this.value == '3'){ Co-founder of OAKHELLA and Bottoms Up Community Garden. } National Night Outmake [it happen on] every corner, not once a year but four times a year. width: 90%; max-width: 75px; I bike. margin-bottom: .75em; It's just another example of Seneca Scott being completely unfit for office. .votebox-results-cell--number { } } .race_footer { Forston also asked Scott about public safety, and says crime is another major issue in Oakland. } Last year, Seneca Scott lost the Oakland mayoral election. background: #4c4c4c; Why not use those physical spaces for that if not anything else? Its about whether the mayor has the accountability and ability to implement the policies they were elected on. background-color: #6db24f; .indicate_scroll { Sheng Thao is a daughter of refugees who has lived in Oakland her entire adult life. My experience on Oct 30, 2021 is one of the reasons I decided to run for mayor and completely integral to our campaigns message. padding-bottom: 8px; }, 100); Do you guys know what Accela is? .mw-body #mw-content-text th.votebox-results-cell--text { Both the Coliseum and the Arena are huge entertainment hubs for the city. No one does a good job if they dont feel respected. margin: 0px 10px; Neighborhood activist Seneca Scott faces misdemeanor charges after he was arrested in October 2021 for allegedly pulling a gun on two people who were outside a community garden he runs in West. Just cause theyre Black, they dont get a pass. position:absolute; } background-color: #db0000; Oakland mayoral candidate Seneca Scott was arrested last year near a community garden he co-founded in West Oakland for allegedly brandishing a firearm at two people, according to police records. $('.hideResponses').show(); We had to actually organize for that, which is what Im trying to represent as a mayoral candidate: the interests of neighbors and local businesses. p.survey-response {margin-left:10px;} .external_links_table { width: auto !important; } display: inline-block; We need to finish the job on that. margin-bottom: 4px; var s = "640055b6cc5e4"; U.S. President | He also says there needs to be a focus on drug access and addiction within Oakland's unhoused community. Im a rather poor person, actually. Seneca Scott, a cousin of Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife, Coretta Scott King, criticized the newly unveiled statue of her family members in Boston. } margin: 0; } We have a proof of concept if you look at City Slickers and Bottoms Up Community Garden [which Scott co-founded] and the other few places that are up and running. The words were used. Im a renter; I dont own any property, contrary to popular belief and rumors. Click here to contact us for media inquiries, and please donate here to support our continued expansion. } I believe a Black entertainment group supposedly got the contract for that. The 2022 Oakland mayoral election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the mayor of Oakland, California. font-weight: bold; margin-right: 12px; font-size:0.58em; In 2020, Seneca ran for City Council to bring a voice to his neighbors that he felt was being ignored. 1 hr 8 min; NOV 1, 2022; Loren Taylor: Oakland mayoral multitasker Loren Taylor: Oakland mayoral multitasker. }) font-weight: 300; } } So I would have to get in there and see the data and see what kinds of conversations are going on in closed sessions that neighbors arent privy to, before I could weigh in on that. This is an unacceptable state of affairs to inflict on our neighbors and businesses. Far too many Oakland neighbors fear for their safety on a daily basis. } Second choice: Loren Taylor. Read my statement here. $('.hideResponses').hide(); 00:00. } Theyre not mutually exclusive. At that very moment an OPD officer happened to be driving by. You need to go there and talk to people, clean up the trash, just the trash, not the belongings. We need to build. })(); See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection. $('#emessage640055b707964').html(' Total : ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString()); Nutrition is just as important as the item itself and the nutrition density is significantly increased when you grow food locally. And this is complicated because Libby spent her first day with OPD. const abcde =JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(x)); } Because I havent heard another idea. Replying to. border-bottom: 1px solid grey; padding-left: 10px; Your donation makes this and all our other local reporting possible. Weve crossed that rubicon now. jQuery(item).html("Scroll for more "); Elections Click on the tabs below to show more information about those topics. } .widget-row.Independent, .widget-row.Nonpartisan, .widget-row.Constitution { (function() { .non_result_row div { Union organizer and negotiator. margin-bottom: 0; Round 2 We create new root causes every single day in the way we treat our children and elders. Liu wrote about the incident in one of the emails he recently sent to dozens of journalists and other mayoral candidates: My gun, Glock19, was taken away by Alameda County Sheriff in 2020. Candidate Peter Liu was also arrested on a gun charge last year. Youre probably the most vocal candidate about your criticism of the citys current approach to homelessness and encampments. overflow-x: scroll; Your donation goes beyond supporting our journalism. We have a need for third spaces. Thats not enough for them. .votebox-scroll-container { The amount of footage and stuff I get from neighbors would shock you. Weve got some City of Dodge stuff going on in Oakland and once again theres escape-avoidance behavior and normalcy bias. We have a need for the arts. Im a member of Safe 8th Street, where we used speed trap cameras to get roundabouts, which everyone thought was impossible, but Tim Courtney [an 8th Street resident] is such a badass; he made it happen because he was relentless in his advocacy for traffic calming measures. Your support is powering our newsroom! If you value what you get from The Oaklandside, please join us with a tax-deductible donation today so we can continue doing the local reporting that matters to you. $('#' + this.value + s).show(); .results_row td:first-child { } Theyve been edited for length and clarity, with added fact-checking from us in some places. No one wants to do a study on this and I dont have any numbers to back it up, but I can show you lots of pictures, lots of videos, and my own personal experiences that you guys have reported on that I can speak of were white males. $('#candidate-connection-twitter-150698').on('click', () => { ga('send', 'event', 'surveycta', 'surveycta-click-twitter'); }); Here is an edited version of our conversation. padding-left: 0; If you're on the ABC7 News app, click here to watch live. padding-top: 3px; display: block; Liu immigrated to the United States when he was seven years old. According to The Oaklandside, Seneca Scott was arrested in October of last year and was charged with a misdemeanor after pulling a gun on two individuals.. Reporters asked the FBI and the police department. (function() { I am running for mayor to restore accountability and trust in our city to protect our citizens safety and wellbeing. .election_results_text { Polls closed in the state at 8 p.m. local time, or 11 p.m. EST. Again, do you spend that money on OPD or do you let it go to the Department of Violence Prevention? [Editors note: we asked Scott to provide us with information about these cases, and well post them here if he responds.]. Czstochowa (/ t n s t k o v / CHEN-st-KOH-v, Polish: [tstxva] (); German: Tschenstochau, Czenstochau; Latin: Czanstochova) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. Here's how under the radar the race for Oakland mayor has been just two. I cant get hurt on the campaign trail if I want to win, Ill be laid up in the hospital. All developers have got to show proof of concept that they will be involved in the community in meaningful ways. } .race_footer { } $('#emessage' +s).html(' Total : ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString()); background-color: #f9d334; .inner_percentage.Green { We lost one in West Oakland. To make story short, a few days later, my wife got multiple squatters arrested with evidence of the deed, I was release from Santa Rita jail with no charges. RELATED: Activist Seneca Scott announces run for Oakland mayor. let scrollHeight = jQuery('.results_table_container').get(index).scrollHeight; Please try again later. The idea was great but the actions didnt match the ambitions in any meaningful way. Seneca Scott, the West Oakland Community Activist who ran for the Oakland City Council District Three seat won by Carroll Fife, has thrown his hat into the r. She also taught at Edna Brewer Middle School this summer, and the food was consistent there as it was at the middle school I went to, I forget its name, where I made a big noise about the food quality. Im not in those minutiae of conversations right now. This channel is a reflection of the ins and outs of my campaign duties, as . div.oneoff-scrollbox.regular { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } Thao is our first choice for Oakland mayor, and we think that she would move the city forward. The reporters and editors on The Oaklandside are dedicated to sharing the mic, reporting on systems, not symptoms, and providing you with the information you need to be an informed resident of our city. } } .outer_percentage { Im not talking about expired tags. It takes 20 minutes to get 911 on the phone. } There doesnt need to be an adversarial relationship. Scott replied to Liu's email within two minutes with just one word: "Protest!? }else{ I love the WNBA idea [to attract a womens basketball team to Oakland]. Thats not something Im about. ", You can watch the full interview in the video player above, Jupiter and Venus appear to 'kiss' in the sky, FL Gov. .votebox { Theres no confidence in the government.Twenty percent of those calls go completely unanswered. padding-bottom: 8px; } According to him, her grandfather was one of the 25 children of Jeff Scott, one of . $(window).unload(function(){$("#round640055b6cc5e4").val($("#round640055b6cc5e4").children('option').length).change(); 19. Reid has raised $211,560 the third-highest sum of any contestant. padding-bottom: 8px; border: 1px solid #888; text-align: left !important; $('.pastResponses').hide(); max-width: 75px; We amplify community voices, share information resources, and investigate systems, not just symptoms. .votebox_legend .non_result_row { Seneca Scott. 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