Records management is the practice of maintaining the records of an organization — in this case, the City of Oakland — from the time they are created up to their eventual disposal. This may include the classification, storage, securing, and...

I know a lot of people are following the progress of Measure DD, but what is all that work in the middle of Grand Avenue? I did some checking and it turns out that PG&E is making really important infrastructure changes there. The name of the project is...

If you managed to read my whole monster post yesterday about the Central Estuary Specific Plan, good for you. You deserve some sort of prize. If not, that’s okay. We’ll get you caught up anyway. For the purposes of the Central Estuary Specific Plan,...

I always wish more activists, policy wonks, and planning geeks would start blogs about Oakland. There’s just so many fascinating things going on with the City and I just do not have time to write about them all. One of these completely fascinating...

Want to talk about something I haven’t covered? Do it here. You can find the previous open thread here.