margin: 0px 10px; .top_disclaimer { .results_row td:first-child { display: inline-block; Registrar of Voters 1225 Fallon Street, Rm. a[aria-expanded=true] .fa-chevron-right { display: none; } Scott replied to Liu's email within two minutes with just one word: "Protest!? When you have an independent office of the controller has a say in how the city is spending money. } .percentage_number { .race_header.libertarian { width: 50%; } $('#' + this.value + s).show(); .results_row { As mayor, I plan to get my Michelle Obama on and make sure that no children are eating the food Ive seen them eating this summer. p.survey-question {font-weight:bold;} var l = '3' If the As move to Howard Terminal, what do you envision for the future of the Coliseum/Arena site? Im a self-determined person. Check the latest city audit that shows $69 million was spent on housing people, and [the city didnt] track any of that. But we need these places. Small Business Owner. Thats why I joined the Oakland Builders Alliance. .inner_percentage.Republican { OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland's mayoral candidates will spar Tuesday evening in a live forum. We deserve better. He also said he is not dropping out of the mayor's race. }); font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; [Editors note: Scott is referring to the kind of charter amendment he mentioned at the beginning of this interview, one that would give the mayor more power to set city policies.]. .contact_office { margin-top: 0.3em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} z-index:100; font-size: 20px; .outer_percentage { margin-right: 10px; We have laws on the books for reckless driving. float: left; In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive. In response to this threat, I revealed a firearm. Seneca Scott ran for election for Mayor of Oakland in California. .inner_percentage.CrossFiled { She says it's not only property crime, which used to be the biggest issue prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but now violent crime, including the increased shootings in Oakland neighborhoods and freeways. } } 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. Thats not just wasted food, its wasted energy used to produce that food and ship that food and wasted fertilizer thats often petroleum-based. Those were incredibly complex negotiations. In public and on social media hes faulted the citys leadership for not giving OPD enough resources, and hes called for the city to grow OPDs ranks to 900 officers from the existing 683. if (l > 1){ Round 2 During that campaign, he told The Oaklandside he felt OPDs budget was too bloated and that some neighborhoods are over-policed, but he also said he feels there isnt enough enforcement of laws in the city. Yes, Im the only person with an outside-the-box plan for addressing these issues, at least when it comes to our food supply constraints, which not only affect local restaurants but our children, who have shown an inability to access healthy and nutritious food in Oakland due to food deserts and the lack of nutritious food provided to schools. This interview is with Seneca Scott, the founder of the nonprofit Neighbors Together Oakland, co-founder of the entertainment company Oakhella (which recently distanced itself from the candidate . } But I think that may be excessive considering we have a MACRO program that can help supplement [and] could help pick up a big load off the police officers. So we need to be honest. } padding-top: 8px; width: 100%; } let item = jQuery('.votebox .indicate_scroll').get(index); width: 250px; background-color: #f9d334; 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. At that very moment an OPD officer happened to be driving by. Thats the approach. }); I dont use affordable as many of you know because [that term has] been weaponized and politicized. height: 22px; const abcde =JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(x)); display: inline-block; Los Angeles doesnt deal with that. display: inline-block; letter-spacing: .03em; Seneca Scott did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey. Its your job to stop the illegal dumpers, drug dealers, and sex traffickers from preying on us. [But sometimes] you cant pull people over, so were going to have to use drones, were going to have to use cameras, were going to have to just follow people passively, and then when they park, go and confiscate the vehicle. State and local courts | Thats not something Im about. We want to ask you about gun violence. .contact_office { font-size: 0.8 em; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} max-height: 580px; padding-left: 0; } } A bunch of squatters broke into a commercial building I own in San Lorenzo, not the commercial building I own in Oakland. margin-right: 12px; .inner_percentage.Democratic { 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. margin-bottom:16px; Make sure people can compete. } var ex_votes = t - abcde[this.value].votes; margin-bottom: 0; $('.hideResponses').hide(); .large-date { text-align: center; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600;} top: -5px; } .hideResponses { display: none;} And we need to stop playing games with the CEQA. $(".results_table640055b6cc5e4").hide(); $(".results_table640055b707964").hide(); If youre not at the farmers market, you lose up to 30% of the nutritionin even the highest quality produce you buy in a Whole Foods or Berkeley Bowljust due to the time that [produce has] been off the vine or uprooted.
, Select round: Email editor@ballotpedia.org to notify us of updates to this biography. The root cause is us. font-style: italic; width: 35px !important; And there are some other reasons too that I believe are speculative that I wont mention. } .panel-heading:hover { cursor: pointer;} @media screen and (max-width: 350px) { .non_result_row { padding-top: 3px; The following Monday, the clerk's office told her that her signatures were insufficient. In 2020, Seneca ran for City Council to bring a voice to his neighbors that he felt was being ignored. } [I use] accessible housing because what will a homeless person with a drug or mental health problem be able to afford? The Alameda County Sheriff still owes me an apology.. The Oaklandside ran a search of court records related to all current candidates for Oakland mayor. (function() { I think its going to end in a couple of months if we keep our noses clean. I said, Can you just not take their advice and use them and do whats right? He said, I guess., [Editors note: in February the City Council approved using surveillance cameras to catch illegal dumpers, but the program is limited to a few specific areas. We need to set things up so we can have healthy communications between these departments. [Editors note: according to Edsource, The cost of housing in Oakland and the Bay Area is among the highest in the state, and Oaklands salary scale, as of 2020-21, was among the lowest in Alameda County, from $50,600 for new teachers to $95,000 for the highest-paid veterans.] How do you fix that? We need to build, baby, build. } Despite the Silesian Voivodeship's name, most of the historic . (function() { We have three fires a day in homeless encampments. RELATED: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf wins re-election. text-align: center; text-align: center; DONATIONS BY CHECK CAN BE MADE OUT TO: "SENECA SCOTT FOR MAYOR" AND MAILED TO: SENECA SCOTT FOR MAYOR 1114 PERALTA STREET OAKLAND, CA 94606 .inner_percentage { } All developers have got to show proof of concept that they will be involved in the community in meaningful ways. Seneca likes to say that all of his endeavors serve the same purpose, helping to bring Oakland Neighbors closer together. 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Again, do you spend that money on OPD or do you let it go to the Department of Violence Prevention? I was part of discussions with councilperson Noel Gallo, who chairs the Public Works Committee, and we were after them, as part of my Neighbors Together nonprofit, as to why they werent using cameras, and he just kept pointing to the police commissions advice. overflow: hidden; 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. 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. They make a central place where people can drag race and do all the car stuff, honkytonks, and all that good old stuff. 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