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Jaime Omar Yassin

Jaime Omar Yassin

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Founder, Editor, Reporter and Publisher, The Oakland Observer

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aging, environment, health entertainment.,Local and regional news: government and politics, law and justice children and families, education, arts and ideas LGBTQ issues, economy

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Total articles 45

  • New Web of Recall Linked Expenditure Committees Spend Hundreds of Thousands For Taylor, Taylor Linked D2 Candidates

    By Jaime Omar Yassin| The Oakland Observer@ Five shadowy Independent Expenditure Committees have raised and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars supporting Loren Taylor for Oakland Mayor and D2-linked candidates ahead of the April 15 Special Election, public records show.

    By Jaime Omar Yassin · The Oakland Observer

    Apr. 08, 2025

  • Election '24 Candidate and Finance Overview: Season Begins with Abrupt Changes in D7 Landscape; Houston's Long History of Local Gov Connections; NSA Backsliding on Armstrong's IAD Management Could Affect Campaign

    By Jaime Omar Yassin| ghost.io@ D7 Campaign Landscape Transforms Over Night as Reid Exits RaceLast week, D7’s current CM Treva Reid announced that she won’t be seeking re-election as her first term in office ends. The late day announcement on the deadline to submit candidate paperwork triggered Oakland’s rules for candidate qualification—that added an additional five days for other candidates to qualify for the ballot.

    By Jaime Omar Yassin · ghost.io

    Aug. 19, 2024

  • City Avoids "Catastrophic" Budget Cuts; Ballot Measures Begin Legislative Process

    By Jaime Omar Yassin| ghost.io@ “It Was Going to be Catastrophic”: City Departments Outline Budget Balancing Actions... and How Much Worse They Would Have BeenAt a Special City Council meeting on Wednesday to introduce Mayor Sheng Thao’s mid-cycle budget amendments and discuss current fiscal year budget balancing, City Department heads for the first time outlined the scope of fixes for the General Purpose Fund [GPF] budget crisis that spans this fiscal year and the next.

    By Jaime Omar Yassin · ghost.io

    Jun. 03, 2024

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The Oakland Observer

Oakland, United States