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Oakland: Larry Reid’s good intentions
To hear Larry Reid tell it, his Nuisance Eviction Ordinance sounds like a great way to get rid of the bad guys. And without a doubt, given a perfect police department, perfect city officials, etc., it would work just perfect. Unfortunately, Councilmember Reid overlooks the fact that we live in a less than perfect world where officials routinely abuse their power.
Larry Reid is the Oakland City Council member who sponsored the Nuisance Eviction Ordinance. Here is his Op-Ed piece from the Tribune (3-16-2004). It’s worth reading to see how things like this are presented.
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Nuisance Eviction Ordinance is misunderstood
by Larry Reid
Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - THE Nuisance Eviction Ordinance that I introduced is not intended to "create homelessness, make your landlord into Big Brother, tear apart families, or decrease the safety of our communities," as stated by Sitara Nieves and Vivian Lee in a recent "My Word" column. Quite the contrary.
The Nuisance Eviction Ordinance is intended to return peace and a comfortable environment to all residents of Oakland in their neighborhoods, a fact that I may point out they are entitled to.
Ms. Nieves and Ms. Lee have failed in their attempt to fully understand the very nature of the Nuisance Eviction Ordinance. How does NEO work? The city manager and city attorney review police records of people engaged in illegal drug sales, illegal weapon possession or use, or violence at the rental properties where the people live.
The city manager and city attorney then decide if these tenants' activities endanger the other tenants and if there is sufficient evidence to warrant their eviction in order to protect the safety of the other tenants and the community. If the city decides the tenant should be evicted, the city sends a notice to the landlord to evict the tenant and a similar notice to the tenant. In the case where the landlord is threatened by the tenant, the landlord can ask the city attorney to carry out the eviction.
As an advocate for clean and decent housing, the rehabilitation of those who are engaged in illegal activities, and one who has constantly supported the co-existence of both landlords and tenants, the Nuisance Eviction Ordinance is a tool to eradicate the drug solicitation and the constant fear of our residents (homeowners and tenants) who have been subjected to live amidst the constant solicitation of drug users, drug dealers and folks engaged in illegal activities, and who are held hostage in their own neighborhoods.
With the number of homicides occurring in our city -- and those homicides statistically have been related to the drug trafficking -- the Nuisance Eviction Ordinance becomes an essential tool in removing these elements from our neighborhoods. This ordinance is not a battle between landlords and tenants. It is a quality-of-life issue, and assures that residents who reside in Oakland should not fear the possibilities of sitting on their front porches, or their children being exposed to those tenants who are determined to create havoc in the communities without a second thought to the benefit of a comfortable environment for their neighbors.
Keep in mind that those who are engaged in illegal activity and those who are subjected to the Nuisance Eviction Ordinance have no intention of taking advantage of the many programs that exist for turning their lives around and making a positive contribution to their communities. This ordinance protects homeowners, fellow tenants who want to live a comfortable life and landlords who are committed to creating a safe and comfortable environment for their remaining tenants. So again, we look for support of this ordinance for the many residents in Oakland who want to preserve the quality of life in their respective neighborhoods.
Larry Reid is the Oakland City Council member for District 7.
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Nuisance Eviction Ordinance is misunderstood
by Larry Reid
Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - THE Nuisance Eviction Ordinance that I introduced is not intended to "create homelessness, make your landlord into Big Brother, tear apart families, or decrease the safety of our communities," as stated by Sitara Nieves and Vivian Lee in a recent "My Word" column. Quite the contrary.
The Nuisance Eviction Ordinance is intended to return peace and a comfortable environment to all residents of Oakland in their neighborhoods, a fact that I may point out they are entitled to.
Ms. Nieves and Ms. Lee have failed in their attempt to fully understand the very nature of the Nuisance Eviction Ordinance. How does NEO work? The city manager and city attorney review police records of people engaged in illegal drug sales, illegal weapon possession or use, or violence at the rental properties where the people live.
The city manager and city attorney then decide if these tenants' activities endanger the other tenants and if there is sufficient evidence to warrant their eviction in order to protect the safety of the other tenants and the community. If the city decides the tenant should be evicted, the city sends a notice to the landlord to evict the tenant and a similar notice to the tenant. In the case where the landlord is threatened by the tenant, the landlord can ask the city attorney to carry out the eviction.
As an advocate for clean and decent housing, the rehabilitation of those who are engaged in illegal activities, and one who has constantly supported the co-existence of both landlords and tenants, the Nuisance Eviction Ordinance is a tool to eradicate the drug solicitation and the constant fear of our residents (homeowners and tenants) who have been subjected to live amidst the constant solicitation of drug users, drug dealers and folks engaged in illegal activities, and who are held hostage in their own neighborhoods.
With the number of homicides occurring in our city -- and those homicides statistically have been related to the drug trafficking -- the Nuisance Eviction Ordinance becomes an essential tool in removing these elements from our neighborhoods. This ordinance is not a battle between landlords and tenants. It is a quality-of-life issue, and assures that residents who reside in Oakland should not fear the possibilities of sitting on their front porches, or their children being exposed to those tenants who are determined to create havoc in the communities without a second thought to the benefit of a comfortable environment for their neighbors.
Keep in mind that those who are engaged in illegal activity and those who are subjected to the Nuisance Eviction Ordinance have no intention of taking advantage of the many programs that exist for turning their lives around and making a positive contribution to their communities. This ordinance protects homeowners, fellow tenants who want to live a comfortable life and landlords who are committed to creating a safe and comfortable environment for their remaining tenants. So again, we look for support of this ordinance for the many residents in Oakland who want to preserve the quality of life in their respective neighborhoods.
Larry Reid is the Oakland City Council member for District 7.
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The DA of Alameda County is currently using a “Nuisance” law to prosecute protesters who were arrested at the Port of Oakland on April 7th. That should illustrate how nuisance laws can be misused.
NEO, An NCPC Brown Shirt Gentrification Plan
It was cartoonish to see the Brown Shirts of the Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) storm about the March 16 Oakland City Council meeting declaring that there will be no more drug dealing going on in Oakland!
NCPC members were bitterly complaining that their members have been under attack for conducting their surveillance activities throughout Oakland's neighborhoods.
The NCPC members could be seen shaking hands with the Cops in City Hall after they just stood up at the podium denouncing Oakland's renters as little more than dangerous dope dealing prostitutes that need to be run out of town.
Meanwhile, major Narco Traffickers known as the Carlos Hank Rhon Family & Transportacion Maritima Mexicana (TMM) continue to have a safe haven to operate from on City property at the Port of Oakland & making a tidy profit for Oakland City Officials.
Alas, the ironies of life are abundantly clear...
On March 18, the NCPC plans to have a meeting at the F.M. Smith Recreation Center @ 1969 Park Blvd, in Oakland @ 6:30 pm.
Oaklanders are invited to infiltrate the NCPC and take names & pictures of these Nazi Type Brown Shirt thugs.
The NCPC are little more than an organized group of neighborhood snitches that want to gentrify Oakland & raise the value of their property in the process.
Bring cameras and tape recorders to catch these PIGS in action.
It was cartoonish to see the Brown Shirts of the Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) storm about the March 16 Oakland City Council meeting declaring that there will be no more drug dealing going on in Oakland!
NCPC members were bitterly complaining that their members have been under attack for conducting their surveillance activities throughout Oakland's neighborhoods.
The NCPC members could be seen shaking hands with the Cops in City Hall after they just stood up at the podium denouncing Oakland's renters as little more than dangerous dope dealing prostitutes that need to be run out of town.
Meanwhile, major Narco Traffickers known as the Carlos Hank Rhon Family & Transportacion Maritima Mexicana (TMM) continue to have a safe haven to operate from on City property at the Port of Oakland & making a tidy profit for Oakland City Officials.
Alas, the ironies of life are abundantly clear...
On March 18, the NCPC plans to have a meeting at the F.M. Smith Recreation Center @ 1969 Park Blvd, in Oakland @ 6:30 pm.
Oaklanders are invited to infiltrate the NCPC and take names & pictures of these Nazi Type Brown Shirt thugs.
The NCPC are little more than an organized group of neighborhood snitches that want to gentrify Oakland & raise the value of their property in the process.
Bring cameras and tape recorders to catch these PIGS in action.
NCPC's: It's Oakland's Premier Snitch Operatives Located Near You!
At an NCPC meeting, the Community Policing Officer and Neighborhood Services Coordinator gather together with the residents of a neighborhood to discuss how neighbors may learn how to snitch on their neighbors and how the Community Policing Officer, Oakland Police, and the City of Oakland can work with the community to help them spy on Oaklanders.
Get Involved! You To May Be An NCPC Snitch!
With The NEO coming into play, theres no limits to what you may do!
NCPC TIPS ON SETTING UP THE POOR FOR THE NEO!
(1) Call the anti-poor hotline at 238-DRUG to snitch on your neighbors! These calls can be made anonymously; however, do not expect an immediate response. These calls are recorded and the information is distributed throughout the Department for follow-up. When you call please try to provide the following information:
* Where are the drugs being sold by the poor?
* From a house?
* At the street corner?
* How are they being sold?
* Is there a middleman who flags people down and "directs them" to another (drug dealer) person?
* Is the person who initially makes contact selling the drugs himself?
* Where are the drugs?
* Does the dealer "spit" them out of his mouth?
* Does the dealer take them out of his pocket?
* Does the dealer take them out from under a bush, etc? Does the dealer keep a "stash" somewhere?
* Give a complete description of the victim:
* Male
* Black/white
* 25-30
* 6' 200 Muscular build
* Long black hair to the shoulder
* Dark/fair
* Mustache
* Wearing:
* Black baseball cap with the letters "D-boy"
* black jacket with "Raiders" printed on the back
* Gray t-shirt
* black jeans
* red tennis shoes
Where is he? Is he walking away? If so, what direction? Is he in a car or on a bike? The more details the better.
District 4 has ten Community Policing beats-13Y, 13Z, 16Y, 21Y, 22X, 22Y, 24Y, 25X, 27X, 28X-many with an NCPC. I encourage you to get involved with sweeping away poor folk in our communities and revitalizing the rich in our City by working with your NCPC, Community Policing Officer, and Neighborhood Services Coordinator.
NCPC 25X meets the third Thursday of the month at 4173 McArthur (upstairs). The meetings begin at 7:00 PM. In September and November, the meetings will be at the Redwood Heights Elementary School and will also begin at 7:00 PM.
Bret Harte/Joaquin Miller NCPC (22Y) has merged with the Dimond NCPC. Their meetings occur the fourth Monday of the month, 7:00 p.m. at Dimond Library, 3565 Fruitvale Ave.
Meeting & Contact Information
Allendale NCPC ( Beat #24Y)
Every other month, 4th Thursday, 7 pm, Allendale Rec Center, 3711 Suter Street. Contact Debra Ramirez (510) 615-5707, DRamirez [at] oaklandnet.com
Bret Harte/Joaquin Miller NCPC ( Beat #22Y)
Second Tuesday of every month 6:30PM
"Puro First" 2860 MacArthur Blvd.
Contact Renee Sykes (510) 535-5691, RSykes [at] oaklandnet.com
Upper Dimond, Woodminster, Oakmore & Temple Hill NCPC ( Beat #22X)
Fourth Monday of each month 7:30PM
Dimond Library, 3565 Fruitvale Ave
Contact Renee Sykes (510) 535-5691, RSykes [at] oaklandnet.com
Upper Fruitvale/Lower Dimond Community Action Coalition (NCPC Beat #21Y)
Second Monday of each month 7:00PM
Posada de Colores Senior Home, 2221 Fruitvale
Contact Debra Ramirez (510) 615-5707, DRamirez [at] oaklandnet.com
Glenview NCPC ( Beat #16Y)
Third Mondays, 7 p.m. at Park Boulevard Presbyterian Church, 4101 Park Blvd. at Hampel
Contact Chuck Johnston (510) 238-2301 NSCJohnston [at] aol.com
High Hopes NCPC ( Beat #27X)
Third Thursday every other month 7:00 PM
Horace Mann School 5200 Ygnacio Ave.
TBA Contact Debra Ramirez (510) 615-5707, DRamirez [at] oaklandnet.com
Laurel/Redwood Heights NCPC ( Beat #25X)
Third Thursday of every month 7:00PM
Nationwide Insurance,
Contact Renee Sykes (510) 535-5691, RSykes [at] oaklandnet.com
Maxwell Park NCPC ( Beat #28X)
Second Wednesday of every month, 7: PM
Mills Grove Christian Church 5410 Fleming Ave.
Contact Ariana Richards (510) 615-5804
Piedmont NCPC/Bill Manley Public Safety/9X NCPC Chair 658.2419
NCPC PIG/Chuck Johnson
Office: (510) 238-2301
Fax: (510) 238-2303
Address: Grand Lake Neighborhood Center, 530 Lake Park Ave, Oakland
Chuck Johnson is responsible for the development and support of Neighborhood Crime Prevention Councils (NCPC's) in four neighborhoods around the north end of Lake Merritt. He serves beats 14X (Adams Point); (Grand Lake) beats 14Y and 16X combined; 16Y (Glenview); and 17Y (the Highland Hospital area). He meets with each NCPC monthly to review attacks upon the poor, confer with the officers who work these beats and develop strategies to solve neighborhood problems as identified by each NCPC.
Here in Adams Point rich folks feel uncomfortable with having poor folk in Oakland and don't know how to get rid of them fast enough. A daunting task? Sure, but together, Chuck figures we can handle it - and have some fun in the process. This neighborhood is particularly important to him, because he lives here, too. If you haven't dropped in on the Adams Point NCPC lately, give it a try. We meet on the second Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the basement of Resurrection Lutheran Church located at the corner of Euclid and Van Buren. Drop in, we can use your help!
BEAT 8 NCPC Members In Fiscal Year 2000
Lisa Lawrence, Hoang Banh, Walter Springer, George Larson, Charles Brown, Rowena Ward, Shirley Eddings, Alicia Daly and Tes Temelso.
Beat 8 NCPC
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 21288
Oakland, CA 94620/Voice Mail:1-877-288-4698 x-413
Frank Rose (510) 238-7308, Chairperson, Beat 34 (Central Elmhurst) Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)
At an NCPC meeting, the Community Policing Officer and Neighborhood Services Coordinator gather together with the residents of a neighborhood to discuss how neighbors may learn how to snitch on their neighbors and how the Community Policing Officer, Oakland Police, and the City of Oakland can work with the community to help them spy on Oaklanders.
Get Involved! You To May Be An NCPC Snitch!
With The NEO coming into play, theres no limits to what you may do!
NCPC TIPS ON SETTING UP THE POOR FOR THE NEO!
(1) Call the anti-poor hotline at 238-DRUG to snitch on your neighbors! These calls can be made anonymously; however, do not expect an immediate response. These calls are recorded and the information is distributed throughout the Department for follow-up. When you call please try to provide the following information:
* Where are the drugs being sold by the poor?
* From a house?
* At the street corner?
* How are they being sold?
* Is there a middleman who flags people down and "directs them" to another (drug dealer) person?
* Is the person who initially makes contact selling the drugs himself?
* Where are the drugs?
* Does the dealer "spit" them out of his mouth?
* Does the dealer take them out of his pocket?
* Does the dealer take them out from under a bush, etc? Does the dealer keep a "stash" somewhere?
* Give a complete description of the victim:
* Male
* Black/white
* 25-30
* 6' 200 Muscular build
* Long black hair to the shoulder
* Dark/fair
* Mustache
* Wearing:
* Black baseball cap with the letters "D-boy"
* black jacket with "Raiders" printed on the back
* Gray t-shirt
* black jeans
* red tennis shoes
Where is he? Is he walking away? If so, what direction? Is he in a car or on a bike? The more details the better.
District 4 has ten Community Policing beats-13Y, 13Z, 16Y, 21Y, 22X, 22Y, 24Y, 25X, 27X, 28X-many with an NCPC. I encourage you to get involved with sweeping away poor folk in our communities and revitalizing the rich in our City by working with your NCPC, Community Policing Officer, and Neighborhood Services Coordinator.
NCPC 25X meets the third Thursday of the month at 4173 McArthur (upstairs). The meetings begin at 7:00 PM. In September and November, the meetings will be at the Redwood Heights Elementary School and will also begin at 7:00 PM.
Bret Harte/Joaquin Miller NCPC (22Y) has merged with the Dimond NCPC. Their meetings occur the fourth Monday of the month, 7:00 p.m. at Dimond Library, 3565 Fruitvale Ave.
Meeting & Contact Information
Allendale NCPC ( Beat #24Y)
Every other month, 4th Thursday, 7 pm, Allendale Rec Center, 3711 Suter Street. Contact Debra Ramirez (510) 615-5707, DRamirez [at] oaklandnet.com
Bret Harte/Joaquin Miller NCPC ( Beat #22Y)
Second Tuesday of every month 6:30PM
"Puro First" 2860 MacArthur Blvd.
Contact Renee Sykes (510) 535-5691, RSykes [at] oaklandnet.com
Upper Dimond, Woodminster, Oakmore & Temple Hill NCPC ( Beat #22X)
Fourth Monday of each month 7:30PM
Dimond Library, 3565 Fruitvale Ave
Contact Renee Sykes (510) 535-5691, RSykes [at] oaklandnet.com
Upper Fruitvale/Lower Dimond Community Action Coalition (NCPC Beat #21Y)
Second Monday of each month 7:00PM
Posada de Colores Senior Home, 2221 Fruitvale
Contact Debra Ramirez (510) 615-5707, DRamirez [at] oaklandnet.com
Glenview NCPC ( Beat #16Y)
Third Mondays, 7 p.m. at Park Boulevard Presbyterian Church, 4101 Park Blvd. at Hampel
Contact Chuck Johnston (510) 238-2301 NSCJohnston [at] aol.com
High Hopes NCPC ( Beat #27X)
Third Thursday every other month 7:00 PM
Horace Mann School 5200 Ygnacio Ave.
TBA Contact Debra Ramirez (510) 615-5707, DRamirez [at] oaklandnet.com
Laurel/Redwood Heights NCPC ( Beat #25X)
Third Thursday of every month 7:00PM
Nationwide Insurance,
Contact Renee Sykes (510) 535-5691, RSykes [at] oaklandnet.com
Maxwell Park NCPC ( Beat #28X)
Second Wednesday of every month, 7: PM
Mills Grove Christian Church 5410 Fleming Ave.
Contact Ariana Richards (510) 615-5804
Piedmont NCPC/Bill Manley Public Safety/9X NCPC Chair 658.2419
NCPC PIG/Chuck Johnson
Office: (510) 238-2301
Fax: (510) 238-2303
Address: Grand Lake Neighborhood Center, 530 Lake Park Ave, Oakland
Chuck Johnson is responsible for the development and support of Neighborhood Crime Prevention Councils (NCPC's) in four neighborhoods around the north end of Lake Merritt. He serves beats 14X (Adams Point); (Grand Lake) beats 14Y and 16X combined; 16Y (Glenview); and 17Y (the Highland Hospital area). He meets with each NCPC monthly to review attacks upon the poor, confer with the officers who work these beats and develop strategies to solve neighborhood problems as identified by each NCPC.
Here in Adams Point rich folks feel uncomfortable with having poor folk in Oakland and don't know how to get rid of them fast enough. A daunting task? Sure, but together, Chuck figures we can handle it - and have some fun in the process. This neighborhood is particularly important to him, because he lives here, too. If you haven't dropped in on the Adams Point NCPC lately, give it a try. We meet on the second Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the basement of Resurrection Lutheran Church located at the corner of Euclid and Van Buren. Drop in, we can use your help!
BEAT 8 NCPC Members In Fiscal Year 2000
Lisa Lawrence, Hoang Banh, Walter Springer, George Larson, Charles Brown, Rowena Ward, Shirley Eddings, Alicia Daly and Tes Temelso.
Beat 8 NCPC
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 21288
Oakland, CA 94620/Voice Mail:1-877-288-4698 x-413
Frank Rose (510) 238-7308, Chairperson, Beat 34 (Central Elmhurst) Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)
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