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Photos from A Progressive/Left Oakland Mayoral Forum
Nose pointing. The candidates were instructed to use gestures to indicate their answers during a lightning round. Here they indicate their response to a question is "yes" by touching their noses. Pictured from left to right: Terence Candell, Greg Harland, Jean Quan, Larry Lionel Young, Jr., and Joe Tuman.
Oct. 11, 2010, at the Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakland
Photo by Esther Aliah
Oct. 11, 2010, at the Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakland
Photo by Esther Aliah
OAKLAND - Seven of the candidates for mayor participated in, "A Progressive/Left Oakland Mayoral Forum," on Monday night, Oct. 11, at the Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street, Oakland.
Notably absent was former State Senator Don Perata. Perata has eschewed appearing at many community mayoral events in favor of spending record amounts of money on television and radio ads and mailers.
The candidates who did appear, Terence Candell, Greg Harland, Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan, Don Macleay, Councilwoman Jean Quan, Joe Tuman, and Larry Lionel Young, Jr., generally presented themselves, perhaps not surprisingly, as supportive of a progressive agenda. They were virtually unanimous in support for Oakland's Living Wage Ordinance and rent control, creating more union jobs, Ranked Choice Voting, a more powerful civilian police review board, and pressuring BART to reform it's police review board as proposed by the Justice for Oscar Grant movement.
The forum was moderated by longtime Oakland activist, and former Councilman, Wilson Riles, Jr. It was co-sponsored by thirteen organizations committed to social justice: Alameda County Green Party; Alameda County Peace & Freedom Party; Bay Area Solidarity; Democratic Socialists of America - East Bay Local; Fellowship of Humanity; Media Alliance; Niebyl Proctor Marxist Library; Northern California Committees of Correspondence for Democracy & Socialism; Oakland ACCE (Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment); Oakland CAN (Community Action Network); Oakland Tenant Union; PUEBLO (People United for a Better Life in Oakland); and UpSurge!
Notably absent was former State Senator Don Perata. Perata has eschewed appearing at many community mayoral events in favor of spending record amounts of money on television and radio ads and mailers.
The candidates who did appear, Terence Candell, Greg Harland, Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan, Don Macleay, Councilwoman Jean Quan, Joe Tuman, and Larry Lionel Young, Jr., generally presented themselves, perhaps not surprisingly, as supportive of a progressive agenda. They were virtually unanimous in support for Oakland's Living Wage Ordinance and rent control, creating more union jobs, Ranked Choice Voting, a more powerful civilian police review board, and pressuring BART to reform it's police review board as proposed by the Justice for Oscar Grant movement.
The forum was moderated by longtime Oakland activist, and former Councilman, Wilson Riles, Jr. It was co-sponsored by thirteen organizations committed to social justice: Alameda County Green Party; Alameda County Peace & Freedom Party; Bay Area Solidarity; Democratic Socialists of America - East Bay Local; Fellowship of Humanity; Media Alliance; Niebyl Proctor Marxist Library; Northern California Committees of Correspondence for Democracy & Socialism; Oakland ACCE (Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment); Oakland CAN (Community Action Network); Oakland Tenant Union; PUEBLO (People United for a Better Life in Oakland); and UpSurge!
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