Oakland Justice Coalition opens 2016 election campaign in front of City Hall

Coalition will push 3 ballot measures for police accountability, tenant protections, and a living wage

Today the Oakland Justice Coalition announced our endorsement of three ballot measures for 2016: the Protect Oakland Tenants Initiative, sponsored by Oakland Tenants Union and the Citywide Development Network, the charter amendment to create a police commission sponsored by the Coalition for Police Accountability, and the measure to establish a $20 minimum wage by 2020 and enforce fair scheduling regulations from the Oakland Livable Wage Assembly.

Our growing coalition now includes the Oakland Tenants Union, the National Union of Healthcare Workers, the Oakland Education Association, the Anti Police-Terror Project, Block by Block Organizing Network, the Coalition for Police Accountability, the Community Democracy Project, the Oakland Green Party, the Oakland Alliance, the Oakland Livable Wage Assembly, and Socialist Alternative.

We also announced our intention to raise and spend at least $100,000 in the 2016 Oakland elections to hire signature gatherers directly from disenfranchised communities. This community-led signature gathering program will create jobs paying $20 per hour and provide invaluable campaign experience for workers. The Oakland Justice Coalition will use this campaign as a laboratory to develop a replicable model for future initiative campaigns, changing the calculus of what is possible to achieve through direct democracy in Oakland and beyond.

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Canvassing Kickoff Saturday April 2nd at 11 am

Today we also announced our plan to turn out hundreds of volunteers to canvass disenfranchised communities across Oakland, registering voters and building a people’s campaign for our three endorsed ballot measures. Come out next Saturday April 2nd at 11 am to West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project at 349 Mandela Parkway for our canvassing campaign kickoff to gather signatures for our three ballot initiatives.

Committee Meetings This Week

Join the Oakland Justice Coalition for committee meetings this week as we get our campaign off the ground.

Sat March 26 at 1 pm at 499 14th St: Canvassing Committee