Emily Wheeler

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BART is playing spooky noises over the PA.

And shot, chaser...today's Public Safety Committee meeting was cancelled at the last minute, "due to lack of quorum"

Until SNAP is funded, here’s an ongoing list of Bay Area restaurants where SNAP recipients can receive free food. Just bring your EBT card!

There is nothing stopping Waymo from releasing their own Mad Max self-driving mode that dangerously speeds and weaves

The future of self-driving cars is more deadly roads

Centrist Democrats Have Already Forgotten About Kamala Harris - The American Prospect The Revolving Door Project, a Prospect partner, scrutinizes the executive branch and presidential power. Follow them at therevolvingdoorproject.org. For decades, many Democratic pundits and…

The New York Times editorial board thinks Democrats must "move to the center" to win.

But Kamala Harris did just that in 2024 — to disastrous effect.

Hear hear

In better times, one could watch Liverpool at Commonwealth Café in Oakland whilst getting in a fight with my partner who supports Manchester United…

I’m so sorry!

Ugh I hate when people say that to me too.

There’s this widely held perception that BART trains and buses have to be packed to the brim to justify their existence — I think we deserve fully funded AND comfortable-to-ride public transit!

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It would help if the time estimates were accurate too 😭

Silicon Valley's capture of our political institutions is all but complete The tech lobby kills off two key California AI bills, and why it matters. Plus: How Sam Altman played Hollywood with Sora 2, organized mass social media deletions, and more.

CA governor Gavin Newsom vetoed both of the major AI bills on his desk that Silicon Valley meaningfully opposed—one making it illegal for bosses to use AI to fire workers with no oversight, one requiring chatbot sellers to ensure their products do not harm children before marketing to them.

Bringing my practice of live tweeting from Kaiser over from Twitter to Bluesky. The walls in the Piedmont building are criminally thin.

Ms. Assata’s bigotry keeps getting more and more specific.

Rest in Power Miss Major.

I was so fortunate to profile Miss Major for SF Weekly.

From her political education from the leaders of the Attica prison uprising and getting knocked out by a cop at Stonewall to performing in the Jewel Box Revue and founding TGIJP, she led an extraordinary life.

Also she’s not reliable on anything, it is clear that 1 reason she is acting the way she is, not just on Israel, these days is because she was not given the blessings or the job offers from the trump White House in the past year that she wanted

It sucks when everyone just assumes your intentions are bad all the time.

Centro Legal was able to collect demographic data on 100s of lo-income tenants they assisted at rent board hearings. But EBRHA, a landlord lobbyist gifted a contract for lo-income landlords could not with just 21 that fit that description. We do know only 5 live in Oakland, tho

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There are now two Americas when it comes to housing:

In one, people work multiple jobs and still can't afford a home.

In the other, housing isn't a place to live but a portfolio to grow.

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

Fell into a rabbit hole trying to convince my lying eyes Libby Schaaf did in fact violate the charter by scheduling her "state of the city" a month late, and then refusing to give it before Council. That's what happened as I reported, but the evidence was wiped from Legistar

At least she is not holding it off-site and charging entrance fee…

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Committees in Review 9/30/2025, 10/02/2025 City Council Committee meetings are usually held on a single Tuesday, starting at 9:30 am, with the last meeting beginning at 6pm and potentially lasting until 9pm and later. In the current legislative frame, substantive deliberation on items from individual CMs, the CAO and its various sub-departments as well

If you're looking for some Sunday night reading, here's the Oakland Observer run down of what happened at this week's committee meetings and at Rules. Some unusually dramatic arcs here...

Prop 13 assessed value should be tied to rent being charged to tenants

If property owner is charging 2025 rent then they should not be paying 1973 property taxes

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

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