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Aaron Douglas: The Father of African American Art

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Derreck Johnson, an Oakland Entrepreneur, Community Leader Runs for Mayor of Oakland

Coalition of faith, civic and business leaders declare support for Johnson in bid to lead Oakland from COVID-19 pandemic, economic recovery, address rising crime and homelessness Freddie Hughes

Oakland Vocalist Freddie Hughes, 78 Protests Surge as District Moves to

Some Oakland schools facing closure this year are (From top, clockwise): Prescott, Horace Mann, Brookfield, Westlake, La Escuelita and Grass Valley. Photos courtesy of OUSD.

By Clifford L. Williams

Freddie Hughes, one of the most gifted vocalists and a great human being, passed away unexpectedly from leukemia and complications from COVID-19 on Jan. 18, 2022, according to drummer, songwriter and producer Paul Tillman Smith. He was 78 years old. Hughes was born on Aug. 20, 1943, in Berkeley to parents who moved West from Texas seeking the plentiful jobs during WWII. His father, Fred W. Hughes, was a longshoreman and pastor who helped found Oakland’s Good Samaritan Church of God in Christ, and his mother Lola Mae Anderson was a singer and missionary. “Freddie has been singing and recording since a young child and had a huge hit in 1968 with the recording of ‘Send My Baby Back,’ said Tillman Smith. “The song showcased Hughes for the public at a time when everyone in the music business in the Bay was trying to find a way to get through…to find their niche.” Hughes’ son Derick, a former lead vocalist with Tower of Power, has followed in his father’s footsteps, having recorded with Motown and Prince, and toured extensively with Roberta Flack. Freddie and Derick are featured performers on a new CD, sponsored by the Bay Area Jazz Society and the West Coast Blues Society called “The Sounds of Oakland” to be released this month throughout the nation. The CD celebrates the legacy of East Bay soul and R&B. “(Hughes) was the epitome of the likes of Johnny Mathis,” noted Tillman Smith. “That’s how impressive he was. Most people have no knowledge of his schooling or if he ever had a job, but they do remember his love for singing. Every time you saw Freddie, he Continued on Page 10

Close Black and Latino Schools

By Ken Epstein

More than 2,000 outraged teachers, parents and community members attended a Zoom school board meeting Monday evening to speak out against the closures, consolidations and mergers of 15 predominately

Black and Latino schools this year and next year. The meeting lasted until 3 a.m., with hardly a speaker supporting the closures, as hundreds of speakers opposed these draconian measures, demanding that school and community voices not be ignored.

The board majority, led by Board members Gary Yee and Shanthi Gonzales, may be hoping to avoid prolonged protests by rushing to a vote at a special board meeting next Tuesday, Feb. 8 to finalize the closing of the schools in June. Continued on Page 10

Who Is Really Responsible for Closing Oakland Schools? Commentary

Oakland knows that the school board has bypassed community engagement and standards of due process to rush to close Oakland schools in the next week. Communities are furious and organizing to fight back. But many are pointing out that there are others behind the school board demanding that the district implement the closures immediately, working in the interests of billionaire developers and charter school tycoons who want the school properties and the displacement of African American and Latino working class people. The agencies directly placing pressure on the district and the school board are L. Karen Monroe, superintendent of

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our businesses. But we cannot keep electing the same people with the same mindset and expect different results. Otherwise, Oakland will always be broken.” Born and raised by a single mother in the ACORN Housing Projects of West Oakland, and later educated at an HBCU, Johnson understands the plight of working families. And Oakland needs a tested fighter, like Johnson — not the Continued on Page 10

Educating Black Children: What Would Carter Woodson Say By Gregory Hodge

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the Alameda County Office of Education and the neo-liberal, state-funded Fiscal Crisis Management and Assistance Team (FCMAT). FCMAT has had veto power over Oakland school decisions since 2003 and has already forced the district to close 20 schools. Now, we have a letter from FCMAT, sent to the district on Jan. 4, 2022, which is the smoking gun, demonstrating their role in forcing closures and revealing FCMAT’s bosses at

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the state level. These officials know what is going on and are complicit with the orders to close neighborhood schools and displace Oakland communities on behalf of privatizers. Here is what FCMAT wrote on Jan. 4: FCMAT expects “affirmative board action to continue planning for, and timely implementation of a school and facility closure and consolidaContinued on Page 10

Cat Brooks Awarded Unrestricted $250,000 Grant for 3 Years

The Rosenberg Foundation announced that they have awarded $250,000 unrestricted grants to nine bold movement leaders who have been selected as Leading Edge fellows for the next three years. With support from the Leading Edge Fund, the fellows will work to end and replace the incarceration and criminalization of young people of color, build economic hubs led by and for transgender people, create alternatives to police response, end child poverty, and much more. Cat Brooks, activist, actress, playwright and poet said, “I do this work side by side with some of the most passionate, committed, fierce, smart and principled people on the

On Tuesday, Derreck Johnson announced his candidacy for mayor of Oakland. As an entrepreneur and community leader, Derreck has spent the last 30 years creating jobs and hiring from Oakland, including formerly incarcerated populations, while working shoulderto-shoulder with stakeholders to uplift marginalized communities. Johnson is running to bring a fresh and bold perspective to City Hall at a time when thousands of struggling families are being pushed out of the City due to the pandemic and rising rent costs while homicide and property crimes are at an alltime high. “Oakland faces a critical moment,” said Johnson. “For too long, our politicians have over-promised and under-delivered — from homelessness and illegal dumping to lack of affordable housing — while rising crime has cost so many innocent lives and crippled

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planet: the Anti Police-Terror Project Team. While I am the recipient of this honor, it really belongs to them and more importantly to the families who

are survivors of state violence and channel their pain into fighting for justice. These funds will be used to build alternatives to public safety that don’t rely on the violence of the carceral state but rather invest in our humanity and prevention strategies that stop “crime” from happening in the first place, to develop art pieces that tell our stories for our eyes, ears and souls, to interrogate interrupting the daily trauma inflicted on our communities by white supremacy, lingering racism. I’m honContinued on Page 10

“For me, education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better.” Dr. Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) There are times in the life of our community that require uncommon leadership. As demonstrated by the threats to HBCUs and the ongoing crisis in Oakland’s public schools, this moment is one of them. As we celebrate Black History Month, it’s important to reflect on where we have come from, where we are and where we are headed. We must take

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this opportunity to inspire our children to live more abundantly, to change the things that they cannot accept and to find ways to make our collective lives better. Continued on Page 10

‘Black History is American History!’

Celebrate Black History with First Presbyterian Church, Oakland Sundays at 10 a.m. Sign up for the newsletter to receive Zoom information: http://eepurl.com/gMlqR1 Sunday, Feb. 6 Preaching: Pastor Matt Prinz, First Presbyterian Church, Oakland Special Presentation: Elder Henry Gardner Music: Marilyn Reynolds, Soloist; Herman Waters, Accompanist Sunday, Feb. 13 Presentation: Elder David Alexander, Esq The Legal Struggle: “God Was There All the Time!” Three of the most powerful legal cases that have impacted Black History and American History: Dred Scott; Brown

vs. the Board of Education and Plessy vs. Ferguson Music: Heidi Hill, Soloist; Sandra Iglehart, Accompanist Sunday, Feb. 20 Joint Worship: Faith Presbyterian Church, Oakland and 1st Presbyterian Church, Oakland Preaching: Rev. Dr. Valerie Miles-Tribble, Faith Presbyterian Church Sunday, Feb. 27 Preaching: Rev. Joel Mackey, Parish Associate, First Presbyterian Church, Oakland Music: Marilyn Reynolds, Soloist; Herman Waters, Accompanist Special Bible Study: Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m., featuring Darlene Flynn, Chief, Race & Equity Department, City of Oakland (Paid for by Gay Plair Cobb)

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White House Praises California Model; Says Equity is Critical in COVID Fight By Aldon Thomas Stiles California Black Media

Last week, Dr. Cameron Webb, the White House COVID-19 Response Team’s Senior Policy Advisor for Equity, discussed with California Black Media (CBM) the importance of fairness in the country’s fight against COVID. He complimented California’s pandemic response model. “There has been a great model in California, which has always been a leader in some of these equitable initiatives,” Webb said. He praised the work of Dr. Rohan C. Radhakrishna, deputy director for the California Department of Public Heath’s (CDPH) Office of Health Equity. “Some of the work they’ve been doing on data collection in California had them tracking [COVID-19] across demographics in preparing to respond to the need. Without having the data, without knowing what the problems are, you can’t find the solution,” Webb said. California was among the first states to start tracking racial data to determine why the disease, based on early infection patterns, was disproportionately impacting Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans. Although the rate of infections by race narrowed over time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and California Department of Health data still show higher COVID-19 death rates for African Americans than the general population. The COVID-19 death rate is 15% higher for Black Californians than the statewide average. Nationally African Americans account for 12% of the country’s population, but they make up about 14% of COVID-19 related

deaths. According to Webb, inequity in health care is one of the many challenges that need to be addressed as the country pushes to end the pandemic. “Just to address it head on, we have an inequitable health care system,” Webb told CBM. “We have a health care system that does not serve all communities in a way that’s fair and that is rooted in systemic and structural dynamics that are themselves inequitable. We have inequitable risk factors, social risk, within communities.” Webb said that the racial disparities that Americans have been struggling with during the COVID-19 pandemic continues to expose deeper systemic problems. “COVID-19 really just highlights those inherent inequities and it makes it much more urgent, I would say, for some folks to find a strategy and solution,” Webb said. During our interview, Webb provided an update on the state of the Black community during this pandemic. “If you go back to 2021, back in late August, you actually saw that the rate of cases in the Black community was lower than the rate of cases in the white community,” Webb said. “And that was all through Sep-

tember, all through October, and through most of November until the very end of November when Omicron started to surge. That’s when we saw the case rate jump up again in Black communities to be where it is now which is at 1.6 times the white case rate,” he pointed out. Webb said that vaccination rates in the Black community are improving. “In the earliest days of the vaccination effort, we saw pretty wide gaps emerge between white adults and Black adults. But by September of 2021, those rates were equivalent,” he said. Webb pointed out that his team found that local communities around the country are taking steps to address racial disparities, too. However, challenges remain. “We still see some gaps in who has been boosted,” he said. “We see some gaps in pediatric vaccination rates. We need to apply the same strategies that got our adult vaccination rates up to get kids vaccinated, and also to get more folks boosted.” Webb said that they were seeing communities take the lead on that. “We are being as supportive as we can from the federal side because we know that it works.” To read the full story, go to postnewsgroup.com

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Aaron Douglas: The Father of African American Art By Tamara Shiloh

Aaron Douglas (1899–1979) earned his reputation in the art world for creating compelling graphics. He became an in-demand illustrator for many writers after arriving in Harlem during a time when works by talented Blacks were being recognized. Among his most famous illustrations were images for James Weldon Johnson’s “God’s Trombone” and Paul Morand’s “Black Magic.” A leading Harlem Renaissance painter, Douglas’ artistic interests in modernism and African art fueled his artistic style. His works are a blend of Art Deco and elements of Egyptian wall paintings. He was later dubbed “the father of Black American art.” Born in Topeka, Kansas, young Aaron developed an interest in art early on. His mother had a passion for drawing and watercolors, one she shared with him. This made him want to become a painter. His father, a baker, emphasized the importance of education. He was instrumental in developing his son’s sense of optimism and self-confidence. Douglas’ dream was to enroll in a university, but his family had no money. Instead, he decided to travel with a friend. The two landed briefly in Detroit, where Douglas worked at Detroit Cadillac, an automobile factory. About that experience, he later said that he was “the target of racism and discrimination, always given the worst, dirtiest jobs at the plant.”

versity of Nebraska, Lincoln, and earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1922. Douglas then relocated to Kansas City, Montana, where he taught drawing, painting, stenciling, and batik at Lincoln High School. But, careerwise, his heart wasn’t in it. He wanted New York City, and to become a part of the city’s Harlem community and its thriving art scene. About his desire to leave Kansas City for Harlem, DougAaron Douglas. University of las said: “I can’t live here. I Nebraska photo. can’t grow here. [This] is not The harsh treatment pushed the way the world is. There are him to continue seeking his other places where I can try passion and enroll in art classes to be what I believe I can be, at the Detroit Museum of Art. Continued on page 6 He would later attend the Uni-

Right Path to Learning Spring Tutoring Session Underway By Post Staff

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Path to Learning, co-founder. RPL just received confirmation that Oakland Unified School District has approved the reallocation of $22,000 of COVID-19 Relief Funds with a focus on EnCompass Academy’s fourth and fifth grade students who are in immediate need of reading intervention. Those students will receive academic support for two hours a day, four days a week. This support will enable RPL to implement individual, specialized approaches to these students to foster their growth and development. RPL represents the center of education and growth for students who learn differently and need support and expertise found outside of the classroom. “Our team is committed to nurturing academic and personal growth that gives our students the space to understand, accept, and overcome their challenges so they can thrive in an educational setting,” Jones said. RPL is supported by generous donations that allow these students to excel in school and have a bright and prosperous future. “On behalf of our students, families, and staff at EnCompass Academy and Sylvan Learning, we send a big thank you to our donors and supporters for making this Spring Semester happen. We were able to raise contributions to meet our operating budget for our Spring 2022 program,” stated Steven Edrington, Right Path to Learning, advisory board chairperson. Right Path to Learning is a fiscally sponsored project of The Oakland Public Education Fund. For more information, please visit www.rightpathtolearning.org.

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New “College Corps” Program Offers Shirley N. Weber Shares Thoughts on Framework for Reparations Eligibility $10,000 to Students for Community Service By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media

California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber shared her thoughts on who should be compensated for the injustices of slavery during the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans’ sixth meeting. To open the first discussion of 2022 on Jan. 27 and 28, Weber testified virtually in front of the nine-member panel. She said eligibility should be based on “the impact of slavery” on enslaved Black people and their descendants as opposed to “those who were never slaves.” “Reparations is designed to repair and heal the damages done to Africans for 400 years and (suffered) through Jim Crow (laws),” Weber said. “Recent immigrants do not share our common oppression at the same level. Reparations are for those of descendants of slavery. Their ties are permanently severed from their homeland and their ability to return to Africa is almost impossible. We are truly Americans.” Weber (D-San Diego) authored Assembly Bill (AB) 3120 which established the task force while serving in the Assembly before her appointment to be the state’s first African American Secretary of State in January 2021. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the state’s historic reparations bill into law in September 2020. The great-granddaughter, granddaughter, and daughter of Black sharecroppers, Weber’s 20-minute testimony set the stage for the reparations meeting. The sixth of 10 planned

California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber testified at the Jan. 27-28 meeting of the state reparations task force. Photo courtesy of SOS.ca.gov.

meetings, the agenda covered topics including public health, mental health, technology and physical health. To gain a better perspective on the issue of eligibility, Weber suggested that task force members listen to recordings made in the 1930s of former slaves. The slave narratives were recorded as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Writer’s Project. “When slavery ended, when slavery was no longer legal, they (the formerly enslaved) literally had nothing,” Weber said. “They did not own any property, any equipment, they owned no land, they had no sense of direction, no place to sleep, or no place to stay. They had nothing.” Weber explained that the call for reparations is based on the fact that Black people provided free labor for over two centuries. When they were freed in 1865, an estimated 3.9 million formerly enslaved people had no shelter, workforce skills, education, or financial means

to function in society. A small portion of the enslaved that were working in the cotton and tobacco fields and in the “Big House” of the enslavers had options, but it kept them tied to slavery in one form or another. “As a result (of freedom), most of them only had the skills of farming, which became the foundation for the sharecropping system,” Weber said. “A few Africans who lived in the ‘Big House’ knew how to serve, iron clothes, and wait on individuals. They sat in the house and listened to those plans of sharecropping and knew it was another wave of slavery…a different kind of slavery. Those who had skills left. They went north (for better opportunities).” Task Force member Lisa Holder, a Los Angeles civil rights trial attorney, said Weber basically set the “framework” in terms of settling the eligibility issue. She pointed out that slavery was factually a “Western hemispheric economy” where Black people were also traded in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean islands. “Don’t get me wrong, the impact of slavery was universal around the world,” Weber said. “But many of those places have intact much more cultural relevance than we have. I’m dealing with what the United States’ responsibility is. If we decided to solve all the problems around the world, we’d probably get 50 cents each and that would be the end of it.” Weber continued, “I think those in other countries should also be dealing with the countries that they come from

By Edward Henderson California Black Media

On Jan. 18, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new $146 million work service program for college students that offers $10,000 stipends for college expenses to more than 6,000 students who participate in local community projects. The effort, called “Californians for All College Corps,” requires students enrolled in the program to complete 450 hours of community service over the course of the school year to receive the funding. “This is about forming stronger connections. Things that have more meaning tend to (be) things that are beyond yourself,” said Newsom at the kickoff of the event, which was streamed live on Zoom. “You find a sense of self by finding a sense of responsibility and service to others,” Newsom said. Josh Fryday, who serves as California’s Chief Service Officer, moderated the kickoff of the “College Corps” program. In 2019, Newsom appointed Fryday, a U.S. Navy veteran and former mayor of Novato, to “lead service, volunteer and civic engagement efforts throughout California.” “We see this program as what I like to call a win-win, win-win,” said Fryday, as he described how 45 colleges and universities across the state had partnered to implement the initiative that will start in the fall of 2022. “It’s a win for the student that helps them pay for college, gain valuable skills, social capital and exposes them to different careers. It’s a win for the university because it keeps T:12"students engaged, reduces their Continued on page 6 financial strain and reinforces

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the reality that universities are essential pillars of their community,” said Fryday. “It’s a win for the community who will benefit by the critical service being performed by the College Corps. And it’s a win for society which will benefit from a new generation of civicminded leaders,” he added. Black and Latino Californians have the highest rates of student loan default and delinquency and owe an estimated $147 billion in college loan debt, according to the governor’s office. Universities across the state will collaborate with local government, community service organizations and nonprofits, pairing College Corps fellows with causes that are priorities in their participating communities. Service opportunities will include initiatives around fighting climate change, solving economic disparities, assisting the state’s COVID-19 economic recovery, and more. Students will receive credits toward graduation as well for their service. And since the program is state-funded, Dreamers will be allowed to participate ­— unlike Job Corps, a similar but federally funded service program that only accepts students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

College Corps is modeled on a pilot program started at San Jose State University last year. Ian Chavez, a junior and Computer Science major was a participant in the Civil Action Pilot Program at San Jose State. He shared some of his experiences with the Zoom audience. “I was able to join with a team of like-minded individuals with an intense diversity of cultures and majors,” he said. “The San Jose State fellows are opening doors to people who may have never found their love for coding or other stem topics because of their circumstances. “If someone pursues a STEM major and helps diversify the industry at the expense of several hours of my time, then I think that is an amazing exchange and so worthwhile.” Chavez also participated in a service project where volunteers knit sock monkeys for the children of refugees settling in the Bay Area. Chavez said he heard about the program during his freshman year in a service-learning course while living at home with his parents to help cut down the cost of his education. He credited the program for not only providing muchneeded funds to make his eduContinued on page 6

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NewMembers MembersOrientation Orientation..........9:30 ..........9:30a.m. a.m. New Members Orientation ..........9:30 a.m. New Members Orientation ..........9:30 a.m. New Sunday School ..............................9:30 a.m. Sunday SundaySchool School..............................9:30 ..............................9:30a.m. a.m. Sunday School ..............................9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning MorningWorship Worship......... .........11:00 11:00 a.m. a.m. Sunday Morning Worship ......... 11:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship ......... 11:00 a.m. Sunday Children’sChurch...................... Church......................11:00 11:00a.m. a.m. Children’s Church...................... 11:00 a.m. Children’s Church...................... 11:00 a.m. Children’s

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Evictions During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency of African American Art Latter-day Saints AC President Russell NelsonAwarded Speaks at NAACP’s Convention in Detroit SafeM.Place $180,000 Grant from Broadway Hustlers, Mob’s A PILGRIM CHURCH HAYWARD Dr. Larry W. Ellis, Senior Pastor The Blue Shield of California Foundation 5th Annual Family Reunion

row, we share the passing of our THE POST, 26-Sept. 1, 2015, THEAug. POST, July 24-30, 2019,Page Page55 beloved Cheslie,” the Kryst famNNPA Newswire Senior ily wrote in a statement. “Her Continued from page 2 National Correspondent Courtesy of causes unless the that tenant pergreat light was one inspired Rep. Lee’s Office petrates a serious criminal act where I can achieve free from the petty irritations of color restricothers around the world with her Cheslie Kryst, who won the I’veand got to go, even I have toIn sweep floors for 2016, a living.” equality justice for ifall,” that would December the beauty and endanger strength. the Shehealth, cared, tions. 2019 Miss USA pageant Representatives Barbara and Lee In 1925, Douglas left for New York City, where he quickly imsaid NAACP President and Church gave an indexed datalife, and safety of other tenants. she loved, she laughed, and she worked a correspondent for (CA-13),asJesús “Chuy” García himself Harlem’s andFamily! culture.Freedmen’s “There are CEO Derrick Johnson. basearts of the historic · Self-terminate six months mersed Wein Invite You “We togrowing Join Our Church shined.” the entertainment news televi(IL-04), and 39 additional comust recognize and accept the so many things that I had seen for the first time, so many Bureau Records to theimpresSmithafter FEMA terminates the Worship Christian Life Class Bible Study Tributes poured in through sion “Extra,” reportedly Theshow Broadway Hustlers and sponsors introduced the Rental importance of creating amity sonian National Museum of sions I was getting,” he recalled. “One was that of seeing a big Sunday 10am Sunday 9am Tuesday 6:15pm emergency declared by the social media and other outlets committed suicide on Jan.Act 30. AC Mob will be holding their Eviction Moratorium on with those that are raising the African American History and of A Safe Place since 1984, of subjective counselA Safe Place will launch a delivery city that was entirely Black. From beginning to end you were imPresident. theMission local and stateHall level. As a for the beauty queen, who fa- consciousness Authorities said the beauty Temporary Worship Location: Paradise 5th AnnualMarch Family on ofimplemented this nation — Monday, 23,Reunion to prohibit Culture in Washington, D.C. and guidance. Lee is the designed two-year faith and domestic ing and pressed by the fact that Black people were in charge of things and Congresswoman longtime advocate for mously wore her crown atop her the Church is 31113 Mission Boulevard, Hayward, CA 94544 battered Saturday, 19, 2 p.m. till 6 queen, 30,Sept. jumped to her death committed to dolandlords from evicting rental The database contains geneintervention services and preThe project will foster partviolence project, “Speaking of here was a Black city and here was a situation that was eventually women and their children, she Co-Chaircurly of hair. the Steering & p.m., at deFremery naturally from her 29th floor New 18th York Toactivities learn morefor about Pilgrim, visit ouralogical website atCulture.” www.pilgrimbcsm.org ingbejust that.” information of profreed vention for victims between domestic Faith,” thanks to an $180,000 nerships tenants during the Park, COVID-19 to the center the great in American most recently employed Policy Committee, a senior at Adeline in Oakland, called “Such incredibly sad news,” City apartment. In addition to its joint purAfrican Americans after the of domestic violence. programs and faith grant from The Blue Shield of violence public health emergency. The New York City would lend Douglas’ career room to grams and services fordevelop male member of the Appropriations “AThe Day68th of Miss No Violence/All Bernice King, the daughter suits with the NAACP, the Civil War. These programs include the leaders. California Foundation. bill will be part USA, of theKryst third of domestic prominent memberviolence. of the HarCommittee, former Chair and of and grow, and he would become avictims Livesborn Matter.” Luther King was in stimulus Jackson, package MichiChurch seeks to Program, strengthen “Only theinformation comprehension Shelter AMartin Safe Place will alsoJr.Caujoin Emergency In partnership with the Insti- of COVID-19 For more aboutof lem Renaissance. the Congressional Black The Broadway Hustlers Coretta Scott King, tweeted. gan, to Rodney Kryst and April African American individuals the true fatherhood of God can Teen Dating Violence Preventhe Blue Shield Against Viotute on Domestic Violence in introduced by the House of and To learn more about Douglas the and Blue other Shield HarlemProject Renaissance cus, Chair Emeritus ofdeep the Prowere known for itsraised GQ style, “Depression creates deSimpkins. She was by her and families through genealbring full appreciation of the tion Program, and community lence (BSAV) Foundation’s the African American CommuBarbara Lee otherby events, Carolyn Representatives, the Take ReJesús “Chuy” García “Harlem Renaissance Artists” Denisecontact M. Jordan. gressive Caucus, Co-Chairilluof artists: and business leadership in spair and an overwhelming mother and stepfather, David ogy. true brotherhood of men and education and outreach proCulturally Responsive Domesnity (IDVAAC), the “SpeakRussell at (510) 986-8600 x sponsibility for They Workers and theViolence Pro-Choice Caucus, and a gram. gang activities. were a sion that there’s no way forward The Church helps African 315. Simpkins, and Kryst had four the true sisterhood of women,” Network, which ing of Faith” project will raise tic Families Act. Rep. Chuy García. “Last week I awareness street gang of more than 75 rium Act Would: Senior Democratic Whip. She Americans trace their Rusroots Nelson said during a 2018 in life,” King advised. “RememThrough A Safe Place, brothers and one sister. links 17 statewide domestic and educate the Rep. “As men andBarbara women Lee that said, roamed · Prohibit landlords from violence also looking serves asgood Chairacross of thedoing Maas has far also backgoverned as possible. The celebration of diversity and ber, and domesagencies the sell community on best In 2013, Krystare wonlosing the 1Ltheir Tri- authored a letter that 77 Mem- faith-based more workers Broadway from 2nd Street to bers of Congress signed, callevicting rental tenants due jority Leader’s Task Force on tic Church donated $2 million violence programs on bothin oneness in the church. “That practices and models to apply state. good doesn’t equal feeling and aljobs BarorCompetition Finals and having Blvd. their hours lim- ing on mortgage lenders to stop to failure to pay rent or other Poverty and Opportunity. W MacArthur in OakFebruary to the International understanding inspires us A Safegood.” Place seeks to break when working with families thinking graduated from the University of Rev. Ron Linzie ited, families are put at risk land in the late 70’s and earlyof foreclosures during this public experiencing violence in the the Officials African American Museum with passionate desire to build cycle of domestic and famat Miss Universe South Carolina with a bachelor’s Continued from page missing rent or forgoing food on health crisis. But nearly a third 80’s. Brother (IAAM), which is set3 to open remained incooperation slavery they must bridges of instead ily violence by providing bathome. T o place a Legal Ad also tweeted their devastation. degree in marketing andahuman AC gang (510) theThe table. WeMob can’twas allow people 541-9650 or Rev. 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I Phone: (510) 272-4747 about the loss of USA We A track and field star, Kryst They were also friends as- 5404 or as Michelle Murray aka of a public health crisisand – that’s worked a correspondent for the entertainment news televiSouth Carolina. in Chicago the ratio is much es, and to prevent violence women between the ages of Andrew worked for free (in the U.S.) appreciate Presents BrotherYoung and Fax: (510) 2019, 743-4178 Cheslie Kryst. She was turned herwith attention to law and “Niecey” sociates the Rep. Broadway at“Extra,” (510) 472-5255. why I worked with Garcia sion show reportedly committed suicide on one Jan.million 30. higher. Working-class people, through outreach and educa15-44. More than his desire to be compassionate for over 100 years and built Email: tonya_peaone of the brightest, warmest, beauty pageants. She began Hustlers. Former AC Mob For thoseBaptist who wish to suffer con- San Amos Brown (left), pastor of Third Church, Francisco and witness president oftion. the NAACP, San Francisco toRev. introduce the Rental Evicimmigrants, and renters children each year the to the world but oftentimes our this nation. I am not in favor of cock@dailyjournal.com and mostatkind we have work at thehold Poyner Spruill firm members top social tribute food orof funds to support President of the Church Jesus Christ ofbrutal Latter-day Saints of Russell M. Nelson the people 110th annual branch greets tion Moratorium Act. ThisserimSince 1976, A Safe Place victimization a pardisproportionately from ecoBrother compassion has not served us opening this up to all folks. 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Ifofwe have address materials and programs thefamily two great commandments drew Young, Dr. Martin Luther effects on African Americans For to information, call Rev. 94577. her right now.” USA, Miss Universe and Miss icated helping women dress est Law. ads@postnewsgroup.com and outreach, as well as a Teen lated issues, including children sure that everyone has accessfor to any minded those assembled The Rental Eviction Moratohope of reclaiming the most effective for the initia— to love God and love each Ron Linzie “aka” Poison at “She was sunshine personi- King Jr. protégée, former Con- who are descendants of perAmerica. 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The Africans in this country,” We- 1 of this year, which will be dentlauded Russell Nelson said tion effortsNewsom in Chicago and San Antonio, honoredtoto including seminary. Email aincovercommunities letter, biography, resumeCaliand ministerial license(s) tainty that they won’t be kicked during a nine-minute evening program, which will on deepening his of civic re-if novative fornia. To learn more,Christ visit the Col- ber said. “We were visible. If available to the public. 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The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23/22 CNS-3549597# OAKLAND POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 585700 Fictitious Business Name(s): KEN.ELECTRO, 1560 164TH AVE #44, SAN LEANDRO, CA 94578; MAILING ADDRESS: 1560 164TH AVE. #44, SAN LEANDRO, CA 94578, County of ALAMEDA Registrant(s): KENNETH AKAMERE, 1560 164TH AVENUE #44, SAN LEANDRO, CA 94578 Business conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL The registrant began to transact business using the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. 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subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2/22 CNS-3543206# OAKLAND POST

Owner, or its designee, has determined that certain materials, services, products or things designated by specific brand or trade name shall not be subject to Public Contract Code section 3400(a) in order that a field test or experiment may be made to determine the product’s suitability for future use; in order to match other materials, services, products or things in use on a particular Owner public improvement either completed or in the course of completion; in order to obtain a necessary item that is only available from one source; and in order to respond to an emergency declared by Owner. Pursuant to the Contract Documents, the successful bidder will be required to furnish a Payment (Labor and Material) Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Sum, and a Faithful Performance Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Sum. The successful bidder will be allowed to substitute securities or establish an escrow in lieu of retainage, pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22300, and as described in the Agreement Between Owner and Contractor and General Conditions. The Owner will not consider or accept any bids from contractors who are not licensed to do business in the State of California, in accordance with the California Public Contract Code, providing for the licensing of contractors. In accordance with Section 3300 of said Code, the bidder shall have a Class “A-General Engineering Contractor and/or B- General Building Contractor” license and shall maintain that license in good standing through Completion of the Contract and all applicable warranty periods. For all projects over Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), the bidder shall state the public works contractor registration number on the Designation of Subcontractors form for each subcontractor performing more than one-half of one percent (0.5%) of the bidder’s total bid. The Director of Industrial Relations of the State of California, in the manner provided by law, has ascertained the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and rate for legal holidays and overtime work. The Contractor must pay for any labor therein described or classified in an amount not less than the rates specified. Copies of the required rates are on file at the Owner’s business office and are available on request. 2/2/22 CNS-3551540# OAKLAND POST

and qualified under Labor Code section 1725.5 to perform public work and proof of registration is provided. The Contract Time shall be 90 calendar days, and liquidated damages for delay shall accrue. The deadline for Completion is August 3, 2023. See Article III of the Agreement for details. Bids must be sealed and filed in the Business Office of the Owner at: Front Desk Facilities Planning & Management 955 High Street Oakland, CA 94601 on February 23, 2022, before 2:00 p.m. on the clock designated by the Owner or its representative as the bid clock, after which time the bids shall be opened. No bid will be accepted by the Owner after this time. Facsimile (FAX) copies of the bid will not be accepted. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO COVID-19 BIDS WILL NOT BE OPENED. BID RESULTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE VIA EMAIL. A mandatory pre-bid site visit will be held on February 10, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., at Front entrance of the MLK Jr. School site. Bidders not attending the site visit will be disqualified. Bids must be accompanied by a bidder’s bond, cashier’s check, or certified check for at least ten percent (10%) of the amount of the base bid and made payable to the Owner, as detailed in the Contract Documents. Owner, or its designee, has determined that certain materials, services, products or things designated by specific brand or trade name shall not be subject to Public Contract Code section 3400(a) in order that a field test or experiment may be made to determine the product’s suitability for future use; in order to match other materials, services, products or things in use on a particular Owner public improvement either completed or in the course of completion; in order to obtain a necessary item that is only available from one source; and in order to respond to an emergency declared by Owner. Pursuant to the Contract Documents, the successful bidder will be required to furnish a Payment (Labor and Material) Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Sum, and a Faithful Performance Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Sum. The successful bidder will be allowed to substitute securities or establish an escrow in lieu of retainage, pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22300, and as described in the Agreement Between Owner and Contractor and General Conditions. The Owner will not consider or accept any bids from contractors who are not licensed to do business in the State of California, in accordance with the California Public Contract Code, providing for the licensing of contractors. In accordance with Section 3300 of said Code, the bidder shall have a Class “A-General Engineering Contractor and/or B- General Building Contractor” license and shall maintain that license in good standing through Completion of the Contract and all applicable warranty periods. For all projects over Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), the bidder shall state the public works contractor registration number on the Designation of Subcontractors form for each subcontractor performing more than one-half of one percent (0.5%) of the bidder’s total bid. The Director of Industrial Relations of the State of California, in the manner provided by law, has ascertained the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and rate for legal holidays and overtime work. The Contractor must pay for any labor therein described or classified in an amount not less than the rates specified. Copies of the required rates are on file at the Owner’s business office and are available on request. 2/2/22 CNS-3551514# OAKLAND POST

A new one-story Type V-B construction steel frame building. Program consists of a cafeteria, kitchen, stage platform, and associated support storage rooms. The project will be California High Performance School (CHPS) Designed. The building will be fully sprinklered. Renovation scope to the existing classroom Building A consists of removal and replacement of existing folding walls with permanent walls, reconfiguration of existing restrooms into a new unisex accessible restroom, reconfiguration of an existing interior ramp to make it accessible, and minor restroom upgrades. Scope includes a campus wide replacement of the existing intrusion alarm (contractor must be BOSCH certified). Site work improvements include new fencing, storm water management site work, regrading, covered pedestrian walkway, stairs, ramps, game line restriping, pavement associated with the new building. Engineer’s Estimate: $13,000,000 Project Manager is Deshonne Hall, who can be reached at: deshonne.hall@ousd.org and/or 510-517-1155. “The most qualified responsible responsive lowest bid shall be determined on the amount of the base bid.” The Owner reserves the right to add or deduct any of the additive or deductive items after the lowest responsible and responsive bidder is determined. The lowest bid shall be determined by the amount of the base bid. This Contract is subject to prequalification pursuant to Public Contract Code section 20111.6. Deadline to prequalify for this project is Friday, February 17, 2022. Please email Juanita Hunter at: Juanita.hunter@ousd.org or La Juana Lewis at: LaJuana.Lewis@ ousd.org for more prequalification requirements. This Contract is subject to the District’s Project Labor Agreement. The full version of OUSD’s latest Project Labor Agreement can be found by going to the OUSD home page: ousd.org > Offices and Programs > Facilities Planning & Management Department > For Contractors and Developers > Bids and Requests for Proposals > Bid Information > 2016 PLA – Project Labor Agreement. Contract Documents will be available on or after February 2, 2022, for review at East Bay Blue Print, located at 1745 14th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606. All requests should be addressed Attention: Sandy Petty. Plans can be ordered by: Ph: 510261-2990 Fax: 510-261-6077 Email: ebbp@eastbayblueprint. com, Attn: Sandy. Online using the Plan Command System at www.eastbayblueprint.com or plans can be delivered to a place of business, at requester’s own expense. Payment for plan sets must be made with East Bay Blue Print and are NONREFUNDABLE In addition, Contract Documents are available for bidders’ review at the following builders’ exchanges: Builder’s Exchange of Alameda County McGraw Hill Construction Data San Francisco Builder’s Exchange Reed Construction Market Data Contra Costa Builder’s Exchange Marin Builder’s Exchange Public works projects shall be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. For all projects over Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), a contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to submit a bid or to be listed in a bid proposal subject to the requirements of Public Contract Code section 4104 unless currently registered and qualified under Labor Code section 1725.5 to perform public work as defined by Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1 (§§1720 et seq.) of the Labor Code. For all projects over Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), a contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to enter into, or engage in the performance of, any contract of public work (as defined by Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1 (§§1720 et seq.) of the Labor Code) unless currently registered and qualified under Labor Code section 1725.5 to perform public work and proof of registration is provided. The Contract Time shall be 476 calendar days, and liquidated damages for delay shall accrue. The deadline for Completion is August 3, 2023. See Article III of the Agreement for details. Bids must be sealed and filed in the Business Office of the Owner at: Front Desk Facilities Planning & Management 955 High Street Oakland, CA 94601 on February 24, 2022, before 2:00 p.m. on the clock designated by the Owner or its representative as the bid clock, after which time the bids shall be opened. No bid will be accepted by the Owner after this time. Facsimile (FAX) copies of the bid will not be accepted. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO COVID-19 BIDS WILL NOT BE OPENED. BID RESULTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE VIA EMAIL. A mandatory pre-bid site visit will be held on February 16, 2022, at 2 p.m., at Front entrance of the Claremont School site. Bidders not attending the site visit will be disqualified. Bids must be accompanied by a bidder’s bond, cashier’s check, or certified check for at least ten percent (10%) of the amount of the base bid and made payable to the Owner, as detailed in the Contract Documents. Owner, or its designee, has determined that certain materials, services, products or things designated by specific brand or trade name shall not be subject to Public Contract Code section 3400(a) in order that a field test or experiment may be made to determine the product’s suitability for future use; in order to match other materials, services, products or things in use on a particular Owner public improvement either completed or in the course of completion; in order to obtain a necessary item that is only available from one source; and in order to respond to an emergency declared by Owner. Pursuant to the Contract Documents, the successful bidder will be required to furnish a Payment (Labor and Material) Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Sum, and a Faithful Performance Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Sum. The successful bidder will be allowed to substitute securities or establish an escrow in lieu of retainage, pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22300, and

as described in the Agreement Between Owner and Contractor and General Conditions. The Owner will not consider or accept any bids from contractors who are not licensed to do business in the State of California, in accordance with the California Public Contract Code, providing for the licensing of contractors. In accordance with Section 3300 of said Code, the bidder shall have a Class “A-General Engineering Contractor and/or B- General Building Contractor” license and shall maintain that license in good standing through Completion of the Contract and all applicable warranty periods. For all projects over Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), the bidder shall state the public works contractor registration number on the Designation of Subcontractors form for each subcontractor performing more than one-half of one percent (0.5%) of the bidder’s total bid. The Director of Industrial Relations of the State of California, in the manner provided by law, has ascertained the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and rate for legal holidays and overtime work. The Contractor must pay for any labor therein described or classified in an amount not less than the rates specified. Copies of the required rates are on file at the Owner’s business office and are available on request. 2/2/22 CNS-3551302# OAKLAND POST

SLRBE) participation for all capital program/constructionrelated contracts and professional services agreements. On April 28, 2021, the Board of Education amended the Local Business Policy which had named the City of Oakland as the singular agency to certify local businesses to include five additional local business certifications. For businesses located in Oakland, Local Business and Small Local Business certifications may also be accepted from the Port of Oakland, Alameda County Transportation Commission, Alameda County Department of General Services, US Department of Transportation California Unified Certification Program, and the California Public Utilities Commission. The District will follow the City of Oakland Small Business size standards in recognizing Small Local and Small Local Resident Businesses. The full version of OUSD’s latest Local, Small Local and Small Local Resident Business Enterprise Program can be found by going to the OUSD home page: ousd.org> Offices and Programs> Facilities Planning & Management Department> For Contractors and Developers> Bids and Requests for Proposals> Bid Information> 2021 Amendment to Local Business Participation Policy. 2/2/22 CNS-3549249# OAKLAND POST

YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On 2/16/2022 at 12:00 PM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 9/26/2003 as Instrument No. 2003574388 of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Alameda County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: EUFROCINA M. ZARAGOSA, A SINGLE WOMAN WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE; AT THE FALLON ST. EMERGENCY EXIT OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 1225 FALLON ST. , OAKLAND, CA 94612 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 521 STANNAGE AVENUE, ALBANY, CA 94706-1222 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $156,830.23 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (844) 477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site WWW. STOXPOSTING.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 091183-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: Effective January 1, 2021, you may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (855) 313-3319, or visit this internet website www. clearreconcorp.com, using the file number assigned to this case 091183-CA to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (844) 4777869 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 1/19, 1/26, 2/2/22 CNS-3547276# BERKELEY TRI-CITY POST

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 152521 The following person(s) is doing business as: WISH FULFILLED THINKING PRESS / WISHING FULFILLED, C/O GLEASON, 2130 REDWOOD HWY., SPC D5, GREENBRAE, CA 94904, County of MARIN. WISH FULFILLED THINKING ENTERPRISES LLC (CA), 1401 21ST STREET, STE. R, SACRAMENTO, CA 95811 This business is conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ JOYCE BRIDGET GLEASON This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on JANUARY 4, 2022. Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. GILLARDI, Deputy 1/19, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9/22 CNS-3547271# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 152498 The following person(s) is doing business as: ikb, 369 Carrera Dr., Mill Valley, CA 94941, County of Marin. IKB and Friends LLC, 369 Carrera Dr., Mill Valley, CA 94941 This business is conducted by limited liability company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ Ian Kenny, Managing Member This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on December 28, 2021. Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: L. VAWTER, Deputy 1/19, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9/22 CNS-3545642# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 152488 The following person(s) is doing business as: GREENPORT CONSTRUCTION, INC., 50 BELVEDERE ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901, County of MARIN. GREENPORT CONSTRUCTION INC., 50 BAYVIEW DR., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901 (CALIFORNIA) This business is conducted by A CORPORATION. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ JACOB FRONEBERGER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on DECEMBER 27, 2021. Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: XXX, Deputy 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2/22 CNS-3545004# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 152525 The following person(s) is doing business as: YANG EYE ASSOCIATES, 950 NORTHGATE DR STE 209, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903, County of MARIN. LOUIS YANG MD PC, 950 NORTHGATE DR STE 209, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 (CA) This business is conducted by A CORPORATION. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ LOUIS YANG This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on JANUARY 5, 2022. Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: L. VAWTER, Deputy 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2/22 CNS-3544663# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 152484 The following person(s) is doing business as: EDDY LANDSCAPING, 400 CANAL ST., APT 315, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901, County of MARIN. JOSE EDDY LEONEL MAZARIEGOS CALDERON, 400 CANAL ST., APT 315, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901 This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ JOSE MAZARIEGOS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on DECEMBER 22, 2021. Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. MANNION, Deputy 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2/22 CNS-3544661# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 585319 Fictitious Business Name(s): AOPRODUCTIONSAND EVENTS / GHETTO GUMBO AUTHENTIC SOUL FOOD AND CATERING, 708 31ST, OAKLAND, CA 94609, County of ALAMEDA Registrant(s): ALVIN ODOM, 708 31ST, OAKLAND, CA 94609 Business conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL The registrant began to transact business using the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars [$1,000].) /s/ ALVIN ODOM This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda County on DECEMBER 29, 2021 NOTICE: In accordance with

GOVERNMENT NOTICE TO BIDDERS DOCUMENT 00 11 11 Notice is hereby given that the Oakland Unified School District (hereinafter referred to as “Owner”) will receive sealed bids prior to the date and time stated for the Bid Opening for the award of a contract to construct the (“Contract”), Project No. 15110 East Oakland Pride Elementary School Fire & Intrusion Alarm 8000 Birch Street, Oakland, CA 94621 Project consists of: Replace existing FACU with new. Replace existing DACT with new. Provide smoke detection in all buildings in accordance with CFC requirements. Provide voluntary carbon monoxide detection in classrooms. Provide new heat detection in spaces above ceilings where sprinklers are not installed, Provide new audible / visual notification appliances in all classrooms and common areas. Upon completion of project, remove manual fire alarms. Upon completion of this project remove all abandoned and unused fire alarm devices, wiring, conduit and raceway. Restore surfaces to match surrounding area for all devices removed. Engineer’s Estimate: $850,000.00 Project Manager is John Howell, who can be reached at: john. howell@ousd.org and/or 510299-0618. “The most qualified responsible responsive lowest bid shall be determined on the amount of the base bid.” The Owner reserves the right to add or deduct any of the additive or deductive items after the lowest responsible and responsive bidder is determined. The lowest bid shall be determined by the amount of the base bid. This Contract is not subject to prequalification pursuant to Public Contract Code section 20111.6. This Contract is subject to the District’s Project Labor Agreement. The full version of OUSD’s latest Project Labor Agreement can be found by going to the OUSD home page: ousd.org > Offices and Programs > Facilities Planning & Management Department > For Contractors and Developers > Bids and Requests for Proposals > Bid Information > 2016 PLA – Project Labor Agreement. Contract Documents will be available on or after February 2, 2022, for review at East Bay Blue Print, located at 1745 14th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606. All requests should be addressed Attention: Sandy Petty. Plans can be ordered by: Ph: 510-2612990 Fax: 510-261-6077 Email: ebbp@eastbayblueprint.com, Attn: Sandy. Online using the Plan Command System at www. eastbayblueprint.com or plans can be delivered to a place of business, at requester’s own expense. Payment for plan sets must be made with East Bay Blue Print and are NONREFUNDABLE In addition, Contract Documents are available for bidders’ review at the following builders’ exchanges: Builder’s Exchange of Alameda County McGraw Hill Construction Data San Francisco Builder’s Exchange Reed Construction Market Data Contra Costa Builder’s Exchange Marin Builder’s Exchange Public works projects shall be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. For all projects over Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), a contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to submit a bid or to be listed in a bid proposal subject to the requirements of Public Contract Code section 4104 unless currently registered and qualified under Labor Code section 1725.5 to perform public work as defined by Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1 (§§1720 et seq.) of the Labor Code. For all projects over Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), a contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to enter into, or engage in the performance of, any contract of public work (as defined by Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1 (§§1720 et seq.) of the Labor Code) unless currently registered and qualified under Labor Code section 1725.5 to perform public work and proof of registration is provided. The Contract Time shall be 90 calendar days, and liquidated damages for delay shall accrue. The deadline for Completion is August 3, 2023. See Article III of the Agreement for details. Bids must be sealed and filed in the Business Office of the Owner at: Front Desk Facilities Planning & Management 955 High Street Oakland, CA 94601 on February 23, 2022, before 2:00 p.m. on the clock designated by the Owner or its representative as the bid clock, after which time the bids shall be opened. No bid will be accepted by the Owner after this time. Facsimile (FAX) copies of the bid will not be accepted. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO COVID-19 BIDS WILL NOT BE OPENED. BID RESULTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE VIA EMAIL. A mandatory pre-bid site visit will be held on February 10, 2022, at 11:00 a.m., at Front entrance of the EOP School site. Bidders not attending the site visit will be disqualified. Bids must be accompanied by a bidder’s bond, cashier’s check, or certified check for at least ten percent (10%) of the amount of the base bid and made payable to the Owner, as detailed in the Contract Documents.

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS DOCUMENT 00 11 11 Notice is hereby given that the Oakland Unified School District (hereinafter referred to as “Owner”) will receive sealed bids prior to the date and time stated for the Bid Opening for the award of a contract to construct the (“Contract”), Project No. 15111 Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School Fire & Intrusion Alarm 960 10th Street, Oakland, CA 94607 Project consists of: Replace existing FACU with new. Replace existing DACT with new. Provide smoke detection in all buildings in accordance with CFC requirements. Provide voluntary carbon monoxide detection in classrooms. Provide new heat detection in spaces above ceilings where sprinklers are not installed, Provide new audible / visual notification appliances in all classrooms and common areas. Upon completion of project, remove manual fire alarms. Upon completion of this project remove all abandoned and unused fire alarm devices, wiring, conduit and raceway. Restore surfaces to match surrounding area for all devices removed. Engineer’s Estimate: $800,000.00 Project Manager is John Howell, who can be reached at: john. howell@ousd.org and/or 510299-0618. “The most qualified responsible responsive lowest bid shall be determined on the amount of the base bid.” The Owner reserves the right to add or deduct any of the additive or deductive items after the lowest responsible and responsive bidder is determined. The lowest bid shall be determined by the amount of the base bid. This Contract is not subject to prequalification pursuant to Public Contract Code section 20111.6. This Contract is subject to the District’s Project Labor Agreement. The full version of OUSD’s latest Project Labor Agreement can be found by going to the OUSD home page: ousd.org > Offices and Programs > Facilities Planning & Management Department > For Contractors and Developers > Bids and Requests for Proposals > Bid Information > 2016 PLA – Project Labor Agreement. Contract Documents will be available on or after February 2, 2022, for review at East Bay Blue Print, located at 1745 14th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606. All requests should be addressed Attention: Sandy Petty. Plans can be ordered by: Ph: 510-2612990 Fax: 510-261-6077 Email: ebbp@eastbayblueprint.com, Attn: Sandy. Online using the Plan Command System at www. eastbayblueprint.com or plans can be delivered to a place of business, at requester’s own expense. Payment for plan sets must be made with East Bay Blue Print and are NONREFUNDABLE In addition, Contract Documents are available for bidders’ review at the following builders’ exchanges: Builder’s Exchange of Alameda County McGraw Hill Construction Data San Francisco Builder’s Exchange Reed Construction Market Data Contra Costa Builder’s Exchange Marin Builder’s Exchange Public works projects shall be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. For all projects over Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), a contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to submit a bid or to be listed in a bid proposal subject to the requirements of Public Contract Code section 4104 unless currently registered and qualified under Labor Code section 1725.5 to perform public work as defined by Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1 (§§1720 et seq.) of the Labor Code. For all projects over Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), a contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to enter into, or engage in the performance of, any contract of public work (as defined by Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1 (§§1720 et seq.) of the Labor Code) unless currently registered

Notice is hereby given that Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services (ACBH) is accepting requests for prequalification for RFPQ #22-01 Eating Disorder Treatment Services. Responses Due by 2:00 PM on March 15, 2022. Proposals must be received electronically. Responses will be accepted every six months until such time as this RFPQ is closed. County Contact: Rachel Garcia at (510) 383-1744 or rachel. garcia2@acgov.org. The RFPQ is available via the GSA website at www.acgov.org under Current Contracting Opportunities. 2/2/22 CNS-3551456# OAKLAND POST Notice is hereby given that this is an Online Bid Process; only bids submitted through the online portal will be accepted. Please logon or register at https:// ezsourcing.acgov.org/. VENDOR OUTREACH AND NONMANDATORY NETWORKING BIDDERS CONFERENCE for RFP #902047 eGIS Programming and Development Services VENDOR OUTREACH: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 10:30AM TO ATTEND ONLINE: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting OR Call-In: +1 415915-3950 Conference ID: 504 517 635# NON-MANDATORY NETWORKING BIDDERS CONFERENCE: Friday, 4, 2022 at 11:30AM TO ATTEND ONLINE: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting OR Call-In: +1 415-9153950 Conference ID: 999 728 878# Response Due by 2:00 PM on March 4, 2022 COUNTY CONTACT: Kevin Bailey at (510) 208-9631 or via email: kevin. bailey@acgov.org. Attendance at Vendor Outreach or Networking Conference is Non-mandatory. Specifications regarding the above may be obtained at the Alameda County GSA Current Contracting Opportunities Internet website at www.acgov.org. 2/2/22 CNS-3551351# OAKLAND POST NOTICE TO BIDDERS DOCUMENT 00 11 11 Notice is hereby given that the Oakland Unified School District (hereinafter referred to as “Owner”) will receive sealed bids prior to the date and time stated for the Bid Opening for the award of a contract to construct the (“Contract”), Project No. 15127 Claremont Middle School New Multi-Purpose Building and Kitchen 5750 College Avenue, Oakland, CA 94618 Project consists of:

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Notice is hereby given that sealed bids are being accepted for the following RFPQ-GC #902036, 902037, 902038 - 2022-2023 Job Order Contracting. Sealed bids will be received until 11:00AM, March 8, 2022, at 2054 Fairmont Drive, San Leandro, CA 94578. MANDATORY PRE-SUBMITTAL CONFERENCE: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 10:00AM - ONLINE ONLY via Microsoft Teams - Please see RFPQ for details OR Dial-in: 1 415-9153950; Conference ID: 610 149 634#. County Contact: Ramon Davis at (510) 268-5396 or via e-mail: Ramon.Davis@acgov. org. Specifications regarding the above may be obtained at the Alameda County GSA Current Contracting Opportunities website at www.acgov.org. 2/2/22 CNS-3550324# OAKLAND POST Notice is hereby given that this is an Online Bid Process; only bids submitted through the online portal will be accepted. Please logon or register at https:// ezsourcing.acgov.org/. VENDOR OUTREACH AND NONMADATORY NETWORKING BIDDERS CONFERENCE for RFP #902055 AB 109 Direct Services: Cognitive Behavioral Intervention Services, Incentives, and Innovation Program (CBI^3) - VENDOR OUTREACH: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 10:30AM Join MICROSOFT TEAMS MEETING OR Call-in: (415) 9153950 Phone Conference ID: 504 517 635# NON-MANDATORY NETWORKING BIDDERS CONFERENCE: Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 10:00AM via MICROSOFT TEAMS MEETING OR Call-in (audio only): (415) 915-3950 Phone Conference ID: 123 542 139# Response Due by 2:00 PM on March 8, 2022 COUNTY CONTACT: Lovell Laurente at (510) 208-9621 or via email: lovell.laurente@ acgov.org .Attendance at Vendor Outreach and Networking Conference is non-mandatory. Specifications regarding the above may be obtained at the Alameda County GSA Current Contracting Opportunities Internet website at www.acgov.org. 2/2/22 CNS-3549937# OAKLAND POST Oakland Unified School District Department of Facilities Planning and Management 955 High Street Oakland CA 94601 REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND PROPOSALS (RFQ/P) Local Business Utilization Consulting Services For Measure Y Bond Measure January 26, 2022 (Issued) Responses must be received February 17, 2022, no later than 2:00 p.m. The Oakland Unified School District (“District”) is requesting proposals from experienced firms, partnerships, corporations, associations, persons or professional organizations (“Consultants”) to provide Local Business Utilization (“LBU”) Consulting Services associated with the Measure Y Bond Measure (“Project”). Interested firms are invited to submit a complete Statement of Qualifications (“SOQ”) along with a detailed Fee Proposal (collectively “RFQ/P Packet”) as described below, with one (1) unbound wet-signed original, five (5) bound copies and a PDF version on a flash drive of requested materials to: Oakland Unified School District Tadashi Nakadegawa, Deputy Chief Department of Facilities Planning and Management 955 High Street, Oakland, CA 94601 Oral, telegraphic, facsimile and telephone RFQ/P Packets will not be accepted. RFQ/P Packets received after this date and time will not be accepted and returned unopened. The District reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities in the RFQ/P Packets. The District also reserves the right to reject any and all RFQ/P Packets and to negotiate contract terms with one or more Respondents. Due to the circumstances caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the District will accept electronic Proposals sent via email in lieu of hard copies. Proposals received by the District no later than 2:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) on February 17, 2022 via email will be accepted (to Juanita Hunter at juanita.hunter@ousd.org and the contacts below). If you have any questions regarding this RFQ/P please email Kenya Chatman, Executive Facilities Director at kenya. chatman@ousd.org, and cc: to Colland Jang at colland.jang@ ousd.org. LOCAL, SMALL LOCAL AND SMALL LOCAL RESIDENT BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM The Local Business Utilization Policy 7115 requires that there is a mandatory fifty percent (50%) LBU participation with a 25% or less Local Business (LBE) participation and a 25% or more Small Local or Small Local Resident Business (SLBE/

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Oakland Unified School District Department of Facilities Planning and Management 955 High Street Oakland CA 94601 REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND PROPOSALS (RFQ/P) Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) Consulting Services for Castlemont High School Field and Bleachers Project and Various School Sites January 26, 2022 (Issued) Responses must be received February 17, 2022, no later than 2:00 p.m. The Oakland Unified School District (“District”) is requesting proposals from experienced firms, partnerships, corporations, associations, persons or professional organizations (“Consultants”) to provide stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) consulting services associated with the construction of Castlemont High School Field and Bleachers and creation of a pre-qualified pool for various school sites (“Project(s)”. Interested firms are invited to submit a complete Statement of Qualifications (“SOQ”) along with a detailed Fee Proposal (collectively “RFQ/P Packet”) for the Castlemont High School Project as described below, with one (1) unbound wet-signed original, five (5) bound copies and a PDF version on a flash drive of requested materials to: Oakland Unified School District Tadashi Nakadegawa, Deputy Chief Department of Facilities Planning and Management 955 High Street, Oakland, CA 94601 Oral, telegraphic, facsimile and telephone RFQ/P Packets will not be accepted. RFQ/P Packets received after this date and time will not be accepted and returned unopened. The District reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities in the RFQ/P Packets. The District also reserves the right to reject any and all RFQ/P Packets and to negotiate contract terms with one or more Respondents. Due to the circumstances caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the District will accept electronic Proposals sent via email in lieu of hard copies. Proposals received by the District no later than 2:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) on February 17, 2022 via email will be accepted (to Juanita Hunter at juanita.hunter@ousd.org and the contacts below). If you have any questions regarding this RFQ/P please email Kenya Chatman, Executive Facilities Director at kenya. chatman@ousd.org, and cc: to Colland Jang at colland.jang@ ousd.org. LOCAL, SMALL LOCAL AND SMALL LOCAL RESIDENT BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM The Local Business Utilization Policy 7115 requires that there is a mandatory fifty percent (50%) LBU participation with a 25% or less Local Business (LBE) participation and a 25% or more Small Local or Small Local Resident Business (SLBE/ SLRBE) participation for all capital program/constructionrelated contracts and professional services agreements. On April 28, 2021, the Board of Education amended the Local Business Policy which had named the City of Oakland as the singular agency to certify local businesses to include five additional local business certifications. For businesses located in Oakland, Local Business and Small Local Business certifications may also be accepted from the Port of Oakland, Alameda County Transportation Commission, Alameda County Department of General Services, US Department of Transportation California Unified Certification Program, and the California Public Utilities Commission. The District will follow the City of Oakland Small Business size standards in recognizing Small Local and Small Local Resident Businesses. The full version of OUSD’s latest Local, Small Local and Small Local Resident Business Enterprise Program can be found by going to the OUSD home page: ousd.org> Offices and Programs> Facilities Planning & Management Department> For Contractors and Developers> Bids and Requests for Proposals> Bid Information> 2021 Amendment to Local Business Participation Policy. 2/2/22 CNS-3549242# OAKLAND POST

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Biden to Nominate Black Woman to Supreme Court By Brandon Patterson

President Biden committed last week to nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court following the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer. Breyer, the oldest sitting Supreme Court justice at 83, will step down at the end of the current Supreme Court term in June after 28 years on the bench. His replacement will mark the first appointment to the Supreme Court since former President Trump’s appointment of three conservative justices. Biden said he would announce a pick by the end of February. His appointment won’t change the 5-4 conservative lean of the court, but it will mark an historic first, with a Black woman elevated to the nation’s highest court. Here’s a look at

six Black women on Biden’s short list for the nomination. Ketanji Brown Jackson Jackson, 51, currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, considered the second-most powerful federal court in the nation, after being appointed to it by Biden just last year. She graduated from both Harvard College and Harvard Law and clerked for Justice Breyer early in her career. As a judge, she’s ruled on high-profile cases including a case involving subpoenas related to the Trump White House. Prior to becoming a judge, Jackson served as an assistant federal public defender and as vice chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, where she led the commission in reducing sentences for federal drug offenders.

We can hurry justice we don’t have to wait, Justice don’t come easy, we gave it time we’ve trusted, now it’s ours to take Leondra Kruger Kruger, 45, currently sits on the California Supreme Court and was the youngest person appointed to the court in 2014. A native of South Pasadena, she is a Harvard graduate and was the first Black woman editor of the Yale Law Journal. Kruger has extensive experience with the U.S. Supreme Court, having served as a clerk for the former Justice John Paul Stevens and serving as acting deputy solicitor general during the Obama administration. She represented the government in 12 cases before the Supreme Court while at the Solicitor General’s office. Sherrilyn Ifill Ifill, 59, a celebrated civil rights attorney, has led the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund since 2013. She has never served as a judge

before, making her nomination less likely than others. Ifill began her career at the ACLU, then went on to work on voting rights issues at the legal defense fund. She has taught at the University of Maryland School of Law for over 20 years. Ifill is a graduate of Vassar College and NYU Law. Last year, Ifill was among the group of lawyers selected by Biden to study potential changes to the make-up of the Supreme Court. Candace Jackson-Akiwumi Jackson-Akiwumi was confirmed as a federal judge in Chicago’s Seventh Circuit last spring where she is the only person of color on the bench. She holds degrees from Princeton and Yale and served as a federal public defender in Illinois for 10 years. She is only the third

federal appellate judge ever to have spent a majority of her time as an attorney as a criminal defense attorney. J. Michelle Childs Childs currently sits on South Carolina’s federal court. She was nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia by Biden in December, though her nomination is still pending. She’s a graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law and is an expert in labor and employment law. Before becoming a judge, she served as deputy director of the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation. Childs’ nomination is considered a long shot, but she has a critical ally in House Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina, who helped deliver the state for Biden as he

pursued the 2022 presidential nomination. Childs has also been praised as a fair judge by former President Trump and Senator Lindsay Graham. Holly Thomas Thomas, 43, was appointed to the federal bench in the Ninth Circuit, which includes San Francisco and other parts of the Bay Area, by Biden in January after serving on the Los Angeles Superior Court. She was born in San Diego and holds degrees from Stanford and Yale. Thomas also has an advocacy background. She was an appellate attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Sources for this report include the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Vox News, CNN, Bloomberg Law and Alliance for Justice.

A Black Woman on the U.S. Supreme Court OCCUR, San Francisco Foundation FAITHS Would Make History — But Also a Difference Program Presents Elements of Successful Proposal Writing Workshops for Nonprofits By Pamela Price, Special to The Post

It’s Jan. 9, 2002. I am one of a handful of Black women in the history of this country to have the daunting task of arguing a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The first, who opened the door before me, was the Honorable Constance Baker Motley in 1962. I have been a civil rights attorney and leader and political activist for more than 40 years in Alameda County and I have never been as nervous as I was that day. What rings in my ears, though, are the words “Pamela just…stand and deliver.” It happened in the practice court a few days before the argument. A professor from the George Washington Law School challenged me: “When you go before the United States Supreme Court, what you say and do will affect millions of people. You must ‘stand and deliver.’” As I looked into the faces of Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Associate Justices Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O’Connor, Anton Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer, I knew that it was time for me to “stand and deliver.” I was there with my client, Abner Morgan Jr., a Black electrician who had been subjected to constant racial harassment at Amtrak’s Oakland Yard. We had won the case in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, but Amtrak appealed the case to the United States Supreme Court. I knew I was stepping into a building and institution that had 178 years of exclusivity as an all-white, male club. And then there was the harsh advice along the way pressuring me to allow “a more familiar face” to argue the case before the Court. I knew what they meant. But my determination was bolstered by my mentor, famed civil rights attorney Howard Moore Jr. when he told me, “If a woman with a degree from Yale and two degrees from UC Berkeley cannot argue her own case in the Supreme Court, she should give all of her degrees back.” That hallowed Court with

Pamela Price, left, with her client, Abner Morgan Jr., whose case she argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2002. Photo courtesy of the author.

only two women and one African American man, ruled 5-4 in our favor, and after a 10-year battle, on May 27, 2004, we finally got a judgment for Morgan. And our victory established a legal precedent for what’s known as the “continuing violation” doctrine that applies to all discrimination cases brought under federal law in the United States. So, it is not lost on me that by the end of this Black History Month, we may have a Black woman nominated to serve on the United States Supreme Court. I am beyond excited by the idea that another Black woman who comes before the U.S. Supreme Court will see another Black woman sitting before her, another woman who truly knows the struggle that Black women face — where we have to work harder and be better than most in our field to get equal recognition. There is significance beyond the fact that the appointment of a Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court is historymaking. It means we are at the

table. And unlike our beloved Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, this Black woman won’t have to bring a folding chair to the table — she will have earned an upholstered leather seat at the highest court in the land. Still, today, as the only Black woman running for Alameda County District Attorney, I have to answer questions of qualifications that my male opponents don’t even get asked. I am labeled too soft, too nice or too aggressive. As a Black woman, I have to make sure not to change my hairstyle too often, for fear that voters don’t recognize me — bowing to that unspoken courtroom rule among Black female lawyers so that a jury doesn’t get “distracted” or “be thrown off.” So, yes. A Black woman on the highest court in the land will be historically significant. But it is also a message to all Black girls and women — your determination, spirit, and hard work matter — Black Women Matter. We are all so lucky to be living in this moment of Black history.

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Protests Surge as District Moves to Close Black and Latino Schools Continued from page 1

Only Board members VanCedric Williams and Mike Hutchinson are opposing the closures. This week’s Board meeting may have witnessed the largest turnout at a school board meeting since 2003 when State Receiver Randy Ward took over the reins of the school district and announced he was unilaterally closing about 25 schools. At that time, thousands filled the street in front of the administration building and packed the hallways and boardroom, forcing terrified overseers to significantly reduce the numbers of schools on the chopping block. The affected schools are now mobilizing their communities and reaching out to broader communities in Oak-

land. On Tuesday, Westlake Middle School students and staff walked out and marched to the district headquarters at 1000 Broadway, where several Westlake staff had started a hunger strike. Families, teachers, and students at La Escuelita also walked out and marched to the district office. This Saturday, there will be a rally for members of Oakland communities and affected school communities to fight against the closures beginning at 10 a.m. at Prescott Elementary at 920 Campbell St. in West Oakland. Prescott, which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2019, is one of the predominately Black schools facing closure in June. The school community has pushed back against the district for years as central of-

fice administrators tried to suppress the school’s enrollment, urging families not to enroll their children at the school. The school board and the district administration, while turning a deaf ear to the community, is seeking to satisfy the demands of the Alameda County Superintendent of Schools L. Karen Monroe and state-financed nonprofit agency, Fiscal Crisis Management and Assistance Team (FCMAT), which are demanding school closures and as much as $90 million in budget cuts. FCMAT made its position clear in a Jan. 4 letter, which was sent to the district, calling for “affirmative board action to continue planning for, and timely implementation of, a school and facility closure and consolidation plan that sup-

ports the sale or lease of surplus property.” Some activists point out that Oakland schools are caught in a vicious cycle at the hands of the state, Monroe and FCMAT. Saying the district was in fiscal crisis, the state and its representatives moved in and took over in 2003 and since then has never left. While some hold out hopes that officials will someday be satisfied with the endless cuts and closures the state is demanding, it appears they don’t ever plan to give up their behind-the-scenes power over Oakland schools, say school observers. School activists are also asking how the district can achieve the elusive goal of “fiscal stability” as long as these officials are the ones running

Students March, OUSD Staff Members Go On Hunger Strike to Stop School Closures By Zack Haber

Two Westlake Middle School staff members started a hunger strike at midnight on Feb. 1 and say they’ll continue to refuse food until the Oakland Unified School District and school board stop all plans to close or merge schools. Later that day, hundreds of students, staff and parents representing schools that are threatened with closure — Westlake, MetWest High School, Dewey Academy, and La Escuelita Elementary — walked out and marched from their school campuses to the district’s headquarters at 1000 Broadway in downtown Oakland. Chanting and holding signs denouncing school closures and mergers, members of the crowd then spoke out about fighting against the closures. Timothy Killings, a school Case Manager at Westlake and an OUSD parent, helped organize the sound system and informed speakers that, unlike at school board meetings, there was no one-minute limit, and they could speak as long as they wanted. Killings was referring to the abrupt enforcement of the time limit at OUSD school board meetings in January. The treatment of those speakers was, in part, what prompted the two hunger strikers — Maurice

Moses Omolade (left) and Maurice Andre San-Chez (right) sit in front of a protesting crowd during a rally at 1000 Broadway on Feb. 1. Photo by Zack Haber.

beings that were pleading and begging to be heard were being treated,” said Omolade. Omolade felt that, as a whole, the board and the district conducted the meeting in a ‘robotic’ manner that wasn’t respectful of the sadness and anger that students, teachers, and parents were expressing while addressing the possibility of losing their schools and/or school campuses. Community members were cut off mid-sentence at the exact moment they reached the one-minute limit allowed for public speaking. “At that point I felt like: how do we inject humanity back into what I just witnessed?” said Omolade, who then began to consider a hunger strike as a means to “appeal to the moral deficit” he was witnessing. San-Chez, who shared Omolade’s sense of outrage, had also been considering a hunger strike when he learned of Omolade’s plans. They decided to do it together. The pair’s strike could possibly end on Feb. 8 when the board is set to vote on how to proceed with the proposed closure/ merger plans. The future of Westlake, as well as 13 other schools, is unclear. During a meeting on Jan. 12, Oakland’s school board voted on a resolution put forth by Board President Shanthi Gonzales and Board Director Gary Yee which directed OUSD’s administration to create a plan to close and merge schools.

Andre San-Chez and Moses Omolade — to take action. On the evening of Feb. 1, San-Chez, a Westlake teacher, and Omolade, a Westlake administrator, set up tents outside of OUSD’s central offices at 1000 Broadway to publicly display their hunger strike to the district. They say they are fighting not just for Westlake, but to stop all school closures, and will live there while refusing to eat until their demands are met. “To the board, this is all an abstract concept,” said SanChez, who’s been at Westlake for five years and who directs the school’s choir and heads its

Gender and Sexuality Alliance group. “So, we’re actually putting lives on the line. There’s a possibility of death. Malnutrition is real. But I’m all in because this is serious.” “I’m willing to put my life on the line because I love these kids,” San-Chez said. “I love this school and the community we’ve built here.” Omolade, who is also Westlake’s Community Schools Program manager, said the desire to strike first came to him after he attended the Jan. 26 board meeting. “I was sick to my stomach from witnessing how human

California State Assembly Committee on Budget. He serves in the Assembly as a Democrat representing San Francisco. • Nancy Skinner, Chairperson, California State Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. She represents Oakland and Berkeley in the State Senate and has worked to change state laws to facilitate massive real estate projects, including the Oakland A’s Howard Terminal development at the Port of Oakland. There are a growing number of people in Oakland who

are saying that organizing to win means we must focus our energies on confronting those who are responsible and have the power to do something to stop the injustice, not just the school board but those state politicians who are silent in the face of this injustice. These leaders need to meet with the community and face up to their responsibilities: Gov. Gavin Newsom, Keely Bosler, Phil Ting, Nancy Skinner, Californa Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and East Bay Assemblymember Buffy Wicks.

Furthermore, FCMAT must be audited. They are forcing school districts to pay them from taxpayer funds, but they have no oversight. The FCMAT investigation needs to begin immediately and be reported to the public. Signed: Dr. Kimberly Mayfield, VP of External Affairs, Holy Names University Dr. Frankie Free Ramos, parent and former Oakland educator Mona Lisa Treviño, parent and public-school advocate

meets people’s needs during acute crises without ever involving police. • Cat Brooks is revolutionizing public safety in cities across the state by engaging visual arts, theater and organizing to imagine and implement abolitionist solutions to effectively respond to community crises with care — not a badge and a gun. • Chaney Turner is working to win tax and policy changes so people in the communities most harmed by the drug war can enter the cannabis economy, and realize equity and economic mobility by increasing reinvestment in those communities.

• Christina “Krea” Gomez’s vision is replacing punitive and dehumanizing systems with a comprehensive new architecture that provides young people with the support and resources they need to address their trauma, heal and thrive. • Jackie Byers is inspiring radical change through grassroots organizing, telling the story of Black organizing that led to historic victories and a national reckoning around the role of police in schools and communities. • Malkia Devich Cyril is creating a Radical Loss Movement, mobilizing California’s bereaved Black, Indigenous, Latinx and other communi-

ties of color to build a radical practice of grief that can fuel transformative grievance and governance, replacing racialized policies and practices that punish and disenfranchise BIPOC grief. • Nicole Lee is working to end youth incarceration in Alameda County and pass that torch to the next generation of activists who are reimagining an entirely new youth justice system across California • Shimica Gaskins vision is to close the racial wealth gap and create economic mobility for California’s most vulnerable children by piloting the baby bond program.

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tion plan that supports the sale or lease of surplus property.” Significantly, their letter is not addressed to the school board, though it was sent to the district. It is addressed to those who FCMAT reports to at the state. They are: • Keely Bosler, director of California Department of Finance, appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. She serves as the governor’s chief fiscal policy advisor. Therefore, Gov. Newsom is responsible. • Phil Ting, Chairperson,

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ored and humbled and grateful to so many Oaklanders for leaning hard into true progressive values and the legacy of resistance that is The Town.” The 2022 to 2024 formation of Leading Edge Fund Fellows are: • Aria Sa’id aims to end the economic oppression and marginalization of transgender people by creating thriving economic hubs led by and for transgender people of color. • Brandon Anderson is disrupting the 911 system and ending aggressive police response by building an alternative dispatching system that

OUSD’s finances and continuously moving the goalposts of the nebulous standards of fiscal health. Since FCMAT arrived in 2003, it has been pushing for closing schools, according to observers of the school district. At first, FCMAT did not justify closures as a way to save money. They said there was a state formula for how much real estate a district should have per student at elementary, middle school, and high school levels — and the district was not aligned with this state formula.

In this writer’s experience, the story was going around the school district administration building in 2003 that there was a plan to transform the district of 58,000 students and over 100 schools into a district that was small enough “to fit in your hands.” That’s when the rush began to bring charter schools into Oakland, reducing the public school student population by over 13,000 and placing more than 40 charters in the city, costing the district an estimated $57 million a year.

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was always handing out his latest CD.” The East Bay Times noted that “Hughes was held in the highest esteem by his peers during the past six decades and was a pillar of the Bay Area music scene. Hughes played a central role in shaping the sound of East Bay soul during a pervasively influential era defined by church-reared Black vocalists bringing the fervent cadences of gospel music to secular settings.” Oakland blues artist Johnny Talbot, a close friend of Hughes, said that his relationship with Hughes started in church when they were teenagers. “It was me, Freddie, Walter and Edwin Hawkins who sang in the choir at the Good Samaritan God in Christ Pentecostal Church,” said Talbot. “When Freddie was just 13, he sang lead in the grown-up choir, and the grown folks couldn’t take that away from him. That’s how good he was.” Hughes is survived by his brother, Wayne Hughes of Oakland; five children, Sonia Hughes Farmah of Hanford, Derick Hughes of Oakland, Derene Hughes Jones of Alameda, Lena Hughes, and Jelani Hughes; 23 grandchildren, and many great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at 11 a.m. at the Lily of the Valley Christian Center, located at 1010 91st Ave., Oakland. A repast will be held at 1 p.m. at St. Augustine Episcopal Church, located at 501 29th St. in Oakland. The Bay Area Jazz Society, a 501(c)(3) organization, is asking the public to help raise money for Hughes’ memorial and burial. Hughes spent his lifetime performing throughout the Bay Area but didn’t leave behind a pension or available savings. The goal is to raise $20,000 in this effort. Please consider making a donation to www.gofundme/money-for-freddiehughes. For more information, contact Tillman Smith at 510-697-7130.

Derreck Johnson Announces Candidacy for Mayor of Oakland like Derreck, who listens and same politicians from the same has a proven track record of broken institutions that have getting things done — and not exacerbated the City’s prob- more of the same.” lems — to lead Oakland out of “I am no stranger to the devits darkest moments and into astating toll of gun violence in its finest hour. our communities,” said MariOver the years, Johnson has lyn Washington Harris, foundworked to improve the lives er of the Khadafy Washington of Oaklanders. While on the Foundation For NonViolence. City’s Measure Y Committee, (Harris is not speaking on beJohnson fought for violence half of the foundation.) “Like prevention funding. On the many grieving parents who City’s Workforce Develop- have lost loved ones to sensement Board, he oversees criti- less tragedy, I speak for many cal employment and job train- when I say the status quo is ing programs. simply not acceptable. We need Through his work with the change — and that change is Summit Bank Foundation, he Derreck.” provided scholarships to low“We need a leader and expeincome youth. Most recently, rienced entrepreneur like Derhe was sworn in to the Oakland reck — not more of the same — LGBTQ+ Community Center who understands what it’s like to help combat hate against to navigate a tough economic trans and nonbinary Oakland- environment to put Oakland ers, provide access to resources back on track,” said Ali Obadfor HIV+ folks and increase Albasiery, an Oakland business economic opportunities for leader. “Many businesses are LGBTQ+. still struggling to hire — and “This has been an incred- not because of a lack of talent. ibly difficult year as COVID We need someone in City Hall and gun violence on our streets who has dedicated his life and continue to claim so many career creating jobs to chart a lives,” said Maria Reems, se- new path for our city.” nior pastor at Center of Hope To read the full story, go to without formally endorsing postnewsgroup.com Johnson. “We need a leader, Continued from page 1

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This week, bomb threats were made against more than a dozen Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The historical nature of threats aimed at Black institutions is not new, nor should it really be surprising in the context of a sharply polarized political climate that rests precariously on a foundation of white supremacy and racism. But this feels different. This danger is aimed squarely at those who are the hope and dream of our community — our educated young people. The intimidation, trauma and fear will be dealt with by our communities as we always have — with faith in what is right, with courage against all odds, and

with resilient spirit. Here in Oakland, our community is locked in a bitter struggle that has persisted for years. What does educating Black and Brown students in Oakland require? How many schools do we need and how should they operate? Who should be standing in front of our children as their teachers? What financial, social and spiritual resources are necessary? What form and structure of schooling is the right one? One thing is for sure. The concerns of parents and the aspirations of our children should be at the center of the conversation, not an afterthought. To read the full story, go to postnewsgroup.com