of California Groups Express Support for Black Reparations

By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media

In California, an increasing number of Japanese, Jewish and other non-Black groups are expressing their support for reparations to Black American residents of the state who are descendants of enslaved people.

Around 100 grassroot organizations, motivated in part by the efforts of the Japanese American Bar Association and John M. Langston Bar Association of Los Angeles, have endorsed the work of the task

Rally Calls for Removal of Two Oakland Police Commissioners

By Ken Epstein

Donald Tamaki, an attorney, and the only non-Black member of the nine-member state reparations task force panel, stated that the groups supporting the task force are mostly Asian, Latino and Jewish.

“They didn’t need a whole lot of persuasion,” Tamaki said. “Why? Because they know the healing power of reparations. I think that, in itself, is a news story: that there’s a multi-racial group of both big and small organizations representing different constituencies.”

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Several current police commissioners and police accountability activists held a rally this week calling for removal or resignation of two members of the Oakland’s appointed Police Commission, accusing them of attacking fellow commissioners and members of the public, and creating chaos that has kept the commission from fulfilling its duties to the community.

“We are calling for a new leadership on the Police Commission…In the last year, we have seen disunity, disrespectful proceedings, and a lack of attention to pressing police oversight matters,” said Mariano Contreras of the Oakland Latino Taskforce and the Coalition for Police Accountability.

According to speakers at the rally Tuesday at noon on the steps of Oakland City Hall, Commission Chair Tyfahra Milele and Commissioner Brenda HarbinForte should be removed because they have created dysfunction on the commission that for months stalled the search for a new police chief.

Speakers also charged that the commission was unable to weigh in on a crucial issue, the firing of Oakland Police Department Chief LeRonne Armstrong, because Milele failed to subpoena records related to the handling and mishandling of an internal OPD case against Sgt. Michael Chung, which was connected to the chief’s firing.

Speakers said they are calling for the removal of the commissioners after internal attempts to settle the conflicts were ignored or attacked.

Milele was appointed to the commission by the official selection panel, and Harbin-Forte was appointed by former Mayor Libby Schaaf. Milele’s term expires on Oct. 16, while Harbin-Forte’s expired several months ago; she is serving until Mayor Sheng Thao names a replacement.

Contreras, who chaired the rally, said that rather than investigating the case that resulted in the firing of the police chief, the two commissioners have spent their time “looking for dirt” on community members, Oakland City Council members and the commission’s inspector general.

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Barbara Lee, 2 Other Lawmakers Maneuver to Force Vote on Legislation to Restore Roe

ameda County Probate Court and responded with recommendations that will have absolutely no affect on families who say attorneys and conservators are unjustly enriching themselves at their expense.

Despite Grand Jury recommendations, egregious actions of probate court appointed attorneys and conservators continue. The most egregious is court officials ignoring California probate Code 1800.3 (a), the Zealous Advocacy vocates, the courts still use divide and conquer tactics, that don’t have to occur between family members.

If a person’s neighbor or bookkeeper requests appointment as conservator over the estate, the court will use that disagreement to not award the family care of their loved one, even when clearly stated in the Conservatee’s trust the desire to be home with family.

Conservatee James Larkin’s sis-

U.S. Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Judy Chu (D-CA) filed a “discharge petition” on Wednesday that could force Speaker Kevin McCarthy to hold a vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act – a landmark piece of legislation that would restore the protections that were in place under Roe v. Wade.

As the nation approaches the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and with the

By Post Staff

Characterized as a roaring lion of 20th century progressive politics, the former Berkeley Mayor Eugene ‘Gus’ Newport worked without pause on humanitarian and international concerns until days before his death on June 17, 2023. He was 88.

“We witnessed a peaceful transition fit for the man that he was,” Kyle Newport, his son, shared on Facebook. “A single tear gently rolled down his cheek and I couldn’t help but think that it was for the multitude of friends, coworkers, projects, and events that he was leaving behind. But then again it could be for the family and friends that he will (soon) reunite with in the next chapter.”

A Father’s Day to Remember

Peace between rivals on De Fremery Park’s basketball court

By Richard Johnson

Father’s Day proved to be

Father’s Day was a day of mutual understanding for the fathers and young men to put their differences to the side and play competitive basketball against one another, even though these various street formations aka