Operation Ceasefire
mgo presents A PANEL ON OPERATION CEASEFIRE IN OAKLAND
Thursday, April 18, 2013, 8:00 PM
Stern Hall, Temple Sinai, 2823 Webster Street, Oakland
Operation Ceasefire is an evidence-based strategy designed to significantly reduce gang and group related homicides and non-fatal shootings and depends on community and interagency cooperation. It was designed Boston criminologist David Kennedy and has been credited with reducing juvenile homicide significantly in that city. Last October, Oakland joined a number of other California cities in implementing Operation Ceasefire.
“Violence is driven by peer pressure and group dynamics,” often involving young men’s responses to perceived disrespect, Kennedy said. Offenses are committed by a small number of people, even in the most troubled neighborhoods.
The MGO Democratic Club is honored to announce a panel presentation featuring representatives from these agencies and organizations charged with implementing Operation Ceasefire:
- Deputy Chief Eric Breshears, Oakland Police Department, and
- John Creighton, Deputy District Attorney, Alameda County;
- Rev. Dr. George C. L. Cummings, Imani Community Church, Oakland..
This is the third in a monthly series on Perspectives on Crime in Oakland presented by the Metropolitan–Greater Oakland Democratic Club. Future programs include:
Can New York City’s Crime-Fighting Techniques Work in Oakland?
- Oakland Police Department and the federal Compliance Director: How Will the Compliance Director Affect OPD?
- Measure Y: Should It Be Renewed?
Attendance at an MGO Democratic club meeting is free and members of the public are welcome.
The Metropolitan -Greater Oakland Democratic Club is a grassroots Democratic organization that has been involved in Oakland and Alameda County policy and political issues for over 50 years.
MGO Presents:
REALIGNMENT:
THE EXODUS FROM STATE PRISON TO COUNTY JAIL- WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR OAKLAND?
Thursday, March 14, 2013 8 PM
Stern Hall, Temple Sinai, 2823 Webster Street, Oakland
On October 1, 2011, California’s corrections realignment plan, one of the most significant changes to California’s criminal justice system in decades, went into effect. The plan shifts responsibility from the state to counties for the custody, treatment, and supervision of individuals convicted of specified nonviolent, non-serious, non-sex crimes.
The MGO Democratic Club is proud to announce a panel presentation featuring representatives from the agencies charged with carrying out the realignment plan: John Keene from the Probation Department, Karen Meredith from the District Attorney’s Office, Carla Kennedy from the Sheriff’s Department, and Brandon Woods from the Public Defender’s Office.
This is the third in a monthly series on Perspectives on Crime in Oakland presented by the Metropolitan–Greater Oakland Democratic Club. Future programs include:
- Can New York City’s Crime-Fighting Techniques Work in Oakland?
- Oakland Police Department and the Compliance Directorship: What Will the Compliance Director Do to OPD?
- Operation Ceasefire: What Will It Take to Make It Work?
- Measure Y: Should It Be Renewed?
Attendance at an MGO Democratic club meeting is free and members of the public are welcome.
The Metropolitan -Greater Oakland Democratic Club is a grassroots Democratic organization that has been involved in Oakland and Alameda County policy and political issues for over 50 years. Further information is available on our website, www.mgoclub.org and on Facebook.
Interagency Coordination and Cooperation in Fighting Crime in Oakland
Thursday, February 21, 2013 8 PM
Stern Hall, Temple Sinai, 2823 Webster Street, Oakland
To understand the crime problem in Oakland it is important to know what agencies are involved, what their roles are, how they interact, and if they are effective working together. The MGO Democratic Club is proud to announce a panel presentation featuring:
- Chief of Police Howard Jordan,
- Chief Probation Officer LaDonna Harris,
- District Attorney Nancy O’Malley,
- Juvenile Court Presiding Judge Rhonda Burgess, and
- Alameda County Public Defender’s Office.
This is the second in a monthly series on Perspectives on Crime in Oakland presented by the Metropolitan–Greater Oakland Democratic Club. Future programs include:
- Can New York City’s Crime-Fighting Techniques Work in Oakland?
- Oakland Police Department and the Compliance Directorship: What Will the Compliance Director Do to OPD?
- Operation Ceasefire: What Will It Take to Make It Work?
- Measure Y: Should It Be Renewed?
- Realignment: How Is the State Prison Exodus to County Jail Affecting Oakland?
Attendance at an MGO Democratic club meeting is free and members of the public are welcome.
- NEW!! Read the February 2013 edition of The Platform, the club newsletter here.
Special Energy Choice Vote
At our next meeting on Thursday, January 10, 2013, we will be voting on whether to endorse community choice aggregation energy policy for Oakland.
Since 2002 state law has allowed local areas to choose power sources other than PG&E. Finding ways that electricity consumers can get their energy needs met from sources other than PG&E is an idea that has gained much support. Marin County, the city of Richmond and San Francisco have all adopted energy choice programs. This is an important issue affecting clean energy concerns and energy costs and involves everyone in our community.
Enabled by Assembly Bill 117, Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) is a system that allows local governments to procure electric energy for residents and businesses within a community. The enabling legislation requires that investor-owned utilities such as PG&E cooperate with local governments to provide electricity delivery over its existing distribution system, including consumer metering, billing, collection and all traditional retail customer services (i.e., call centers, outage restoration, extension of new service.)
CCA is a tool through which local governments can have a choice of where to get their electricity from. Its proponents argue that putting procurement of electricity under public control can reduce greenhouse gas emissions while providing a platform for local economic development.
In order to vote, you must have been a paid member of MGO for 30 days prior to any endorsement election.
How is the Press Reporting on Crime?
THE PRESS’ VIEW OF CRIME IN OAKLAND:
HOW IS THE PRESS REPORTING ON CRIME IN OAKLAND AND HOW WELL IS IT DOING IT?
Thursday, January 10, 2013 8 PM
Stern Hall, Temple Sinai, 2823 Webster Street, Oakland
The MGO Democratic Club is proud to announce a panel presentation featuringChip Johnson from the San Francisco Chronicle, Tammerlin Drummond from the Oakland Tribune and Bob Gammon from The East Bay Express. They will present some of the press’ views on the critical issue of crime in Oakland and also offer comments on the way the press covers these stories.
This is the first in a monthly series on Perspectives on Crime in Oakland presented by the Metropolitan–Greater Oakland Democratic Club. Future programs include:
- Interagency Cooperation and Coordination between City and County Criminal Justice Agencies: Is It Working?
- Can New York City’s Crime-Fighting Techniques Work in Oakland?
- Oakland Police Department and the Compliance Directorship: What Will the Compliance Director Do to OPD?
- Operation Ceasefire: What Will It Take to Make It Work?
- Measure Y: Should It Be Renewed?
- Realignment: What Is California’s New County Jail Realignment Doing to Alameda County?
Attendance at an MGO Democratic club meeting is free and members of the public are welcome.
