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By Abby Cohn Has an Oakland League program ever helped you get up-to-speed on the pros and cons of all those local and state ballot...

By Deborah Shefler Part of a series celebrating the LWVO's century of service to the Oakland community. Wilhelmine was an early League...

By Julie Bernas-Pierce, Member: YOUth DECIDE Committee The Alameda County Registrar of Voters announced on August 8 that Oakland and...

By Liz Hartka Now that the dust has settled on the Midcycle Budget, Oakland government is gearing up for the November elections. August...

By Petra Brady   Even on Zoom, you can feel her energy through the computer screen.  I had the pleasure of sitting down with Kathleen...

By Helen Hutchison The Oakland City Charter allows for recalls of elected officials, including the mayor. The Charter says that these...

By Liz Hartka The Observer Corps welcomes its three newest members: Wendy Murphy (Police Commission), Kimberly Holzinger (Public Ethics...

Our National League, LWVUS, is moving to a new member portal called ChapterSpot for all Leagues across the country. This new system will...

By Abby Cohn Jacqueline Jelincic doesn’t fit the stereotype of your average Leaguer—after all, she got her start with the Oakland League...

by Gail Wallace, President/Action Committee Chair Please write to Oakland’s City Council members and Mayor to ask that two items be...

by Sandy Venning In honor of LWVO’s Centennial, we are documenting our past with interviews, archival excavations, and blogs. See LWVO...

by Abby Cohn In honor of LWVO’s Centennial, we are documenting our past with interviews, archival excavations, and blogs. See LWVO...

by Liz Hartka, LWVO Observer Corps Coordinator Recently, the U.S. celebrated National Sunshine Week. This is an annual salute to our...

By Bonnie Hamlin In honor of LWVO’s Centennial, we are documenting our past with interviews, archival excavations, and blogs. See LWVO...

By Abby Cohn Oakland was booming in 1924. The copper-crowned Tribune Tower had opened downtown just as car and truck assembly plants were...

By Mary Gandesbery California courts exist at three levels: local superior courts in each of California’s 58 counties, appellate courts...

Join Our Observer Corps Updated March 2024 By Liz Hartka Most of the time when we read the news about what’s going on in City Hall, the...

Revised March 2024 by Debra Weinstein and Gail Wallace In 2020 Oakland Measure QQ proposing a “youth vote” passed. The measure empowered...

In 2021, AB 1185 took effect in California, giving county Boards of Supervisors (BOS) the authority to establish civilian oversight for...

Thanks to all who recently participated in the LWVUS biennial Program Planning. The League chooses issues for study, education and...