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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; Oakland City Council</title>
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		<title>Bay Area-based gun control bills advance</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/17/bay-area-based-gun-control-bills-advance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a bipartisan deal on increased background checks for gun sales appears to be headed for defeat in the U.S. Senate, some state lawmakers from the Bay Area are celebrating their own progress on gun-control measures yesterday in Sacramento. The state Senate Public Safety Committee advanced a slew of gun bills on a series of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oakland divests from firearms &amp; ammo makers</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/06/oakland-divests-from-firearms-ammo-makers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dan Kalb]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oakland City Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday night to prohibit the city from holding investments in firearms or ammunition manufacturers. Council President Rebecca Kaplan, City Attorney Barbara Parker and Vice Mayor Larry Reid had co-authored the measure, which they say is part of the city’s ongoing effort to reduce gun violence. Councilman Dan Kalb [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reactions to the Newtown school massacre</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/12/14/reactions-to-the-newtown-school-massacre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barbara Boxer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco: “No words can console the parents of the children murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School or describe the pain and shock of such an unspeakable tragedy. No words can comfort the loved ones of those brutally taken from us today. All Americans share our prayers and our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jean Quan taking heat from Olbermann, MoveOn</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/10/27/jean-quan-taking-heat-from-olbermann-moveon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/10/27/jean-quan-taking-heat-from-olbermann-moveon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jean Quan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=17614</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oakland Mayor Jean Quan is taking heat from liberal activists and commentators across the nation for the police crackdown on Occupy Oakland and resultant clashes that led to injuries including an Iraq war veteran’s cracked skull. Current TV commentator Keith Olbermann castigated Quan on Wednesday night, demanding that she either fire Interim Police Chief Howard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oakland Mayor Jean Quan touts Obama&#8217;s jobs plan</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/09/14/oakland-mayor-jean-quan-touts-obamas-jobs-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/09/14/oakland-mayor-jean-quan-touts-obamas-jobs-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adding to the barrage of American Jobs Act messaging from congressional Democrats, Cabinet members and the President himself, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan told reporters today that the bill is a must for her recession-ravaged city. Quan, along with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Arizona State Senator Kyrsten Sinema, was on a White House-orchestrated conference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donna Brazile at Obama fundraiser in Oakland</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/03/donna-brazile-at-obama-fundraiser-in-oakland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/03/donna-brazile-at-obama-fundraiser-in-oakland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 presidential election]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=16711</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is President Barack Obama’s 50th birthday… …and like any U.S. politician might, he’s turned it into a fundraising event spanning the entire nation. He’s attending fundraisers in Chicago today, including a concert with Chicago natives Herbie Hancock and Jennifer Hudson and the Chicago rock band OK Go. Meanwhile, surrogates have fanned out to headline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LAO, local officials face off on redevelopment plan</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/02/08/lao-local-officials-face-off-on-redevelopment-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/02/08/lao-local-officials-face-off-on-redevelopment-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Union City Mayor Mark Green, Livermore Mayor Marshall Kamena, Emeryville Mayor Nora Davis, Concord Vice Mayor Ron Leone and other Bay Area elected officials will gather with business, affordable housing and labor leaders tomorrow in Oakland in opposition to Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to eliminate California’s local redevelopment agencies and use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State buildings, UC costs, Jean Quan on &#8216;TWINC&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/11/20/state-buildings-uc-costs-jean-quan-on-twinc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/11/20/state-buildings-uc-costs-jean-quan-on-twinc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was on KQED’s “This Week in Northern California” last night to discuss the plan to sell and then lease back state buildings in order to raise quick cash to help close our budget gap. Other topics included UC tuition hikes and San Francisco’s governmental tumult, and Belva Davis interviewed Oakland Mayor-Elect Jean Quan.]]></description>
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		<title>Inside Don Perata&#8217;s mayoral election defeat</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/11/11/inside-don-peratas-mayoral-election-defeat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/11/11/inside-don-peratas-mayoral-election-defeat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So former state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata – who entered Oakland’s mayoral race with big-time name recognition and fundraising prowess, and who outspent all his rivals enormously – lost the race to City Councilmember Jean Quan. He conceded this morning. This was Oakland’s first foray into ranked-choice voting, and there were 10 candidates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaplan wins youths&#8217; mock Oakland mayoral vote</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/10/29/kaplan-wins-youths-mock-oakland-mayoral-election/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/10/29/kaplan-wins-youths-mock-oakland-mayoral-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My colleague, Katy Murphy, covered an Oakland youth candidate forum and mock election featuring three of the top four Oakland mayoral candidates; she posted this video to her excellent blog, The Education Report, but we thought all you political junkies might enjoy it too:]]></description>
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