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During my service to Oakland, City Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan has been consistent in her hard work for the prosperity of all Oakland citizens and her vision of Oakland as one of California’s most desirable cities. Rebecca Kaplan has challenged Oakland...

Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan nominated Smith for the post, saying that she thought he could turn the situation into something positive. She emphasized that she wanted to make "lemons out of lemonade" and that the public should start focusing its attention away from the...

The current complaint-based system for removing trash and illegal dumping is not effective. Kaplan and community members are advocating for pro-active cleanup! Then you go down a street, and you pick up everything in that street, instead of going through a checklist,...

Oakland Councilmember-at-large Rebecca Kaplan hosted a community meeting on homeless solutions Monday to address what she believes is the city’s number one concern: the number of unhoused people living on Oakland’s streets. According to Kaplan, the meeting...

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Members of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) board paid tribute recently to Oakland City Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan at her last meeting on the regional body. A few members criticized Mayor Libby Schaaf for indulging in “politics at its...

Recently, throughout the nation, there have been a variety of incidents which received media attention, in which African Americans have been subjected to police intervention, while engaged in ordinary every day activities. In most of these cases, it has turned out...

"A broad community coalition has been working on a public lands policy, which I have also been involved with, to include issues such as prioritization for affordable housing, as well as jobs policies and other community benefits," Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan wrote in...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 5, 2016 Contact:  Rebecca Kaplan at 510-301-8480 or Doug Linney, President of The Next Generation at 510-290-9910 Fair Political Practices Commissions Launches Investigation Into Oakland City Council Candidate Peggy Moore’s Campaign...

Editorial: Kaplan for Oakland City Council The Bay Area Reporter has supported Oakland City Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan since she first won the at-large seat in 2008 and we continue to support her in this election. She has been a successful legislator on the council...