Libby Schaaf
Progressive Agenda to Combat Income Inequality
The Progressive Agenda to Combat Income Inequality was the Progressive version of the 1994 Republican “Contract with America.”
Signatories included Libby Schaaf, Mayor of Oakland.
Shut Down the Port Movement: Aftermath of Dec. 12-13th Confrontations
The Oakland police did not stop the two day blockade of the port of Oakland by the various merged "Occupy" groups, but the protest cost the city and dock workers over $4 million dollars in lost wages and $2.4 million in police overtime.
Several members of the Oakland City Council, particularly all four of the members of the Rules Committee, backed a measure/resolution that would mandate that the City Administrator Deanna Santana, to "use whatever lawful tools we have... to prevent future shutdowns or disruptions." They blamed Mayor Jean Quan, an old leftist, for failing to do this earlier on with her own powers.[1].
The measure's co-sponsors were Ignacio De La Fuente and Libby Schaaf.
Susan Piper was identified as a spokeswoman for Mayor Quan.
An Occupy Oakland "organizer", Omar Yassin, was quoted as saying "We have a right to manifest and to picket in public. The idea that free speech is too costly for the public won't fly."
- ↑ "Oakland may turn police loose on Occupy blockades", http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f-/c/a/2011/12/19/MNB51MEFHQ.DTL&type..." (www.SFGate.com), 12/19/2011, by Kevin Fagan, Matthai Kuruvila (Chronicle staff writers), post on www.freerepublic.com the same day