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Oakland Charter Reform Project

Steven Falk, Ben Gould, Nancy Kurilla Falk

Improving the City of Oakland by fixing its flawed organizational design.

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Council to Hold (Likely) Final Meeting on Charter Reform

June 11, 2026

Greetings from the Oakland Charter Reform Project. This is our mid-June update.

CALL TO ACTION!: Please Attend and Testify at the City Council Meeting on Tuesday, June 16 @ 3:30PM. See below for more information.

City Counc...

6 days ago
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Council Will Decide Today Whether to Put Strong-Mayor on the November Ballot

CALL TO ACTION!: Please Attend and Testify at the City Council Meeting on Tuesday, June 2 @ 3:30PM. See below for more information.

If you’ve been following Oakland’s charter reform saga, you know that, after a year of discussion and publi...

15 days ago
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Council to Consider Placing Strong-Mayor Measure On Ballot

May 27, 2026

Greetings from the Oakland Charter Reform Project. This is our late May update.

CALL TO ACTION!: Please Attend and Testify at the City Council Meeting on Tuesday, June 2 @ 3:30PM. See below for more information.

City Council...

21 days ago
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Big Vote This Thursday on Strong-Mayor Proposal

May 19, 2026

Greetings from the Oakland Charter Reform Project. This is our mid-May update.

CALL TO ACTION!: Please Attend and Testify at This Thursday’s Rules Committee Meeting - Thursday May 21 @ 10:30AM. See below for more information...

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OCRP Quick Hit: Mayor Barbara Lee Asks Council to Put Strong-Mayor Measure on November Ballot

May 8, 2026

Yesterday, the City Council’s Rules Committee agreed to hear a request from Mayor Barbara Lee to convert Oakland into a “strong mayor” city.

The Rules Committee will consider Mayor Lee’s request at its May 21 meeting. If a maj...

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  • Steven Falk

    Career city manager. CalBerkeley faculty (ret.). Portfolio manager. California Story writer. Painter who takes pictures. Once had a Velvet Underground cover band. Paintings at www.stevenbradleyfalk.com.

  • Ben Gould
  • Nancy Kurilla Falk

    Walk Oakland Bike Oakland Board Member and long-time (now former) Kaiser Permanente member experience improvement executive who believes that Oakland’s City Charter can be amended so Oakland can be better.

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