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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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  • 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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