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based organizations working with young adults not enrolled in alternative schools. The Alameda County
application, which was funded for more than $14 million, was the only one in the state that focused on young
people in alternative education settings and out of school youth.
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2015: OUSD school board commits $2.3 million in district funding (including Local Control Funding Formula
resources) to expand violence intervention and prevention programs across the school district. The money
ensures that all OUSD schools include restorative justice programs and the district’s African American
Manhood Development program be expanded to include more Black male and female students as well as
Latino students.
Tangible Benefits:
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2014: Safe Routes to Schools program attracts significant federal funding to run the program as a whole. Also
assists Oakland Unified School District and the Alameda County Public Health Department to win another
$1,000,000 from the state Active Transportation Program to make it easier and safer for all Oakland kids to
walk, bike and take transit to school.
Health Happens in Neighborhoods
Policies Passed:
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2014: Bus Rapid Transit: Approved by the City of Oakland with plans to open in 2017. BRT will bring
dramatically better bus service to Oakland.
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2014: Measure BB Transportation sales tax measure passes.
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2014: City of Oakland raises the minimum wage to $12.25 with paid sick days.
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2016: City of Oakland adopts a policy that attempts to limit the consumption of sugar sweetened beverages.
Some exceptions include milk products, 100 percent juice, baby formula, diet drinks and drinks taken for
medical purposes. Measure will generate nearly $6 million per year for essential health outreach and
education to fight diabetes and heart disease in the city of Oakland.
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2016: Oakland City Council approves a housing impact fee that will raise approximately $60 million from new
development over 10 years to build and preserve permanently affordable homes.
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2016: City of Oakland passes the Renter Protection Act that requires landlords to petition with the Rent Board
prior to rent increases that exceed the Consumer Price Index; expands Just Cause eviction protections; and
expands the duties and powers of the Rent Board and Rent Adjustment Program. The measure also requires
the creation of a searchable database and tool for tenant advocacy organizations.
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2016: City of Oakland invests $600 million in bonds for the purpose of improving neighborhood public safety
by re-paving streets to remove potholes, rebuilding cracked and deteriorating sidewalks, funding bicycle and
pedestrian safety improvements, funding affordable housing for residents, and improving facilities such as
recreation centers, playgrounds, and libraries.
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2016: Alameda County authorizes a $580 million bond to support residents to rent and/or buy affordable
homes in places they want to live throughout Alameda County. With a combination of loan programs, housing
development funds, and other programs, the new policy helps middle-income families buy homes; seniors,
people with disabilities, and low-income homeowners stay in their homes; creates and preserves affordable
rental homes for vulnerable and low-income populations; expands affordable rental housing stock; prevents
tenant displacement; and allocates funding fairly throughout the Alameda County.
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2016: Justice Reinvestment Coalition wins a county-wide Re-Entry Hiring Program, to provide 1,400 county
jobs for people impacted by the criminal justice system and youth in the school-to-prison pipeline in Alameda
County.
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2017: A set of Healthy Development Guidelines policy changes to the City “Standard Conditions of Approval”
in the areas of Environmental Health; Economic Opportunity and Open Space
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