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Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH]

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I'm @hyphy_republic on Twitter, aka The Oakland Observer, an Oakland journalist. Newsletter @ https://oakland-observer.ghost.io/ :One time contributions to the OO instead of subscription https://oakland-observer.ghost.io/#/portal/support

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Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · Jul 14

OO's week in review: city is in the weeds again on security, and clear winner is an actual loser in the bidding process, ABC, which will receive more months of work, despite it's second time coming in last in bids; IAB to CPRA faces rocky road, more oakland-observer.ghost.io/observer-wee...

Observer Week in Review, 7/11/2025

Unclear Path for IAD-CPRA Transition After Transition Feasibility Report A previously promising proposal to transfer a majority of the Internal Affairs Bureau [IAB] responsibilities to the quasi-inde...

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 18h

I hate how accurate this is

Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 24d

In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 24d

If this is what it took for you to be pushed into fascism you were probably already there

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Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 1d

Centro Legal was able to collect demographic data on 100s of lo-income tenants they assisted at rent board hearings. But EBRHA, a landlord lobbyist gifted a contract for lo-income landlords could not with just 21 that fit that description. We do know only 5 live in Oakland, tho

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Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 2d

Worth noting, ICH's redlines of the Encampment Management Policy also strike out some of the existing language, not just the edits.

Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 2d

Jenkins and JR want to rewrite rules of procedure in a way that guarantees fewer items get to Non Consent Calendar. Proposed changes to require majority vote to move items from Consent to Non at mtgs; removing requirement that sends split-vote items to Non-consent

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Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 2d

Here's OO reporting thread for yesterday's Police Commission discussion on OPD Militarized Equipment Inventory, which also serves as predicate for OPD budgetary requests for more equip next fiscal year. Public overwhelmingly opposed increasing inventory twitterthread.com/t/...

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Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 2d

A response I wrote to a reader five years ago the last time the Bearcat came up, as OPD sought a new Bearcat after the execution of Joshua Pawlick from the platform of the old one

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Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 3d

Revising the lead up to this, I don't see the OPD even trying to get its additional Bearcat or add'l rifles---we will see about drones. One OPD official in an ad hoc mtg said even if they did want the struggle, "we don't have the money"

Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 3d

Tonight Police Commission will consider, & potentially vote, on recs for OPD's "militarized" equip inventory. OPD committed to replace Bearcat w/non-military armored vehicle 3 years ago, but now wants 2 more + more rifles. OPC's ad hoc says no to both; now full OPC will weigh in

Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 3d

Oakland Cafe in federal crosshairs hit with vandalism

Abdulrahim Harara, owner of the Jerusalem Coffee House, reported that someone shattered a cafe window just before the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel

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Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 4d

As reappointments of Omar Farmer & Roberto Garcia-Acosta are held up at Rules committee in an unprecedented delay, the OPC were already going to be adjudicating an important issue, the OPD's military equip outlay; but now they will also start the process for a new police chief

Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 4d

Here's the Oakland Police Commission's response to news of Chief Mitchell's resignation

Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 5d

Lee will have an easier State of City than her predecessors, she's been in office 5 months, so no time for there to really be judged on initiatives, hasn't had to weigh in on Council's homelessness strategy; crime is in its second year of decline, w/even greater reduction.

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Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 5d

EBRHA has one of the worst performances of an Oakland contactor I've ever seen in contract to rep landlords in RAP processes. They helped only a dozen or so in a substantive way, refused to track ethnicity demographics, & 3/4 of clients weren't Oakland residents.

Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 6d

actually appears to be because it captures several nation official independence days

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Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 6d

no idea.

Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 6d

I thought the "supplemental legislation" in the Hispanic Heritage Month declaration could shed light on things, but its actually mistakenly duplicated from the other item from Gallo's office, a request for travel compensation. This should be extremely embarrassing.

Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 6d

Fell into a rabbit hole trying to convince my lying eyes Libby Schaaf did in fact violate the charter by scheduling her "state of the city" a month late, and then refusing to give it before Council. That's what happened as I reported, but the evidence was wiped from Legistar

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Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 6d

Gallo, the only Latino on Council, is so late on introducing the "Hispanic Heritage Month" declaration that there's only a week left in the month.

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Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 6d

Given frequency electeds bring up supposedly beneficial effects of Oakland's CHP details, you'd think CHP would have weekly deployment # at handy. But I asked for this number over a month ago, the CHP spox said they don't have it and turned it into a PRA, & I'm still waiting

Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 6d

The City Council chambers will be a mess of clumsy, narcissistic and incompetent tv media personalities and their hapless camera crews tomorrow according to this press release

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Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 7d

If you're looking for some Sunday night reading, here's the Oakland Observer run down of what happened at this week's committee meetings and at Rules. Some unusually dramatic arcs here...

Committees in Review 9/30/2025, 10/02/2025

City Council Committee meetings are usually held on a single Tuesday, starting at 9:30 am, with the last meeting beginning at 6pm and potentially lasting until 9pm and later. In the current legislative frame, substantive deliberation on items from individual CMs, the CAO and its various sub-departments as well

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Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 8d

The entire "peace plan" is a scam and nothing more.

Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 8d

Worth noting, that EBT refrained from presenting the facts this way during Price's term, although it was obvious that the complaints about Price's removal of superfluous charging was in keeping with her mandate to rid the office of silly bullshit of the kind Jones Dickson has returned.

Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 8d

This gives the barest hint of the ridiculous lengths local news went to give recall's absurd criticisms a 24/7 marquee. Misch will die in jail, a new life sentence is the kind of stupid "tough" symbolism that drove ALCO to vote for Price in first place. www.eastbaytimes.com...

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Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 8d

While Trump is covering for Israel and again putting the blame on Hamas, Israel continued to kill Palestinians beyond Trump's pretend demand for an end to Israeli attacks. They're being open about it, in fact, calling the continued genocide "defensive strikes"