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Retiring District 1 Councilmember Jane Brunner and her staff worked tirelessly for Rockridge for 16 years. This year, she leaves City Council office to pursue other challenges. Her strong support for Rockridge is reflected in the following examples of her many accomplishments: Brunner’...

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District 1 Councilmember Jane Brunner’s Monthly Community Advisory Meeting Hot lunch at noon for $1.75. For details on upcom- ing field trips and events, call Kathy, 531-6724. North Oakland Multi-Purpose Senior Center Peace Vigil at the Rockridge BART station on Sundays from 7...

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Jane Brunner Approves Funding for Hardy Dog Park Improvements

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JANE BRUNNER, CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT ONE:

Councilmember Jane Brunner’s Community Advisory Meeting Free and open to anyone 13-19 years old. Thursdays through 3/22, 4 to 5:30pm. FOR ADULTS Saturday, February 25 from 10am to noon. Featured speaker: City Adminstrator Deanna Santana. Peralta Elementary School: 4...

Councilmember Jane Brunner’s Community Advisory Meeting Informational Budget Meeting for District 1. Saturday May 21, 10am to noon. Peralta Elementary School: 460 63rd St. (parking on Alcatraz, east of Telegraph). Info: 238-7001, or view Brunner Report at www.oaklan...

 City Council President Jane Brunner meets with participants at her February community advisory meeting as they convene to consider the question, “How can we as individuals, and as a City, address global warming?” Brunner noted that Oakland is close to completing an Energy an...

 Councilmember Jane Brunner plants an Aristocrat pear tree on Apgar Street, the first of 1,000 planned for Oakland. Season’s Greetings! 1,000 Free Trees For Oakland See January 2005 meeting preview below.  NO December RCPC Meeting  Help Set RCPC’s 2005 Agenda Only ...

North Oakland Town Hall In lieu of Councilmember Jane Brunner’s Community Advisory Meeting: District 1 Town Hall Meeting with Mayor Jean Quan. Saturday, April 2, 10am to 12:30pm. North Oakland Senior Center, 5714 MLK Jr. Way (at 58th St.). See details: story page 3. Rockridge Branch Library 5366 Coll...

Councilmember Jane Brunner gave a huge boost to the effort by earmarking $250,000 of the City’s budget surplus for the 45th Street Studio, now being renovated. Also, the Friends of Studio One kicked off their campaign to raise the remainder of the $330,000 goal for ...

CIVIQ Green Light, from page  Councilmember Jane Brunner led a mediated negotiation that resulted in an “11th hour” agreement; the appeal was withdrawn prior to the Council hearing. sion of the FROG park walkway we will create from Clarke and Redondo along the northwestern side of the project to...

 Councilmember Jane Brunner inaugurates “Plant 1,000 Trees” for Oakland neighbors at the Rotunda Building on June 22. Call her office at 238-7001 to arrange tree planting on your block. Select the species from a variety of approved street trees. Plant 1,000 Trees! PH...

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By Marilyn Citron

Councilmember Jane Brunner’s office has gotten the ball rolling with a commitment of $150,000 to plant trees and install tree benches along College Avenue. We have identified at least 20 locations for new trees and 50 locations for tree benches. The trees will add c...

By Marilyn Citron

Zachary Wald, Aide Office of Vice Mayor Jane Brunner Phone: 238-7013 zwald@oaklandnet.com Sara Wilson, President Rockridge District Association president@rockridge district.com Daniel Ferdelman Co-Chair RCPC Board of Directors Mobile: 415/385-1207 chair@rockridge.org 

 
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Member Jane Brunner, and former School Board Representative Ken Rice, all of whom have children that graduated from Peralta. PG&E BUTCHERS TREE Editor: I am writing to express my dismay about the street-tree pruning that PG&E crews are doing in Rockridge and ...

Councilmember Jane Brunner’s Community Advisory Meeting Writer’s Support/Critique Group Creek To Bay Day Cleanup Saturday, 9/18, 9am to noon. Potluck follows at 12:15pm. Meet at Temescal Creek where it runs through the Claremont DMV parking lot, at Redondo and Cavou...

Councilmember Jane Brunner’s Community Advisory Meeting Rockridge Toastmasters exercise, socializing, travel programs and music. Hot lunch available at noon for $2. For details about upcoming field trips and special programs, call Kathy at 531-6724. North Oakland Se...

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Councilmember Jane Brunner’s Community Advisory Meeting College Avenue Adult Center • “Nigeria and the Politics of Unreason.” Panel discus- sion with Victor Dike and Michael Watts will focus on President Obasanjo’s regime and the practice of “predatory democracy” in...

Councilmember Jane Brunner’s Community Advisory Meeting • Claudine Naganuma Dance Troupe: Saturday, • Wednesday, 4/28, 7:30pm, Co-founder of May 8, 2pm. Theater/dance performance in celebration of Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month. All ages welcome. FOR ADULTS...

Councilmember Jane Brunner’s Community Advisory Meeting Also, representatives of The Women’s Interna- tional League for Peace and Freedom will provide information and answer questions. • Monday, 3/8, 7:30pm, Amnesty International For details about upcoming field tri...

Councilmember Jane Brunner's Community Advisory Meeting Writer’s Support/Critique Group offered by Alta Bates/Sutter Health: call Monica at 802-1725 or e-mail Monicalcsw@alum.calb erkeley.org. Volunteers Needed Rockridge Branch Library. 1st Saturday of the month: 2:...

Councilmember Jane Brunner’s Community Advisory Meeting Writer’s Support/Critique Group SPECIAL EVENT: “A Holiday Dance Party” on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2 to 6pm. Prizes and refreshments. Donation of $8.00 to benefit the Center’s program fund. Learn the dance steps. Li...

Councilmember Jane Brunner’s Community Advisory Meeting for details about membership, newsletter, class or appointment times, and opportunities to become a volunteer. Elder Care Support Group information: Kathy, 601-6176 or e-mail www.rockri dgetoastmasters.org Writ...

Councilmember Jane Brunner’s Community Advisory Meeting should bring a grown-up. FOR YOUNG ADULTS: • Teen Hip-Hop Workshops, ages 12 to 18. History, MC’ing, DJ’ing, record your own rap. 7 Saturdays: Oct. 4 through Nov. 22 for 2 hours sessions. Sign- up in person, or...

Councilmember Jane Brunner’s Community Advisory Meeting Free Comedy Showcase & Open Mic library is a polling place for the recall election. Note: New Library Hours Tuesday, 12:30 to 8pm; Wednesday, Thursday and Start your career in comedy at A ’Cuppa Tea, 3200 Colle...

Councilmember Jane Brunner’s Community Advisory Meeting Writer’s Support/Critique Group Gardening for Wildlife Program Presented by the Aquatic Outreach Institute in partner- ship with Alameda County Waste Management Authority, Alameda County Flood Control and Water...

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District 1 Councilmember Jane Brunner’s Monthly Community Advisory Meeting Writer’s Support/Critique Group North Oakland Senior Center Rockridge Branch Library, 1st Saturday of the month: Call or e-mail to verify meeting time. ALL writers welcome. Bring 6 copies of any 5 pages...

District 1 Councilmember Jane Brunner’s Monthly Community Advisory Meeting Light exercise, socializing, travel programs and music.  Special programs 11am to noon FOR ADULTS:  Lawyers in the Library: Free legal advice. First Thursday of each month from 6 to 8pm. Sign-up begin...

Councilmember Jane Brunner’s Community Advisory Meeting FOR ADULTS:  Lawyers in the Library: Free legal advice. First  Field Trips

By Jacqueline Hoeppner-Freitas

Councilmember Jane Brunner began monitoring response times once Station 8 shut down and forwarded that information to activists in North Oakland. As a result of the firefighter deployment, response times in 2002 were not as good as they would normally be. Steve Sple...

By Jacqueline Hoeppner-Freitas

... increased response times. It appears to have worked out for this time frame.” Oakland Fire Chief Gerald Simon said he was “pleased with response times… and looking forward to getting back to even better response times.” City Councilmember Jane Brunner recently expressed gratitude for the com- munity’s efforts. “I wish to thank the activists who were dedicated to making the firefighters stay in the area during construction and pushing the administra-

Open Letter to Councilmember Jane Brunner

By Theresa Nelson

(_Wounciimember Jane Brunner recently suggested using most of Oakland’s $7.8 million share of Prop 12 park funds tor a waterfront pedestrian and bike path trom Jack London Square to the Oakland Airport. Rockridge Park construction money could come from another provisi...

By Cy Gulassa

At Council-member Jane Brunner’s monthly téte-a-téte with constituency February 5 at Peralta School, City engineer Michael Vecchio discussed alternatives for improving bike safety on Telegraph Avenue. These range from “do nothing except post signs asking motorists to sh...

By Ed Aust

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By Jennifer Edmister

...t might mean for Rockridge. Coun- cilwoman Brunner will be an invited speaker at the RCPC’s October 18 General Meet- ing on the topic of the Rockridge/ Temescal Zoning Update and the future of Rockridge. An interview with City Councilwoman Jane Brunner Rockridge News: Thanks for taking the time to speak with me about zoning in Rockridge and Temescal. Let’s start with a simple question – what is zoning about? Jane Brunner: Zoning really is taking a look at how many housing units, what the...

Her Phase I mediation and formation of the Phase II Steering Committee helped ensure the project’s successful completion. ■ ■BART Plaza: Along with RCPC and RDA, Jane Brunner’s office secured money toward the recent renovation. ■ ■Neighborhood Livability: The consul- tant’s neighborhood traffic study identifying shortcutting traffic in the Rockridge Triangle was funded by Jane Brunner. She and her office heard ...

By Jane Brunner

...Some questioned whether new development will be good for the pedestrian-friendliness of the area. The City of Oakland is currently drafting a formal response to the DEIR. Rockridge residents are encouraged to contact our City Councilmember Jane Brunner with their views: jbrunner@oaklandnet.com or phone 510/238-7001. Following an overview of the project and

By Councilwoman Jane Brunner

by Councilwoman Jane Brunner on behalf of neighbors, the project was approved under C-30 “best fit” zoning, rather than the more intense C-45 zoning the Planning Commission had chosen. The City Council modified the legal findings accompanying the approval to make clea...

By Jane Brunner

Picketers display their views on condo development at a meeting sponsored by Jane Brunner and held at Peralta Elementary School in December. From left, Robert Temple, Jimme James, Robert Brokl, Virginia Browning, Alfred Crofts, Joyce Smith, Adele Schenker. Photo: Cy Gulassa

By Jane Brunner

Temescal Begins Neighborhood Planning Process by Jane Brunner, District One Councilmember Aby Kent Deverell, RCPC Board Member Co-Chair, Fourth Bore Coalition Wof the tunnel, including Claremont Elmwood Neighborhood Association (CENA), RCPC, FROG Park, the North Hills-Phoenix Asso- ciation, Parkwoods...

period: Introduced by Jane Brunner in December 2011, the program supports Rockridge retail establishments. Thank you, Jane Brunner. Good luck with your future endeavors. — Ronnie Spitzer ■ ■College Avenue benches: The wood and aluminum pedestrian benches installed along Col...

Brunner Names RCPC Boardmember Mike McDonald a Community Hero R CPC boardmember Mike McDonald received a Community Hero Award from Oakland City Councilmember Jane Brunner for spearheading the design and installation of benches along College Avenue. Mike was one of six community members honored at Brunner’s summer picnic in Temescal park in July. Pictured from left are Councilmember Brun- ner, Jill & Mike Mc...

About $750,000 will be available for capital improvement projects in North Oakland over the next two years, thanks to efforts by Councilmember Jane Brunner to redirect some money from downtown to the neighborhoods. hard to know when you’ve arrived. A gate- way or signage might correct that. Actual plans will be discussed with community organizations, including the Rockridge Community Planning...

By Cy Gulassa

by Cy Gulassa Condominium supporters, opponents and everybody in between showed up for a community debate on higher-density development last month, sponsored by City Councilmember Jane Brunner, who kept tempers leashed with threats to stop the meeting if things got out of control. “North Oakland real estate is hot,” she said. “Proposed projects include 845 new condo units. Add that to the 540 units for the MacArthur BART project...

...ps and special programs, call Kathy at 531- 6724. • North Oakland Multi-Purpose Senior Center; For Adults: • Lawyers in the Library: Free legal advice. First Tuesday of each month: 12/7, 1/4, 6 to 8pm. Advance sign-up 5pm. SPECIAL MEETING: Jane Brunner will moderate a Teach-In on “Election 2004: What happened and what should we do next?” Monday, December 6, 7pm to 9pm, City Council Chambers at Oakland City Hall, 14th and Broadway. For more informa- tion: 238-7001, or www.oaklandnet.com (...

Brunner Names Susan Killebrew Community Hero Susan Killebrew and family, pictured at right, display the Community Hero award she received from Jane Brunner at the 2004 North Oakland Summer Picnic. In part the commendation reads: “As the primary force behind the lower Rockridge Parents Group, Susan has, in the words of a neighbor, ‘worked tirelessly to bring together the households in North Oa...

Brunner Has Questions, Plans For Rockridge Improvements Rockridge is the model of a livable community that City Councilmember Jane Brunner had in mind when she launched her North Oakland Livable Communities Project, but “even though Rockridge is an extremely successful neigh- borhood, I believe we can make it better,” she says. At the Rockridge Community Planning Council’s Ap...

Fri., 12 to 5:30pm. Closed Sundays and Monday, 1/19. Gala Inaugural Ball “A Progressive Perspective on the Economic Crisis” featuring, Mayor Dellums, Councilmember Jane Brunner, Assemblymember Swanson, Dr. Steven Raphael from UCB School of Public Policy and others. Topics include key economic issues facing Oakland and the State; bailouts; a new stimulus package. Wednesday, 1/14, 7 to 9pm. Oakland City Hall, City ...

By Bob Franklin

urricane Katrina’s toll on New Orleans reminds us of the importance of being prepared when disaster strikes. At Councilmember Jane Brunner’s community advisory meeting, you can learn how the city of Oakland is preparing for a major earthquake and what steps you, your family and your neighborhood should take to be prepared. Speakers will include representatives from Oakland’s ...

This year, at the November 9 launching of Councilmember Jane Brunner’s project to plant 1,000 trees in Oakland over the coming year, Miles said the new trees will transform Oakland neighborhoods, including West Oakland, which until recently has been home to Oakland’s most notorious liquor store, a hotspot f...

By Susan Montauk

...ding for an expansion of the understaffed Oakland Police Department, OPD leaders assured North Oakland residents recently. Chief of Police Richard Word and Police Service Area 1 Lieutenant Lawrence Green met with residents at Councilmember Jane Brunner’s December Advisory Meeting, describing strategies to curb a CALDECOTT, PAGE 3 CRIME MEET, PAGE 6

The tree felling and severe bush pruning drew a flurry of concerned phone calls and e-mails from DMV neighbors, Farmer’s Market patrons and Frog Park users who expressed their concerns to Councilmember Jane Brunner, Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, and to the DMV. The DMV heard the concerns, and hired Arborist Steve Batchelder to develop a planting plan that will be presented at a community meeting, date to be determined. A second meeting date to finali...

completed late in July, FROG Chair Theresa Nelson presided over a dedication ceremony attended by other FROG members and Zac Wald (right foreground, back to camera), chief of staff to District 1 Councilmember Jane Brunner. FROG is grateful to the community volunteers who worked for seven years to get this bathroom built: Mike McDonald, Ronnie Spitzer, Jimmy Pedersen, Jennifer Cooper, Theresa Nelson, Barney Smits and Carol Behr. We also deeply appreciate the...

RCPC Town Hall Meeting AGENDA September 2010 September 16, 2010, 7:30 p.m. Rockridge Branch Library 5366 College at Manila Community Room (Upstairs) The State of the City: Council President Jane Brunner answers your questions. The RCPC invites Rockridge residents to ask Councilmember Jane Brunner about Oakland’s current issues. Do you wonder...? y y Do you wonder how the City’s budget cuts impacted its services? y y Or how the police forc...

installed by FROG as a “temporary measure” pending funding. Thanks to Jane Brunner’s staff and the city of Oakland, construction will soon begin on a permanent, city-owned, restroom. The 49 sq. ft. facility, modeled after the Buena Vista Park facility, will be located at the current Porta-Potty site, be open seven days a...

By Gerry Garzon

by Gerry Garzon, Associate Director, Oakland Public Library The Oakland Public Library has received city funding, requested in FY 2007- 09 by Council President Jane Brunner, to develop a Teen Area for the Rockridge Branch Library. With feedback received from the community through survey responses in September 2008, the Library is planning a community meeting for Thursday, April 2, 6-8 p.m., to discuss the res...

by Carol and Ray Craun Revised development plans for the Cla- remont and College Safeway store were presented publicly at a standing-room-only meeting co-hosted by City Councilmember Jane Brunner, the Rockridge Community Planning Council (RCPC), and the Clare- mont-Elmwood Neighborhood Association (CENA) at Peralta Elementary School. Jane Brunner welcomed almost 300 people to the meeting held June 19, and introduced RCPC chair Stua...

... the organization dropped its lease on an east Oakland industrial site and moved all its industrial loading actions to the Rockridge site to save money. My neighbors and I drafted a letter and signed a petition that we gave to Councilwoman Jane Brunner asking that the Red Cross honor their stated business hours. Fines levied against the Red Cross by the City had no effect. For three years, Jane Brunner’s

By Nila Kim

Caltrans Sweep of Homeless Camps In Rockridge by Nila Kim, Assistant to Councilwoman Jane Brunner City Councilwoman Jane Brunner has announced that the city of Oakland and Caltrans have recently stepped up their efforts to clean up homeless encampments in the Rockridge neighborhood. Responding to complaints from community members, Calt...

...d the perfect volunteer opportunity to work on community issues. Get the process started now. See page 3. Apr 17 The Scoop on Dreyer’s Ice Cream Parlor... Caltrans Sweep of Homeless Camps In Rockridge by Nila Kim, Assistant to Councilwoman Jane Brunner City Councilwoman Jane Brunner has announced that the city of Oakland and Caltrans have recently stepped up their efforts to clean up homeless encampments in the Rockridge neighborhood. Responding to complaints from community members, Calt...

Bart to Charge $1 Parking Fee at Rockridge Station Bby Justin Horner, Chief of Staff for Councilmember Jane Brunner, and Dan Ferdelman, Former RCPC Boardrmember I IGR Design, which completed a design for the bench and built a prototype. The design, according to Ferdelman, “is unique, versatile, easy to install in varying sidewalk conditions, and built f...

By Cy Gulassa

Councilmember drafts tree-friendly ordinance by Cy Gulassa St. Patrick got s a i n t h o o d by driving the snakes out of Ireland. If City Councilmember Jane Brunner gets her way, she’ll get sainthood by driving the tree cutters out of Oakland. Jane Brunner Stunned by  TREE ORDINANCE, PAGE 7 School Closings Highlight Need for Long-Term Planning

Official ribbon cutting at Station 8 dedication: (l. to r.): Council Member Henry Chang, Jr., Fire Chief Gerald Simon, DPW Director Claudette Ford, Jane Brunner, City Manager Robert Bobb. “Within specs, ahead of time, and under budget”: A “green” building for Oakland by Claire Isaacs Father Jay Mathews intoned the Firefight- er’s prayer. Architect Alan Kawasaki bragged that 65% of construction deb...

Jane Brunner’s No. Oakland Picnic 6:30pm, upstairs meeting room. Meet 7/10 to play Naruto: Ultimate Ninja I & II on PS2. Film on 8/14 to be decided. Play Board Games: Tuesday, 7/17, 4:30 to 5:30pm. PS2 FUN. Bring your favorite PS2 games to play video g...

... Gulassa Aordinance would authorize removal of trees that are purportedly too close to tele- phone poles, sewer lines, and driveways; or that damage walks and curbs; or block street lights, traffic signs and vision at corners. According to Brunner, these draconian criteria would require removal of every tree on her block. Since that initial airing, Brunner’s office has received nearly proposal by Oakland’s Public Works Depart- ment to aggressively remove trees that damage sidewalks and u...

...stwar America, Calthorpe said, the model has been stretched beyond its limits. In the Bay Area, people may com- mute two hours each way to work and back, with an obvious impact on family and the environment. his presentation is one of many Jane Brun- ner will hold in relation to her Livable Communities Initiative. For more information on what Councilmember Brunner is doing, con- tact her at 238-7001 or visit her website at http: //www.oaklandnet.com/government/council/ coun_mem/brunner/i...

...imits more sensitive to the existing structural styles. Asked about updating the now 12-year-old General Plan, Brunner just laughed. Council President Brunner Outlines City’s Hopes, Risks City Council President and District 1 Councilmember Jane Brunner D. Kinkead 80 officers, inasmuch as Oakland really needs another 100 police officers beyond the 800 or so that it had prior to layoffs. Brunner emphasized the importance of two November ballot measures. Measure BB would modify voter-approv...

ouncilmember Jane Brunner’s office has seen many changes in the last few months. New members to the office include Nila Kim, taking over Kate Whitlow’s job as Rockridge liaison and Brunner’s scheduling assis­ tant. Whitlow, who did an outstanding job for Brunner an...

Curves and join with no service fee. All groceries will be donated to local food banks. Please e-mail Jane Brunner at jbrunner@ oaklandnet.com to stop the construction of six story buildings in our neighborhood. For questions, call Jeff at 510/653-7190 or e-mail janellecavanagh@yahoo.com Janelle Cavanagh Resident of Miles at Cavour Over 9,000 locations...

By Theresa Nelson

...a Nelson, FROG Chair How best to restore the creekside area damaged by an overzealous pruning job at the Claremont Avenue DMV office building was the topic of another in a series of community meetings centered on the project. Councilmember Jane Brunner convened the meeting held November 30 at the Rockridge Library to discuss design pref- erences for the restoration. Elinor Buchen, staff aide to Councilmember Brunner, Mark Chekal-Bain, district director of Assembly- member Nancy Skinner’s...

By Theresa Nelson

Mike and Christie worked with Coun- cilmember Jane Brunner to secure funding for a permanent restroom. Jennifer Cooper became involved, and continued to work to secure the location and general design on the project while Mike was living temporarily outside the neighborhood. Ronnie Spitzer also wor...

...hadowed by tall buildings along those two streets. Brunner suggested they lobby with residents further Caldecott Settlement by Stuart Flashman, RCPC chair At September’s RCPC Town Hall Meeting, City Council President and Rockridge resident Jane Brunner decided that, rather than give a prepared talk, she’d just ask for questions from the audience. She got plenty. Public safety and Oakland’s budget deficit dominated the discussion, but bus rapid transit, rezoning, and the future of the Oak...