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City Council Candidate Forum - October 17th 2020Here's the recording of Saturday's City Council Candidate Forum! We appreciate everyone who joined us and especially all the City Council candidates who shared their vision and platform for what a Progressive Oakland can look like. Dan KALB, Oakland City Councilmember, D1 Carroll Fife for Oakland City Council, D3 Richard Santos Raya, D5 Treva Reid for Oakland City Council, D7 Rebecca Kaplan, Representative At-Large Vote for racial and economic justice this Election Season! Visit our voter guide for more information on each candidate: bit.ly/oravoterguide #OaklandVotes #GOTV #Vote #Progressive
Posted by Oakland Rising Action on Tuesday, October 20, 2020
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