John Russo and Courtney Ruby: "Reform Oakland" Press Meeting

http://oaklandfocus.blogspot.com -- Oakland City Attorney John Russo and Oakland City Auditor Courtney Ruby held a press conference on Wednesday, July 9th in Hearing Room Two at Oakland City Hall.

Russo and Ruby (sounds like a law firm) put together a press package that's quite extensive and calls for more study than most press people will give it. But the initiatives are broken down into the following categories:

1) Strengthen Anti-Nepotism Rules
2) Reform Personnel Department Procedures
3) Fix Records Management
4) Protect Whistleblowers
5) Establish Employee Ethics Program

The press conference was well-attended, and even drew people like Pat McClough, who ran against incumbent Councilmember Jane Brunner in this year's election battle for the Oakland District One City Council seat. (He lost).




Press from KGO Radio, KTVU, KPFA Radio, NPR, and others were there. But this is the only full video of not just the press conference speakers, but the questioners as well.

See more at Oakland Focus, just click on the link above.

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Russo for Mayor!