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Tag Archives: Police reform
And then there were three
Read or heard enough already about Council candidates Tony Daysog and Jim Oddie? Well, we thought you might have. After all, both have been around quite a while – Mr. Daysog was first elected to Council in 2002, and Mr. … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall
Tagged City council, Hannah Groce, Paul Beusterien, Police reform, Ranked choice voting, Tracy Jensen
7 Comments
Johnny, we hardly knew ye
The decision by Councilman John Knox White not to seek reelection this November will deprive the Merry‑Go‑Round of one of our favorite pastimes: listening to Mr. Knox White enlighten the public every first and third Tuesday about what studies show … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Firefighters, Housing
Tagged Alameda Renters Coalition, ALPRs, Cannabis, Carnegie Library, Complete streets, ERV, Felton Institute, Homelessness, Jim Oddie, John Knox White, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Police reform, Rent control, Slow streets, Sunshine Ordinance, Tony Daysog, Trish Spencer, Wellness center
18 Comments
The CARE program begins
The City’s pilot program for responding to “mental health crisis” calls began operating on December 16, 2021. Today, the Merry‑Go‑Round will report on the results thus far.
The Gonzalez autopsy reports
The autopsy reports released on Friday undermine, if not override, the narrative that has grown up around the death of Mario Gonzalez in police custody last April.
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Alameda Police Department, APD, Julia Sherwin, Mario Gonzalez, Michael Haddad, Police reform, Vivian Snyder
17 Comments
Fire wins again
Well, it looks like the City finally is going to launch a program to take the responsibility for responding to so-called “mental-health calls” away from the Alameda police department, as police-reform advocates have been demanding for months. But it’s not … Continue reading
Crisis response crisis?
The process of finding a way to replace having police officers respond to “mental-health crisis” calls has taken awhile – and it’s not over yet.
Funding “police reform”
Thanks to the two budget workshops held on May 11 and May 20, we now know how much the City of Alameda intends to spend in the next two fiscal years on “police reform”: $1.35 million next year and $1.95 … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, City Hall, Firefighters
Tagged CAHOOTS, John Knox White, M.H. First, MACRO, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Police reform, Ricci Zombeck, Tony Daysog, Trish Spencer
11 Comments
What’s in the budget
City staff released its first draft of the budget for the next two fiscal years Thursday, and here are salient features (we hesitate to call them “highlights”): The City is projected to lose money in the fiscal year ending June … Continue reading
The legacy of Mali Watkins
With two weeks left before the recommendations by the Police Reform and Racial Justice subcommittees are to be presented to City Council, the Merry-Go-Round wanted to circle back to where it all began: the “Mali Watkins incident.”
Posted in City Hall
Tagged Al Mance, Alameda Police Department, Jim Oddie, John Burris, John Knox White, Mali Watkins, Malia Vella, Police reform
18 Comments
Police reports
The reports by the five “police reform” subcommittees are now making the rounds through City Commissions in advance of being presented to Council in March. Not among them, however, is the one report the Merry-Go-Round would have liked to have … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall
Tagged Alameda Police Department, Jim Oddie, John Knox White, Malia Vella, Police reform
24 Comments
Alameda Merry-Go-Round 