The West Oakland Opportunity Zone
The Woozy: Carrying the torch of hope and possibility for a united Oakland, and communities coming together to use their strengths to address their needs.
West Oakland is an OPPORTUNITY ZONE. Unfortunately, it has been an opportunity zone for too long, due to the fact that so many opportunities have been missed for so long.
This is not to say that there is any current malice responsible for the current plight of West Oakland, rather, what has been missing is true leadership armed with a comprehensive vision with experience in turning high risk and poor conditions into successful opportunities and attainable challenges.
West Oakland is a large part of District #3, which also includes Downtown, Jack London Square, The Port of Oakland, Pill Hill, Adams Point and Lake Merritt. West Oakland is literally surrounded by opportunities, skills, expertise, resources and needs that can be met.
In order for the needs to be met, all of the communities and areas of District #3, must be pulled together to find common ground. Jobs, Quality Schools, Public Safety, Availability of essential resources (nutritious food, parks, bikeways, public safety, clinics, social services, small businesses and community centers) and be free from impediments (crime, unfairly applied public policy, educational failure, toxic waste, dangerous environments, noise, blight), "benign" neglect and the scourge of discrimination against alternative lifestyles and diverse cultures).
The needs of West Oakland require skilled experience in achieving civic ends. Politicians, discuss and debate policy and disburse he public funds to attain civic ends. Civil servants, Social Service administrators, and community organizers receive some of these funds with the mandate to achieve discrete public ends works. Transforming West Oakland will require a marriage of both skills, and that is why West Oakland needs someone with experience on the front lines, providing services, administering programs and designing programs.
The Woozy will be watching the political situation very closely in District #3, to ensure that the political needs of the community are advocated for and met.
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