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News from: Oakland Police Department
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July 2, 2015
Media Contact:
Officer Frank Bonifacio
Officer Johnna Watson
Media Relations Office
510-238-7230
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4th of July 2015 - Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over

Oakland Police Department
Oakland, CA To protect the public against persons driving under the influence of
drugs and alcohol this Fourth of July, the Oakland Police Department will be
targeting those who put lives in danger. DUI Saturation Patrols and a DUI
Checkpoint will be deployed during the holiday weekend and all officers will be
alert to the tell-tale signs of an impaired driver.
DUI Saturation patrols will deploy on Friday and Saturday throughout the
City of Oakland
A DUI Checkpoint is planned in Oakland at an undisclosed location within
the city beginning at 7:00 PM until 3:00AM
Over the Fourth of July holiday period in 2013 alone (6 p.m. July 3rd to 5:59 a.m.
July 8th), there were 199 people killed in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes on our
nations roads, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA). In California, 28 individuals were killed in Alcohol Involved crashes.
NHTSA data also reveals that 35 percent of young drivers (18 to 34 years old) were
driving drunk (BAC of .08 or higher) in fatal crashes over the July Fourth period in
2013. Motorcycle operators are also overrepresented as the highest percentage of
alcohol-impaired drivers in fatal crashes. In 2013, more than one-quarter (27%) of
motorcycle operators in fatal crashes had BACs of .08 or higher.
Drunk drivers are more common at night, too. Over the July 4th holiday in 2013,
more than two fifths (42%) of the drivers in nighttime fatal crashes (6 p.m. to 5:59
a.m.) were alcohol-impaired, as compared to 13 percent of drivers in fatal crashes
during the day.
If youre caught driving drunk or drug impaired, you will be arrested. Aside from
putting your life and the lives of others at risk, driving impaired can also lead to
serious consequences. A DUI arrest can mean time in jail, loss of your license, and
steep financial expenses; the average DUI costs about $10,000.
Law enforcement region-wide is asking for everyones support this holiday
weekend and all summer long:
Plan a safe way home before the fun begins.

Before drinking, designate a sober driver.
DDVIP: The California Office of Traffic Safety DDVIP mobile app is now
available for free download on iOS and Android devices. Launched last year
the new DDVIP app offers enhanced features, allowing users to Map a
Spot with their current location to find DDVIP partnering establishments in
their area or a List of Spots to search all participating bars and restaurants
throughout California. Users can stay up-to-date with the latest from DDVIP
and see what other users are saying via its social tab. Also through the app,
for those who want to imbibe but also make it a point to plan ahead, users
can easily order a sober ride from Uber, Lyft or Curb all from one screen.
DRUGS, MEDICATION & ALCOHOL= CRASHES: Recent statistics
reveal that 30 percent of drivers in fatal crashes had one or more drugs in
their systems. A study of active drivers showed more tested positive for
drugs that may impair driving (14 percent) than did for alcohol (7.3 percent).
Of the drugs, marijuana was most prevalent, at 7.4 percent, slightly more
than alcohol.
If you happen to see a drunk driver on the road, dont hesitate Report
Drunk Drivers! Call 911!
If you know someone who is about to drive or ride while impaired, take
your friends keys and help your friend make other arrangements to get to
where he or she is going safely.
Funding for the Oakland DUI Campaign is by a grant from the California Office of
Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The
Avoid DUI Task Force will deploy checkpoints and DUI patrols next during the 18
day August/Labor Day DUI Mobilization.
For more information, please contact Lieutenant David Elzey of the Traffic
Operations Section at 510-777-8637 or delzey@oaklandnet.com
Or contact the Media Relations Office at 510-238-7230 or
opdmedia@oaklandnet.com. or Visit Nixle.com to receive Oakland Police
Department alerts, advisories, and community messages, or follow OPD on Twitter,
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5 Ways Your Ego Is Killing Your Career
Thursday, October 29, 2015 1:20:19 AM
CALIFORNIA
Thursday, October 29, 2015
TOP NEWS
5 Ways Your Ego Is Killing Your Career
It takes a healthy ego to keep up in the competitive, high-stakes legal world,
but left unchecked, it can grow into the monster that destroys an attorneys
career. Here, Law360 looks at ways your ego might be hurting your career.
Donald Sterling Cant Call Foul In Clippers Sale To Ballmer

A California appeals court on Wednesday tentatively denied Donald Sterling's
bid to revive his probate suit alleging his wife, Shelly Sterling, lacked the
authority to sell the Los Angeles Clippers to billionaire Steve Ballmer over his
objections, saying the court cannot undo the sale.
Lewis Brisbois Wins Sanctions In Clinic's Deposition Demand

A California state judge awarded sanctions to Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard &
Smith LLP on Wednesday against a Los Angeles clinic accusing the firm of
negligence in a medical malpractice lawsuit that left it facing a $6 million
judgment, saying the clinic made an unnecessary deposition request.
Zimmer Undoes Jury's 'Excessive' $9.2M Hip Implant Verdict

A California judge made an offer on Tuesday to a man claiming he suffers
chronic pain due to a defective Zimmer Inc. hip implant: accept a drastic, 90
percent reduction to a jurys $9.2 million verdict or go through a new trial.
LAW FIRMS
Aguilera Law Group
Baron & Budd
Berman DeValerio
Boardman & Clark
Burleson LLP
Bursor & Fisher
Callahan & Blaine
Carlson Legal Services
Cohen Milstein
Cooley LLP
Davis Cowell
Davis Wright Tremaine
Dechert
Donahue Davies
Dorsey & Whitney
Downey Brand
9th Circ. Asked To Rethink BofA Suitable-Seating PAGA Row
Drinker Biddle
Emery Celli
Faegre Baker
Farella Braun
Bank of America on Tuesday asked the Ninth Circuit to reconsider its revival
of a putative class action accusing the bank of unlawfully denying seats to
tellers, saying a review is necessary in order to clarify the prerequisites for
similar California Private Attorney General Act actions.
Finnegan
Gibson Dunn
Grant & Eisenhofer
ANALYSIS
EEOC May Step Up Investigation Requests After 9th Circ. Win
A Ninth Circuit ruling Tuesday requiring a company accused of gender
discrimination to give the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission the
personal information of employees who took a strength test may embolden
the agency to pursue more aggressive investigations and raises privacy
concerns, management-side attorneys say.
LEGAL ETHICS & MALPRACTICE

Morgan Lewis Can't Represent Itself In Suit, Ex-Client Says
No attorneys from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP should be able to represent
the firm in a negligence suit an ex-client brought over an allegedly botched
appeal because they have a clear conflict of interest, the former client said
Monday in California federal court.
POLICY & REGULATION

Sacramento City Council Approves $12.50 Minimum Wage
Sacramento, Californias city council approved a new measure on Tuesday
Greenberg Glusker
Hausfeld
Herman Herman
Hughes Hubbard
Jones Day
Kaplan Fox
Katten Muchin
Kaye Scholer
Keker & Van Nest
Kenyon & Kenyon
Kilpatrick Townsend
Kirkland & Ellis
Klehr Harrison
Latham & Watkins
Levene Neale
Levi & Korsinsky
Lewis Brisbois
Lichten Liss-Riordan
Liner LLP
that will raise the citys minimum wage to $12.50 an hour by 2020, after
controversial exemptions were removed from the plan during a last-minute
compromise between business and labor groups.
REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT

Xenia Hotels Sells Southern California Hyatt For $137M
Xenia Hotels & Resorts Inc. has sold a 656-room Hyatt hotel in Southern
California for $137 million, according to an announcement on Wednesday
from the Florida-based real estate investment trust.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL

EPA Announces $51M In Funding For Southwestern Tribes
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that it is
providing approximately $51 million in funding to tribes in southwestern
states for environmental programs, water and wastewater infrastructure
development, community education and capacity-building.
INSURANCE
Travelers Claims It Controls Defense In Building Defect Suit
Travelers Insurance told a California federal court Wednesday that, as an
additional insured under its policy, a Texas homebuilding company does not
have the right to assert its own independent counsel to fight an underlying
condominium defect suit and that otherwise, Travelers' duty to defend ends.
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Man Blames Monster Energy Drinks For Serious Heart Problem
A man who claims Monster Energy drinks caused a life-threatening heart
episode is suing for damages, claiming Monster hid caffeine levels in its
energy drinks and failed to warn consumers of health risks, according to the
suit removed to California federal court on Tuesday.
PRIVACY & CONSUMER PROTECTION

NSA Tells 9th Circ. Surveillance Claim Not Ripe For Appeal
The National Security Agency urged the Ninth Circuit to reject several AT&T
customers' bid to revive a Fourth Amendment claim in a putative class action
alleging illegal domestic spying, arguing at a Wednesday hearing that the
claim is a tiny sliver of their ongoing legal battle.
Ford Wants Fusion Power Steering Defect Suit Trimmed

Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday urged a California federal judge to trim claims
involving some Fusion and Focus vehicles from a proposed class action over
an alleged power steering defect, saying a recall mooted some claims and
the named plaintiffs can't pursue other claims over cars they don't own.
Supplement Co. Can't Get Atty Sanctions In False Ad Suit

A California federal judge declined a supplement company's bid to sanction
Newport Trial Group attorney Ryan Ferrell for his conduct during discovery in
a dropped false-labeling case brought by his former client, saying the
company waited too long to air its concerns.
Honest Tea Recipe Relevant To False Ad Suit, Judge Affirms

A California federal judge refused Wednesday to let Honest Tea escape
divulging its bottled green tea formula in a proposed class action over
allegedly misleading labels touting antioxidants, affirming a magistrate
judge's ruling that the recipe is relevant to the claims.
Yakult Drinkers Seek Class Cert. In False Ad Row

A man accusing Yakultof misleading consumers by selling probiotic yogurt
Littler Mendelson
McGuireWoods
Mintz Levin
Morgan Lewis
Morrison & Foerster
Newport Trial Group
Niro Haller
Nix Patterson
Norton Rose Fulbright
O'Melveny & Myers
Orrick Herrington
Patterson Belknap
Proskauer Rose
Quinn Emanuel
R. Rex Parris Law Firm
Reed Smith
Robie & Matthai
Ropes & Gray
Royse Law Firm
Shook Hardy
Sidley Austin
Skadden
Spilman Thomas
Squire Patton Boggs
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Venable LLP
Waters & Kraus
Weil Gotshal
WilmerHale
Wilson Sonsini
Wolf Haldenstein
Womble Carlyle
COMPANIES
Sapphire Ventures LLC
AT&T Inc.
Amazon.com Inc.
America Fujikura Ltd.
American Federation of Labor and
Congress of Industrial
Organizations
Apple Inc.
Aruba Networks, Inc.
Avista Corporation
BTI Consulting Group Inc.
Bank of America Corporation
Blue Shield of California
Boomerang Tube LLC
Centex Corporation
Chrysler Group
Eastdil Secured LLC
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Facebook
drinks that have no substantial effect on digestive health asked a California

federal judge on Tuesday to certify his proposed class action given the
products allegedly widespread false advertising.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
TriReme Takes $20M Catheter IP Loss To Fed. Circ.
TriReme Medical urged the Federal Circuit Tuesday to consider whether it
has to immediately pay a $20 million judgment to rival AngioScore over a
heart catheter design, saying a California federal judge's decision not to halt
the payout while the appeal proceeds could drive the company into
bankruptcy.
Bentley, VW Argue Signal's Claims Not Patent-Eligible

Bentley and Volkswagen, two of the automakers targeted in a slew of patent
infringement suits filed by Signal IP Inc. last year, on Tuesday urged a
California federal court to toss Signals suit against them, arguing that the
four patents at issue are based on abstract, previously known ideas.
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

9th Circ. OKs Warner Bros. Counterclaim In $80M 'Hobbit' Row
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday allowed Warner Bros. to proceed with its
counterclaim in an $80 million copyright suit that said J.R.R. Tolkien's estate
breached an agreement over the rights to Hobbit and Lord of the Rings
video games and gambling games.
EMPLOYMENT
Uber Slams Drivers' Bid To Form 'Megaclass' In Tips Fight
Uber asked a California federal judge Tuesday to deny its drivers' bid to
expand the scope of class certification in their suit accusing the ride-hailing
company of misclassifying them as independent contractors and cheating
them out of tips, calling it an attempt to create a 160,000-driver "megaclass."
Grail Ex-CEO Denied Freeze Of Mitsubishi Settlement Funds

A California federal judge on Tuesday denied a bid by Grail Semiconductor
Inc.s former CEO to freeze the distribution of any funds from the company's
recent settlement with Mitsubishi in a trade secrets suit in which a jury initially
awarded Grail $124 million.
SECURITIES & WHITE COLLAR

CORRECTED: Zynga Investors Get Prelim OK For $23M InsiderTrade Deal
A California federal judge on Monday preliminarily approved a $23 million
settlement between banking giants including Goldman Sachs & Co. and
investors in a consolidated suit against Zynga Inc., alleging company insiders
misrepresented the gaming companys financial health and sold stock before
a weak second quarter earnings report. (Correction: An earlier story
incorrectly stated that Zynga underwriters were parties to the settlement. The
error has been corrected.)
Violin Memorys Attacks Cant Stop Cert., IPO Investors Say

Two investors accusing data-storage provider Violin Memory of concealing
revenue problems before its $146 million initial public offering told a
California federal judge Tuesday that the company is trying to defeat their
class certification bid by falsely painting them as atypical shareholders
without control over their lawyers.
COMPETITION
Apple Continues Push To Toss iPhone Antitrust Suit
Ford Motor Company

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
HarperCollins Publishers LLC
Insight Venture Management LLC
Ivanhoe Energy Inc.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Jaguar Land Rover Ltd.
LinkedIn Corp.
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Los Angeles Clippers
Malibu Associates LLC
McLane Company Inc.
Medifast Inc.
Mercedes-Benz
Microsoft Corporation
Mitsubishi Electric Corp.
ModusLink Global Solutions Inc.
Monster Beverage Corp.
National Basketball Association
PG&E Corporation
Riverbed Technology, Inc.
Service Employees International
Union
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
Starbucks Corporation
Sutter Health
T-Mobile USA Inc.
Target Corporation
The Spectranetics Corporation
The Travelers Companies Inc.
Thomson Reuters Corporation
TransAlta Corporation
Twitter Inc.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Uber Technologies Inc.
United Food & Commercial
Workers Int'l Union
Verizon Communications
Volkswagen
Warburg Pincus LLC
Warner Bros.
Watanabe Nason
Zeughauser Group LLC
Zimmer Holdings Inc.
Zynga Inc.
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Department of Homeland Security
Environmental Protection Agency
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Apple Inc. on Tuesday defended its request that a California federal judge
dismiss a proposed class action that accuses the company of illegally locking
customers into AT&T Mobility LLC cellphone plans, saying neither law nor
common sense supported claims that an agreement between the two
companies resulted in a monopoly.
Food and Drug Administration

International Monetary Fund
International Trade Commission
La Jolla Band of Luiseno Mission
Indians
Chrysler Dealership's Antitrust Claims Fail For 3rd Time
National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration
National Labor Relations Board
National Security Agency
Navajo Nation
A California federal judge on Tuesday again threw out a Chrysler dealerships

claims that the automaker offered illegal vehicle discounts to another, newer
dealership in the state, concluding Chrysler is not obligated to provide the
same incentives to established dealerships as those that were opened later.
Sutter Health Loses Appeal To Arbitrate Antitrust Row

A California appeals court on Tuesday affirmed a lower courts decision
holding that Sutter Health, a group of health care providers in Northern
California, could not compel a unions benefits trust to arbitrate its putative
class claim that the health system overcharged millions of workers.
BANKRUPTCY
Judge Wants Active Tense, Cartoons In PG&E Escrow Appeal
The California federal judge overseeing a Pacific Gas & Electric creditor's
bankruptcy appeal over the health of the utility's escrow account ordered the
parties Wednesday to spell out their funding issues with no passive tense
and perhaps cartoons.
Malibu Golf Club Gets Nod For $35M Auction

A California bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved an updated auction plan
for the Malibu Golf Club, clearing the way for the golf course to find a bidder
for at least $35 million and settle claims with creditor U.S. Bank NA.
DEALS
Data Co. Alteryx Raises $85M In Funding Led By Iconiq
Alteryx Inc., a maker of data analytics software, on Wednesday said that it
has completed a funding round that brought in $85 million, led by Silicon
Valley investment adviser Iconiq Capital, to help expand its offerings and
global footprint, as data investments continue to heat up.
EXPERT ANALYSIS
Calif. Franchise Relations Act Could Be A Game Changer
California will notch another franchise regulatory distinction come the
implementation of the California Franchise Relations Act: home to the
toughest franchisee-protection law in the nation, says Rochelle Spandorf at
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.
LEGAL INDUSTRY
5 Law Firms That Inspire Fear With Their Marketing Mojo
Five firms have achieved fame in the eyes of their peers when it comes to the
art of bringing in business. Here, find out which law firms marketing leaders
have singled out as the most-feared when it comes to making the allimportant client pitch.
5 Ways Firms Can Get Ahead In A Sluggish IP Market

With lower demand in some segments of intellectual property litigation and
continued pricing pressure on prosecution work, law firms should focus on
prioritizing the areas they specialize in and examining strategies to solidify
client relationships. Here, experts share five ways that law firms can best
position themselves amid a slow IP market.
W.Va. Steptoe Lays Off 6 More Attys As Oil Woes Continue
U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Office of Personnel
Management
U.S. Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
West Virginia-based Steptoe & Johnson PLLC confirmed on Wednesday that

it has laid off six attorneys from its energy department in Texas and
Pennsylvania in the face of continued low oil prices.
'Ashamed' Ex-Skadden Atty Pleads Guilty To Ponzi Scheme

A onetime lawyer at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP pled guilty in
New York federal court on Wednesday to running a Ponzi scheme, telling a
judge, I am deeply, deeply ashamed by my conduct.
Ex-Mintz Levin Patent Atty Says Judge Got Him Fired

A former Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo patent attorney
sanctioned for "bullying opponents in a custody battle with his soon-to-be exwife asked Wednesday for the recusal of the judge on the case, contending
the justices $10,000 sanctions order was a publicity stunt that got him fired,
unequivocally harming the couple's 2-year-old son.
Hausfeld Move Into Germany A Big Step For Litigation Funding

The partnership announced Wednesday between litigation funding firm
Burford Capital LLC and antitrust plaintiffs firm Hausfeld LLP in an expansion
into Germany is a rare public deal springing from the often opaque but
deepening bonds between firms and third-party investors, experts and those
involved in the deal said.
GCs Find Liability Shield In Cybersecurity Info-Sharing Bill

The cybersecurity information-sharing bill finally passed by the U.S. Senate
on Tuesday injects a dose of certainty into general counsels' daunting
challenge of determining how and with whom to disclose cyberthreats and
data breaches by making liability claims easier to shake, attorneys say.
Why Law Schools Should Be Teaching Twitter

Writing for online audiences on platforms such as Twitter and Facebook is a
skill that can offer lawyers a distinct career advantage, and law schools
should consider making it a core competency of legal education, according to
a recent academic paper.
Del. Senate OKs Wilson Sonsini Partner As Chancery Judge

The Delaware Senate on Wednesday unanimously confirmed Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati PC partner Tamika Montgomery-Reeves to be the next
vice chancellor in the First State's venerable Chancery Court, making her the
first African-American and only the second woman to sit on that bench.
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Duane Morris LLP
San Francisco, California
Patent Prosecution Associate

Bryan Cave LLP
Prosecution Patent Agent

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Mid-Level Litigation Associate

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Orange County, California
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Irvine, California
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Sacramento, California
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To download a copy of week of the September 25, 2015 version of the City Administrators
Weekly Report, please visit: http://www2.oaklandnet.com/w/OAK055108
DISTRIBUTION DATE: September 25, 2015
MEMORANDUM
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR & FROM: Sabrina Landreth
CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT: City Administrators Weekly Report DATE: September 25, 2015
INFORMATION
Following are the key activities to be highlighted this week:
Mayor Libby Schaaf, Uber Announce Headquarters Expansion To Oakland On Wednesday,

September 23, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and Ubers Global Head of People and Places Renee
Atwood gathered to announce the expansion of Ubers greater Bay Area headquarters to include
Oakland. Uber has purchased Uptown Station to house over 2,000 new employees who will work
out of office building on the corner of 20th Street and Broadway above the 19th Street BART
station in Oaklands Uptown neighborhood. Uptown Station is a seven-story building, with 330,000
square feet of office space and 50,000 square feet of dedicated retail space open to pedestrian traffic
on the ground floor located at 1955 Broadway in Oakland. This expansion is in addition to Ubers
plans to build a headquarter campus in San Franciscos Mission Bay. Uber projects 2,000 to 3,000
new employees representing the companys many departments will be part of this corporate office
in Oakland. To read the media release, please visit
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/w/oak055056.
OPD Receives Large Community Oriented Policing Services Grant On Monday, September 21,
Congresswoman Barbara Lee announced that Oakland will receive a $1.875 million grant from the
U.S. Department of Justices Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The grant will
partially fund the salaries of 15 police officers for three years. Oakland Police Chief Sean Whent
said the 15 officers will be assigned to foot patrol, one of the best ways known to strengthen the
relationship between the community and its police department. For more information, please contact
the Media Relations Office at opdmedia@oaklandnet.com or (510) 238-7230.
New OFCY Strategic Investment Plan For FY 2016-2019 On Tuesday, October 13, the Oakland
Fund for Children and Youth (OFCY) Planning and Oversight Committees new Strategic
Investment Plan for 2016-2019 will be presented to the Life Enrichment Committee of the Oakland
City Council. The committee meeting will be held at 4:00 p.m. in the Sgt. Mark Dunakin Hearing
Room 1 in Oakland City Hall. After committee, the item will be heard by the full Oakland City
Council. Once approved by Oakland City Council, the OFCY 2016-2019 Strategic Investment Plan
will provide the framework for the annual allocation of OFCY funds, and will be used to guide the
development of the next OFCY Request for Proposals (RFP), to be released in November 2015.
New programs selected through the RFP process will begin services on July 1, 2016. To read and
download a copy of the Strategic Investment Plan for 2016-2019, please visit
http://www.ofcy.org/strategic-plan/. For more information, please contact Michael Wetzel, Health
and Human Services Program Planner, at mwetzel@oaklandnet.com or (510) 238-3242.
Special Operations Section Supervisor Honored On Tuesday, September 22, Special Operations
Section Supervisor Mike Beaver was awarded the California Association of Tactical Officers
(CATO) Officer of the Year Award in Anaheim. Sgt. Beaver was honored for his leadership of the
Oakland Police Departments Tactical Operations Team, which responds to critical and high-risk
incidents, including barricaded suspects, hostage rescue, mobile intercepts and high-risk
search/arrest warrants. Tactical officers come from all across California to attend the CATO annual
conference. To be singled out for the Officer of the Year Award from among this peer group is a
high honor indeed. For more information, please contact the Media Relations Office at
opdmedia@oaklandnet.com or (510) 238-7230.
Sundays In The Redwoods: Talking All That Jazz On Sunday, September 27, the second show of
the Sundays in the Redwoods concert series will be held at Woodminster Amphitheater in Joaquin
Miller Park, 3300 Joaquin Miller Road. This weeks theme of Talking All That Jazz will feature
Grammy nominated artist Gerald Albright, Destiny Muhammad, Maysa and the Blu Jz. The concert
will run from 2:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and is open to all ages. Additional series shows will be held on
Sunday, October 4 and Sunday, October 11. General tickets are available for $25 and VIP tables,
including eight admission tickets, are $300. Tickets may be purchased online at
www.sundaysintheredwoods.com or in person weekdays between 2:30 and 7:00 p.m. at the
Malonga Box Office, 1428 Alice Street. For more information, please email
info@sundaysintheredwoods.com or call (510) 238-3052.
Police Captain Graduates From FBI National Academy On Monday, September 21, Capt.
Leronne Armstrong returned from a 10-week training program focused on leadership and the
administration of justice in state and local law enforcement held at the FBI National Academy in
Quantico, Virginia. The training program brought together a group of 225 law enforcement leaders
from across the world, representing 48 states and 24 countries. The fifth person from the Oakland
Police Department (OPD) to graduate from the National Academy program since 2008, Capt.
Armstrong noted that his classmates were particularly interested in OPDs progressive police work.
From the procedural justice training program, which is focused on learning to communicate in a in a
fair and respectful way, to OPDs experience in use of body cameras, the department is recognized
for being on the cutting edge of modern policing. For more information, please contact the Media
Relations Office at opdmedia@oaklandnet.com or (510) 238-7230.
Webinar On Value Of Law Enforcement Social Media On Tuesday, September 22, a webinar
taught by Lt. Chris Bolton was offered to Nixle users across the country. In the webinar entitled
Creating an Engaged Community during a Crisis, Lt. Bolton examined the value of community
engagement tools like Nixle and discussed how the Oakland Police Department (OPD) has used
Nixle to ensure resident safety during several crisis situations. OPD first used community
engagement tools in a major way during the Oikos University mass shooting incident of 2012, when
much critical information had to be relayed as quickly as possible. Lt. Bolton also shared ideas and
suggestions about engaging with the community during an emergency situation. For more
information, please contact the Media Relations Office at opdmedia@oaklandnet.com or (510) 2387230.
Re-Create Art Contest And Traveling Exhibition Saturday, November 21, is the deadline for
Oakland students to submit artwork for the annual Re-Create Art Contest and Traveling Exhibition.
Oakland students are encouraged to use discarded materials to create artwork, win great prizes and
practice the 4Rs - reduce, reuse, recycle and rot (compost). Beginning Saturday, October 10, a series
of free, hands-on workshops will be held at various Oakland Public Library branches to assist
students in creating artwork for the competition. For a complete roster of workshops, please visit
http://bit.ly/1jcnwb7. A public reception to recognize participants and contest winners will be held
on Friday, December 4, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the Pro Arts Gallery, 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza.
The reused and recycled art competition is sponsored by the Public Works Department and
produced by Pro Arts Gallery. For artwork submission guidelines and entry form, please visit
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/w/oak043695. For more information, please contact Ferial Mosley,
Recycling Specialist, at fmosley@oaklandnet.com or (510) 238-7433.
Pawfest At Lake Merritt On Saturday, September 26, Oakland Parks & Recreation (OPR) will host
Pawfest at the Lake Merritt Pergola, located between Lakeshore Avenue and Grand Avenue. From
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. there will be information on OPR dog parks, trainers, a pet photographer
and other pet resources. This free event is an opportunity to learn about Oakland dog ordinances in
parks. The event is open all including dogs. Dogs must be healthy, vaccinated, have city tags, be on
leash and non-aggressive to other dogs and humans. For more information, please contact Michelle
Doppelt, Recreation Supervisor, at mdoppelt@oaklandnet.com or (510) 482-7831.
Oakland Black Cowboy Parade On Saturday, October 3, the 41st annual Black Cowboys Parade
honoring African Americans in the Old West will begin at deFremery Park, 1651 Adeline Street,
at 10:00 a.m. Starting at noon, the festival will include music, activities and pony rides. The event is
open to all community members and costs $8. For additional details, please visit
www.oaklandblackcowboyassociation.org. For more information, please contact Valorie Winn,
deFremery Recreation Center Director, at (510) 238-7739.
Latino Literature Read-In At The Library From Monday, October 5 to Friday, October 9,
numerous Oakland Public Library locations will highlight Latino authors, illustrators and characters
during story times. These activities are planned as part of the Latino Literature Read-in, sponsored
by the Oakland Public Education Fund. The Oakland Public Library strives for diversity in its
collections and its story times for children. As part of this effort, the library is pleased to support the
Latino Literature Read-in. To learn more about the Read-in, please visit
http://www.oaklandedfund.org/read. For more information, please contact Nina Lindsay,
Supervising Librarian - Childrens Services, at nlindsay@oaklandlibrary.org or (510) 238-6706.
Library Recognizes National Adult Education, Family Literacy Week On Monday, September
21, the Oakland Public Library began publishing daily blog posts highlighting lifelong learning
programs for adults, young adults and families. The first of six planned posts highlights programs
such as the Second Start Adult Literacy Program, Language Learning and Citizenship, Career
Pathways and Financial and Digital Literacy. Other posts shine a spotlight on the librarys writing
programs for incarcerated youth; family literacy classes at re-entry organizations; tutoring for
English-learners at Second Start and the Ready, Set, Connect youth career development program.
To read all of the posts, please visit www.oaklandlibrary.org/blogs. For more information, please
contact Winifred Walters, Community Relations Manager, at wwalters@oaklandlibrary.org or (510)
238-6932.
OPR Youth Flag Football On Saturday, October 24, the Oakland Parks & Recreation Youth Flag
Football league kicks off. The deadline to register is Friday, October 9. The league is open to youth
from peewees to 8th grade. For more information, please contact Armond Gray, Flag Football
Coordinator, at (510) 238-7275.
DeFremerys Disneyland Halloween Celebration On Friday, October 31, at midnight, participants

will depart from deFremery Recreation Center on a quick trip to Disneyland that returns on Sunday,
November 1. The trip, open to all families, costs $195 per person including transportation, breakfast
and park tickets. Youth, ages 12 and under, must be accompanied by an adult. For more
information, please contact Valorie Winn, deFremery Recreation Center Director, at (510) 2387739.
Results From 2015 Oakland Creek To Bay Day On Saturday, September 19, more than 1,200
volunteers removed trash and invasive plants along Oaklands creeks, shoreline, parks and streets.
Preliminary results show volunteers removed more than 550 bags of trash weighing 16,000 pounds
and cleared over 150 cubic yards of invasive plants that will be composted. Oakland Public Works
thanks all the volunteers who helped make Oaklands 20th annual Creek to Bay Day a success. As
part of International Coastal Cleanup Day, Oakland Creek to Bay Day volunteers joined with
thousands of others in trash removal and beautification of waterways and shorelines across
California, the nation and in about 100 participating countries. Nearly 900 cleanup projects took
place statewide. With 75 percent of these projects reporting on behalf of 53,555 volunteers who
removed 548,450 pounds of trash and 65,738 pounds of recyclables. To learn more about Creek to
Bay Day, please visit www.oaklandcreektobay.org. For more information, please contact Jennifer
Stern, Environmental Services, at jstern@oaklandnet.com or (510) 238-6191.
Second Chance At Largest Soul Train Record On Saturday, October 10, Oakland has a chance to
break the Guinness World Record for the Largest Soul Train Line. The record-breaking attempt will
be held at deFremery Recreation Center, 1651 Adeline Street, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and will
continue until every dancer has gone through the official Oak-Train Line. This will be Oaklands
second attempt at breaking the record. In June, Oakland had 337 dancers which beat Philadelphias
record of 291, but unfortunately fell short of Arizonas 425 people. Oakland Parks & Recreation and
Friends of deFremery Park are working diligently to bring this record home to Oakland. The event
is open to all ages, but only the first 600 people are eligible to participate. To register in advance,
please visit www.oaktrain.org. Registration will also be available onsite beginning at 8:00 a.m.
Registrants will receive a t-shirt to wear during the event. The registration fee is $10. Proceeds will
benefit Friends of deFremery Park. Participants should anticipate dancing for four to six hours, as
everyone moves through the line. For more information, please contact Valorie Winn, Center
Director, at vwinn@oaklandnet.com or (510) 238-7739.
Free Financial Planning Day On Saturday, October 10, the public is invited to a day-long series
of workshops on financial planning. The free event will also feature a clinic where attendees will be
able to address their specific questions one-on-one with professional financial planners. Whether
you are struggling with debt, worried about running out of money in retirement or want advice on
how to invest your money, you will learn information to help you make smart money decisions.
Running from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the event will be held in Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H.
Ogawa Plaza. For more information or to register, please visit www.financialplanningdays.org.
OPD Is Hiring Police Officer Trainees Friday, September 25, is the deadline to apply to pursue a
career as an Oakland Police Officer. To apply, please visit http://bit.ly/1UzKedU. This page also
provides details and dates on the Practices & Actual Physical Ability Test, POST Entry Level Law
Enforcement Test and Oral Board Interviews that are part of the selection process. Applications are
being accepted through 11:59 p.m., on Friday, September 25. The OPD Background and Recruiting
Unit offers seminars to assist applicants with the various stages of the hiring process. For more
information, please visit www.opdjobs.com or contact the OPD Background and Recruiting Unit at
(510) 238-3339.

OPD Is Hiring Police Cadets Friday, October 16, is the deadline to apply for a Police Cadet
position at the Oakland Police Department (OPD). The part-time position offers high school or
college students who are interested in law enforcement a special opportunity to pursue a challenging
and rewarding career with one of the best police agencies in the state. Applicants must be between
17 and 20 years old and may work up to 19 hours per week, depending on department needs
and school schedules. The Police Cadet position is a preparatory position for the Police Officer
Trainee. Cadets are strongly encouraged to apply for the Police Officer Trainee position at the
conclusion of their Cadet assignment. Applications are being accepted through 11:59 p.m., on
Friday, October 16. To apply, please visit http://bit.ly/1K6UuDF. For more information, please visit
www.opdjobs.com or contact the OPD Background and Recruiting Unit at (510) 238-3339.
OPD Is Hiring Police Communications Dispatchers Friday, October 2, is the deadline to apply
for the position of Police Communications Dispatcher. Responsibilities include answering incoming
emergency and non-emergency 911 calls, dispatching personnel and equipment by operating a
variety of telecommunications equipment, accessing computerized systems and routine clerical
work. There are several openings for this vital position. To apply, please visit http://bit.ly/1Qid1ND.
For more information, please visit www.opdjobs.com or contact the OPD Background and
Recruiting Unit at (510) 238-3339.
Mayors Office Fall Internships Wednesday, September 30, is the application deadline for fall
2015 internships with the Office of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf. The Mayors Office welcomes
intern candidates of various backgrounds a unique opportunity to learn first-hand about City
government. Those selected will work closely with the Mayors staff on a variety of tasks which
may involve policy research and development, drafting memoranda and briefs, community
engagement, outreach and education, administrative tasks and research and analysis. Placement
assignments are made based on a combination of factors including the needs of the Mayors Office
and the interns skill set and expressed interests. In order to process your internship application,
please submit all the materials listed below in one package. Only complete application packages
will be accepted for consideration. Application packages should include:
Completed application
Cover Letter
Resume
Writing Sample (one page maximum)
Applications are processed within two weeks of the deadline. Please note that this is an unpaid
internship. For more information, please contact Shereda Nosakhare, Deputy Chief of Staff, at
dnosakhare@oaklandnet.com or (510) 238-7439.
Oakland Literacy Coalition Offering Volunteer Training Workshops On Monday, September 28

and Wednesday, September 30, the Oakland Literacy Coalition (OLC) will be offering free
volunteer training workshops. These community events give you the opportunity to make an impact
as a volunteer by helping you learn the skills you need to support students and teachers. Advance
registration is required to save a spot in the workshops. The workshops will be held at the East Bay
Community Foundation, 353 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza. For more information or to register, please
visit http://www.oaklandliteracycoalition.org/volunteer/training. The OLC is a collaboration of
literacy service providers, foundations, businesses, public agencies, the Oakland Unified School
District and other community partners committed to the goal of equipping all Oakland children with
the life skills of reading, writing and communication by the end of third grade. For more
information, please contact Sara DuBois, Coordinator of Grants & Volunteers, at
sdubois@oaklandlibrary.org or (510) 238-6572.
RFP, RFQ Opportunities With The City of Oakland In October, a variety of formal Request for
Proposals (RFPs) and Request for Quotations (RFQs) from the City of Oakland will close.
Due Date/Time
Thursday, October 22
2:00 p.m.
Title/Description
5725 NTB for West MacArthur
Boulevard, install EB and WB left-turn
lane and protective left-turn signal phase
from Market Street to MLK Jr. Way, and
install EB and WB bicycle lane from
Market Street to Telegraph Avenue. This
requires modifications of signals and
striping, and removal of median islands.
Thursday, October 29
2:00 p.m.
5728 - RFP for The City of Oakland and

Oakland Police Department require
investigative services to conduct
administrative (internal affairs or IAD)
investigations. At least one and possibly
several investigative service provider(s)
will be used.
Contact
Si Lau, Public Works
slau@oaklandnet.com
(510) 238-3466
T. Jones, Police Department

tjones@oaklandnet.com
(510) 238-6703
For more information on contracting opportunities, please visit http://bit.ly/1iAJvbd or contact Dasco
Munoz, Contracts and Compliance, at dmunoz@oaklandnet.com or (510) 238-3970.
Upcoming City Of Oakland Job Announcements During the week of September 28, the
Human Resources Management Department (HRM) anticipates posting job announcements
for the following positions:
Business Analyst IV
Fire Suppression District Inspector
For the most up-to-date information on City jobs, please view the Employment Information
page on our website at http://agency.governmentjobs.com/oaklandca/default.cfm. The
Employment Information page also contains information on minimum qualifications of
specific job classifications, how to apply for a job on-line and how to submit a job interest
card for positions not currently posted. For more information, please contact the Human
Resources Management Receptionist at (510) 238-3112.
Upcoming Meetings and Events:
For information on upcoming City meetings and events, please visit the Citys online calendar at
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Events/index.htm. For events at the Oakland Public Library, please
visit http://oaklandlibrary.org/events.
Respectfully submitted,

/s/
SABRINA LANDRETH
City Administrator
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Apple, Facebook Beat Data Processing, Storage Patent Suits
Thursday, October 08, 2015 12:44:31 AM
CALIFORNIA
Thursday, October 8, 2015
TOP NEWS
Apple, Facebook Beat Data Processing, Storage Patent Suits
A California federal judge on Tuesday dismissed patent infringement claims
against Facebook Inc., Apple Inc., Yelp Inc. and a group of other tech giants,
holding the plaintiffs two disputed patents claimed abstract ideas regarding
data management that are non-patentable.
Calif. Gov. Signs Landmark Renewable Energy Bill

Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law on Wednesday a bill referred to as the
nations most far-reaching climate change legislation, requiring the states
utilities to obtain at least half of their electricity from renewable energy
sources within 15 years.
Jury Convicts Ex-Reuters Editor In LA Times Hacking Case

A California federal jury on Wednesday convicted a former Reuters social
media editor who allegedly helped the hacker group Anonymous break into
the Los Angeles Times website and alter content, after a seven-day trial.
SpaceX Can't Dodge Layoff Class Action, But Trims Sister Suit
LAW FIRMS
Akin Gump
Ballard Rosenberg
Barrett Law Group
Bienert Miller
Boies Schiller
Bryan Cave
Cooley LLP
Cotman IP
Davis Polk
Desmarais LLP
Dewey & LeBoeuf
Dunlap Codding
Earthjustice
Gibson Dunn
Goodwin Procter
A California judge on Wednesday refused to end a putative class action

alleging Space Exploration Technologies Corp. laid off hundreds of workers
last year without a state-mandated warning and shorted their final paychecks,
agreeing only to cut a fraud claim from a related suit.
Greenberg Traurig
Gutride Safier
Hagens Berman
Ifrah Law
Ex-LA Times Writer Admits Bosses Never Bashed His Age
Jones Day
Keller Sloan
Kilpatrick Townsend
Kreindler & Kreindler
Former Los Angeles Times sports columnist T.J. Simers, who alleges the
paper's top editors forced him out because of his age and a disability, on
Wednesday admitted during cross-examination in his California jury trial that
those editors never insulted him or denied him opportunities because of his
age.
POLICY & REGULATION

Calif. Gov. Signs Bill Addressing Smart TV Privacy Concerns
California Gov. Jerry Brown announced on Tuesday that he had signed into
law a bill requiring that smart-TV makers ensure voice-recognition features
cant be enabled without consumers' consent and barring them from using
recorded conversations for advertisement purposes.
Paparazzi Drones Barred From Hollywood Stars' Backyards

Kanye West, Miley Cyrus and other celebrities can rest assured their private
backyard antics will now be safe from paparazzi drones, thanks to a bill
signed Tuesday by Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown that makes flying a drone over
someones land to take pictures a privacy invasion.

Goodwin Guides $150M Deal For San Francisco Property JV
Real estate developer TMG Partners LLC said Wednesday it has landed $150
million in funding from a foreign institutional investor for a joint venture to buy
Lando & Anastasi

Law Offices of Ronald A. Marron
Lichten Liss-Riordan
Lieff Cabraser
Littler Mendelson
Loeb & Loeb
Marshall Gerstein
Mayer Brown
Morgan Lewis
Morrison & Foerster
Morvillo Abramowitz
Motley Rice
Murphy Pearson
Norton Rose Fulbright
Olivares
Podhurst Orseck
Sayles Werbner
Schneider Wallace
up real estate in the San Francisco Bay Area, with Goodwin Procter LLP
aiding the transaction.

Arctic Drilling Will Hardly Impact Walrus, 9th Circ. Told
The federal government asked the Ninth Circuit to toss a challenge to the
authorization to harm Pacific walruses during Arctic oil and gas explorations,
saying Tuesday such activity will result in negligible impacts to the species.
Shegerian & Associates

Shook Hardy
Sidley Austin
Simpson Thacher
Stoel Rives
Sughrue Mion
Taylor English
Turner Boyd
Enviros Pushes DC Circ. To Hear Diablo Canyon Permit Suit

Environmentalists have asked the D.C. Circuit to reactivate their suit
challenging purported operating license changes for Pacific Gas & Electric
Co.s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in California, saying that, despite a
pending administrative process, the court can still hear the case.
COMPANIES
American Medical Systems

Holdings, Inc.
Apple Inc.
Babcock & Wilcox Co.
9th Circ. Appeals Should Halt Pringles Labeling Suit, Pair Says
A pair of California consumers helming a proposed class action against the
maker of Pringles potato chips over supposedly misleading claims on its
labels asked a California federal judge Tuesday to stay the case pending
Ninth Circuit decisions in three related false labeling suits.
Jury Verdict Sinks False Ad Class, Hyland's Tells Judge

Hyland's Inc. on Wednesday urged a California federal judge to toss claims
remaining after a jury cleared the company in a $255 million nationwide class
action alleging Hyland's duped tens of thousands of purchasers into believing
its homeopathic remedies were effective.
Barclays Faces TCPA Action Over Debt Collection Calls

Barclays Bank PLC allegedly places excessive calls to consumers'
cellphones as part of its debt collection practice and in violation of the
Telephone Consumer Protection Act, a proposed class alleged in a suit on
Tuesday in California federal court.
Anti-Abortion Group Allowed To Give Videos To Congress

A California federal judge on Tuesday said the Center for Medical Progress
can give Congress subpoenaed videos and documents for an investigation
regarding videos the group released allegedly showing abortion providers
selling fetal tissue,but told the anti-abortion group to ensure the National
Abortion Federation receives copies of all documentation first.
Late Changes In Oracle Patent Suit Rejected By Judge
The California federal judge overseeing software maker Thought Inc.s case
accusing Oracle of infringing a patent on database technology on
Wednesday struck down allegations recently added to the suit by both
parties, saying they each waited too long to make their new claims.
NPE Drops Kickstarter Suit Over Online Sex-Toy Patent

Nonpracticing entity TZU Technologies LLC has told a California federal court
that it is dropping a suit accusing Kickstarter of violating a patent covering the
interactive control of sex toys by helping fund the manufacture of a product
that allows users to remotely hold hands.
EMPLOYMENT
Certified Calif. Drivers Aim To Expand Class In Uber Tips Fight
A freshly certified class of California drivers accusing Uber Technologies Inc.
of misclassifying them as independent contractors and cheating them out of
tips asked a federal judge Tuesday to expand the scope of the class to
Altria Group Inc.

American Airlines Group Inc.
American Bar Association

Barclays PLC
Blue Coat Systems Inc
Boston Scientific Corporation
Box Inc.
California Independent System
Operator
Celgene Corporation
Center for Biological Diversity Inc.
Comcast Corporation
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
Del Monte Foods Company
Dole Food Company Inc.
Dynamex, Inc.
Facebook
Foundry Group
Google Inc.
Greylock Partners
Groupon Inc.
Institutional Shareholder Services
Inc.
Kellogg Company
LinkedIn Corp.
LivingSocial Inc.
Los Angeles Times
Morgan Stanley
Morningstar, Inc.
NERA Economic Consulting
Natural Resources Defense
Council
Oracle Corporation
PG&E Corporation
Philip Morris International Inc.
include drivers who used a corporate name to contract with Uber, among
others.
Reuters Hit With Wage-And-Hour Class Action In Calif.

A Los Angeles-based journalist accused Reuters of misclassifying its workers
as independent contractors to skip out on paying them benefits and overtime,
according to a proposed class action entered in California federal court on
Tuesday.
American Airlines Worker Told Her OT Case Can't Fly Solo

A California federal judge on Monday tossed the California Private Attorneys
General Act claims accusing American Airlines of shorting overtime pay,
finding that after denying the plaintiff class certification, those claims are
simply too individualized to determine PAGA violations.
Dynamex Cant Arbitrate OT Dispute With Driver, Judge Says

A California federal court on Tuesday denied same-day shipping company
Dynamexs bid to arbitrate a California delivery drivers putative class action
claiming he lost minimum and overtime wages because he was misclassified
as an independent contractor, ruling the arbitration clauses in their contracts
are unenforceable.

9th Circ. Says Judges Can Sometimes Judge Themselves
The Ninth Circuit found Wednesday that two Montana judges were right to
refuse to recuse themselves from a suit filed by a pro se plaintiff against
every federal district judge in the state, concluding that in some
circumstances it is necessary for judges to judge themselves.
Ex-UCB Exec Cant Deny He Caused $950M Loss, Feds Say

The U.S. government again made its case that a convicted former United
Commercial Bank executive must repay nearly $950 million to the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Troubled Asset Relief Program over his role
in the banks failure, firing back at his claim that he isnt liable for the
collapse.
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
Celgene Trying To Skirt $700M In FCA Claims, Relator Says
A whistleblower on Wednesday blasted Celgene Corp.'s bid to exclude
evidencein a False Claims Act suit over alleged off-label marketing of two
cancer drugs, telling a California federal court the pharmaceutical company
was simply trying to evade $700 million in damages owed to several states
and the federal government.
DEALS
Cooley Leads VC-Backed Pure Storage's $425M Debut
Venture capital-backed Pure Storage Inc. priced its $425 million initial public
offering Wednesday with Cooley LLP's guidance, entering public markets
with a $3.1 billion valuation to mark the first technology debut in three months
and the second "unicorn" in 2015.
JPMorgan's PE Unit Leads $140M AppDirect Fundraising

AppDirect Inc. has raised $140 million in a round of fundraising led by
JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s private equity branch, the companies said on
Wednesday, a capital injection meant to spur further growth and expansion
for the cloud software supplier.
NATIVE AMERICAN
Feds Urge Justices To Allow Wider Use Of Tribal Convictions
Planned Parenthood Federation

Procter & Gamble Co.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Redpoint Ventures LLC
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
Saks Incorporated
Sierra Club
Space Exploration Technologies
Corp.
Sprint Nextel Corporation
State Bar of Texas
Telstra Corp. Ltd.
Texas Instruments Inc.
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
Thomson Reuters Corporation
Tribune Company
Twitter Inc.
Yelp Inc.
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Department of the Interior
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Communications
Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Fish and Wildlife Service
Internal Revenue Service
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Quinault Indian Nation
Securities and Exchange
Commission
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Department of Justice has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review
a Ninth Circuit decision to toss a criminal domestic violence indictment
against a Native American man, arguing that the ruling risks hamstringing
the prosecution of recidivist offenders.
Wash. Tribe Claims Immunity In 9th Circ. Tax Row

The Quinault Indian Nation urged the Ninth Circuit Wednesday to toss out
counterclaims from the estate of a deceased tribal member in response to
the tribes now-dismissed $90 million lawsuit over unpaid cigarette taxes,
saying that it has not expressly waived its sovereign immunity.
EXPERT ANALYSIS
The Misuse Of Patent Citation Analysis In Finjan V. Blue Coat
The successful Daubert motion directed against the use of patent citation
analysis by the plaintiffs damages expert in Finjan v. Blue Coat in a
California federal court provides another example of a courts criticism of
errors in application rather than of the methodology itself, say Alan Cox and
Nadia Soboleva of NERA Economic Consulting.
LEGAL INDUSTRY
Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm: Motley Rice
After getting a verdict against Arab Bank for providing services to a terrorist
group, taking on the manufacturers of transvaginal mesh, and inking wrongful
death and personal injury settlements between smokers and three major
tobacco companies, Motley Rice LLC has again earned a spot among
Law360's Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms.
The 6 Phrases That Should Be Banned From Legal Writing

Next time youre about to turn in a brief full of technical jargon and age-old
stock phrases, remember that judges hate stuffy writing just as much as
ordinary readers do. Here are six overused phrases that experts would like to
banish from legal writing.
Dewey Execs Beat Some Charges, Jury Stuck On Others

A New York state jury on Wednesday acquitted three former Dewey &
LeBoeuf LLP executives of falsifying business records and deadlocked on
grand larceny, fraud and other counts in the closely watched criminal trial
over the firm's collapse.
Dewey Execs Face A Tougher Path To Victory With The SEC

While the legal world has been focused on the criminal trial of the former
leaders of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission has been waiting in the wings with an enforcement action
expected to be a lot harder for the executives to beat, raising the likelihood of
settlement.
Dewey Prosecution May Be Tripped Up By Charge-Heavy Trial

Jurors in the trial of the former executive leadership of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
on Wednesday acquitted the defendants of 49 counts of falsifying business
records but deadlocked on the remaining counts, an indication prosecutors
may have overcharged this multifaceted case, some experts say.
Dewey Defense Places Trust In Jury With Extra Deliberations

The defense team for former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP leaders asked a
deadlocked jury Wednesday to continue to deliberate a rare and risky
move for most criminal defendants and a clear sign of confidence that the
jury is on their side, experts said.
Dallas DA Sets Ethical Example With Depression Treatment

When Dallas County's district attorney took a leave of absence to treat
serious depression a problem that affects attorneys in disproportionate
numbers to the general population she faced calls for resignation, but
experts say getting treatment and ensuring that any clients are taken care of
is the ethical thing to do.
JOBS
London Fischer LLP
Irvine, California

Litigation
Shaw Valenza LLP
Litigation Associate (1 to 4 years)

McKool Smith, PC
Redwood City, California
Intellectual Property Litigation Associate

(2 to 4 years)
McKool Smith, PC
Senior Director Patent Prosecution

eBay, Inc
SAN JOSE, California
Senior Counsel - R&D Regulatory

AMGEN
Thousand Oaks, California
Junior Level Labor and Employment

Associate
Duane Morris LLP
Emerging Companies/Venture Capital

Associate
Perkins Coie LLP
Palo Alto, California
Mid-Level Associate for Directors &

Officers and Financial Institutions
Insurance Practice
Clyde & Co US LLP

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Calif. Gov. Vetoes Ban On Employee Arbitration Deals
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 12:46:21 AM
CALIFORNIA
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Calif. Gov. Vetoes Ban On Employee Arbitration Deals
LAW FIRMS
Akin Gump
Altshuler Berzon
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday vetoed a bill that would have stopped
employers from requiring workers to sign arbitration agreements, preventing
the state from becoming the first to codify such a prohibition.
Arnold & Porter

Ballard Rosenberg
TOP NEWS
Jay Z, Timbaland Face The Music As Copyright Trial Opens

Rapper Jay Z and producer Timbaland illegally sampled an Egyptian artists
song for their track Big Pimpin," his attorney told a California federal jury
Tuesday during opening statements in their copyright infringement trial,
calling their hit song vulgar as Jay Z and Timbaland listened from the
defense table.
Justices Reject Trucking Co. Challenge To Calif. Rest Rules

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear an Oakland trucking
companys challenge to a $964,000 judgment won by a class of drivers after
a California court ruled the states meal and rest break requirements arent
preempted by federal law.
9th Circ. Revives Bank of America Teller Seating Row

The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday revived a putative class action accusing Bank of
America NA of unlawfully denying seats to tellers, saying that the lower
court's dismissal wrongly found that the states suitable seating regulation
was preempted by the National Banking Act.
Uber, Lyft Must Step Up Review Of Calif. Drivers Records

A new law that California Gov. Jerry Brown signed on Sundayrequires Uber
Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and other ride-hailing companies to participate in
the Department of Motor Vehicles so-called pull notice program, which
automatically notifies employers if drivers have been involved in accidents or
have drunk-driving convictions.
4 Justices Won't Revive Ex-Atty's State Bar Libel Suit

The dismissal of a former IP lawyer's suit against the State Bar of California
contending his disbarment constituted libel was affirmed Tuesday by a
minority of the U.S. Supreme Court after five justices recused themselves
from the case, including Chief Justice John Roberts, whom the litigant has
publicly accused of treason.
Justices Urged To Reject Tribal Jurisdiction Fight In Bus Crash

Tour company EXC Inc. recently urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear
an appeal of a ruling that federal, not tribal, court has jurisdiction over a civil
suit stemming from a fatal collision in Arizona between a tour bus and a
Navajo Nation family, arguing that the ruling falls in line with high court
precedent.
ANALYSIS
Calif. Climate Bill Revamp Won't Prevent Petroleum Cuts
The absence of a controversial requirement to slash vehicle petroleum use
Best Best
Bisnar Chase
Browne George
Bryan Cave
Bulkley Richardson
Chauvel & Glatt
Cooley LLP
Cuneo Gilbert
DLA Piper
Del Mar Law Group
Dewey & LeBoeuf
Eckert Seamans
Foley & Lardner
Gibson Dunn
Grant & Eisenhofer
Greenberg Traurig
Hagens Berman
Hanson Bridgett
Hausfeld
Heim Payne
Hogan Lovells
Horvitz & Levy
Hueston Hennigan
Hunt Ortmann
Jackson Walker
Jenner & Block
Jones Skelton
K&L Gates
Keker & Van Nest
Kilpatrick Townsend
Kopelowitz Ostrow
Kurzban Kurzban
Lanier Law Firm
Latham & Watkins
Law Offices of Ronald A. Marron
Lieff Cabraser
Liner LLP
from California climate change legislation recently signed into law is a

temporary reprieve for the petroleum industry, as the Golden State has plenty
of other tools at its disposal to aid its push to electrify its transportation
sector.

Paul Hastings, Gibson Dunn Steer Warriors Arena Land Deal
Paul Hastings LLP guided Salesforce's sale of 12 San Francisco acres to the
Gibson Dunn-counseled Golden State Warriors, according to a statement
Monday, where the reigning NBA champions are planning a new arena that
will include millions of dollars in transit improvements.

Calif. Tribe Doesn't Need Groundwater, 9th Circ. Told
Two California water utilities urged the Ninth Circuit on Friday to overturn a
district courts decision that extended a tribes federal reserved water rights to
groundwater in the Coachella Valley, arguing that case law limits these rights
only to those waters necessary for the primary needs of the tribes
reservation.
INSURANCE
AIG Says Cosby Defamation Claims Clearly Not Covered
AIG Property Casualty Co. has told California and Massachusetts federal
courts that Bill Cosby's insurance policies clearly didn't cover claims that the
comedian trashed several women's reputations after they accused him of
rape, since the policies explicitly deny coverage for suits stemming from
alleged sexual abuse.
Locks Law Firm

McCormick Barstow
McGuireWoods
Mitchell Silberberg
Morgan Lewis
Morrison & Foerster
Morrison Mahoney
Morvillo Abramowitz
Munger Tolles
Native American Rights Fund
Orrick Herrington
Paul Hastings
Perkins Coie
Poyner Spruill
Redwine & Sherrill
Reed Smith
Rosen Saba
Rudy Exelrod
Saltz Mongeluzzi
Sanford Heisler
Schiff Hardin
Shegerian & Associates
Sidley Austin
Skadden
Twitter DOJ Suit On Thin Ice After Surveillance Law Shift
Squire Patton Boggs

Steyer Lowenthal
Stoel Rives
Susman Godfrey
A California federal judge said Tuesday she'd likely toss Twitter Inc.'s lawsuit
challenging the constitutionality of the government's refusal to let the social
media giant publish government surveillance information, saying the recent
passage of the USA Freedom Act has changed the landscape beneath the
suit.
Tycko & Zavareei

Weil Gotshal
Weinberg Roger
Weinstein Kitchenoff
T-Mobile, Experian Breach Suits Belong In Calif., JPML Told

T-Mobile and Experian may face multidistrict litigation over a data breach that
exposed personal information on 15 million people if the U.S. Judicial Panel
on Multidistrict Litigationagrees with a Friday bid by a consumer in one of at
least nine proposed class actions to house the cases in California.
USDA Beats Organic Advocates Challenge To Synthetic Rules

Several consumer groups and organic food advocacy organizations lack
standing to challenge U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations that altered
the process for determining which synthetic substances are allowed in
organic products, a California federal judge ruled Friday.
Nordstrom Can't Topple 'Compare At' Pricing Class Action

A California federal judge on Friday denied Nordstrom Inc.s motion to dismiss
a proposed class action accusing it of duping shoppers with bogus compare
at prices, ruling that the plaintiff has standing to represent customers who
purchased different items than he did.
BP Can't Shield Docs In Solar Panel Row, Consumers Say

A proposed class of California consumers suing a defunct BP LLC unit for
producing defective solar panels have accused the company in federal court
of withholding documents, saying the legal advice contained in the files isnt
sufficient for the companys claim of attorney-client privilege.
Wilson Sonsini
COMPANIES
AT&T Inc.
Aliph Inc.
American International Group Inc.
Amgen Inc.
Aruba Networks, Inc.
Association of Corporate Counsel
BP p.l.c.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Association
Broadcom Corporation
CVS Caremark Corporation
California Independent System
Operator
California Public Employees'
Retirement System
California State Teachers
Employees' Retirement System
Vodka Co. Presses Court To Nix 'Handmade' Labeling Suit

The company that distills Titos Handmade Vodka pressed a California federal
court to side with it in a fight over whether the liquor's label can lawfully bear
the word handmade, telling the court that rulings in other cases supported
the distiller's position that a California legal doctrine barred a consumer's
claims.
Hain Cosmetics Label Row Paused Pending 9th Circ. Rulings

A California federal judge has halted a proposed class action accusing Hain
Celestial of misleading consumers by labeling its cosmetic products as all
natural, finding that questions related to damages and class certification
would best be answered after the Ninth Circuit decides two similar false
labeling suits.
JPML Chooses Ohio Over Calif. For Honda Vibrations MDL

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Friday consolidated six suits
accusing Honda of concealing defects in its 2015 CR-V that make the vehicle
vibrate excessively, assigning the case to a federal judge in Ohio because
the automaker has facilities in the state and several plaintiffs supported the
move.
Nutraceutical Wants Proposed 'Sugar Pill' Class Action Nixed

Supplement maker Nutraceutical Corp. has told a California federal judge that
the false advertising claims made about its NatraBio products in a proposed
class action are based almost entirely on informal, Internet-based articles
that have nothing to do with the allegedly ineffective supplements and should
be dismissed.
Conair's Objections Too Early In Hair Dryer Suit, Court Told

A proposed class of consumers alleging health and beauty company Conair
Corp. failed to recall a hair dryer that catches on fire has told a California
federal judge that the company is objecting to testimony too soon and that its
objections are disputed facts that shouldn't be resolved at certification.
Fitbit Workers Must Hand Over Jawbone Trade Secrets
Five Fitbit Inc. employees must hand over trade secrets they allegedly stole
from rival fitness tracker maker Jawbone when they left the company and
prove they've deleted any copies, a California judge ruled Tuesday, agreeing
they had confidential Jawbone information that violated their employment
contracts.
Athletes In EA, NCAA Deals Seek To Sanction Challenger's Atty

A class of current and former student-athletes who agreed to $60 million in
settlements with Electronic Arts Inc. and the NCAA asked a California federal
court Monday to sanction one of the attorneys representing challengers to
the settlements, alleging "belligerent and unprofessional conduct" during a
meeting.
EMPLOYMENT
Ex-LA Times Writer Lied About Outside Work, Jury Told
Chevron Corporation
Chocoladefabriken Lindt &
Sprungli AG
Collegiate Licensing Co.
Comcast Corporation
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
D. R. Horton Inc.
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Dole Food Company Inc.
Electronic Arts Inc.
Experian
Fitbit Inc.
General Motors
Golden State Warriors
HBR Consulting LLC
Honda Motor Co. Ltd.
Insurance Australia
Intellectual Ventures
Jamba Inc.
Levi Strauss & Co.
LinkedIn Corp.
Los Angeles Times
Lyft Inc.
Medifast Inc.
ModusLink Global Solutions Inc.
National Collegiate Athletic
Association
Council
Navistar International Corporation
Nordstrom Inc.
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Nutraceutical International Corp.
PDC Energy
POSCO
Pac-12 Conference
Riverbed Technology, Inc.
Silgan Holdings Inc.
State Bar of California
Symantec Corporation
T-Mobile USA Inc.
Toyota Motor Corporation
A former Los Angeles Times executive told a California jury Tuesday that the
paper's ex-columnist T.J. Simers lied to top editors about trying to sell a TV
script, countering claims the Times trumped up conflict-of-interest allegations
to mask ageism against the sportswriter.
Tribune Publishing Co.

Twitter Inc.
United States Steel Corporation
Supreme Court Passes On UnitedHealth's ERISA Question
UnitedHealth Group Inc.

Volkswagen
ZTE Corp.
Zeughauser Group LLC
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused UnitedHealthcare of Arizona

Inc.'s appeal and attempt to toss Spinedex Physical Therapy USA Inc.'s
proposed class action accusing the plan administrator of violating federal
labor law by refusing to pay patients' claims.

Judge Denies 'Attack-Dog' Art Fraudster's New-Trial Bid
A California federal judge on Friday blasted a new trial request from a San
Francisco commercial real estate investor accused of failing to pay for an $11
million art deal, holding that his attack-dog personality does not constitute
mental incompetence requiring a new trial.
SEC Wins Freeze Of CEO's Assets In EB-5 Investor Fraud Suit

A California federal court on Friday granted the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commissions request to freeze the assets of the former CEO of Luca
International Group LLC, who is accused of running a $68 million "Ponzi-like"
scheme that targeted Chinese-Americans and Chinese nationals seeking
green cards as EB-5 investors.
COMPETITION
9th Circ. Nixes Tomato Cannery's Tin-Maker Conspiracy Suit
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday refused to revive tomato cannery Stanislaus
Food Products Co.s suit accusing U.S. Steel Corp., USS-Posco Industries
and other steelmakers of illegally allocating the market for steel sheets used
to make cans, saying the company hadnt shown there was a conspiracy.
Caddies Accuse PGA Of 'Free-Loading' With Bib Ads

Professional caddies accusing PGA Tour Inc. of using them as glorified
billboards for sponsors have urged a California federal court to not dismiss
their putative class action, arguing the pro-golf tour is monopolizing
advertising in plain violation of their contracts.
PRIVATE EQUITY
Calif. Pension Funds Pushed To Disclose Private Equity Fees
Californias state treasurer on Monday pushed for state legislation forcing
private equity firms to disclose and detail the fees charged to all California
public pension funds, including the California Public Employees' Retirement
System and the California State Teachers' Retirement System.
Activist Says Shutterfly 'Inaction' Could Ignite Proxy Battle

Shutterfly shareholder Ancora Advisors on Tuesday sent a letter to Shutterfly
board chairman Philip Marineau, warning the California-based photo services
company could face another proxy fight if it does not reverse its trajectory of
persistent inaction and respond to calls to change its corporate strategy,
capital allocation and executive compensation.
IMMIGRATION
9th Circ. Revives Cultural Exchange Group's State Dept. Suit
The Ninth Circuit ruled Friday that State Department sanctions imposed
against a third-party sponsor for a visitor visa program that allows foreign
nationals to participate in temporary U.S. cultural and educational exchange
programs are open to judicial review, saying the district court erred by
dismissing the sponsors claims.
9th Circ. Nixes Guatemalan Citizen's Removal Challenge

The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday rejected a Guatemalan national's challenge to a
Board of immigration Appeals removal decision, saying the board properly
ruled that he didn't show he was physically present in the U.S. for the 10
years needed to be eligible for cancellation of his removal.
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE

Levi Says $15M Contract Claims Too Old To Arbitrate
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla
Indians
Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco
Tax and Trade
Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau
Consumer Product Safety
Commission
Department of Agriculture
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Trade Commission
National Security Agency
Navajo Nation
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid
Transit District (BART)
Commission
U.S. Attorney's Office
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Postal Service
U.S. Supreme Court
Levi Strauss & Co. asked a California federal court on Monday to prohibit a
water treatment company from forcing it into arbitration over claims that its
owed more than $15 million in royalties, arguing the move is an attempt to
resurrect a long-expired contract claim.
PEOPLE
Foley Adds Tech Transactional Partner From Paul Hastings
Foley & Lardner LLP on Tuesday saidthat it has bolstered its technology
transactions and outsourcing practice with a new partner who formerly
worked for Paul Hastings LLP and DLA Piper, and who specializes in
technology, intellectual property and commercial transactions.
Squire Patton Boggs Adds Infrastructure Finance Partner

Squire Patton Boggs LLP has added a former in-house counsel for the Pac12 Network to its public and infrastructure finance practice area in its San
Francisco office, the firm said in a Monday statement.
EXPERT ANALYSIS
Calif. Clean Energy Law Will Put Pressure On Petroleum
While California's Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act does not directly
target reduction in petroleum usage, some decrease in use will likely be
inevitable to meet the law's greenhouse gas emission goals, and we expect
that the issue of reducing petroleum consumption will likely resurface in
2016, say attorneys at Reed Smith LLP.
Volkswagen Scandal Is Perfect For A Damages Class Action

Unless a class is rapidly certified and class counsel enabled to advocate for
all owners and lessees united interest in receiving direct compensation from
Volkswagen AG, the company may attempt to foreclose owners rights
through deals with regulators that lack an independent representative of the
owners, say Adam Levitt and Edmund Aronowitz of Grant & Eisenhofer PA.
LEGAL INDUSTRY
Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm: Susman Godfrey
Susman Godfrey LLP continued its winning streak for plaintiffs this year in
cases covering the intellectual property, securities and antitrust arenas,
helping to solidify its formidable reputation in the courtroom and landing it
among Law360's Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms for the third year running.
5 Surefire Ways To Lose A Client

It can be easy for lawyers to assume they have built lasting relationships with
longtime clients, but experts say attorneys need to watch out for common
missteps that are sure to leave clients shopping for new counsel. Here, we
look at five things that will make your clients want to cut ties for good.
Dewey Jury Nears Breaking Point As Mistrial Looms

The unusually long deliberations in the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP fraud trial are
putting a mental and physical strain on jurors and could force a New York
state judge to either declare a mistrial or take the rare step of substituting an
alternate in a last-ditch attempt to break the deadlock.
Dewey Judge Denies Mistrial Bid As Execs Beat More Charges

A New York State judge refused to declare a mistrial Tuesday in the Dewey &
LeBoeuf LLP fraud case after jurors acquitted the firms former leaders of
nine additional counts of falsifying books and records and said they were
deadlocked on the remaining charges.
GCs Aren't Ready To Break Up With BigLaw

Corporate law departments continue to pull work in-house and bargain hard
on law firm fees, according to an industry expert at HBR Consulting and a
recent survey, but theyre not ready to pull the plug on BigLaw just yet.
9-To-5 In-House Workweek Becomes A Myth

That 9-to-5 fantasy of in-house life is fading fast: The Association of
Corporate Counsel reports that in-house workweeks average about 49 hours
worldwide, and nearly half of in-house counsels say their workload is
increasing.
Female GCs Still Bagging Smaller Paychecks

Theres good news and bad news for women in the legal department, who
now account for nearly half of in-house positions but still earn less and hold
titles of lower prestige, according to a new survey.
BigLaw Bosses See Client Discounts Leveling Off

BigLaw managers are increasingly confident that they can find some relief
from downward pricing pressure, according to Citi Private Bank Law Firm
Group's survey Tuesday.
Wilson Sonsini Partner Tapped For Del. Chancery Seat

Delaware Gov. Jack Markell tapped Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC
partner Tamika Montgomery-Reeves on Tuesday as a vice chancellor on the
First State's venerable Chancery Court, the first African-American judge to sit
on that bench if confirmed.
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Popeo, P.C.
Popeo, P.C.

London Fischer LLP
Irvine, California

Litigation
Shaw Valenza LLP

McKool Smith, PC
Intellectual Property Litigation Associate Senior Director Patent Prosecution

eBay, Inc
(2 to 4 years)
McKool Smith, PC
Senior Counsel - R&D Regulatory
AMGEN
Thousand Oaks, California
Junior Level Labor and Employment

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Duane Morris LLP

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DUI/ Drivers License Checkpoint Planned for August 22nd-September 7th 2015
Friday, August 21, 2015 3:47:34 PM

August 21, 2015
DUI/ Drivers License Checkpoint Planned for

August 22nd-September 7th 2015
Oakland, CA Oakland Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI Drivers License
check point on, August 22nd - September 7th 2015(Labor Day) at an undisclosed location within the
city limits.
The 18-day, high-visibility campaign, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, is a partnership with the
California Office of Traffic Safety to curb impaired driving and save lives.
Officers will be looking for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment with officers checking drivers for
proper licensing delaying motorists only momentarily. When possible, specially trained officers will
be available to evaluate those suspected of drug-impaired driving.
In 2013, there were 10,076 people killed in drunkdriving crashes, almost a third of all traffic
fatalities according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In California, 867
died in drunk driving collisions according to NHTSA. Thirty-eight percent of crash fatalities on Labor
Day weekend that year involved drunk drivers with a Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) of .08 percent or
higher. And were not just talking about a little bit of alcohol, either. More than a quarter (27
percent) of the crash fatalities that occurred on Labor Day weekend involved drivers with BACs of
.15 or higher almost twice the illegal limit.
NHTSA data shows that repeat offenders are an especially dangerous facet of the drunk-driving
problem. In the month of August from 2009-2013, of the drunk drivers involved in fatal crashes,
almost 1 out of 10 (8 percent) of them had already been convicted of at least one drunk-driving
offense.
Law Enforcement emphasizes the preventable nature of drunk driving reminding everyone that all it
takes is a little planning ahead. Designate a sober driver or call a cab. But whatever you do, dont
drink and drive. The California Office of Traffic Safety DDVIP (Designated Driver VIP) mobile app is
now available for free download on iOS and Android devices. Launched last year, the new DDVIP
app offers enhanced features, allowing users to Map a Spot with their current location to find
DDVIP partnering establishments in their area or a List of Spots to search all participating bars and
restaurants throughout California. Users will be offered free incentives at each bar to celebrate their
life saving role. They can stay up-to-date with the latest from DDVIP and see what other users are
saying via its social tab. Also through the app, for those who want to imbibe but also make it a point
to plan ahead, users can easily order a sober ride from Uber, Lyft or Curb all from one screen.
Recent statistics reveal that 30 percent of drivers in fatal crashes had one or more drugs in their
systems. A study of active drivers showed more tested positive for drugs that may impair driving
(14 percent) than did for alcohol (7.3 percent). Of the drugs, marijuana was most prevalent, at 7.4
percent, slightly more than alcohol. Everyone should be mindful that if youre taking medication
whether prescription or over-the-counter drinking even small amounts of alcohol can greatly
intensify the impairment affects.
So this August and year-round, remember that theres no excuse for drunk or impaired driving. If
you choose to break the law, police sheriff and CHP officials will see you before you see them. Drive
Sober or Get Pulled Over.
Funding for this special campaign is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety,
through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration who reminds everyone; Report Drunk
Drivers! Call 9-1-1.
MEDIA NOTES:
CONTACT: David Elzey

510-777-8637
delzey@oaklandnet.com
To schedule an interview regarding the Oakland Police Department traffic

operations, please contact the Public Information Officer, Officer Johnna Watson at (510) 238-7230
or via email at opdmedia@oaklandnet.com.
Officer Johnna Watson

Public Information Officer
Office of the Chief of Police
(510) 238-7230
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Gloria Bruce
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EBHO, Greenbelt Alliance, TransForm letter re: impact fee
Monday, October 19, 2015 4:26:26 PM
EBHO_GA_TF_letteronImpactFee_October16.pdf
Dear Councilmembers and staff:

Please see the attached letter that was sent to Mayor Schaaf and Assistant City Administrator
Cappio on Friday from EBHO, Greenbelt Alliance, and TransForm regarding the need for
leadership in the Planning Department to pass a robust impact fee as soon as possible.
We look forward to further discussion.
Best,
Gloria
-GLORIA BRUCE
Executive Director
EAST BAY HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS (EBHO)
510-663-3830 ext.322 | gloria@ebho.org
538 Ninth Street, Suite 200 | Oakland, CA 94607
Join our 500-member-strong EBHO family and build community power for affordable homes.Become a member or
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October 16, 2015

Mayor Libby Schaaf
Assistant City Administrator Claudia Cappio
1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, 3rd Floor
Oakland, California
Dear Mayor Schaaf and Assistant City Administrator Cappio:

East Bay Housing Organizations and our partners, including Greenbelt Alliance, TransForm, and
other groups, have been working for well over a year to push for a robust impact fee in the City
of Oakland to provide more resources for desperately needed affordable homes.
While affordable housing has been elevated in the public debate at City Hall, were concerned especially given Planning Director Rachel Flynns recent disturbing comment that there is no
housing crisis in Oakland - that the impact fee will not be implemented fast enough, or at a high
enough level, to make the needed difference.
The city must ensure that all of its Departments and leaders are in alignment with the City
Councils recent adoption of the Housing Equity Roadmap framework and with the charge of
the Mayors Housing Implementation Cabinet to act swiftly and boldly. Therefore, we ask that
Ms. Flynn clarify her comments and emphasize the Planning Departments dedication to
affordable housing solutions.
Most importantly, we urge that the impact fee for housing be set at the highest level possible.
We also ask that the Housing and Community Development Department, rather than Planning,
be primarily responsible for developing the ordinance and any regulations to implement the
fee. Also, housing fees should deposited to the City's existing Affordable Housing Trust Fund,
which was established for just this purpose.
Why? Because as you have expressed, there is an affordable housing crisis in Oakland.
We all know whats happening in our beloved city today. We call on facts from the Housing
Equity Road Map and Housing Implementation Cabinet:
Rents have skyrocketed (April 2014 asking rents were 24% higher than the previous four
years average)
Oakland is still reeling from the foreclosure crisis, and the median home price is close to
half a million dollars.
An affordable housing property that opened in Uptown Oakland in 2015 had over 5,000
applications for 100 apartments.
Our city the historic home of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the Black
Panthers has lost at least 24% of its Black population in recent years.
Of those few families who can secure a Section 8 voucher, only about 20% can find a
landlord who will rent to them in this market.
These facts show that bold action is needed. However, we fear that the City is bound by certain
assumptions about the market and our citys needs that are causing some leaders to urge
caution. We challenge those myths.
First, for years we have heard that Oaklands market wont support the regulations that are
standard practice in San Francisco, San Jose, Berkeley, Emeryville and many other cities. But
were in a different moment: Uber is moving in, tens of thousands of units are entitled, and 22%
annualized rent increases show that the market is hot. Its a moment that could bring shared
prosperity, but right now is driving out long-time residents, especially people of color.
Weve also heard that an impact fee might drive away investment. We contend that the fee
must and can be at a level that can actually create affordable housing. Several private
developers have noted that they are ready to contribute, as long as the rules are clear, fair, and
predictable. For example, at one point the potential developer of the proposed high-rise on the
E. 12th Street remainder parcel was prepared to pay an $8 million in-lieu fee, which would have
totaled over $24,000 per unit this is an example of the range that might be possible.
This study is costing Oakland up to $1.1 million dollars, and, according to the adopted Specific
Plans for Broadway Valdez and West Oakland, should have been complete long ago. And yet,
both staff and the consultant on Oaklands nexus study have urged a slow phase-in and low
expectations, which run the risk of us missing this market cycle. Developers have long had a
signal that a fee is coming, and Oakland would be finally joining other nearby East Bay cities
in requiring a developer contribution. Emeryville is looking at increasing its $20,000 fee to
$28,000. Berkeley is exploring a fee as high as $34,000 per unit. Fremont has raised its fees, and
Walnut Creek and Pleasanton are considering nexus studies as well.
Finally, we are tired of hearing that there is too much affordable housing in Oakland, especially
in the downtown area. Its true affordable housing developers were able to produce quality
homes during the recession when some market-rate investment stalled and they created
vibrant neighborhoods and services, added public art, and provided support to small
businesses. They offered family-friendly developments with multiple bedrooms, a rarity in new
market-rate developments. But we still need more of these safe, quality affordable homes. The
Citys own data - from official reports to the State of California - document that from 1999 to
2014, three-fourths of all new housing construction was market-rate, despite the fact that over
half of Oakland residents, and nearly two-thirds of Oakland renters, are lowerincome. Moreover, the Citys notable track record on affordable housing stems from a time
when redevelopment funds were abundant and there were significant State funds
available. Those conditions no longer hold true, and while there are thousands of market rate
units in the pipeline, the prospects for significant expansion of affordable housing are far more
limited than in the past.
Mayor Schaaf and Ms. Cappio, we know you will do our city proud. Lets see that impact fee on
the books, charge a fee for housing that is meaningful, involve the Housing Department fully in
the process, and start showing that Oakland can have development without displacement.
Sincerely,
Gloria Bruce, Executive Director, East Bay Housing Organizations
Joel Devalcourt, Greenbelt Alliance
Joel Ramos, TransForm
CC:
Rachel Flynn, Director of Planning and Building
Michele Byrd, Director of Housing and Community Development
Oakland City Councilmembers McElhaney, Kalb, Guillen, Campbell Washington, Gallo, Brooks,
Reid, and Kaplan
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Facebook Dodges $15B User Tracking MDL
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 12:46:22 AM
CALIFORNIA
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
TOP NEWS
Facebook Dodges $15B User Tracking MDL
A California federal judge tossed four Facebook users' multidistrict litigation
seeking $15 billion over allegations the social media site tracked their
Internet activity after they logged out of the service, saying in a ruling Friday
that the users hadn't suffered economic damage or shown Facebook violated
privacy laws.
9th Circ. Urged To Publish BofA Suitable-Seating PAGA Ruling

Two weeks after the Ninth Circuit revived a putative class action accusing
Bank of America NA of unlawfully denying suitable seating to tellers, the
tellers asked the appellate court this week to make the opinion precedential,
saying doing so will provide important guidance for hundreds of other
California Private Attorney General Act actions.
Calif. Owes Tribe $36.2M In Gaming Pact Row, 9th Circ. Says
A split Ninth Circuit panel affirmed Monday that California owes $36.2 million
to the Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians in a gaming compact dispute,
saying that the state had misrepresented the number of slot machine
licenses available to the tribe and that the relief fell within the states limited
waiver of its sovereign immunity under the compact.
9th Circ. Dismisses HP Shareholder's Foreign-Bribery Suit

The Ninth Circuit on Monday affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a HewlettPackard Co. shareholder's claims that the board of directors ignored foreign
bribe payments made by former executives and blocked federal authorities
from investigating, holding he failed to prove the investigation into the bribes
was done in bad faith.
Judge Orders Arrest Of Brothers In NuScience IP Row

A California federal judge issued an arrest warrant at a hearing Monday for
two brothers embroiled in a trade secrets battle with NuScience Corp., saying
they violated orders to appear in court and to cease posting online messages
and sending emails about the companys Cellfood supplement.
ANALYSIS
Market Map: 4 Trends In Oakland Real Estate Deals
Oakland, California's already bubbly real estate market recently got an extra
boost from Uber's $123 million decision to plant stakes there the latest
investment to drop into the market as property players face economic and
regulatory headwinds in nearby San Francisco. Here, Law360 digs into the
trends in the Bay Area market that deal-makers should know about.

JPMorgan Escapes RICO Suit Over Electricity Price-Rigging
A California federal judge on Monday tossed a proposed racketeering class
action accusing a JPMorgan Chase & Co. subsidiary of rigging electricity
prices, ruling the bank's $410 million settlement with the Federal Energy
LAW FIRMS
Allen Matkins
Arent Fox
Baker Botts
Barnes & Thornburg
Bartimus Frickleton
Baum Hedlund
Berger Kahn
Blumenthal Nordrehaug
Bookoff McAndrews
Connors & Vilardo
Conrad & Scherer
Cooley LLP
Cory Watson
Covington & Burling
DLA Piper
Dickinson Wright
Dowd & Dowd
Duane Morris
Eagan Avenatti
Earthjustice
Fennemore Craig
Finnegan
Fredericks Peebles
Giarmarco Mullins
Gibson Dunn
Goldstein Borgen
Hogan Lovells
Initiative Legal Group
Jacobson Russell
Jones Day
Kaplan Fox
Keller Rohrback
Kenyon & Kenyon
Kiesel Law
Kirkland & Ellis
Korein Tillery
Latham & Watkins
Leason Ellis
Levin Simes
Lewis Brisbois
Lewis Roca
Lieff Cabraser
Regulatory Commission blocked the consumer complaint.

Locke Lord
9th Circ. Told EPA's Dow Herbicide OK Ignores Cancer Risks

Environmentalists and health groups on Friday asked the Ninth Circuit to halt
the federal government's approval of a Dow Chemicals Co. unit's
controversial herbicide, saying the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
failed to consider human cancer risk and harm to monarch butterflies.
INSURANCE
Calif. Court Denies Insurer's 'Escape Clause' In Defect Suit
A California state appeals court on Friday found that an exclusion applied by
the insurer of a construction company to deny coverage of an underlying
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From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Oliver Luby
Luby, Oliver
Fwd: Chron reports on Lee"s behest payments
Saturday, May 16, 2015 3:49:25 PM
Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:
From: LARRY BUSH <sfwtrail@mac.com>
Date: May 16, 2015 at 7:19:58 AM PDT
To: LARRY BUSH <sfwtrail@mac.com>
Subject: Chron reports on Lee's behest payments
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Mayor-Ed-Lee-has-knack-for-raking-in-big-bucks-6267454.php?
t=c6d67bd706&cmpid=email-premium
Sometimes, the timing of gifts can look a little fishy, though. Lee asked for and received a $10,000 gift from
Coca-Cola to fund the citys summer jobs program for youth last year at the same time the soda industry
was fighting the proposed soda tax. Lee stayed out of the soda tax debate despite pressure from health
groups to take a stand, and the proposal was defeated.
Lee has also hit up private companies to fund his travel such as Uber and Airbnb helping to pay for a trip
to China and South Korea in 2013 while debates over the citys regulation of so-called sharing economy
companies began to rage. Recology, which holds the citys garbage-collection contract, helped to fund
Lees trip to India the same year.
Isnt it better, you ask, that these rich companies pay the tab for these sorts of things than to rely on taxpayer
money? Like with most City Hall happenings, it depends on whom you ask.
Not surprisingly, the mayors spokeswoman,Christine Falvey, thinks the monetary gifts are a great thing.
The mayor has said ever since the economy really bounced back that companies are making more and they
should give back more, she said. Its something hes dubbed 21st century philanthropy. ... He expects
philanthropy to be thriving in San Francisco, and hes grateful that it is.
So when the mayor asks Google or PG&E or Coca-Cola to give money for something he supports, is there
an expectation hell pay them back with political favors?
Absolutely not, Falvey said.
Larry Bush, a member of the good-government group Friends of Ethics and a frequent critic of the mayor,
doesnt buy it.
The people who are making those contributions are also seeking his approval for benefits that they want,
Bush said. Its virtually pay-to-play.
He pointed out that donors of behested payments can even get a tax write-off since theyre considered
charitable donations, whereas regular campaign contributions dont qualify.
Bush even paid for his own study of behested payments, since the Ethics Commission doesnt make them
easy to search in any meaningful way. According to Bush, Lees $10 million far surpasses what previous
mayors have raised. (A Chronicle article in 2009 found that former Mayor Gavin Newsom had raised $1.2
million in behested payments in the previous 51/2 years.)
So what does the massive fundraising mean?
It says he has a very cozy relationship with very wealthy people and corporations, Bush said.
That old Toyota Camry be damned.
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Steve Lowe
Nichols, Matthew
Robert Ogilive; Ratna Amin; Moss, Tomiquia; Kara Vuicich; Nathan Landau; Joel Ramos; Margaret Gordon; Brian
Beveridge; WOCA; Cook, Brigitte; Bolotina, Olga; Winston, Ashley; Peggy Moore
Fwd: Transportation Sub-committee
Wednesday, July 08, 2015 4:17:20 PM
Hi Matt
I hope my question at the SPUR forum today wasn't too much of a
distraction from the bus-oriented main topic; however, it seems all too
evident that Demand Response Transit (DRT) mini-busses will be as
ubiquitousas Uber itself within the next several years. And I guessI tend
to geta little more excited than others at transportation forums when anyone
in the room states that the planners actually want to hear from the people,
whenin fact the evidence as to how decisions are made regarding policy
transportation policy more than almost anything betrays an insularity
that renders public input to be of little, if any, consequence whatsoever.
As proof, no one can deny that West Oakland with its Port, rail, central-most BART
station and underservedpopulation is the very epicenter of Bay Area transportation,
yet when it comes to receiving any sort of justice like the recently-achieved
though overlong MAQIP process regarding the 9x pollution effect from all
the traffic that rumbles through the Maze or off the docks only litigation
and/orextendedpolitical haranguing can beginto attract the attention of those
inofficialdomwith their other, keep-Oakland-in-its-placepriorities.
So it's more than painful to hear ACTransit say that "a DRT-based program is now
beingplanned for 'South County,'" when in fact the real need is smack dab in
West Oakland forall the reasons noted earlier. And such need was identified as
far back as2006 well before the arrival of Uber and all the rest! in the
MTC / CalTrans-fundedWest Oakland Transit Studyand later in theWOSP and,
though ablysuppressed by ACTransit, in the EBOTS pacifier, as well. So much
for vox populi and thatwhich cannot but be tainted as elitism in planning.
Basically it all boils down to a muddled rationale for prioritization of services
to groups that likely have the least use for them (the yuppies of Fremont dismounting
from BART arealready well-served by the Uber / Lyft lookalikes) while simultaneously
denyingservice to those who obviouslyhave an overwhelming need, not only in terms
of improvedaccess (especially for those who are too old, weary or otherwise
impaired to participate inbike share), but also in terms of public safety:
Howmany more muggings, rapes, beatings, etc., must West Oakland citizens
haveto endure before the discussion of public transit begins to encompass actual,
not imagined, disparity especially when we have proof that DRT-based solutions
can more successfully address issues of safety than BRT or almost any other
transportation venue,including taxis.
After all these years there's still no public discussion at the City level and
the voices that some contend or pretend that officials need to hear
remain only faintly in the background. But then again, perhaps they areindeed
morean issue for another Department of the City where issues of inequality
and institutional elitism are ofgreater concern.
Please let me know if West Oakland transportation might be a topic that your
(at long last)newly-created Department might be interested in pursuing
anytimesoon.
Cordially,
- Steve Lowe
VP, West Oakland Commerce Association
VP, Jack London District Association
Begin forwarded message:
From: Steve Lowe <steve@urbanspace.biz>
Subject: Re: Transportation Sub-committee
Date: May 7, 2015 7:12:54 AM PDT
To: "Flynn, Rachel" <RFlynn@oaklandnet.com>
Cc: Chris Pattillo <pattillo@pgadesign.com>, Robert Merkamp
<RMerkamp@oaklandnet.com>, Darin Ranelletti
<DRanelletti@oaklandnet.com>, Libby Schaaf
<Libby@libbyformayor.com>, Tomiquia Moss <TMoss@oaklandnet.com>,
Peggy Moore <moore4oakland@gmail.com>, Matt Nichols
<MDNichols@oaklandnet.com>, Rebecca Kaplan
<RKaplan@oaklandnet.com>, Rebecca Saltzman
<rebecca.saltzman@gmail.com>, Robert Raburn
<robertraburn@covad.net>, Brooke Levin <blevin@oaklandnet.com>,
Sabrina Landreth <SLandreth@ci.emeryville.ca.us>, Kitty Kelly Epstein
<kkepstein@gmail.com>, Stuart Cohen <stuart@transformca.org>
Hmmmm,
Well, it appears that this discussion is going nowhere, sorta like when
Oakland decisionmakers decided to remain silent as to where HSR might
touch down in the Bay Area. So the thing will not end up at the Coliseum
where it would've done more for Oakland's economy and that of the rest
of theBay Area! than perhaps any otherdevelopmentimaginable because
the interactive dialogue that, in this City, occurs only at Committee level
of our various Commissions will not be a resource to help inform able
policymaking.
Oakland's Industrial Land Use policy was honed in precisely that kindof
forge and succeeded over the objections of the bureaucracy and various
policymakers around town only because the reasonability of such an

informed dialogue became self evident and therefore too persuasive
to be thrown under the bus for the sake of dunderheaded lobbying from
one group or another interested only in immediate profits from rezoning
at the expense of a more dare I say? fair and balanced City economy.
That experience with the Zoning Update Committee was arduous, taking
well over a year, but it worked because Doug Boxer and Mike Lighty and
Nicole Franklin and even those who followed in their footsteps wanted to
do the right thing, not just blindly follow what one Director orCouncilmember
or even Mayor might have fancied that particular week. So away went the
speaker cards and timer, and suddenly the conversations became real.
So there's aproven methodology which our City cannot afford to indulge,
so be it. I'll stand down for a bit and try again later as was my sorta charge
as ED coordinator of those long ago Task Forces, all of them, as you say,
well before yourarrival here.
Cheers,
- S
On May 6, 2015, at 5:15 PM, "Flynn, Rachel" <RFlynn@oaklandnet.com> wrote:
Steve, I would have to disagree with your view that no one [is] taking
responsibility on issues related to transportation in Oakland. Many
people in the City are working on transportation issues on several fronts.
Most of the work is being handled by Oakland Public Works (OPW). These
include: 150 miles of bike lanes created (OPW), walkable complete
streets being designed and created (OPW), BRT on International Blvd
(OPW), the formation of the Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Commission
(OPW), repaving of miles of streets (OPW), the B shuttle (Econ Dev Dept.),
the planning and creation of several TODs at Oakland BART Stations
Fruitvale, MacArthur, West Oakland, Lake Merritt, 19thStreet, 12thStreet,
Coliseum City (multiple City departments), the new BART Airport
Connector (BART), the EBOTS study (various cities), the 2-way circulation
study (ACTC and the City), etc. All of these actions are contributing to
making Oakland the Transportation Hub of the Bay Area.
The Mayors decision to hire a new Transportation and Infrastructure

Policy Advisor and to create a new Transportation Department is her way
of addressing the issues you raise, i.e., Oaklands transportation
policymaking and how to get the highest and best results in regards to
transportation and funding availability.
Its clear that youre frustrated about past commitments made by past
Mayors and/or other officials. Im sorry about that, but I did not play any
role in past promises and I am not aware that the Planning Commission
did either
I also disagree with your view that a transportation sub-committee of the

Planning Commission as an interim solution is the best venue right
now for making City-wide decisions regarding transportation. Currently,
OPW handles the large majority of transportation issues, but they play no
role in the Planning Commission. In my view, any default mechanism for
an advisory or commission must be overseen by OPW. I have copied the
OPW Director, Brooke Levin, on this e-mail and spoken briefly with her
about this. I can assure you that Brooke will not take it upon herself to
form a new commission. She would expect a directive from the City
Administrators Office. I have copied that office as well.
Given all that the new City Administration has on its plate right now
passing a budget, working to create a new Transportation Department,
among a million other things I seriously doubt that any interim
commission will rise to the top of their agenda. In addition, a new City
Administrator (Sabrina Landreth) will not start until July. Claudia Cappio
and John Flores have been serving as Interim CAs until Sabrina arrives. As
you can imagine, they are dealing with hundreds of issues like
contracts, budgets, personnel matters, etc.
In summary, I will not be taking any action to form a new transportation

sub-committee for the Planning Commission. I will make the new City
Administrator aware of your request when she arrives in July. Thanks,
Rachel
Rachel FlynnAIA
Directorl Planning & Building Department
City of Oakland
510.238.2229
From:Steve Lowe [mailto:steve@urbanspace.biz]

Sent:Wednesday, May 06, 2015 10:46 AM
To:Flynn, Rachel
Cc:Pattillo, Chris; Merkamp, Robert; Ranelletti, Darin; Libby Schaaf; Kahn,
Kelley; Moss, Tomiquia; Peggy Moore; Sawicki, Mark; Schaaf, Libby; Nichols,
Matthew; Kaplan, Rebecca; Rebecca Saltzman; Robert Raburn
Subject:Re: Transportation Sub-committee
Thanks Rachel!
The problem is that, with no one to take responsibility, Oaklandis

failing in its role as the "Transportation Hub of the Bay Area,"
a title that used to be embossed on official City stationery.
When an earlier Mayor authorized the Task Force process and hadas
manyas thirty volunteers stepping forward to try and figure out
whatOakland'stransportation policymakingrole should be, we were
graced by such luminaries asRebecca, Robert, andRebecca, plus a
host
of others on boardwho,in their arduous deliberations, finallyagreed
that this centralmost Cityneeded a full-onTransportation
Commission!
Over time, we've all realized more or lessthat we'll likely never get
to the point of having such a Commission, what with the difficulty of
even creating a new Committee for the Planning Commission an
ideathat our At Large Councilmember herself has supported for at
least the
past four years, surely in support of smarter governance and not more
bureaucratic miasma.
So the question remains, what is thedefault mechanism for an

advisoryor commissionto ensure Oakland's transportation
policymaking will
garner Oaklandthe highest and best resultsif one czar here or another
czarina theremight misstep and, in the heat of political combat, fail
to
justly consider the benefits that should accrue toOakland, the
obviousepicenterof Bay Area transportation?
If, as hasso often been acknowledged by just about everyone in

practicallyeveryplanning meeting I've been insince the General
Plan Congress
decadesago, land use and transportation are two sides of the same
coin,who'sminding the mint?
Thanks,S
On May 5, 2015, at 8:04 PM, "Flynn, Rachel"

<RFlynn@oaklandnet.com> wrote:
Steve,
Transportation issues are beyond just the Planning Department and
Planning Commission. As you know, Oakland Public Works (OPW)
handles most transportation related issues in Oakland. For example,
they staff the Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Commission. In
addition, the Mayor has a new Transportation Advisor -- and the City
Administrator's Office often weighs in on transportation issues.
Suffice to say that the interim solution you suggest (of a
Transportation Subcommittee of the Planning Commission) will have
to be vetted by various entities; Mayor's Office, City Administrator's
Office, OPW, Planning & Building, and perhaps others.

We'll get back to you on this. Rachel
From:Steve Lowe
<steve@urbanspace.biz>
Date:May 5, 2015 at 5:05:59 PM PDT
To:"Merkamp, Robert"
<RMerkamp@oaklandnet.com>
Cc:Rachel O'Dwyer Flynn
<RFlynn@oaklandnet.com>, Chris Pattillo
<pattillo@pgadesign.com>, Darin Ranelletti
<DRanelletti@oaklandnet.com>, "Matt
Nichols" <mnichols@oaklandnet.com>,
Mark Sawicki
<msawicki@oaklandnet.com>, Kelley Kahn
<KKahn@oaklandnet.com>, Mayor Libby
Schaaf <lschaaf@oaklandnet.com>, Peggy
Moore <moore4oakland@gmail.com>,
"Tomiquia Moss"
<tmoss@oaklandnet.com>
Subject:Re: Transportation Subcommittee
Dear Robert,
Thanks for explaining this latest direction of

the City regarding our
need for better transportation policy. While
it is encouraging that
Libby wishes toinaugurate such a new
department (at long last),
theWest Oakland Commerce Association
would again suggest that
theinterimstep of creating a Transportation
Committee for the
Planning Department be taken at once.
In the event that something might happen to

thwart the Mayor's
initiative or funding becomes a problem or
some unforeseen event
might occur,citizens will continue being
denied a proper venue for
public discussionof transportation planning
which, as you note, the
Planning Commissionmust occasionally
critique anyway as part of
its purview.
Just as City Planning has the Planning

Commission to help make policy
with regard to all Land Use planning efforts,
Oakland must either form
a separate Transportation Commission to
help with the new Department
Libby is proposing or, just as with the Land
Use & Planning Committee
at County, expand Oakland's Planning
Commission to meet that need.
As the official recommendationof Mayor

Dellums wasthe creation of
a Transportation Commission (never
realized), and the stated promise of
Mayor Quan to create a Planning
Commission Committee (never realized),
we cannot but be deeply concerned that
delays in implementation may
all too easily become derailed (once again),
leaving Oakland asleep at the
switch (once again) when the most vital
issues of public transportation
need to be officially decided and acted upon
so that we won't be left
standing at the station while HSR, DRT or
any of the other venues
(some of which written into the WOSP) pass
us by (once again).
Thanks,
- S
On May 5, 2015, at 4:12 PM, "Merkamp,

Robert" <RMerkamp@oaklandnet.com>
wrote:
Dear Mr. Lowe,
I wanted to follow-up on your request for the

City to form a Transportation Subcommittee of
the Planning Commission. We certainly believe
that transportation is a critical issue for
Oakland and that it greatly influences land use
issues, economic development, and how our

City functions overall. It is for this reason, that
our Planning Commission takes seriously its
role in making any transportation decisions
related to the cases that come before them,
i.e., Specific Plans, traffic management plans
related to individual developments, etc.
As you may know, Mayor Schaaf has proposed

to City Council the creation of a new
Transportation Department. Staff involved in
transportation planning and design issues in
Oakland Public Works (OPW) will be
transferred to this new department if it is
created and a new Director will be hired to
run the department. The Mayors new
Transportation Advisor, Matt Nichols, is
overseeing the details of this proposal. He will
also be involved in any transitions.
Therefore, we would like to hold on any actions

regarding a Transportation Subcommittee until
City Council makes its decision about a
potential Transportation Department. If a new
department is approved, then we will relay
your interest to the new Director, once s/he is
hired. If a new department is NOT created,
then I will speak with my supervisors about
your request and next steps.
Respectfully,
Robert D. Merkamp,Development Planning

Manager|City of Oakland | Bureau of Planning
| 250 Frank H. Ogawa, Suite 2214 |Oakland, CA
94612 | Phone: (510)238-6283| Fax: (510) 2384730 | Email:rmerkamp@oaklandnet.com|
Website:www.oaklandnet.com/planning
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News from: Oakland Police Department

July 2, 2015
4th of July 2015 - Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over

Oakland, CA To protect the public against persons driving under the influence of drugs
and alcohol this Fourth of July, the Oakland Police Department will be targeting those who
put lives in danger. DUI Saturation Patrols and a DUI Checkpoint will be deployed during
the holiday weekend and all officers will be alert to the tell-tale signs of an impaired driver.
DUI Saturation patrols will deploy on Friday and Saturday throughout the City of
Oakland
A DUI Checkpoint is planned in Oakland at an undisclosed location within the city
beginning at 7:00 PM until 3:00AM
Over the Fourth of July holiday period in 2013 alone (6 p.m. July 3rd to 5:59 a.m. July 8th),
there were 199 people killed in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes on our nations roads,
according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In California, 28
individuals were killed in Alcohol Involved crashes.
NHTSA data also reveals that 35 percent of young drivers (18 to 34 years old) were driving
drunk (BAC of .08 or higher) in fatal crashes over the July Fourth period in 2013.
Motorcycle operators are also overrepresented as the highest percentage of alcoholimpaired drivers in fatal crashes. In 2013, more than one-quarter (27%) of motorcycle
operators in fatal crashes had BACs of .08 or higher.
Drunk drivers are more common at night, too. Over the July 4th holiday in 2013, more than
two fifths (42%) of the drivers in nighttime fatal crashes (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) were alcoholimpaired, as compared to 13 percent of drivers in fatal crashes during the day.
If youre caught driving drunk or drug impaired, you will be arrested. Aside from putting
your life and the lives of others at risk, driving impaired can also lead to serious
consequences. A DUI arrest can mean time in jail, loss of your license, and steep financial
expenses; the average DUI costs about $10,000.
Law enforcement region-wide is asking for everyones support this holiday weekend and all
summer long:
Plan a safe way home before the fun begins.

Before drinking, designate a sober driver.
DDVIP: The California Office of Traffic Safety DDVIP mobile app is now available for
free download on iOS and Android devices. Launched last year the new DDVIP app
offers enhanced features, allowing users to Map a Spot with their current location
to find DDVIP partnering establishments in their area or a List of Spots to search all
participating bars and restaurants throughout California. Users can stay up-to-date
with the latest from DDVIP and see what other users are saying via its social tab. Also
through the app, for those who want to imbibe but also make it a point to plan
ahead, users can easily order a sober ride from Uber, Lyft or Curb all from one
screen.
DRUGS, MEDICATION & ALCOHOL= CRASHES: Recent statistics reveal that 30
percent of drivers in fatal crashes had one or more drugs in their systems. A study of
active drivers showed more tested positive for drugs that may impair driving (14
percent) than did for alcohol (7.3 percent). Of the drugs, marijuana was most
prevalent, at 7.4 percent, slightly more than alcohol.
If you happen to see a drunk driver on the road, dont hesitate Report Drunk
Drivers! Call 911!
If you know someone who is about to drive or ride while impaired, take your
friends keys and help your friend make other arrangements to get to where he
or she is going safely.
Funding for the Oakland DUI Campaign is by a grant from the California Office of Traffic
Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The Avoid DUI Task
Force will deploy checkpoints and DUI patrols next during the 18 day August/Labor Day DUI
Mobilization.
For more information, please contact Lieutenant David Elzey of the Traffic Operations
Section at 510-777-8637 or delzey@oaklandnet.com
Or contact the Media Relations Office at 510-238-7230 or opdmedia@oaklandnet.com. or
Visit Nixle.com to receive Oakland Police Department alerts, advisories, and community
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J&J Unit Hit With $5.6M Verdict Over Calif. Risperdal Death
CALIFORNIA
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
TOP NEWS
LAW FIRMS
Alston & Bird
J&J Unit Hit With $5.6M Verdict Over Calif. Risperdal Death
Arnold & Porter

Bancroft PLLC
Berkowitz Oliver
Boies Schiller
A California jury on Friday hit Johnson & Johnson unit Janssen

Pharmaceuticals with a $5.6 million verdict for the wrongful death of a man
during a clinical study of the company's anti-psychotic medication Risperdal,
after Janssen employees allegedly ignored abnormalities with his heart, his
mother's attorneys announced Monday.
Volkswagen Faces 1st Class Cert. Bid In Calif. Emissions Suit

A California driver demanding damages for Volkswagen's emissions testbusting diesel vehicles asked the court on Monday to certify a class who
bought the cars on environmentally friendly promises only to be spurned,
becoming the first in the nation to ask for certification, according to the
plaintiffs attorney.
No Threat Of ID Theft In Uber Driver Data Suit, Judge Says

A former Uber driver leading a potential class action accusing the company of
allowing a data breach that leaked 50,000 drivers personal information failed
to show that he faces an immediate threat of identity theft, a California
federal judge ruled on Monday, dismissing the drivers first amended
complaint.
Ex-DEA Agent Gets 78 Months For Silk Road Bitcoin Theft

A California federal judge on Monday sentenced a former U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration agent to 78 months in prison for stealing bitcoin
digital currency while working on an undercover investigation of black market
website Silk Road.
Calif. Transit Agency Sued Over NBCUniversal Ramp Project

Los Angeles residents angered over the permanent closure of a heavily used
freeway exit ramp filed a suit in California state court on Friday, accusing the
California Department of Transportation of collaborating with NBCUniversal
to block public opposition to the plan.
POLICY & REGULATION

Calif. Wants FCC Lifeline Subsidies Extended To Noncitizens
California should be exempt from a Federal Communications Commission
requirement to obtain Social Security numbers from participants in a
telecommunications subsidy program, the leader of the states public utilities
commission said on Friday, seeking to extend coverage in the program to
noncitizens.
LEGAL ETHICS
LA County Wants Munger Tolles DQ'd As Intervenor Counsel
Los Angeles County urged a California federal court Friday to disqualify
Munger Tolles & Olson LLP from representing a group of people with mental
illnesses seeking to intervene in a settlement that addresses the treatment of
county inmates, saying the firm has previously represented the county.
Bryan Cave
Capstone Law APC
Clarence Dyer
Cochran Firm
Cozen O'Connor
Dentons
Dewey & LeBoeuf
Drinker Biddle
Durie Tangri
Farrise Law
Fisher & Phillips
Gibson Dunn
Goldstein Borgen
Greensfelder Hemker
Griesing Law
Hogan Lovells
Ice Miller
Jackson Lewis
Jenner & Block
Kabateck Brown
Latham & Watkins
Lee Hong Degerman
Littler Mendelson
Manatt Phelps
Mayer Brown
McCarter & English
Miller LLP
Morgan Lewis
Morris Polich
Morvillo Abramowitz
Munger Tolles
O'Melveny & Myers
Obermayer Rebmann
One LLP
Orrick Herrington
Paul Weiss
Pillsbury Winthrop

Supreme Court Turns Down Calif. Sediment Pollution Fight
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday passed on hearing a suit brought by a
group of California landowners who had sought to overturn a state appeals
court decision affirming that a state water board has broad discretion when
determining pollution limits for a lake near their properties.
Sheppard Mullin
Sidley Austin
Skadden
Theodora Oringher
WhatleyKallas
WilmerHale
Wilson Sonsini
INSURANCE
More Insurers Sue BLM, Chrysler Over 2013 Calif. Fire
Allstate Insurance Co. and two other insurers piled on Monday to the list of
insurer suits against FCA US, Chrysler Group LLC and the U.S. Bureau of
Land Management over a 2013 brush fire in Southern California that
destroyed more than 7,000 acres and 120 residential buildings.
PRODUCT LIABILITY
23andMe Cant Kibosh Classwide Arbitration In False Ad Row
A California federal judge on Friday rejected 23andMes bid to avoid
classwide arbitration of allegations it falsely advertised its genetic testing
services, saying he lacks authority to toss an arbitrators decision allowing
classwide consideration even though it conflicted with a separate arbitrators
decision in a similar lawsuit.
Judge May Split Trial In PG&E Pipeline Blast Criminal Case

The California federal judge overseeing the $1.1 billion criminal case against
PG&E Corp. over a fatal pipeline blast in 2010 said Monday that he's
seriously considering splitting a trial scheduled for March so the energy
company's liability would be determined first, while damages would come
later.
AIG Unit Stiffed Jack In The Box In Beating Case, Suit Says
Jack in the Box Inc. sued an American International Group unit in California
federal court Monday for refusing to pay its share of a $20 million judgment
awarded to a man who was severely beaten at one of the fast-food chain's
restaurants.
Porsche Cant Ditch Windshield Glare Class Action

A California federal judge on Friday rejected a bid by Porsche to toss a
proposed class action claiming its beige-colored dashboards can cause
drivers to be temporarily blinded by reflecting the suns glare onto
windshields, finding the proposed claims have so far been adequately
supported.
Safeway Says Shoppers Have No Standing In Recall Action

Safeway has doubled down on its argument that two shoppers don't have
standing to launch a proposed class action in California federal court over the
grocery chain's failure to use discount card membership information to notify
consumers of recalls, saying they were never harmed by the recalled food.
Google, Amazon, Samsung Dodge TM Suit Over Soccer Apps
A California federal judge on Monday tossed a trademark infringement suit
brought by a soccer event organizer who claimed Google, Amazon and
Samsung offered a third partys Free Kick Master apps that infringed its
marks, saying the organizer didn't prove the companies intentionally caused
any third-party infringement.
Upload Site Harbors IP Infringers, Porn Co. Tells 9th Circ.

A distributor of sexually explicit films argued before the Ninth Circuit on
Monday that a porn site to which users upload videos doesnt deserve liability
COMPANIES
Aaron's Inc.
Allstate Corporation
Amazon.com Inc.
American International Group Inc.
Apple Inc.
AutoZone, Inc
Avaya Inc.
BP p.l.c.
BTI Consulting Group Inc.
Bayer AG
Best Buy Co.
Center for Science in the Public
Interest
Chevron Corporation
Chrysler Group
Circuit City Stores Inc.
Dell Inc.
Ford Motor Company
Google Inc.
Hitachi Ltd.
Home Box Office Inc.
Home Depot, Inc.
Insurance Australia
Jack In The Box Inc.
Johnson & Johnson
Juniper Networks
LG Electronics Inc.
Liberty Mutual
McKesson Corporation
Microsemi Corporation
Mitsubishi Electric Corp.
Morgan Stanley
NASDAQ OMX Group Inc.
NBCUniversal Inc.
National Association of State
Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Newegg Inc.
PG&E Corporation
PMC-Sierra Inc.
PPG Industries Inc.
Philips Electronics
Porsche
protection from intellectual property infringement claims because it turns a

blind eye to users that upload copyrighted content.
Cochran Firm LA Wants 'Sham' Trademark Suit Thrown Out

A former partner of famed defense attorney Johnnie Cochran urged a
California federal court Friday to put an end to a trademark row over the
famous attorneys moniker, saying The Cochran Firm PCs suit is an
implausible sham filed solely to oppress a competitor.
EMPLOYMENT
High Court Asked To Settle Circuit Split On OT Pay
The U.S. Supreme Court should settle a circuit split over whether the Federal
Labor Standards Act exempts workers at car dealerships who talk with
customers about the work to be done on their vehicles from receiving
overtime pay, a California dealership has argued.
Calif. Court Revives Cert. Bid For Nurses In Meal, OT Action

A California state appeals court Friday revived a class certification bid by
nurses alleging meal, rest break and overtime violations at two Los Angelesarea psychiatric hospitals, saying the lower court judge used flawed reasoning
for denying certification and remanding the case.
Liberty Saved $50M By Ripping Off Retirees, 9th Circ. Told

Liberty Mutual Insurance saved $50 million by tricking about 1,100 workers
into thinking they would get retirement benefits based on years of service to a
company Liberty later acquired, their attorney told the Ninth Circuit on
Monday, saying a district judge erred in throwing out their certified class
action.
Home Depot Supplier's $5M FLSA Deal Gets Initial OK

A California federal judge preliminarily approved a $5 million settlement
Friday between home construction materials manufacturer PPG and a
proposed subclass of former employees who developed business with Home
Depot, in a suit alleging state-law and Fair Labor Standards Act violations.

High Court Again Tosses Ex-McKesson Chairmans Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed former McKesson Corp.
Chairman Charles McCalls attempt to overturn his securities fraud conviction
after he argued his original trial attorneys were ineffective, after denying a
similar appeal in 2012.
COMPETITION
Dell Strikes Deal With Mitsubishi In CRT Price-Fixing MDL
Dell Inc. has agreed to drop its claims against Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and
various related entities in multidistrict litigation alleging they were part of a
conspiracy to fix the prices of cathode ray tubes in televisions, according to a
filing Friday in California federal court.
DEALS
Microsemi Challenges Skyworks' PMC Buy With $2.4B Bid
California-based Microsemi Corp. made a $2.4 billion play for fellow
chipmaker PMC-Sierra Inc. on Monday, posing a threat to Skyworks
Solutions planned $2 billion acquisition of PMC, which was announced this
month.
Thales Bulking Up Data Protection With $400M Purchase

French technology and defense giant Thales said Monday that it would be
spending $400 million to pick up Vormetric, a California-based company
SSM Health
Safeco
Safeway Inc.
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Sears Holdings Corporation
Sharp Corp.
Sierra Club
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
Starbucks Corporation
State Farm
Target Corporation
The Coca-Cola Company
Toshiba
Twitter Inc.
Universal Studios Inc.
Volkswagen
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Bureau of Land Management
California Department of
Transportation
Department of Agriculture
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Labor
Drug Enforcement Administration
Federal Communications
Commission
Administration
National Transportation Safety
Board
Commission
U.S. Attorney's Office
U.S. Secret Service
U.S. Supreme Court
Thales referred to as a leader in data protection and a boon for its

cybersecurity unit.
JOBS Act Opens Door For Craft Brewer's $172.5M IPO

A fast-growing California craft brewer served up papers on Monday for a
$172.5 million initial public offering guided by Latham & Watkins LLP, taking
advantage of a JOBS Act provision that makes it easier for smaller
companies to go public.
IMMIGRATION
9th Circ. Rules BIA's 'Crime Of Violence' Standard Vague
The Ninth Circuit on Monday ruled that, after a recent U.S. Supreme Court
ruling, the federal test for a crime of violence is unconstitutionally vague,
reversing a Board of Immigrant Appeals ruling that a citizen of the Philippines
can be deported after committing felony burglary.
Bulgarian Gypsy Asks High Court To Overturn Asylum Denial

A gypsy who fled alleged harassment and beatings by Bulgarian police has
asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review his bid for asylum, claiming his
application was denied based on uncorroborated and anonymous evidence.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Ford Blasts Dealer's Trade Restraint Claims In Shipping Row
Ford asked a California federal court on Friday to rule that a wholesale car
dealer is in breach of a sales contract and owes the automaker over
$800,000 in damages for shipping cars to China in bulk, saying the sellers
argument of undue restraint on trade is wholly unsupported.
EXPERT ANALYSIS
Thoughts On Calif. Drought And Its Impact On Energy
One would hope that California's initial efforts at combating the state's fouryear drought reflect a permanent shift in managing increasingly scarce water
resources and an understanding of the drought's implications for the energy
sector. But we must realistically assume that the impact of state policies to
combat the drought will, even if productive, lag this year or even throughout
the next, say David Huard and Lilly McKenna of Manatt Phelps & Phillips
LLP.
Ascertainability Relaxed: The New Wave Of Rulings

When ascertainability emerged as a new hurdle for plaintiffs attorneys
regarding class certification after the Third Circuit's Carrera v. Bayer Corp.
ruling, courts initially took a strict stance in their analysis. However, the tide is
turning and the barrier that Carreras standard presented for establishing
class certification is now eroding at state and federal courts, say attorneys at
Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP.
LEGAL INDUSTRY
Dewey Criminal Trial Ends In Jury Deadlock
The blockbuster Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP fraud case ended largely in a mistrial
Monday after jurors deadlocked on most charges against the firm's former
leaders and acquitted them of falsifying books and records, delivering a blow
to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance.
Most Dewey Jurors Wanted To Acquit Davis, DiCarmine

Jurorsin the criminal trial of three former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP executives
said Monday after a mistrial wasdeclared that most of them were willing to
acquit Chairman Steven Davis and Executive Director Stephen DiCarmine,
while about half were pushing to convict Chief Financial Officer Joel Sanders.
Down But Not Out, Dewey Prosecutor Expected To Retry Case

Following the mistrial in the fraud case against the former top executives of
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP,prosecutors wasted no time in saying they were
considering a retrial, and experts predict the Manhattan District Attorney's
office will regroup and try the case again.
VIDEO: Dewey Defense Attys React To Mistrial

After a 76-day trial and three weeks of deliberations that ended largely in a
deadlock, attorneys for former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP executives Steven
Davis and Stephen DiCarmine told Law360 on Monday they were
disappointed the jury didn't deliver a "clean sweep" and criticized Manhattan
District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. for trying an "absolutely inappropriate"
criminal case.
How The Dewey Execs Slipped The DA's Grasp

The mistrial of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's former executives on Monday was the
product of a meticulous and sustained effort by defense attorneys to poke
holes in the narrative of a vast accounting fraud conspiracy orchestrated at
the highest levels of firm management.
The Top 10 Moments Of The Dewey Criminal Trial

With jurors throwing in the towel Monday in the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
accounting fraud case, Law360 looks back at the top 10 moments of the
blockbuster trial.
How The Dewey Trial Became A BigLaw Obsession

Lawyers are no strangers to watching white collar cases unfold, but this
summer, they were captivated by something unprecedented three
executives of a BigLaw firm on trial for grand larceny and fraud allegedly
committed as they drove their once-venerated firm into the ground.
Dentons Reduces Staff After McKenna Merger

Global legal giant Dentons LLP has downsized some administrative positions
in the U.S. following its July merger with McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, the
firm confirmed Monday.
What GCs Can Learn From Award-Winning Cost-Cutting Plans

There's no one-size solution for soaring legal costs and runaway budgets, but
for the legal team leaders who have used ingenuity and hard work to deliver
welcome changes to their organizations, there are a few simple takeaways
from their success stories.
How 2 GCs Overcame Skeptics To Overhaul Their Legal Depts.

General counsels serve only one client which also happens to be their
employer so when that client is giving them a red light, it can be hard to
proceed with even surefire wins.
GCs Critical To Handling Modern Scandals

Voracious media coverage of corporate scandals and federal investigators
new focus on individual executives is raising the bar for in-house lawyers to
guide public messaging amid an unfolding crisis, a panel of general counsels
said Monday.
Senior NJ Federal Judge Dies After 23 Years On Bench

Senior U.S. District Judge Joseph E. Irenas, a former McCarter & English LLP
attorney known for tackling complex cases with humor and dedication and
later in life, in the face of illness has died at age 75 after 23 years on the
bench.
The Dewey Criminal Trial From Start To End

The closely watched case over the collapse of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP ended
in a jury deadlock and mistrial. But over the course of nearly five months of
testimony and drawn-out deliberations, the trial laid bare the dirty laundry of a
BigLaw firm in turmoil and Law360 covered the saga every step of the
way.
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MAYOR LIBBY SCHAAF & UBER ANNOUNCE HEADQUARTERS EXPANSION TO OAKLAND
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 1:52:42 PM
News from: Office of the Mayor

Libby Schaaf

September 23, 2015
MAYOR LIBBY SCHAAF & UBER

ANNOUNCE HEADQUARTERS
EXPANSION TO OAKLAND
Media Contact:
Erica Terry Derryck
(510) 238-7072
ederryck@oaklandnet.com
OAKLAND, CA Today, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and

Ubers Global Head of People and Places Renee Atwood
gathered to announce the expansion of Ubers greater
Bay Area headquarters to include Oakland.
Uber has purchased Uptown Station to house over 2,000

new employees who will work out of office building on the
corner of 20th Street and Broadway above the 19th Street
BART station in Oaklands Uptown neighborhood.
Uber is an innovative and game-changing company and

its move to Oakland is a game changer for our Uptown
solidifying that areas status as the hottest new urban
center for innovation, said Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf.
Uber was attracted to Oakland because of its unique
qualities and progressive values and we look forward to
partnering with them to preserve that Oakland magic.
Were thrilled that Uber has discovered what Oakland has
always been about and is coming here to share in and
help maintain that special character.
As we continue to build our teams across the hundreds of

cities where we operate, the Bay Area remains our
original home, said Renee Atwood, Uber Global Head of
People & Places. We are excited to deepen our roots
across the Bay by investing in the revitalization of historic
downtown Oakland and to become a permanent part of
the fabric of the East Bay community by adding
thousands of jobs at our Oakland site.
Also participating in the announcement were City Council

President Lynette Gibson-McElhaney who represents
Oaklands District 3 where the new Oakland Uber
headquarters will be located and Scott L. Smithers,
managing principal of Lane Partners, which sold the
building to Uber and is partnering with Uber on the
renovation of the site slated for completion in 2017.
This is just the beginning of Oaklands relationship with
Uber. Part One is Uber moving into Oakland, said

Oakland City Council President Lynette Gibson-McElhaney.
Part Two is Uber letting Oakland our people and our
values, customs and traditions - into Uber.
ABOUT UPTOWN STATION 1955 Broadway
Uptown Station is a seven story building, with
330,000 square feet of office space and 50,000
square feet of dedicated retail space open to
pedestrian traffic on the ground floor located at
1955 Broadway in Oakland.
The revitalization efforts will focus on opening up the
long-closed windows and bringing the entire site to
life as an work and retail center for downtown
Oakland
The Street level of the building will primarily be
dedicated to retail.
This expansion is in addition to Ubers plans to build
a 423,000 square feet headquarter campus in San
Franciscos Mission Bay. The two buildings are at
1455 Third Street (11 stories) and 1515 Third Street
(six stories)
Uber projects 2,000- 3,000 new employees
representing the companys many departments will
be part of this corporate office.
ABOUT UPTOWN & DOWNTOWN OAKLAND

Oaklands Uptown neighborhood is bounded by
Grand Avenue to the north, 14th Street (to Jefferson
Street) and 17th Street (to Telegraph Street) to the
south, the I-980 freeway to the west and Telegraph
Avenue to the east
The neighborhood has experienced significant
revitalization over the last 15 years, transforming
into the Bay Area's premier arts and entertainment
district.
The neighborhood was officially designated as the
"Arts and Entertainment District" by the City of
Oakland in 2009.
Uptown is home to more than 30 art galleries and
performance venues including the Fox Theater, the
Art Decoinspired Paramount Theater, the New
Parkway Theater and the New Parish.
Over the last 15 years, wore than 8,000 residents
have moved to downtown Oakland and nearly 5,000
housing units have been built.
There more than 400 housing units under
construction within five blocks of the project. There

are more than 1500 residential units in the
development pipeline within 8 blocks of the site.
Transit options are plentiful and include two
downtown Oakland Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
stations, numerous AC Transit bus lines, free
weekday shuttles, Greyhound bus stops, and close
proximity to all of the major freeways.
Major private-sector companies in the area include
Pandora, Kaiser and Clorox. A wave of new small
tech companies and creative firms are moving into
the area including VSCO, Fluid, 99designs, and
EVB as well as co-working spaces like ImpactHUB
Oakland and Oakstop.
Mayor Schaafs vision for Oakland is a city where

everyone is safe, healthy and prosperous, and our
children have the skills and hope to fulfill their dreams.
Along with education, she has four priority areas to
achieve this vision: holistic public safety; equitable jobs
and housing, vibrant sustainable infrastructure and
trustworthy responsive government.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: MAYOR LIBBY SCHAAF TO MAKE MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT OAKLAND DEVELOPMENT
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 8:19:39 AM
News from: Office of the Mayor

Libby Schaaf
MEDIA ADVISORY
September 23, 2015
MAYOR LIBBY SCHAAF & UBER

ANNOUNCES HEADQUARTERS
EXPANSION TO OAKLAND
Media Contact:
Erica Terry Derryck
(510) 238-7072
ederryck@oaklandnet.com
OAKLAND, CA Today, Uber will join Oakland Mayor

Libby Schaaf, City Council President Lynette GibsonMcElhaney and other city officials, to announce an
expansion of its Greater Bay Area Headquarters
across the Bay to include Oakland.
Uber has purchased the historic Uptown Station

building, investing in the revitalization of the citys
center.
WHO: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf
Ubers Global Head of People and Places Renee
Atwood
Oakland City Council President Lynette Gibson
McElhaney
Managing Principal of Lane Partners Scott L. Smithers
WHAT: Announce the expansion of Ubers Bay Area
Headquarters to Oakland
WHEN: Wednesday, September 23, 2015, 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: Oakland City Hall
1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612
Hearing Room 4 (2nd Floor near City Clerks Office)
Reply via email by 10am if you would like City Hall

Security to monitor any news vehicles parked on 14th
St. near the plaza during this event. Please note: Only
one security officer will be available to monitor all
vehicles who request.
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more affordable digs, one city in particular has reaped the benefits: Oakland. Read Full
Story
San Ramon-based Meridian Acquires 19,202 SF Medical Office Building in Oakland,
California (The Registry SF)
Meridian, a full service real estate developer and owner of medical real estate, is pleased
to announce that it has closed escrow on the purchase of a 19,202-square-foot medical
office building located in Alameda County at 380 W. MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland,
California. Read Full Story
Oakland Police Department Receives Grant for Traffic Safety (KRON 4)
The Oakland Police Department has received a $290,000 grant to jump start a program
aimed at preventing traffic-related deaths and injuries throughout the city. Read Full Story
Oakland's Culture Clash (East Bay Express)
But many newcomers to The Town, perhaps drawn here by housing that is much cheaper
than it is in San Francisco (although it's very expensive here and getting worse), seem to
be unaware of Oakland's secret sauce, or they desperately want to change Oakland so
that it's more like Anywhere, USA. Read Full Story
Flavors of Oakland Weaves Local Culinary Narrative (Berkeleyside)
Flavors of Oakland is a narrative cookbook that tells the story of 20 local cooks, each
representing a different ethnicity and neighborhood in Oakland. The cookbook includes
recipes for dishes from Sri Lankan crab curry to Tibetan blue-cheese soup, and the cooks
profiled range in age from teenagers to grandmothers. Read Full Story
Industry News
Traditional Suppliers and Upstarts Enter Frenemy Territory (Travel Weekly)
As peer-to-peer accommodations and transportation providers -- e.g. Airbnb and Uber -steadily edge their way into the mainstream of a travel industry long dominated by hotels
and taxicabs, many of those more traditional businesses appear to be taking that advice
to heart. Read Full Story
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The Golden State Warriors lost to the Los Angeles Clippers in last nights preseason
game, 130-95. The Warriors play the Los Angeles Lakers in their last preseason game
tomorrow at 7PM in Anaheim.
Win or Lose, the Key to the Raiders Identity is Found in the Parking Lot (Oakland
Magazine)
For die-hard Raider fans, Game Day actually begins on Wednesday or so. First, theres
the marinating of the steaks. Then theres the preparation of silver face paint and glue
spray. And then the mixing of the margarita vats. And finally, the menu coordination with
friends and family that would impress even the most seasoned NFL line coach. Read Full
Story
Oakland News
The 50 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the East Bay (San Francisco Business
Times)
Oakland and Berkeley companies had an especially good year five Oakland
businesses and four Berkeley firms made this year's top 25. Read Full Story
Michelin 2016 Stars for San Francisco Bay Area: Manresa elevated to three stars,
Commis and Campton Place to Two (SF Gate)
Commis in Oakland, where Kinch acolyte James Syhabout cooks precise California
cuisine, was elevated to two stars. Read Full Story
Marshawn Lynch unveils 'Beast Mode' Frappuccino at Starbucks (SF Gate)

Marshawn Lynch recently went into the Starbucks test kitchen, mixed a bunch of things in
a cup and called it 'Beast Mode' The drink goes on sale Oct. 22 at participating
Starbucks in Washington state and Oakland. Read Full Story
Industry News
6 Charts That Show Business Travelers Prefer Uber During Trips (Skift)
Rental cars have felt some of the burn during Ubers rise but this data show they still have
a foot in the game if they can create smarter marketing tactics and make doing business
with them simpler for business travelers. Read Full Story
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The Golden State Warriors play the New Orleans Pelicans tonight at Oracle Arena. This
is the Warriors first game of the regular 2015-16 NBA season.
Oakland News
Low Ranks for Oakland, S.F. on Halloween Celebrations (SF Gate)
Includes quote by Visit Oaklands Kim Bardakian Oakland is ranked nearly dead last
among a finance tools list of Americas best and worst cities to celebrate Halloween, as
data crunchers concluded nighttime festivities in the East Bay city were a bit too spooky
for even the scariest holiday. Read Full Story
Loser of 2016 NBA opener: Oakland, Which Wont Be Shown (San Francisco
Chronicle)
The Warriors spent part of the offseason complaining that they werent getting respect for
winning the NBA championship. The city of Oakland should start complaining, too. Read
Full Story (subscription)
Oakland Pioneer Doubles Residential Pipeline with Three New Projects (San
Madison Park Financial Corp., developer of Oakland's only market-rate housing project in
2014, is planning to build three additional projects with a combined budget of $88 million.
Read Full Story
Market Map: 4 Trends In Oakland Real Estate Deals (Law 360)
Oakland, California's already bubbly real estate market recently got an extra boost from
Uber's $123 million decision to plant stakes there the latest investment to drop into the
market as property players face economic and regulatory headwinds in nearby San
Francisco. Read Full Story (subscription)
Yes, Lacrosse in Oakland (San Jose Mercury News)
Lacrosse is a popular sport in suburban public schools, elite college prep academies and
in the Ivy League. It's also one of the fastest growing sports around the country. But in the
inner city where most kids involved in sports play football, basketball, baseball or run
track, a lot of people have never heard of it. Read Full Story
Eat Where Bourdain Ate in Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose (San Jose Mercury
News)
Next came the East Bay -- though viewers were led to believe they were still in S.F. -- for
a Polynesian nosh at the legendary Trader Vic's in Emeryville. At Caribbean and soulfood specialist Miss Ollie's in Oakland, he ate fried chicken and greens. The creative meal
he had at the Juhu Beach Club in Oakland is now being offered to the public as a special
menu through year's end Read Full Story
Industry News
Airbnb Beta Tests Booking Trips in San Francisco (San Francisco Business
Journals)Vacation rental platform Airbnb has launched a new feature in San Francisco
that let's users have the service book their entire trip, including the chance to be shown
around by locals. Read Full Story
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The Golden State Warriors defeated the New Orleans Pelicans yesterday, 111-95. The
Warriors play the Houston Rockets at 6:30PM on Friday in Houston.
Oakland News
Black Panther-Inspired Urban Farming (Al Jazeera)
Visit Oakland helped on this story. Welcome to West Oakland Farms, where former Black
Panther Elaine Brown is helping ex-cons by giving them ownership in an urban farm.
From video journalist David Zlutnick in Oakland, California. Watch Video
Uber to Pay Oakland Around $1 Million for Affordable Housing (San Francisco
Business Times)
Uber Technologies Inc. will pay Oakland around $1 million for affordable housing as part
of its conversion of the city's former Sears Building into office space. Read Full Story
Oaklands Sweeping Plan for Parking (East Bay Express)
The mayor's office wants to implement a progressive pricing strategy in the city's
commercial districts and if successful, it could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
boost businesses. Read Full Story
Food Rescue Group Aims to Start Community Kitchen, Do Much More Than Just
Feed Those In Need (FoodTank)
In the United States, almost half of all food is wasted and one in six people are food
insecure. At the same time, there are amazing food rescue organizations popping up all
over the U.S. to recover extra (would-be wasted) food for those in need. And while most
food rescue organizations focus on feeding those in need, Food Shift, out of Oakland,
California aims to change the game. Read Full Story
Industry News
TripAdvisor CEO on What Instant Booking Means to Its Future (Skift)
From hotel reviews, to pop-up advertising, metasearch, restaurants and now hotel
bookings, TripAdvisor has gone through many incarnations. CEO Stephen Kaufer has
driven many of the changes and plans to be around for quite some time longer to seize
on a huge opportunity ahead. Read Full Story
6 Charts Showing U.S. Travelers 2015 Holiday Season Hotel and Airline Bookings
Trends (Skift)
Just as U.S. travelers expect deals at retail stores during the holiday season, the same is
true for airlines and hotels with travelers waiting for bargains until a couple days or weeks
before departure or check-in. Read Full Story
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The Oakland Raiders (2-3) lost to the Denver Broncos yesterday, 16-10. The Raiders
play the San Diego Chargers next on October 25 in San Diego.
The Golden State Warriors play the Denver Nuggets in a preseason game tomorrow in
Oakland at 7:30PM.
Oakland News
Ubers Move to Oakland Will Test an Economy in Overdrive (Wired)
San Francisco is losing its luster. Skyrocketing real estate prices have already driven out
much of the citys fabled bohemian culture, except for the version co-opted by Burning
Man techies. Now, those same techies are themselves looking elsewhere. Read Full
Story
NewCo conference comes to Oakland for First Time (San Jose Mercury News)
NewCo, a conference highlighting mission-driven companies and organizations, is
including Oakland for the first time, dedicating a whole day of what has in previous years
been a San Francisco-only event. Read Full Story
With $115 Million Sale, Strada Group is Latest to Cash in on Oakland Boom (San
San Francisco-based Strada is selling 505 14th St. and 1300 Clay St., two office buildings
near the 12th Street BART station, to Rubicon Point Partners, another San Francisco
firm, and its financial partner Canyon Capital Advisors, said three sources. 505 14th St. is
172,000 square feet and 1300 Clay St. is 195,000 square feet, so the price comes out to
the low $300s per square foot. Read Full Story
Industry News
Visit St. Petersburg/Clearwater Goes All in on Virtual Reality Videos (Skift)
Virtual realitys potential to turn traditional travel video into a three-dimensional experience
that places travelers at the center of a destination was enough for Visit St.
Petersburg/Clearwater to buy its own equipment and produce its videos in-house. Read
Full Story
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Oakland Economy Now, Vol. 14 October
Friday, October 02, 2015 3:22:32 PM
NewCo, Uber, Stem Cells, Nordstrom's, Plan Downtown and Remembering Peter Van Kleef
Masthead Volume 14 October
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Meet 70+ of Oaklands Most Inspiring Companies

during NewCo Oakland
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Want to get inside Back to the Roots, Pilotly, Cutting Edge
Zoning & Permit Information
Capital or the Kapor Center for Social Impact? Thursday,

October 8th is NewCo Oakland day, and over 70 Oakland
businesses are opening their doors for a citywide business
festival. We encourage you to take this opportunity to get to
know some of the most exciting and innovative companies in
Oakland. As part of NewCo Oakland, we are also opening City
Hall for a one-hour Civic Innovation Open House at 1:30 PM,
showcasing the Digital Front Door, Speak Up Oakland, the
Startup in Residency program, West Oakland Works, Civic
Design Lab, and other projects. Come and check us out!
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Dashboard
Minimum Wage &
Employment Laws
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UPCOMING EVENTS
First Friday Art Murmur
Oct 2 @ Uptown
Getting to Know:
International Boulevard
Oct 7@ SPUR
Uber Invests in Downtown Oakland

On Wednesday, September 23rd Mayor Libby Schaaf
announced an expansion of Ubers headquarters to the
historicUptown Station building, theformer site of Sears and
Capwells Department Store. Uber expects to occupy the upper
floors of the building by 2017; the ground floor will be home to
ACSBDC: Search Engine

Optimization
Oct 7 @ City Hall HR 2
NewCo Oakland
Oct 8 @ multiple locations
U-Lab
Oct 8 @ Impact Hub
Newberry Market, a locally developed grocery and food

emporium. Currently, one in five Uber office employees lives in
Oakland and the company counts nearly 3,000 Oakland
residents as drivers. For more information, please contact
Director of Economic and Workforce Development Mark
Sawicki.
UPTOWN STATION
Plan Downtown: Hands-on

Design Workshop
Oct 19 @ 1544 Broadway
Meet Oakland's City
Administrator
Oct 23 @ Metropolitan
Chamber
Plan Downtown: Work-inProgress Presentation
Oct 28 @ 1544 Broadway
NEW BUSINESS
HIGHLIGHTS
More Companies Moving to Oakland; Local

Businesses Expanding
Biotech innovator the California Institute for Regenerative

Medicinewill move to 1999 Harrison Street this month,
relocating from San Francisco. Joining them Downtown
areBrown & Toland Physicians, who will relocate their San
Francisco headquarters into the Clorox Building, and the
California Bank of Commerce, whoseexecutive team will move
to 1300 Clay Street. Meanwhile, Oakland businesses are also
expanding: technology and electronics manufacturer Digicom
Electronics, Inc. has doubled their East Oakland facility size,
adding even more advanced manufacturing equipment and
additional personnel.This new occupancy will bring Class A
vacancy in downtown Oakland to below 8%; meanwhile Class B
is less than 6%." said John Dolby of broker DTZ. "With just one
single block of space larger than 50k sf currently available,
Oakland will need to build new inventory to attract other large
tenants. The constrained office market may lead to new office
construction for the first time in seven years at two sites already
approved for development at 601 City Center and 1100
Broadway. For more information, please contact Economic
Development Manager Aliza Gallo.
Nordstrom's Rack Opening in West Oakland

On October 22, Nordstroms Rack will open a 38,000 square
foot store at the East Bay Bridge shopping center, currently
home to Target, Home Depot, Michaels and others. The
shopping center located at the intersection of highways 80
Brown & Toland

California Bank of
Commerce
Qulture Collective
Sensiba San Filippo
OAKLANDIN THE
NEWS
EXCLUSIVE: Oaklands
premier tech office
developer bets big on
housing
Sept 15 @ SF Business
Times
Sip and Swirl: Oakland
Urban Wine Trail Launches
Sept 30 @ Berkeleyside
A Night in Oakland's Jack
London Neighborhood
Sept 17 @ the Culture Trip
'East Side Sushi' opening in
SF Bay Area
Sept 15 @ SF Examiner
6 century-old Oakland
buildings getting new life
as offices
Sept 3 @ SF Business
Times
Oakland invites residents to
participate in Downtown
planning project
and 580, 40th and Hollis Streets straddles the border

between Oakland and Emeryville, and the two cities share sales
tax revenue from its tenants. For more information, please
contact Retail Specialist Keira Williams.
Hands-on Design Workshop and Open House for

Plan Downtown
Aug 30 @ NBC Bay Area

Fresh coworking spaces
bring peeps together in
Oakland
Aug 18@ 7x7
360 units proposed in rare
large East Oakland
housing project
Aug 17 @ SF Business
Times
The Citys Planning and Building Department has launched Plan

Downtown, a two-year planning process to develop a
community-driven vision for the future of Downtown. The project
team will host a week-long pop-up open house and design
charrette at 1544 Broadway, the future home of SPUR Oakland,
from October 20 to 27. Drop by anytime between 8 am and 8
pm.SPURs timely report, A Downtown for Everyone: Shaping
the Future of Downtown, documents the opportunities and
challenges facing Downtown today. For more details or to sign
up for project announcements, visit the project webpage and
save the dates for a hands-on design workshop on Monday,
October 19 and a work-in-progress presentation on
Wednesday, October 28. Both workshops are at 6 pm at 1544
Broadway.
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Quarterly Economic Dashboard Available

Did you know that unemployment in Oakland dropped to 5.7%
last quarter or that the citys revenues from hotels increased by
more than 50% last year? These and other figures are easy to
access in the Citys Quarterly Economic Dashboard. In addition
to Oakland Economy Now, subscribers can also receive the
Dashboard as a mobile-friendly infographic that includes
employment, revenue, real estate, building permit and
development data on a citywide scale. The City of Oakland is
continuing to pursue tools to help the public engage with and
keep track of the evolving Oakland economy. For feedback and
suggestions, please contact Economic Analyst Marisa Raya.
Quarterly Economic Dashboard
New Movie "Eastside Sushi," set in Oakland, tells a

Small Business Story
New movie release Eastside Sushitells the story of Juana, a
Latina chef trying to break into the sushi industry. The story of
this cross-cultural entrepreneur was filmed in Oakland and
features scenes shot in Fruitvale, Lake Merritt, and other local
spots. Eastside Sushihas won over a dozen festival awards
andis currently screening at the Grand Lake Theater.
In Memoriam: Peter Van Kleef

The City of Oakland remembered Peter Van Kleef, owner of the
Uptown bar Caf Van Kleef, who passed away on September
8. The area in front of the bar between 16th and 17th Streets on
Telegraph Avenue closed to traffic for his memorial service on
September 12, as family, friends and Oaklanders gathered to
remember the man that they believe helped foster a new era of
art and music in Oakland. Gil Duran, a friend of Van Kleefs and
the spokesperson for former Oakland mayor and Caf Van
Kleef regular Jerry Brown, said, A lot of people considered him
the godfather of Uptown because he was such a booster and
generous person, Duran said. He had faith in Oakland and he
always believed he was at the front end of a gold rush in this
city that nobody else knew about.
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Please join me today at 12:30pm in Hearing Room 4 for an important announcement
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 8:11:59 AM
Hello Colleagues,
I'd love for you to join me and Council President Gibson-McElhaney today for an important
announcement about Uber coming to Oakland. They have purchased Uptown Station (the former Sears
Building) for the expansion of their Bay Area headquarters. This is a tremendous opportunity for
Oakland. I hope you will all support Uber in achieving our shared goals around good corporate
citizenship. I'll be working with them to find ways to collectively fight displacement, support our existing
local economy and achieve equity with regard to jobs, housing and wages.
We'll be gathering in hearing room 4 at 12:30pm today (Sept. 23). I look forward to seeing you there.
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Progress on Affordable Housing
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 2:18:52 PM
JULY 2015 NEWS
SF Affordable Housing Bond Campaign Launches

This November, San Francisco voters will have the chance
to pass a $310 million bond for affordable housing a key
part of the broader $2.7 billion plan for funding affordable
housing in San Francisco over the next 20 years. While the
last two affordable housing bonds failed to get the needed
two-thirds vote, we are very optimistic we can pass the
measure this time. SPURs executive director, Gabriel
Metcalf, is co-chairing the campaign, along with Gail Gilman of Community
Housing Partnershipand Eric Tao of AGI Capital. We hope this campaign will be
a core focus of everyone who believes in the need to add housing supply at all
levels in San Francisco.
Supreme Court to Cities: Put Affordable Housing

Where the Opportunity Is
Amid celebrations of the U.S. Supreme Courts recent decisions
on same-sex marriage and the Affordable Care Act, a third
important ruling was largely overlooked one that could have a
profound impact on where affordable housing is built: inner-city
neighborhoods or the suburbs. Given new research on the
impact that neighborhoods have on life outcomes, the
ramificationscould be profound.
Read more on the SPUR blog >>
Finding Solutions to Affordable Housing in Oakland

Oakland is experiencing some of the most severe housing
pressure in the region. Home prices have gone upnearly
20 percent since last July, and rents are among the
fastestrising in the country. But the city is not yet
experiencing a construction boom to create new housing,
which puts pressure on existing supply.Meanwhile, funding
for affordable housing is limited. What should the city do to
address the housing crisis? SPUR is proud to participate in Oaklands new Housing
Brain Trust, one of several efforts Mayor Schaaf has initiated to create short-term and
long-term solutions to tackle this critical issue. Have an idea that you think could help
address the housing crisis? Email Senior Policy Advisor Sarah Karlinsky at
skarlinsky@spur.org
SPURs Oakland Office Coming This Fall!

We are excited to announce that weve signed a lease for a large
event/office space on Broadway in downtown Oakland. It will
serve as the home base for our Oakland events and exhibitions,
the office of SPUR staff working on Oakland projects and a
resource for partner organizations in the community. Our goal is
to create a central gathering place in Oakland for conversation
around the most important urban issues. Stay tuned for more
details.
Subscribe to our Oakland Update newsletter >>
Knowing Your Way in Downtown San Jose

Our report The Future of Downtown San Jose suggested
that the city can bring more people and activity downtown
by investing in clearer signage, more real-time information
and better wayfinding. With support from the Knight
Foundation, the city is now taking big steps to make that
happen.In partnership with Walk [Your City] and City ID, San
Jose is working on a permanent wayfinding system for
downtown. From July 15 through 17, SPUR hosted City ID for a series of walk audits
that focused on understanding user needs.
Stay informed: subscribe to our San Jose Urban Update newsletter >>
Wanted: Your Design Ideas to Beat the Drought

California is in the midst of a severe and unprecedented water
crisis, and the stakes couldnt be higher: Not only is it the most
populous state in country, it is by far the largest agricultural
producer. Archinects new design competition, Dry Futures,
seeks imaginative, pragmatic, idealist or even dystopic design
proposals for the future of Californias drought. SPUR is proud
to sponsor the competition, which is divided into two categories:
one for speculative projects and one for pragmatic responses. Submissions are open
until September 1.
Learn more or submit a proposal >>
Save the Date for Silver SPUR: November 19

Save the date for the 2015 Silver SPUR Awards Luncheon
onThursday, November 19. Join us in honoring Carol
Galante,Harlan Kelly, Jr., Jim Lazarus and Leah
Shahum.Stay tuned for details atspur.org!
Watch NYTs Cities for Tomorrow Conference

Last week, urban experts gathered in NYC forThe New York
Times annual Cities forTomorrow conference. Among the
highlights: Ubers David Plouffe went head to head with
Janette Sadik-Kahn on the future of transportation. Fred Wilson
declared that tech companies should look to locate themselves
outside of San Francisco and New York. HUD Secretary Julian
Castro talked housing policy with theTimes architecture critic
Michael Kimmelman. And SPUR Editorial Director Allison Arieff asked Felicia Marcus
of the California State Water Resources Control Board where our states water will
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Luby, Oliver
Orologas, Alexandra; Bolotina, Olga
RE: Airbnb/Uber Info Report Wednesday, June 04, 2014 9:27:00 PM
Thanks, Alex. I believe Olga left you a voice message about possible scheduling for Friday. I emailed
Margaret a heads up. Talk soon.
From: Orologas, Alexandra

Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 6:09 PM
To: Bolotina, Olga; Luby, Oliver
Subject: Airbnb/Uber Info Report -
Hi Olga and Oliver,
Is there a way that Margaret OBrien can meet with CM Kalb this week regarding the Airbnb/Uber
Info Report that he requested for FMC? The report prints this week and she would like the
opportunity to have a conversation with the Councilmember prior to its printing. We completely
understand it has been a very busy week.
Let me know when you get the chance.
Thank you,
Alex
Alexandra Orologas
Assistant to the City Administrator
City of Oakland
1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 3rd Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: (510) 238-6587
Email: aorologas@oaklandnet.com
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Kalb, Dan
Re: online, third-party private accommodations and ride-sharing services -- for Finance Committee
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 7:43:13 AM
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short and sweet...
--- --- --Councilmember Kalb thanks staff for doing the research necessary to prepare this report. He asked
for this report in the hopes that we can continue to support innovation in ways that help consumers
while (a) ensuring FAIR competition, and (b) making sure that the city is not being short-changed
when it comes to reasonable and consistent revenue mechanisms.
CM Kalb does not want to stop services such as VRBO, Air BnB, Lyft, Uber and Sidecar from
operating in Oakland; however, in the interests of fairness, he believes that these businesses should
be paying equivalent fees and taxes as the traditional accommodations and taxi services are paying.
Hopefully, this report will spur action on our part to craft ordinances that enhance fair competition
while ensuring that the city is not short-changed in the process. Thank you.
--- --- ---
-Dan Kalb
City Councilmember, District One
Oakland, CA
510-238-7001
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Staples Center Felt "Entitled To One Free Death," Jury Told
Friday, October 23, 2015 12:41:18 AM
CALIFORNIA
Friday, October 23, 2015
TOP NEWS
Staples Center Felt 'Entitled To One Free Death,' Jury Told
LAW FIRMS
Aitken Aitken
Alston & Bird
The owners of the Staples Center knew the walls of a luxury suite were
dangerous before a boys fatal 2010 fall but did nothing because no one had
yet fallen, counsel for the boys family told a California jury Monday during
opening statements in the AEG subsidiarys trial.
Ashby & Geddes

Baker & McKenzie
Barg Coffin
Barrett Law Group
Court Tentatively Lets MillerCoors Out Of 'Craft' Beer Suit
Baute Crochetiere
Bryan Cave
Buchalter Nemer
Butler Snow
A California federal judge on Wednesday tentatively dismissed a beer lovers

proposed class action accusing MillerCoors of deceptively touting its Blue
Moon beer as a craft beer but said he could still allege other facts besides
the beers name to support his claims.
Safeway Swaps Reed Smith For Sheppard Mullin In $30M Suit

Safeway Inc. on Wednesday booted Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
from a proposed class action accusing the company of overcharging
shoppers who purchased groceries online, bringing Reed Smith LLP to
handle the case after a California federal judge determined that the company
owes $30 million.
Uber Tells 9th Circ. Judge Was 'Hostile' To Arbitration

Uber on Thursday urged the Ninth Circuit to force drivers in two nationwide
putative class actions to arbitrate their claims over the ride-hailing service's
use of background checks, saying a lower court has shown "sheer hostility
toward arbitration" even though drivers signed valid, enforceable arbitration
agreements.
Comcast Slams $20B Racial Bias Suit As 'Publicity Stunt'

Comcast asked a California federal judge Wednesday to toss a $20 billion
lawsuit accusing the company of discriminating against black-owned media
companies, saying an updated complaint still contains no facts to support
wide-ranging conspiracy claims.
ANALYSIS
Quinn's Cosby Defense Will Win Clients Despite Controversy
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's decision to represent Bill Cosby in
two sexual abuse suits will help strengthen its brand and generate new
business for the firm, thanks to the copious publicity surrounding the
controversial claims, experts say.

DC Circ. Grills Truckers Over Challenge To Calif. Air Rule
A D.C. Circuit panel unleashed a barrage of questions Thursday at a trucker
group over whether it can bring a constitutional challenge to a California
pollution regulation without challenging Environmental Protection Agency
approval of the rule and prodding at whether the group should sue in state
court.
Carney Bates
Chimicles & Tikellis
Cleary Gottlieb
Cullen Law Firm
DLA Piper
Dewey & LeBoeuf
Drinker Biddle
Dykema
Farella Braun
Farrise Law
Fletcher Heald
Gibson Dunn
Godfrey & Kahn
Goldstein Borgen
Goodwin Procter
Greenberg Traurig
Greines Martin
Henry Spiegel
Hicks Thomas
Honigman Miller
Hunton & Williams
Irell & Manella
Jenner & Block
Kirkland & Ellis
Kramer Levin
Lavely & Singer
Lawyers' Committee for Civil
Rights
Lewis Brisbois
Miller Barondess
Mitchell Silberberg
Morrison & Foerster
INSURANCE
SAG Says Insurer Must Pay Fees In 'Leave It To Beaver' Suit
The Screen Actors Guild on Thursday urged the Ninth Circuit to revive claims
its insurer should cover attorneys' fees from a class action fight with a Leave
It To Beaver actor over foreign royalties, saying the Chubb Corp. units
refusal violates the plain language of their contract.
Empire Land Execs Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Coverage Bid

Several owners of bankrupt land developer Empire Land LLC urged the Ninth
Circuit on Thursday to revive their suit against National Union Fire Insurance
Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., over defense costs in a slew of suits by investors who
claim Empire principals looted the company.
Gov't Watchdog Gets ACA Subsidies For 10 Fake Applicants

The Government Accountability Office on Thursday announced that it was
able to successfully enroll 10 fake applicants in subsidized health insurance
programs or Medicaid through the federal, California and Kentucky
marketplaces created under the Affordable Care Act.
Morvillo Abramowitz
Orrick Herrington
Perkins Coie
Pillsbury Winthrop
Quinn Emanuel
Reed Smith
Ross Aronstam
Schneider Wallace
Seltzer Caplan
Seyfarth Shaw
Shepherd Finkelman
Sheppard Mullin
Skadden
Venable LLP
Wellman & Warren
WilmerHale
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Wilson Elser
Ford Focus Buyers Push 9th. Circ. To Revive Defect Suit
COMPANIES
3M Company
A proposed class of Ford Focus buyers urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday
to revive their suit claiming Ford Motor Co. sold sedans with a rear
suspension defect that caused potentially hazardous premature tire wear,
saying the lower court wrongly found their warranty didn't cover the defect.
Time Warner, Utility Shrink Payout For Crop Fire In Appeal

A California appeals court on Wednesday trimmed $500,000 from $1.8 million
in damages and nixed $1.6 million in attorneys' fees awarded to the owners
of a lavender field whose crop was destroyed when electrical transmission
cables owned by Time Warner and strung on poles owned by SoCal
Edison allegedly started a fire.

Welch, Consumers Seek To Pause Label Suit, Await 9th Circ.
American Express Company

American Federation of Television
and Radio Artists
Anschutz Entertainment Group
Inc.
Apple Inc.
BMC Software, Inc.
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.
CDC Corporation
Chubb Corporation
Comcast Corporation
Welch Foods and a putative class of shoppers who allege they were duped by
Welch's "all natural" jam and juice labeling agreed on Wednesday to put the
case on hold until the Ninth Circuit decides three cases with issues relevant
to the consumers' class certification bid.
ConAgra Foods, Inc.

Culp Inc.
Del Monte Foods Company
EMI Group Ltd.
Calif. Tolls Put Drivers At Risk For Identity Theft, Suit Says
Etsy Inc.
Federation Internationale de
Football Association
A major California toll operator exposed hundreds of thousands of drivers to

identity theft by disclosing too much of their credit card information on
receipts, violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act, according to a proposed
class action filed in California federal court Wednesday.
Venable DQ Bid Slammed In Tech Rivals' Trade Secrets Row
Almawave fought a bid to disqualify Venable LLP from representing the
artificial intelligence company and its CEO in a rival's trade secrets suit,
saying Wednesday a Venable partner was never privy to confidential
information when his old firm represented the rival in another case.
'Honey Badger' Video Creator Targets Kohl's In Latest IP Suit

The creator of the viral Honey Badger Dont Care Youtube video on
Wednesday filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Kohls in California
federal court, marking the latest salvo in his campaign against several
national retailers for their use of the phrase on merchandise.
Florida Bar Association

Ford Motor Company
Google Inc.
Health Net, Inc.
Hot Topic, Inc.
Johnson & Johnson
Kohls Corporation
MillerCoors LLC
NASDAQ OMX Group Inc.
Procter & Gamble Co.
RLI Corp
S.A.C. Capital Advisors LP
Safeway Inc.
SanDisk Corporation
EMPLOYMENT
Server Slams Restaurant Co. For 'Misery' At LA Hotel
A restaurant company that operated inside the W Hollywood Hotel subjected
its workers to atrocious wage-and-hour violations in pursuit of perfect
customer service, a former employee claimed Wednesday in a proposed
class action in California state court.

Ponzi Schemer Gets Lighter Sentence After 9th Circ. Win
A California federal judge has resentenced a Ponzi schemer to roughly 10
years in prison and ordered him to pay $8.9 million, after the Ninth Circuit
ruled that the judge had previously overreached in his use of sentencing
enhancements.
Etsy Investor Suit Over IPO Fraud Sent Back To State Court
A California federal judge on Wednesday handed a win to an Etsy
shareholder by remanding to state court a securities fraud suit over the
company's initial public offering, saying amendments to securities law
prohibited the removal of the suit to federal court in the first place.
TAX
Calif. Marijuana Co. Owes Tax Under Federal Trafficking Law
A medical marijuana dispensary in California owes more than $870,000 in
federal taxes after the U.S. Tax Court found Thursday that the business
activities constitute trafficking under the Internal Revenue Code, even though
they are legal in the state.
PEOPLE
Hunton & Williams Lands Enviro Litigator With DOJ, EPA Roots
Hunton & Williams LLP has snagged a new partner for its environmental
practice in San Francisco who boasts a collective nine years of experience
as a lawyer with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, the firm said Wednesday.
EXPERT ANALYSIS
Statistical Implications Of The California Fair Pay Act
An important statistical implication of the California Fair Pay Act is that skill,
effort, responsibility and working conditions plus possibly other bona fide
business necessity factors not related to gender together must explain a
company's entire pay differential between men and women, says Elaine
Reardon of Resolution Economics LLC.
LEGAL INDUSTRY
4 Things Arrogant Lawyers Say That Can Cost Them Business
Whether it's your general attitude or the fact that you're too often plugged into
your cellphone during meetings, it's possible that your arrogance be it
purposeful or unintended is losing you clients and hindering your ability to
rise to the top of the legal world. Here, Law360 looks at statements that can
cause your clients to flee.
#Law360ProTip: How To Stand Out As A Leader At Your Firm

The path isn't always clear for an attorney who wants to become a law firm
leader, and distinguishing yourself from the competition may be your first big
challenge. Here, Law360 turns to Twitter for some 140-character advice on
how to transition into a leadership role.
Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
Southern California Edison

Staples, Inc.
Target Corporation
Tesco PLC
Time Warner Cable
Toshiba
Twitter Inc.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Welch Foods Inc.
Western Digital Corporation
Wisconsin Alumni Research
Foundation
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Congressional Budget Office
Government Accountability Office
Administration
Commission
U.S. Supreme Court
Legal lions representing former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP leaders put enough
doubt in the minds of a New York jury to get a mistrial in a hard-fought case
over the firm's downfall. Our legal lambs this week include some Apple Inc.
lawyers from WilmerHale who failed to make a case that the company
shouldnt have to shell out hundreds of millions of dollars over a processor
patent.
Why GCs Should Look Beyond Arbitration

When it comes to business-friendly venues, judges say it's time for in-house
counsel to think beyond Delaware and arbitration and take a look at the
growing slate of state business courts that promise quicker resolutions and
corporate legal expertise.
Florida Bar Examiners Board Gets Say In Picking Members

The Florida Supreme Court gave its approval Thursday to shift The Florida
Bar governors' exclusive authority to nominate attorneys for vacancies on the
state's bar examiners board, to a new joint committee comprising current
members of each group.
JOBS
Bryan Cave LLP


Duane Morris LLP

Associate
Patent Agent
Popeo, P.C.
Popeo, P.C.

London Fischer LLP
Irvine, California

Litigation
Shaw Valenza LLP

McKool Smith, PC
Intellectual Property Litigation Associate

(2 to 4 years)
McKool Smith, PC

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Schaaf, Libby; Kalb, Dan; Guillen, Abel; McElhaney, Lynette; Campbell Washington, Annie; Gallo, Noel; Brooks,
Desley; Reid, Larry; Kaplan, Rebecca
Teamsters take on Silicon Valley
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 3:54:06 PM
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Dear Mayor and Councilmembers,

With high tech poised to enter Oakland, I thought you would appreciate this update on our
successful efforts to bring subcontracted workers in the high tech industry mostly workers
of color into the middle class through organizing a union and negotiating strong contracts.
Enjoy the recess!
Doug
Under the leadership of Joint Council 7 President Rome Aloise, the Teamsters are on the front
lines in the fight against income inequality in Silicon Valley.
I hope you saw the press yesterday as over 70 Teamsters and alliesblocked two Bauers IT
tech busesin San Franciscos Mission District. Bauers has built a company serving high tech
companies such as Cisco, Yahoo, and Twitter. And they shuttled mayors to Uber
headquarters during the recent US Conference of Mayors meeting in SF. The National Labor
Relations Board alleges that Bauers IT broke federal labor laws when it surveilled workers
and blocked them from talking to Teamster organizers. Shortly after, a company manager
allegedly created a fake union bycirculating a blank piece of paper and telling drivers to
sign it. Within the week, the drivers had a new contract that theyhadnt voted on or
even seen! This was detailed in a hard-hittingMother Jonespiece.
Teamsters and allies from the San Francisco Labor Council, San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council, Jobs
With Justice, and Working Partnerships USA block the buses
In March, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a unanimousresolution

calling on the San Francisco Municipal TransportationAgency to include alabor
harmony provision in their Commuter Shuttle Pilot Program. Such a policy would
protect the 800,000 riders who depend on daily MUNI transportation from labor
disputes like the one at Bauers yesterday from interfering with the regular bus
service. Yet MTA still hasnt acted.
The Bauers drivers want the same wages and benefits that 87 Apple drivers for Loop
Transportation won inMarchincluding average $9 hourly wage increases bringing them up to
$27.50/hour, fully paid family health care, up to five weeks of paid vacation, a pension and
more. These are mostly workers of color.
Loop Transportation drivers for Facebook vote on a historical union contract
Along those lines, this month over 160 Compass Transportation drivers for Apple,
Yahoo, eBay, Genentech, Amtrak, and Zyngavoted on a similar contract which is now
being reviewed by Compass the high tech clients. To date, eBay, Apple, and
Genentech have signed off on the increased costs to support good union jobs fortheir
contract employees.
Finally, this month approximately140 Google Express workers filedfor an election
with Teamsters Local 853. These warehouse workers process Google shopping
orders and work for a temporary agency called Adecco. On July 17th, Google head
of "People Relations" Lazslo Bock toldKQED radiothat, "Folks have a legal right to
organize without fear of retaliation. And thats a critical and important thing and we
respect that. I mean, there would not and will not be retaliation. Unfortunately, it
appears Adecco has brought in the notorious anti-union firm Jackson Lewis and one
leader in the union organizing effort was suspended. With an election pending at the
end of this month,please sign thepetitionto hold Google to its commitment.
All of this work is anchored by an innovative community-labor-faith coalition called
Silicon Valley Risingthat is fighting for a tech economy that works for everyone.
Together we are winning new protections for workers, tenants, and more. Click the
link and visit the web site to get involved in the campaign!
Doug Bloch
Teamsters Joint Council 7
Twitter:@TeamsterDoug
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Uber to lease space in Oakland"s landmark Sears building
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 7:34:10 PM
on Tue, Sep 22, 2015 7:30 pm, Susan DeVico wrote:
Jamila: fyi - Susan (510) 339-1527
Exclusive
September 22, 2015
Exclusive: Uber shakes up real estate market with massive

lease in Oakland's former Sears building
Uber Technologies Inc. will open a large office in Oakland, leasing a large swath of workspace in
the refurbished Sears building, according to a source with knowledge of the deal.
Read the full story
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Uber
Friday, September 25, 2015 11:21:33 AM
Dear Mr. Kalb,

My name is Kate Rhoades and I'm an Oaklander living in your district. I know the Uber
takeover of the Sears building is outside of our district, but we are sure to feel the
repercussions of this enormous change. I am writing to you to encourage you to put pressure
on Uber to take responsibility for its impact on our city. I think Oakland city government
should tax Uber and use that money to abate displacement and alleviate poverty in Oakland.
Many of my neighbors and I were shocked when we heard that Uber was moving here, as it is
one of the tech companies most resistant to regulation, and generally against what I think
Oakland's political legacy has been. Uber is resistant to their drivers unionizing, they have a
record of mistreating differently abled passengers, and has avoided paying taxes. Please take
the time before they get here to make an ironclad plan as to how this can benefit the
Oaklanders that don't have the luxury of a six figure salary from a multi-billion dollar tech
company.
Thank you for your time,
Kate Rhoades
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What If We Had One Rational, Easy-to-Use Transit System?
Monday, April 20, 2015 2:20:43 PM
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APRIL 2015 NEWS
New SPUR Report: Seamless Transit

Bay Area transit riders contend with more than two dozen
different operators. From divergent maps, schedules and fares
to uncoordinated capital planning and investment, the
fragmented nature of our transit makes it less efficient, less
usable and less likely to help us meet our goals for a thriving
and sustainable region. By integrating our many public transit
services so they function more like one rational, easy-to-use
network, we have the opportunity to increase ridership and make better planning
decisions for the future of our region.
Read the report >>
Read news coverage from:
SF Chronicle >>
The Washington Post >>

Wired >>
SF Business Times >>
Mayor Lee Proposes $250 Million Affordable Housing

Bond for SF
This November San Francisco voters will consider a $250 million
bond for affordable housing, a centerpiece of the citys overall
housing strategy. Funds will be allocated roughly into thirds for:
building traditional nonprofit affordable housing; renovating
existing public housing; and providing support for middle-income
housing. SPUR has been heavily involved in the development of
the measure based on our long-standing support for affordable
housing as one of many tools needed to address San Franciscos housing crisis.
Read more from the SF Chronicle >>
New Map Makes Muni Easier to Navigate

This month, San Francisco introduces a new transit map
designed to give riders more information at a glance. First
exhibited at SPUR as part of our Urban Cartography exhibition,
the new Muni map makes the complex web of San Franciscos
82 municipal transit lines far easier to use and understand.
Do Private Transit Services Hurt or Help Public

Transit?
The emergence of privately operated transit in San Francisco
smart taxis like Uber and Lyft, dynamically routed jitneys like
Chariot and Leap, and the ubiquitous employee shuttles
raises a number of thought-provoking questions. What does it
mean for the existing public transit system, and for transit
drivers? And what does it say about equality in our cities?
SPUR has generally supported innovation in transportation. In
fact, one of the forerunners of these companies, City CarShare, was incubated out of
SPUR. The vast majority of trips in the Bay Area are still taken by private automobile,
and one benefit of these new services is they can help take more cars off the road. But
we also believe that public transit needs to step up the challenge and do a better job
serving its riders and potential riders. We need to both improve public transit and look at
new offerings that can help people rely less on driving alone especially in markets
that are difficult or inefficient for public transit to serve. We have offered our perspective
on these issues on KQED Forum, Ars Technica, CNN, Londons Guardian, the San
Francisco Business Times, Wired and CNET.
Live@SPUR Brings Our Events to You

Not able to attend all of our great programing in San Francisco,
San Jose and Oakland? SPUR now offers live webcasts and
podcasts of selected events. Check the event pages
atspur.org/events and stay tuned to SPURs Twitter and
Facebook feeds for up-to-date information about what you can
stream online. This initiative is generously funded by the John
S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Watch videos of recent SPUR events >>
Listen to podcasts of recent SPUR events >>
Save the Date for the Best Parties of the Summer!

This summer you'll have two chances to celebrate cities with
your fellow Bay Area urbanists. SPUR is hosting two member
parties one in San Jose on June 11 and one in San
Francisco on June 18. These parties are for SPUR members
only join SPUR to attend one or both. Sponsorships are
available now. Tickets will go on sale April 30.
Learn more or sponsor the SF party >>
Learn more or sponsor the SJ party >>
Urbanism in the News

How NIMBYism worsens economic inequality
The Economist >>
Bay Area cities fail the housing supply test
New hospital sparks neighborhood changes for Geary and Van Ness
SF Chronicle >>
Hyper-successful luxury retail strip Santana Row releases plans to expand
MercuryNews>>
Another waterfront height-limit fightthis time in Oakland
SF Chronicle >>
Bay Area Bike Share builds out its network, plans for the East Bay
KQED >>
Why SF companies are moving to Oakland
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News from: Oakland Police Department

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

4th of July 2015 - Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over

Plan a safe way home before the fun begins.

Donald Sterling Cant Call Foul In Clippers Sale To Ballmer

Lewis Brisbois Wins Sanctions In Clinic's Deposition Demand

Zimmer Undoes Jury's 'Excessive' $9.2M Hip Implant Verdict

9th Circ. Asked To Rethink BofA Suitable-Seating PAGA Row

LEGAL ETHICS & MALPRACTICE

POLICY & REGULATION

REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL

PRIVACY & CONSUMER PROTECTION

Ford Wants Fusion Power Steering Defect Suit Trimmed

Supplement Co. Can't Get Atty Sanctions In False Ad Suit

Honest Tea Recipe Relevant To False Ad Suit, Judge Affirms

Yakult Drinkers Seek Class Cert. In False Ad Row

drinks that have no substantial effect on digestive health asked a California

Bentley, VW Argue Signal's Claims Not Patent-Eligible

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

Grail Ex-CEO Denied Freeze Of Mitsubishi Settlement Funds

SECURITIES & WHITE COLLAR

Violin Memorys Attacks Cant Stop Cert., IPO Investors Say

Ford Motor Company

Food and Drug Administration

Chrysler Dealership's Antitrust Claims Fail For 3rd Time

National Highway Traffic Safety

A California federal judge on Tuesday again threw out a Chrysler dealerships

Sutter Health Loses Appeal To Arbitrate Antitrust Row

Malibu Golf Club Gets Nod For $35M Auction

5 Ways Firms Can Get Ahead In A Sluggish IP Market

W.Va. Steptoe Lays Off 6 More Attys As Oil Woes Continue

U.S. Department of Justice

West Virginia-based Steptoe & Johnson PLLC confirmed on Wednesday that

'Ashamed' Ex-Skadden Atty Pleads Guilty To Ponzi Scheme

Ex-Mintz Levin Patent Atty Says Judge Got Him Fired

Hausfeld Move Into Germany A Big Step For Litigation Funding

GCs Find Liability Shield In Cybersecurity Info-Sharing Bill

Why Law Schools Should Be Teaching Twitter

Del. Senate OKs Wilson Sonsini Partner As Chancery Judge

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DISTRIBUTION DATE: September 25, 2015

TO: HONORABLE MAYOR & FROM: Sabrina Landreth

SUBJECT: City Administrators Weekly Report DATE: September 25, 2015

Following are the key activities to be highlighted this week:

Mayor Libby Schaaf, Uber Announce Headquarters Expansion To Oakland On Wednesday,

DeFremerys Disneyland Halloween Celebration On Friday, October 31, at midnight, participants

Oakland Literacy Coalition Offering Volunteer Training Workshops On Monday, September 28

5728 - RFP for The City of Oakland and

T. Jones, Police Department

Upcoming Meetings and Events:

Calif. Gov. Signs Landmark Renewable Energy Bill

Jury Convicts Ex-Reuters Editor In LA Times Hacking Case

A California judge on Wednesday refused to end a putative class action

Ex-LA Times Writer Admits Bosses Never Bashed His Age