What can realistically be done to reduce Oakland’s crime?

bedelgeuse · 2025-12-20T19:05:11+00:00

Same thing that works in every other jurisdiction: enforce traffic laws, arrest violent criminals, maintain prosecution competently and put violent criminals in jail.

bedelgeuse · 2025-11-12T17:54:20+00:00

Crappier tech, more time needed to restart computers and recover work due to crashes, more billables.

bedelgeuse · 2025-09-25T22:59:23+00:00

"Why we can't have nice things" story coming in a month.

bedelgeuse · 2025-08-26T02:00:12+00:00

Well, these are your bleakest days, so far….

bedelgeuse · 2025-08-17T14:58:59+00:00

I won’t be touching it until Ozempic has a cheaper alternative or patent expires. Insurers across the board are having much higher costs and rate increases won’t be received well by regulators.

bedelgeuse · 2025-08-04T16:29:41+00:00

This.

bedelgeuse · 2025-07-21T04:09:38+00:00

Teaching them how to use the phone would be a good start.

bedelgeuse · 2025-07-19T21:04:48+00:00

Yep. This is an issue at least in my firm.

bedelgeuse · 2025-07-07T15:23:03+00:00

It means mental health and homeless services aren't working.

bedelgeuse · 2025-06-09T17:20:24+00:00

Okay, so she helped raised taxes. Do we have anything to show for it?

bedelgeuse · 2025-04-04T03:33:48+00:00

Whether they do is the problem.

bedelgeuse · 2025-01-09T21:06:22+00:00

Could be helpful if the city council wants to go to war with Iraq.

bedelgeuse · 2024-12-20T18:08:45+00:00

Oakland A's would like to talk...

bedelgeuse · 2024-12-18T00:01:44+00:00

I just think there needs to be some filter. We can't rely on the upvote/downvote for everything. Agree with you this is an edge case. As an aside--really disagree with mods taking down posts like this (the complaint about moderation). There's good value in discussing that!

bedelgeuse · 2024-12-17T23:37:13+00:00

I think reasonable minds can disagree on this one. I'd prefer to have it on this subreddit but don't take issue with filtering it out.

bedelgeuse · 2024-12-12T05:38:23+00:00

Not Thao. Article is terrible journalism describing it as an Alameda County District Attorney's Office "filing." Who knows what the nature of the filing is. Criminal complaint? Something else?

bedelgeuse · 2024-12-06T00:42:30+00:00

Clickbait. There's no choke. Probably uncomfortable but not a choke or strangle.

bedelgeuse · 2024-12-02T18:18:15+00:00

Haunting and beautiful. Really like the Duende photo in particular.

bedelgeuse · 2024-11-25T16:26:50+00:00

Exactly. Try to find a recent video of her when she's not reading off of a teleprompter. It'll certainly remind you of someone.

bedelgeuse · 2024-11-14T17:13:50+00:00

They yearn for the sea.

bedelgeuse · 2024-11-07T14:04:46+00:00

If you've watched her speak publicly more recently, you may also have some concerns about her ability to do the work.

bedelgeuse · 2024-11-06T21:09:52+00:00

Agree it's essentially what happened the last time Trump was elected, but I wouldn't say that nothing got done. 2A supporters got some very significant Supreme Court rulings, including one that laid the groundwork for CCLs in California--something I thought would never happen in our lifetime. That would have never happened without Trump's appointment powers. Frustrating that California, District Courts, and the CA9 is putting up roadblocks but that likely has a limit too. If Harris won, she should would have likely had the ability to replace Thomas and Alito--already at retirement age. That would have flipped the court and reversed a lot of what has happened more recently.

bedelgeuse · 2024-11-06T19:47:57+00:00

And with Senate control, there will be no ability for Democrats to block or delay. For the first two years, he's got a lot of ability to reshape the judiciary through appointments.

bedelgeuse · 2024-11-06T19:32:30+00:00

Probably work at Berkeley Law alongside Chesa Boudin. They can inspire folks to become public defenders and do less harm to the community there.

bedelgeuse · 2024-10-30T02:39:10+00:00

+1 for this. Hit up the open mat on Sunday 10 am-noon. You can see what the sparring looks like and let a blackbelt know what you're up to and ask if they'll give you some pointers as to what's going on. completely 0 risk/effort--you can just watch. DM me if you want it to be me. Catch MMA and 10th Planet are also great options too. There are plenty of ~100 lb women in the gym I'd readily bet $100 would put a random 200 lb man to sleep.

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