Carroll Fife Releases Platform for Oakland D3

Thank you for taking the time to read my platform on how to build a better Oakland for all. My theory of governance is that when we address the experiences of the most marginalized, we can improve conditions for everyone. For example, if we find solutions for Black unhoused people living on the streets of Oakland, we will have addressed 70 percent of our city’s homelessness problem. A primary function of government should be to care for society, particularly in the face of unregulated market forces. Our movement-based campaign and administration will do just that.

This platform was developed based on the outcomes of the 2018 Oakland Equity Indicators report, published by the City of Oakland’s Department of Race and Equity and City University of New York’s (CUNY) Institute for State and Local Governance. Out of all the cities in the U.S. where equity reports were conducted, Oakland had the worst outcomes: we scored a 33.5 out of 100. The report highlighted that “almost every indicator of well-being shows troubling disparities by race.”

One of the primary goals of this campaign is to eliminate racial disparities in Oakland in order to improve the overall health and resiliency of the entire city. We seek to make the hashtags #PeopleOverProfit and #HousingIsAHumanRight reality. We believe that this approach of targeting resources to the most marginalized members of our community will address the crisis of homelessness on our streets, improve services delivered to residents by City workers, increase the quality of living and standard of life in the district for ALL residents and create a healthy and safe Oakland for generations to come.

— Carroll Fife, candidate for City Council in Oakland D3