They might have the best interest of Oakland at heart but they have their different agendas. There should be more open communication between the city administration and members of the City Council. If you were elected mayor, how would you repair this relationship? On the other hand, the city administration often feels like the City Council is overstepping or loading up their plate with too much work, things like that. Oftentimes the City Council doesn’t feel like the city administrator is enacting the policies and laws that they’ve approved. In recent years there have been several examples of tension between the City Council and city administrator. He also volunteers with the Veterans of Foreign Wars, where he helps veterans obtain housing, healthcare, and mental health assistance. Jordan sits on the city’s Library Advisory Commission and is a member of the Oakland Rotary Club, where he volunteers with the KinderPrep committee, which distributes books to low-income families to encourage a love of reading from an early age. This interview is with Tyron Jordan, a paralegal in the California Attorney General’s office. (And note that we decided not to interview candidate Peter Liu and provide another platform for his dangerous and hateful rhetoric.) They’ve been edited for length, relevance, and clarity, with some added fact-checking and background reading from us. Settle in for a long read these conversations are weighty, befitting the office these candidates seek.
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