Source: Green Party Watch

From OaklandNorth.net:

The Oakland Green Party held a public forum Friday evening at Humanist Hall in downtown Oakland, where members of other political parties as well as members of the public were invited to brainstorm ideas for Oakland’s future and form an alliance before the next city government election.

The Green Party panel was comprised of four Oakland Green candidates, including Don Macleay (who is running for City Council for District 1), Randy Menjivar (running for District 7), Theresa Anderson (running for the councilmember at large position), and Vicente Cruz (who is running for the Oakland school board seat for District 3). Macleay said the party proposed an Oakland Progressive Alliance based on ethics, and the understanding that the members would not accept funding from corporate donors. Speakers from other platforms included former mayoral candidate Terence Candell and Sean Sullivan (who are both running for the District 3 city council position), and Richard Fuentes (Oakland school board candidate for District 3).

Laura Wells, the California Green Party’s gubernatorial candidate, who also ran against Governor Jerry Brown in the last election, was one of the speakers at the forum. Wells said she was thrilled that an alliance was forming between local candidates. “We need people to run and win at the local level,” she said.

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