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David Kakishiba
4463 votes
55.6%
- Occupation: Chief Executive Officer
- Chief Executive Officer, East Bay Asian Youth Center
- Author, Measure K - The Kids First! Initiative
- Co-Founder, San Antonio Village Collaborative
Priorities:
- New, Smart, and Accountable Investments to Underperforming Schools
- Fast-Track Construction of New School Facilities
- Re-structure Central Bureaucracy to Better Serve Schools and Families
Bruce Kariya
3561 votes
44.3%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Director of Finance & Operations, Children Now
- Wharton School of Business, Univ. of Pennsylvania Class of '86
- Father of 3 yr. old son
- Chair, Curriculum & Technology Committee
- Member, Facilities Committee
- Memeber, Intergovernmental Affairs Committee
Priorities:
- Hiring and retaining the best qualified teachers and principals
- Helping children to be ready to learn by ensuring basic skills such as reading are acquired
- Safe, secure and clean learning environments
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Events
League of Women Voters' Candidates' Forum
- Thursday, Feb. 21 at 7 PM, Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 1, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland 94612.
Co-sponsored by the Nat'l Coalition of 100 Black Women, Bay Area/Oakland Chapter
The public is invited to attend this forum and submit questions for the candidates.
- This forum will be shown live on KTOP, Oakland Cable Channel 10, and rebroadcast from 2:30 - 3:15 PM Saturday, March 2 and from 3:30 - 4:15 PM Tuesday, March 5.
News and Analysis
Oakland Tribune
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