Take away the typing certificate from all positions. People that have full time jobs already don't always have the time to keep up a typing certificate every 6 months. Also, I have applied for jobs just like many people I know and because I don't have time to get a typing certificate I'm disqualified for the job when I was most likely more qualified then most candidates. We live in the day and age of computer with spell check typing certificates are a thing of the past when we used type writers. This will also allow a bigger pool of candidates.
Property owners should not be able to over charge for rent because it makes the total rent of the area rise. I believe their should be a city wide set rate for each size bed and bath room with a certain square footage. This will keep Landlords from over charging to an extent because if you only have a certain square footage you have a cap on what you can charge within the cap of the size parameters.
Too Many times the people have a question or an Idea and it is ignored because it's not in the City's best interest to respond or resolve the issue.
We need to keep working families in Oakland and need to provide apartments and condos that are big enough for 4 people and maybe have outdoor balconies or common areas where kids can play. This is needed downtown as well as in the neighborhoods.
No matter what kind of civic improvement we have and how much money we spend, we will not change/impact the view of Oakland without addressing our homeless population. We need to triage them to appropriate housing, drug, alcohol and mental health facilities. I think there are many examples of doing this with proactive outreach not by the police but by people who work with and understand these issues. I am all for the police but they should be working on criminal activity and not those with mental illness. I am struck driving especially in downtown Oakland by the people camping under the freeways and on our streets. Of course there are some people gaming the system but I assure you that this is the great minority. This will do more to improve the City of Oakland than millions spent on new infrastructure.