League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Alameda County, CA November 6, 2012 Election
	Council Member; City of Oakland; Council District 1 Voter Information

Results as of Feb 1 2:01pm, 100.00% of Precincts Reporting (51/51) (106 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.37%)

Ranked choice final/initial votes (details) Candidates (1 Elected, Rank Your Choices) Click on highlighted name for additional information supplied by candidate. Contact non-highlighted candidates and encourage them to provide information for voters. Dan Kalb 12293/8259 votes 51.7% Occupation: Environmental Policy Director Over 30 Years of Environmental and Good Government Leadership California Policy Director, Union of Concerned Scientists, 2003-2012 Sierra Club Chapter Director, 2000-2003 Youth Leadership & Community Safety Strategic Planning Task Force Member, Oakland Fund for Children & Youth Board Member, East Bay Jewish Community Relations Council 10 Years as a Volunteer Community Mediator Priorities: Creating Jobs and Protecting Our Environment Smart Investments in Public Safety Restoring Trust in City Hall. Amy Lemley 11448/7259 votes 48.2% Occupation: Children's Policy Director, John Burton Foundation Co-founder and former Executive Director, First Place for Youth Friend of the Rockridge Library Parent Volunteer, Chabot Elementary M.P.P UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy B.A., University of Chicago Priorities: Creating safer neighborhoods Establishing a strong, dynamic economy Improving public education Richard Raya /7290/5737 votes 27.6% Occupation: Budget Director Alameda County Public Health Department - Managed $120 million budget and 600 employees during recession, saving $6 million each year PolicyLink - Helped raise over $20 billion for new school facilities by building coalition of developers, community groups, and lawmakers California Forward - Worked with cities across California to develop reforms requiring governments to report results before spending more money Priorities: REDUCING CRIME by bringing a time-tested national crime-fighting program and more police to Oakland GROWING OAKLAND'S ECONOMY through sustainable development and drawing in more businesses INVESTING IN OUR SCHOOLS to make them safe and successful Gordon "Don" Link /2913/2152 votes 10.5% Occupation: Small Business Owner UCSB (AB), UC-Berkeley (CPh) Chair, Oakland Community Policing Advisory Board NCPC Leadership Council Chair, North Oakland's Community Development Board Electrical Contractor specializing in energy efficiency (Controlled Energy) Priorities: Public Safety Oakland Public Schools (absenteeism, restorative justice program) Smart, Sustainable Economic Development Len Raphael /2290/1907 votes 8.1% Occupation: Certified Public Accountant B.S. and M.S. degrees in accounting and taxation Columbia College, UC Berkeley, Golden Gate author of published articles on Oakland finances Treasurer of Temple Beth Abraham, Board Member Oakland Food Pantry Treasurer Recall Mayor Quan Now Priorities: Declare a public safety health and fiscal emergency. Add 500 more tightly managed and monitored police officers. Pay for the additional police by reducing police and fire compensation of all police and fire down to the Alameda County pay scale. Reduce the compensation of all other city employees to what the Federal Government pays, without further layoffs Donald L Macleay, III /1937/1862 votes 6.8% Occupation: Machinist/Network Engineer Machinist Union Member, shop steward, Alternative Techonology Development worker in small scale hydroelectricity in Nicaragua Green Party member, activist, candidate Trade school graduate, Montreal Quebec Multi-lingual, French, Spanish, Italian German and Mandarin AA from Laney College, BA from San Francisco State, Phi Beta Kappa Priorities: Address the crisis facing our Oakland youth in education, housing, employment and getting trapped into the criminal justice system. Reform our city budget with more equitible busines taxes and assured funding for core services in good times and bad Electoral reform of the city council with more representative districts, proportional representation and public campaign financing Craig Brandt /1386/1386 votes 4.8% Occupation: Parent/Lawyer/Businessowner Basic candidate data supplied by the applicable elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.

Candidates Answer Questions The League of Women Voters of Oakland has asked all candidates for this office to respond to 4 questions on the issues . Nonpartisan Information League of Women Voters Basic Information about the Candidates Events Candidate Forums Date: Thursday, September 20 Time: 7-8 PM Place: Rockridge Branch Library, 5366 College Avenue Sponsor: Rockridge Community Planning Council with the League of Women Voters of Oakland Date: Wednesday, September 19 Time: 7:30 - 9 PM Place: Faith Presbyterian Church, 49th & Webster Streets Sponsors: Temescal Business Improvement District & Temescal Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council YouTube Video of LWVO September 20 Forum Watch 9/20 forum online KTOP Broadcast of Candidate Forums Date: Saturday, November 3, 2012 Time:1:00 - approx 2:45 PM Channel: KTOP, Channel 10 Sponsor: Sierra Club on July 9, 2012 News and Analysis Oakland Tribune Seven candidates looking to represent District 1 in Oakland - 10/29/12 East Bay Express Who'll Replace Jane Brunner Oakland's District 1 race has attracted a spate of newcomers. - 10/10/2012 This election is archived. Any links to sources outside of Smart Voter may no longer be active. No further links will be added to this page. Links to sources outside of Smart Voter are provided for information only and do not imply endorsement.

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