EBA believes in policies that create and preserve deeply affordable housing and protect the rights and interests of tenants, particularly those who are low-income, Black, immigrants, formerly incarcerated and people of color, and end the criminalization of homelessness.

EBA believes in community benefits agreements for large-scale private development projects. We believe that public land should be used for the public good and that giant corporations should pay their fair share. Any terms of development in our town should be on our terms. This includes the East Oakland Coliseum. EBA would like any endorsed candidate to agree not to approve an LDDA for the Coliseum without an Oakland United signed Community Benefits Agreement in place.  We work to ensure we are creating living-wage jobs, access, and economic opportunity for Black and undocumented workers. 

EBA believes that the City of Oakland should use their full authority to partner with State and Federal Labor Departments to uphold labor laws. We believe workers have the right to unionize and strike when necessary to receive fair wages and protections. We believe the City of Oakland must work closely with community partners to build a robust Department of Workplace and Employment Standards Department. 

EBA  believes Oakland’s approach to public safety needs to advance multiple strategies at once; including: accountability and consequences around police violence and misconduct, a major culture shift in the force that builds back community trust, re-entry support services for our formerly incarcerated community members, violence prevention and restorative justice programs for youth, and more. 

EBA believes that the City Budget is a (moral) compass for priorities and that our City must prioritize the needs, services, and impacts of Black and Brown communities. In that, we believe the police budget takes too much of our shared resources and we must reallocate those funds to community programs and services, in line with our values around Public Safety. Additionally, revenue generation needs to include holding corporations accountable for paying their fair share. 

EBA believes in policies that implement principles of environmental justice and climate resilience to create healthy communities where people can thrive.  Black and Brown communities are being severely impacted by annual occurrences of climate hazards, like wildfires along with regular shut-offs from investor-owned PG&E. In addition, policies and programs that do not adequately address the poor air quality from major emitters like the Port (West Oakland) and Foundry (East Oakland) contribute to environmental inequity. We believe in creating Resilient Communities and investing in clean, renewable infrastructure that can also serve our everyday needs and protect from Climate Crises.