Housing Activist Carroll Fife Rides to Victory in Oakland's District Three

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🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Moms 4 Housing founder and longtime racial and social justice advocate Carroll Fife became Oakland's newest councilmember-elect on Monday. Upsetting two-term District 3 incumbent Lynette Gibson McElhaney, Fife campaigned on platforms of police reform, environmental justice and the animating concept that housing is a human right. We'll talk to Fife about her vision for Oakland and the progressive political movement she's building. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:12.3	The Supreme Court is here. From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco.
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1:22.0	We'll run down the arguments on both sides
1:23.9	and look at how the justices appear to be leaning.
1:26.7	But first, Oakland Council
1:28.3	Member Elect, Carol Fife joins us. She's one of the founders of moms for housing and an
1:32.8	activist for racial, economic, and environmental justice. She upset the two-term District
1:38.0	three incumbent, and we'll hear about what she stands for and the changes she hopes to bring to Oakland.
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