Please visit Councilmember Kalb's Covid-19 Resources and Information page for a summary of resources and information on the COVID-19 health emergency in Oakland, compiled by the Councilmember and his staff.
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Please visit Councilmember Kalb's Covid-19 Resources and Information page for a summary of resources and information on the COVID-19 health emergency in Oakland, compiled by the Councilmember and his staff.
The American Red Cross and the NFL are partnering this January, during National Blood Donor Month, to invite football fans and blood donors to join our lifesaving team and score big for patients in need. Schedule your next blood, platelet or plasma donation appointment today.
To thank donors for helping during the critical post-holiday time, those who come to give Jan. 1-31, 2023, will automatically be entered to win a trip for two to Super Bowl LVII in Arizona!^
The winner and guest will get to enjoy Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Arizona, access to day-of in-stadium pre-game activities, tickets to the official Super Bowl Experience, round-trip airfare to Phoenix, three-night hotel accommodations (Feb. 10-13, 2023), plus a $500 gift card for expenses.
Health emergencies don’t pause for holidays or game day. Donors are needed now: Step off the sidelines and roll up a sleeve to help patients in need.
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Councilmember Kalb promotes data-driven solutions to the toughest challenges facing our communities. Read more about his policy priorities and legislative accomplishments:
I'm excited to announce that my office has additional mural funding to distribute! I've been able to partially fund murals in various D1 locations including on Piedmont Ave., San Pablo Ave, Market St., Lowell St., and Claremont Ave., and I'm looking forward to funding more. See here for details on eligibility and how to apply.
Your issues are important to us! Contact Councilmember Kalb's office (see "Contact Us' section below) to request information or support.
Many issues can be resolved by reporting to Oak311 (see Popular City Services section below). Once you have a case number please contact my office if the issue is not resolved within a reasonable amount of time and we can follow up.
District One residents can sign up for a meeting with Councilmember Kalb - now virtual - usually on the first Saturday of every month. Contact Keara O'Doherty at kodoherty@oaklandca.gov, or 510-238-7014 to reserve a 20-minute slot to speak on any issue.
Here are some helpful links to the services many constituents contact our office about.
Councilmember Kalb has worked to improve the integrity and ethics of local government. Here are some links to help you engage.
First elected in 2012 and currently in his second term as Oakland District One City Councilmember, Dan Kalb has spent virtually his entire adult life as an environmental, public interest and social justice advocate. With a reputation as a proactive and effective local legislator, Dan authored the ordinance to ban the storage and handling of coal in Oakland, wrote the charter measure to create an independent Police Commission, and has been a long-time advocate for affordable housing.
Dan continues to promote data-driven solutions to the toughest challenges facing our communities—including combating climate change and its impacts, investing in public education and rehabilitation, promoting wildfire prevention and disaster resiliency, instituting meaningful government reform, and of course, resolving our region’s housing affordability crisis.
In 2019, Dan was selected by his colleagues to serve as is the City Council President Pro Tempore and serves on the following City Council committees: Public Works (Chair); Finance & Management; Life Enrichment; and Education Partnership.
Dan and his wife Valarie live in North Oakland and enjoy hiking in our beautiful East Bay Regional Parks.