Dan Kalb is an American politician who represented District 1 on the

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from January 7, 2013 to January 6, 2025.

Education

In 1982, Kalb received an

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from the

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in Conservation of Natural Resources--the same undergraduate major from which State Senate Nancy Skinner graduated. In 1988 he received a master's degree in Public and Nonprofit Administration from the

University of San Francisco The University of San Francisco (USF) is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit university in San Francisco, California, United States. Founded in 1855, it has nearly 9,000 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees ...

Career

Kalb was California Policy Director at the

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, which he joined in 2003. where he worked for nine years on renewable energy, climate, clean transportation and air quality legislation. Before joining UCS, he worked as Director of a

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chapter and for California

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, Media Alliance and CalPIRG. After being elected to the Oakland City Council in Nov. 2012, he worked extensively on

affordable housing Affordable housing is housing which is deemed affordable to those with a household income at or below the median, as rated by the national government or a local government by a recognized housing affordability index. Most of the literature on ...

environmental Environment most often refers to: __NOTOC__ * Natural environment, referring respectively to all living and non-living things occurring naturally and the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism ...

, police oversight and

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legislation. in 2014 Kalb led a charter proposal to substantially strengthen the Oakland Public Ethics Commission (PEC). The Charter measure was voted on in the general election of November 2014. It passed with over 72% of the vote. He also was the lead author of a 2016 ballot measure to create a civilian police commission in Oakland. In 2018 he ran for California's 15th State Assembly district but lost to

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City Councilwoman Jovanka Beckles by 0.6% for the second slot to run in the runoff against

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. In 2024 he ran for

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, but lost again to Jovanka Beckles for the second slot to run in the runoff against Jesse Arreguin.

Recognition & Awards

• Best Good Government Politician, 2014, ''East Bay Express'' • Outstanding Elected Official of the Year, 2015, CA Public Library Advocates • Most Effective Member of the (City) Council, 2016, ''Oakland Magazine'' • Affordable Housing Champion, 2020, East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO)

References

External links

* Oakland City Counci
member profile
* Articles about Kalb a
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