The Open Oakland Brigade is a volunteer group focused on open government, open data, and open source technology in Oakland, California. They meet weekly for civic hack nights at Oakland City Hall. Their projects include developing open budget and infrastructure adoption platforms, and they work with local organizations on initiatives like digital literacy training and identifying spaces for economic development. They seek additional volunteers and ideas from the community.

1. Making Our City (better)

2. • A Code for America Brigade
• All volunteer led & operated – 501(c)(3)…
• Techs, advocates, gov staff, researchers,
Oakland fans.
• Meet weekly for civic hack nights in city hall!
• Focused on Open Government, Open Data,
Opensource tech
• Work as a community, supporting OpenGov in
OAK
www.openoakland.org

3. • A resident with no tech background. Yes. You.
• A developer
• A designer
• A business person
• A city staff person
• A nonprofit worker or an advocate
• A student
• A marketer
www.openoakland.org
Yes, we need you! If you are…

4. What is Civic Hacking
Photo credits: Library of Congress

5. Photo credits: Sunlight Foundation

6. Why Open Source?

7. Our Projects

8. Make – your voice heard

9. Supporting other makers/hackers
data.openoakland.org

10. What Open Enables
www.openbudgetoakland.org
Search, explore, discuss. Easily

11. Following the money

12. Adopt Your City (Infrastructure)
adoptadrainoakland.com

13. Coming soon… Councilmatic!

14. Economic Development +
Open Oakland
Kami Griffiths - Community Technology Network
Sarah Filley - PopUp Hood
Max Cadji - Phat Beets
Susan Montauk - Oakland Parks Commission
Eleanor Hollander - Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
Jose Corona - Inner City Advisors
Reverend Daniel Buford - Allen Temple Baptist Church
Amy Henderson - Rebuild the Dream
Susan Mernit - Live Work Oakland
Mario Lugay - Kapor Center
Steve Spiker - Urban Strategies Council
...and the City of Oakland!

15. What We’ve Heard
Possible Projects
• Create/aggregate a database of tech access points (CTN)
• Tech training for staff (Phat Beets)
• Identifying the true cost of digital illiteracy (CTN)
• System for submitting, processing, & tracking building &
business permits (City of Oak)
• Accessing the data collected by apps like Spot Mojo collected?
(City of Oakland)
• Inventory of available business space (City of Oakland, PopUp
Hood)
• Connect volunteers to park projects (Parks Commission)
• Tech literacy assessment/standardization (Open Oakland)
• Mentoring
• Tech training with small business in areas of transition (City)
• Supporting the City’s Business Assistance Center (City)

16. What We’ve Heard
Geographic Areas of Focus
• San Pablo corridor
• High Street and Fruitvale Ave. in East Oakland
• Old Fairfax Antique Row in East Oakland
• Golden Gate Neighborhood
• Old Oakland
• International Boulevard

17. Reaching Us
●@OpenOakland
●Submit ideas online: openoakland.org/ideas
●Civic Hack Night Tues 6:30 in Hearing Room
●Contact us directly:
○@eleanorcasson ellie.casson@gmail.com
○@siruguri siruguri@gmail.com
○@ellietumbuan ellie.tumbuan@gmail.com
○@Howard_D howarddy@gmail.com
○@consultantweet pthompson@atlanticfusion.com
○ neil@swansway.com