On November 4, Oakland elected its first Gen X Councilmember, AC Transit Director Rebecca Kaplan. To help her get acquainted with her new job, I made a mixtape of Oakland songs about Oakland's challenges. Below is the tracklist, and copies will be floating around - ask me for one! Enjoy!

1. Trite Life, Damon and the Heathens (food insecurity)
2. Cab Fare, The Hieroglyphics (transportation)
3. My Lovin' You're Never Gonna Get It, En Vogue (domestic violence)
4. Oakland / San Francisco, Make Me (transportation)
5. Set Me Free, The Lovemakers (housing shortage)
6. Money In Tha Ghetto, Too $hort (underground economy)
7. Heck No I Won't Listen to Techno, Maldroid (cultural segregation)
8. Ride My Bike, Triangle (transportation)
9. Ghetto Manifesto, The Coup (poverty)
Bonus track: Alameda County Line, Red Meat (gentrification)