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Civic media production for the cities of Oakland and San Francisco; Mayor Ron Dellums, Google Fiber for Communities

Democracy, made visible.

Between 2010 and 2014, cameras came into San Francisco's Health Service System boardroom and Oakland's City Hall. The goal was simple: the people affected by each decision should be able to watch it happen, understand it, and add their voice.

2010–2014

  • Executive Digital Media Producer · Digital Media Team Lead

Public decisions shape private lives.Not everyone can make it to city hall.So city hall came to them, on screen.

  • Opening $616M decisions to members.
  • Publishing 50+ public board meetings.
  • Welcoming public comment online.
  • Advising Oakland's mayor on media.
  • Championing Oakland for Google Fiber.
  • Celebrating Oakland's 160th birthday.
  • Earning 10,500+ civic video views.

Picture a retired city bus driver in the Sunset, trying to understand why her health premium is changing. The board that decides meets on a weekday afternoon downtown. Starting in 2010, every one of those meetings was filmed and published online, with a way to send comments the board would review. In Oakland, the same belief took another form: helping city leadership, including Mayor Jean Quan, see that a city should tell its own story, in its own voice. These projects explored transparency through technology, storytelling, and the camera.