Candidate for
Council member; City of Oakland; District 6

I am Nancy Sidebotham. I was born in New Jersey but spent most of my life, until I was 16, living in Panama. I am bi-lingual, English and Spanish. I also speak some French.

When I came to Oakland in '64 I decided to make it my home. I attended the old Merritt College, on what was then, Grove Street. I went on to Cal State to get my History degree. I then applied for and received my Tax Preparer's license. I taught classes and also started my own business.

I have been a community activist since the mid-80s. So much so that I have been the target of a drive-by shooting because I stood on the side of the police. I strongly support community policing as a preventive measure to crime and as a tool to build a stronger community through trust but, it is a long, slow, process however it is absolutely worth the effort.

I am an advocate of economic revitalization. I have helped to form merchant groups---to get them up and running. And to also aid those that have lost their momentum over the years---I pitch in and give them that helping hand or fill in as an officer. I Co-Chaired the very successful, citywide, Shop Oakland 2000 campaign and will also Co-Chair this year's Shop Oakland 2001 campaign.

Another of my major concerns is infrastructure. We must make this a top priority because so many other issues hinge on it. It must be repaired, and equally important, it must be maintained. We can't support housing if there is no foundation of services or a physical infrastructure of sound storm drains and sewers to support the needs of its citizens. This is truly a health and safety issue. We cannot invite people to live in Oakland but don't have schools for their children to attend.

Here is a partial list of my activities that have served to better the Oakland community and District 6:

ARTS

• Artship Foundation, Supporter
• Oakland Business Arts Awards, `94 Juror

• Oakland Merchant Leadership Forum (OMLF), Executive Committee
• Co-Chairperson Shop Oakland 2000
• Co-Chairperson Shop Oakland 2001
• Deemed Approved Advisory Committee (DAAC)
• Deemed Approved Program, worked to protect small restaurants
• Oakland Employers Transportation Network (ONET)
• Chamber of Commerce-City Operations Committee (Budget Process)
• MacArthur Blvd. Merchants Association (MBMA), past Board Secretary
• Foothill-Seminary-Bancroft Merchants Association, Board Secretary
• Founded Millsmont Merchants Association
• Coliseum Redevelopment Agency, Business Retention sub-committee
• Oakland Chamber of Commerce, past member

• East Oakland Community Project, past Board Member
• Alameda County Emergency Services Network (ESN), past Treasurer
• Citizens for a New Animal Shelter (CNAS), President & Co-Founder
• Oakland City Council Animal Shelter Liaison
• Central East Oakland Community Development Block Grant (CEOCDBG), Board
• Member, Health & Human Services Chairperson
• City of Oakland Emergency Task Force
• Citizens of Oakland Respond to Emergencies (CORE), Program & Graduate
• Citizens of Oakland Respond to Emergencies (CORE), Advisory Committee
• Graduate of Oakland Citizens Police Academy
• CrimeStoppers, Charter Board Members of newly reorganized board
• Oakland CrimeStoppers, Secretary
• Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association
• Burbank-Millsbrae Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), Steering Committee and past Vice Chair
• Home Alert, Block Captain
• Millsmont Home Owners Association, Co-Founder, President
• Neighborhood Newsletter Task Force
• Central East Oakland Community Economic Task Force
• Oakland Community Network (OCN), charter member
• Wyman/Simmons Coalition, strategized to stop development in slide area

• Oakland Commerce Corporation (OCC), Business Partners Program
• Business Alert Seminar, organized
• Central East Oakland Merchants Seminar, organized
• Oakland Development Council, past Member
• BART Extension Committee---Central East Oakland Community Block Grant (CEOCDBG), Board Representative
• Leona Quarry Committee to Stop Big Box Development
• Stop the Widening of Edwards/73rd Avenue Committee
• MacArthur-Seminary Design Review, Spokesperson & Steering Committee
• Ban Trucks on 580 Coalition
• MacArthur Blvd. Design Review Committee
• Main Street USA Seminar
• Zoning Update Committee (District 6 Appointee)

• Rotary Nature Center Advisory Council, past Chairperson
• Citizens for Oakland's Open Space (COOS), past Co-Treasurer
• Open Space Conservation and Recreation (OSCAR), Advisory Measure K, supporter
• Kings Estate Dog Park, supporter
• Rainbow Recreation Advisory Committee, Secretary
• Hardy Park, assisted with strategy for dog park
• Park & Recreation, Advisory Council--set up individual park advisory system
• WE MEAN CLEAN Committee `92
• Dunsmuir House & Gardens, member
• Friends of Park & Rec, past member
• Supporter of Arroyo Viejo Park
• East Oakland Swim Center Advisory Committee

• CORO Foundation Graduate (San Francisco)
• League of Women Voters, past Board Member
• National Women's Political Caucus, past member
• Oakland Sunset Rotary, past President
• East Oakland Rotary, past International Director