Oakland City Council rejects the revised anti-spanking public awareness campaign (see Draft Resolution--revised Feb. 2, 1999 below) by a 4 to 3 vote. Voting nay: Henry Chang, Jr., Ignacio de la Fuente, John Russo, Dick Spees. Voting aye: Jane Brunner, Nathan Miley, Nancy Nadel.
- Spare the Rod…And Spare the Sarcasm, By Margret Schaefer and Raymond Barglow
The Express, Berkeley, California, April 16, 1999
- Draft Resolution--revised February 2, 1999
- Resolution--original version
- Endorsement from the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, January 12, 1999
- Selected print media coverage (Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, BBC News, San Francisco Chronicle, Reuters.)
- Riak's testimony to the Public Safety Committee, Oakland, California, January 26, 1999
- Snide editorial in The Oakland Tribune, January 24, 1999
- Carrie A. Minica's reply to Oakland Tribune editorial
- Oakland Could Be Butt of More Jokes By Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross, columnists for San Francisco Chronicle
- Kenneth Knudsen's letter to the Chronicle in response to the Matier & Ross column
- No-Spanking Zone Swatted In Oakland - City Council knocks amended resolution By Chip Johnson, columnist for San Francisco Chronicle, February 11, 1999
- Oakland council to take swing at alternative to spanking ban, By Kathleen Kirkwood, February 5, 1999
- Hitting close to home:
The anti-spanking movement wants parents to try a hands-off approach,
By Alison apRoberts, Sacramento Bee Staff Writer, March 13, 1999
- City officials reject one-man campaign against spanking, Sacramento Bee article following rejection of the "no-spanking" resolution by the Public Safety Committee.
- Selected letters of support for "No Spanking Zone" resolution:
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