PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
The San Francisco Chronicle: Oakland City Council candidates grapple with surging homelessness
Local Issues featuring Richard Santos Raya
written by Sarah Ravani
12 October 2020
Homelessness is a huge issue facing Oakland. Years of inaction on the part of the current administration is a likely contributing factor. Richard Santos Raya is one progressive challenger among many who want to bring new ideas to the table.
The Washington Post: Protesters want to defund police. Homicides and violence are spiking. In Oakland, ideology and practicality collide.
National News featuring Richard Santos Raya
written by Scott Wilson & Holly Bailey
7 October 2020
Senior national correspondent Scott Wilson recaps the history of police violence in Oakland that sparked a long fight for restructuring policing, and recent reenergizing to Defund the Police.
Green Party of Alameda
County Voter Guide
Voter Guide Endorsement and Review
29 September 2020
This exhaustive review of federal, state, local offices, propositions, and measures on this November’s ballots endorses Richard Santos Raya for Oakland City Council’s District 5 seat.
Reasonability and the Case
Outside the Courtroom
Blog Post by Richard Santos Raya
28 August 2020
Invoking the teachings of Audre Lorde, Richard Santos Raya writes about how “the law explicitly disfavors Black people, Black lives, and any evolving definition of reasonability or justice.”
The San Francisco Chronicle: How the debate about police reform could remake Oakland’s City Council
Candidate profile of Richard Santos Raya
Written by Rachel Swan
31 July 2020
Richard Santos Raya and Carroll Fife (City Coucil Candidate, District 3) speak about the new wave of progressive challenges to local Oakland politics.
Space Show with Tony & Jackson
Interview with Richard Santos Raya
20 July 2020
Fashion and beauty podcast hosts talk with Richard Santos Raya about his running for Oakland City Council District 5 about local government, police responsibilities, outlets for struggling artist, the housing crisis, budgeting, Pokémon, demographic representation, and much more.
Police Are A Pollutant
Article by Richard Santos Raya
29 June 2020
The climate movement must recognize that American police exist to serve the same corporate interests that are destroying our environment.
Written for Sunrise Bay Area.
Richard Santos Raya named to Oakland Cultural Affairs Commission
City of Oakland Press Release
19 February 2020
Introducing new members of the re-instated Oakland Cultural Affairs Committee, as appointed by Mayor Libby Schaaf and confirmed by the Oakland City Council.
Northeastern University School of Law Commencement 2019
Speech by Richard Santos Raya
23 May 2019
The class of 2019 received their degrees during the School of Law’s commencement ceremony in Matthews Arena on Thursday, May 23. Richard Santos Raya was the second speaker of the day’s event.
Ferguson: Destroy fear, infiltrate the system with love, fire
Op Ed by Richard Santos Raya
5 December 2014
In an opinion piece for his collegiate newspaper, Richard Santos Raya discusses the racism of police brutality as the product of deep misunderstanding and longstanding fear.