(Editor's note: The following is the first piece in a weekly column by OL staffer Tehea Robie that highlights lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and intersex issues and people in and around Oakland.)

Robbie Clark, of Causa Justa::Just Cause and Urban Congress 2010

Years ago - when the sun was in Pisces, the moon was in Sagittarius and Cancer was just ascending the horizon - an inquisitive, artistic, gender-queer defender of urban justice was born.

If Police Chief Anthony Batts has his way, Oakland will be one of the safest large cities in the state come 2015.

He released a strategic plan Feb. 19 that he said will become more specific as community members tell police their priorities in a series of public forums scheduled through March.