What should Mayor Quan's priorities be for Oakland in 2012? Take our survey
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Fri, 18 Nov at 8:09am.

Back in January 2011, we asked you to share you views on what you'd like our new Mayor, Jean Quan, to focus on in the coming year. 

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Does Oakland Local audience support small business? New survey has some answers
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Tue, 3 May at 9:14am.

How important is it for Oakland residents to buy from local businesses?

According to Oakland Local readers, it's very important.

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Take our survey so we can serve you better!
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Thu, 7 Apr at 9:15am.

Take our short survey and get a chance to win a free OL tshirt in your size (and our eternal gratitude).  We want to learn more about who's involved with OL so we can do the best job possible to serve you--taking this survey will help ALOT.

Click here to go to survey

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What are you doing on your phone? Oakland Local's mobile survey results
Article by Amy Gahran.
Last updated at Sat, 8 Jan at 10:16am.

When Oakland Local decided to go mobile, the first thing we wanted to know was what kinds of mobile phones do people in Oakland have, and how are they using them?

Almost every adult in Oakland has a cell phone. Most of these phones can do far more than just voice calls - but their capabilities, and how people use them, vary widely.

So in order to figure out what kinds of mobile services we should offer, last summer Oakland Local conducted in-person surveys with 84 cell phone users in various parts of town.

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Please take our survey to help us plan new services, features--right now!
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sat, 10 Jul at 7:39am.

One of the very cool things about being a small and scrappy web site is that you can try things out and see how they do. Then keep them--or not.This post is all about new features and projects--a new help wanted page, a user survey to help make OL what you'd like to see, and a Causes editor.

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Queer in Oakland? Stand up and be counted by the City survey!
Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Thu, 10 Jun at 8:28am.

Are you one LGBTQ-identified and  live in the Town? The city of Oakland has a survey going asking LGBTQ folks to provide lots of (anonymous) data about your sexual identification, ethnicity, income and so one--all so they can better pitch Oakland to businesses, they say.

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