A single large leafy tree provides shade in front of three homes on a sunny day in Oakland.
The Oaklandside is asking for your input on environmental concerns. Credit: Amir Aziz

Depending on where you live in Oakland, there may be different environmental issues that concern your particular neighborhood or community. 

Whether it’s air quality, wildfire risk, pollution, or something else, The Oaklandside is interested in identifying and understanding those concerns and where they are most prevalent. Your local knowledge and perspectives will help inform our reporting and make sure we’re aware of issues and changes across our city.

Please take our survey below to help us better understand and cover your environmental concerns in Oakland. 

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Callie Rhoades covers the environment for The Oaklandside as a 2023-2025 California Local News Fellow. She previously worked as a reporter for Oakland North at Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program. She has also worked as an intern for Estuary News Group, as an assistant producer for the Climate Break podcast, and as an editorial intern for SKI Magazine. Her writing has appeared in Sierra Magazine, Earth Island Journal, and KneeDeep Times, among others. She graduated from The University of California, Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2023.