Beyond Streets COME CORRECT: Oakland's Warren Logan on making cities work and building better partnerships, block by block
Warren Logan doesn’t just talk about change, he clears the path for it. Whether it’s translating between city departments and private developers, batch-submitting 311 requests, or reworking zoning rules down to the inch, this man makes room for progress in places where inertia and red tape usually wins.
As the Director of Government Partnerships and Community Affairs for the Northlake project and Principal Advisor at Progress Public Affairs, Warren is helping reshape how cities and private partners collaborate. In this episode, we dig into how he's transforming a once-overlooked stretch of downtown into a neighborhood that actually works for people.
It’s not magic—it’s a well-functioning, healthy risk-taking, sandbox. One where the public sector gets support, the private sector shows up with more than capital, and everyone involved knows what role they play.
We talk about creating safe spaces for risk, building shared vision across sectors, and what happens when you design a process that helps every partner do their job better. Oh—and yes, RuPaul’s Drag Race comes into play. Because if you’re not lip syncing for your life in local government, are you even trying?
Learn more about the Northlake Project: https://www.northlake-oakland.com/
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