Chris Peeples Passes Mr. Peeples Was AC Transit Board Member, Friend, Oakland Political Influencer Chris Peeples Passes Mr. Peeples Was AC Transit Board Member, Friend, Oakland Political Influencer Chris passed on Friday, August 8th according to AC Transit, where he was a long-time board member. I had just interviewed him a month ago, and for the first time in four years, and about a mutual friend, Dan Siegel. Now, Chris is gone. I call Chris an Oakland Influencer because he took time to apply great thought to politics and policy and the actions of political people. His basic approach was quite infectious, and so he was an influencer. Chris and I have a friendship that spans 35 years, and covers many events in Oakland's government, economic, and political history. All of them we talked about. Mostly over coffee at the famed, late cafe GayLords on 41st and Piedmont Avenue that was a Pandemic casualty. Emails Chris has sent to me over the years reflect our relationship. Like this o...