In September 1966, members of RAM chapter organized the Black Panther Party for Northern California in San Francisco, the first official chapter in California. After leaving RAM and continuing on with permission in the Panther name, October 15th, 1966, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party For Self Defense (BPPSD), in Oakland, CA, with the immediate focus on “the brothers on the block and Self-Defense against Police brutality.”