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As OPD hits oversight milestone, Schaaf praises commission she was accused of interfering with
In Wednesday’s briefing about Oakland Police Department’s federal oversight “milestone,” Mayor Libby Schaaf praised the police commission she was once accused of interfering with. Read More
Council redirects $18 million in police spending to alternative violence protection
Oakland city councilmembers redirected $18 million from proposed police spending to alternative methods of violence prevention when the council passed a $3.8 billion budget Thursday evening. The vote came...Read More
Schaaf proposes two-year budget with $41 million to address homelessness
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf released her 2021-23 budget Friday, a $3.85 billion plan that includes $41 million for homelessness. The plan does not replenish the city’s rainy-day fund or...Read More
Oakland invites resident applications for police oversight commission
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf is encouraging residents to apply for the city’s police commission, which she called the most powerful and independent in the country. In a statement released...Read More
Local leaders show love for Bay Area native Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, President-elect Joe Biden
"A Trump campaign punctuated by racism and misogyny will end with a Black woman in the White House and a bold agenda for women's equality and dignity."Read More
Schaaf says Oakland vandalism ‘agitators’ play into Trump’s ‘twisted campaign strategy’
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf chastised people who attended a protest over the weekend for vandalizing a police station and attempting to set the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse on fire....Read More
Schaaf tells Trump she needs PPE, not federal law enforcement
Oakland needs help overcoming Covid-19 rather than troops, Mayor Libby Schaaf said following comments Monday morning by President Donald Trump that he may send more federal law enforcement to...Read More
Jack Dorsey donates $10 million to bridge digital divide for Oakland students
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey stunned Oakland schools and city leaders on Friday with a $10 million donation to a campaign aimed at providing computers and internet access to all...Read More
Defying mayor, POA, council considers police commission independence ballot measure
The Oakland City Council began the process this week of placing a ballot measure on the November ballot that, if approved, would bolster the independence of the commission that...Read More
City launches RV park to shelter 130 East Oakland homeless people through pandemic and beyond
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced Tuesday that the city is launching an isolation trailer program to house 130 homeless and medically vulnerable people in East Oakland during the new...Read More
Covid-19 update: State to allow elective surgeries, widespread face covering orders take effect, activists use tech in Earth Day...
Stay-at-home orders did not stop activists and the rest of the world from celebrating the 50th year of Earth Day. The Earth Day network organized a 24-hour online day...Read More
Fundraiser keeps Oakland students, families fed as it turns attention to distance learning technology
The Oakland Unified School District, Oakland Public Education Fund and the city of Oakland announced Tuesday that more than $1.5 million has been to support students and their families...Read More
Covid-19 update: BART cuts back service, county issues isolation order, exposure prompts Moscone West reconfiguration
The number of Bay Area deaths related to Covid-19 is nearing 100, though the nine-county region saw the smallest daily increase in two weeks. Here are your local Monday...Read More
New Oakland site will test up to 240 direct service workers a day
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and community partners on Monday opened a Covid-19 coronavirus testing site for direct service providers, such as healthcare workers, grocery store and food bank employees,...Read More
Schaaf taps former SF transportation chief to become Oakland city administrator
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced on Friday that she’s appointed former San Francisco transportation chief Edward Reiskin to be her city’s new permanent city administrator. Reiskin worked for the...Read More
Oakland establishes COVID-19 emergency fund
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf on Friday announced the launch of an emergency relief fund to serve the city’s most vulnerable residents and first responders during the novel coronavirus pandemic....Read More
Grand Princess evacuation expected at Port of Oakland Monday, agencies work out ‘enormous complexities’
A 10-acre site at the Port of Oakland is being prepared and secured for the anticipated arrival of the quarantined Grand Princess cruise ship and evacuations of passengers anticipated...Read More
Warriors join officials, experts for peace walk, town hall to support gun violence reduction
The Giffords Law Center, the Golden State Warriors and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf will host a peace walk and public town hall Friday to discuss the efficacy of Oakland’s...Read More
Commission votes to fire Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick
Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick has been fired from her job, according to the Oakland Police Officers’ Association. The association issued a statement at 8:09 p.m., about the firing...Read More