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Fired top-level city official alleges gender discrimination, harassment
Sarai Crain, who was fired as Oakland's Department of Violence Prevention deputy chief in January, alleges discrimination and harassment.Read More
Council president criticizes city administration after tiny home village fire
After fire destroyed three tiny homes Monday, Oakland City Council president criticized the city administration over safety concerns.Read More
Oakland City Council votes 6-1 to add 60 police officers to force
Oakland will have two more police academies over the next two fiscal years to hire more sworn officers.Read More
Lake Merritt tiny home village construction begins
Construction began this week on a tiny home village city officials intend for homeless people on city-owned land at Lake Merritt. The property, located at East 12th Street, will...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
City Council proposal aims to soften pandemic blow to small business with revised tax code
Three members of the Oakland City Council and a coalition of small business owners and labor union officials on Thursday called for changes to the city’s business tax code...Read More
Bay Area leaders call on state to better help undocumented residents
A group of more than 140 Bay Area elected leaders and immigration advocates called for state action Monday to include undocumented residents in the state’s social safety net programs...Read More
Letter says investors ‘will not meet or negotiate’ with Moms 4 Housing
A spokesman for the company that owns an Oakland house illegally occupied by a group of women on Sunday flatly rejected calls by two Oakland City Council members for...Read More
Judge postpones eviction hearing in Moms 4 Housing case
A judge on Thursday postponed a hearing until Monday in the ongoing battle over a vacant West Oakland home that’s been occupied by two homeless mothers, saying there’s been...Read More
Bill to reform police use of force gains support in Oakland
California police kill people at a higher rate than in any other state in the country.Read More