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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
Oakland takes first step to ban ghost guns via city ordinance
Three Oakland city councilmembers introduced an ordinance Tuesday to ban ghost guns.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
Amended budget carves out big gains for East Oakland
Oakland city councilmembers on Monday revised the adopted city budget to deliver more resources to East Oakland, Councilmember Treva Reid’s office said. Reid and Councilmember Loren Taylor were the...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 City Council appoints Asha Reed on as permanent city clerk
The Oakland City Council has appointed as city clerk the person who has filled the role the past eight months. Asha Reed was appointed city clerk and clerk of...Read More
Amid calls for police reform, task force invites public input in ‘reimagining public safety’
Oakland city officials are seeking public input on improving public safety through the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force, which was created amid efforts to defund the Police Department. The...Read More
Challenger concedes race to Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan
The main challenger to Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan’s next term on the council has conceded the election, Kaplan’s office said this week. Derreck Johnson conceded the race...Read More
Incumbent concedes Oakland District 3 seat to housing activist Carroll Fife
Oakland City Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney has conceded the District 3 council race to Carroll Fife, who was leading by a wide margin in updated election results Tuesday, according...Read More
Cross-bay voters split on measures to lower voting age
Sixteen and 17-year-old students in Oakland schools will have a voice when it comes time to elect school board members, while San Francisco voters turned away an attempt to...Read More
Oakland’s independent Redistricting Commission holds first meeting
Oakland’s inaugural Redistricting Commission will meet for the first time Wednesday evening to start the process for changing the City Council and school board districts, city officials said. Redistricting...Read More
Oakland considers requiring some employers prioritize laid off workers in rehiring
Laid off employees in the hospitality, restaurant, stadium and travel-related industries will get first dibs at jobs at their former employer when that employer reopens if the Oakland City...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
Oakland considers dropping voting age in school board elections
Oakland City Council members will decide Tuesday whether to allow 16 and 17-year-old residents to vote in the Oakland School Board elections. The Oakland Youth Vote measure, authored by...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
Oakland passes Covid-19 paid sick leave ordinance for all full-time essential workers
The Oakland City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance that requires employers to provide up to 80 hours of paid sick leave for essential workers during the 2019...Read More
Oakland honors black history, passes ordinance to protect black resident futures
The Oakland City Council ratified regulations making it more difficult for landlords to convert rental properties into condominiums in a unanimous vote on Tuesday evening. Proponents of the ordinance...Read More
Moms 4 Housing among Oakland’s Black History Month honorees
The activist women known as Moms 4 Housing will be among those recognized as Black History Month honorees when the Oakland City Council meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, council...Read More