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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Oaktown PROUD campaign hopes to save city from illegal dumping
Oakland city leaders on Tuesday launched yet another program to try to fight illegal dumping, a perpetual ...
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 ...
Oakland drops lawsuit against county, removes Coliseum sale hurdle
Oakland is dropping its lawsuit against Alameda County over the sale of the Oakland Coliseum complex, city ...
Elizabeth Warren opens first state campaign office in Oakland
The first California campaign office for presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is scheduled to open this weekend in ...
Chief orders investigation into forceful arrest of former councilman
Oakland police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick has ordered an internal affairs investigation into an altercation involving a former ...
Former councilman in dispute with city over sweat lodge says he was forcibly arrested
A former Oakland City Councilmember says he was forcibly arrested in the city’s Planning and Zoning department ...
Ballot measure effort underway to empower Oakland Police Commission
"The commission doesn't have the independence that it should, it doesn't have the funding that it should."
Kaiser strike vote begins Monday amid charge execs ‘thriving’ at worker, patient expense
Kaiser Permanente workers will begin voting Monday on whether to authorize a massive strike that would affect ...
Oakland debates budget proposal, amendments, as deadline nears
The Oakland City Council will hold a special meeting Monday evening to discuss Mayor Libby Schaaf’s proposed ...
Oakland decriminalizes magic mushrooms, various psychoactive plants
The Oakland City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to decriminalize the use of psychoactive plants, such as ...
Raiders Coliseum lease agreement moves to final vote Thursday
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to approve a lease agreement that would keep ...
Death of Oakland Councilwoman McElhaney’s son prompts meeting cancellation
The Oakland City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday night has been canceled in the wake of the fatal shooting of Councilwoman Lynette Gibson ...
Oakland says ‘no’ to drinking straws
The Oakland City Council has voted unanimously to approve an ordinance that will prohibit the use of ...
Coliseum affordable housing breaks ground
Ground was broken Friday on a $53 million, 110-unit affordable and market-rate housing development at Oakland's Coliseum ...
Oakland marks $14M for homeless services
The Oakland City Council voted Monday night to allocate $14 million to support homeless residents.
Company funneled illegal funds to Oakland political campaigns
An Oakland plumbing products manufacturer has agreed to a hefty $114,400 in fines for laundering illegal campaign ...
Oakland considering soda tax for Nov. ballot
Members of the Oakland City Council are asking voters to approve a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, saying it will improve citizens' health and ...
Housing advocates disrupt Oakland City Council
Affordable housing activists angry over a proposed high-rise near Lake Merritt shut down an Oakland City Council ...
Oakland City workers plan march on city council
Members of one of the largest unions that represents Oakland city employees plan to march to the ...
New Oakland department would address racism
Oakland City Councilwoman Desley Brooks expects to propose a new city department that would address systemic racism.
