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Oakland Budget Update: Tough Solutions to Budget Shortfalls Emerge as Insolvency and Fiscal Emergency Claims Fade

Oakland Budget Update: Tough Solutions to Budget Shortfalls Emerge as Insolvency and Fiscal Emergency Claims Fade

Finance Department/City Admin Find Surplus in Emergency Fund Said to Be Insolvent Weeks Ago; Layoffs, Reducing Emergency Fund Requirement Options That Could Balance Budget After weeks of cascading impacts from a Finance Department report that claimed the City of Oakland was in danger of imminent insolvency in November, the

At Council This Week

At Council This Week

New Questions on Fiscal Crisis After Council Meeting

New Questions on Fiscal Crisis After Council Meeting

At Council This Week

At Council This Week

As Oakland and ALCO Election Winners Solidify, Uncertainty Entangled with Financial Woes Await City Officials: Update Janani Ramachandran Goes On Parental Leave: Correction

As Oakland and ALCO Election Winners Solidify, Uncertainty Entangled with Financial Woes Await City Officials: Update Janani Ramachandran Goes On Parental Leave: Correction

Oakland Election 2024 Update: "Progressive" Vote Trend Continues in Several Races

Oakland Election 2024 Update: "Progressive" Vote Trend Continues in Several Races

At Council This Week

At Council This Week

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Oakland Observer Week Ending 6/25/2023: Calls for Resignation Met with Controversial Statements from Chair at Police Commission

Calls for Resignation Met with Inflammatory Statements from Police Commission Chair Police Commission Chair Tyfarah Milele responded to calls for her resignation by the Coalition for Police Accountability [CPA] and at least two fellow Commissioners with a 15 minute prepared statement in which she called out members of the public

FY 23-25 Budget Amendments to be Heard, Budget Potentially Voted on at Special Monday Afternoon Meeting

Oakland Observer Week Ending 6/18/2023: Council President Budget Amendments Restore Some DVP, OFD and Democracy Dollars Funding, but Pushback on Department Mergers Arises...

Oakland Observer Week Ending 6/11/2023: Ramachandran Misses Vote for Just Cause Amendment; Becker Boards Agreement Passed Without Council Scrutiny; ALCO BOS Creates Election Advisory Commission; Council Committee Roundups Coming this Week

Oakland Observer Week Ending 6/4/2023: Two Oaklands Address Public Safety; Department Heads Drill Down on Thao Budget; Substantial Damage Amendment for Just Cause Headed to Council Tuesday...

Oakland Politics Week in Review 5/22/2023:

Oakland Politics Week in Review 5/15/2023