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Jaime Omar Yassin

AASEG Deal Closer to Finish Line; Police Commission Goes on Offense at Town Hall Meeting; Thao Indictment Relies Heavily on Juarez Claims/Texts

AASEG Deal Closer to Finish Line; Police Commission Goes on Offense at Town Hall Meeting; Thao Indictment Relies Heavily on Juarez Claims/Texts

ALCO BOS Passes Non-Binding Term Sheet/ Commitment to Closing Coliseum DA Transfer, Clearing One of the Last Hurdles for AASEG’s Historic Coliseum Purchase Alameda County’s Board of Supervisors passed legislation on Tuesday to trigger key steps in closing the last chapters in AASEG’s now-odyssean Coliseum deal saga.

New Council Off to Cacophonous & Unsteady Start

New Council Off to Cacophonous & Unsteady Start

On Tuesday, Oakland’s new City Council took impactful decisions. The Council– with three new members and a vacancy—elected its new President, and in essence, chose an interim Mayor who will preside over Oakland’s biggest budget challenges in years. The Council also elected a President Pro Tempore who

First Council Meetings of 2025 Will Introduce 3 New Members, Seat Mayoral Interim, Consider D2 Vacancy Role & Consider .5% Sales Tax Increase

First Council Meetings of 2025 Will Introduce 3 New Members, Seat Mayoral Interim, Consider D2 Vacancy Role & Consider .5% Sales Tax Increase

Two meetings on Monday and Thursday this coming week will start a front-loaded year of critical political processes for the City of Oakland. A strikingly different Council will be seated on Monday as current interim Mayor Nikki Fortunato Bas resigns her term at the City and takes up her seat

Council Affirms Cuts, Approves Funds, & Transfers Mayoral Seat, As Half of Council Body Bid Colleagues and Public Farewell at Last Meeting of 2024

Council Affirms Cuts, Approves Funds, & Transfers Mayoral Seat, As Half of Council Body Bid Colleagues and Public Farewell at Last Meeting of 2024

In a rare night of legislative gravitas and personal farewells, Council affirmed a difficult menu of budget choices that could see severe cuts in Oakland Fire [OFD] services and Culture and Arts funding, and an emergency-brake reining in of OPD overspending. The meeting also took an unexpected twist when two

At Council This Week, 12/16 & 12/17

At Council This Week, 12/16 & 12/17

[please see this article for budget related items] 12/16 Agenda Amend Beautification Council Contract Amount The legislation will authorize already budgeted Measure Q funds in the amount of $600K for ongoing work by Beautification Council in cleaning and garbage pickup around homeless encampments. BC already receives a city-brokered Caltrans

Oakland Budget Focus: Unusual Two Days of Council Meetings Will Introduce Far-Reaching Legislation This Week

Oakland Budget Focus: Unusual Two Days of Council Meetings Will Introduce Far-Reaching Legislation This Week

An unusual double header of Monday and Tuesday City Council meetings will introduce wide-ranging legislation focused on budget-balancing, mayoral and council vacancies, and proposed parcel and sales taxes this week. Council will deliberate on several time-sensitive legislative items on both days. Some of those must be passed by the 17th;

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