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At Council This Week, 4/14/2025

At Council This Week, 4/14/2025

Due to the elections Tuesday, the meeting was rescheduled as a special meeting for Monday. —City Administrator Gives Cautious Support for Bringing Measure U Bonds to Market in Fall in Council Report Council, OakDOT and Housing and Community Development have been anxious to receive news about whether or not the

New Web of Recall Linked Expenditure Committees Spend Hundreds of Thousands For Taylor, Taylor Linked D2 Candidates

New Web of Recall Linked Expenditure Committees Spend Hundreds of Thousands For Taylor, Taylor Linked D2 Candidates

Five shadowy Independent Expenditure Committees have raised and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars supporting Loren Taylor for Oakland Mayor and D2-linked candidates ahead of the April 15 Special Election, public records show. Empower Oakland [EO]; Revitalize the East Bay [REB]; Better Bay Area [BBA]; Responsible Leadership for Oakland [Responsible]

Grim Outlook for Affordable Housing and OakDOT Without Measure U Bond Sales in '25; Ballers/Raimondi Lease Renewal on Way to Council; Highest Police "on leave" in Year of Tracking

Grim Outlook for Affordable Housing and OakDOT Without Measure U Bond Sales in '25; Ballers/Raimondi Lease Renewal on Way to Council; Highest Police "on leave" in Year of Tracking

OakDOT and HCD Describe Disastrous Outcomes for City Infrastructure and Affordable Housing Without Measure U Bond Sales This Year During fraught budget deliberations last Summer, officials suggested that one outcome of budgeting with future Coliseum sale revenue could be a downgrading of City bond ratings that could reduce their potential

10 Years of OPD Academy Data Show Decreasing Recruitment

10 Years of OPD Academy Data Show Decreasing Recruitment

Oakland’s election landscape has been unusual in the last several years— the impact of a mayoral recall has mixed with races for vacated offices with visible presence of large amounts of tech, finance and real estate/landlord money from outside of the city. Candidates have ranged from a fired

After Optimistic Predictions, County Falls Short Again on Coliseum DA Transfer Approval

After Optimistic Predictions, County Falls Short Again on Coliseum DA Transfer Approval

One of the last major steps in AASEG’s now Sisyphean negotiations with Alameda County [ALCO] to finalize the purchase of the Oakland Coliseum site looked like it was just days away from being finalized last Thursday, according to Supervisors and an agendized City negotiator report back. But on Tuesday

The Oakland Observer Will Publish a Little Later Than Usual This Week

Monday's have become the established publication day for the Oakland Observer Newsletter covering the previous week's events. This week, OO will be published on Wednesday to accommodate potential events in developing stories. Thanks for your patience and your continued support.

Hesitation at Rules Committee Over Sanctuary City Reaffirmation; CPRA Director Muir Warns of Defunding Agency in Final Address to OPC

Hesitation at Rules Committee Over Sanctuary City Reaffirmation; CPRA Director Muir Warns of Defunding Agency in Final Address to OPC

Rules Committee’s Caution on Agendizing “Sanctuary City Affirmation” May Reflect Governor's Concerns on Trump/MAGA Retaliation Interim City Council President Noel Gallo promised residents he would bring legislation addressing Oakland's potentially precarious situation for immigrant residents last month at an immigrants' rights event. So