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Jaime Omar Yassin

Jaime Omar Yassin

CMs Will Introduce New Revenues to Keep 4 Fire Stations Open; a New Financial Report Projects Deficit Amid Ongoing Cost-Cutting but City Admin Says Budget Will be Balanced by Fiscal Year's End

CMs Will Introduce New Revenues to Keep 4 Fire Stations Open; a New Financial Report Projects Deficit Amid Ongoing Cost-Cutting but City Admin Says Budget Will be Balanced by Fiscal Year's End

At a March 4 Council meeting, CMs Janani Ramachandran, Rebecca Kaplan and Zac Unger are scheduled to introduce revenue-allocating legislation that would keep open four Oakland firehouses slated for closure in December’s spending cut plan. The proposed OFD re-funding plan—which the City Administrator’s Office [CAO] supports and
Jaime Omar Yassin
CMs Announce Plan to Keep Fire Stations Open—But Issues Around New Revenue & Contract Cancellations May Grow; CAO Rescinds Significant Number of Layoffs, Sends New Layoff Notices; Police Commission Budget Reduced to Level of one OPD Officer's Salary

CMs Announce Plan to Keep Fire Stations Open—But Issues Around New Revenue & Contract Cancellations May Grow; CAO Rescinds Significant Number of Layoffs, Sends New Layoff Notices; Police Commission Budget Reduced to Level of one OPD Officer's Salary

A week of visibly colliding city hall interests has left questions about the future of the cost-cutting City budgetary actions taken in December by the City Administrator’s Office [CAO] and supported by the City Council. Last Tuesday morning, a coalition of unions held a rally in front of city
Jaime Omar Yassin
City Administrator’s Office Announces Layoffs and $2.6 MM Grant Cuts While Pared Down Council Meetings Continue Amid Other CAO Spending Requests; Judge Ursula Jones-Dickson Chosen as Interim District Attorney Appointee in Split Vote

City Administrator’s Office Announces Layoffs and $2.6 MM Grant Cuts While Pared Down Council Meetings Continue Amid Other CAO Spending Requests; Judge Ursula Jones-Dickson Chosen as Interim District Attorney Appointee in Split Vote

CAO Announces Layoffs and $2.6 MM Grant Cuts; Pared Down Council Meetings Continue Amid Other CAO Requests for Increased Spending Oakland's City Administrator Jestin Johnson announced long-anticipated layoffs in an email to staff this week, according to sources and an internal memo sent Thursday, viewed by this
Jaime Omar Yassin
Council Meetings Short on Duration and Legislation Under Gallo's Leadership; City Vehicular Homeless Evictions Increasingly Led by OPD; Mitchell Details Possible Pursuit Changes, Describes Lengthy Timeline

Council Meetings Short on Duration and Legislation Under Gallo's Leadership; City Vehicular Homeless Evictions Increasingly Led by OPD; Mitchell Details Possible Pursuit Changes, Describes Lengthy Timeline

Short Meetings with Few Items Typify Gallo's Council as He Struggles to Fill President Role; Homeless Advocates Speak Out Against Increasing Camp Evictions Oakland’s City Council continues to have a light legislative load as the body's latest meeting last Tuesday came in at 55 minutes,
Jaime Omar Yassin