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Jaime Omar Yassin

Jaime Omar Yassin

Coliseum Sale Would Guarantee Affordable Housing & Community Benefits–but Proceeds Unavailable Until FY 24-25 According to Legislative Document; More on Wednesday Special Mtg

Coliseum Sale Would Guarantee Affordable Housing & Community Benefits–but Proceeds Unavailable Until FY 24-25 According to Legislative Document; More on Wednesday Special Mtg

Coliseum Sale Would Guarantee 25% Affordable Housing, Community Benefits–but Proceeds Unavailable Until 24-25 According to Legislative Document Legislation to be deliberated this Wednesday that would greenlight the final negotiation to sell the City’s 50% Coliseum interest reveals a worrisome fact—sale proceeds the City and Council were counting
Jaime Omar Yassin
Budget Crisis Patched with Coliseum Sale: AASEG Promises Transformative East Oakland Community-Focused Project, But Even with Sale and Freezes, Structural Issues Remain

Budget Crisis Patched with Coliseum Sale: AASEG Promises Transformative East Oakland Community-Focused Project, But Even with Sale and Freezes, Structural Issues Remain

In every biennial budget, the revenues and expenditures for two consecutive fiscal years are passed as a single biennial budget. Changes must always be made to the baseline estimates for the second year of the budget through the mid-cycle process because projected revenues and expenditures usually shift and change as
Jaime Omar Yassin
BOS Sets Recall for November; City Unions Want Answers on Business Tax; Police Commission Ballot Measure Panned, Withdrawn at Rules; Youth vs Apocalypse Chastises Port on CED No-Show, and more...

BOS Sets Recall for November; City Unions Want Answers on Business Tax; Police Commission Ballot Measure Panned, Withdrawn at Rules; Youth vs Apocalypse Chastises Port on CED No-Show, and more...

With Bare Quorum, ALCO BOS Votes to Schedule Recall in November General Election A long-expected decision by Alameda County Board of Supervisors [ALCO BOS] about when to schedule the recall for DA Pamela Price came to a quick conclusion on Tuesday, though only a bare BOS quorum remained to make
Jaime Omar Yassin
OPD Pursuit Revision Proposed; Recall Election Scheduling; OPD Graduates Smallest Academy in Years; Middle Schoolers Protest Port No Show; Committees Round Up & More

OPD Pursuit Revision Proposed; Recall Election Scheduling; OPD Graduates Smallest Academy in Years; Middle Schoolers Protest Port No Show; Committees Round Up & More

Jenkins, Reid Propose Legislation to Direct the Oakland Police Commission to Review/Revise OPD's Vehicle Pursuit Policies CMs Kevin Jenkins and Treva Reid are jointly bringing a resolution that would direct the Oakland Police Commission to review and possibly revise OPD’s pursuit policy. The legislation will be
Jaime Omar Yassin
Thao Recall Relies on Funds of Unknown Origin to Pay Signature Gathering Firm with Nebulous Past/ALCO BOS’ Moves Warily Towards Scheduling a DA Recall Election

Thao Recall Relies on Funds of Unknown Origin to Pay Signature Gathering Firm with Nebulous Past/ALCO BOS’ Moves Warily Towards Scheduling a DA Recall Election

6 Month Old Organization Spends $1/4 Million for Thao Recall Signatures from Firm with Complicated Past Oaklanders United to Recall Sheng Thao [OUTRST] turned in financial 460 disclosures on Tuesday reporting on the funding for the group’s attempted recall of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. The reporting covers the
Jaime Omar Yassin