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At Council This Week, 6/17/2025
There were previously two meetings scheduled for Tuesday—a Special Meeting for budget deliberation was cancelled after the City’s budget passed in record time on the day of introduction.
This second regular meeting at 3:30pm has only one non-consent item:
Becker Boards Agreement
Following a previously contentious process
FY 25-27 Budget Focus: Council Passes Biennial Budget with Minimal Debate-Few Answers on $40 MM Gap, Silence on OPD Academy Deletion
Oakland’s City Council passed Interim Mayor Jenkins’ FY 25-27 budget along with amendments from a Council budget team led by CMs Janani Ramachandran and Rowena Brown Wednesday morning at a little advertised meeting that began at 9am.
The budget session set a record for brevity, amid a historically small
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Live Reporting: Council Budget Session 06/11/25, 9am
Budget Focus: Council Budget Proposes Reduced Academies, Civilianization of Roles, Full OFD Station Funding; 'Step Pay' Strategy, non-GPF Fund Reserves, Self-Insurance Liability Fund Other Items
The Council’s Budget team published proposed amendments to Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins’ proposed biennial budget this week, with a centerpiece that includes an efficiency-focused reduction of OPD academies, and an effort to civilianize [or re-civilianize] duties currently carried out by OPD. The Committee* is led by CMs Rowena Brown