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OO Week: City Continues 2 Tiered Encampment Evictions; Q3 Rev/Exp Predicts Deficit, and Effective Balancing Actions; Correction of OPD Budget Error Opened Additional Fire House; Accurate OPD Budgeting Suggests Flat Staffing for Years to Come; Correction

OO Week: City Continues 2 Tiered Encampment Evictions; Q3 Rev/Exp Predicts Deficit, and Effective Balancing Actions; Correction of OPD Budget Error Opened Additional Fire House; Accurate OPD Budgeting Suggests Flat Staffing for Years to Come; Correction

*after this article was written, the City announced a significant error in calculating the OPD budget. An update here also had errors. For accuracies sake, all previous numbers will be struck through so that the correct current proposed mayoral budget data are shown. City Continues Two-Tiered Homeless Encampment Eviction Process
Jaime Omar Yassin
Budget Focus: Increase for OPD Sworn Staffing as Oversight Bodies Are Slashed, IAD Shift to CPRA Becomes Unlikely: Update: City/Mayor Admit Error in Sworn Staffing Budget; Correction added 5/28

Budget Focus: Increase for OPD Sworn Staffing as Oversight Bodies Are Slashed, IAD Shift to CPRA Becomes Unlikely: Update: City/Mayor Admit Error in Sworn Staffing Budget; Correction added 5/28

*after this article was written, the City announced a significant error in calculating the OPD budget. An update here also had errors. After this was published as well, the third quarter financials were published, indicating that the City did a better job of reigning in OPD overspending in FY 24-25
Jaime Omar Yassin
City Departures & Head Start Turmoil as Lee Enters Office; City Moves to Settle Suit on '22 Election Errors; New Funds Would Carry Wood St Cabins/RV Site to Program Conclusion

City Departures & Head Start Turmoil as Lee Enters Office; City Moves to Settle Suit on '22 Election Errors; New Funds Would Carry Wood St Cabins/RV Site to Program Conclusion

Key City Departures as Lee is Poised to Assume Mayor’s Seat Three high level administrators are in the process of leaving City of Oakland employment as Oakland’s new Mayor Barbara Lee prepares to take office. Finance Director Erin Roseman is resigning, effective mid-June; and Head Start Director Diveena
Jaime Omar Yassin