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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]

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

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

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

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

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