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What Happened? In a five hour budget meeting Tuesday, 8 council members struggled, often divisively, with concerns over the risk of budgeting an unconfirmed $63 MM worth of revenue from partial payment of the City’s Coliseum stake. The meeting had been continued from a budget deliberation on Friday. A

An unusual Friday afternoon budget meeting was at turns confusing and combative as Council members wrestled with options late into the night in the midst of a historic fiscal shortfall. What's Going on? The City is running late on passing mid-cycle budget amendments to the FY 24-25 budget.

The answer to the budget delay reported here days ago arrived yesterday: the City Administrator’s office has spent the last week or so since the amendments were pulled from the agenda preparing a back-up contingency plan. The contingency comes after requests by members of City Council and the public

Mayor Thao Strikes Defiant Tone on FBI Search In a Monday morning press conference, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao made her first public appearance and comments about a Federal search of her residence last Thursday. Thao declared her innocence of any wrong-doing and clapped back at the recall group, which has

East Oakland Residents Celebrate Coliseum Sale to Black-Owned Development, While Questions Remain About Fast-Tracked Sale, CBA and Affordable Housing Oakland’s City Council took the first steps in approving the terms and negotiating the sale of the City’s 50% interest in the Coliseum property last Tuesday. Public comment and

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