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BOS Sets Recall for November; City Unions Want Answers on Business Tax; Police Commission Ballot Measure Panned, Withdrawn at Rules; Youth vs Apocalypse Chastises Port on CED No-Show, and more...

BOS Sets Recall for November; City Unions Want Answers on Business Tax; Police Commission Ballot Measure Panned, Withdrawn at Rules; Youth vs Apocalypse Chastises Port on CED No-Show, and more...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