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Selective sourcing: Oaklandside's article on police overtime
Advocacy group members and city unions in active contract talks were quoted as 'residents' — while OPD's own overtime reports went unmentioned.
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Rajni Mandal
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Oakland’s new First Fridays safety plan began last month. Late-night crime still spiked.
Street closures and stepped-up city presence did appear to help reduce the unsanctioned after-hours street takeovers in front of the Fox Theater that…
Jul 3
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland police spent less per crime than other cities — and spent more per resident
Oakland’s police officers carries the heaviest and most severe caseload among 14 neighboring and comparable cities, at the lowest cost per crime.
Jul 1
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Alex Montana
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June 2026
Oakland Report is 70% toward our goal
We have raised $35,000 toward our $50,000 fundraising goal — our heartfelt thanks to all who have donated so far. Help us get the rest of the way…
Jun 28
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland is “high sensitivity” — Letters to the editor
Homeless industrial complex; pay raises for city council and unions; who’s actually in charge of the city; you get what you pay for — and more letters…
Jun 25
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Union raises ‘endanger’ Oakland school finances as board set to approve $1.2 billion budget
Alameda County superintendent of schools warns that Oakland Unified can’t afford its new teacher contract unless it finds $30 million in cuts it has yet…
Jun 23
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Hand-picked: the political and personal ties between mayor Barbara Lee and her Oakland "charter reform working group"
Mayor Barbara Lee’s eight-member panel consists of her transition advisers, her campaign’s institutional backers, a funder of its own process, and…
Jun 16
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Alex Montana
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Oakland city council pay raises: the charter reform provision no one is discussing
Oakland's charter reform could raise council pay up to 125%, pushing total compensation past $300,000 — yet the provision has been nearly absent from…
Jun 15
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Alex Montana
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'Our babies are drinking lead and we wonder why they’re fighting at First Friday'
Oakland city council argues over budget amendments and declares a "severe and unanticipated financial event" for the fourth year in a row, ten days…
Jun 13
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Oakland Report
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Oakland’s ‘unanticipated’ financial emergency set to enter its fourth year
City council intends to once again declare a ‘severe and unanticipated financial event’ — suspending multiple voter-approved mandates in order to divert…
Jun 12
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Late-night crime spikes 44% on First Fridays. The city says it has a new plan to curb it.
Oakland’s First Fridays festivals have been followed by unsanctioned, chaotic after-hours gatherings in the streets near the official event area for…
Jun 5
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland’s charter reform process: the questions it was built not to ask
Mayor Barbara Lee’s charter reform ‘working group’ was hand-picked to diagnose Oakland’s dysfunction. But the group was set up to rule out the reforms…
Jun 2
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Alex Montana
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