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Swept away: Oakland announced a 20% drop in homelessness – but encampment sweeps obscured the real numbers
Alameda County reports its largest homelessness reduction ever, including a 20% drop in Oakland.
May 21
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Alex Montana
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'We have a spending plan... that is a plan.' Mayor Barbara Lee, public unions hold a rally for Measure E
Today mayor Barbara Lee, council President Kevin Jenkins, and firefighters union boss Seth Olyer spoke at a rally with public employees to gin up…
May 19
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Oakland Report
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Oakland Report is growing
Announcing five new additions to the Oakland Report team — and a $50,000 fundraising challenge. Don’t miss a beat! Donate to support our nonprofit work.
May 19
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland Report
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Mayor Barbara Lee says meeting Measure NN’s minimum police staffing requirement now depends on voters approving a second parcel tax: Measure…
The city of Oakland aims for Measure E tax funds to pay for services already funded by Measure NN, the tax voters approved in 2024. It also diverts…
May 17
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Treasurer Henry Levy concedes he didn't know if Measure E will 'lower tax rates for most homeowners' when he endorsed it
Alameda County treasurer Henry Levy backed away from his definitive 'lower tax rates' claim about the Oakland Measure E parcel tax in the county's…
May 15
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Oakland Report
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‘Oakland needs to get its act together’: city to spend another $1.1 million on illegal dumping
Mayor Barbara Lee and council member Zac Unger's April 14 dumping enforcement ordinance is followed by a $1.1 million proposal that layers on an illegal…
May 13
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Oakland Report
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Oakland failed to collect $12 million in taxes: ‘they did not know what was happening’
New audit finds the city let business taxes go uncollected. Meanwhile the city sits on hundreds of vacant positions, claims “extreme fiscal necessity…
May 11
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland is still #1 – in highest taxes
Also: The racially-motivated aspects of Oakland’s taxation and service delivery; Rebecca Kaplan isn't qualified for the job; school administrator pay…
May 9
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Oakland Report
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Broken Promises — Oakland's Measure E
Oakland keeps asking voters for new parcel taxes — and keeps failing to deliver what those taxes promised. What voters should weigh in deciding Measure…
May 7
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Oakland Report
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Oakland Police Commission is at a crossroads
Oakland voters overwhelmingly support police oversight, but a documented pattern of Police Commission dysfunction, mounting legal costs, and misaligned…
May 6
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Alex Montana
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Only around 32% of city employees live in Oakland. Their unions are campaigning for taxes that most city workers don’t pay.
Most Oakland city workers don’t live in Oakland and don’t pay local taxes. Yet their unions have spent nearly half a million dollars to campaign for…
May 4
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Oakland Report
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Oakland: the politics of emotional blackmail
For years, city leaders and advocates have repeatedly claimed that the city’s failures are someone else’s fault, criticisms are personal attacks, and…
May 2
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Oakland Report
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