A court hearing is scheduled for July. The federal monitor has used ambiguous evaluation criteria and has not issued a mandatory quarterly report, leaving the outcome uncertain.
I would just like to point out that "parcel" tax is a euphemism for property tax, a sales term used to help sell tax increases to unwitting voters. One of the primary salesmen for this Prop. 13 go-around is a wealthy Oakland resident, btw. (Bonds are also tax increases, but I'll skip that for today.) Renters should also be aware that any property tax increase is immediately passed on to the cost of rent. A majority of Oakland voters already agreed to a record sales tax increase – the most regressive of all taxes, hitting the working class and the poor far harder than the well-to-do. The incoming mayor's first solution is now to raise another tax instead of fiscal responsibility, which would hurt her financial sponsors. This is not ideology. These are facts like gravity, the speed of light, and the criminal conviction of the current president.
It's hard for me to believe that the Trump administration will let the Oakland California police slip from under Federal control. I think that Oakland would be far better off left to its own devices in providing a police force that protects us. It's a pity this process wasn't taking place with someone other than Kash Patel running the Justice Department. If they lose, appeals from her to the moon.
I would just like to point out that "parcel" tax is a euphemism for property tax, a sales term used to help sell tax increases to unwitting voters. One of the primary salesmen for this Prop. 13 go-around is a wealthy Oakland resident, btw. (Bonds are also tax increases, but I'll skip that for today.) Renters should also be aware that any property tax increase is immediately passed on to the cost of rent. A majority of Oakland voters already agreed to a record sales tax increase – the most regressive of all taxes, hitting the working class and the poor far harder than the well-to-do. The incoming mayor's first solution is now to raise another tax instead of fiscal responsibility, which would hurt her financial sponsors. This is not ideology. These are facts like gravity, the speed of light, and the criminal conviction of the current president.
Dear God, please don't let my kidnappers be removed from Federal Oversight!
25-cv-00383 Reid v. City of Oakland, Oakland Police Department
https://www.pacermonitor.com/case/56955336/Reid_v_City_Of_Oakland_et_al
It's hard for me to believe that the Trump administration will let the Oakland California police slip from under Federal control. I think that Oakland would be far better off left to its own devices in providing a police force that protects us. It's a pity this process wasn't taking place with someone other than Kash Patel running the Justice Department. If they lose, appeals from her to the moon.