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The Bank of Oakland: City to loan $60 million to developer Ray Bobbitt’s company
Committee reviews plans to front the money for purchase of the Oakland Coliseum Complex. The County is also considering giving a loan.
Jul 9
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Alex Montana
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Oakland proposes closing streets to stop prostitution on ‘The Blade.’ But past barricades just moved the problem.
Oakland's July 7 hearing on closing 9th, 10th and 11th Avenues to disrupt sex trafficking arrives with no cost estimate, no baseline data, and a record…
Jul 7
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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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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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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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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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‘Oakland deserves better’ — Alameda County approves Coliseum buyback term sheet
Developer Ray Bobbitt submitted last-minute changes to ‘carve out’ the Oakland Arena from liability for environmental issues at the Oakland Coliseum…
May 29
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Alameda County is back in the Oakland Coliseum business — set to buy back from A’s, sell to developer
Developer Ray Bobbitt has missed nearly every major payment to the City of Oakland. Now the county is stepping back in to help after selling its share…
May 28
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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’s homeless population is growing by 1,000 people per year
The city plans to spend $1.06 billion to cut homelessness 50% in five years – and it isn’t enough. Oakland Agenda Watch
Mar 17
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Police overtime report shows $16.9 million over budget halfway through the fiscal year
Oakland police department is dangerously understaffed with only 509 sworn officers on active duty – far below the minimum threshold of 700 set by…
Mar 10
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland: $34 million property tax increase appears headed for June ballot
Union-sponsored signature campaign collects required number of signatures to qualify; Oakland city council set to formally put the measure on the June 2…
Mar 3
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Sean S. Reinhart
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