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Oakland approved $61 million in contracts with no council vote or prior public review
Oakland delayed the required public reports on these contracts for three years. The report was finally issued this week — and it shows hundreds of…
Oct 30
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland nonprofit gives park stewardship for 30 years — as the city breaks its parks tax promises
Friends of Sausal Creek nonprofit plays a major role in preserving and improving 140 acres of Oakland’s vital watershed — but not every city-owned park…
Oct 8
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Phoebe Vo
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City unions threaten strike, plan to picket mayor Barbara Lee's state of city speech
The two unions, which represent the city's technical and service workers, have been locked in contentious contract negotiations with the city for…
Oct 6
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Oakland Report
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Oakland Unified’s general fund cash shrank by $100 million last year
OUSD still hasn’t identified $30 million in cuts it passed to balance its 2026-27 budget — and it’s now two months into the new fiscal year
Sep 9
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Six schools closed in Oakland in 2026. All were charter schools
The Oakland Unified school board told staff not to close any district-run schools, despite its own facility plan showing that its schools are only…
Aug 20
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Charlene Price
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Laney’s art gallery is losing 78% of its space. So students created their own
The Peralta district’s relocation plan cuts the June Steingart Gallery from 922 square feet to 200 and moves it off the Laney campus — the deepest…
Aug 17
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Phoebe Vo
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Oakland did not dodge the budget crisis – it postponed the bill
Measure E’s backers warned of service cuts if voters didn’t approve it. Voters rejected the measure — yet the city avoided deep cuts after all, by using…
Aug 9
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Oakland Report
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Oakland Unified spent over $28,000 per student — more than any nearby district
Black and Hispanic students in Oakland Unified met English and Math standards at lower rates than Black and Hispanic students statewide — a gap of…
Aug 7
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Tarini Kakkar
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When a loan is not a ‘loan’: city officials use wordplay to elide the truth about the Coliseum sale
Oakland lends its Coliseum buyer half the price — and the buyer plans to immediately flip the Oakland Arena for cash. We map the deal to the city's own…
Jul 21
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Alex Montana
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OUSD spent its pandemic 'inheritance'— but it won’t show the receipts
Oakland Unified received $129.9 million in final-round federal pandemic relief. How three East Bay districts handled one-time money and falling…
Jul 15
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Tarini Kakkar
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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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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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Oakland Report
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Sean S. Reinhart
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