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Oakland’s governing philosophy: extract, don’t build
A licensed contractor argues Oakland's permits, fines, and fees extract from residents while the city projects $115–130 million annual deficits.
Oct 26
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Measure EE: In Oakland, accountability is on the ballot
Across our city, Oaklanders want services they can count on, clear answers when something goes wrong, and leaders who take responsibility for fixing…
Oct 21
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Measure EE: Oakland voters should reject the “strong-mayor” proposal
It risks corruption and mismanagement, it makes it harder to hold elected leaders accountable, and it doesn’t reflect Oakland’s diverse community…
Oct 18
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Homelessness has become an ideological war
Liberals blame broken systems. Conservatives blame broken behavior. The real answer is more complicated — and the only standard that should matter is…
Oct 3
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Kevin Dahlgren
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Oakland elections: No one wants to catch the “falling knife”
This year, the stakes are higher than ever in Oakland’s local elections — so why are so few candidates running?
Sep 8
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Seneca Scott
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Introducing Newsstand — a free public service for our readers
Oakland Report's Newsstand is a daily roundup of Oakland news and stories from across the spectrum — a one-stop destination for readers to keep abreast…
Aug 29
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Coming soon: Oakland Report is expanding
Oakland Report is growing — thanks to our readers’ generous support — and we’re launching a new service for our readers this weekend.
Aug 28
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Oakland Report
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Oakland’s Achilles heel — Letters to the editor
Wondering why a council member behaves like a nightclub act; who’s missing from the Sheng Thao witness list?; gross mismanagement at Oakland Unified …
Aug 25
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Sean S. Reinhart
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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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Rough cut: Our video montage missed the mark
Our recent video compilation fell short. We did not meet our own standard of “no implicit bias”
Jul 31
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland Coliseum: An open letter to Oakland council member Janani Ramachandran
A District 4 constituent asks his council member to reconcile her vote for the Oakland Coliseum sale with the ‘culture of enforcement’ she has publicly…
Jul 27
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Oakland Report
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Oakland: trash is cash, garbage is gold
How Oakland built a problem it cannot clean up — and how to fix it.
Jul 26
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