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Twice-rejected police commissioner ‘not qualified’ to serve a new fixed term: City Attorney
City Attorney says the Oakland Police Commission can elevate ‘holdover’ alternate Omar Farmer to a vacant seat — but only temporarily, and he must be…
 • Alex Montana
Police Commission appointment appears to violate state law
Oakland police commission moves to appoint Omar Farmer to a vacant seat in apparent violation of sunshine laws, after the City Council previously…
 • Alex Montana
Oakland’s police oversight system: auditor’s report raises questions, recommends independent staffing study
City officials sought to move the Office of the Inspector General to the city auditor’s office
 • Rajni Mandal
Police dispatch time improvements sidelined after the Privacy Advisory Commission
Oakland has one of the slowest 9-1-1 response times in the state. A likely time-saving technology was debated by citizen-run organizations that aim to…
 • Rajni Mandal
Oakland’s culture of apathy is costing us all
City’s lack of responsiveness to its citizens – and apathy toward doing its job – has cost it and Oakland residents dearly.
 • SEAN EVERHART
The city that sues itself: how the Privacy Advisory Commission enables conflicts of interest
Oakland’s tangled web of citizen commissions takes authority (and accountability) out of the hands of elected officials
 • Alex Montana
Outgoing police commissioners accuse police chief and blame city for "anti-commission harassment"
Termed-out police commissioners Ricardo Garcia Acosta and Omar Farmer, whom city council declined to reappoint, aim to send a statement to the federal…
 • Sean S. Reinhart
Oakland’s police commission - when does oversight become obstruction?
Oakland’s tangled web of citizen commissions causes delays, duplicated efforts and dysfunction - Part 1
 • Alex Montana
Measure NN’s oversight commission wields unprecedented citywide power
Oakland’s newest citizen commission now controls $45 million a year and the city’s overall public safety strategy.
 • Rajni Mandal
Oakland Report chat room on Oakland's budget
A private space for subscribers to converse about budget ideas
 • Oakland Report
You can influence Oakland's next budget
The Budget Advisory Commission seeks your input on the FY25-26 budget
 • Mike Forbes
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