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Only around 32% of city employees live in Oakland. Their unions are campaigning for taxes that most city workers don’t pay.
Most Oakland city workers don’t live in Oakland and don’t pay local taxes. Yet their unions have spent nearly half a million dollars to campaign for…
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Oakland: the politics of emotional blackmail
For years, city leaders and advocates have repeatedly claimed that the city’s failures are someone else’s fault, criticisms are personal attacks, and…
May 2
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Oakland Report
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Lawsuit filed against City of Oakland over Measure E
The lawsuit accuses the City of using SEIU Local 1021 to “front” what should have been a Council-sponsored parcel tax — and burying the evidence by…
Apr 30
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Only 35% of Oakland’s rental housing is rent-controlled — and parcel taxes raise their rents, too
Oakland’s ‘rent control’ covers a much smaller slice of the rental market than most people realize — and studies have shown that parcel taxes are…
Apr 23
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland taxes hit deep East Oakland's homes up to 48% harder than Rockridge's
The Measure E parcel tax, if approved by voters on June 2, would continue a historic trend of disproportionately burdening East Oakland neighborhoods.
Apr 20
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Sean S. Reinhart
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'Where is my tax money going?': KTVU 2 News interviews Oakland Report
Television station KTVU invited Oakland Report managing editor Sean Reinhart to talk about Oakland's many taxes.
Apr 18
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Oakland Report
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Shrinkflation: Oakland is charging residents more and giving them less
Two decades of rising government costs, escalating tax burdens, and stagnant services.
Apr 15
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland union boss threatens fire station closures unless voters approve tax hike – despite the city's past broken promises
Oakland’s 20-year record of diverted tax funds, fire station cuts used for political pressure, and a firefighters union that continues to back new tax…
Apr 13
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Sean S. Reinhart
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The city of Oakland has broken its promises to voters in three of the last four parcel tax measures
What the city promised voters new taxes would do, and what the city actually did with the money: a multi-part series.
Apr 8
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Sean S. Reinhart
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75% of Black Oakland residents surveyed say the taxes they pay are not worth it
Also: Nine out of ten Black survey respondents said crime and public safety are 'concerning' or 'extremely concerning' — the highest concern level of…
Mar 21
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Loren Taylor
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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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Oakland's surplus mirage sets the stage for a $34 million tax increase
The city and its unions are preparing a parcel tax increase on the June ballot using budget maneuvers and a union-funded "citizen-sponsored" campaign to…
Feb 28
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