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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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Sean S. Reinhart
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'Our babies are drinking lead and we wonder why they’re fighting at First Friday'
Oakland city council argues over budget amendments and declares a "severe and unanticipated financial event" for the fourth year in a row, ten days…
Jun 13
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Oakland Report
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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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'Death and taxes': Oakland City Council is the one who knocks. (Flashback)
Oakland's Measure E didn't start as a "citizen" initiative. It started at City Council months earlier. Then it was handed off to unions to put it on the…
May 30
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Oakland Report
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It’s legal to lie in campaigns – but that doesn’t make it right
Oakland Measure E campaign’s claim that it results in “lower tax rates” is a misleading statement — in common terms, a lie. Nothing in the legal text of…
May 24
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Oakland Report
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'We have a spending plan... that is a plan.' Mayor Barbara Lee, public unions hold a rally for Measure E
Today mayor Barbara Lee, council President Kevin Jenkins, and firefighters union boss Seth Olyer spoke at a rally with public employees to gin up…
May 19
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Oakland Report
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'We have a spending plan... that is a plan.' Mayor Barbara Lee, public unions hold a rally for Measure E
Today mayor Barbara Lee, council President Kevin Jenkins, and firefighters union boss Seth Olyer spoke at a rally with public employees to gin up…
May 19
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Oakland Report
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Mayor Barbara Lee says meeting Measure NN’s minimum police staffing requirement now depends on voters approving a second parcel tax: Measure…
The city of Oakland aims for Measure E tax funds to pay for services already funded by Measure NN, the tax voters approved in 2024. It also diverts…
May 17
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Treasurer Henry Levy concedes he didn't know if Measure E will 'lower tax rates for most homeowners' when he endorsed it
Alameda County treasurer Henry Levy backed away from his definitive 'lower tax rates' claim about the Oakland Measure E parcel tax in the county's…
May 15
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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 is still #1 – in highest taxes
Also: The racially-motivated aspects of Oakland’s taxation and service delivery; Rebecca Kaplan isn't qualified for the job; school administrator pay…
May 9
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Oakland Report
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Broken Promises — Oakland's Measure E
Oakland keeps asking voters for new parcel taxes — and keeps failing to deliver what those taxes promised. What voters should weigh in deciding Measure…
May 7
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Oakland Report
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