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I got 5: This week’s top headlines
Oakland’s “data center” moratorium battle; City to spend $150K on trash-seeking AI drones; federal monitor says city fell behind on investigations of…
Sep 17
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Oakland’s police contract could raise pay 14%. Other city unions got bigger annual raises in the last round.
City council is set to vote on a contract that would make police pay a portion of their health premiums but would not cap overtime.
Sep 14
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Sean S. Reinhart
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I got 5: This week’s Newsstand headlines
Oakland police officers charged with fraud; councilman Kevin Jenkins requests “more bitches”; Oakland schools trustee VanCedric Williams gets paid by…
Sep 11
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland’s police commission broke open-meeting laws. The commission still hasn’t fixed it.
The public ethics commission hasn’t ruled on the matter yet — ten months after the incident — and its enforcement chief admits that they have no way to…
Sep 10
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Alex Montana
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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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“More b*tches. Bring ‘em all here.” Oakland council member’s phone call with Sheng Thao co-defendant revealed
Read the eight-minute call in full: the recalls of mayor Sheng Thao and Pamela Price, a call with the mayor about buying modular housing units, an…
Sep 4
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I got 5: This week’s Newsstand headlines
Oakland city workers attend union “strike school”; Janani Ramachandran lures city job-seekers to her campaign website; the real reason Caltrans may open…
Sep 3
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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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Oakland police could exit federal oversight soon. What comes after?
As Oakland approaches what could be the final court hearing in the longest-running federal police oversight case in the nation, a new city position is…
Aug 18
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Rajni Mandal
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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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Oakland set to give Ray Bobbitt’s company public financing at below-market interest rate to buy the Coliseum
We compare the proposed loan to what commercial lenders charge — and estimate the below-market public financing is essentially a giveaway of roughly $45…
Jul 13
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Alex Montana
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The Bank of Oakland: City to loan $60 million to developer Ray Bobbitt’s company
Committee reviews plans to front the money for purchase of the Oakland Coliseum Complex. The County is also considering giving a loan.
Jul 9
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Alex Montana
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