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PODCAST: We can balance Oakland’s budget without selling the future
Seven actions could save the city $200M per year without wage cuts, pension cuts, selling city assets, or gutting public safety
Oct 20
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We can balance Oakland’s budget without selling the future
Seven actions could save the city $200M per year without wage cuts, pension cuts, selling city assets, or gutting public safety
Oct 13
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Tim Gardner
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Podcast: Oakland's Pension Debt Problem
A 12-minute conversation explaining Oakland's pension debt issue, and what it means for the City it's residents
Oct 6
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Oakland Report
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Love Where You Live
A Oakland business owner’s journey from crisis to civic duty
Sep 20
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Kanitha Matoury
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Love Where You Live
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Oakland paid $450M in 2023 for pension costs and above-inflation wage increases
The city paid more than $130M in interest alone on its pension debt—far more than its $100M annual deficit, which it just sold the Coliseum to pay. It…
Sep 10
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Tim Gardner
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Oakland paid $450M in 2023 for pension costs and above-inflation wage increases
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The people of Oakland are suffering
City leadership needs to act urgently to rebalance priorities toward public safety
Jul 30
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Tim Gardner
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The people of Oakland are suffering
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Oakland’s policies undermine police ability to deter crime
Frequent cuts to the number of police in recent years have adversely impacted Oakland’s ability to take advantage of a major benefit to…
Jul 29
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Jacob Rukin
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Oakland’s crime data mess: How politicians are playing shell games with public safety
Cherry-picked stats and untested reforms have left Oakland’s public safety in disarray.
Jul 18
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Tim Gardner
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Oakland’s crime data mess: How politicians are playing shell games with public safety
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Oakland’s 2024-2025 budget squanders the city’s future
The City delays dealing with its ongoing deficit; instead it aims to pay its bills by selling $105M of public assets and diverting restricted funds from…
Jun 18
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Tim Gardner
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Oakland’s 2024-2025 budget squanders the city’s future
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As homelessness budgets grow, why does homelessness keep getting worse?
The City of Oakland announced recently that it has been awarded $7.2 million from the state to help residents of two homeless encampments.
May 21
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Christopher Calton
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As homelessness budgets grow, why does homelessness keep getting worse?
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Oakland’s looming spending cuts
While City officials have spent the past months focused on business license taxes, scant attention has been paid to the impacts of unavoidable spending…
May 17
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Tim Gardner
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Oakland’s looming spending cuts
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The inequitable equity of Oakland paving
City Council decisions stalled Oakland’s paving program for 1.5 years, hurt underserved communities, and cost taxpayers $6M
Mar 11
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Tim Gardner
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The inequitable equity of Oakland paving
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