BEFORE THE GREAT RECESSION HIT IN 2008, the City of Oakland budgeted nearly $4.5 million dollars to its Tree Services Division, housed under the city's Department of Public Works. Only one year later, that number plummeted to under $2.5 million. "TheCity had to face extremely hard choices ...
A union leader, and an IT employee for the city of Oakland, Ware was among those who packed the City Council's discussion of the $130 million budget deficit. "It really puts people on edge because it's sort of that uncertainty," he said. "What should I be doing right now? Should...
The city of Oakland is facing millions of dollars in potential service cuts as part of its ongoing structural budget deficit, with some cost-cutting measures already underway, according to a report presented to the city council on Tuesday.During a presentation on the preliminary state ...
Learn more about the proposed design of the East Walnut Street traffic calming project. View Project Rollins Road Traffic Calming A second public input meeting has been scheduled for Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. View Project Northeast Sidewalk Projects Sidewalk projects on Oakland Gravel Road and Vandiver...
Oakland Police Departmentwas not actually defunded, with the City Council approving increasingly larger budgets within the last two years. This month, Thao called the California Highway Patrol for backup to “reduce crime and bolster services, despite inheriting a historic budget deficit.” ...
Oakland city officials support harsher sideshow penalties News / May 17, 2023 / 08:42 PM PDT KRON4's Terisa Estacio reports. Travelers react to DC plane crash KRON ON / Jan 30, 2025 / 10:12 PM PST KRON4's Charles Clifford reports. https://kron4.com Travelers face anxiety after ...
If you use the Glenwood Bridge to get from the Mon Valley to Oakland or downtown Pittsburgh, beware --- Phase 3 of work on the busy commuter route begins on Monday, Feb. 22. The work will include the closure of the northbound lanes of Route 837 --- heading from West Homestead to Pi...
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OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland will have two more police academies over the next two fiscal years to hire more sworn officers into the Oakland Police Department, the Oakland City Council voted on Tuesday evening. The hiring would allow the city to meet the requirements of Measure Z, a parcel...