This California city spent $1.7M on unauthorized overtime for hundreds of employees as it faces a massive $129M budget shortfall
Unauthorized overtime payments cost the City of Oakland nearly $1.7 million over a period of several years, the city's ...
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Oakland has run out of money to pay for City Hall security
Guards who protect Oakland buildings and other city property might be the latest casualties of the ongoing budget crisis.
Oakland’s mayoral candidates still trying to get out of Sheng Thao’s shadow
Barbara Lee and Loren Taylor’s backers have tried to paint the other as a continuation of Thao’s administration.
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Oakland runs out of money to pay for City Hall security
The City of Oakland doesn’t have the money it needs to pay a security firm to guard City Hall through the end of the fiscal ...
Progressive icon Barbara Lee wants to be mayor of an Oakland marked by crime and homelessness
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oakland, California, voters who recalled their mayor in November over crime, homelessness and ...
Transformation of High Street area in Oakland's Fruitvale District moves forward
The area surrounding the High Street Home Depot in Oakland's Fruitvale District -- once notorious for large encampments, RVs, ...
In tight race to lead Oakland, Loren Taylor gets unexpected endorsement from Bay Area mayor
The endorsement bucks from near-unanimous support among Bay Area politicians for Taylor’s opponent, former Rep. Barbara Lee.
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Oakland Mayoral Candidates Seek to Evade Shadow of Recalled Mayor
Next month, voters will replace ex-Mayor Sheng Thao, who was recalled and then indicted. The two leading candidates both ...
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Progressive icon Barbara Lee wants to be mayor of an Oakland marked by crime and homelessness
Her leading opponent is Loren Taylor, 47, a former Oakland City Council member who supports using drones and surveillance cameras to fight crime, and who nearly won the race for mayor in 2022.