Plus: The city is paying $1.5 million to settle former police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick’s lawsuit.
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City Council this week: Update on MACRO rollout, calls to investigate Mills College merger
Plus: The council will vote on a police department hiring plan and hear a report on redlining in West Oakland.
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City Council this week: Rental housing registry, and the zoo turns 100
Plus, Lowell Park’s basketball courts are getting a makeover.
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City Council this week: Oakland budget adjustments, cap on rent increases
Plus, the council is declaring this week Queer and Transgender Asian and Pacific Islander week.
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City Council this week: COVID-19 vaccine mandate changes, new parking meters at Lake Merritt
Plus: Legal settlements with two former city employees and funding to help people living at a E. 12th Street homeless encampment.
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City Council this week: Updated vaccine mandate, large homeless shelter
Plus: Madison Park is being renamed for Wilma Chan and councilmembers want an investigation of the treatment of women of color.
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City Council this week: A celebration of Tech’s girl’s basketball team, the future of bus shelters
Plus: Town Nights funding, traffic safety report, Coliseum board, and more.
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City Council this week: Should parklets abide? Plus, another vote on Howard Terminal environmental report
And the developers behind a proposed apartment tower on E. 12th Street want yet another extension.
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City Council this week: Plans to turn police headquarters into new housing, preserve major library funding
And the council wants the governor to dig into the state budget to prevent Oakland school closures.
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City Council this week: ‘Oscar Grant Day’ coming to Oakland
Councilmembers will also hear a report on the state of firehouses, and vote to accept grants to reduce a backlog of OPD cases.
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City Council this week: New cameras to stop illegal dumping and a ‘ghost gun’ ban
Councilmembers will also hear a report on whether the city can open more vaccination sites.
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City Council this week: Oakland considering proof of vaccine to enter restaurants and most businesses
A controversial ban on backyard cottages is also finally heading before councilmembers.
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City Council this week: Debate over police staffing, forum on reducing gun violence
The council will decide on a plan to hire more Oakland officers amid a rise of homicides and shootings.
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City Council this week: More winter shelter beds, possible Coliseum developer decision
The council will decide how to spend $300,000 in winter homelessness relief funds, and establish a funding district for the massive Oak Knoll project.
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City Council this week: OPD records lawsuit, rent control for RVs
The council will vote Tuesday on settling a public records class action lawsuit and expanding housing options.