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City Council this week: City workers get a pay raise and Oakland eyes $200 million in homelessness housing grants

Avatar photo by David DeBolt July 25, 2022, 12:00 p.m.July 25, 2022, 10:32 a.m.

Plus: The city is paying $1.5 million to settle former police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick’s lawsuit.

Downtown Oakland skyline facing North in Oakland.
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City Council this week: Update on MACRO rollout, calls to investigate Mills College merger

Avatar photo by David DeBolt July 18, 2022, 9:43 a.m.July 18, 2022, 9:44 a.m.

Plus: The council will vote on a police department hiring plan and hear a report on redlining in West Oakland.

Posted inCity Hall & Policing

City Council this week: Rental housing registry, and the zoo turns 100

Avatar photo by David DeBolt June 6, 2022, 3:00 p.m.June 6, 2022, 1:48 p.m.

Plus, Lowell Park’s basketball courts are getting a makeover.

Posted inCity Hall & Policing

City Council this week: Oakland budget adjustments, cap on rent increases

Avatar photo by David DeBolt May 30, 2022, 12:00 p.m.May 27, 2022, 4:37 p.m.

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

Avatar photo by David DeBolt May 16, 2022, 9:38 a.m.May 16, 2022, 9:39 a.m.

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

Avatar photo by David DeBolt May 2, 2022, 5:00 p.m.May 6, 2022, 12:02 p.m.

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

Avatar photo by David DeBolt April 18, 2022, 3:05 p.m.April 18, 2022, 3:19 p.m.

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

Avatar photo by David DeBolt Feb. 28, 2022, 2:54 p.m.Feb. 28, 2022, 2:54 p.m.

And the developers behind a proposed apartment tower on E. 12th Street want yet another extension.

Downtown Oakland skyline facing North in Oakland.
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City Council this week: Plans to turn police headquarters into new housing, preserve major library funding

Avatar photo by David DeBolt Feb. 14, 2022, 3:54 p.m.Feb. 14, 2022, 4:00 p.m.

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

Avatar photo by David DeBolt Jan. 31, 2022, 6:06 p.m.Jan. 31, 2022, 6:06 p.m.

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

Avatar photo by David DeBolt Jan. 18, 2022, 9:38 a.m.Jan. 18, 2022, 9:52 a.m.

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

Avatar photoNatalie Orenstein headshot by David DeBolt and Natalie Orenstein Dec. 20, 2021, 1:35 p.m.Dec. 20, 2021, 1:55 p.m.

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

Avatar photo by David DeBolt Dec. 6, 2021, 4:13 p.m.Dec. 6, 2021, 4:18 p.m.

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

Avatar photo by David DeBolt Nov. 15, 2021, 3:51 p.m.Nov. 15, 2021, 3:51 p.m.

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

Avatar photo by David DeBolt Nov. 1, 2021, 3:13 p.m.Nov. 1, 2021, 3:13 p.m.

The council will vote Tuesday on settling a public records class action lawsuit and expanding housing options.

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