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.
City Council this week: Rental housing registry, and the zoo turns 100
Plus, Lowell Park’s basketball courts are getting a makeover.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.