The idea that Mayor Thao was selling out Oakland even before she won the election, it speaks of arrogance and malicious ...

A shortfall in the city’s current fiscal year budget recently spurred Oakland leaders to lay off 42 employees and demote 34 ...

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With crime high, police staffing short, bond rating sliding and a massive structural deficit, layoffs seem inevitable.

Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara ... is the official author, he says he has had daily conversations with Lee, who won’t be sworn in until mid-May. And Lee says she will propose changes she thinks ...