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$10 million commitment will support government, business, faith-based, nonprofit partners in 10 places with two goals: protecting communities from displacement and eliminating barriers to access capital and credit

The City Council has modified its meeting schedule for the remainder of 2020. All Council and Committee meetings will be via teleconference (Zoom).

The new multi-year program will fund Oakland’s cultural practitioners of color to radically imagine a racially just city

Resources and updates from Oakland's Human Services Department, June 2020.

Five locations to offer pickup of books and additional library materials.

At tomorrow's 1:30pm City Council meeting, the City Council will consider a recommendation to accept and appropriate the $6.5 million Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (Go-Biz) Grant.

On June 12, 2020, at approximately 10:22 PM the Oakland Police Departments Communication Division received reports of a group of 100 individuals, some armed with bats in the 4000 block of Telegraph Avenue. Agitators then blocked the streets with trash cans and set them on fire. Numerous businesses were vandalized with windows broken, and a building in the area was set on fire. As officers were responding to the reports of disruptive and unruly activity, agitators began to aggressively throw rocks and bottles damaging police vehicles. No officers were reported injured in this incident.

As Oakland businesses continue work to safely reopen under the terms of Alameda County’s shelter-in-place order to slow the spread of COVID-19, the City of Oakland announced today that it will continue supporting economic recovery and enable easier access to businesses by reactivating all parking meters citywide, effective July 6.

A series of new Planning Code amendments that impact various business activities and project zoning requirements were adopted by the Oakland City Council on June 2 and June 9, 2020. Each of these changes go into effect July 2, 2020, with two exceptions, which were adopted and made effective immediately.

Interim Oakland Police Chief Susan E. Manheimer wrote an open letter to the people of Oakland about the recent George Floyd demonstrations. The letter discusses Crowd Management, Impact on the community, and policy changes including a Special Order to remove the Carotid Restraint hold.