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Today, the City of Oakland announced the hiring of Alexa Jeffress as Real Estate Managing Director within the Economic & Workforce Development Department (EWDD). She will be responsible for management, disposition, and development of the City’s real property assets. Alexa will start work on April 22, 2019.

Councilmembers Bas, Kalb, Taylor, and Kaplan are bringing a resolution in support of AB 392 to the City Council on April 18, 2019 to support the bill's aim to strengthen the rules for police use of force, particularly deadly force.

On Friday, March 15, Councilmember Gibson McElhaney shared her budget priorities with the Mayor, Treasurer, and City Administrator as the process of developing Oakland's 2-year budget for FY 2019-21 b …

On Friday, March 15, Councilmember Taylor shared his budget priorities with the Mayor, Treasurer, and City Administrator as the process of developing Oakland's 2-year budget for FY 2019-21 begins. You …

On Friday, March 15, Councilmember Gallo shared their budget priorities with the Mayor, Treasurer, and City Administrator as the process of developing Oakland's 2-year budget for FY 2019-21 begins. Yo …

On Friday, March 15, Councilmember Thao shared their budget priorities with the Mayor, Treasurer, and City Administrator as the process of developing Oakland's 2-year budget for FY 2019-21 begins. The …

On April 3, Councilmember Kalb shared their budget priorities with the Mayor, Treasurer, and City Administrator as the process of developing Oakland's 2-year budget for FY 2019-21 begins. The prioriti …

Local elected officials joined with developers and transit agency partners today to celebrate the completion of the innovative, $57 million, 110-unit Coliseum Connections residential project.

The City of Oakland announced that applications are available for its 2019-2020 Cultural Funding Program grants supporting arts and cultural activities in four separate project categories. All applicants must be Oakland-based, and all arts activities must be presented in Oakland between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020. Interested artists and nonprofit organizations may access the grant guidelines and application forms online at www.oaklandculturalarts.org. The application submission deadline is 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, 2019.