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Downtown Oakland’s continuing renaissance has captured national media attention, with Uptown emerging as a premier arts and entertainment destination. Local residents and visitors can glimpse both today’s happening scene and landmarks from Oakland’s past during the 2019 Oakland Tours season.

In a huge step forward for sustainability and environmentally-friendly investment, the City of Oakland and its vehicle fuel provider, Neste, announced Thursday a new model for providing fuel for City vehicles: gathering raw material such as cooking oil from Oakland’s own businesses, processing that material into renewable diesel, and using that renewable diesel to operate City vehicles.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently issued new regulations around the aesthetics of Small Wireless Facilities located in the public right-of-way. The City’s Planning & Building department will issue the new set of design standards in the coming weeks and seeks community feedback on design and location.

OPD is committed to eliminating any form of racial profiling as well as reducing crime and serving the community through fair and professional, high-quality policing services. This commitment requires …

The City Administrator approved the permit for on-site consumption on Monday, April 8th based on the hearing officer’s findings and recommendation. Our office has received and takes very seriously concerns raised about meaningful community engagement, enforceable community benefits, and concerns about the operator.

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 …