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The offices of the CPRA will be closing at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, August 30, 2019.

Starting July 16, and on every other Tuesday, the City’s Planning & Building Department will extend counter hours, allowing the community more time to submit permit applications and have work approved.

Oakland’s The Town Talks Speaker Series Hosts Internationally Renowned Author & Researcher Dr. Joy DeGruy Oakland, CA – The City of Oakland’s Department of Race & Equity (DRE) brings Dr. Joy …

Three years of ramped up paving officially kick off this summer with The Great Pave, the opening months of a major street repair campaign focusing on local neighborhood streets and historically underserved neighborhoods, the City of Oakland Department of Transportation (OakDOT) announced Thursday.

On Tuesday, August 6, 2019. My team and I will be making our way around the various National Night Out block parties in District 4!

Six weeks left to receive waived permit fees for residential sidewalk repair.

The Draft Downtown Oakland Specific Plan (DOSP) and Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) are available as of August 30, 2019. The public review period for the Draft Plan and EIR was extended until November 8.

The Planning & Building Department, including Inspection counters, will be closed on Friday, August 23, 2019

Earthquake safety saves lives. To ensure that Oakland's most vulnerable structures are strengthened, the city's Mandatory Soft Story Retrofit Ordinance requires owners of certain multi-unit residential buildings to show that their buildings are safe or submit plans to retrofit them to withstand future tremors. The first compliance deadline is February 21, 2020!

Six affordable housing developers were awarded a total of $30 million from the State of California to develop permanent supportive housing in Oakland. Permanent supportive housing is a model that combines housing that is affordable to families and individuals experiencing homelessness with supportive services.