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​OPD will deploy additional officers during the two-week campaign on special traffic patrols specifically to stop and ticket both drivers and passengers for failing to use the vehicle’s safety belt restraints.

City of Oakland Launches OAK APPS Portal - central access to resident facing applications

Take a survey to weigh in on how we can change Oakland’s campaign process to a system where residents can more easily participate and leverage their individual power in campaigns for City elective office.

In an ongoing effort to reduce the threat and devastating effects of wildfires in the Oakland hills, the Oakland Fire Department today released a Draft Vegetation Management Plan (VMP) for public review and comment.

The app is located in the complaint portal of the CPRA, https://apps.oaklandca.gov/CPR... and is a case management system that will also improve internal tracking, investigation, and data collection of complaints.

The Moms, Grads and Dads promotion has been launched to encourage Oaklanders to shop at Oakland stores for unique gifts for Mother’s Day, graduates and Father’s Day. The promotion brings together a new online small business directory of Oakland retailers by Main Street Launch with Oakland Grown’s concierge service and motivates participation with a shopping selfie contest featuring a grand prize of airfare to Oakland, hotel, meals and more provided by the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Visit Oakland.

Ongoing pilot aims to expand on success of first site, allowing residents to receive basic services while working with case managers to transition into transitional housing facilities and permanent housing

Community ideas shared at the February 2018 Creative Solutions Labs & Neighborhood Design Sessions​​

Older adults and people with disabilities, please take a few minutes to respond to a survey about the challenges to accessing opportunities downtown!

​The City of Oakland has recently completed the Oakland Urban Greening Retrofit Plan funded by a Prop. 84 grant from the California Natural Resources Agency.