Safety First is our Oakland Public Works Department program that is the foundation of employee safety, and it gives each employee the responsibility to conduct themselves in a manner that promotes safety and health throughout the workplace and in the public domain.
You can find guidelines and technical information about engineering and construction projects here
Read about Oakland’s recent progress in becoming a more livable and sustainable city.
Oakland has a strong legacy of environmental leadership, and has been recognized as a top ten green and sustainable U.S. city eight times in the last several years, including recently being ranked 4th among large U.S. cities by both the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Mother Nature Network.
To plan for and adapt to the effects of rising ocean levels, the City has prepared a Preliminary Sea Level Rise Road Map. Building on multiple studies of the potential for sea level rise to affect people and property in Oakland, this Road Map sets forth the projections for rising Bay levels, the impacts of king tides and storm surges in association with these changes, identification of critical facilities, and a series of recommendations for how the City and the community can help prepare for these impacts.
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing makes it easier than ever to save energy and water and reduce your utility bills.
Our mission is to create a city where our diversity has been maintained, racial disparities have been eliminated and racial equity has been achieved.
Here you will find information and assistance to fight some of the negative impacts of systemic racism.
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