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Dec 17, 2024 • 98 tweets • 15 min read
Live reporting at City's last scheduled mtg of year, where tough cuts will be weighed by Council, ahead of ministerial approval of election results and filling Mayoral vacancy + future D2 vacancy. Plus emergency declaration necessary for sales tax ballot measure in April. @threadreaderapp unroll
Dec 4, 2024 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
At Council President Nikki Bas presser, where hopefully the shape of the path forward through this Council session and the next for Council President and Interim Mayor will take place. It was confirmed last night, she's won the BOS D5 race, so she's moving on by first week Jan Image CP Bas takes podium, flanked by incoming City Attorney Ryan Richardson, City Admin Jestin Johnson, City Admin Spokes Sean Maher. She says she's been working with other dept heads to create a smooth transition of leadership
Nov 19, 2024 • 92 tweets • 16 min read
Packed chambers for special council mtg. Budget's already been a mess in media, & slow motion car wreck from when CMs were first warned of impending fiscal insolvency due to OPD overspending---AASEG sale or not. I expect this mtg to be very polarized w/much spectacle bad faith Loren Taylor, a champion of police overspending is in house; also a lot of SEIU and IFPTE folks I recognize from other meetings. Leigh Hanson, Thao's COS is here as well; for some council members, this will be one of a handful of meetings left in a career that's spanned decade[s]
Jul 23, 2024 • 78 tweets • 11 min read
Starting the CED meeting. The current report on adding a PLA to Measure U came out of direction from the failed attempt by Building Trades to do so earlier this year. The new report back cites studies and stakeholder convos and recommends against the idea. oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDet…
Jul 2, 2024 • 148 tweets • 20 min read
Continuing Friday's Mid-Cycle Budget Amendments mtg. The only people here so far are union workers who will are demanding Council move forward on Mayor's amendments w/contingency plan, not alternative austerity budget that would begin harsh cuts this week The chambers were empty until a few months ago.
Jun 28, 2024 • 200 tweets • 28 min read
Reporting live from this Oakland City Council Special Meeting focused exclusively on the FY 24-25 budget. Some very difficult contentious issues today, along with significant disinfo spread by some CMs, and the issue of the Coli sale. Starting soon If you're confused about this process, I'm not surprised. Media has been incredibly irresponsible in reporting, CMs have deliberately spread bad information. This will give you a primer of what's going on oakland-observer.ghost.io/budget-conting…
Jun 12, 2024 • 241 tweets • >60 min read
About to start this 6/12/2024 Special Mtg: big items are the Coliseum sale ordinance and mid-cycle budget discussion, with initial amendments discussion. I wrote up some reporting and drill down here This will be the reporting thread, starting in a minuteoakland-observer.ghost.io/coliseum-sale-… Here's the agenda on legistar site. oakland.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.…
Jun 11, 2024 • 108 tweets • 20 min read
CED Committee 6/11/2024, live reporting thread: CED meeting has started. Fife, Gallo, Jenkins and Chair Kalb all present, full quorum