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As a student, Khalil had organized pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Max Flynt, a student at San Francisco State University, attended Tuesday’s protest. He said he’s not intimidated by Trump’s warning that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030938/uc-berkeley-students-faculty-rally-against-trumps-push-to-deport-protesters\">more arrests will come\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They know that public opinion about Israel and the genocide they’re committing on the Palestinian people has become so unpopular,” Flint said, “and I think that’s why they’re cracking down. And the more they push us down, the more they repress us, the stronger our movement is going to get.”[aside postID=news_12030271 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-026-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Tuesday’s airstrikes marked the breakdown of a complicated ceasefire agreement. 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"content": "\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030375/san-jose-district-3-special-election-whos-running-and-how-to-vote\">District 3 seat\u003c/a> on the San José City Council is a privileged perch in South Bay politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district includes the original heart of the city in downtown and the historic Japantown and Washington-Guadalupe neighborhoods. Former Mayors Tom McEnery, Susan Hammer and Sam Liccardo, as well as Santa Clara County County Supervisor Cindy Chavez, all rose from the District 3 council seat to higher office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lately, the district has been awash in political turmoil. Omar Torres \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013122/san-jose-councilmember-omar-torres-resigns-arrested\">resigned from\u003c/a> the council seat in November after he faced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014643/omar-torres-resigns-from-san-jose-city-council-is-arrested\">multiple criminal charges\u003c/a> of child sexual abuse. As voters begin casting their ballots in an April 8 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014860/san-jose-city-council-approves-special-election-for-torres-seat\">special election\u003c/a> to fill the seat, many told KQED they hope the next council member will prioritize reducing homelessness in the area and rebuilding trust between City Hall and residents following the Torres scandal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I actually voted for [Torres], so I was very disappointed to hear about that,” said Roberta Ortega, who lives on 17th Street in the Northside neighborhood. “But I also view this as an opportunity to have a little more input and have great candidates.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030375/san-jose-district-3-special-election-whos-running-and-how-to-vote\">Seven candidates\u003c/a> — Gabby Chavez-Lopez, Philip Dolan, Adam Duran, Matthew Quevedo, Irene Smith, Anthony Tordillos and Tyrone Wade — are running in the special election, which will proceed to a June 24 runoff if no one secures a majority in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031947\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031947\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-20_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-20_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-20_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-20_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-20_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-20_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-20_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, candidates running for District 3 City Council, Gabby Chavez-Lopez, Philip Dolan, Adam Duran, Irene Smith, Anthony Tordillos and Matthew Quevedo speak at a candidates forum at the San José Women’s Club in San José on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Torres, who was elected in 2022, resigned in November and was accused of sexually assaulting a teenage relative in the late 1990s. For months, the seat was vacant until the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024327/san-jose-council-taps-engineering-executive-carl-salas-vacant-seat\">city council appointed\u003c/a> Carl Salas, an engineering executive, to serve through the special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To me, ethics and honesty is a very important issue,” Ortega, whose top concern is homelessness, said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She wants increased investment in non-police responses to issues in encampments along the Guadalupe River and she supports outreach programs that provide services to people living on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have a van come for the homeless so that they can get cleaned up — I’m in favor of all that,” Ortega said. “Crowding them into tent cities and trailer parks, I don’t think it’s helping … I just feel like it’s just creating more blight.”[aside postID=news_12030375 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-1-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg']The city’s last full homeless count in early 2023 found District 3 had the second-highest number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Hartt said she appreciated that the candidates are making their plans to reduce homelessness a priority, though she doubts one council election can turn the tide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s great that everyone recognizes it’s the top issue,” said Hartt, who lives in the Naglee Park neighborhood. “But I think it’s still gonna be very challenging to come up with a plan that really ends homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ray and Dora McCasland have lived in the Northside neighborhood for decades. They said encampments, blight and an attempted break-in of their home have been met with little follow-up from City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re humans, the homeless people, they’re human just like we are,” Dora McCasland said. “We’re not judging anyone, but I just feel like … something needs to be done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you see the homeless, houseless people living on the streets with their tents and the trash, it’s just not the city that we want it to be, especially downtown,” she added. “We want to come and have dinner downtown and walk during the summer nights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031949\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12031949 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José District 3 voters attend a District 3 City Council candidates forum at the San José Women’s Club in San José on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>City officials have placed extra focus on unsheltered homelessness in the downtown area. Last week, the council voted unanimously to extend a ban on sitting or lying down on a downtown sidewalk to begin at 8 a.m. instead of 10 a.m. The move followed a council vote last year to enforce a ban on encampments along the Guadalupe River Trail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next year could be crucial to rejuvenating economic activity and vibrancy in the city center. In 2026, the Super Bowl, along with portions of the FIFA World Cup and the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, will be played in Santa Clara and San José.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downtown boosters hope the marquee events, along with the opening of new student housing at San José State University and the return of more city workers to the office, will boost foot traffic in the area and uplift small businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Riley, who lives near campus in the South University neighborhood, has a simple vision for the area’s future as he considers who to support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Watching this district — the downtown — recover and thrive,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Amiri, seated at lower right, faces charges that he and former officer Devon Christopher Wenger conspired to severely injure suspects over a period of three years. \u003ccite>(Vicki Behringer for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amiri’s “stated fear of treatment by inmates that he arrested” added to his status as a flight risk, White said, but the judge added that the court informed jailers of Amiri’s former job and will “inform them that they should take appropriate measures” to ensure his safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amiri’s case stemmed from a larger \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958522/fbi-arrests-antioch-pittsburg-police-officers-following-indictments\">police corruption scandal\u003c/a> within the Antioch and Pittsburg police departments that was made public in 2023. The federal investigation revealed a trove of racist and violent text messages sent between officers. 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"content": "\u003cp>Alicia Partnoy survived torture and violence as one of thousands of people who were forcibly “disappeared” during Argentina’s “Dirty War,” a seven-year government campaign to suppress suspected dissidents in the 1970s. Her memoir, \u003ca href=\"https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Little-School/Alicia-Partnoy/9781573440295\">\u003cem>The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, originally published in 1986, is still being used as evidence in ongoing trials to bring perpetrators of torture to justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Partnoy, professor emerita at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, spoke with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/californiareportmagazine\">The California Report Magazine\u003c/a> host Sasha Khokha as part of a series on Californians and resilience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Below are excerpts from their conversation, edited for brevity and clarity. 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They took me to a secret detention center, interrogated me, and threatened to kill my little daughter, Ruti, who stayed behind crying while they dragged me into an army truck. They kept me — blindfolded, hands tied, lying on a mattress — for 105 days. They killed my best friends from college, tortured my husband. I disappeared from the world for five months and was held in a detention camp under the constant vigilance of a torturer. Later, I was jailed with no charges for two and a half years. For the past almost 50 years, people have been asking me, “What kept you going?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“…\u003cem>She walked that room a thousand times from one end to the other until they came to take her. Through a peep hole under her blindfold, she could see her feet on the tiny black and white tiles, the stairs, the corridor. Then came the trip to the Little School.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>At the concentration camp kitchen, they made a list of her belongings. “What for, if you’re going to steal them all?” she asked. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“A wedding ring, a watch … dress … color… bra … she doesn’t wear one … shoes … she doesn’t have any.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“She doesn’t? It doesn’t matter. She won’t have to walk much.” Loud guffaws.\u003cbr>\nShe was not paying attention to what they were saying. She did try to guess how many of them there were. When she thought the interrogation session was about to begin, they took her to a room. She walked down a tiled corridor, then an old wooden floor. After arriving at the wretched bed assigned to her, she discovered a ragged blanket. She used it to cover her feet and did not feel so helpless. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The following morning, someone tapped her on the shoulder and made her stand up. Someone had re-tied her blindfold during the night. The peep hole was smaller, but still big enough for her to be able to see the floor: blood on the tiles next to a spot of sky blue. They made her walk on the blood stains; she tried not to avoid them so they would not notice that she could see.” \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>— Excerpt from The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch2>On why she wrote about herself in the third person\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12022760 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Jamil-Zaki-1-1536x1025.jpeg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first version of \u003cem>The Little School\u003c/em> had very little about myself. And then, the editors told me, “In the States, people cannot relate to a collective tragedy. You have to talk about your individual tragedy.” I felt really awful talking about myself with all the people who had not survived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But also, it was a defense mechanism. I remembered it as if it were a movie, and it was easier to write in the third person as if it was something that happened to somebody else. \u003cem>The Little School\u003c/em> helped [identify the former site of the detention center] even after the military destroyed it and left only the foundations. But they left pieces of the tiles there that were recognized and were evidence for the trials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O82G-Fb6HBM\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>On what it took for her to finally be able to cry about her experience\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For me to cry, I needed to have my friends close. I started to cry when [after being released] I was in touch with other political prisoners. What helped me was the support — to see the mothers, the grandmothers [Argentina’s well-known citizen-activists “Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo”] protesting the disappearance of their loved ones, marching the streets. To see the young people marching in the streets today, protesting and working for human rights organizations. To see that my pain was not vain. There are people that will have a hard time finding a reason for their pain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bottom line for me is solidarity. Solidarity is what has kept me going. Solidarity that I feel from people and the solidarity that I can direct to people who are suffering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It gives me a lot of strength to see all these young students [in the U.S.] walking out of schools in solidarity with the immigrants who are being kicked out of this country or being persecuted today.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>On how her experience in Argentina shapes her perspective on political instability in the U.S. today\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are mechanisms in this country that we didn’t have during the dictatorship. I see how organizations — like the ACLU — and how mass demonstrations in the streets produce something. You still have a Congress, which we didn’t have. There are people who are corrupt in the judiciary, but you still have a Supreme Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12029560 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CSRM_39595_p-1020x679.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If there is something similar between the dictatorship [in Argentina] and a government that was elected [in the U.S.], it’s that they both try to make you think that the person who is different is not a person. Back in Argentina, they said [protesters] didn’t have a soul, that we didn’t care for our families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here, the discourse of Trump against the immigrants is very similar. “These people are useless. These people are stealing our resources here. We need to get rid of them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>On why ‘healing is overrated’ and how it differs from resilience\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With the current trauma here — the fires in Los Angeles — the advice is, “Yes, feel sorry for yourself. 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"content": "\u003cp>On a recent Tuesday night, at least 80 people crowded into a small room in the basement of Oakland’s main library for a workshop about the city’s biennial budget process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prompted by a facilitator, they scanned a QR code with their phones and typed in questions about the city’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One by one, they appeared on a projector screen: Who makes the decisions? Who really takes responsibility? How bad is it? Why are we always in crisis? Why are we paying taxes and not getting services?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s financial future is bleak. The city is working to close an $87 million shortfall in this year’s budget while also putting together another budget by June 30 that eliminates a $265 million deficit projected over the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters, concerned about the city’s finances, are searching for answers about how Oakland got here and — as they prepare to choose their next mayor in an April 15 special election following the recall of former mayor Sheng Thao — what the city’s next mayor plans to do about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to know what’s going on,” said Jana Good, who sat in the second row next to her husband, Bruce Goldberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031573\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00018.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00018-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00018-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00018-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00018-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00018-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carina Lieu, Inclusive Community Engagement Officer for the city of Oakland, addresses the audience at an educational workshop about Oakland’s biennial budget process at the Main Library on March 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The budget doesn’t look great,” Goldberg said. “We have some real tough choices to make. And I don’t know enough, so I’m here to learn more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to mayor, voters are choosing a new city council member to fill a seat left vacant by former council member Nikki Fortunato Bas, who was elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city, which usually holds public workshops after the budget is complete in May, opted to hold two additional ones early this year because of the deficit, according to the League of Women Voters, which co-sponsored the workshops alongside the city, its Budget Advisory Commission and the nonprofit SPUR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12030157 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Understanding the budget process, Good said, would likely help the couple decide how they’ll vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t understand our budget well enough,” Good said. “I don’t even know personally how much control the mayor has versus the City Council. Like, who actually is making these decisions?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anna Matthai, a retired Oakland resident and League of Women Voters member, said she is tuned in to what candidates are saying about their plans for the budget and priorities for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>I think we need to understand what their ideas are right now,” Matthai said. “They should be thinking about the budget right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, the two likely frontrunners in Oakland’s race for mayor — former East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee and former Oakland City Councilmember Loren Taylor — have presented contrasting approaches to fixing the deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031576\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031576\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00044.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00044.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00044-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00044-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00044-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00044-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00044-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland residents attend an educational workshop about Oakland’s biennial budget process at the Main Library on March 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lee’s campaign, focused on a message of unity, has emphasized her track record of bringing federal funding to Oakland while in Congress. Lee has said she would use her connections to bring more investment to the city with the establishment of a new office of public-private partnerships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She has also said her priorities would include collecting city revenue from fines and parking tickets and making sure Oakland receives its share of funds from Measure W, an Alameda County sales tax approved by voters in 2020 intended for homelessness programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need a forensic audit,” Lee said at a mayoral debate held several blocks from the library on the same night as the workshop. “We need an audit that’s going to tell the taxpayers in this city where the waste, fraud and abuse is in our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, who has the endorsement and financial support of some of the city’s major unions, has also said cutting more jobs would be a last resort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031661\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031661\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_Oakland-Mayor_DB_00121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_Oakland-Mayor_DB_00121.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_Oakland-Mayor_DB_00121-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_Oakland-Mayor_DB_00121-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_Oakland-Mayor_DB_00121-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_Oakland-Mayor_DB_00121-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_Oakland-Mayor_DB_00121-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayoral candidate Barbara Lee greets voters after a public forum organized by the League of Women Voters of Oakland at Oakland City Hall on March 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Taylor has marketed himself as a “professional problem solver” who, as a former engineer, would be best equipped to fix a “broken” Oakland. Taylor has said Oakland’s next mayor needs to be willing to make hard decisions, including cutting jobs if necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to understand that we did not get to this budget deficit overnight. It was a series of decisions that were made, decisions that were influenced in the process,” Taylor said at the same debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The root cause of our financial struggles — corruption, mismanagement, self-dealing, not centering Oaklanders at the center of decisions that are being made — we have kicked the can down the road so long that there is no road left to kick it down,” Taylor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor has advocated for the city to adopt zero-based budgeting, where all expenses must be justified, rather than making adjustments to an existing budget. He also argues that the city would benefit from refinancing its pension debt to reduce interest payments and getting companies that do business with the city to reduce their pricing by 10%–15%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12031580 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00159.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00159-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00159-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00159-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00159-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00159-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loren Taylor is interviewed by the media at a public forum hosted by Greenbelt Alliance, Housing Action Coalition and East Bay for Everyone in downtown Oakland, on Feb. 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These decisions have such an outsized impact on us and all the services like the library that we use from the city. So that’s definitely a consideration in deciding who to vote for for mayor,” said Erin Burns as she buckled her son into his seat on the back of her bicycle outside the library after the workshop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burns said she is leaning towards voting for Lee, 78. Her husband is more of a fan of Taylor, 47, because he thinks someone younger should be mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I consider budget to be upstream of all the other issues in the city,” said Burns’ husband, Prasenjit Mukherjee, who is a legal permanent resident and can’t vote. “The public safety, the businesses coming back and all of that is kind of downstream of the city having the money to spend to fix all these issues. So that’s probably issue number one going into the special election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Various factors have contributed to Oakland’s current financial picture. Among them, the lingering effects of the pandemic, an overreliance on one-time COVID-19-era funds, a drop in real estate transfer tax revenue from slower property sales, high pension and retiree medical costs, and under-budgeting of overtime pay to the police and fire departments, according to \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/View-Powerpoint-Presentation-1.pdf\">the city’s finance department (PDF)\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.spur.org/news/2025-01-24/what-it-will-take-close-oaklands-structural-deficit-part-1-how-we-got-here\">SPUR\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031577\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031577\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00034.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00034.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00034-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00034-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00034-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00034-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00034-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larisa Casillas, with the budget advisory commission, addresses Oakland residents at an educational workshop on March 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>City officials have already made a series of cuts, including browning out two fire stations, eliminating police academies, cutting contracts with nonprofits, restricting police overtime and laying off dozens of employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those cuts have already made a $42 million dent in the current deficit, according to the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, more cost-saving measures are on the horizon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You got a lot of people feeling uneasy because their jobs are at stake, a lot of services are being cut,” said Troy Dotson, a city employee who works on capital improvement projects in the city’s libraries and attended the workshop to hear how city officials are handling the deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It affects people in the community, as well as myself, working in this city,” Dotson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031692\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12031692 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00041.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00041-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00041-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00041-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00041-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00041-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna Mathai, vice president and co-chair of Voter Services at the League of Women Voters, leads a discussion on Oakland’s biennial budget process during an educational workshop on March 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city is also banking on voters approving a sales tax measure that will be on the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure A would increase the city’s sales tax by 0.5%, bringing it in line with nearby cities like Alameda, Hayward, Albany and San Leandro. If it passes, it would generate an estimated $21 million in city revenue in the first year and \u003ca href=\"https://cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/April2025-Ballot-Measure-A-General-Sales-Tax_2025-02-21-005439_lhyb.pdf\">$30 million in (PDF) \u003c/a>subsequent years, according to the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins has said the city is building the budget on the assumption that the measure passes. A spokesperson for the city administrator’s office said the city is building two drafts of the budget — one that assumes the measure passes and another that assumes it does not pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/View-Budget-Resident-Survey-MAIN.pdf\">survey by the city’s Budget Advisory Commission (PDF)\u003c/a> found 44% of residents polled opposed the tax increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031055\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12031055 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00002-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00002-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00002-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00002-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00002-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00002-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00002-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Oakland resident reviews a pamphlet detailing the city’s budget basics on March 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“City Council needs to make sure that taxes are collected and that departments that function to collect revenue and taxes are actually doing that before asking residents for more money,” said one unnamed resident who responded to the survey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would like to see council members EFFECTIVELY manage a budget from a city that has significant wealth,” said another. “There is no reason Oakland should be bankrupt while no improvements to quality of life are being made. Where is the money going?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland isn’t the only city facing a budget deficit. \u003ca href=\"https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13923442&GUID=A89BE21A-9AE4-45D9-9903-324C77B96999\">San José\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://sfethics.org/commission/budget\">San Francisco\u003c/a> are also projecting budget shortfalls over the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, questions around whether mismanagement has played a role in Oakland have loomed in recent months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland paid over $1.6 million in excess overtime to employees in the Department of Transportation and Public Works Department over a six-year period, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandauditor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250202_FLSA-Investigation-Report_FINAL.pdf\">a city auditor report released on Feb. 20 (PDF)\u003c/a>. The investigation found the city’s payroll division used an unauthorized formula to calculate overtime that resulted in higher payments than what federal law requires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031060\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031060\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00043-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00043-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00043-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00043-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00043-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00043-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00043-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland residents speak to each other during an educational workshop about Oakland’s biennial budget process. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Auditor Michael Houston said he had no reason to believe the formula wasn’t used to pay employees in other departments and has called for a city-wide review. In a March 10 email to KQED, Houston said his office hadn’t heard anything from the city administration about the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/View-Supplemental-Report-4172024-2.pdf\">Oakland’s finance department reported (PDF)\u003c/a> that thousands of businesses had not paid taxes since 2021, potentially costing the city as much as $34 million in lost revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Lee and Taylor have said they would conduct an audit of the city’s finances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>This may be a turning point, where people are fed up and say enough is enough. We are just not getting the return on our money,” Matthai said. “I don’t know about mismanagement. I don’t know. I’m trying to understand more as to where this is, but it just feels like this could be a turning point, and we are really in trouble.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Due to the timing of the election and the budget process, it’s unclear exactly how much direct input the new mayor will have on the new budget.[aside postID=news_12025747 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00457-1020x680.jpg']Voting in the mayoral election ends April 15, but the registrar has thirty days to certify the results. Meanwhile, the mayor has until May 1 to present a budget to the city council, which has until June 30 to make alternative proposals and approve the final budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new mayor may be able to have an impact on the process in other ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a charter that’s all about influence, not about power,” said former Oakland City Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney. “So you’re going to want to make sure you have good relationships with council members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would think that the top two contenders for this seat will be leveraging their existing relationships to influence this process,” McElhaney said. “I think that they’ll be weighing in on those reports and speaking to council members and trying to earn the support of the council.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would think that they and their staff are going to be attending the public budget meetings, the budget hearings, that they would be asking critical questions, that they are forming allies on this council,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, all Oakland City Council members have endorsed Lee for mayor, with the exception of Councilmember Noel Gallo, who has said he does not plan to endorse a candidate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With election day just weeks away, the window that candidates have to make their case to voters is quickly closing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Good said she’ll be looking to hear from candidates what specific plans they have to solve the budget deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Is it all sunshine and roses?” Good said. “Or is somebody really going to go at it and say — we have a real problem here and here’s what I think we should do?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On a recent Tuesday night, at least 80 people crowded into a small room in the basement of Oakland’s main library for a workshop about the city’s biennial budget process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prompted by a facilitator, they scanned a QR code with their phones and typed in questions about the city’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One by one, they appeared on a projector screen: Who makes the decisions? Who really takes responsibility? How bad is it? Why are we always in crisis? Why are we paying taxes and not getting services?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s financial future is bleak. The city is working to close an $87 million shortfall in this year’s budget while also putting together another budget by June 30 that eliminates a $265 million deficit projected over the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters, concerned about the city’s finances, are searching for answers about how Oakland got here and — as they prepare to choose their next mayor in an April 15 special election following the recall of former mayor Sheng Thao — what the city’s next mayor plans to do about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to know what’s going on,” said Jana Good, who sat in the second row next to her husband, Bruce Goldberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031573\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00018.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00018-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00018-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00018-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00018-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00018-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carina Lieu, Inclusive Community Engagement Officer for the city of Oakland, addresses the audience at an educational workshop about Oakland’s biennial budget process at the Main Library on March 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The budget doesn’t look great,” Goldberg said. “We have some real tough choices to make. And I don’t know enough, so I’m here to learn more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to mayor, voters are choosing a new city council member to fill a seat left vacant by former council member Nikki Fortunato Bas, who was elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city, which usually holds public workshops after the budget is complete in May, opted to hold two additional ones early this year because of the deficit, according to the League of Women Voters, which co-sponsored the workshops alongside the city, its Budget Advisory Commission and the nonprofit SPUR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Understanding the budget process, Good said, would likely help the couple decide how they’ll vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t understand our budget well enough,” Good said. “I don’t even know personally how much control the mayor has versus the City Council. Like, who actually is making these decisions?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anna Matthai, a retired Oakland resident and League of Women Voters member, said she is tuned in to what candidates are saying about their plans for the budget and priorities for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>I think we need to understand what their ideas are right now,” Matthai said. “They should be thinking about the budget right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, the two likely frontrunners in Oakland’s race for mayor — former East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee and former Oakland City Councilmember Loren Taylor — have presented contrasting approaches to fixing the deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031576\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031576\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00044.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00044.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00044-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00044-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00044-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00044-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00044-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland residents attend an educational workshop about Oakland’s biennial budget process at the Main Library on March 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lee’s campaign, focused on a message of unity, has emphasized her track record of bringing federal funding to Oakland while in Congress. Lee has said she would use her connections to bring more investment to the city with the establishment of a new office of public-private partnerships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She has also said her priorities would include collecting city revenue from fines and parking tickets and making sure Oakland receives its share of funds from Measure W, an Alameda County sales tax approved by voters in 2020 intended for homelessness programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need a forensic audit,” Lee said at a mayoral debate held several blocks from the library on the same night as the workshop. “We need an audit that’s going to tell the taxpayers in this city where the waste, fraud and abuse is in our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, who has the endorsement and financial support of some of the city’s major unions, has also said cutting more jobs would be a last resort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031661\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031661\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_Oakland-Mayor_DB_00121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_Oakland-Mayor_DB_00121.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_Oakland-Mayor_DB_00121-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_Oakland-Mayor_DB_00121-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_Oakland-Mayor_DB_00121-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_Oakland-Mayor_DB_00121-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_Oakland-Mayor_DB_00121-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayoral candidate Barbara Lee greets voters after a public forum organized by the League of Women Voters of Oakland at Oakland City Hall on March 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Taylor has marketed himself as a “professional problem solver” who, as a former engineer, would be best equipped to fix a “broken” Oakland. Taylor has said Oakland’s next mayor needs to be willing to make hard decisions, including cutting jobs if necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to understand that we did not get to this budget deficit overnight. It was a series of decisions that were made, decisions that were influenced in the process,” Taylor said at the same debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The root cause of our financial struggles — corruption, mismanagement, self-dealing, not centering Oaklanders at the center of decisions that are being made — we have kicked the can down the road so long that there is no road left to kick it down,” Taylor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor has advocated for the city to adopt zero-based budgeting, where all expenses must be justified, rather than making adjustments to an existing budget. He also argues that the city would benefit from refinancing its pension debt to reduce interest payments and getting companies that do business with the city to reduce their pricing by 10%–15%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12031580 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00159.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00159-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00159-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00159-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00159-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00159-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loren Taylor is interviewed by the media at a public forum hosted by Greenbelt Alliance, Housing Action Coalition and East Bay for Everyone in downtown Oakland, on Feb. 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These decisions have such an outsized impact on us and all the services like the library that we use from the city. So that’s definitely a consideration in deciding who to vote for for mayor,” said Erin Burns as she buckled her son into his seat on the back of her bicycle outside the library after the workshop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burns said she is leaning towards voting for Lee, 78. Her husband is more of a fan of Taylor, 47, because he thinks someone younger should be mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I consider budget to be upstream of all the other issues in the city,” said Burns’ husband, Prasenjit Mukherjee, who is a legal permanent resident and can’t vote. “The public safety, the businesses coming back and all of that is kind of downstream of the city having the money to spend to fix all these issues. So that’s probably issue number one going into the special election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Various factors have contributed to Oakland’s current financial picture. Among them, the lingering effects of the pandemic, an overreliance on one-time COVID-19-era funds, a drop in real estate transfer tax revenue from slower property sales, high pension and retiree medical costs, and under-budgeting of overtime pay to the police and fire departments, according to \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/View-Powerpoint-Presentation-1.pdf\">the city’s finance department (PDF)\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.spur.org/news/2025-01-24/what-it-will-take-close-oaklands-structural-deficit-part-1-how-we-got-here\">SPUR\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031577\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031577\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00034.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00034.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00034-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00034-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00034-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00034-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00034-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larisa Casillas, with the budget advisory commission, addresses Oakland residents at an educational workshop on March 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>City officials have already made a series of cuts, including browning out two fire stations, eliminating police academies, cutting contracts with nonprofits, restricting police overtime and laying off dozens of employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those cuts have already made a $42 million dent in the current deficit, according to the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, more cost-saving measures are on the horizon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You got a lot of people feeling uneasy because their jobs are at stake, a lot of services are being cut,” said Troy Dotson, a city employee who works on capital improvement projects in the city’s libraries and attended the workshop to hear how city officials are handling the deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It affects people in the community, as well as myself, working in this city,” Dotson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031692\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12031692 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00041.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00041-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00041-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00041-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00041-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00041-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna Mathai, vice president and co-chair of Voter Services at the League of Women Voters, leads a discussion on Oakland’s biennial budget process during an educational workshop on March 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city is also banking on voters approving a sales tax measure that will be on the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure A would increase the city’s sales tax by 0.5%, bringing it in line with nearby cities like Alameda, Hayward, Albany and San Leandro. If it passes, it would generate an estimated $21 million in city revenue in the first year and \u003ca href=\"https://cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/April2025-Ballot-Measure-A-General-Sales-Tax_2025-02-21-005439_lhyb.pdf\">$30 million in (PDF) \u003c/a>subsequent years, according to the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins has said the city is building the budget on the assumption that the measure passes. A spokesperson for the city administrator’s office said the city is building two drafts of the budget — one that assumes the measure passes and another that assumes it does not pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/View-Budget-Resident-Survey-MAIN.pdf\">survey by the city’s Budget Advisory Commission (PDF)\u003c/a> found 44% of residents polled opposed the tax increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031055\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12031055 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00002-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00002-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00002-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00002-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00002-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00002-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00002-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Oakland resident reviews a pamphlet detailing the city’s budget basics on March 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“City Council needs to make sure that taxes are collected and that departments that function to collect revenue and taxes are actually doing that before asking residents for more money,” said one unnamed resident who responded to the survey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would like to see council members EFFECTIVELY manage a budget from a city that has significant wealth,” said another. “There is no reason Oakland should be bankrupt while no improvements to quality of life are being made. Where is the money going?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland isn’t the only city facing a budget deficit. \u003ca href=\"https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13923442&GUID=A89BE21A-9AE4-45D9-9903-324C77B96999\">San José\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://sfethics.org/commission/budget\">San Francisco\u003c/a> are also projecting budget shortfalls over the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, questions around whether mismanagement has played a role in Oakland have loomed in recent months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland paid over $1.6 million in excess overtime to employees in the Department of Transportation and Public Works Department over a six-year period, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandauditor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250202_FLSA-Investigation-Report_FINAL.pdf\">a city auditor report released on Feb. 20 (PDF)\u003c/a>. The investigation found the city’s payroll division used an unauthorized formula to calculate overtime that resulted in higher payments than what federal law requires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031060\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031060\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00043-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00043-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00043-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00043-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00043-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00043-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_OAKLAND-BUDGET_DMB_00043-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland residents speak to each other during an educational workshop about Oakland’s biennial budget process. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Auditor Michael Houston said he had no reason to believe the formula wasn’t used to pay employees in other departments and has called for a city-wide review. In a March 10 email to KQED, Houston said his office hadn’t heard anything from the city administration about the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/View-Supplemental-Report-4172024-2.pdf\">Oakland’s finance department reported (PDF)\u003c/a> that thousands of businesses had not paid taxes since 2021, potentially costing the city as much as $34 million in lost revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Lee and Taylor have said they would conduct an audit of the city’s finances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>This may be a turning point, where people are fed up and say enough is enough. We are just not getting the return on our money,” Matthai said. “I don’t know about mismanagement. I don’t know. I’m trying to understand more as to where this is, but it just feels like this could be a turning point, and we are really in trouble.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Due to the timing of the election and the budget process, it’s unclear exactly how much direct input the new mayor will have on the new budget.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Volunteers helped her repair the damage. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Friends of Ocean Beach Park)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Whoever did this, and why ever they did it, it didn’t have the desired effect,” said Heidi Moseson of Friends of Ocean Beach Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nonprofit group, which is helping lead the roadway’s transformation with the Recreation and Parks Department, filed a police report over the vandalism Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incident comes amid simmering tension between supporters of the new park and opponents who want to restore oceanfront vehicle access between Lake Merced and Golden Gate Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, opponents of Proposition K, which mandated the permanent closure of a two-mile stretch of the Upper Great Highway after its passage in November, announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030751/days-before-san-franciscos-great-highway-closure-opponents-aim-block-it\">plans to sue the city\u003c/a>. They argue that placing the proposition on the ballot was invalid, claiming it violates the California Vehicle Code, which grants local jurisdictions the authority to permanently close highways to cars only when local legislators determine they are “no longer needed for vehicular traffic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fromm no longer lives in San Francisco and couldn’t vote on Prop. K, but she said she wasn’t immune to the community tensions while working on her mural over the past month and a half.[aside postID=arts_13973169 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/OceanCalling.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Throughout the time I was working, and especially during that week [of the closure], we did receive some hateful comments in person,” she said. “People made us feel unsafe and that was really unfortunate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, a second artist began work on another of the 16 planned artworks for the site. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 11:15 a.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://publichealthwatch.org/2025/03/18/california-metal-shredding-lead-waste/\">originally published\u003c/a> by \u003ca href=\"https://publichealthwatch.org/\">\u003cem>Public Health Watch\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, a nonprofit investigative news organization. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The engine from Oakland Fire Department’s Station Number 2 had rolled out to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958816/alameda-county-das-office-wants-your-help-investigating-schnitzer-steel-fire\">Schnitzer Steel\u003c/a> before, but this call was different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t the typical smoldering nugget of debris. Instead, smoke was billowing from a massive pile of scrap as flames shot outward from an orange glow deep within.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lt. Eduardo Ibarra was on that engine, the first to respond to the metal shredder’s bayside yard that night in August 2023. He guessed the burning pile was close to the size of a football field, 50 to 70 feet high in places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We knew that we were gonna be there for a long time,” Ibarra told an Alameda County criminal grand jury, according to a transcript of the proceedings obtained by Public Health Watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The glowing core — the seat, the origin of the fire — proved hard to reach, with the scrap piled up near the back fence. Fire crews struggled to maneuver their trucks and hoses around the mound, and it soon became clear that something inside was volatile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hours after the first fire truck arrived, repeated explosions sent hot metal sizzling through the air. At one point, an oval piece of metal about two feet long and four feet wide flew over the heads of Ibarra and his crew, landing on a discarded Bay Area Rapid Transit car, where it burned through the roof and started another fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031598\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12031598\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Ibarra-800x1066.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Ibarra-800x1066.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Ibarra-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Ibarra-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Ibarra-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Ibarra-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Ibarra-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lt. Eduardo Ibarra can see the Schnitzer Steel facility from Oakland Fire Department Station 2, which took the call to respond to a fire in 2023. \u003ccite>(Molly Peterson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The explosions [are] not something that we deal with all the time,” Ibarra later told Public Health Watch. “We do deal with explosions from, like propane tanks and things like that, RV fires and things of that nature. But we never deal with explosions of this caliber on a regular basis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ibarra’s sworn testimony and the testimony of others recorded in the 2,700-page grand jury transcript provide new details about the fire and its aftermath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public Health Watch also reviewed hundreds of pages of additional documents obtained under the California Public Records Act that recounted what state and local regulators have done — and what they haven’t — to keep the public safe over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new details raise questions about California’s oversight of the metal shredding industry and the potential health hazards posed by the toxic and airborne metals and other pollutants that drift off the property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 23,000 people live in West Oakland within a mile of the Schnitzer site, and thousands more live downwind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company, which has since been renamed Radius Recycling, and two employees were later charged with up to 10 separate environmental felonies and misdemeanors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The charges include felony violations of the state’s health and safety code between 2021 and 2023, as well as conspiracy to destroy evidence, reckless handling of hazardous waste and negligently emitting air contaminants. 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