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If it fails, Lee said, Oakland’s city services could further deteriorate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am less than one year in office, and it’s crystal clear to me that we as a city do lack the resources to provide the basic services that residents need and deserve,” Lee said during a press conference announcing her 2026 budget plan last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She had pinned many of her \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084482/oakland-mayor-barbara-lee-signals-shell-run-for-full-term-in-november\">budget aspirations\u003c/a> — to increase fire and police funding, make investments in preventing illegal dumping, and maintain state-funded homelessness services — on an estimated $34 million in annual revenue that the tax would generate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure E, she told voters in May, is “the difference between maintaining the status quo and actually moving the needle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The revenue from a $192 annual residential parcel tax would have been used to replace outdated equipment that the city said is significantly beyond its useful life and in danger of failing, including five fire engines, two ladder trucks and two ambulances. It also would have maintained 190 temporary emergency shelter beds that will be taken offline this summer due to state funding cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12020359 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Fire Department Station 28 on Jan. 5, 2025, located on Grass Valley Road in the East Oakland Hills. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Firefighter union president Seth Olyer said his crew’s engine is 30 years old and has triple the recommended amount of service time for a piece of front-line equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It has more time in the Fire Department than I do, and I’m considered an old guy,” he said. The International Association of Firefighters Local 55, which represents Oakland, is one of the unions that funded and backed Measure E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The very real concern is that we’re unable to respond … because of aging equipment and aging fire apparatus,” Olyer told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The push for Measure E came as Lee laid out her midcycle budget plan, meant to ensure the city stays on track with its biennial goals \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043553/alternative-oakland-budget-aims-to-halt-fire-station-closures-boost-police-staffing\">laid out in 2025\u003c/a>. Earlier this year, the city projected it would fall $40 million short of the funding needed to maintain its approved budget.[aside label=\"Live 2026 Election Results\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/alameda,Alameda County: Stay informed with the latest results for elected leaders and measures passed' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2026/05/Aside-Results-2026-Local-Elections-Alameda-County-1200x1200@2x.png]Oakland has long maintained a structural budget deficit, spending more than it generates. And in recent years, it has lost at least $24 million in federal funding from the Trump administration and $5 million more in state homelessness funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee said her team patched this year’s budget hole by freezing vacant positions and reducing contract services, but Measure E would have funded sorely needed cleanliness and public safety resources laid out in the mayor’s spending plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure E was also projected to fund 52 full-time equivalent positions, including 10 violence interrupters; 19 staffers to address homeless encampments, illegal dumping and park maintenance; and 22 sworn police officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joshua Rauh, a finance professor at Stanford University, said that without those police positions specifically, the city could also risk revenue from another parcel tax it passed in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://acvote.alamedacountyca.gov/acvote-assets/02_election_information/PDFs/20241105/en/Measures/32%20-%20Measure%20NN%20-%20City%20of%20Oakland%20-%20Citywide%20Violence%20Reduction%20Services.pdf\">Measure NN\u003c/a>, which generates approximately $47 million a year for public safety expenses, includes a provision that if the city doesn’t budget for a minimum of 700 sworn police officers, the collection of the tax would be suspended for that fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, who heads Oakland’s finance committee, said the council plans to vote on a \u003ca href=\"https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=8057097&GUID=27F5385B-B445-4E76-9D0C-5203E69AD044&Options=&Search=\">declaration of fiscal necessity\u003c/a> that would allow it to collect the revenue without complying with the sworn officer minimum this year. She said the city won’t meet that target because of a “recruitment and retention issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The budget currently includes 678 sworn officer positions, but the Police Department’s latest tally shows that 68 of those are vacant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure E also would have funded an additional police academy meant to boost recruitment. The biennial budget funded five, two of which have already occurred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038002\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Oakland Police Department squad car in downtown Oakland on April 28, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The measure was trailing in early returns throughout election night, and after Alameda County’s latest batch of election results on Friday afternoon, it continued to lag with 55% of votes against it. It needs a simple majority to pass. Additional returns are expected Monday and Friday next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rauh said the result mirrors tax propositions struggling or failing across the state — including San Francisco business tax \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085528/san-francisco-props-c-d-trailing\">Measures C and D\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he and Ramachandran also noted that Oaklanders, specifically, are discontent with how the city has managed some of the state’s highest local taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Councilmember Loren Taylor, who ran for mayor against Lee last year, said Measure E’s initial vote split reflects a lack of trust in city government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026399\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12026399 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00563.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00563-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00563-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00563-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00563-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00563-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, right, addresses a crowd at the grand opening of the Barbara Lee Campaign Headquarters in downtown Oakland, on Feb. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“However this count concludes, Oakland has sent a message that cannot be undone by a final tally,” he said in a statement. “A community this divided on whether to extend trust to its own government is a community demanding to be heard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramachandran acknowledged the city’s record of financial mismanagement, including a 2024 fiasco that resulted in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029499/oakland-halts-plan-close-4-fire-stations-amid-budget-crisis\">closed fire stations and staff layoffs\u003c/a> after $63 million in budgeted revenue from the sale of the Oakland Coliseum didn’t materialize. That sale still isn’t final.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s still the reputation of the city, that [it] wants to spend, spend, spend and put together a million programs that go shallow, not deep into solving these problems,” Ramachandran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the current council has taken steps to reprioritize spending more effectively, but “that’s a massive shift that not all voters see yet, understandably.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She had pinned many of her \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084482/oakland-mayor-barbara-lee-signals-shell-run-for-full-term-in-november\">budget aspirations\u003c/a> — to increase fire and police funding, make investments in preventing illegal dumping, and maintain state-funded homelessness services — on an estimated $34 million in annual revenue that the tax would generate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure E, she told voters in May, is “the difference between maintaining the status quo and actually moving the needle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The revenue from a $192 annual residential parcel tax would have been used to replace outdated equipment that the city said is significantly beyond its useful life and in danger of failing, including five fire engines, two ladder trucks and two ambulances. It also would have maintained 190 temporary emergency shelter beds that will be taken offline this summer due to state funding cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12020359 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Fire Department Station 28 on Jan. 5, 2025, located on Grass Valley Road in the East Oakland Hills. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Firefighter union president Seth Olyer said his crew’s engine is 30 years old and has triple the recommended amount of service time for a piece of front-line equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It has more time in the Fire Department than I do, and I’m considered an old guy,” he said. The International Association of Firefighters Local 55, which represents Oakland, is one of the unions that funded and backed Measure E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The very real concern is that we’re unable to respond … because of aging equipment and aging fire apparatus,” Olyer told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The push for Measure E came as Lee laid out her midcycle budget plan, meant to ensure the city stays on track with its biennial goals \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043553/alternative-oakland-budget-aims-to-halt-fire-station-closures-boost-police-staffing\">laid out in 2025\u003c/a>. Earlier this year, the city projected it would fall $40 million short of the funding needed to maintain its approved budget.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Oakland has long maintained a structural budget deficit, spending more than it generates. And in recent years, it has lost at least $24 million in federal funding from the Trump administration and $5 million more in state homelessness funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee said her team patched this year’s budget hole by freezing vacant positions and reducing contract services, but Measure E would have funded sorely needed cleanliness and public safety resources laid out in the mayor’s spending plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure E was also projected to fund 52 full-time equivalent positions, including 10 violence interrupters; 19 staffers to address homeless encampments, illegal dumping and park maintenance; and 22 sworn police officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joshua Rauh, a finance professor at Stanford University, said that without those police positions specifically, the city could also risk revenue from another parcel tax it passed in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://acvote.alamedacountyca.gov/acvote-assets/02_election_information/PDFs/20241105/en/Measures/32%20-%20Measure%20NN%20-%20City%20of%20Oakland%20-%20Citywide%20Violence%20Reduction%20Services.pdf\">Measure NN\u003c/a>, which generates approximately $47 million a year for public safety expenses, includes a provision that if the city doesn’t budget for a minimum of 700 sworn police officers, the collection of the tax would be suspended for that fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, who heads Oakland’s finance committee, said the council plans to vote on a \u003ca href=\"https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=8057097&GUID=27F5385B-B445-4E76-9D0C-5203E69AD044&Options=&Search=\">declaration of fiscal necessity\u003c/a> that would allow it to collect the revenue without complying with the sworn officer minimum this year. She said the city won’t meet that target because of a “recruitment and retention issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The budget currently includes 678 sworn officer positions, but the Police Department’s latest tally shows that 68 of those are vacant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure E also would have funded an additional police academy meant to boost recruitment. The biennial budget funded five, two of which have already occurred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038002\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Oakland Police Department squad car in downtown Oakland on April 28, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The measure was trailing in early returns throughout election night, and after Alameda County’s latest batch of election results on Friday afternoon, it continued to lag with 55% of votes against it. It needs a simple majority to pass. Additional returns are expected Monday and Friday next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rauh said the result mirrors tax propositions struggling or failing across the state — including San Francisco business tax \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085528/san-francisco-props-c-d-trailing\">Measures C and D\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he and Ramachandran also noted that Oaklanders, specifically, are discontent with how the city has managed some of the state’s highest local taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Councilmember Loren Taylor, who ran for mayor against Lee last year, said Measure E’s initial vote split reflects a lack of trust in city government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026399\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12026399 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00563.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00563-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00563-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00563-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00563-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00563-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, right, addresses a crowd at the grand opening of the Barbara Lee Campaign Headquarters in downtown Oakland, on Feb. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“However this count concludes, Oakland has sent a message that cannot be undone by a final tally,” he said in a statement. “A community this divided on whether to extend trust to its own government is a community demanding to be heard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramachandran acknowledged the city’s record of financial mismanagement, including a 2024 fiasco that resulted in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029499/oakland-halts-plan-close-4-fire-stations-amid-budget-crisis\">closed fire stations and staff layoffs\u003c/a> after $63 million in budgeted revenue from the sale of the Oakland Coliseum didn’t materialize. 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"content": "\u003cp>One year after taking office, Oakland Mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/barbara-lee\">Barbara Lee\u003c/a> signaled that she would seek another bid for a full term and laid out an ambitious plan to rework city government, even as her administration navigates a recent personnel crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re doing the work that Oaklanders deserve,” Lee told KQED on Wednesday. “But we have a lot more to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, who was elected last April to replace former Mayor Sheng Thao after a historic and contentious 2024 recall, was elected amidst an estimated $87 million budget shortfall and local concerns about corruption, homelessness, public safety and crime. A deal to sell the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036060/oakland-pushes-coliseum-sale-next-year-delaying-funds-again\">Oakland Coliseum had fallen apart,\u003c/a> and the Oakland A’s, the city’s last major professional sports team, moved to Sacramento, dealing another blow to the city’s identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the face of these challenges, Lee promised Oakland “stability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I looked at what was taking place in the city because of that instability and chaos and divisiveness, I thought it was the best decision to make for the good of the city to first come in and say we’re going to try to minimize the chaos and the confusion,” Lee said. “And create a path forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That vision was tested last week, when public records revealed a series of inappropriate text messages City Administrator Jestin Johnson had sent about female colleagues in 2024. In one, Johnson described a female subordinate as his “kryptonite,” and wrote: “My goodness, [she] has a helluva walk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078519\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078519\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Barbara Lee, Kyra Mungia, co-founder of Rooted, politicians, teachers and supporters participate in a ribbon cutting during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lee said she was unaware of the texts until they became public and opened an investigation in response. She accepted Johnson’s resignation on Sunday and appointed Assistant City Administrator Betsy Lake as his interim replacement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I acted decisively,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The texts surfaced alongside documents subpoenaed during the\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064908/judge-sets-2026-trial-date-in-bribery-case-of-former-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao\"> FBI’s ongoing corruption investigation\u003c/a> into Thao, who appointed Johnson as city administrator in 2023 to oversee the city’s day-to-day operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other messages from 2024, Johnson texted former Assistant City Administrator Harold Duffey, saying a female department head “had me a little giddy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m telling you, you have to sit next to her,” Johnson said. “I have to force myself to only look into her eyes.”[aside postID=news_12078453 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OakTeacherHousing-32-BL_qed.jpg']Lee alluded to Johnson when she said that she kept former members of Thao’s staff on when she took office a year ago because of the need for stability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted a smooth transition,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That pursuit has guided much of the former East Bay representative’s first year in mayoral office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She released her first \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/News-Releases/Oakland-Mayor-Releases-Mid-Cycle-Budget-Measure-E-Spending-Plan\">budget proposal for 2026-27\u003c/a> on Friday, which will determine whether Oakland can maintain or increase critical services, or whether cuts are on the way. Lee has pinned many of her ambitions on Measure E, a new parcel tax on the June ballot that could add $34 million in additional revenue each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee also pointed to her success in reinstating a \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/Government/Working-for-Oakland/Summer-Jobs-and-Internships-for-Youth/Youth-Employment-and-Training\">summer youth employment program\u003c/a>, bringing two new banks to the city and using new AI drone technology to crack down on illegal dumping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She has deliberately avoided public fights with the City Council, describing her approach as one of “restraint.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some wonder why I don’t exercise my authority breaking ties,” she said. “Why would I break a tie to create more instability?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her reasoning, she said, is that Oakland needs to change how it’s perceived in order to compete for business investment — and the jobs and economic activity that come with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015107\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12015107 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1123\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-1920x1078.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee reflected on her first anniversary in office this week. The former East Bay representative promised Oaklanders continued stability and growth. \u003ccite>(Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to be able to show the rest of the country and the world and Wall Street that the chaos was going to end,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Lee, another way to encourage stability in Oakland is to change the government’s structure. Lee and Council President Kevin Jenkins are pushing a ballot measure to turn Oakland into a “strong mayor” city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland currently operates under a hybrid form of government where power is split between the mayor, city administrator and city council. Lee said that the arrangement makes it difficult to hold anyone accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any form of a hybrid creates confusion, chaos and is really frustrating for residents because they don’t know where the buck stops,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the proposal, power would be concentrated in the mayor’s office, giving the mayor veto power over City Council votes, including the budget, and more direct oversight of city departments. Council could still override a veto with a two-thirds vote. The measure would strengthen the council in other ways, making it full-time instead of part-time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038000\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-FILE-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-FILE-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-FILE-MD-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-FILE-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-FILE-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-FILE-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-FILE-MD-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland City Hall in Oakland on April 28, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The council’s Rules and Legislation Committee is set to hear the official proposal tomorrow and will decide whether to place it before voters on the November ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, only San Francisco currently uses a true “strong mayor” system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some critics see Lee’s proposal as a power grab. But Lee rejected that characterization, instead arguing that it would make the city more efficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t need to be involved in a power struggle with anybody in Oakland,” Lee said. “I want this city to function, I want the services to be delivered, and I want you to know who’s accountable, whether it’s me as mayor or whoever is elected as mayor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee told the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/barbara-lee-oakland-mayor-one-year-mark-22265580.php\">\u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>\u003c/a> that she would formally announce after the June primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I look forward to actually another four years as mayor,” she told KQED. “We have many challenges but many opportunities, and I’m determined that Oakland is going to be the cleanest and safest city in the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Lee has pinned many of her ambitions on Measure E, a new parcel tax on the June ballot that could add $34 million in additional revenue each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee also pointed to her success in reinstating a \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/Government/Working-for-Oakland/Summer-Jobs-and-Internships-for-Youth/Youth-Employment-and-Training\">summer youth employment program\u003c/a>, bringing two new banks to the city and using new AI drone technology to crack down on illegal dumping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She has deliberately avoided public fights with the City Council, describing her approach as one of “restraint.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some wonder why I don’t exercise my authority breaking ties,” she said. “Why would I break a tie to create more instability?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her reasoning, she said, is that Oakland needs to change how it’s perceived in order to compete for business investment — and the jobs and economic activity that come with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015107\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12015107 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1123\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-1920x1078.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee reflected on her first anniversary in office this week. The former East Bay representative promised Oaklanders continued stability and growth. \u003ccite>(Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to be able to show the rest of the country and the world and Wall Street that the chaos was going to end,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Lee, another way to encourage stability in Oakland is to change the government’s structure. Lee and Council President Kevin Jenkins are pushing a ballot measure to turn Oakland into a “strong mayor” city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland currently operates under a hybrid form of government where power is split between the mayor, city administrator and city council. Lee said that the arrangement makes it difficult to hold anyone accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any form of a hybrid creates confusion, chaos and is really frustrating for residents because they don’t know where the buck stops,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the proposal, power would be concentrated in the mayor’s office, giving the mayor veto power over City Council votes, including the budget, and more direct oversight of city departments. Council could still override a veto with a two-thirds vote. 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But Lee rejected that characterization, instead arguing that it would make the city more efficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t need to be involved in a power struggle with anybody in Oakland,” Lee said. “I want this city to function, I want the services to be delivered, and I want you to know who’s accountable, whether it’s me as mayor or whoever is elected as mayor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee told the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/barbara-lee-oakland-mayor-one-year-mark-22265580.php\">\u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>\u003c/a> that she would formally announce after the June primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I look forward to actually another four years as mayor,” she told KQED. “We have many challenges but many opportunities, and I’m determined that Oakland is going to be the cleanest and safest city in the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> will soon join a growing list of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a> cities allocating housing for public school teachers, as districts across the state \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101913422/campus-closures-and-teacher-layoffs-bay-area-public-schools-in-crisis\">raise concerns \u003c/a>about the cost of living for educators, leading many to leave urban districts — and the profession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Fund, a nonprofit based in the city, announced Thursday that it purchased a 33-unit residential building in the Temescal District, with the goal of providing affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District educators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For a teacher to not have to worry about whether they can pay their rent, or whether they can even afford to stay in the community that they love … it’s going to make such a difference,” OUSD interim Superintendent Denise Saddler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know what difference it’ll make in terms of when we’re responsible for getting our best people here to do what is so important,” Saddler said\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101913161/how-do-you-get-by-in-the-pricey-bay-area\">cost of living\u003c/a> outpaces the rate of teachers’ salaries, cities across the Bay Area, including San Francisco, have introduced workforce housing developments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Unified School District \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044911/san-francisco-starts-construction-on-its-second-teacher-housing-project\">opened a 134-unit building in October\u003c/a> and broke ground on another 75-unit project last June. San Mateo’s Jefferson Union High School District also has a 122-unit development, which houses about 25% of its eligible workforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078519\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078519\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Barbara Lee, Kyra Mungia, co-founder of Rooted, politicians, teachers and supporters participate in a ribbon cutting during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The housing model’s appeal is growing as teachers’ strikes mount in several Bay Area school districts. Earlier this year, Oakland’s teachers union \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074272/oakland-teachers-approve-a-strike-as-report-calls-districts-pay-not-competitive\">threatened to strike\u003c/a> after a year of contract negotiations, citing low pay and sky-high costs of living in the city. Union President Kampala Taiz-Rancifer said about 60% of the district’s teachers can’t afford to live in Oakland with their current salaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of affordable housing options for educators has made it difficult for the district to attract and retain educators. Oakland loses about 400 teachers each year, according to the teachers’ union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kyra Mungia, The Oakland Fund’s chief executive officer, said that when staffing instability and classroom vacancies occur, “it’s our kids who end up paying the price.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, we are showing that a different path is possible,” Mungia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078514\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078514\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyra Mungia, co-founder of Rooted, speaks during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Unlike many of the workforce housing developments that Bay Area districts have pursued, the housing will be converted from existing residential units, not built from the ground up. Transferring the units to educators will be a gradual process, as turnover among tenants occurs naturally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the nonprofit, rental rates will vary by unit and be set at 30% of educators’ household income. One bedrooms will be priced between $1,120 and $2,240, while two bedrooms could cost up to $2,560.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melanie Turner, a special education teacher at Emerson Elementary School, moved into the Idora building in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078518\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078518\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland teacher Melanie Turner speaks during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been here for now my third year, and I don’t plan on going anywhere anytime soon because of where I live,” she said at the press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, prior to becoming a teacher, Turner and her preschool-aged son had been couch-hopping at friends’ and family members’ homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was not able to provide for my child in the way that I expected to,” she said. “Now, I can stand here in front of you and say, not only am I able to do that, but I can have savings.[aside postID=news_12078253 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240104-PEOPLES-PARK-MD-05-1020x680.jpg']She originally got a lowered price on the unit through a separate program called Teachers Rooted In Oakland. Now her rent will be reduced to 30% of her income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t have to worry about, ‘Do I have enough to pay my rent and my groceries and my medical bills and commute costs, if I need to have them?’ I am at peace,” Turner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nonprofit has raised $14 million to purchase a total of 150 residential units for educator housing over the next three years. It also partnered with the city, which committed more than $7.6 million in affordable housing financing toward the first acquisition, the Idora Building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mungia said that currently, the city’s multifamily real estate market is depressed, meaning “buildings like these are changing hands.” The Idora Building on Claremont Avenue sold for $12.6 million, half the price it sold for in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The question is, who will own Oakland?” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are choosing Oakland, owning Oakland,” Mungia said. “We are choosing to invest in the very people who make the city work: Our educators.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/epeppel\">\u003cem>Eliza Peppel\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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San Mateo’s Jefferson Union High School District also has a 122-unit development, which houses about 25% of its eligible workforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078519\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078519\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Barbara Lee, Kyra Mungia, co-founder of Rooted, politicians, teachers and supporters participate in a ribbon cutting during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The housing model’s appeal is growing as teachers’ strikes mount in several Bay Area school districts. Earlier this year, Oakland’s teachers union \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074272/oakland-teachers-approve-a-strike-as-report-calls-districts-pay-not-competitive\">threatened to strike\u003c/a> after a year of contract negotiations, citing low pay and sky-high costs of living in the city. Union President Kampala Taiz-Rancifer said about 60% of the district’s teachers can’t afford to live in Oakland with their current salaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of affordable housing options for educators has made it difficult for the district to attract and retain educators. Oakland loses about 400 teachers each year, according to the teachers’ union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kyra Mungia, The Oakland Fund’s chief executive officer, said that when staffing instability and classroom vacancies occur, “it’s our kids who end up paying the price.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, we are showing that a different path is possible,” Mungia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078514\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078514\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyra Mungia, co-founder of Rooted, speaks during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Unlike many of the workforce housing developments that Bay Area districts have pursued, the housing will be converted from existing residential units, not built from the ground up. Transferring the units to educators will be a gradual process, as turnover among tenants occurs naturally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the nonprofit, rental rates will vary by unit and be set at 30% of educators’ household income. One bedrooms will be priced between $1,120 and $2,240, while two bedrooms could cost up to $2,560.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melanie Turner, a special education teacher at Emerson Elementary School, moved into the Idora building in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078518\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078518\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland teacher Melanie Turner speaks during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been here for now my third year, and I don’t plan on going anywhere anytime soon because of where I live,” she said at the press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, prior to becoming a teacher, Turner and her preschool-aged son had been couch-hopping at friends’ and family members’ homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was not able to provide for my child in the way that I expected to,” she said. “Now, I can stand here in front of you and say, not only am I able to do that, but I can have savings.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>She originally got a lowered price on the unit through a separate program called Teachers Rooted In Oakland. Now her rent will be reduced to 30% of her income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t have to worry about, ‘Do I have enough to pay my rent and my groceries and my medical bills and commute costs, if I need to have them?’ I am at peace,” Turner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nonprofit has raised $14 million to purchase a total of 150 residential units for educator housing over the next three years. It also partnered with the city, which committed more than $7.6 million in affordable housing financing toward the first acquisition, the Idora Building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mungia said that currently, the city’s multifamily real estate market is depressed, meaning “buildings like these are changing hands.” The Idora Building on Claremont Avenue sold for $12.6 million, half the price it sold for in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The question is, who will own Oakland?” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are choosing Oakland, owning Oakland,” Mungia said. “We are choosing to invest in the very people who make the city work: Our educators.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/epeppel\">\u003cem>Eliza Peppel\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Oakland Mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/barbara-lee\">Barbara Lee\u003c/a> announced a new campaign to distribute free diapers and wipes to California families struggling to afford these essential products on Monday — while raising awareness about early childhood development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pink and blue balloons transformed Oakland City Hall into a baby shower on Monday to announce the initiative, made possible through a public-private partnership. The products were labeled with the message “Diaper Time Is Talk Time,” to encourage parents and caregivers to make meaningful connections with infants and toddlers even during a simple routine like a diaper change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Diaper time is not just diaper time. It’s connection time, and connection time is brain-building time,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The diapers are being distributed throughout Alameda County and other parts of the state to address diaper insecurity — an issue Lee championed when she served in the U.S. House of Representatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lower-income families cannot use federal aid to pay for diapers, which cost more than $100 each month per child. \u003ca href=\"https://rapidsurveyproject.com/article/caregivers-of-young-children-report-difficulty-accessing-essentials-from-food-pantries/\">In a nationwide survey\u003c/a>, one in four parents reported going to food pantries for diapers and/or wipes, according to the Stanford Center on Early Childhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074300\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12074300 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-DIAPER-DISTRIBUTION-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-DIAPER-DISTRIBUTION-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-DIAPER-DISTRIBUTION-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-DIAPER-DISTRIBUTION-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boxes of diapers stacked at a press event announcing the launch of line of “Diaper Time Is Talk Time,” at City Hall in Oakland on Feb. 23, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When they don’t have enough diapers, parents often reuse them or resort to using menstrual pads or cloths to keep babies clean and dry. Not having enough diapers can also prevent them from enrolling their babies in child care programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Citing state public health data, Lee said diaper insecurity has contributed to about 40,000 hospital visits each year to treat severe diaper rashes or urinary tract infections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most of those visits are covered by Medi-Cal, so we’re paying for diaper needs but in the most painful, harmful and expensive and insufficient way possible,” Lee said. “This is a public health issue. It’s an economic issue and an equity issue. And I know that we can do better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Congress, Lee proposed \u003ca href=\"https://wclp.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Final-Rep-Lee-diaper-letter.pdf\">eliminating\u003c/a> sales tax on diapers and bolstering\u003ca href=\"https://delauro.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/delauro-lee-introduce-legislation-address-diaper-need\"> diaper banks\u003c/a> that distribute free products to families in need.[aside postID=news_12070762 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/240911-CHILDCARE-REAX-MD-01_qed.jpg']Her advocacy led the leader of SupplyBank.org, an Oakland-based nonprofit, to use its bulk purchasing power to buy massive amounts of diapers at reduced prices and distribute them to community organizations that serve families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Alameda County \u003ca href=\"https://supplybank.org/free-alameda-county-diaper-program-launched/\">launched \u003c/a>a nearly $6 million program to pass out diapers and wipes to health clinics, family resource centers, food-aid offices for women and children and other community-based organizations that serve families over a three-year period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The diapers and wipes initially had no branding. But under a \u003ca href=\"https://www.clintonfoundation.org/programs/education-health-equity/too-small-fail/\">partnership\u003c/a> with Too Small to Fail, an early childhood initiative of the Clinton Foundation, the products now feature a smiling teddy bear, nudging parents and caregivers to talk or sing to little ones during diaper changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benito Delgado-Olson, executive director of \u003ca href=\"http://supplybank.org\">SupplyBank.org\u003c/a>, said the new diaper designs not only offer “smart and gentle” prompts for parents and caregivers to engage with babies, they also signal to organizations distributing the diapers that the products are “just as good as something that you or I would buy in the store.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost 60% of children in the United States start kindergarten unprepared, lagging behind their peers in critical language and reading skills, the Clinton Foundation reports. Engaging in language-rich interactions can improve brain development during the first three years of childhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074303\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12074303 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-DIAPER-DISTRIBUTION-MD-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-DIAPER-DISTRIBUTION-MD-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-DIAPER-DISTRIBUTION-MD-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-DIAPER-DISTRIBUTION-MD-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benito Delgado-Olson, executive director of Supplybank.org, speaks at City Hall in Oakland on Feb. 23, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>These seemingly small interactions add up in big ways to strengthen bonds and support healthy development,” said Perri Chinalai, a managing director of the Too Small to Fail initiative. “And we also know that many kids aren’t getting the support they need to learn, grow and thrive. Gaps in opportunities emerge early, and if not addressed, these disparities often widen over time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Delgado-Olson said his organization also distributes diapers to community organizations in Santa Clara and San Francisco counties, as well as Merced, Kern and several rural counties across the state. He said the new partnership will make the diapers and wipes more widely accessible to public agencies and nonprofit organizations across California this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney General Rob Bonta praised the public-private partnership in Alameda County as a model for other parts of the state, particularly at a time when the Trump administration threatens to cut federal funds for child care and other social services for families with young children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Filling gaps like this is critical,” Bonta said Monday. “It makes life just a bit more manageable and more affordable for hardworking families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Cadets graduate from the Police Academy at a higher rate than non-cadet recruits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the most effective ways to strengthen public safety is to ensure that the people entrusted with this responsibility come from Oakland and that they understand Oakland and are accountable to the communities that they serve,” Lee said at a news conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland is among several Bay Area cities struggling to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064143/oakland-struggles-to-boost-number-of-women-officers-amid-worsening-staff-shortage\">recruit and retain police officers\u003c/a> as it faces a worsening staffing crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11524304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11524304\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland police headquarters on Nov. 12, 2016.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1305\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-800x544.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-1020x693.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-1180x802.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-960x653.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-240x163.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-375x255.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-520x353.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland police headquarters on Nov. 12, 2016. \u003ccite>(Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>OPD has 619 sworn officers, but the police union contends only 490 of them are actively working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huy Nguyen, president of the Oakland Police Officers Association, praised the refunding of the cadet program as a long-term strategy to grow the next generation of officers, but said city leaders need to do more now to beef up staffing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are in a crisis and there is, concerningly, no end in sight unless the Mayor and Council take action to retain the small force of dedicated officers we have and to draw new recruits now to Oakland through improved pay, benefits, and working conditions,” he said in a statement.[aside postID=news_12068975 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01_qed.jpg']The city budget currently allows for 687 officers. Interim Police Chief James Beere said he’s hopeful he can reach that staffing level and higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said up to a dozen officers are planning to rejoin the force, and another Police Academy class will graduate in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the chief said he hopes to get staffing up to 877, as recommended by an \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26209764-pfm-llc-opd-staffing-study/\">independent firm\u003c/a> in April, to drive down crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of work ahead, but I can tell you this is the best traction I’ve seen in a long time to get our numbers back up where they should be,” Beere said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee said she hopes cadets will go on to not only serve the communities they come from, but also to spend their careers at OPD. 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"content": "\u003cp>A major \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061080/federal-border-agents-to-arrive-in-bay-area-as-cities-brace-for-enforcement-surge\">escalation of immigration enforcement\u003c/a> expected in the Bay Area has been canceled, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee confirmed Friday, a day after President Donald Trump called off a planned “surge” of federal officials into San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news comes after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials began to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061436/2-injured-after-officers-shoot-at-truck-outside-alameda-base-following-day-of-protests\">arrive this week at Alameda’s Coast Guard Island\u003c/a>, where they had planned to set up a “place of operation,” according to the Coast Guard. On Thursday, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said that after a phone call with Trump, the president would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061209/lurie-trump-is-calling-off-plans-to-send-federal-troops-to-san-francisco\">not go through with plans to bring federal officials into the city\u003c/a> this weekend, but whether the cancellation applied to the wider Bay Area was initially unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Lee said, it appears the region will avoid an immigration enforcement surge, at least for now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I spoke with Alameda County Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez, who confirmed through her communications with ICE that Border Patrol operations are canceled for the greater Bay Area — which includes Oakland — at this time,” Lee said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez said San Francisco’s ICE field director for removal operations, Sergio Albarran, told her that the direction from the Trump administration was to cancel planned enforcement actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, she said she believes the city should remain ready for an operation at any time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061195\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-COASTGUARD-02-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-COASTGUARD-02-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-COASTGUARD-02-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-COASTGUARD-02-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Coast Guard security stand guard as demonstrators gather in front of the entrance to a U.S. Coast Guard base in Oakland on Oct. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They’re canceled for now. That doesn’t mean that they won’t come back,” Sanchez told KQED. “I think that we should be ready for operations to go at any point in time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ll just say quite candidly, I’m not put at ease by that,” she continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060033/trump-calls-out-san-francisco-as-next-target-for-national-guard-deployment\">homing in on the Bay Area\u003c/a> as his next target for expanded immigration enforcement and National Guard deployment for weeks, on Sunday telling Fox News that forces would go into San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fears escalated Wednesday, after the Coast Guard confirmed that up to 100 Customs and Border Protection officials would begin staging at the agency’s Alameda base.[aside postID=news_12061436 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251024-CoastGuard-11-BL_qed.jpg']In other cities, expanded immigration enforcement has been followed by Trump sending National Guard troops to Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.; Chicago; and Portland, Ore. Though he has cited alleged spikes in crime and violent protests against immigration enforcement operations as justification, with little evidence to show for it, the deployments have all targeted Democrat-led cities and raised criticisms of abuse of power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom called the move part of the “authoritarian playbook” being used by Trump’s administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You send first masked men to the cities that you want to militarize … communities are torn asunder, it creates anxiety and stress, and that manifests into expressions of free speech. And then you use those expressions and those images as the justification to send the guard and suppress free speech, suppress free expression,” he said during a press conference Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As CBP-marked vehicles arrived in Oakland on Thursday, hundreds of protesters gathered at the bridge access to Coast Guard Island to block their path, spurring scuffles with law enforcement agents that injured at least two protesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late Thursday night, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061436/2-injured-after-officers-shoot-at-truck-outside-alameda-base-following-day-of-protests\">two people were shot\u003c/a> and injured by law enforcement officials after a U-Haul truck attempted to back onto the bridge to the base.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061451\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061451\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251024-CoastGuard-06-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251024-CoastGuard-06-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251024-CoastGuard-06-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251024-CoastGuard-06-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Coast Guard security personnel stand at the intersection of Dennison Street and Embarcadero in front of Coast Guard Island in Oakland on Oct. 24, 2025, as demonstrators return following a shooting late last night in which security personnel opened fire on a U-Haul near the base. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A smaller protest reconvened near the island Friday morning, where at least one person was sprayed by pepper balls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez said she was unsure how many federal agents did arrive on Coast Guard Island, or whether they had departed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson said that she was concerned the federal agents were baiting Oakland, and that the situation remains fluid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland is easy to point the finger at because people think we’re a violent city and that we’re lawless — we’re not,” she told reporters Friday. “It is just an easy example for the administration to come after people, specifically people of color, in a democratic city. That’s what I expect. Do I know that? No, that’s what my gut says.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ahall\">\u003cem>Alex Hall\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In other cities, expanded immigration enforcement has been followed by Trump sending National Guard troops to Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.; Chicago; and Portland, Ore. Though he has cited alleged spikes in crime and violent protests against immigration enforcement operations as justification, with little evidence to show for it, the deployments have all targeted Democrat-led cities and raised criticisms of abuse of power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom called the move part of the “authoritarian playbook” being used by Trump’s administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You send first masked men to the cities that you want to militarize … communities are torn asunder, it creates anxiety and stress, and that manifests into expressions of free speech. And then you use those expressions and those images as the justification to send the guard and suppress free speech, suppress free expression,” he said during a press conference Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As CBP-marked vehicles arrived in Oakland on Thursday, hundreds of protesters gathered at the bridge access to Coast Guard Island to block their path, spurring scuffles with law enforcement agents that injured at least two protesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late Thursday night, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061436/2-injured-after-officers-shoot-at-truck-outside-alameda-base-following-day-of-protests\">two people were shot\u003c/a> and injured by law enforcement officials after a U-Haul truck attempted to back onto the bridge to the base.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061451\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061451\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251024-CoastGuard-06-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251024-CoastGuard-06-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251024-CoastGuard-06-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251024-CoastGuard-06-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Coast Guard security personnel stand at the intersection of Dennison Street and Embarcadero in front of Coast Guard Island in Oakland on Oct. 24, 2025, as demonstrators return following a shooting late last night in which security personnel opened fire on a U-Haul near the base. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A smaller protest reconvened near the island Friday morning, where at least one person was sprayed by pepper balls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez said she was unsure how many federal agents did arrive on Coast Guard Island, or whether they had departed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson said that she was concerned the federal agents were baiting Oakland, and that the situation remains fluid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland is easy to point the finger at because people think we’re a violent city and that we’re lawless — we’re not,” she told reporters Friday. “It is just an easy example for the administration to come after people, specifically people of color, in a democratic city. That’s what I expect. Do I know that? No, that’s what my gut says.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ahall\">\u003cem>Alex Hall\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>East Bay officials say they are still prepared for a possible increase in federal immigration enforcement in the absence of clear information about what \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061209/lurie-trump-is-calling-off-plans-to-send-federal-troops-to-san-francisco\">President Trump’s decision to call off a federal “surge” in San Francisco\u003c/a> means for Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking at a press conference at Oakland City Hall Thursday morning, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said the city was monitoring the situation and would keep residents informed of any developments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is very fluid,” Lee said, flanked by East Bay officials at the local, state and federal levels. “There’s no information we can bring to you today to bring you up to date on what plans they have in place, but we are moving forward with our plans and we are prepared.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor’s press conference was called Wednesday afternoon after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/sf-immigration-operation-21114328.php\">\u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> reported\u003c/a> that the Trump administration would dispatch more than 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to the U.S. Coast Guard base in Alameda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What the federal agents would do was called into question Thursday morning after San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced he had spoken to Trump via phone late Wednesday and that the president had said he was calling off plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco. Trump, in a \u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115424560133045127\">Truth Social post\u003c/a>, said he was cancelling a “surge” in the city planned for Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061254\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061254\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person attending Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s press conference holds a sign that reads ‘Immigrants Are Essential’ at Oakland City Hall on Oct. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Protesters gathered at the road leading to Coast Guard Base Alameda Thursday where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061191/activists-federal-agents-clash-at-coast-guard-base-during-immigration-crackdown\">they told KQED\u003c/a> that vans of CPB officials had entered early in the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the press conference in Oakland, Lee told reporters she had spoken with Lurie about his conversation with the president, and had been in touch with the governor’s office, but had not spoken with anyone in the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The federal administration, of course, has escalated its rhetoric and its enforcement posture in the Bay Area,” Lee said. “We know that Border Patrol agents are being stationed on Coast Guard Island. But let me be clear, [in] our city, as I said, we are fully prepared. We’re monitoring developments closely and will keep our residents informed if there are any confirmed changes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Thursday afternoon, Lee’s office said that she still had not received any communication from the White House or the Department of Homeland Security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will engage with anyone, at any level of government, to protect Oakland residents, as long as it respects our community’s values and constitutional rights,” Lee said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the press conference, law enforcement officials from Oakland and Alameda County reassured residents that local police would not assist federal immigration officers should they ramp up enforcement in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-12-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson speaks at a press conference at Oakland City Hall on Oct. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They also urged protestors not to give the administration an excuse to escalate any possible response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that they’re baiting Oakland and that’s why San Francisco all of a sudden is off the table,” said Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson. “I’m not going to be quiet about what we know is coming. We know that their expectation is that Oakland is going to do something to cause them to make us the example. 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