Open Budget Oakland

An @OpenOakland project to make Oakland’s budget process accessible to all Oaklanders #oakbudget

[Open Budget Oakland @openbudgetOAK]

If you're new to the city budget, like me, and want to understand the timeline and where we are, check out the Open Budget Oakland Page here: https://t.co/1aKCdCoFih #oaklandbudget - Betty

[Axel Folio, PhD, White Tears Distiller 🪁 @ISASaxonists]

Gayle King speaking with Rosa Parks: "so did you meet any special someone's on the bus"?

[City of Berkeley @CityofBerkeley]

Let's get vaccinated, folks! Every shot in an arm gets us one step closer to the end of this pandemic.

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[OpenOakland @OpenOakland]

The @Oaklandside wrote a great primer/companion to @OCouncilmatic's meeting guide, walking you through everything you need to know about participating in Oakland's City Council meetings: https://t.co/fwrmIL54rL

[Open Budget Oakland @openbudgetOAK]

District 6 will have a budget town hall on May 15th at 10am, location TBD!

[Open Budget Oakland @openbudgetOAK]

Register for District 2's Budget Town Hall on May 12th at 4:30pm in Lincoln Square Park, 11th & Alice Street, Chinatown here! https://t.co/ukJc20BiC7

[Open Budget Oakland @openbudgetOAK]

Register for District 4's Budget Listening Tour with the City Finance Department on May 13th at 5:30pm here! https://t.co/pGxMHDnwx1

[Open Budget Oakland @openbudgetOAK]

The Mayor published the draft budget for 2021-2023, check out the budget here! https://t.co/5Q8Bq4uKH3

[Darwin BondGraham @DarwinBondGraha]

Schaaf's budget message includes this:

Some functions are shifted away from OPD and the police budget will be 18% of all funds expenditures.

But overall, the police will continue claiming a major share of general funds, 45.2%, which is higher than historic average. #OakMtg

[Darwin BondGraham @DarwinBondGraha]

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf is expected to release her 2021-23 budget proposal today.

She's a week late delivering it to the City Council and public.

It'll be interesting to see what she's proposing, especially with respect to police spending. #OakMtg

[Nikki Fortunato Bas, Supervisor @Nikkiforallofus]

Join my budget townhall Wed, May 12, 4:30pm at Lincoln Square Park + online, co-hosted w @Oakchinatownco @APEN4EJ @OCAEastBay @APILegal. We will see investments in budget that we all fought for + we'll also see some priorities need more attention. Pls share feedback. #oakmtg

[Nikki Fortunato Bas, Supervisor @Nikkiforallofus]

Mayor's budget should be public Friday morning. I'll spend weekend digging into this huge online budget. Will it provide #justrecovery, housing, violence prevention, neighborhood services we need? Join Council budget meeting Mon 5/10, 1:30pm. #oakmtg

https://t.co/DOhqIPToSE

[Nikki Fortunato Bas, Supervisor @Nikkiforallofus]

Here's the Mayor's Budget. Let's dig in. Does this address our priorities for #justrecovery, #housingforall, #reimaginingsafety, neighborhood services? Join our Mon 5/10 Council meeting and District townhalls (https://t.co/vC35bcPGCg). #oakmtg

https://t.co/2Bqnd59iLi

[OpenOakland @OpenOakland]

We're a little late with this one, but it's always nice when our projects help journalists do their job. The @Oaklandside breaks down how much Oakland really spends on policing, citing our @openbudgetOAK project: https://t.co/Mj3AUwRYwi

[Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Council @Kaplan4Oakland]

For anyone wondering why we fought so hard to undo the Mayor/Administrator's cuts to fire department services, and also added in our budget amendments (which Council passed 4/12) funding to start fire prevention work earlier in the year -- fire season is getting longer and worse!

[Darwin BondGraham @DarwinBondGraha]

Possible other reasons for the delayed release of the budget: tens of millions in federal funds made recently available to the city, appointment of a new city finance director in mid-March (in midst of the budget process).

[Darwin BondGraham @DarwinBondGraha]

In a short email to the City Councilmembers on 4/30, Schaaf wrote that city staff "have been working day-and-night to deliver a budget proposal by May 1. I am sorry that circumstances dictate-as they frequently have during this unprecedented year-that we need a little more time."

[Darwin BondGraham @DarwinBondGraha]

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf was supposed to publish her budget proposal by May 1, but didn't.

Several councilmembers are upset about this delay in making it public and say it could impact their ability to host town halls and comprehend the multi-hundred page document. #OakMtg

[Open Budget Oakland @openbudgetOAK]

Open Budget Oakland gets a mention in the latest Oaklandside article about budget spending. Check it out!

[The Oaklandside @Oaklandside]

Does Oakland really spend 1/2 its budget on police?

No, but Oakland does spend more on policing than most other Alameda County cities. And it's been like this for a long time...

https://t.co/G74xDxJKwY

[Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Council @Kaplan4Oakland]

Thank you to everyone who helped - today we successfully unanimously passed important budget amendments with traffic calming, gun tracing, blight removal, full restoration of fire dept, support for local equitable economic opportunity and more:
https://t.co/kEvz8RY9p4

[Steven Tavares @eastbaycitizen]

Oakland Mayor @LibbySchaaf will a announce a Guaranteed Income pilot plan on Tuesday, Mar. 23.