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In the Details: Becker Boards won a big billboard contract by promising fixed revenue for community orgs. Now its in a hurry to change agreement to offer less $$ via percentage. Plus Lee introduces Strong Mayor legislation at Rules, but did anyone notice? oakland-observer.ghost.io/in…
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Oakland's mid-cycle budget deliberation ended up pitting seniors against OPD overspending, and it was not a good look. Bookmark this Oakland Observer post, you could use it as a cheatsheet in the voting booth when the CMs terms come up oakland-observer.ghost.io/in…
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About to start this budget meeting, the second in series. I would normally have suggested its not likely they approve the budget at this meeting, but they can and last year approved the biennial weeks early and unexpectedly when no one was paying attention
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So they did pass the mid-cycle budget today, it's become practice at council.
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In open forum, John Jones the 3, urged Coucnil to begin reigning in police spending. He noted the visuals of struggling over 200K for seniors, with tens of millions in overtime spending
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