Eli Wolfe
City Hall Reporter at The Oaklandside
City Hall reporter for @Oaklandside. Previously @SJSpotlight and @FairWarningNews. Always looking for stories: [email protected].
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3 days ago |
oaklandside.org | Eli Wolfe
How much do you like Barbara Lee? Enough to spend $25,000 to support her inauguration party? How about $50,000? Or $100,000? Die-hard Lee supporters can now spend big bucks on a committee that is raising cash for the new mayor’s inauguration celebration. According to a website run by the “Oakland Inaugural Committee Fund 2025,” there will be a party for Lee on June 8 at Jack London Square. The fund is also collecting smaller dollar donations for the event.
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4 days ago |
oaklandside.org | Eli Wolfe |Natalie Orenstein
When someone wants to run for a local government office in California, they normally create what’s called a “candidate committee,” basically a special bank account that they can use to raise money. Legally, contributions can be used to pay for things like yard signs and television ads. But there’s another type of political committee, known as an officeholder account.
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1 week ago |
oaklandside.org | Eli Wolfe
Oakland leaders are drafting the city’s next two-year budget. Much of the conversation you’re going to see over the next month will focus on how to keep expenses down so that the budget is balanced — a legal requirement for cities. But it’s also worth paying attention to where the city gets its money. About 64% of Oakland’s budget includes dollars that are earmarked or restricted for specific purposes.
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1 week ago |
oaklandside.org | Eli Wolfe |Darwin BondGraham
Less than a year ago, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced a “historic” criminal case against a West Oakland scrap metal recycler for its role in a massive fire that sent a plume of acrid smoke drifting across the Bay Area. Last week, Price’s successor gave up on the case. District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson dismissed the case against Radius Recycling on May 23, according to court records.
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1 week ago |
oaklandside.org | Eli Wolfe
Oakland voters recalled their mayor last November, and they didn’t get a new permanent mayor until last week when Barbara Lee was sworn-in at City Hall. During this unprecedented and uncertain interim, Oakland was led by Council President Kevin Jenkins. His tenure as interim mayor lasted just five months, but there was rarely a dull moment: Within days of being appointed, Sheng Thao and the heads of the city’s curbside contractors were indicted for an alleged bribery scheme.
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