Sarah Ravani
East Bay Reporter at San Francisco Chronicle
Reporter @sfchronicle covering Oakland, the East Bay and sometimes, wildfires. Iranian American. Tips? [email protected]. DMs open.
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sfchronicle.com | Sarah Ravani
Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee, pictured, has chosen Miya Saika Chen, a local progressive leader with experience in the Obama administration, as her chief of staff. Santiago Mejia/The ChronicleOakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee has chosen a local progressive leader with experience in the Obama administration as her chief of staff, the first official hire in her office that signals how Lee will run the city.
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sfchronicle.com | Sarah Ravani |Maggie Angst
Oakland officials are clearing some of the city’s most challenging homeless encampments, flush with an infusion of state funds and new homeless housing to offer displaced residents. The city has long struggled to address sprawling, chaotic camps, including what was once the state’s largest, because of a shortage of homeless shelters and affordable housing. Oakland also faced uncertainty, as other cities did, over how to legally clear encampments before a key court ruling last year.
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modbee.com | Sarah Ravani
May 5-Oakland would ask voters to approve a new property tax - on top of a sales tax increase approved by voters last month - to help the city balance its budget under a proposal the interim mayor announced Monday. Oakland Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins said the levy, in the form of a parcel tax, would generate $40 million a year to fund public safety, 911 response and technology upgrades amid financial challenges. Oakland collected $299 million in standard property taxes in 2023-24.
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sfchronicle.com | Sarah Ravani
Interim Oakland Mayor Kevin Jenkins has proposed a property tax increase to go on the June 2026 ballot to raise money to close Oakland's budget gap. Lea Suzuki/The ChronicleOakland would ask voters for a property tax increase — on top of a sales tax increase approved by voters last month — to help the city balance its budget under a proposal the interim mayor announced Monday.
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2 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Sarah Ravani
Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee, seen here after her election last month with interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins, announced Friday a transition team that will help her lead the city when she takes office. Yalonda M. James/S.F. ChronicleOakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee on Friday announced members of a transition team of politicians, business leaders, philanthropists, attorneys and nonprofit heads that will help her lead the city when she takes office.
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