Instead of allocating more funds to Housing or Human Services, Schaaf wants to 📈 overtime for OPD’s homelessness unit to $1.5 MILLION for 2021-23. Rather than serving Oakland’s unhoused residents, Schaaf trashes their stuff and pays OPD huge salaries to guard garbage trucks.

It's disingenuous of Libby to pretend she cares about our unhoused neighbors while she continues to criminalize poverty. x.com/LibbySchaaf/st…

Last month, I reported City had removed a $7.5 MM Capital Improvements budget request to create a "violence prevention" office at court bldg adjacent to Police HQ [PAB]. But it's back in latest revision, slightly cheaper aka "OPD Improvements to County Side of PAB"

The change is also in the City's recently published budget errata. The money was already allocated from KK for OPD, but it appears that the City is looking for way to refer to the expenditure in a way that doesn't make people's stomach turn...and may have not yet found it

Join us Defund OPD and Anti Police-Terror Project for a mutual aid block party TODAY at 5pm!

Taylor should explain how he expects to pay for academies w/ARPA funds. The only permissible use for ARPA is when it bridges Covid-reduced revenue to cover spending. Deliberately increasing spending with intention of using ARPA to cover seems a bad faith interpretation at least

Even the Oakland Police Chief, LaRonne Armstrong, admits that the current approach to policing does not work, no matter how much money we waste on cops. Maybe he should tell Libby and Loren that more cops won't keep us safe?

We must use COVID relief dollars to give Oaklanders relief, not train new cops!! Tell city council to reject the Loren Taylor amendment to fund a new police academy with our relief money — & to keep their promise to reimagine safety! bit.ly/defund_opd Dan Kalb Noel Gallo

DIVEST FROM OPD, FUND THE PEOPLE!! Hundreds of people turned out tonight to the People’s Budget Block Party and Mutual Aid Fair on the eve of what could be a historic Oakland City Council vote. #DefundOPD #WeKeepUsSafe #MutualAid #PeoplesBudgetBlockParty

It's very late, but here's my preview of what you can expect at City Council's budget deliberations tomorrow. It may be especially helpful if you can't attend tomorrow's 10:30 am meeting. patreon.com/posts/52866550

The OPD's $7.5 MM ask from CIP budget for a "violence prevention office" disappeared after pushback last month. But now it's back under a much more humble name, for $5 MM. Was slid back into the budget last week, quietly.

Join the City Council meeting starting in 5 min! us02web.zoom.us/j/88555241060

The City Council meeting about the Oakland budget is starting in a few minutes. This is the most imp meeting of the year. Call in and tell the Council Members you reject Loren Taylor's "compromise". The "compromise" means giving even more resources to the police.

BREAKING: The Oakland City Council just voted to reallocate $18M from Oakland Police to violence prevention programs and mental health services. Today we changed the course of direction for our city. Here's our statement...