""The results show that when we invest in proven strategies and work together, lives will and can be saved," Lee said."
""Two truths can be true at once - the city can still not feel safe enough, and the numbers can be real," Joshi said."
Oakland recorded 67 homicides in 2025, a 22% decrease from 86 the previous year; 57 were classified as murder, down from 78. The city's violent crime rate fell 25%. The Ceasefire strategy focuses on a small number of people identified as at-risk of being shot or shooting someone within the next 90 days, offering services and life coaching to interrupt cycles of violence. Life coaches and partnerships with community and faith-based groups helped deter retaliatory violence. Underreporting and a mismatch with public perception remain longstanding issues. In the first four days of 2026 five people were fatally shot in three separate incidents, two of which are near-resolved.
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