Oakland budget cuts: police overtime, firehouses, and potentially dozens of city jobs

The City has faced fiscal challenges before, weathering the storms of the Great Recession, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other periods of economic contraction by employing various strategies that sustained service delivery and fiscal stability.

Now, it is essential for the city to stay focused and proactive in addressing short-term, mid-term, and long-term structural deficits.

Johnson is asking the City Council to approve transferring $9.6 million from emergency reserves that staff says is in excess of what the city is required to have on hand.

Cuts to public safety are unavoidable because these two departments take up over two-thirds of the general purpose fund.

Read at The Oaklandside