A shortfall in the city’s current fiscal year budget recently spurred Oakland leaders to lay off 42 employees and demote 34 ...

Oakland would ask voters for a property tax increase — on top of a sales tax increase approved by voters last month — to help ...

On Monday, Oakland interim mayor Kevin Jenkins, introduced a proposed two year budget of over $4 billion. The city is facing ...

Interim Oakland Mayor Kevin Jenkins announced Wednesday that he will be submitting his budget proposal four days late.

Interim Oakland Mayor Kevin Jenkins delivered a nearly $4.4 billion, two-year budget proposal to the City Council Monday, ...

Residents weighed in on Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins’ $4.2 billion spending proposal at the first of many community forums.

The proposal includes cutting 80 jobs that are currently staffed, though city officials on Monday expressed optimism they ...

The current budget proposal for the City of Oakland would eliminate public campaign financing for the 2026 elections.

Oakland's interim mayor says his plans for balancing the city's budget include a focus on reducing spending while improving public safety.

The move by Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins comes just two weeks after Oakland’s top finance official quietly resigned from the job she’s held for the last four years, according to a resignation ...