Eli Wolfe

Sherry Jackson oversaw tax collections from residents and businesses. Staff in her office clashed with the administration over uncollected revenue and work conditions.

Labor organizations representing city workers are spending heavily on the D1 and D3 City Council races and the campaign for city attorney.

Oakland faces a projected $240 million deficit from 2025 to 2027.

Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak says he wants a more “vibrant” Oakland. His new group has raised over $500,000 to back Empower Oakland-endorsed candidates for council and city attorney.

In his resignation letter, Simon Russell raised questions about whether city officials deliberately underfunded his office.

Mayor Thao declined to intervene on the vote, which may extend the contract with ABC Security Services to June 2025.

A running list of town halls and debates to learn about who’s running for City Council, city attorney, the Oakland school board, and more.

The chamber of commerce, Oakland police union, and city contractors also violated city election laws alongside Schaaf during the 2018 and 2020 elections.

In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, City Attorney Barbara Parker accuses Oakland’s largest airline of failing to pay workers’ sick leave and violating a prior settlement over similar problems.

The Marcus Foster Education Institute is the subject of a lawsuit alleging that it misappropriated $343,000 from the Youth Ventures Joint Powers Authority.