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Response Criticized In OPD Tragedy A series of missteps in the hours after two motorcycle officers were gunned down led to an ill-fated decision to storm the apartment
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| Feb.11 |
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Deal to develop old Army Base land
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| Mar.27 |
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Tax Measures To Reduce Deficit City officials are considering asking residents to approve two tax measures to help close about half of the projected $42.6 million budget d...
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| Apr.19 |
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Civic Walk housing project loan
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| May.8 |
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Oakland Seeks Injunction Against Gang
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| May.28 |
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Judge Supports Gang Injunction Bid
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| Jun.21 |
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City Considers Losing Up To 200 Officers Oakland city council members are proposing to lay off up to a quarter of the city's police officers to help close a severe budget shortfall
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| Jun.25 |
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City Council Votes To Lay Off 80 Cops| The council voted 5-3 to eliminate the positions immediately and possibly up to 122 more in January if voters in November don't approve a new tax | |
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| Jun.30 |
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Rebecca Kaplan Announces Mayoral Run
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| Jul.3 |
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 Police Chief Warns Of Impact Of Cuts Having citizens report some crimes online and eliminating specialized police units are among the proposals being considered as police prepare...
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| Jul.8 |
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Talks Continue As Potential OPD Layoffs
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| Jul.9 |
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Dellums 'Proud' Of Response To Verdict
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| Jul.12 |
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Talks In Final Hours Over Police Layoffs Oakland city officials and police union leaders were in 11th-hour talks Monday to prevent 80 officers from being laid off
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Talks Over Police Layoffs To Resume The parties concluded talks on Monday with plans to meet again on Tuesday. The latest any layoffs could occur would be by 5 p.m.
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| Jul.13 |
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80 cop layoffs to occur; No deal reached| City officials and police union leaders were unsuccesful in their attempts to reach a last-minute agreement by a 5 p.m. deadline | |
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City approves plan to license pot growers An Oakland City Council committee has approved legislation that would allow four commercial medical marijuana-growing operation
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| Jul.20 |
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Oakland Considers 'Wal-Marting' Of Weed The City Council was set to look at licensing four production plants where pot would be grown, packaged and processed into items
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| Jul.21 |
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Oakland Votes To Permit Large Pot Farms| The City Council has approved a plan to license four production plants where marijuana would be grown, packaged and processed | |
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$6.5 M Settlement In Warrant Case The City has approved a payment to 100 people to settle lawsuits that claimed police officers provided false information in obtaining search...
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| Jul.22 |
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City To Seek Help After Rash Of Crimes Police Chief Anthony Batts will be asking for federal help in trying to cut down on violent crime in the city
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| Aug.4 |
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Mayor Ron Dellums Won't Seek Re-Election Ron Dellums, 74, announced that he won't seek re-election in November. He elected mayor in June 2006 and took office in January 2007
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| Sep.19 |
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 Councilwoman victim of purse-snatch  94602: City Councilwoman and mayoral candidate Jean Quan, 60, had her purse snatched in the parking lot of her neighborhood Safeway store
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| Oct.19 |
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City settles suit over fatal police shooting The city will pay half a million dollars to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by the parents of a teenage boy shot to death by police offi...
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| Nov.2 |
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Oakland choosing new mayor Early returns show former State Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata ahead of city councilmembers Jean Quan and Rebecca Kaplan
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| Nov.4 |
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Perata's lead seems insurmountable It may be a week before all the ballots are counted in the Oakland election, but indications are that former state Sen. Will be the city's new mayor
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| Nov.5 |
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 Mayor pleads for peace after sentencing Ron Dellums had pleaded for peace Friday as his city coped with the sentencing of a white former transit officer
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| Nov.6 |
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Jean Quan starts to lead voting| City Councilmember Jean Quan with 51 percent of the ranked choice vote and former State Senate President Don Perata with just under 49 percent | |
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| Nov.10 |
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 Quan scores upset win in mayor's race City Councilwoman Jean Quan has been elected as Oakland's next mayor following a days-long process of redistributing votes
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| Nov.27 |
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Oakland ID would double as debit card City is moving forward with plans for a municipal identification card, the first in the U.S. that would double as a debit and ATM card
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| Dec.17 |
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Pot-growing plan may hit legal wall DA is warning that large-scale commercial growing operations city officials want to authorize are probably illegal under both state and federal law
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| Dec.25 |
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De La Fuente arrested on suspicion of DUI
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