Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao unveils her first budget amid historic deficit

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao on Monday released her proposed $4 billion budget for the next two fiscal years – outlining her vision and priorities for the city as she grapples with a $360 million-dollar shortfall.

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[anonymouscitizen]

Yes, let's slash the budget of the Oakland PD, that will make a safer downtown. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, let's continue to skyrocket the taxes to the moon while we are at it.

[Cheez]

Soft on crime, crime out of control..Highest Taxes in the country… worthless Administrators.. ruined my state.

[eyepatch]

Its gonna get worse
No A's, Raiders, or Warriors
Why would anyone visit Oakland?

[meatpopsicle]

Is the DA going to prosecute criminals, or will Pamela be their best buddy and let them all go after accusing the police of racism? Adding more cops is not going do much if the DA refuses to do her job.

[LeeLiB]

I wholeheartedly disagree with cat brooks. Police do not to be defunded, Oakland crime continues to worsen! Anti- police is not the answer for Oakland.

[oscarsmith]

Remember, defund the police. That was awesome.

[carpelunam]

Oakland is a disaster I dont understand how they feel good about their jobs in anyway

[Old_Mansplaining]

Oakland needs a mayor not a far left Wing activist.

[johnfreman]

Oakland Peoples Republic, is what this shit came to

[fsdpro]

Recall Pamela price! We need a DA that’s tough on crime

[prodigalson]

If you cut the budget for the police department, then expect crime to get even worse in the city.

[Indmitabl]

Reav her arone. She was voted by the peepor of oakrand.

[harris]

The previous mayor must have done a horrible job to have left the new mayor with such a bad deficit

[bobbritch]

soooo less police will make you safer. dumb dumb

[tuber]

Cut schools.. Oakland people don't even schools

[theotheleo]

That "anti-terror police" activist is out of her gd mind. Due to its high crime rate, Oakland has been the bay area's brown stain for decades, and the number of the city's thugs continues to rise throughout the years. The soft-on-crime approach brought on by the BLM riots has encouraged criminal behavior due to the "turnstile" judicial system, causing average citizens to live in constant fear. Crime has escalated to the point where the police only have enough staff to respond to life threatening emergencies, while ignoring other 911 calls, e.g., burglaries, thefts, robberies, etc.

[djb]

she is already a disgrace. Crime has over-taken the city. She needs to out on the street doing something -- silly woman.

[ashabbas]

I've worked all my life downtown since the mid 90's. It was actually doing pretty good right around 2013-2017. Then it went to hell and got worse in 2020. I'm so happy we're able to work from home. When I go to Oakland, I get depressed. I hope it can turn itself around.

[chuckruckus]

Well defund the cops and save some money imo
Going to be a terrible decade. See 1972-1981. Here we go

[tuber]

You mean she won't be defunding the police?? What a racist!!!