Oakland budget deficit spurs protests
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- Опубликовано: 18 май 2024
- Demonstrators say a projected multimillion-dollar Oakland budget shortfall will mean cuts to public safety programs. Da Lin reports.
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News Flash: Oakland doesn't have any public safety! Sorry if I have upset anyone...
Keep voting blue no matter who like ignorant people do
I believe those voting Blue have no idea what you mean...
It’s not a party problem. It’s a problem with the people they put in. Conservatives aren’t any better!
Republicans are doing no better…
@@7jclark republicans are not the solution to your problems but Democrats are for sure the cause of them.
@@7jclarksure it is. Been almost a century since you had one so one this.
Didn't they want to defund the police? Stop complaining and deal with the consequences.
The mayor is in way over her head. Nothing is improving in Oakland. Funding deadlines missed. Delays in appointing a police chief. Crime rampant. Elderly living in fear. Homeless running the streets. WEAK LEADERS ARE THE PROBLEM
You are 100% correct. My Oakland Hills neighbors who debated with me on why I did not vote for her prior to the election are now living in HIGH fear day and night. They believed she would be a better fit more than L Taylor who was the only council person besides N Gallo who did not vote YES for the defund. Thao who was a council person at the time was for it 100%. Well... here we are
Seek professional help.
@@its-all-good I'm with you, I also voted for Loren Taylor. He won the actual first round of votes, and back in normal times that would have been it. He would have been our Mayor, and a much better one than this kid we are stuck with now. Ranked choice voting is and will continue to be a disaster for communities that adopt it.
@@johnbuckles1344 Spot on. Rank choice voting did us in with J Quan "winning" just as it is today with her election.
OPD would have had enforcement plans in place if we had Taylor instead of her firing of the chief. She does not understand the Oakland mindset of those who elect a life of crime thus the reason crime is rampant and businesses are closing / leaving. She has a coddling mindset as many women do and as she has campaigned. She would be a decent mayor in a city with far less complexities as The Town. Not here.
Keep voting Democrat, I'm sure things will turn around one of these elections!
Public safety? In Oakland? LOL way too funny.
Oakland also has a deficit of competent political leadership, including the overlooked city council.
Businesses are suffering, the issues for all communities are devastating.Cut the welfare role, more than 2 kids no more welfare payment increases.
Raise taxes or beg the state for free money... that's probably her options.
You can't tax homeless people and criminals
Not a lot left to tax. Business left. Lot of people on government aid. Increasing taxes will lead to lower revenue as more leave. No one will pay more to be this bad. Doom loop.
Those guys aren't doing their jobs. Now complaining that they need money.
Didn't the Oakland Mayor get a pay raise from the Oakland City Council?
you voted for this
Imagine things can get even worse in Oakland!
I can't
They're going to get worse. It's not bad enough yet
Makes you wonder how bad it has to get. There's already at least one intersection in Oakland where they removed the stop light because people were stealing the wiring and for some reason the city won't stop them. They were putting stop signs out at the intersection, but those were getting stolen too.
@@mrsleep0000 see NYC in the 70's
Never info about other communities outside of the business community… ok
People forget, back in 2004, the city council voted to boost ALL city pensions by a instant 35% overnight.
If you had been expecting a 60% pension after 30 years of service, you were instantly now in line for a 81% pension after 30 years of service. EVEN if you only worked for one month under the new agreement, ALL your prior years of service were also bumped up, despite no money or contributions had been collected or set aside.
Under the new 2004 agreement people who retired after working from age 23 to age 68 got a 100% pension for life. (2.7% for each year of service equals 35 x 2.7%)
BTW, that for a 37.5 hour work week with many many holidays and vacation days.
Any wonder why every year there is huge deficit?
Weird that they still can’t find anybody to take those amazing jobs you say they are. What gives?
You also aware those pensions aren’t paid out of those budgets but from state pension system so no it’s very different. Where’s all the money if there’s so few workers now? Budget must be like 30-40% less then 2021
@@user-ts7ns7bt2v You seem to think that the state pension CalPers is not connected to the annual Oakland budget. In fact CalPers comes back every single year with massive pension payment due (for existing retirees).... which adds from a EXTRA 24 to 38 million per year. That pension payment increase to Oakland's budget is mandated and MUST be paid. The money set aside over the years was not adequate, as every financial expert told them they were totally unrealistic in the long run.,
Oakland jumped from given workers 2.0% for every year of service,, to 2.7%,
A 60,000 dollar pension jumped to a $81,000 pension "over-night" with not a single cent being put aside to cover the looming shortfall.
Oakland is living with that give-a-way to this day. A typical 30 year retiree got what amounts to a unexpected $600,000 golden parachute .
Some top officials got well over a million dollar bonus over their life expectancy.
No one complained because EVERYONE was in on the massive giveaway.
Cities like San Leandro did not join in the massive boost and remain far more financially able ...not buried in future excess payments.
That’s unfortunate for the city and it’s residents. Bad fiscal policies combined with ineptitude of the Oakland administration and politicians is hurting everyone.
What party is in control in Oakland? Democrats
There are only two possible solutions
1. Increase taxes
2. print more money
Hope Thao and Price are recalled soon.
How/Why is there a deficit?
the city makes less revenue than it spends. it is most likely caused by businesses shutting down which resulted in a drop in sales tax revenue
@@realgood537 But they mayor just announced in a TV interview, "Hundreds of small businesses are moving to Oakland"..
Maybe the people in administration never finished high school and only got a job with the city after getting a GED. Poor math skills, and now the citizens pay the price for politically correct diversity hires. Incompetent and poorly educated people running a large city...what could possibly go wrong?
@@its-all-good lol yea right just like how she claims crime is on a down trend. she got to go before the city turns into haiti
@@realgood537 Indeed. She is no doubt the problem. Her appointing the clueless city manager who lost out on the state camera funds from the state is a fine example of her in competence not to mention the firing of the chief.
Some reason the last thing on my mind was their triple parking problem.
Oakland needs a competent Mayor and a PR firm to attract and bring back business. That's the only way, they will be able to attract another professional team.
I badly want Tao to be recalled and lose her position as mayor, but every time I see her big naturals, I change my mind.
That's the power of her natural lovelies.
Lesbian?
Seek professional help
🤣
Embarrassed to be apart of the same county of Oakland. What horrible leadership and even worse voters.
Pamela Price still dominates the rest of the county.
Moved to Germany
The whole state has been disrespected
They cut Oakland professional sport team already
no worries
Worsen public safety? Wasn't aware there was any to begin with.
But yall worried about SF WNBA teams, the A’s and Juneteenth. Stop it! Lol
Hey! The liberal lesbians gotta have the WNBA.
Oh Well.
Lock & Load, Ca.
Is deficit racist now😂?!
Tax the business more
Is there any business left in Oakland 🤣?
At least the asians have a hate crime bill.
Courtesy of Democratic Voters
As the head liberal, I want bigger welfare checks! "President" Harris promised me!
And the mayor being incompetent to begin with really dosent help all of her so-called plans end up in FAILURE she dosent know how to run a city big or small