2 21-0414 Subject: FY 2021-23 Proposed Budget Resolutions
From: Finance Department
Recommendation: Adopt The Following Pieces Of Legislation:
1) A Resolution: 1. Adopting The Biennial Budget For Fiscal Years 2021-23 And Appropriating Funds To Cover Expenditures Approved By Said Budget; 2. Creating The General Purpose Fund Emergency Reserve Fund (Fund 1011) As Directed By City Council In Resolution No. 88574 C.M.S.; And 3. Authorizing The City Administrator To Transfer Funds Between Departments, Programs And Funds As Necessary To Support Departmental Reorganization As Set Forth In The Adopted Biennial Budget For Fiscal Years 2021-23; And
I am a District 1 resident and I completely oppose the Mayor's budget proposal. Where are the recommendations from the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force? Why is OPD getting more money when there are so many ways that we could be reallocating calls for service from OPD to other departments? Where is the realistic funding for MACRO to ensure that the pilot is a success (including funding for 24/7 service). Where is the funding for traffic calming measures (which are more effective than police enforcement)? This budget is more of the same and it is shameful.
The City Council budget does not address reckless driving rampant across the City of Oakland. The answer to this problem is not additional police funding but instead greater funding of street design to curb rampant speeding and reckless driving. The problems on my street, Park Blvd, while always bad has worsened over the last year leading to the death of a pedestrian waiting for a bus on the sidewalk. DOT has previously identified changes to our street that may have saved a life, but they were delayed for resource constraints. If we want the move of traffic enforcement to DOT to be successful and increase pedestrian safety we have to prioritize safe streets in our budget.
I, along with the throngs of people who took to the streets last summer (and the crowd chanting outside city hall this morning) oppose any increase of police budget. Instead, we should use our funds intelligently and creatively, funding programs that benefit the people and character of Oakland-- this means housing, arts and more. Let's make an impact!
We need to listen to the community and reimagine our public safety. We do not need to increase the police budget, the police are often causing more harm than safety. We need to reallocate the funds to other programs and support services that will keep our communities safe and healthy. We need to invest in mental health 1st responders, youth programs, arts programs, healthy food services, restorative and transformative programs, housing for the displaced and so much more. We don't need money spent on cop academies, OPD’s overtime abuses, $19m on police buildings and time and resources spent on planning for a new $500 million dollar OPD headquarters. There are kids and folks sleeping in make shift houses on the streets and underpasses. Schools are structurally falling apart and ya'll want to keep feeding these oppressive systems. Please do what's best for our community by putting these fund where they are needed.
The Council's budget amendments fail to adequately address the epidemic of speeding and reckless driving that Oakland residents face every day. Oakland has an enormous backlog of streets in disrepair; streets that are dangerous by design to anyone outside of a motor vehicle.
Advocates have prepared a detailed proposal to Council members that increases OakDOT's contract authority and asks that OakDOT be instructed to contract out high-priority, quick build traffic calming to reduce traffic speeds and physically protect vulnerable road users from dangerous drivers.
I write to insist that Council directly engage with safe streets advocates to identify at least $5 million in funding from 1) money the city is saving from not funding OPD to the level the Mayor suggested, and 2) out of the additional $30m contingency revenue the Mayor set aside for Council to allocate.
Please apply this funding in a new line item specifically for Emergency, Quick-Build Traffic Calming targeted at the High Injury Network, Essential Places, Neighborhood Bike Routes, Flex Streets, neighborhood streets already a part of the 3-year Paving Plan, the backlog of 311 street safety requests, and any location submitted by residents that meets screening criteria.
While we wait for safety improvements, our lives, limbs, and homes remain at risk every single day from dangerous drivers.
I am a West Oakland resident and have been following the budget conversations close.y
The Council's budget amendments fail to adequately address the epidemic of speeding and reckless driving that Oakland residents face every day. Oakland has an enormous backlog of streets in disrepair; streets that are dangerous by design to anyone outside of a motor vehicle.
Advocates have prepared a detailed proposal to Council members that increases OakDOT's contract authority and asks that OakDOT be instructed to contract out high-priority, quick build traffic calming to reduce traffic speeds and physically protect vulnerable road users from dangerous drivers.
I write to insist that Council directly engage with safe streets advocates to identify at least $5 million in funding from 1) money the city is saving from not funding OPD to the level the Mayor suggested, and 2) out of the additional $30m contingency revenue the Mayor set aside for Council to allocate.
Please apply this funding in a new line item specifically for Emergency, Quick-Build Traffic Calming targeted at the High Injury Network, Essential Places, Neighborhood Bike Routes, Flex Streets, neighborhood streets already a part of the 3-year Paving Plan, the backlog of 311 street safety requests, and any location submitted by residents that meets screening criteria.
While we wait for safety improvements, our lives, limbs, and homes remain at risk every single day from dangerous drivers.
I oppose (1) the decision to increase the police budget (2) the decision to invest in cop academies (3) the decision to formalize and legitimize OPD’s overtime abuses (4) the decision to invest $19m on police buildings and (5) the decision to spend $500K to plan for a new $500 million dollar OPD headquarters.
Put this money into the community. Housing for the unhoused and making safer streets. The speeding and reckless driving is dangerous for our communities. I live on 8th street and regularly see witness unsafe driving and accidents. We don’t need more cops, we need resources.
I am completely opposed to any aspects of this proposed budget that increase police funding including the decision to invest in cop academies, to formalize and legitimize OPD’s overtime abuses, to invest $19m on police buildings and to spend $500K to plan for a new $500 million dollar OPD headquarters.
When police are present our communities are not safe and continuing to underfund real resources means Oakland residents are not having their needs met. We need to invest in community care and that starts with defunding the police and reinvesting it into real community needs like healthcare, jobs, housing, childcare, education etc
I oppose these aspects of this proposed budget: (1) the decision to increase the police budget (2) the decision to invest in cop academies (3) the decision to formalize and legitimize OPD’s overtime abuses (4) the decision to invest $19m on police buildings and (5) the decision to spend $500K to plan for a new $500 million dollar OPD headquarters.
A much larger divestment from law enforcement is necessary. By 2023, according to Libby’s plan, the police budget will swell to $351 million, an 11% increase from FY2020-21 — ten times more than the Department of Housing and Community Development will receive. Additionally, The Reimagining Public Safety Task Force recommended that the City cap police overtime. Instead of addressing and reining in the overtime overspending and overtime policy abuses, the Mayor has chosen to DOUBLE the overtime budget.
The safest communities are the most resourced communities, where everyone has their basic needs met. The City of Oakland needs to ensure that ALL Oaklanders have secure and affordable access to healthy food and water, quality housing, mental health resources, education, meaningful employment opportunities, and community-based responses to harm and gender violence.
Money needs to be disinvested from the police and redirected towards these essential needs and resources. We need you to do more to refund, restore and reimagine public safety in Oakland. We’re counting on your leadership.
In the past the city administrator has made inappropriate distribution to departments and agencies. His judgement is questionable. He should be limited and have approval from a council person and /or other assigned person.
The Council's budget amendments fail to adequately address the epidemic of speeding and reckless driving that Oakland residents face every day. Oakland has an enormous backlog of streets in disrepair; streets that are dangerous by design to anyone outside of a motor vehicle.
Advocates have prepared a detailed proposal to Council members that increases OakDOT's contract authority and asks that OakDOT be instructed to contract out high-priority, quick build traffic calming to reduce traffic speeds and physically protect vulnerable road users from dangerous drivers.
I write to insist that Council directly engage with safe streets advocates to identify at least $5 million in funding from 1) money the city is saving from not funding OPD to the level the Mayor suggested, and 2) out of the additional $30m contingency revenue the Mayor set aside for Council to allocate.
Please apply this funding in a new line item specifically for Emergency, Quick-Build Traffic Calming targeted at the High Injury Network, Essential Places, Neighborhood Bike Routes, Flex Streets, neighborhood streets already a part of the 3-year Paving Plan, the backlog of 311 street safety requests, and any location submitted by residents that meets screening criteria.
While we wait for safety improvements, our lives, limbs, and homes remain at risk every single day from dangerous drivers.
I am a resident of West Oakland (D3) and I urge the Budget to include more funding to make roads save for pedestrians.
The Council's budget amendments fail to adequately address the epidemic of speeding and reckless driving that Oakland residents face every day. Oakland has an enormous backlog of streets in disrepair; streets that are dangerous by design to anyone outside of a motor vehicle.
Advocates have prepared a detailed proposal to Council members that increases OakDOT's contract authority and asks that OakDOT be instructed to contract out high-priority, quick build traffic calming to reduce traffic speeds and physically protect vulnerable road users from dangerous drivers.
I write to insist that Council directly engage with safe streets advocates to identify at least $5 million in funding from 1) money the city is saving from not funding OPD to the level the Mayor suggested, and 2) out of the additional $30m contingency revenue the Mayor set aside for Council to allocate.
Please apply this funding in a new line item specifically for Emergency, Quick-Build Traffic Calming targeted at the High Injury Network, Essential Places, Neighborhood Bike Routes, Flex Streets, neighborhood streets already a part of the 3-year Paving Plan, the backlog of 311 street safety requests, and any location submitted by residents that meets screening criteria.
While we wait for safety improvements, our lives, limbs, and homes remain at risk every single day from dangerous drivers.
The Council's budget amendments fail to adequately address the epidemic of speeding and reckless driving that Oakland residents face every day. Oakland has an enormous backlog of streets in disrepair; streets that are dangerous by design to anyone outside of a motor vehicle.
Advocates have prepared a detailed proposal to Council members that increases OakDOT's contract authority and asks that OakDOT be instructed to contract out high-priority, quick build traffic calming to reduce traffic speeds and physically protect vulnerable road users from dangerous drivers.
I write to insist that Council directly engage with safe streets advocates to identify at least $5 million in funding from 1) money the city is saving from not funding OPD to the level the Mayor suggested, and 2) out of the additional $30m contingency revenue the Mayor set aside for Council to allocate.
Please apply this funding in a new line item specifically for Emergency, Quick-Build Traffic Calming targeted at the High Injury Network, Essential Places, Neighborhood Bike Routes, Flex Streets, neighborhood streets already a part of the 3-year Paving Plan, the backlog of 311 street safety requests, and any location submitted by residents that meets screening criteria.
While we wait for safety improvements, our lives, limbs, and homes remain at risk every single day from dangerous drivers.
I am a District 1 resident and I completely oppose the Mayor's budget proposal. Where are the recommendations from the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force? Why is OPD getting more money when there are so many ways that we could be reallocating calls for service from OPD to other departments? Where is the realistic funding for MACRO to ensure that the pilot is a success (including funding for 24/7 service). Where is the funding for traffic calming measures (which are more effective than police enforcement)? This budget is more of the same and it is shameful.
The City Council budget does not address reckless driving rampant across the City of Oakland. The answer to this problem is not additional police funding but instead greater funding of street design to curb rampant speeding and reckless driving. The problems on my street, Park Blvd, while always bad has worsened over the last year leading to the death of a pedestrian waiting for a bus on the sidewalk. DOT has previously identified changes to our street that may have saved a life, but they were delayed for resource constraints. If we want the move of traffic enforcement to DOT to be successful and increase pedestrian safety we have to prioritize safe streets in our budget.
I, along with the throngs of people who took to the streets last summer (and the crowd chanting outside city hall this morning) oppose any increase of police budget. Instead, we should use our funds intelligently and creatively, funding programs that benefit the people and character of Oakland-- this means housing, arts and more. Let's make an impact!
We need to listen to the community and reimagine our public safety. We do not need to increase the police budget, the police are often causing more harm than safety. We need to reallocate the funds to other programs and support services that will keep our communities safe and healthy. We need to invest in mental health 1st responders, youth programs, arts programs, healthy food services, restorative and transformative programs, housing for the displaced and so much more. We don't need money spent on cop academies, OPD’s overtime abuses, $19m on police buildings and time and resources spent on planning for a new $500 million dollar OPD headquarters. There are kids and folks sleeping in make shift houses on the streets and underpasses. Schools are structurally falling apart and ya'll want to keep feeding these oppressive systems. Please do what's best for our community by putting these fund where they are needed.
The Council's budget amendments fail to adequately address the epidemic of speeding and reckless driving that Oakland residents face every day. Oakland has an enormous backlog of streets in disrepair; streets that are dangerous by design to anyone outside of a motor vehicle.
Advocates have prepared a detailed proposal to Council members that increases OakDOT's contract authority and asks that OakDOT be instructed to contract out high-priority, quick build traffic calming to reduce traffic speeds and physically protect vulnerable road users from dangerous drivers.
I write to insist that Council directly engage with safe streets advocates to identify at least $5 million in funding from 1) money the city is saving from not funding OPD to the level the Mayor suggested, and 2) out of the additional $30m contingency revenue the Mayor set aside for Council to allocate.
Please apply this funding in a new line item specifically for Emergency, Quick-Build Traffic Calming targeted at the High Injury Network, Essential Places, Neighborhood Bike Routes, Flex Streets, neighborhood streets already a part of the 3-year Paving Plan, the backlog of 311 street safety requests, and any location submitted by residents that meets screening criteria.
While we wait for safety improvements, our lives, limbs, and homes remain at risk every single day from dangerous drivers.
I am a West Oakland resident and have been following the budget conversations close.y
The Council's budget amendments fail to adequately address the epidemic of speeding and reckless driving that Oakland residents face every day. Oakland has an enormous backlog of streets in disrepair; streets that are dangerous by design to anyone outside of a motor vehicle.
Advocates have prepared a detailed proposal to Council members that increases OakDOT's contract authority and asks that OakDOT be instructed to contract out high-priority, quick build traffic calming to reduce traffic speeds and physically protect vulnerable road users from dangerous drivers.
I write to insist that Council directly engage with safe streets advocates to identify at least $5 million in funding from 1) money the city is saving from not funding OPD to the level the Mayor suggested, and 2) out of the additional $30m contingency revenue the Mayor set aside for Council to allocate.
Please apply this funding in a new line item specifically for Emergency, Quick-Build Traffic Calming targeted at the High Injury Network, Essential Places, Neighborhood Bike Routes, Flex Streets, neighborhood streets already a part of the 3-year Paving Plan, the backlog of 311 street safety requests, and any location submitted by residents that meets screening criteria.
While we wait for safety improvements, our lives, limbs, and homes remain at risk every single day from dangerous drivers.
I oppose (1) the decision to increase the police budget (2) the decision to invest in cop academies (3) the decision to formalize and legitimize OPD’s overtime abuses (4) the decision to invest $19m on police buildings and (5) the decision to spend $500K to plan for a new $500 million dollar OPD headquarters.
Put this money into the community. Housing for the unhoused and making safer streets. The speeding and reckless driving is dangerous for our communities. I live on 8th street and regularly see witness unsafe driving and accidents. We don’t need more cops, we need resources.
I am completely opposed to any aspects of this proposed budget that increase police funding including the decision to invest in cop academies, to formalize and legitimize OPD’s overtime abuses, to invest $19m on police buildings and to spend $500K to plan for a new $500 million dollar OPD headquarters.
When police are present our communities are not safe and continuing to underfund real resources means Oakland residents are not having their needs met. We need to invest in community care and that starts with defunding the police and reinvesting it into real community needs like healthcare, jobs, housing, childcare, education etc
I oppose these aspects of this proposed budget: (1) the decision to increase the police budget (2) the decision to invest in cop academies (3) the decision to formalize and legitimize OPD’s overtime abuses (4) the decision to invest $19m on police buildings and (5) the decision to spend $500K to plan for a new $500 million dollar OPD headquarters.
A much larger divestment from law enforcement is necessary. By 2023, according to Libby’s plan, the police budget will swell to $351 million, an 11% increase from FY2020-21 — ten times more than the Department of Housing and Community Development will receive. Additionally, The Reimagining Public Safety Task Force recommended that the City cap police overtime. Instead of addressing and reining in the overtime overspending and overtime policy abuses, the Mayor has chosen to DOUBLE the overtime budget.
The safest communities are the most resourced communities, where everyone has their basic needs met. The City of Oakland needs to ensure that ALL Oaklanders have secure and affordable access to healthy food and water, quality housing, mental health resources, education, meaningful employment opportunities, and community-based responses to harm and gender violence.
Money needs to be disinvested from the police and redirected towards these essential needs and resources. We need you to do more to refund, restore and reimagine public safety in Oakland. We’re counting on your leadership.
In the past the city administrator has made inappropriate distribution to departments and agencies. His judgement is questionable. He should be limited and have approval from a council person and /or other assigned person.
The Council's budget amendments fail to adequately address the epidemic of speeding and reckless driving that Oakland residents face every day. Oakland has an enormous backlog of streets in disrepair; streets that are dangerous by design to anyone outside of a motor vehicle.
Advocates have prepared a detailed proposal to Council members that increases OakDOT's contract authority and asks that OakDOT be instructed to contract out high-priority, quick build traffic calming to reduce traffic speeds and physically protect vulnerable road users from dangerous drivers.
I write to insist that Council directly engage with safe streets advocates to identify at least $5 million in funding from 1) money the city is saving from not funding OPD to the level the Mayor suggested, and 2) out of the additional $30m contingency revenue the Mayor set aside for Council to allocate.
Please apply this funding in a new line item specifically for Emergency, Quick-Build Traffic Calming targeted at the High Injury Network, Essential Places, Neighborhood Bike Routes, Flex Streets, neighborhood streets already a part of the 3-year Paving Plan, the backlog of 311 street safety requests, and any location submitted by residents that meets screening criteria.
While we wait for safety improvements, our lives, limbs, and homes remain at risk every single day from dangerous drivers.
I am a resident of West Oakland (D3) and I urge the Budget to include more funding to make roads save for pedestrians.
The Council's budget amendments fail to adequately address the epidemic of speeding and reckless driving that Oakland residents face every day. Oakland has an enormous backlog of streets in disrepair; streets that are dangerous by design to anyone outside of a motor vehicle.
Advocates have prepared a detailed proposal to Council members that increases OakDOT's contract authority and asks that OakDOT be instructed to contract out high-priority, quick build traffic calming to reduce traffic speeds and physically protect vulnerable road users from dangerous drivers.
I write to insist that Council directly engage with safe streets advocates to identify at least $5 million in funding from 1) money the city is saving from not funding OPD to the level the Mayor suggested, and 2) out of the additional $30m contingency revenue the Mayor set aside for Council to allocate.
Please apply this funding in a new line item specifically for Emergency, Quick-Build Traffic Calming targeted at the High Injury Network, Essential Places, Neighborhood Bike Routes, Flex Streets, neighborhood streets already a part of the 3-year Paving Plan, the backlog of 311 street safety requests, and any location submitted by residents that meets screening criteria.
While we wait for safety improvements, our lives, limbs, and homes remain at risk every single day from dangerous drivers.
The Council's budget amendments fail to adequately address the epidemic of speeding and reckless driving that Oakland residents face every day. Oakland has an enormous backlog of streets in disrepair; streets that are dangerous by design to anyone outside of a motor vehicle.
Advocates have prepared a detailed proposal to Council members that increases OakDOT's contract authority and asks that OakDOT be instructed to contract out high-priority, quick build traffic calming to reduce traffic speeds and physically protect vulnerable road users from dangerous drivers.
I write to insist that Council directly engage with safe streets advocates to identify at least $5 million in funding from 1) money the city is saving from not funding OPD to the level the Mayor suggested, and 2) out of the additional $30m contingency revenue the Mayor set aside for Council to allocate.
Please apply this funding in a new line item specifically for Emergency, Quick-Build Traffic Calming targeted at the High Injury Network, Essential Places, Neighborhood Bike Routes, Flex Streets, neighborhood streets already a part of the 3-year Paving Plan, the backlog of 311 street safety requests, and any location submitted by residents that meets screening criteria.
While we wait for safety improvements, our lives, limbs, and homes remain at risk every single day from dangerous drivers.