6 21-0857 Subject: Funding The City of Oakland's Head Start/Early Head Start Programming
From: The Life Enrichment Committee
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Requiring The City Administrator To Return To Council With A Budget Amendment To The Biennial Budget For Fiscal Years 2021-2023 That Fully Funds All City Of Oakland's Head Start/Early Head Start Programming No Later Than May 2022 When Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Midcycle Budget Amendments Will Be Considered; And Committing The Council To Return With A Budget Amendment For The Current Biennial Fiscal Year 2021-2023 Budget To: 1) Add A Budget Policy Directive That Would Make It A Budget Priority That, If Existing Head Start/Early Head Start Programs Are Restructured It Will Be Done In A Manner To Retain All Existing Program Staff, That No Head Start/Early Head Start Programming Be Reduced And That No Head Start/ Early Head Start Staff Layoffs Occur Through The End Of The Current Fiscal Year 2021-2022, And 2) Fully Fund All City Of Oakland's Head Start/Early Head Start Programs And Staff Through June 30, 2022
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Head Start and Early Head Start programs provide crucial and indispensable support to families, especially families of color and lower-income folks. I strongly support requiring the City Administrator to revamp the budget for 2022-2023 to FULLY FUND ALL of Okalnd's Head Start programming no later than May 2022. This would be money well spent, for human needs, instead of wasting it on police who, instead of bringing safety, interact with Oakland residents in many ways that, first, less expensive and more community-centered approaches would improve on. And second, police often actively cause great harm in the process. It's time for Oakland to show that it continues to care about parents, young children, and networks of support that they require to thrive. Chris Taaffe
Hello. I live in District 3 where we have a huge increase in gun fire, drug sales and some prostitution at 32nd and Wood and 34th and Peralta. We need more good police officers and non-police react to ongoing crime in our neighborhood. I support reimagining the department and support drug rehab and re-entry programs for folks. But at the same time, we have a huge increase in criminal activity which needs to be addressed. We voted for measure Z. We want measure Z to remain intact.
Head Start and Early Head Start programs provide crucial and indispensable support to families, especially families of color and lower-income folks. I strongly support requiring the City Administrator to revamp the budget for 2022-2023 to FULLY FUND ALL of Okalnd's Head Start programming no later than May 2022. This would be money well spent, for human needs, instead of wasting it on police who, instead of bringing safety, interact with Oakland residents in many ways that, first, less expensive and more community-centered approaches would improve on. And second, police often actively cause great harm in the process. It's time for Oakland to show that it continues to care about parents, young children, and networks of support that they require to thrive. Chris Taaffe
Hello. I live in District 3 where we have a huge increase in gun fire, drug sales and some prostitution at 32nd and Wood and 34th and Peralta. We need more good police officers and non-police react to ongoing crime in our neighborhood. I support reimagining the department and support drug rehab and re-entry programs for folks. But at the same time, we have a huge increase in criminal activity which needs to be addressed. We voted for measure Z. We want measure Z to remain intact.