City of Oakland California

Celebrate the cultures and diversity Show us your love for Oakland. Show us your PRIDE. Join us on September 5, 2010 for the largest LGBTQ Pride Festival in East Bay. Check out the music, food, booths, individuals and organizations that are making a difference for our LGBTQ community. more »

As previously announced, due to budget cutbacks, the City of Oakland will suspend administrative and other city services on Friday, September 10, 2010 as agreed to by all civilian employee unions in order to balance the City’s 2009-2011 budget. City offices will also be closed Monday, September 6, 2010 in observance of Labor Day and Thursday, September 9, 2010 in observance of Admissions Day. During the business closure, police, fire and emergency services are not affected. more »

Join us for a community forum on September 11th from 8:30am to 12:30pm that will offer detailed information on what you need to know about home ownership and renter's rights. more »

On August 24, 2010 – The City of Oakland, the Oakland Police Department and the Department of Justice are holding a two-day Gang Summit in Oakland this week. more »

As a part of the Finance and Management Agency's ongoing efforts to provide access and quality customer service to our taxpayers, the Revenue and Tax Administration has consolidated services for Mandatory Garbage, Business Taxes and Citywide Collections. Effective Monday, August 16, 2010, these services have been relocated from 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Ste. 5320 to: 250 Frank H.Ogawa Plaza, Suite 1320. The Hours of Operation: Monday thru Friday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm. more »

In preparation for the City of Oakland’s 10th Anniversary Art & Soul Oakland festival, event organizers will close a few streets in downtown Oakland beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 19, 2010. The first street that will be closed beginning Thursday morning is Clay Street from 11th to 12th streets. This portion of Clay Street will remain closed until 3:00 a.m. on Monday, August 23. Beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, August 20, 2010, the major street closures for the festival begin with the closure of 14th Street between Broadway and Martin Luther King Jr. Way, 12th Street between Broadway and Jefferson Street, Clay Street between 11th and 16th streets and Jefferson Street from 12th to 15th streets. These streets will re-open in time for the morning commute on Monday, August 23, 2010. more »

OPD will immediately begin enforcing a verified response policy for alarm users experiencing excessive false alarms. The Department is taking this step to avoid exhausting valuable resources in responding to alarm calls that have a high probability of being false. more »

As previously announced, due to budget cutbacks, the City of Oakland will suspend administrative and other city services on Friday, August 13, 2010, as agreed to by all civilian employee unions in order to balance the city’s 2009-2011 budget. During the business closure, police, fire and emergency services are not affected. more »

As part of our system-wide Earthquake Safety Program, strengthening work is in progress along the BART alignment in West Oakland. The retrofit work requires temporary closure of Old 5th Street between Market Street and Filbert Street to vehicles and pedestrians for approximately four months beginning June 21, 2010. more »