Thursday, October 17, 2024 1:55AMAs some council members sound the alarm about the contingency budget being triggered, city hall says, it shouldn't be a surprise."The coliseum sale is not the silver bullet to a decades old, fiscal issues that we have here in the City of Oakland. That's an issue that is decades old. What it will help, is soften the landing," says Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, who answered questions ABC7's Midday Live.
On Tuesday, Oakland City Council Member Janani Ramachandran spoke to ABC7 News after a special finance meeting was canceled. Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao avoided questions from the media when leaving a rally against her recall - questions about Oakland's newest budget dilemma. In the meantime, the Oakland Police Officers' Association issued a strongly worded statement raising concerns that the budget deficit is likely, "far high than known."