User:Linguini246/Sheng Thao

Mayoralty
In May 2023, Thao proposed a two-year budget amounting to 4.2 billion dollars. The budget aimed to mitigate the 360-million-dollar shortfall Oakland will face until 2025 and is the result of a lack of federal COVID relief, as well as falling tax revenue from real estate sales and hotels. In order to reduce the budget while preventing layoffs and department cuts, multiple positions in the Oakland police force would remain empty. In addition, several departments would be merged.

References

Mukherjee, Shomik (May 1, 2023). Oakland mayor: New budget proposal will save city from drastic cuts amid record shortfall The Mercury News. Retrieved November 20, 2023