City Government
Oakland Jobs Funding Bill Passes to April 26 CED Committee
A resolution introduced by Councilmember Larry Reid that would maximize the use of available city funds to benefit job seekers and employers was approved at Thursday’s Rules and Legislation Committee meeting.
The jobs funding item is set to be voted on at the April 26 Community and Economic Development Committee meeting.
The resolution would utilize available city savings from the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to pay job service providers, thus avoiding having to return unused funding to the state for failure to spend them in a timely manner.
In the past, Oakland has returned up to $600,000 in jobs funds to the state for failure to spend the money.
Originally, the city had attempted to stop the resolution to allocate the funding for jobs by turning it into an informational report instead of an action item.
“I think we’re doing a disservice to all those we were elected to represent if we’re not getting that money out to the streets to serve African American and Latino youth,” said Councilmember Reid at the committee meeting.
The original resolution was eventually approved.
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Oakland Post: Week of April 9 – 15, 2025
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Oakland Post Endorses Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee will be able to unify the city around Oakland’s critical budget and financial issues, since she will walk into the mayor’s office with the support of a super majority of seven city council members — enabling her to achieve much-needed consensus on moving Oakland into a successful future.
As we end the celebration of Women’s History Month in Oakland, we endorse Barbara Lee, a woman of demonstrated historical significance. In our opinion, she has the best chance of uniting the city and achieving our needs for affordable housing, public safety, and fiscal accountability.
As a former small business owner, Barbara Lee understands how to apply tools needed to revitalize Oakland’s downtown, uptown, and neighborhood businesses.
Barbara Lee will be able to unify the city around Oakland’s critical budget and financial issues, since she will walk into the mayor’s office with the support of a super majority of seven city council members — enabling her to achieve much-needed consensus on moving Oakland into a successful future.
It is notable that many of those who fought politically on both sides of the recent recall election battles have now laid down their weapons and become brothers and sisters in support of Barbara Lee. The Oakland Post is pleased to join them.
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