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The ad valorem property tax rate in Oakland is now about 1.4057% vs 1.3738% for Richmond. The rate for SF is only 1.1691%.

Parcel taxes and direct assessments are 820, 1018, and 247 (!)
Posted by Leonard Raphael]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 19:30:23 -0700 East Bay Express Posted by Brian Thivierge]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 16:24:09 -0700 East Bay Express
As a board member, I asked about why they were not planning on retrofitting with more historically-appropriate and presumably much less expensive glass.
Posted by Daniel Schulman]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 14:39:16 -0700 East Bay Express Posted by Joyce Roy]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 13:18:17 -0700 East Bay Express
Richmond spends more on policing per capita than Oakland because it has a higher revenues per capita than Oakland -- so it has more money to spend.

According to Richmond's financials, it collects about $1,298 a year per person in taxes for its general budget each year.
Posted by Robert Gammon]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 10:22:02 -0700 East Bay Express http://amicuscuria.com/wordpress/?p=9505

Also see: (LEO being mobbed)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MtzijlUmu…

Then see how certain (A)narchists stalk those whose speech/1st Amendment activities they can't stomach on:
http://pugetsoundanarchists.org/content/ma…
Posted by Amicus Curia]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 19:25:44 -0700 East Bay Express
Or was the focus entirely on the two years covered by this budget?
Posted by Leonard Raphael]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 17:02:18 -0700 East Bay Express Posted by Karen Hester]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 15:47:19 -0700 East Bay Express
Looking at the Contra Costa Times list of employee total cost of compensation for 2011, and backing out the even higher than Oakland OPD overtime that Richmond cops were paid, there was no difference in base pay (as expected) and no obvious difference in cost of benefits either between OPD and RPD.
Posted by Leonard Raphael]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 11:39:55 -0700 East Bay Express
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-oa…
Posted by Claudia Romans]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 09:36:43 -0700 East Bay Express Posted by Eric Arnold]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 01:32:43 -0700 East Bay Express
Ellen Cushing wrote a story about Richmond last month that touches on some of the stuff your bringing up- http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/what…

As for comparing Richmond and Oakland's inequality, yes, it's very similar in proportionate terms, and also in the role that racial segregation plays, but of course Oakland's number of poor households dwarfs Richmond's in absolute terms.

Half of the households of both cities subsist on less than $50,000 in household annual income.
Posted by Darwin BondGraham]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 20:38:57 -0700 East Bay Express
Even if the Census stats show Oakland has much greater income or wealth inequality than Richmond, I would think residents compare themselves to people in much wider area than just Richmond, if not entire East Bay and SF.

For years Richmond cops had a much worse reputation for abuse (and corruption) than OPD has now.
Posted by Leonard Raphael]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 19:21:40 -0700 East Bay Express Posted by Christopher Schardt]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 14:12:31 -0700 East Bay Express
This is not technically untrue, but the short sentence is somewhat misleading. Ms. Schaaf was not a Councilwoman when she was a founding member of Make Oakland Better Now.
Posted by Claudia Romans]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 09:58:05 -0700 East Bay Express Posted by Leonard Raphael]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 08:53:00 -0700 East Bay Express Posted by Leonard Raphael]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 23:20:41 -0700 East Bay Express http://alfidicapitalblog.blogspot.com/2013…
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Posted by Jeff Schneider]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 14:35:46 -0700 East Bay Express Posted by Mary Eisenhart]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 13:54:46 -0700 East Bay Express Posted by Mary Eisenhart]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 11:47:53 -0700 East Bay Express
More than 80,000 trees will be chopped down if this proposal goes through as is. Currently, FEMA is leading this process, and is on its way to funding the clear-cutting. Without FEMA's cash, the trees will not be cut down.
Posted by Robert Gammon]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 11:47:30 -0700 East Bay Express