The County trustee did veto the board approved budget a couple of weeks ago. No coverage in the media.

Drat the character limits of Bluesky are crazy archaically Low. Takes more time to edit a post that is worth it sorry.

The trustee referred to in this post, is the Alameda County Supt of Schools trustee appointed to oversee OUSD fiscal decisions. Can't make operational decisions. But can veto Board fiscal decisions if judged to be harmful. She did just that the other week

While our attention is taken up with he-who-cannot-be-named and the Oakland mayor and District 2 April 15th elections, the OUSD Board is quietly going off the tracks.

All the Ivy League degrees and narrowly focused experience at the Federal or even County level can't compensate for the lack of familiarity.

Not saying pick a candidate based solely or even primarily on the number of years they've lived here. I know residents who've lived here for 40 years and couldn't tell you who their council member was, let alone what a structural deficit is.

Harold Lowe, Kara Badel-Murray, and Kanitha Matoury have lived and worked in Oakland for many years.

Harold Lowe put in many years of civic involvement.

Lived experience counts when electing a local official.

Look at the candidates for Oakland District 2

Charlene Wang's LInked-In: she lived outside of Oakland until moving to Oakland April of 2023 coninued working remotely from Oakland

Her only other time spent here was visiting her grandmother.

do you agree w Barbara Lee that employee retirement contributions need to be renegotiated?

How would you prepare for
the expected Trump cuts to cities and states

City staff quoted by Chron saying the city’s fiscal issues made bond market reception uncertain for measure u bond issuance. Thoughts?

Do you agree with Barbara Lee on need to negotiate pension plan contributions with the unions

How would you prepare for expected Trump cuts to cites and states or would you wait and see

City staff said they delayed housing bond issue because of our unfavorable credit. Would you wait?

@kqedforum.bsky.social do you agree w Barbara Lee that employee retirement contributions need to be renegotiated?

How would you prepare for the expected Trump cuts to cities and states

Kqed

When both congressional Dems and Republicans joined to pass the divestiture, and a divided SCOTUS agrees there are valid national security reasons, just maybe there should be a divestiture?

Then there's the problem that even if a hefty new parcel tax were approved in a March or April special election, the revenue couldn't be counted for balancing until next fiscal year when the tax becomes a lien on properties.

The question is whether the bond market will trust our elected officials to repay that borrowing enough to offer a decent rate.

If the bond market and the voters are willing, the Council will bumble its way out of our current fiscal fiasco by combining an additional huge parcel tax with refining our CALPERS underfunding obligation at a lower interest rate.