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06/03/2026
📢 The City of Oakland is a proud pro-housing city! This year, we've received the official California Prohousing Designation once again. This designation signifies Oakland’s commitment to accelerating housing production to meet our fair share of California's critical housing needs. The Prohousing Designation will help unlock additional funds, allowing us to scale up our efforts to build more desperately needed housing. Let's go! 👏🏘️
Oakland!!! We're pleased to announce THIS IS TOWN BUSINESS - a new campaign celebrating the small businesses that make Oakland one of the most creative, resilient, and vibrant cities anywhere.
Throughout the year, you'll get to meet the entrepreneurs, dreamers, makers, and community builders behind businesses that help Oakland thrive. Some may be places you visit every week. Others may become your next favorite spot.
Businesses featured in the campaign were nominated by the community and selected across three categories:
✨ Legacy Businesses that have stood the test of time and helped shape Oakland’s identity
🚀 New Businesses bringing fresh ideas, energy, and innovation to our neighborhoods
❤️ Community Impact Businesses making a difference beyond their storefronts through leadership, service, and community investment
Starting on Small Business Saturdays, we'll spotlight one featured business at a time and share their story, their impact, and what makes them uniquely Oakland. You will also see them featured on Becker Boards across town.
While these businesses were selected for recognition, they represent something much bigger. Oakland is filled with entrepreneurs, artists, restaurateurs, retailers, and innovators doing incredible work every day.
Stay tuned, discover someone new, support local, and help us celebrate the businesses that keep Oakland moving forward.
Because there’s always time to be about Town Business.
Stay tuned!
05/29/2026
Meeting people where they are. 🦋
MACRO responders are highly skilled in de-escalation and relationship-building — not enforcement.
MACRO does not clear encampments or require people to leave spaces. Instead, responders are trained to mediate conflict, reduce tension, share information, and help community members make informed, voluntary decisions that support both individual needs and the broader community.🤝
Recently, teams have been connecting with unhoused residents ahead of upcoming park events and activities, making sure people are aware of changes that may impact shared public spaces while offering resources, support, and respectful dialogue along the way. ❤️
This work is rooted in trust, compassion, and communication, because meaningful community safety starts with human connection.
05/28/2026
Meeting people where they are. 🦋
MACRO responders are highly skilled in de-escalation and relationship-building — not enforcement.
MACRO does not clear encampments or require people to leave spaces. Instead, responders are trained to mediate conflict, reduce tension, share information, and help community members make informed, voluntary decisions that support both individual needs and the broader community.🤝
Recently, teams have been connecting with unhoused residents ahead of upcoming park events and activities, making sure people are aware of changes that may impact shared public spaces while offering resources, support, and respectful dialogue along the way.
This work is rooted in trust, compassion, and communication — because meaningful community safety starts with human connection.❤️
05/26/2026
As schools close for summer break, the City of Oakland is once again ensuring that children and youth across the city have access to nutritious meals.
Through the federally funded Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), the City will provide free meals at over 50 sites citywide from June 1 through August 7, 2026. The program is open to all children ages 18 and under, as well as adults with disabilities enrolled in school programs.
Sites will operate across parks, libraries, recreation centers, and community-based organizations, continuing Oakland’s longstanding commitment to supporting youth and families during the summer months when school meals are not available. Meals meet federal nutrition standards and are provided at no cost to families.
A full list of meal sites and service times is available at:
https://na2.hubs.ly/H05LcHt0
May is Building Safety month! Code Enforcement staff in our Planning and Building Department work with property owners to ensure they understand building code requirements to keep everyone safe.
Learn more here: https://na2.hubs.ly/H05D--L0?
05/20/2026
🏡🚧 Building Safety Month 2026 is officially here! 🚧🏡 Building safer, stronger communities takes all of us working together. Thanks to our inspectors, staff, first responders, contractors, residents, and community partners who make Oakland safer every day. Come to 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza on May 20 & 27 to learn more from our team!
05/19/2026
NEWS RELEASE: Oakland Homelessness Falls Nearly 20 Percent; Unsheltered Population Drops by More Than 960 People
2026 Point-in-Time Count shows the largest year-over-year decline in unsheltered homelessness in recent city history, and a reduction in Oakland's share of the county's total homeless population.
The 2026 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count released today by the Alameda County Housing and Health Department found that homelessness in Oakland has declined 19.6 percent since 2024, with the number of people sleeping outside, in vehicles, or in other places not meant for human habitation falling from 3,659 to 2,695 — a 26 percent decrease and a reduction of nearly 1,000 people as measured on a single night.
"Progress at this scale is not the product of any single program. It is the result of hundreds of operational improvements — faster intake, tighter handoffs between outreach and shelter, sharper data flowing between the City and County in real time, and community partners focused on process improvements. My focus is making sure every part of that system runs sharper next year than it did this year, and that we are doing that work in close partnership with Alameda County and our regional partners. The data tells us what is working. Our job is to keep building on it." — Cupid Alexander, Chief Homelessness Solutions Officer, City of Oakland
What’s a mid-cycle budget? 🤔
Oakland adopts a two-year budget, and the mid-cycle process is our annual check-in to see how revenues, expenses, and community needs may have changed — and whether adjustments are needed to keep the City financially stable while continuing essential services.
Hear directly from City leaders and community voices at tonight’s Community Budget Education Presentation.
📍 Lincoln Recreation Center
🕠 Tonight | 5:30 PM
Imani Community Church
🕠 5/28 | 6:00 PM
Learn more about the proposed budget, ask questions, and explore the interactive budget book at:
Oaklandca.gov/budget
05/16/2026
Happy Bike Month, Oakland! 🚲
Get free minor bike repairs every Friday afternoon from 2:30 to 5pm at The Bike Fix at the 81st Ave Library. Stop by for a free quick tune-up, flat repair, or safety check—no cost, no appointment, just roll up with your bike. Happy riding!
https://na2.hubs.ly/H05gT5x0