Issue
The plan to build a police, fire, and EMS training campus and the residents who oppose it.
City Council
Following weeks of public comment, City Council is poised to spend $1.8 million on a master plan to potentially build an $86 million public safety training facility in the Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood.
City Council
A bill on a proposed public safety training campus is on hold for another two weeks. At council's Sept. 3 committee meeting, 26 people spoke against the campus and two were neutral. Earlier that day, 39 people spoke in support of the Oakland DIY Skatepark and one against. For now, there's no new skatepark legislation on council's upcoming agenda.
City Council
Firefighters' current burn site sits on a floodplain and can't be used. A $1.8 million assessment of a former VA site would be the first step toward a public safety training campus. If it isn't done by the end of May 2026, the land goes back to the federal government. For now, council has put a two-week hold on the bill.
City Council
Council's committee meeting this week ran 8 hours, and almost 70 people gave public comment. The largest group, 59 speakers, favored strengthening the Stop the Violence Fund. Speakers also weighed in on protections for trans healthcare and sex workers, and 11 opposed a public safety training campus. Top agenda items included reducing the minimum penalty for sex work.