The Oakland City Council budget team is proposing to restore $2.1 million in proposed cuts to the city's Department of Violence Prevention, among other changes to Mayor Sheng Thao's proposed fiscal two-year $2.1 billion budget, the budget team announced...
The proposed increase for the Department of Violence Prevention comes following Thao's pitch to cut $3.95 million from the department each year for two years, part of an effort to close a $360 million budget deficit in the city.
"These proposed amendments reflect our shared values as well as the input of the community, Council, our City departments, and my office," Thao said in a statement Monday. Groups contracting with the Department of Violence Prevention serve mainly people of color. More than half of the people slain in Oakland killings are Black, according to the department.
With the amendments,"we will be able to take action to strengthen the safety of our communities, help vulnerable residents and promote a vibrant and diverse economy and city," Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas said in a statement.
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