452 homeless beds at stake as Oakland adds spending rules
Oakland Life Enrichment Committee: The committee backed funding to keep 452 shelter beds open, added six-month performance reports, and received the city's five-year homelessness plan.
Oakland
Life Enrichment Committee
March 10, 2026
TL;DR
- The committee backed funding to keep 452 shelter and interim housing beds open and sent it to the full council. A council member added six-month performance reporting for each program.
- The committee received Oakland's new five-year homelessness plan, which aims to halve unsheltered homelessness, and sent it to the council.
- A five-year renewal of the library's catalog and checkout software, at up to $2 million, also went to the council.
- The committee signed off on adding $750,000 to a janitorial contract for early childhood centers, raising it to $1 million.
- The committee approved a $300,000, five-year contract to store African American Museum and Library materials.