Oakland moves to keep job services funded as housing money runs low
Oakland Community and Economic Development Committee: Up to $2,650,000 in job-service contracts cleared committee for June 2 council. Staff said new affordable-housing money is nearly gone.
Oakland
Community and Economic Development Committee Meeting
May 26, 2026
TL;DR
- New contracts worth up to $2,650,000 will keep Oakland's job-search and job-training services running, with up to $584,109 more to extend current providers. The committee sent the plan to the full council for June 2.
- Oakland is nearly out of voter-approved bond money for affordable housing, with about $16 million left and almost none free for new projects.
- Oakland's housing authority flagged federal proposals, work requirements and a five-year aid limit, that could affect subsidies for about one in 15 residents.
- Oakland is moving on a plan to guard its shoreline from rising seas, lining up a $144,900 state grant and up to $1,355,100 more. It heads to the council June 2.