Oakland residents pack city hall meeting to voice concerns about budget cuts

A historic budget deficit in Oakland has many people worried about severe cuts to city services. Oakland is facing an estimated $177 million shortfall in the next fiscal year, which starts on July 1st.About 30 minutes before the Friday afternoon budget meeting at city hall, a long line of Oakland ers waited to get into the council chamber.'We matter.

One option presented to the council was to cut the force down to 678 officers if the city can get a one-time influx of cash from selling the city's share of the Oakland Coliseum complex. If they can't get the money from the land sale in time, the other option would cut the police force down to 610 officers.The police chief said with 84 officers currently on leave, that would essentially bring the force down to just over 500 officers.

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