Mission Statement

Oakland Public Works is dedicated to you! We strive to maintain, improve and preserve Oakland’s infrastructure and environment for the residents, businesses, visitors and future generations of every neighborhood in our diverse city.

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SERVICE IMPACTS & EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS

Reductions

Clean, healthy, sustainable neighborhoods

1. Freezes vacant 2.0 FTE Street Sweeper Operators. This will cause street sweeping routes to be interrupted and impact staff capacity, possibly resulting in poor sanitation conditions for the community at large. This may further contribute to the existing impacts and disparities of illegal dumping and the homelessness crisis within the City.
   • Equity Consideration: Oakland’s Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities have been disproportionately affected by blight on the streets and in the City right-of-way.
2. Freezes vacant 4.0 FTE Public Works Maintenance Workers. Freezing these positions will not impact the maintenance operations that are already currently impacted by a vacancy crisis. Currently this job classification has 8 vacant positions. Less workers on the frontlines can result in maintenance tasks such as trash pick-up or graffiti abatement being left undone.
   • Equity Consideration: Oakland’s BIPOC communities have been disproportionately affected by blight on the streets and in the City right-of-way.
3. Freezes vacant 2.0 FTE Street Maintenance Leader. Currently this job classification has 2 vacant positions. This freeze may cause additional strain on KOCB’s maintenance operations that are currently impacted by a vacancy crisis.
   • Equity Consideration: Oakland’s BIPOC communities have been disproportionately affected by blight on the streets and in the City right-of-way.
4. Freezes vacant 1.0 FTE Administrative Assistant II position. This freeze will not impact current service levels in the Environmental Enforcement Unit which operates with minimal administrative support. Much of the administrative work is currently performed by Environmental Enforcement Officers, which diverts staff time from performing direct frontline work such as illegal dumping citations issuance, blight remediation, and educating resident on litter issues.
   • Equity Consideration: Environmental Enforcement Officers will continue to spend less time deployed to target eradication and enforcement in communities and areas where abandoned waste is most prevalent, which is disproportionately in Oakland’s BIPOC communities.
5. Freezes vacant 1.0 FTE Electrical Painter. The freezing of this position will have little to no service impact as it has been frozen since FY 2021-22.
   • Equity consideration: There is no discernible equity impact from this action.
6. Freezes vacant 1.0 FTE Gardener II. The freezing of this position will have little to no service impact.
   • Equity Consideration: There is no discernible equity impact from this action.

SIGNIFICANT BUDGETARY CHANGES

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

POSITION INFORMATION