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'We plan to fight': Oakland divided over $62M budget cuts, likely to impact police, public safety

Dec 24, 2020

Mayor Schaaf says no police or firefighters are being laid off, but the cuts could impact special units and response time.

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- The city of Oakland says it could run out of money by June 2021, the end of its fiscal year, if it doesn't make cuts now.

"Every day that we delay taking action, means the cuts will be have to be deeper later," explained Edward Reiskin, Oakland City Administrator.