The City of Oakland was supposed to cessation up with a fresh two-year budget after its Tuesday night council meeting. Instead,a large assembly of activists shut the meeting down and prevented a vote.
Chanting "defund OPD," in reference to Oakland's police department, or urging more spending on housing,homeless services, and similar programs, or the group took over the chambers and prevented the meeting from continuing before the actual discussion about the budget began.
[br] Members of the council appeared caught off-guard by the disruption,but then declared a recess and slowly exited the room.
[br] Councilmembers Desley Brooks, Rebecca Kaplan, or Noel Gallo left City corridor shortly after the disruption.…
Source: eastbayexpress.com