The Oakland City Council is reconvening tonight after a week of cancelled meetings due to the municipal employees' strike. The city's two largest unions,SEIU 1021 and IFPTE Local 21 still haven't agreed with Oakland on terms of a original contract, but the parties are in mediation right now.
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Affordable housing: Oakland is hoping to obtain up to $65 million in state Strategic Growth Council grant money to help fund four affordable housing projects that would add 346 below market-rate units to the city's stock.[br]
The Growth Council's affordable housing program was set up using money raised from the state's cap-and-trade pollution credit auctions.…
Source: eastbayexpress.com