Bonds for Public School and College Facilities

Constitutional Right to Marriage

Bonds for Water, Wildfire, and Climate Risks

Bonds for Affordable Housing and Infrastructure

Eliminates Forcing Inmates to Work

Raises Minimum Wage

Local Government Residential Rent Control

Restricts Spending of Prescription Revenues

Provides Permanent Funding for Medi-Cal

Increased Sentencing for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes

Shall a measure to impose a special parcel tax on non-exempt property at $0.017 per lot square foot to repair and upgrade public sidewalks and pathways to improve safety and accessibility, replacing the existing special parcel tax imposed for sidewalk repair, subject to an annual consumer price index adjustment up to 3%, capped for larger parcels at a maximum $6,000 tax per parcel, providing an estimated $392,282 annually, until June 30, 2035, be adopted?

Shall the measure levying a special tax for 20 years in the "Wildfire Prevention Zone" (defined in the measure), to prevent wildfires by implementing City of Oakland prevention plans, including vegetation management, evacuation route protection, enhanced fire patrols during high danger periods, and goat grazing at annual rates of $99/single-family parcel, $65/condominium/multifamily unit; nonresidential parcels based on a formula, generating $2,670,000 in 2025-26, with cost of living increases, citizens' oversight and audits, be adopted?

Shall the measure to: (1) fund Citywide violence reduction services, such as 9-1-1 dispatch, community policing, mobile crisis responders, and violence interruption, and (2) increase police and fire minimum staffing, by extending and increasing both the existing parking tax surcharge to 10% and the existing parcel tax to $198 annually for single-family parcels, and other parcels as specified, with exemptions and reductions, for 9 years, raising approximately $47,400,000 annually, with oversight and auditing, be adopted?

Shall a measure amending the City Charter and Oakland Municipal Code to, among other things, revise qualifications and restrictions for service and removal procedures, specify the vote threshold for action and increase minimum staffing requirements for the Public Ethics Commission; allow the Commission to set City Attorney and City Auditor salaries biannually rather than annually; and amend the Lobbyist Registration Act to restrict payments and expenses incurred by local government lobbyists, be adopted?

To fund local tenant rental assistance programs, residential rental code enforcement, legal assistance for tenants and landlords, and to support rental providers to avoid financial hardship, shall a measure establishing a supplemental special business license tax on residential rental businesses of 0.36% of gross receipts for renting four or fewer units in the City and 1% of gross receipts for renting five or more units, providing approximately $475,000 annually until ended by voters, be adopted?

Shall the City Charter of Albany be amended to delegate the authority to appoint City officers and department heads from the City Council to the City Manager, except for the City Attorney, who would still be appointed by the City Council, and delegate authority for organizing the City to the City Manager?

Shall the City Charter of Albany be amended to eliminate the requirement that officers as determined by the City Council execute a bond before entering upon their official duties?

Shall the City Charter of Albany be amended to remove the exception for school purpose bonds from the City's bonding limit and clarify that the City's bonding limit is the lesser of (i) 15% of the assessed valuation of the property in the City subject to direct taxation or (ii) the statutory maximum amount?

Shall the City Charter of Albany be amended to allow Albany residents to vote for local candidates and ballot measures in municipal and school district elections if they are U.S. citizens, at least 16 years old and registered to vote, once the City Council and School Board, respectively, determine that including 16- and 17-year old voters in such elections will be cost-effective and feasible, and to repeal older Charter language about former elected officers?