From: San Francisco Chronicle
By: Sarah Ravani, 5/20/2025
Excerpt:
The Oakland police union lambasted city officials after receiving a request to defer for one year an annual pay increase for the force amid the city’s budget crisis, criticizing city leadership for promising residents a safe city while asking police officers to forgo raises.
In a May 8 letter to the union president, City Administrator Jestin Johnson requested that police officers and management staff defer their 3% raises this year until June 30, 2026. The total number of represented staff that would be affected is 665, including officers, captains and deputy chiefs. It’s unclear how much money the city would save by deferring the raises by a year.
Rockne Lucia, an attorney who represents the police union, responded with a letter to the city administration Monday evening saying that eliminating pay raises could have dire consequences for the city. The police union’s executive board rejected the city’s proposal unanimously, according to Sam Singer, who represents the police union.
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