A group of city workers and union leaders gathered on the steps of Oakland City Hall this week to demand answers to their allegations regarding tens of millions of dollars in uncollected city taxes.

At a time when Oakland is facing a potential budget shortfall of roughly $177 million, union leaders allege that the city’s Finance Department failed to collect taxes from thousands of businesses by the April 17, 2023, deadline and that as much as $34 million in unpaid business taxes from previous years could still be outstanding.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.