THE OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED a two-year, $4.3 billion budget this week that eliminates a massive deficit and protects many core city services without requiring layoffs.

The spending and revenue plan, dubbed “the nobody’s happy budget” by Councilmember Zac Unger, passed on a 6-1 vote Wednesday and closes an estimated $265 million deficit by eliminating hundreds of unfilled city positions while anticipating tens of millions of dollars in new income over the next two years.

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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.