INTERIM OAKLAND MAYOR KEVIN JENKINS delivered a nearly $4.4 billion, two-year budget proposal to the City Council Monday, emphasizing the need to protect police and fire services while simultaneously tackling a massive budget deficit. 

Along with the draft budget documents, Jenkins delivered a letter to the Council laying out in broad strokes his vision for the city’s financial life, including how he’ll eliminate an estimated $268 million deficit over the next two fiscal 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.