City of Oakland
Attachment A:
Code Enforcement
Summary Report
Quarter 1 (July – Sep 2023)
Planning and Building Department (PBD)
City of Oakland 2
• Quarterly Complaints received (cumulative and
prior 4 quarters)
• Inspections performed (FY 23-24 Quarter 1)
• First Inspections (FY 23-24 Quarter 1 and
cumulative)
• Case Management Duration (FY 23-24 Quarter 1)
• Enforcement Actions (FY 23-24 Quarter 1)
• Abated/Closed (FY 23-24 Quarter 1)
• Total Open Cases
• Fees Assessed (prior 4 quarters)
• Additional Information
Contents
City of Oakland 3
Complaints Received by Category
835
685 624
866 769
614
877
569
865
705
851
1,033 1,003
705 670
1,069 1,048
562
497
478
483
500
587
879
1184 495
447
468
435 455
387 559
544 589
150
123
85 142
142
141
186 118
441
216
281
336 328
238
167
223 273
0 200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
FY20
Q1
FY20
Q2
FY20
Q3
FY20
Q4
FY21
Q1
FY21
Q2
FY21
Q3
FY21
Q4
FY22
Q1
FY22
Q2
FY22
Q3
FY22
Q4
FY23
Q1
FY23
Q2
FY23
Q3
FY23
Q4
FY24
Q1
Blight Housing Maintenance Zoning
FY 2020 Q1 – FY 2024 Q1
City of Oakland 4
Received by phone, 311, on-line, email,
etc... Depending on the complaint the property owner
may be sent a Courtesy Notice or staff will conduct a site visit which may lead to issuing a Notice of (NOV).
Complaints Received by Category
Quarter
Blight
(Including
graffiti)
Housing
Maintenance
Zoning
(Including
Noise)
Total
FY24 Q1 1,048 589 273 1,910
FY23 Q4 1,069 544 223 1,836
FY23 Q3 670 559 167 1,396
FY23 Q2 705 387 238 1,330
FY23 Q1 708 341 255 1,304
City of Oakland 5
Enforcement
Category
Blighted
Property
(Including
graffiti)
Housing
Maintenance
Zoning
(Including
Noise)
Total
1st
Inspections 586 667 187 1,440
Re-
Inspections
& Monitoring
Inspections
793 1,815 287 2,895
Total
Inspections
by Type
1,379 2,482 474 4,335
First Inspections/site visits
Q1 July – Sep 2023
City of Oakland 6
Volume of First Inspections
The first step in verifying a complaint
667 623 591
294 301 296 255 272 238 307 357
498 485
405 331
426
586
280
281 324
325 340 330
284
348 338
344
377
380 364
339 483
484
667
83 68 49
54 66 60
74 65
70 82
154
145 193
149
91 111
187
0 200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
FY20
Q1
FY20
Q2
FY20
Q3
FY20
Q4
FY21
Q1
FY21
Q2
FY21
Q3
FY21
Q4
FY22
Q1
FY22
Q2
FY22
Q3
FY22
Q4
FY23
Q1
FY23
Q2
FY23
Q3
FY23
Q4
FY24
Q1
Blight Housing Maintenance Zoning
City of Oakland 7
Case Management Duration
Q1 July – Sep 2023
This is the average turn around time from complaint
received, first inspection performed, NOV Sent, and
violation abated
Total of 40.4 days from complaint to violation corrected *Average Business Days
ABATEMENTCASE
INTAKE
1ST
INSPECTION
NOTICE OF
VIOLATION
SENT
5.5 DAYS 11.1 DAYS 23.8 DAYS
City of Oakland 8
Enforcement
Action Definition Cases
Clean-up
Contract
An agreement to allow the city to secure and/or
clean-up blight on private property with the owner
agreeing to pay the cost of the clean-up.
1 Notice of
Repeat
Violation
The same or similar violation has been verified
within 24 months. The property owner is
immediately assessed a fee and allowed 10 days to
correct the violations.
6 Stop Work
Order
Stops unpermitted work or work beyond scope 57
Compliance
Plan
Plan made with owner about fees and Abatement 7
Enforcement Actions for Compliance or Abatement
Q1 July – Sep 2023
City of Oakland 9
Abated & Closed*
Includes non-actionable and referred*
Quarter Blight Housing
Maintenance Zoning TOTAL
FY24 Q1 883 494 206 1,583
FY23 Q4 734 347 286 1,367
FY23 Q3 515 380 131 1,026
FY23 Q2 591 329 189 1,109
FY23 Q1 708 341 255 1,304
FY 2023 Q1 – FY 2024 Q1
City of Oakland 10
Abated & Closed*
FY 2020 Q1 – FY 2024 Q1
Includes non-actionable and referred*
Data extracted from Accela database
719 665
538
661 649
470 544
655 673 625 621 709 708
591 515
734
883
429
405
335
355 296
288
292
312 339
296 314
343 341
329 380
347
494
114
116
76 120
111
105
112
134
366
172 163
274 255
189
131
286
206
0 200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
FY20
Q1
FY20
Q2
FY20
Q3
FY20
Q4
FY21
Q1
FY21
Q2
FY21
Q3
FY21
Q4
FY22
Q1
FY22
Q2
FY22
Q3
FY22
Q4
FY23
Q1
FY23
Q2
FY23
Q3
FY23
Q4
FY24
Q1
BLIGHT HOUSING MAINTENANCE ZONING
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Type
Open
Cases -
Previous
Quarter
New Cases
Current
Quarter
Abated
&
Closed
Open Cases
- End of
Quarter
Blight 3,314 1,048 883 3,479
Maintenance 3,170 589 494 3,265
Zoning 735 273 206 802
Total 7,219 1,910 1,583 7,546
Total Open Cases
Q1 July – Sep 2023
City of Oakland 12
Enforcement Fees Assessed
Quarter Cases
Invoiced
Fees
(Includes
Bonds)
Bonds for
Compliance
Plan
FY24 Q1 263 $351,531 $30,500
FY23 Q4 216 $273,694 $9,000
FY23 Q3 166 $273,440.50 $7,008
FY23 Q2 235 $358,602 $16,500
FY23 Q1 194 $305,624 $3,000
FY 2023 Q1 – FY 2024 Q1
City of Oakland 13
• Notice of Violations available to public at
https://aca.accela.com/OAKLAND/Cap/CapH
ome.aspx?module=Enforcement&TabName=
Enforcement
• Previous Code Enforcement Reports are
available at
https://www.oaklandca.gov/documents/city-
of-oakland-quarterly-building-code-
enforcement-reports
Additional Information