NOTICE AND DIGEST
ORDINANCE 1) AUTHORIZING A FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 INCREASE IN
THE RATE OF PROPERTY TAX IMPOSED BY VOTER -APPROVED
MEASURES; AND 2) FIXING THE RATE OF THE PROPERTY TAX AND
LEVYING A TAX ON REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF OAKLAND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 -26 FOR THE EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES RETENTION ACT OF 1997 (MEASURE M), THE PARAMEDIC SERVICES ACT OF 1997 (MEASURE N), THE LIBRARY
SERVICES RETENTION AND ENHANCEMENT ACT (MEASURE C),
THE OAKLAND COMMUNITY VIOLENCE REDUCTION A ND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACT (MEASURE NN), THE 2018 OAKLAND
PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESERVATION ACT (MEASURE D), THE 2020
OAKLAND PARKS AND RECREATION PRESERVATION, LITTER
REDUCTION, HOMELESSNESS SUPPORT ACT (MEASURE Q), THE
CHILDREN’S INITIATIVE OF 2018 (MEASURE AA) , THE 2022
OAKLAND ZOO ANIMAL CARE, EDUCATION AND IMPROVEMENT
ORDINANCE (MEASURE Y), AND THE WILDFIRE PREVENTION
FINANCING ACT OF 2024 (MEASURE MM)
This ordinance would authorize an increase of either 2.8 percent consistent with the Consumer Price Index f or the San Francisco Bay Area or 3.6 percent consistent with the change in the California Per Capita Personal Income as determined by California Department of Finance, to the special parcel tax rates imposed in accordance with the voter -approved Emergency Medical Services Retention Act Of 1997 (Measure M), The 1997 Paramedic Services Act (Measure N), The Library Services Retention And Enhancement Act (Measure C), The 2018 Oakland Public Library Preservation Act (Measure D), the 2020 Oakland Parks and Recreation Preservation, Litter Reduction, and Homelessness Support Act (Measure Q), The Children’s Initiative of 2018 (Measure AA), and the 2022 Oakland Zoo Animal Care, Education and Improvement Ordinance (Measure Y),. The increase would be effective July 1, 2025. The ordinance would also authorize the City Council to fix the rates and levy the taxes at the new rates for all referenced tax measures and fix and levy the taxes imposed by the Oakland Community Violence Reduction And Emergency Response Act (Measur e N N) and t he Wildfire Prevention Financing Act Of 2024 (Measure MM) for fiscal year 2025-26.