Measure Y Programs & Services
Passed by Oakland voters on November 2, 2004, Measure Y provides approximately $19 million every year for ten years to fund fire services, additional police officers, and violence prevention programs. Measure Y funds are generated through a new parcel tax along with a parking surcharge in commercial parking lots.
$4 million annually
Measure Y funding eliminates Fire Department rotating station closures so hat all fire stations are now open 24 hours, 7 days a week
Police Services
60% of remaining Measure Y revenue (approximately $9 million annually)
Measure Y enhances Oakland's Community Policing program by adding new Problem Solving Officers to the Oakland Police Department ranks, as well as additional officers for truancy enforcement, domestic violence, and special victims units.
Violence Prevention Programs
40% of remaining Measure Y revenue (approximately $6 million annually)
Violence prevention programs administered through the Oakland Department of Human Services are designed to work together with community policing to provide a continuum of support for high risk youth and young adults. Interventions reach out to those children, youth and young adults most at risk for committing and/or becoming victims of violence.
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