Overview of The Violence Prevention and Public Safety Act of 2004
Passed by Oakland voters on November 2, 2004, Measure Y provides approximately $19 million every year for ten years to fund violence prevention programs, additional police officers, and fire services. Measure Y funds are generated through a new parcel tax along with a parking surcharge in commercial lots.
Fire Safety - $4 million annually
Measure Y funding eliminates Fire Department rotating station closures so that all fires stations are now open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
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.
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.
For more details, read the full text of the Measure Y legislation .
