Oakland, California

City in the state of California, United States

"Oakland" and "City of Oakland" redirect here. For other uses, see Oakland (disambiguation) and Oakland City.

City in California, United States

Oakland, California

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City of Oakland
(foreground to background) Port of Oakland, Downtown Oakland skyline, and Oakland hills

(foreground to background) Port of Oakland, Downtown Oakland skyline, and Oakland hills

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Nickname(s):

"Oaktown",[1] "The Town"

Motto:

"Love life"[2]

Location in Alameda County and the U.S. state of California

Location in Alameda County and the U.S. state of California

Oakland is located in California

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Coordinates: 37°48′16″N 122°16′15″W﻿ / ﻿37.80444°N 122.27083°W﻿ / 37.80444; -122.27083Coordinates: 37°48′16″N 122°16′15″W﻿ / ﻿37.80444°N 122.27083°W﻿ / 37.80444; -122.27083
Country| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
State| File:Flag of California.svg California
County| File:Flag of Alameda County, California.svg Alameda
Incorporated| May 4, 1852[3][4]
Named for| The large oak forest that originally covered the area[5]
Government

• Type| Strong mayor[6]
• Mayor| Libby Schaaf (D)[7]
• State senator| Nancy Skinner (D)[8]
• Assemblymembers| Buffy Wicks (D) and
Mia Bonta (D)[9]
• U. S. rep.| Barbara Lee (D)[10]
Area

[11]

• Total| 78.03 sq mi (202.10 km2)
• Land| 55.93 sq mi (144.86 km2)
• Water| 22.10 sq mi (57.24 km2)
Elevation

[12]

| 43 ft (13 m)
Population

(2020)[13]

• Total| 440,646
• Rank| 45th in the United States
8th in California
• Density| 7,878.53/sq mi (3,041.87/km2)
Demonym| Oaklander
Time zone| UTC−08:00 (PST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−07:00 (PDT)
ZIP Codes|

94601–94615, 94617-94624, 94649, 94659–94662, 94666[14]

Area codes| 510/341
FIPS code| 06-53000
GNIS feature IDs| 277566, 2411292
Website| www.oaklandca.gov
[15][16][17]

Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay Area and the eighth most populated city in California. With a population of 440,646 as of 2020,[13] it serves as a trade center: the Port of Oakland is the busiest port in Northern California, and the fifth busiest in the United States of America.[18] An act to incorporate the city was passed on May 4, 1852, and incorporation was later approved on March 25, 1854.[4] Oakland is a charter city.[19]

Oakland's territory covers what was once a mosaic of California coastal terrace prairie, oak woodland, and north coastal scrub.[20] In the late 18th century, it became part of a large rancho grant in the colony of New Spain. Its land served as a resource when its hillside oak and redwood timber were logged to build San Francisco.[20] The fertile flatland soils helped it become a prolific agricultural region. In the late 1860s, Oakland was selected as the western terminal of the Transcontinental Railroad.[21] Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, many San Francisco citizens moved to Oakland, enlarging the population, increasing its housing stock, and improving its infrastructure. It continued to grow in the 20th century with its busy port, shipyards, and a thriving automobile manufacturing industry.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 1.1 Ohlone era
* 1.2 Spanish and Mexican eras
* 1.3 Development of Chinatown
* 1.4 City beginnings
* 1.5 1900–1950s
* 1.5.1 Plague epidemic
* 1.5.2 Incorporation
* 1.6 1960–1999
* 1.7 2000s
* 2 Geography
* 2.1 Neighborhoods
* 2.2 Climate
* 2.3 Vegetation
* 3 Demographics
* 3.1 Race and ethnicity
* 3.2 2019 United States Census Bureau American Community Survey estimates
* 3.3 Educational attainment and income
* 3.4 Households
* 3.5 Shifting of cultures
* 3.6 Gentrification
* 3.7 Crime
* 4 Economy
* 4.1 Top employers
* 4.2 Tourism
* 5 Arts and culture
* 5.1 Attractions
* 5.2 Nightlife
* 5.3 "There is no there there"
* 6 Sports
* 7 Parks and recreation
* 7.1 Parks
* 7.2 Places of worship
* 8 Government
* 8.1 Politics
* 9 Education
* 9.1 Primary and secondary education
* 9.1.1 Funding
* 9.2 Colleges and universities
* 10 Media
* 11 Infrastructure
* 11.1 Transportation
* 11.1.1 Air and rail
* 11.1.2 Mass transit and bicycling
* 11.1.3 Motorized scooters
* 11.1.4 Bridges, freeways, and tunnels
* 11.1.5 Oakland Slow Streets Program
* 11.2 Freight rail
* 11.3 Shipping
* 11.4 Utilities
* 11.5 Healthcare
* 12 Notable people
* 13 International relations
* 13.1 Sister cities
* 13.2 Friendship cities
* 14 See also
* 15 Notes
* 16 References
* 17 External links

## History[edit | edit source]

Main article: History of Oakland, California

For a chronological guide, see Timeline of Oakland, California.

### Ohlone era[edit | edit source]

The earliest known inhabitants were the Huchiun natives, who lived there for thousands of years. The Huchiun belonged to a linguistic grouping later called the Ohlone (a Miwok word meaning "western people").[22] In Oakland, they were concentrated around Lake Merritt and Temescal Creek, a stream that enters the San Francisco Bay at Emeryville.

### Spanish and Mexican eras[edit | edit source]

File:Peralta Family.jpg

Oakland and much of the East Bay was part of Rancho San Antonio, granted to Luís María Peralta in 1820. Here the Peralta family is pictured at their hacienda in Oakland, c. 1840.

In 1772, the area that later became Oakland was colonized, along with the rest of California, by Spanish settlers for the King of Spain. In the early 19th century, the Spanish crown granted the East Bay area to Luis María Peralta for his Rancho San Antonio. The grant was confirmed by the successor Mexican republic upon its independence from Spain.[23] Upon his death in 1842, Peralta divided his land among his four sons. Most of Oakland was within the shares given to Antonio Maria and Vicente.[24] The portion of the parcel that is now Oakland was called Encinar (misrendered at an early date and carried forward as "encinal") —Spanish for "oak grove"—due to the large oak forest that covered the area, which eventually led to the city's name.[5]

According to Stanford University historian Albert Camarillo, the Peralta family struggled to keep their land after the incorporation of California into the United States after the Mexican–American War. Camarillo claims the family was the victim of targeted racial violence. He writes in Chicanos in California, "They lost everything when squatters cut down their fruit trees, killed their cattle, destroyed their buildings, and even fenced off the roads leading to the rancho. Especially insidious were the actions of attorney Horace Carpentier, who tricked Vicente Peralta into signing a 'lease' which turned out to be a mortgage against the 19,000-acre rancho. The lands became Carpentier's when Peralta refused to repay the loan he believed was fraudulently incurred. The Peraltas had no choice but to abandon the homesite they had occupied for two generations."[25]

### Development of Chinatown[edit | edit source]

During the 1850s—just as gold was discovered in California—Oakland started growing and further developing because land was becoming too expensive in San Francisco.[26] People in China were struggling financially as a result of the First Opium War, the Second Opium War, and the Taiping Rebellion, so they began migrating to Oakland, many of whom were recruited to work on railroads. However, the Chinese struggled to settle because they were discriminated against by the white community and their living quarters were burned down on several occasions.[27] The majority of the Chinese migrants lived in unhealthy conditions in China and they often had diseases, so plague spread into San Francisco even though the Chinese were thoroughly inspected for diseases upon their arrival to San Francisco.[27]

### City beginnings[edit | edit source]

File:1857 U.S. Coast Survey Map of San Antonio Creek and Oakland, California (near San Francisco) - Geographicus - SanAntonioCreek-uscs-1857.jpg

1857 map of Oakland

In 1851, three men—Horace Carpentier, Edson Adams, and Andrew Moon—began developing what is now downtown Oakland.[28] In 1852, the Town of Oakland was incorporated by the state legislature.[29] During this time, Oakland had 75–100 inhabitants, two hotels, a wharf, two warehouses, and only cattle trails. Two years later, on March 25, 1854, Oakland re-incorporated as the City of Oakland.[30] Horace Carpentier was elected the first mayor, though a scandal ended his mayorship in less than a year.[citation needed]

The city and its environs quickly grew with the railroads, becoming a major rail terminal in the late 1860s and 1870s. In 1868, the Central Pacific constructed the Oakland Long Wharf at Oakland Point, the site of today's Port of Oakland.[31]

A number of horsecar and cable car lines were constructed in Oakland during the latter half of the 19th century. The first electric streetcar set out from Oakland to Berkeley in 1891, and other lines were converted and added over the course of the 1890s. The various streetcar companies operating in Oakland were acquired by Francis "Borax" Smith and consolidated into what eventually became known as the Key System, the predecessor of today's publicly owned AC Transit.

### 1900–1950s[edit | edit source]

#### Plague epidemic[edit | edit source]

Oakland was one of the worst affected cities in California that was impacted by the San Francisco plague of 1900–1904. Quarantine measures were set in place at the Oakland ports requiring the authorities at the port to inspect the arriving vessels for the presence of infected rats.[32] Quarantine authorities at these ports inspected over a thousand vessels per year for plague and yellow fever. By 1908, over 5,000 people were detained in quarantine.[33] Hunters were sent to poison the affected areas in Oakland and shoot the squirrels, but the eradication work was limited in its range because the State Board of Health and the United States Public Health Service were only allotted about $60,000 a year to eradicate the disease. During this period Oakland did not have sufficient health facilities, so some of the infected patients were treated at home.[34]

The State Board of Health along with Oakland also advised physicians to promptly report any cases of infected patients.[35] Yet, in 1919 it still resulted in a small epidemic of Pneumonic plague which killed a dozen people in Oakland.[35] This started when a man went hunting in Contra Costa Valley and killed a squirrel. After eating the squirrel, he fell ill four days later and another household member contracted the plague. This in turn was passed on either directly or indirectly to about a dozen others.[36] The officials in Oakland acted quickly by issuing death certificates to monitor the spread of plague.[35]

#### Incorporation[edit | edit source]

File:Oakland Chevrolet factory c.1917.jpg

One day's output of 1917 automobiles at Chevrolet's major West Coast plant, now the location of Eastmont Town Center

At the time of incorporation in 1852, Oakland had consisted of the territory that lay south of today's major intersection of San Pablo Avenue, Broadway, and Fourteenth Street. The city gradually annexed farmlands and settlements to the east and the north. Oakland's rise to industrial prominence, and its subsequent need for a seaport, led to the digging of a shipping and tidal channel in 1902. This resulted in the nearby town of Alameda being made an island. In 1906, the city's population doubled with refugees made homeless after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.

In 1908 lawyer, former miner and newspaper owner Homer Wood (1880–1976) suggested to his friend Frank Bilger of Blake and Bilger Rock Quarry and Paving Company that he organize a gathering to establish a Rotary Club east of the bay. On November 27, 1908, Homer took a ferry across the bay in a driving rainstorm and met for lunch with Frank and twenty three other businessmen at the Hotel Metropole at 13th and Jefferson. This gathering became the first meeting of the Tri-City Rotary Club, renamed in 1911 The Rotary Club of Oakland, the third Rotary Club in the world. This group established the tradition of weekly meetings, something most clubs worldwide follow today.[37]

In 1917, General Motors opened an automobile factory in East Oakland called Oakland Assembly. It produced Chevrolet cars and then GMC trucks until 1963, when it was moved to Fremont in southern Alameda County.[38] Also in 1916, the Fageol Motor Company chose East Oakland for their first factory, manufacturing farming tractors from 1918 to 1923.[39][40] By 1920, Oakland was the home of numerous manufacturing industries, including metals, canneries, bakeries, internal combustion engines, automobiles, and shipbuilding.[41] By 1929, when Chrysler expanded with a new plant there, Oakland had become known as the "Detroit of the West," referring to the major auto manufacturing center in Michigan.[42]

File:Old oakland.jpg

Old Oakland neighborhood

Oakland expanded during the 1920s, as its population expanded with factory workers. Approximately 13,000 homes were built in the 3 years between 1921 and 1924,[43] more than during the 13 years between 1907 and 1920.[44] Many of the large downtown office buildings, apartment buildings, and single-family houses still standing in Oakland were built during the 1920s; they reflect the architectural styles of the time.

File:The Parkway Theater.jpg

Historic 1920s-era Parkway Theater

File:Oakland tribune tower detail.jpg

In 1924, the Tribune Tower was completed; in 1976, it was restored and declared an Oakland landmark. While it is no longer occupied by the Oakland Tribune, its historic appearance is preserved.

Russell Clifford Durant established Durant Field at 82nd Avenue and East 14th Street in 1916.[45] The first transcontinental airmail flight finished its journey at Durant Field on August 9, 1920, flown by Army Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker and Navy Lt. Bert Acosta.[46] Durant Field was often called Oakland Airport, though the current Oakland International Airport was soon established four miles (6.4 km) to the southwest.[47]

During World War II, the East Bay Area was home to many war-related industries. Oakland's Moore Dry Dock Company expanded its shipbuilding capabilities and built over 100 ships. Valued at $100 million in 1943, Oakland's canning industry was its second-most-valuable war contribution after shipbuilding. The largest canneries were in the Fruitvale District, and included the Josiah Lusk Canning Company, the Oakland Preserving Company (which started the Del Monte brand), and the California Packing Company.[48]

President Franklin D. Roosevelt called on defense industries with government contracts to integrate their workforces and provide opportunities for all Americans. Tens of thousands of laborers came from around the country, especially poor whites and blacks from the Deep South: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas, as well as Missouri and Tennessee. Henry J. Kaiser's representatives recruited sharecroppers and tenant farmers from rural areas to work in his shipyards. African Americans were part of the Great Migration by which five million persons left the South, mostly for the West, from 1940 to 1970. White migrants from the Jim Crow South carried their racial attitudes, causing tensions to rise among black and white workers competing for the better-paying jobs in the Bay Area. The racial harmony Oakland African-Americans had been accustomed to prior to the war evaporated.[49] Also migrating to the area during this time were many Mexican Americans from southwestern states such as New Mexico, Texas, and Colorado. Many worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad, at its major rail yard in West Oakland. Their young men encountered hostility and discrimination by Armed Forces personnel, and tensions broke out in "zoot suit riots" in downtown Oakland in 1943 in the wake of a major disturbance in Los Angeles that year.[50]

File:Merrittview.jpg

View of Lake Merritt looking southwest toward the Alameda County Courthouse

In 1946, National City Lines (NCL), a General Motors holding company, acquired 64% of Key System stock; during the next several years NCL engaged in the conspiratorial dissolution of Oakland's electric streetcar system. The city's expensive electric streetcar fleet was converted to the cheaper diesel buses.[51] The state Legislature created the Alameda and Contra Costa Transit District in 1955, which operates today as AC Transit, the third-largest bus-only transit system in the nation.[52]

Soon after the war, as Oakland's shipbuilding industry declined and the automobile industry went through restructuring, many jobs were lost. Economic competition increased racial tension.[53] In addition, labor unrest increased as workers struggled to protect their livelihoods. Oakland was the center of a general strike during the first week of December 1946, one of six cities across the country that had such a strike after World War II.[54]

### 1960–1999[edit | edit source]

In 1960, Kaiser Corporation opened its new headquarters; it was the largest skyscraper in Oakland, as well as "the largest office tower west of Chicago" up to that time.[55] In the postwar period, suburban development increased around Oakland, and wealthier residents moved to new housing. Despite the major increases in the number and proportion of African Americans in the city, in 1966 only 16 of the city's 661 police officers were black. Tensions between the black community and the largely white police force were high, as expectations during the civil rights era increased to gain social justice and equality before the law. Police abuse of blacks was common.[56][57]

Students Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party at Merritt College (then located at a former high school on Grove Street, now occupied by Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute), which emphasized black power, advocated armed self-defense against police brutality, and was involved in several incidents that ended in the deaths of police officers and other Black Panther members. Among their social programs were feeding children and providing other services to the needy.[58] During the 1970s, Oakland began to suffer serious violence and other problems related to gang-controlled dealing of heroin and cocaine when drug kingpin Felix Mitchell created the nation's first large-scale operation of this kind.[53] Both violent crime and property crime increased during this period, and Oakland's murder rate rose to over twice that of San Francisco and New York.[53]

As in many other American cities during the 1980s, crack cocaine became a serious problem in Oakland. Drug dealing in general, and the dealing of crack cocaine in particular, resulted in elevated rates of violent crime, causing Oakland to consistently be listed as one of America's most crime-ridden cities.[59]

In 1980 Oakland's black population reached its 20th-century peak at approximately 47% of the overall city population.[60]

The 6.9 Mw Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on October 17, 1989. The rupture was related to the San Andreas fault system and affected the entire San Francisco Bay Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Many structures in Oakland were badly damaged including the double-decker portion of Interstate 880 that collapsed. The eastern span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge also sustained damage and was closed to traffic for one month.

On October 20, 1991, a massive firestorm swept down from the Berkeley/Oakland hills above the Caldecott Tunnel. Twenty-five people were killed, 150 people were injured, and nearly 4,000 homes destroyed. With the loss of life and an estimated economic loss of US$1.5 billion, this was the worst urban firestorm in American history, until 2017.[61][62]

During the mid-1990s, Oakland's economy began to recover as it transitioned to new types of jobs. In addition, the city participated in large development and urban renewal projects, concentrated especially in the downtown area, at the Port of Oakland, and at the Oakland International Airport.[63]

Panorama of Oakland, California, from the top of Mountain View Cemetery

### 2000s[edit | edit source]

After his 1999 inauguration, Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown continued his predecessor Elihu Harris' public policy of supporting downtown housing development in the area defined as the Central Business District in Oakland's 1998 General Plan.[64] Brown's plan and other redevelopment projects were controversial due to potential rent increases and gentrification, which would displace lower-income residents from downtown Oakland into outlying neighborhoods and cities.[65]

Due to allegations of misconduct by the Oakland Police Department, the City of Oakland has paid claims for a total of US$57 million during the 2001–2011 timeframe to plaintiffs claiming police abuse; this is the largest sum paid by any city in California.[66] On October 10, 2011, protesters and civic activists began "Occupy Oakland" demonstrations at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Downtown Oakland.[67][68]

African-Americans dropped to 28% of Oakland's population in 2010, from nearly half in 1980, due to fast-rising rents and an extreme housing crisis in the region.[69]

The city inspected many warehouses and live/work spaces after a fire broke out in the Ghost Ship warehouse, killing 36 people in 2016.[70]

Oakland is the second U.S. city, after Denver, to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms. In June 2019, the City Council passed the resolution in a unanimous vote ending the investigation and imposition of criminal penalties for use and possession of natural entheogens.[71][72]

In November 2019, two homeless mothers and their children moved into a vacant three-bedroom house in West Oakland. The group, calling themselves Moms 4 Housing, said their goal was to protest what they said was a large number of vacant houses in Oakland owned by redevelopment companies while the city experienced a housing crisis.[73] Two months later they were evicted from the house by three dozen sheriff's deputies, as hundreds of supporters demonstrated in favor of the women.[74] The incident received nationwide coverage.[75] The company that owns the house later said they would sell it to a nonprofit affordable housing group.[76] As of 2019, Oakland's per-capita homeless rate is higher than San Francisco and Berkeley. Between 2014 and 2020, Oakland strengthened its protections for tenants in order to reduce the displacement of its long-time residents.

## Geography[edit | edit source]

File:Aerial view of city of Oakland 1.jpg

Aerial view of Downtown

File:Oakland by Sentinel-2, 2019-03-11.jpg

Satellite picture of Oakland in 2019

Oakland is in the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay. In 1991, the City Hall tower was at 37°48′19″N 122°16′21″W﻿ / ﻿37.805302°N 122.272539°W﻿ / 37.805302; -122.272539 (NAD83). (The building still exists, but like the rest of the Bay Area, it has shifted northwest perhaps 0.6 meters in the last twenty years.)

The United States Census Bureau says the city's total area is 78.0 square miles (202 km2), including 55.8 square miles (145 km2) of land and 22.2 square miles (57 km2) (28.48 percent) of water.

Oakland's highest point is near Grizzly Peak Blvd, east of Berkeley, just over 1,760 feet (540 m) above sea level at about 37°52′43″N 122°13′27″W﻿ / ﻿37.8786°N 122.2241°W﻿ / 37.8786; -122.2241. Oakland has 19 miles (31 km) of shoreline,[77] but Radio Beach is the only beach in Oakland.

Oaklanders refer to their city's terrain as "the flatlands" and "the hills". Until recent waves of gentrification, these terms also symbolized Oakland's deep economic divide, with "the hills" being more affluent communities. About two-thirds of Oakland lies in the flat plain of the East Bay, with one-third rising into the foothills and hills of the East Bay range.

Ruptures along the nearby San Andreas Fault caused severe earth movement in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1906 and 1989. San Andreas quakes induces creep (movement occurring on earthquake faults) in the Hayward fault, which runs directly through Oakland, Berkeley, San Jose and other Bay Area cities.[78]

Lake Merritt panorama

### Neighborhoods[edit | edit source]

Main article: List of neighborhoods in Oakland, California

File:Latham Square 2020.jpg

Latham Square

File:Oakland Adams Point.jpg

The north end of the Adams Point district, as seen from Lakeshore Avenue on the east shore of the lake

File:Upper Rockridge in Oakland, CA.jpg

Upper Rockridge

Oakland has more than 50 distinct neighborhoods. The city's greater divisions include downtown Oakland and its greater Central Business District, Lake Merritt, East Oakland, North Oakland, West Oakland, and the Oakland Hills. East Oakland, which includes the East Oakland Hills, encompasses more than half of Oakland's land area, stretching from Lakeshore Avenue on the east shore of Lake Merritt southeast to the San Leandro border. North Oakland encompasses the neighborhoods between downtown and Berkeley and Emeryville. West Oakland is the area between downtown and the Bay, partially surrounded by the Oakland Point, and encompassing the Port of Oakland. In 2011, Oakland was ranked the 10th most walkable city in the United States by Walk Score.[79]

File:China town oakland.jpg

Oakland's Chinatown district is one of the oldest in the nation.

Lake Merritt, an urban estuary near downtown, is a mix of fresh and salt water draining in and out from the Oakland Harbor at the San Francisco Bay and one of Oakland's most notable features.[80] It was designated the United States' first official wildlife refuge in 1870.[81] Originally a marsh-lined wildlife haven, Lake Merritt was dredged and bordered with parks from the 1890s to the 1910s. Despite this reduction in habitat, Oakland is home to a number of rare and endangered species, many of which are localized to serpentine soils and bedrock. Lake Merritt is surrounded by residential and business districts, including downtown and Grand Lake.

The city of Piedmont, incorporated in Oakland's central foothills after the 1906 earthquake, is a small independent city surrounded by the city of Oakland.

### Climate[edit | edit source]

Oakland has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb) with an average of 260 sunny days per year. In general, the city features warm, dry summers, and cool, wet winters.

Based on data gathered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oakland is ranked No. 1 in climate among U.S. cities.[82] Oakland's climate is typified by the temperate and seasonal Mediterranean climate. Summers are usually dry and warm and winters are cool and damp. It has features found in both nearby coastal cities such as San Francisco and inland cities such as San Jose, making it warmer than San Francisco and cooler than San Jose. Its position on San Francisco Bay across from the Bay Bridge means the northern part of the city can have cooling maritime fog. It is far enough inland that the fog often burns off by midday, allowing it to have typically sunny California days. The hills tend to have more fog than the flatlands, as the fog drifts down from Berkeley.

The U.S. Weather Bureau kept weather records in downtown Oakland from October 4, 1894, to July 31, 1958. During that time, the record high temperature was 104 °F (40 °C) on June 24, 1957, and the record low temperature was 24 °F (−4 °C) on January 23, 1949. Dry, warm offshore "Diablo" winds (similar to the Santa Ana winds of Southern California) sometimes occur, especially in fall, and raise the fire danger. In 1991, such an episode allowed the catastrophic Oakland Hills fire to spread and consume many homes. The wettest year was 1940 with 38.65 inches (982 mm) and the driest year was 1910 with 12.02 inches (305 mm). The most rainfall in one month was 15.35 inches (390 mm) in January 1911. The most rainfall in 24 hours was 4.27 inches (108 mm) on February 12, 1904.[83] Rainfall near the bayfront is only 23 inches (580 mm), but is higher in the Oakland Hills to the east (up to 30 inches [760 mm]).

Overnight lows are mild. Oakland seldom experiences warm nights with the warmest recorded night of 72 °F (22 °C) in September 1971 and an average of 64 °F (18 °C) for the annual warmest low.[84] The coldest day of the year averages a mild 50 °F (10 °C) and has never been recorded below 36 °F (2 °C).[84]

The National Weather Service today has two official weather stations in Oakland: Oakland International Airport and the Oakland Museum (established 1970).

Climate data for Oakland Museum (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1970–present)

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Record high °F (°C)  | 78
(26)  | 82
(28)  | 88
(31)  | 97
(36)  | 105
(41)  | 106
(41)  | 103
(39)  | 99
(37)  | 109
(43)  | 103
(39)  | 84
(29)  | 75
(24)  | 109
(43)
Mean maximum °F (°C)  | 68.6
(20.3)  | 72.5
(22.5)  | 76.7
(24.8)  | 82.2
(27.9)  | 84.2
(29.0)  | 88.7
(31.5)  | 86.0
(30.0)  | 87.5
(30.8)  | 90.6
(32.6)  | 87.7
(30.9)  | 77.1
(25.1)  | 68.0
(20.0)  | 92.6
(33.7)
Average high °F (°C)  | 59.8
(15.4)  | 62.4
(16.9)  | 64.7
(18.2)  | 66.8
(19.3)  | 68.6
(20.3)  | 71.8
(22.1)  | 71.6
(22.0)  | 72.8
(22.7)  | 74.6
(23.7)  | 72.7
(22.6)  | 65.8
(18.8)  | 59.7
(15.4)  | 67.6
(19.8)
Daily mean °F (°C)  | 52.5
(11.4)  | 54.7
(12.6)  | 56.7
(13.7)  | 58.5
(14.7)  | 60.8
(16.0)  | 63.4
(17.4)  | 64.1
(17.8)  | 65.2
(18.4)  | 65.9
(18.8)  | 63.7
(17.6)  | 57.6
(14.2)  | 52.4
(11.3)  | 59.6
(15.3)
Average low °F (°C)  | 45.1
(7.3)  | 47.1
(8.4)  | 48.7
(9.3)  | 50.3
(10.2)  | 52.9
(11.6)  | 55.0
(12.8)  | 56.6
(13.7)  | 57.6
(14.2)  | 57.2
(14.0)  | 54.6
(12.6)  | 49.4
(9.7)  | 45.1
(7.3)  | 51.6
(10.9)
Mean minimum °F (°C)  | 37.9
(3.3)  | 40.2
(4.6)  | 42.4
(5.8)  | 45.0
(7.2)  | 49.4
(9.7)  | 51.9
(11.1)  | 54.0
(12.2)  | 55.6
(13.1)  | 53.6
(12.0)  | 49.0
(9.4)  | 41.7
(5.4)  | 37.5
(3.1)  | 36.4
(2.4)
Record low °F (°C)  | 30
(−1)  | 29
(−2)  | 34
(1)  | 37
(3)  | 43
(6)  | 48
(9)  | 51
(11)  | 50
(10)  | 48
(9)  | 43
(6)  | 36
(2)  | 26
(−3)  | 26
(−3)
Average precipitation inches (mm)  | 4.35
(110)  | 4.35
(110)  | 3.21
(82)  | 1.37
(35)  | 0.75
(19)  | 0.20
(5.1)  | 0.00
(0.00)  | 0.05
(1.3)  | 0.10
(2.5)  | 1.13
(29)  | 2.44
(62)  | 4.66
(118)  | 22.61
(574)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 10.4  | 10.0  | 10.4  | 5.9  | 3.7  | 1.1  | 0.1  | 0.3  | 0.8  | 3.0  | 6.5  | 10.5  | 62.7
Source: NOAA[85][86]

### Vegetation[edit | edit source]

The higher rainfall in the hills supports woods of oak, madrona, pine, fir and a few redwood groves in the wetter areas. Before being logged in the 19th century, some of the tallest redwood trees in California (used for navigation by ships entering the Golden Gate) may have stood in the Oakland Hills. One old stump 30 feet (9.1 m) in diameter can be seen near Redwood Regional Park. Sunny, drier slopes are grassy or covered in scattered oaks and chaparral brush. Australian eucalyptus trees have been extensively planted in many areas, as they come from a similar climate.

## Demographics[edit | edit source]

Historical population

Census | Pop. |  | %±
1860| 1,543| | —
1870| 10,500| | 580.5%
1880| 34,555| | 229.1%
1890| 48,682| | 40.9%
1900| 66,960| | 37.5%
1910| 150,174| | 124.3%
1920| 216,261| | 44.0%
1930| 284,063| | 31.4%
1940| 302,163| | 6.4%
1950| 384,575| | 27.3%
1960| 367,548| | −4.4%
1970| 361,561| | −1.6%
1980| 339,337| | −6.1%
1990| 372,242| | 9.7%
2000| 399,484| | 7.3%
2010| 390,724| | −2.2%
2020| 440,646| | 12.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[87]

The 2020 United States Census[88] reported Oakland had a population of 440,646. The population density was 7,898.30 inhabitants per square mile (3,049.55/km2).

### Race and ethnicity[edit | edit source]

The 2020 United States Census[88] reported that the racial makeup of Oakland was 156,429 (35.5%) White, 104,873 (23.8%) Black or African American, 68,300 (15.5%) Asian, 2,643 (0.6%) Pacific Islander, 3,965 (0.9%) Native American, and 30,404 (6.9%) multiracial (two or more races). There were 118,974 (27.0%) of Hispanic or Latino ancestry, of any race.

File:Race and ethnicity 2010- San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley (5560477152).png

Map of racial distribution in San Francisco Bay Area, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people: ⬤ White ⬤ Black ⬤ Asian ⬤ Hispanic ⬤ Other

Racial composition | 2020 | 2010[89] | 1990[90] | 1970[90] | 1940[90]

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White | 30.0% | 34.5% | 32.5% | 59.1% | 95.3%
—Non-Hispanic | 27.3% | 25.9% | 28.3% | 52.0%[91] | n/a
Black or African American | 23.8% | 28.0% | 43.9% | 34.5% | 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) | 27.0% | 25.3% | 13.9% | 7.6%[91] | n/a
Asian | 16.1% | 16.8% | 14.8% | 4.8% | –

From the 2010 United States Census[89] the racial makeup of Oakland was 134,925 (34.5%) White (non-Hispanic White 25.9%), 129,471 (28.0%) African American, 3,040 (0.8%) Native American, 65,811 (16.8%) Asian (8.7% Chinese, 2.2% Vietnamese, 1.6% Filipino, 0.7% Cambodian, 0.7% Laotian, 0.6% Korean, 0.5% Japanese, 0.5% Indian, 0.1% Mongolian), 2,222 (0.6%) Pacific Islander (0.3% Tongan), 53,378 (13.7%) from other races, and 21,877 (5.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 99,068 persons (25.4%). 18.1% of the population were of Mexican descent, 1.9% Salvadoran, 1.3% Guatemalan, and 0.7% Puerto Rican.

| Demographic profile[89] | 2020

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Total Population | 440,646 – 100%
Hispanic or Latino | 126,843 – 25.3%
White | 132,297 – 30.0%
African American | 93,820 – 21.3%
Asian | 70,806 – 16.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native | 8,530 – 1.9%
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander | 2,884 – 0.7%
Other | 80,504– 18.3%
Two or more races | 51,805 – 11.8%

### 2019 United States Census Bureau American Community Survey estimates[edit | edit source]

Racial Makeup of Oakland (2019)[92]

White alone (34.50%)

Black alone (24.94%)

Native American alone (1.28%)

Asian alone (14.30%)

Pacific Islander alone (0.39%)

Other race alone (18.27%)

Two or more races (6.32%)

Racial/Ethnic Makeup of Oakland excluding Hispanics from Racial Categories (2019)[92]
NH=Non-Hispanic

White NH (29.29%)

Black NH (24.40%)

Native American NH (0.33%)

Asian NH (14.12%)

Pacific Islander NH (0.39%)

Other race NH (0.33%)

Two or more races NH (4.32%)

Hispanic Any Race (26.81%)

Racial Makeup of Hispanics in Oakland (2019)[92]

White alone (19.43%)

Black alone (2.03%)

Native American alone (3.52%)

Asian alone (0.68%)

Pacific Islander alone (0.01%)

Other race alone (66.90%)

Two or more races (7.44%)

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According to 2019 US Census Bureau estimates, Oakland's population rose to 433,044, and was 34.5% White (29.3% Non-Hispanic White and 5.2% Hispanic White), 24.9% Black or African American, 1.3% Native American and Alaskan Native, 14.3% Asian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, 18.3% Other Race, and 6.3% from two or more races.[92]

White Americans are the largest racial/ethnic group at either 34.5% (including White Hispanics) or 29.3% (excluding White Hispanics).[92]

Hispanics have been the second largest ethnic group since 2012 when they displaced the Black population. However, Black Americans still form the 2nd largest racial group. By ethnicity, 26.8% of the total population is Hispanic-Latino (of any race) and 73.2% is Non-Hispanic (of any race).[92] The majority of Hispanics self-identify as Some Other Race (66.9%) with the remainder choosing White (19.4%), Multiracial (7.4%), Black (2.0%), American Indian and Alaskan Native (3.5%), Asian (0.7%), and Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (0.1%).[92]

The Black population is the third largest ethnic group and 2nd largest racial group at either 24.9% (including Black Hispanics) or 24.4% excluding Black Hispanics.[92]

The Asian population continues to remain the fourth largest group at 14.3% of the population.[92]

### Educational attainment and income[edit | edit source]

The greater Oakland area[specify] has the fifth largest cluster of "elite zip codes" ranked by the number of households with the highest combination of income and education.[93] 37.9% of residents over 25 years of age have bachelor's degree or higher.[94] Oakland ranked among the top cities with residents with bachelor's degrees and graduate degrees per square mile.[95]

Oakland ranks in the top 20 of American cities in median household income, with a 2012 value of US$51,863.[96] In 2012, the median income for a household in the city was US$51,863 and the median income for a family was US$59,459. The mean income for a household was US$77,888 and the mean income for a family was US$90,948. Males had a median income of US$50,140 versus US$50,304 for females.[97] The unemployment rate as of December 2013 was 9.7%.[98]

In 2007 approximately 15.3 percent of families and 17.0 percent of the general population were below the poverty line, including 27.9 percent of those under age 18 and 13.1 percent of those age 65 or over. 0.7% of the population is homeless.[99] Home ownership is 41%[99] and 14% of rental units are subsidized.[99]

As of the census[100] of 2000, 19.4% of the population and 16.2% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 27.9% of those under the age of 18 and 13.1% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

### Households[edit | edit source]

The census reported 382,586 people (97.9% of the population) lived in households, 5,675 (1.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 2,463 (0.6%) were institutionalized.

There were 153,791 households, out of which 44,762 (29.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 50,797 (33.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 24,122 (15.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 8,799 (5.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 11,289 (7.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 3,442 (2.2%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 52,103 households (33.9%) were made up of individuals, and 13,778 (9.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49. There were 83,718 families (54.4% of all households); the average family size was 3.27.

The population was spread out, with 83,120 people (21.3%) under the age of 18, 36,272 people (9.3%) aged 18 to 24, 129,139 people (33.1%) aged 25 to 44, 98,634 people (25.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 43,559 people (11.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males.

There were 169,710 housing units at an average density of 2,175.7 per square mile (840.0/km2), of which 153,791 were occupied, of which 63,142 (41.1%) were owner-occupied, and 90,649 (58.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.5%. 166,662 people (42.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 215,924 people (55.3%) lived in rental housing units.

### Shifting of cultures[edit | edit source]

Oakland has consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically diverse major cities in the country.[101][102] A 2019 analysis by WalletHub showed that Oakland was the most ethnoracially diverse city in the United States.[103] The city's formerly most populous ethnic group, whites, declined from 95.3% in 1940 to 32.5% by 1990, due to a combination of factors, including suburbanization. Oakland became a destination for African Americans in the Great Migration during and after World War II as they gained high-paying jobs in the defense industry. Blacks have formed a plurality in Oakland for many years, peaking in 1980 at about 47% of the population.

Oakland's black population decreased by nearly 25 percent between 2000 and 2010.[104] The city's demographics have changed due to a combination of rising housing prices associated with gentrification and with blacks relocating to better (and in many cases more affordable) housing in Bay Area suburbs or moving to the Southern United States in a reverse migration, where conditions (including race relations) are considered to have improved in comparison to previous generations.[105][106][107] These trends and cultural shifts have led to a decline among some of Oakland's long standing black institutions, such as churches, businesses and nightclubs, which had developed during the growing years of the 1950s through 1970.[108]

In the 2010 census African Americans maintained their status as Oakland's single largest ethnic group, with 27% of the population, followed by non-Hispanic whites at 25.9%, and Hispanics of any race at 25.4%.[109] Ethnic Asians constitute 17%, followed by smaller minority groups.

Many immigrants have settled in the city. Immigrants and others have marched by the thousands down Oakland's International Boulevard in support of legal reforms benefiting undocumented immigrants.[110]

An analysis by the Urban Institute of U.S. Census 2000 numbers showed Oakland had the third-highest concentration of gays and lesbians among the 50 largest U.S. cities, behind San Francisco and Seattle. Census data showed that among incorporated places that have at least 500 female couples, Oakland had the nation's largest proportion. In the 2000 census, 2,650 lesbian couples identified as such in Oakland; one in every 41 Oakland couples identified as a same-sex female partnership.[111][112]

### Gentrification[edit | edit source]

As of 2020, the San Francisco-Oakland Metro shows indications of having the greatest intensity of gentrification nationally, with over 31% of eligible neighborhoods gentrifying. Gentrifying neighborhoods showed significant increases in median home value, median household income, percentage of college educated residents, but also in economic inequality.[113]

Historically low-income neighborhoods have been rapidly changed by new, higher-income residents as high-wage tech workers and expensive housing have continued to push lower-wage residents out of Oakland.[113] In West Oakland, for example, median household income rose from $80,700 to $86,300 between 2010 and 2017, while the percent of population with four-year degrees rose from one-third to nearly one-half, according to the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.[114]

Big tech companies have continued to transform the communities and culture of Oakland as modern apartments have appeared, housing prices have spiked, and many prior working-class residents have moved to suburbs further inland.[115]

According to 2015 data compiled by the Bay Area Equity Atlas, 91% of low-income households of color were either in neighborhoods that were gentrifying or were at risk of gentrification at the time.[116] The number was higher for individual low-income communities, with 96% of Native American households in neighborhoods that either experienced gentrification or were at risk of being gentrified, followed by Latino households at 94%, Black households at 92%, and Asian or Pacific Islander households at 88%.[116]

### Crime[edit | edit source]

Oakland Homicides[a] 1992 | 175[119]

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1995 | 153[120]
1996 | 102[120]
2000 | 85[121]
2001 | 87[121]
2002 | 113[121]
2003 | 114[121]
2004 | 88[121]
2005 | 94[121]
2006 | 148[121]
2007 | 127[121]
2008 | 125[121]
2009 | 110[121]
2010 | 95[121]
2011 | 110[121]
2012 | 131[121]
2013 | 92[121]
2014 | 86[122]
2015 | 83[123]
2016 | 85[123]
2017 | 72[124]
2018 | 75[118]
2019 | 78[117]
2020 | 109[117]

Main article: Crime in Oakland, California

A 2014 study by the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law & Social Policy at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law examined crime in the city from 1987 to 2012 and concluded that "The story of crime in Oakland over the last 25 years is a nuanced one, as there are both positive and negative aspects of the crime trends."[125] Crime dramatically decreased since the early 1990s but the city has continued to suffer from serious violent crime problems.[125] Crime trends generally tracked comparison cities of Fresno, Richmond, Sacramento, and Stockton "in terms of direction if not magnitude"; this suggested that crime trends are regional rather than city-specific.[125]

A 2007 journal article identified crime in Oakland as being fueled by the dramatic increase of street narcotics sales and use since the 1970s, with Oakland becoming a major west-coast hub for heroin and cocaine distribution. Subsequent battle for control over the lucrative narcotics trade incited gang conflicts and violence, with shootings becoming a regular occurrence. A concurrent rise in rape, robbery, burglary, auto-theft and other crimes occurred as well. Prior to 1960, there had been successful government-funded social programs whereby rebellious teens were enrolled in youth centers that would teach them proper values and improve their behavior. However, similar programs since then have been inconsistent.[126]

By the 1970s, the police and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) used military tactics such as SWAT teams, infiltration and counter intelligence in an attempt to counter groups such as the Black Panthers (responsible for several police ambushes), the S.L.A. and organized drug gangs such as the "69 Mob", with increases in arrests, prosecutions, and imprisonment.[126] During the first decade of the 21st century, Oakland has consistently been listed as one of the most dangerous large cities in the United States.[127]

The number of Oakland Police Department officers has varied from a low of 626 (in 1996 and in 2012) to a high of 814 (in 2002).[125] There were 723 officers at the end of 2015.[119] The city's strategic plan recommended 925 officers, and an independent study commissioned by the city in the mid-1990s recommended 1,200 officers.[128][129][130]

Among Oakland's 35 police patrol beats, violent crime remains a serious problem in specific East and West Oakland neighborhoods. In 2008, homicides were concentrated: 72% occurred in three City Council districts, District 3 in West Oakland and Districts 6 and 7 in East Oakland, although these districts have 44% of Oakland's residents.[131]

In 2012, Oakland implemented Operation Ceasefire, a gang violence reduction plan used in other cities, based in part on the research and strategies of author David M. Kennedy.[132][133][134][135]

## Economy[edit | edit source]

File:Tribune Tower in Downtown Oakland, Jan 2009, by Hitchster.jpg

The iconic Tribune Tower, from 13th St. and Franklin St. in Downtown

Further information: List of companies based in Oakland, California

Oakland is a major West Coast port, and the fifth busiest in the United States by cargo volume.[136] The Port of Oakland handles 99% of all containerized goods moving through Northern California, representing $41 billion worth of international trade.[137][138] There are nearly 200,000 jobs related to marine cargo transport in the Oakland area.[139] These jobs range from minimum wage hourly positions to Transportation Storage and Distribution Managers who earn an annual average salary of US$91,520.[140]

The Port of Oakland was an early innovator/pioneer in the technologies of Intermodal Containerized Shipping. The city is also home to several major corporations including Kaiser Permanente, Clorox, and Dreyer's ice cream.[141] Tech companies such as Ask.com and Pandora Radio are in Oakland,[142] and in recent years many start-up high tech and green energy companies have found a home in the downtown neighborhoods of Uptown, City Center, Jack London Square and Lake Merritt Financial District.[143]

As of 2013[update], the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward metropolitan area has a gross domestic product (GDP) of US$360.4 billion, ranking eighth among metropolitan areas in the United States.[144] In 2014, Oakland was amongst the best cities to start a career, the highest ranked city in California after San Francisco. Additionally, Oakland ranked fourth in cities with professional opportunities.[145] Numerous companies in San Francisco continue to expand in or migrate over to Oakland.[146]

Oakland experienced an increase of both its population and of land values in the early-to-mid first decade of the 21st century. The 10k Plan, which began during former mayor Elihu Harris' administration, and intensified during former mayor Jerry Brown's administration resulted in several thousand units of new multi-family housing and development.

### Top employers[edit | edit source]

As of 2020[update], the top employers in the city were:[147]

#  | Employer  | # of Employees

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1  | Kaiser Permanente | 12,500+
2  | County of Alameda | 8,000+
9  | Alameda Health System | 5,300+
3  | Oakland Unified School District | 5,000+
4  | City of Oakland  | 4500+
5  | Bay Area Rapid Transit | 4,000+
6  | State of California | 3,500+
7  | Children's Hospital Oakland | 2,500+
8  | Southwest Airlines | 2,500+
10  | Sutter Bay Hospitals and Foundation  | 2,000+

### Tourism[edit | edit source]

In 2013, over 2.5 million people visited Oakland, injecting US$1.3 billion into the economy.[148] Oakland has been experiencing an increase in hotel demand. Occupancy is 74%, while RevPAR (Revenue Per Available Room) increased by 14%, the highest increase of any big city in the western region of the United States.[149] Both Oakland and San Francisco were forecasted to experience the highest increases in ADR (Average daily rate).[150]

File:Nightlifeoakland.jpg

Downtown Oakland at night from 12th and Franklin

In recent years, Oakland has gained national recognition as a travel destination. In 2012, Oakland was named the top North American city to visit, highlighting its growing number of sophisticated restaurants and bars, top music venues, and increasing nightlife appeal.[151] Oakland also took the No. 16 spot in "America's Coolest Cities", ranked by metrics like entertainment options and recreational opportunities per capita, etc.[152] In 2013, Oakland topped the No. 1 spot in "America's Most Exciting Cities", notably having the most movie theaters, theater companies, and museums per square mile.[153] In "America's Most Hipster Cities", Oakland took the number-5 spot, cited for luring San Francisco "hippies" into the city.[154] Oakland has also increased its travel destination allure internationally.[155]

## Arts and culture[edit | edit source]

Oakland has a vibrant art scene and claims the highest concentration of artists per capita in the United States.[156] In 2013, Oakland was designated as one of America's top twelve art communities, recognizing Downtown (including Uptown), Chinatown, Old Oakland, and Jack London Square as communities "that have most successfully combined art, artists and venues for creativity and expression with independent businesses, retail shops and restaurants, and a walkable lifestyle to make vibrant neighborhoods."[157]

Galleries exist in various parts of Oakland, with the newest additions centered mostly in the Uptown area. Oakland ranked 11th in cities for designers and artists.[158] The city is a renowned culinary hotbed, offering both a wide variety and innovative approaches to diverse cuisines in restaurants and markets, often featuring locally grown produce and international styles such as French, Italian, Portuguese/Spanish, Ethiopian, Asian, Latin American, as well as Caribbean, Southern United States/Louisiana Creole, etc., all of which reflects the culinary traditions of the city's ethnically diverse population.

Historically a focal point of the West Coast blues and jazz scenes, Oakland is also home to musicians representing such genres as rhythm and blues, gospel, funk, punk, heavy metal, Rap/Gangsta rap, and hip hop. Artists who come out of Oakland are: Mistah F.A.B, E-40, Too Short, Raphael Saadiq, MC Hammer, Keyshia Cole, Kehlani, Del the Funky Homosapien, Edwin Hawkins, Tony! Toni! Toné! and many more.

### Attractions[edit | edit source]

File:Oakland FrankOgawaTorii 20150924 (22041135940).jpg

Frank H. Ogawa Memorial Torii at the Gardens of Lake Merritt

File:Fox-oakland-theatre-uptown-oakland.jpg

Fox Oakland Theater first opened in 1928. The theatre is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. As seen in 2018.

Free walking tours are offered by the City.

* African American Museum and Library at Oakland
* AXIS Dance Company
* Chabot Space and Science Center
* Children's Fairyland
* Chinatown
* Dunsmuir House
* Fox Oakland Theatre, concert venue
* Jack London Square
* Joaquin Miller Park
* Lake Merritt, Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, oldest wildlife/bird sanctuary in North America, Lake Merritt Garden Center, Bonsai Garden
* Lake Temescal
* Mountain View Cemetery, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and resting place of many famous Californians
* Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, home of baseball's Oakland Athletics, and (until January 2020) of the Oakland Raiders of the NFL
* Oakland Aviation Museum
* Oakland California Temple, includes the gardens, visitors' center, family history center, & concert hall
* Oakland Museum of California
* Oakland Public Library
* Oakland Symphony
* Oakland Zoo
* Oakland Arena, directly adjacent to the Oakland Coliseum, former home to the Golden State Warriors of the NBA
* Paramount Theatre
* Pardee Home
* Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, Museum of History and Culture
* Redwood Regional Park
* Preservation Park
* USS Potomac, Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidential yacht

### Nightlife[edit | edit source]

File:Oaklandatnight02192006.JPG

A night view of the Downtown skyline and Lakeside Apartments District as seen from the East 18th Street Pier

Downtown Oakland has an assortment of bars and nightclubs. They include dive bars, dance clubs, modern lounges and jazz bars. The Paramount Theater features headlining musical tours and productions, while Fox Oakland Theatre draws various musical genres including jam bands, rock, punk, blues, jazz, and reggae. The Paramount and Fox theaters often book simultaneous events, creating busy nights uptown.[159] In 2012, Oakland was dubbed a "New Sin City", following its 2010 decision to relax its cabaret laws, which gave a boost to its nightclub and bar scene.[160]

Recent years have seen the growth of the Oakland Art Murmur event, occurring in the Uptown neighborhood the first Friday evening of every month.[161] The event attracts around 20,000 people along twenty city blocks, featuring live performances, food trucks, and over 30 galleries and venues.[162][163]

### "There is no there there"[edit | edit source]

The HERETHERE sculpture straddling the Oakland–Berkeley border

The HERETHERE sculpture straddling the Oakland–Berkeley border

Gertrude Stein wrote about Oakland in her 1937 book Everybody's Autobiography "There is no there there", upon learning that the neighborhood where she lived as a child had been torn down to make way for an industrial park. The quote is usually misconstrued to refer to Oakland as a whole.[164][165]

Modern-day Oakland has made steps to rebuke Stein's claim with a statue downtown titled There. In 2005 a sculpture called HERETHERE was installed by the City of Berkeley on the Berkeley-Oakland border at Martin Luther King Jr. Way. The sculpture consists of eight-foot-tall letters spelling "HERE" and "THERE" in front of the BART tracks as they descend from their elevated section in Oakland to the subway through Berkeley.[166]

## Sports[edit | edit source]

Oakland has variously been represented by major professional teams in baseball, soccer, American football, basketball and hockey.

The Oakland Athletics (of Major League Baseball) won three consecutive World Series championships in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and appeared in another three consecutive World Series from 1988 to 1990, winning their fourth championship in 1989. Currently based at the Oakland Coliseum, the Athletics announced plans to build a new ballpark closer to the downtown area,[167] but plans have not been finalized.

The Oakland Roots SC are a soccer team that was formed in 2018. The Roots began play in 2019 in a new third division professional league called National Independent Soccer Association, however, the team announced that it would move to the second division and play in the USL Championship from the 2021 season onwards.

Oakland's former football team, the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL), won Super Bowl XI in 1976 and Super Bowl XV in 1980, during their tenure in Oakland. The Raiders relocated to Las Vegas in 2020 and are now known as the Las Vegas Raiders.

Oakland's former basketball team, the Golden State Warriors won the 1974–75, 2014–15, 2016–17, and the 2017–18 NBA championships, while losing in 2016 and 2019. The Warriors, whose primary owners reside in Southern California, announced in April 2014 that they would leave Oakland once their new arena was built across the Bay in San Francisco. In 2019, the Warriors built and moved to Chase Center across the Bay. Since the team remained in the Bay Area, they decided not to revert to the San Francisco Warriors name it had in its first stint with the city.

Oakland's ultimate team, Oakland Spiders, relocated to Oakland in 2022 after playing eight years as the San Jose Spiders.

Club  | Sport  | Founded  | League  | Venue

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Oakland Athletics | Baseball | 1901 (in Oakland since 1968) | MLB | Oakland Coliseum
Oakland Roots SC | Soccer | 2019  | USLC | Laney College Football Stadium
Oakland Spiders | Ultimate | 2014 (in Oakland since 2022) | AUDL | Oakland Technical High School

File:1984 Mother's Cookies - Oakland Coliseum.JPG

The RingCentral Coliseum, home of the Oakland Athletics baseball team

Oakland's former sports teams include:

* Oakland Raiders, National Football League, 1960–1981, 1995–2019. (played at the Oakland Coliseum before relocating to Las Vegas in 2020.)
* Golden State Warriors, National Basketball Association, 1971–2019. (played in Oakland Arena before moving back to San Francisco for the 2019–20 season.)
* Oakland Oaks, Pacific Coast League of Baseball, 1903–1955. (The Oaks played at Oaks Park in Emeryville after 1912.)
* Oakland Larks, West Coast Negro Baseball League, 1946.
* Oakland Hornets, member of American Football League (1944)
* Oakland Oaks, American Basketball League, 1962.
* Oakland Oaks, American Basketball Association, 1967–1969.
* Oakland Seals, National Hockey League, 1967–1976.
* Oakland Clippers, National Professional Soccer League, 1967; North American Soccer League, 1968.
* Oakland Stompers, North American Soccer League, 1978.
* Oakland Invaders, United States Football League, 1983–1985.
* Oakland Skates, Roller Hockey International, 1993–1996.
* Oakland Slammers, International Basketball League, 2005–2006.

## Parks and recreation[edit | edit source]

File:Moss mansion.jpg

J. Mora Moss House in Mosswood Park was built in 1864 by San Francisco businessman Joseph Moravia Moss in the Carpenter Gothic style. The building houses Parks and Recreation offices and storage.

### Parks[edit | edit source]

File:The Cascade Waterfall.jpg

Cascade Waterfall, Joaquin Miller Park

Oakland has many parks and recreation centers which total 5,937 acres (2,403 ha). In its 2013 ParkScore ranking, The Trust for Public Land, a national land conservation organization, reported that Oakland had the 18th best park system among the 50 most populous U.S. cities.[168] In 2013, Oakland ranked 4th among American cities as an urban destination for nature lovers.[169]

Some of the city's most notable parks include:

* Bushrod Park
* Joaquin Miller Park
* Joseph Knowland State Arboretum and Park, home of the Oakland Zoo
* Lake Merritt
* Morcom Rose Garden best from July through October
* Mosswood Park
* Allendale Park
* Peralta Hacienda Historical Park,[170] headquarters of the Peralta rancho, Rancho San Antonio
* William Joseph McInnes Botanic Garden and Campus Arboretum on the Mills College campus

Additionally, the following seven East Bay Regional Parks are entirely or partially in the city of Oakland:

* Anthony Chabot Regional Park
* Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve
* Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve
* Redwood Regional Park
* Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve
* Roberts Regional Recreation Area
* Temescal Regional Park

File:French Trail, Redwood Regional Park.jpg

French Trail, Redwood Regional Park

### Places of worship[edit | edit source]

File:Oakland Mormon Temple3.jpg

The Oakland California Temple at sunset

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Cathedral of Christ the Light

Major places of worship in Oakland include –

* 31st Street Islamic Center, Islam
* Allen Temple Baptist Church, American Baptist Churches USA and the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.
* Ascension Cathedral, Greek Orthodox
* Beth Jacob Congregation, Modern Orthodox Judaism
* Cathedral of Christ the Light, Roman Catholic
* Chinese Community Church, United Methodist
* Elmhurst Seventh-day Adventist Church, Seventh-day Adventist Church
* First Congregational Church of Oakland, United Church of Christ
* First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, Presbyterian
* First Unitarian Church, Unitarian
* Green Pastures, Evangelistic Outreach Association
* His Gospel Christian Fellowship
* Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, Islam
* Light-House Mosque, Islam
* Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Jehovah's Witnesses
* Oakland California Temple, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
* Oakland City Church
* Oakland Bahá'í Center
* Second Bethel Missionary Baptist Church
* St. Paul Lutheran Church, Lutheran
* St. Vartan Armenian Church, Armenian Apostolic Church
* Temple Beth Abraham, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
* Temple Sinai, Reform Judaism

## Government[edit | edit source]

See also: List of mayors of Oakland, California

File:Oakland City Hall 1917.jpg

Oakland City Hall and central plaza in 1917. Built of framed steel with unreinforced masonry infill at a cost of US$2 million in 1914. The structure was the tallest building in the city until the Tribune Tower was built in 1923.

Oakland has a mayor-council government. The mayor is elected at-large for a four-year term. The Oakland City Council has eight council members representing seven districts in Oakland with one member elected at-large and others from single-member districts; council members serve staggered four-year terms. The mayor appoints a city administrator, subject to the confirmation by the City Council, who is the city's chief administrative officer. Other city officers include: city attorney (elected), city auditor (elected), and city clerk (appointed by city administrator).[171] Oakland's mayor is limited to two terms. There are no term limits for the city council.

Oakland City Hall was evacuated after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake until US$80M seismic retrofit and hazard abatement work was complete in 1995.[172] City offices had to be housed in leased space and other locations.

Jean Quan was elected mayor in November 2010, beating Don Perata and Rebecca Kaplan in the city's first ranked choice balloting.[173] This new system is intended to increase voters' ability to choose preferred candidates, as they can combine ranked votes when several candidates are competing. Libby Schaaf has been mayor since January 2015 and will be termed out at the end of 2022.

Oakland is also part of Alameda County, for which the Government of Alameda County is defined and authorized under the California Constitution, California law, and the Charter of the County of Alameda.[174] The County government provides countywide services such as elections and voter registration, law enforcement, jails, vital records, property records, tax collection, public health, and social services. The County government is primarily composed of the elected five-member Board of Supervisors, other elected offices including the Sheriff/Coroner, the District Attorney, Assessor, Auditor-Controller/County Clerk/Recorder, and Treasurer/Tax Collector, and numerous county departments and entities under the supervision of the County Administrator.

In the California State Legislature, Oakland is in the 9th Senate District, represented by Democrat Nancy Skinner,[8] and is split between the 15th and 18th Assembly districts, represented by Buffy Wicks and Mia Bonta, respectively.[9] In the United States House of Representatives, Oakland is in California's 13th congressional district, represented by Democrat Barbara Lee.[10]

### Politics[edit | edit source]

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City Hall next to City Center

Oakland was a Republican Party bastion from the 1860s to the 1950s, with positions expressed by the Republican-oriented Oakland Tribune newspaper. In the 1960s, the majority of voters began to favor liberal policies and the Democratic Party.[175][176] Oakland has the second highest percentage of registered Democrats of any of the incorporated cities in Alameda County, with Berkeley coming in first.

The last Republican presidential candidate to receive at least one-third of vote in Oakland was Richard Nixon in 1972. Since then, the Republican percentage of the vote has generally declined in each successive election.

According to the California Secretary of State, as of February 10, 2019, Oakland has 245,111 registered voters. Of those, 159,771 (65.2%) are registered Democrats, 9,544 (3.9%) are registered Republicans, and 65,416 (26.7%) have declined to state a political party.[177] Oakland is widely regarded as being one of the most liberal major cities in the nation. The Cook Partisan Voting Index of Congressional District 13, which includes Oakland and Berkeley, is D+40, making it the most Democratic congressional district in California and the fourth most Democratic district in the US.[178]

## Education[edit | edit source]

### Primary and secondary education[edit | edit source]

The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), which covers the city except for Sheffield Village, operates most of Oakland's public schools. Due to financial troubles and administrative failures, it was in receivership by the state of California from 2002 to 2008.[179] As of 2015[update], the Oakland Unified School District includes 86 division-run schools and 32 charter schools; the district also manages several adult education programs. As of 2015[update] there are 48,181 K–12 students; among division-run schools, there are 4,600 plus employees.[180]

OUSD test scores historically lag behind the rest of California, in particular due to a high proportion of English-language learners.[181] Some individual schools have much better performance than the citywide average. As of 2013[update], for example, over half the students at Hillcrest Elementary School in the Montclair upper hills neighborhood performed at the "advanced" level in the English portion of the test, and students at Lincoln Elementary School in the Chinatown neighborhood performed at the "advanced" level in the math portion.[182]

Oakland's three largest public high schools are Oakland High School, Oakland Technical High School, and Skyline High School. Other Oakland public high schools include Castlemont High School, Fremont High School, and McClymonds High School, briefly known as Castlemont Community of Small Schools, Fremont Federation of High Schools, and McClymonds Educational Complex, respectively.

Among charter schools in the district, North Oakland Community Charter School (NOCCS), an elementary and middle school, is one of the few public progressive schools in the country.[clarification needed] Other charter schools include the Oakland Military Institute, Oakland School for the Arts, Bay Area Technology School, East Bay Innovation Academy, and Oakland Charter Academy.[183]

There are several religious and secular private high schools, including The College Preparatory School, Head-Royce School, Bishop O'Dowd High School, Holy Names High School, St. Elizabeth High School and Oakland Hebrew Day School. Catholic schools in Oakland are operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland also include eight K–8 schools (plus one in Piedmont on the Oakland city border). Northern Light School is a private nonprofit elementary and middle school. Bentley School is an Independent Co-educational K–12, college preparatory school on two campuses in Oakland and Lafayette, California.

#### Funding[edit | edit source]

In 2017, the Oakland Unified School District has received funding from Pandora in partnership with Little Kids Rock, towards expanding music education programs within the schools. The result from these donations has given teachers from 20 additional Oakland- area schools the ability to participate in an eight-hour professional development workshop, and receive music education instruction from Little Kids Rock. The donation includes providing new instruments, that will benefit over 2,000 Oakland students.[184]

### Colleges and universities[edit | edit source]

Accredited colleges and universities include:

* Peralta Community College District
* Laney College
* Merritt College
* California College of the Arts (formerly the California College of Arts and Crafts)
* Holy Names University (formerly Holy Names College)
* Lincoln University
* Mills College (Julia Morgan School for Girls is a private middle school for girls housed on the campus)
* Patten University
* Samuel Merritt University (a health science college)

* Oakland is also the home of the headquarters of the University of California system, the University of California Office of the President.

In 2001, the SFSU Oakland Multimedia Center was opened, allowing San Francisco State University to conduct classes near downtown Oakland.[185] The Oakland Higher Education Consortium and the City of Oakland's Community and Economic Development Agency (CEDA) opened the Oakland Higher Education Center downtown in 2002 to provide "access to multiple higher education service providers within a shared urban facility." Member schools include primary user California State University, East Bay as well as Lincoln University, New College of California, Saint Mary's College of California, SFSU Multimedia Studies Program, UC Berkeley Extension, University of Phoenix and Peralta Community College District.[186][187]

## Media[edit | edit source]

Main article: List of television stations in the San Francisco Bay Area

Oakland is served by major television stations broadcasting primarily out of San Francisco and San Jose. The region's Fox O&O, KTVU 2, is based in (and licensed to) Oakland at Jack London Square along with co-owned independent station KICU-TV 36 (licensed to San Jose). In addition, the city is served by various AM and FM radio stations as well; AM stations KKSF 910, KMKY 1310 and KNEW 960 are licensed to Oakland.

Oakland was served by the Oakland Tribune, which published its first newspaper on February 21, 1874. The Tribune Tower, which features a large clock, is an Oakland landmark. At key times throughout the day (8:00 am, noon and 5:00 pm), the clock tower carillon plays a variety of classic melodies, which change daily. In 2007, the Oakland Tribune moved its offices from the tower to an East Oakland location, before folding in 2011.[188]

The East Bay Express, a locally owned free weekly paper, is based in Jack London Square and distributed throughout the East Bay.

Oaklandwiki is a thriving (mostly) English-language LocalWiki.

## Infrastructure[edit | edit source]

### Transportation[edit | edit source]

#### Air and rail[edit | edit source]

Oakland residents have access to the three major airports of the San Francisco Bay Area: Oakland International Airport, San Francisco International Airport, and San Jose International Airport. Oakland International Airport, within Oakland's city limits, is 4 mi (6.4 km) south of downtown Oakland and serves domestic and international destinations. AC Transit provides 24-hour service to the airport, and BART's Coliseum–Oakland International Airport automated guideway transit line provides frequent service between the airport and Oakland Coliseum station.

The city has regional and long-distance passenger train service provided by Amtrak, with stations near Jack London Square and the RingCentral Coliseum. Amtrak's California Zephyr has its western terminus at the nearby Emeryville station.

Historically, the city was served by several train companies, which terminated in different terminals. Santa Fe trains terminated at its Oakland depot, actually located within the city limits of Emeryville at 40th and San Pablo. Southern Pacific trains ended at the 16th Street Station.[189] Western Pacific trains ended at the 3rd and Washington station. However, a common feature was that the different railroads continued one more stop to a station at Oakland Pier.[190] From this latter point passengers would ride ferries to San Francisco.

#### Mass transit and bicycling[edit | edit source]

File:Lake Merritt station.jpg

The Lake Merritt BART station

File:14th and Broadway NE exit from 12th Street station, January 2020.jpg

The 12th St. BART subway entrance leading to 14th St.

Data compiled in 2007 by the United States Census Bureau before gasoline price spikes in 2008, showed that 24.3% of Oaklanders used public transportation, walked or used "other means" to commute to work, not including remote work,[191] with 17% of Oakland households being "car free" and/or statistically categorized as having "no vehicles available."[192]

Bus transit service in Oakland and the inner East Bay is provided by the Alameda and Contra Costa Transit District, AC Transit. The district originated in 1958 after the conspiratorial dissolution of the Key System of streetcars. Many AC Transit lines follow old routes of the Key System.[52]

File:Westbound BRT platform at City Center under construction, April 2020.jpg

Construction of AC Transit's Westbound 12th St station

Intercity bus companies that serve Oakland include Greyhound, BoltBus, Megabus, USAsia, and Hoang Transportation.[193]

The metropolitan area is served by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) from eight stations in Oakland. The system has headquarters in Oakland, with major transfer hubs at MacArthur and 19th Street stations. BART's headquarters was in a building above the Lake Merritt BART station until 2006, when it relocated to the Kaiser Center due to seismic safety concerns.

The Alameda / Oakland Ferry operates ferry service from Jack London Square to Alameda, Oracle Park, Pier 41, the San Francisco Ferry Building, and the South San Francisco Ferry Terminal. Oakland licenses taxi cabs, and has zoned cab stands in its downtown, including a bicycle pedi-cab service.

The Oakland City Council adopted a Bicycle Master Plan in 1999 as a part of the Land Use and Transportation (LUTE) element of Oakland's 1998 General Plan. The creation of the plan was to promote alternatives to the private automobile.[194] The Oakland City Council reaffirmed the bike plan in 2005, revised it in 2007, and reaffirmed it in 2012.[195][194] From 1999 to 2007, the city installed 900 bike racks throughout Oakland, accommodating over 2,000 bicycles.[196] By the end of 2017, over 160 bikeway miles and 9,900 bike parking spaces were constructed.[197] Facilities for parking thousands of bicycles have been installed downtown and in other commercial districts throughout Oakland.[198] According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2011 American Community Survey, Oakland came in 7th place out of the 100 largest cities in the nation by percentage of people that chose to commute by bike in 2011.[199]

#### Motorized scooters[edit | edit source]

In July 2019, the City of Oakland Department of Transportation announced that it had issued official permits for the deployment of shared e-scooters to four companies: Bird, Clevr, Lime, and Lyft.[200] Oakland requires these operators to educate users on the correct and safe use of scooters, to distribute the scooters equitably throughout the city, to ensure accessibility, and to provide insurance and indemnification.[201]

#### Bridges, freeways, and tunnels[edit | edit source]

Oakland is served by several major highways: Eastbound Bay Bridge traffic entering Oakland then splits into three freeways at the MacArthur Maze freeway interchange: Interstate 580 (MacArthur Freeway) heads southeast toward Hayward and eventually to the California Central Valley; Interstate 880 (Nimitz Freeway) runs south to San Jose; and the Eastshore Freeway (Interstate 80/I-580) runs north, providing connections to Sacramento and San Rafael, respectively. Interstate 980 (Williams Freeway) begins its eastbound journey at I-880 in Downtown Oakland before turning into State Route 24 (Grove Shafter Freeway) at I-580. State Route 13 begins as the Warren Freeway at I-580, and runs through a scenic valley in the Montclair District before entering Berkeley. A stub of a planned freeway was constructed at the High Street exit from the Nimitz Freeway, but that freeway extension plan was abandoned.

File:Cypress structure.jpeg

Portion of the collapsed Cypress Viaduct from the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake

At the time of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the Cypress Street Viaduct double-deck segment of the Nimitz Freeway collapsed, killing 42 people. The old freeway segment had passed through the middle of West Oakland, forming a barrier between West Oakland neighborhoods. Following the earthquake, this section was rerouted around the perimeter of West Oakland and rebuilt in 1997–2001. The east span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge also suffered damage from the quake when a 50-foot (15-m) section of the upper deck collapsed onto the lower deck; the damaged section was repaired within a month of the earthquake. As a result of Loma Prieta, a significant seismic retrofit was performed on the western span of the Bay Bridge. The eastern span has now been replaced with a dramatic single-tower self-anchoring suspension span.

Two underwater tunnels, the Webster and Posey Tubes, connect the main island of Alameda to downtown Oakland, coming above ground in Chinatown. In addition, the Park Street, Fruitvale, and High Street bridges connect Alameda to East Oakland over the Oakland Estuary.

In the hills, the Leimert Bridge crosses Dimond Canyon, connecting the Oakmore neighborhood to Park Boulevard. The Caldecott Tunnel carries Highway 24 through the Berkeley Hills, connecting central Contra Costa County to Oakland. The Caldecott has four bores.

#### Oakland Slow Streets Program[edit | edit source]

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Part of the Slow Streets Program in September 2020

On April 11, 2020, the City of Oakland launched its Slow Streets Program.[202] This was facilitated in part by the sudden decrease of vehicle traffic that resulted from the state-wide stay-at-home order and school closures in response to the spread of the COVID-19 in California.[203] The goal of the program was to “support safe physical activity and alleviate overcrowding in parks and on trails by discouraging through traffic.”[204] This was accomplished by closing 74 miles of streets to through traffic.[205]

Over the course of three months the city installed “soft closure” barriers consisting of signage, traffic cones, and barricades in over 21 miles of city streets.[202] While the primary goal at the time was to encourage socially distanced outdoor physical activities like biking, walking, and jogging, the long term implementation of the Slow Streets Program contributed to the city's traffic calming measures and promoted alternatives to car use as well.[204]

Although the Slow Streets Program was initially praised for its rapid implementation and prioritization of pedestrian safety, the Oakland Department of Transportation quickly came under fire for its failure to collect feedback that represented the opinions of the diverse range of residents whom the program affected.[205] The high engagement with online surveys by wealthy white residents initially suggested an almost universally positive reaction to the program.[206] The disproportionately low number of responses from residents of East Oakland—a largely Black and Latino and low-income area—revealed both the oversight of city officials as well as the shortcomings of urban planning systems’ ability to equally benefit different social groups, which consequently perpetuates inequalities like the transport divide.

After the flaws of the feedback forms were brought to light, city planners made concentrated efforts to meet with representatives from different community groups who in turn stressed that simply closing streets to through traffic wasn't enough to protect pedestrians from dangerous driving.[206] In response the city expressed its commitment to its local residents calling for road traffic safety by rolling out Slow Streets: Essential Places, a phase of the program which installed cones and signage at dangerous traffic areas in order to make grocery stores, COVID-19 test sites, and food distribution sites easily and safely accessible.[203]

### Freight rail[edit | edit source]

Freight service, which consists primarily of moving shipping containers to and from the Port of Oakland, is provided today by Union Pacific Railroad (UP), and to a lesser extent by BNSF Railway (which now shares the tracks of the UP between Richmond and Oakland).

Historically, Oakland was served by several railroads. Besides the transcontinental line of the Southern Pacific, there was also the Santa Fe (whose Oakland terminal was actually in Emeryville), the Western Pacific Railroad (who built a pier adjacent to the SP's), and the Sacramento Northern Railroad (eventually absorbed by the Western Pacific, which in turn was absorbed by UP in 1983).

### Shipping[edit | edit source]

As one of the three major ports on the West Coast of the United States, the Port of Oakland is the largest seaport on San Francisco Bay and the fifth busiest container port in the United States. It was one of the earliest seaports to switch to containerization and to intermodal container transfer,[207] thereby displacing the Port of San Francisco, which never modernized its waterfront. One of the earlier limitations to growth was the inability to transfer containers to rail lines, all cranes historically operating between ocean vessels and trucks. In the 1980s, the Port of Oakland began the evaluation of development of an intermodal container transfer capability, i.e., facilities that now allow trans-loading of containers from vessels to either trucks or rail modes.[208]

### Utilities[edit | edit source]

Public water supply and sewage treatment are provided by East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD). Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG & E) provides natural gas and electricity service. Municipal garbage collection is franchised to Waste Management, Inc. Telecommunications and subscriber television services are provided by multiple private corporations and other service providers in accordance with the competitive objectives of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Oakland tops the list of the 50 largest US cities using electricity from renewable sources.[209]

### Healthcare[edit | edit source]

File:Alta Bates Summit Medical Center.jpg

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center

Originating in Oakland, Kaiser Permanente is an HMO started in 1942, during World War II, by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser to provide medical care for Kaiser Shipyards workers. It is the largest managed care organization in the United States and the largest non-governmental health care provider in the world.[210] It is headquartered at One Kaiser Plaza in Downtown Oakland and maintains a large medical center in the Piedmont Avenue neighborhood.

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, an East Bay hospital system, maintains its Summit Campus in the neighborhood known as "Pill Hill" north of downtown. Until 2000, it was the Summit Medical Center before merging with Berkeley-based Alta Bates. All campuses now operate under the Sutter Health network.

Alameda Health System is an integrated public health care system organized as a public hospital authority. It operates five Alameda County hospitals including Oakland's Highland Hospital and four primary care medical clinics including Oakland's Highland Wellness Center and Eastmont Wellness Center.

Children's Hospital Oakland is the primary medical center specializing in pediatrics in the East Bay. It is a designated Level I pediatric trauma center and the only independent children's hospital in Northern California.

There are also several community health centers in Oakland.[211] Some examples include Lifelong Medical Care, Asian Health Services, and Roots Community Health Center.

## Notable people[edit | edit source]

For a more comprehensive list, see List of people from Oakland, California.

## International relations[edit | edit source]

### Sister cities[edit | edit source]

Oakland has 13 sister cities:[212]

City  | Division  | Country  | Year of Partnership

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File:Flag of Fukuoka City.svg Fukuoka | File:Flag of Fukuoka Prefecture.svg Fukuoka Prefecture |  Japan  | 1962
Sekondi-Takoradi | File:Flag of Western Region (Ghana).gif Western | File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana  | 1975
File:Flag of Nakhodka (Primorsky krai).png Nakhodka | File:Flag of Primorsky Krai.svg Primorsky Krai | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia  | 1975
Dalian | Liaoning |  China  | 1982
File:FlagofFunchal.png Funchal | File:Flag of Madeira.svg Madeira | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal  | 1999
Santiago de Cuba | Santiago de Cuba | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba  | 2000
Da Nang | N/A  | File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam  | 2005
Benin City | Edo |  Nigeria  | 2010
Port-de-Paix | Nord-Ouest | File:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti  | 2011
Oakleigh | Division of Hotham |  Australia  | 2020
Foshan | Guangdong |  China  | [when?]
Bauchi | Bauchi |  Nigeria  | [when?]
Ocho Rios | Saint Ann | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica  | 1986

### Friendship cities[edit | edit source]

Oakland has 18 friendship cities:[212]

* File:Flag of Morocco.svg Agadir, Morocco
* File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
* Changping District, Beijing, China
* Chengdu, Sichuan, China
* Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
* Haikou, Hainan, China
* Jing'an District, Shanghai, China
* Jinzhou, Liaoning, China
* Jurong, Jiangsu, China
* Maoming, Guangdong, China
* Mianyang, Sichuan, China
* Nanning, Guangxi, China
* Pudong, Shanghai, China
* Qingdao, Shandong, China
* Tanggu District, Tianjin, China[needs update]
* File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
* Weifang, Shandong, China

## See also[edit | edit source]

* Northern California Megaregion
* List of cities and towns in the San Francisco Bay Area
* List of tallest buildings in Oakland, California
* Oakland Ebonics controversy

## Notes[edit | edit source]

1. ^ The homicide rate is not the same as murder rate. Murders are a subset of homicides. In 2000, for insurance, there were 109 homicides in Oakland, of which 102 were classified as murders;[117] similarly in 2018, there were 75 homicides: 68 murders and 7 categorized as justifiable homicides or killings in self-defense.[118]

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Economy|

* Port of Oakland
* List of companies

Education|

| Higher|

* California College of the Arts
* Holy Names University
* Laney College
* Lincoln University
* Merritt College
* Mills College
* Samuel Merritt University
* Patten University

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Primary and
secondary|

* Oakland USD
* Castlemont High
* Coliseum College Prep Academy
* Fremont High
* McClymonds High
* MetWest High
* Oakland High
* Oakland Technical High
* Skyline High
* American Indian Model Schools
* High School
* The Crucible
* Bishop O'Dowd High School
* The College Preparatory School
* Head-Royce School
* Oakland School for the Arts
* St. Elizabeth High School

Government|

* Mayors
* City Hall
* City Council
* Fire Department
* Police Department

History
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* Oakland Railroad Company
* Oakland Army Base
* Key System
* Naval Supply Depot
* Black Panther Party
* 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
* Firestorm of 1991
* Oscar Grant shooting
* Shootings of police officers
* Riders scandal
* Your Black Muslim Bakery
* Occupy Oakland
* Oakland Tribune
* Oikos University shooting
* Ghost Ship warehouse fire

Sports|

* Oakland Athletics
* Oakland Roots SC

Transportation|

* San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
* SR 24
* Caldecott Tunnel
* Posey and Webster Street Tubes
* MacArthur Maze
* Interstate 580
* Interstate 880
* Cypress Street Viaduct
* Warren Freeway
* International Boulevard
* Oakland – Jack London Square station
* Oakland International Airport
* AC Transit
* Eastmont Transit Center

| BART stations|

* 12th Street Oakland City Center
* 19th Street Oakland (Uptown Transit Center)
* Coliseum
* Lake Merritt
* MacArthur
* OAK
* Rockridge
* West Oakland

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Other|

* Designated Landmarks
* Neighborhoods
* Notable people
* Tallest buildings
* Children's Hospital
* Mountain View Cemetery
* Lake Merritt
* Temescal Creek
* Sausal Creek
* Crime

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* Alameda County
* San Francisco Bay Area
* California
* United States

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Attractions in Oakland, California

Landmarks|

* Cathedral of Christ the Light
* Chapel of the Chimes
* Children's Fairyland
* Dunsmuir House
* First Unitarian Church
* Jack London Square
* Kaiser Building
* Lake Merritt
* Leimert Bridge
* City Hall
* Oakland Temple
* Pardee Home
* Preservation Park
* René C. Davidson Courthouse
* Rockridge Market Hall
* Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building
* USS Potomac
* Tribune Tower
* Oakland Technical High School
* Evergreen Cemetery
* Mountain View Cemetery

Museums|

* African American Museum
* Chabot Space and Science Center
* Oakland Aviation Museum
* Oakland Museum of California

Zoos and parks|

* Anthony Chabot Regional Park
* Frog Park
* Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve
* Joaquin Miller Park
* Knowland Park
* Lake Temescal
* Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve
* Morcom Rose Garden
* Mosswood Park
* Oakland Zoo
* Redwood Regional Park
* Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve
* Temescal Regional Park

Entertainment|

* Kaiser Convention Center
* Grand Lake Theater
* Oakland East Bay Symphony
* Paramount Theater
* Fox Theater
* Yoshi's
* Art Murmur

Sports|

* Oakland Athletics
* Oakland Roots SC
* RingCentral Coliseum
* Oakland Arena

Shopping districts|

* Oakland City Center
* Rockridge

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Neighborhoods in Oakland, California

Downtown / Lake Merritt|

* Adams Point
* Chinatown
* City Center
* Civic Center
* Crocker Highlands
* Grand Lake
* Jack London District
* Jack London Square
* Lakeside Apartments District
* Old Oakland
* Trestle Glen
* Uptown
* Cleveland Heights

East Oakland|

* Dimond District
* Eastmont
* Elmhurst
* Fruitvale
* Havenscourt
* Jingletown
* Laurel
* Millsmont
* Maxwell Park
* Ridgemont
* San Antonio
* Seminary
* Sobrante Park

North Oakland|

* Bushrod Park
* Golden Gate
* Koreatown
* Longfellow
* Piedmont Avenue
* Rockridge
* Santa Fe
* Temescal

West Oakland|

* Acorn
* Cypress Village
* Dogtown
* Ghost Town
* Lower Bottoms
* Oakland Point

Oakland Hills
and foothills|

* Claremont
* Glenview
* Grass Valley
* Joaquin Miller Park
* Panoramic Hill
* Redwood Heights
* Montclair
* Mountain View Cemetery
* Piedmont Pines
* Oakmore
* Sequoyah Heights

Places adjacent to Oakland, California

| Emeryville | Berkeley | Orinda
Moraga

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| Alameda | San Leandro

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Municipalities and communities of Alameda County, California, United States

County seat: Oakland

Cities|

* Alameda
* Albany
* Berkeley
* Dublin
* Emeryville
* Fremont
* Hayward
* Livermore
* Newark
* Oakland
* Piedmont
* Pleasanton
* San Leandro
* Union City

Alameda County map

CDPs|

* Ashland
* Castro Valley
* Cherryland
* Fairview
* San Lorenzo
* Sunol

Unincorporated
communities|

* Altamont
* Brightside
* Dougherty
* Dresser
* East Pleasanton
* Kilkare Woods
* Komandorski Village
* Mendenhall Springs
* Midway
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* Scotts Corner
* Verona

Annexed communities|

* Alisal
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* Decoto
* Eden Landing
* Hayward Heath
* Lynn
* Mt. Eden
* Mowry Landing
* Roberts Landing
* Russell City

Former townships|

* Alameda
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* Murray
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Former communities|

* Drawbridge
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* Tesla

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Bodies of water|

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San Francisco Bay Area

Counties|

* Alameda
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* Napa
* San Francisco
* San Mateo
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Major cities|

* San Francisco
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Cities and towns
100k–250k|

* Antioch
* Berkeley
* Concord
* Daly City
* Fairfield
* Fremont
* Hayward
* Richmond
* San Mateo
* Santa Clara
* Santa Rosa
* Sunnyvale
* Vacaville
* Vallejo

Cities and towns
50k–99k|

* Alameda
* Brentwood
* Castro Valley
* Cupertino
* Dublin
* Gilroy
* Livermore
* Milpitas
* Mountain View
* Napa
* Novato
* Palo Alto
* Petaluma
* Pittsburg
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* Redwood City
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* Union City
* Walnut Creek

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25k–50k|

* Belmont
* Benicia
* Burlingame
* Campbell
* Danville
* East Palo Alto
* Foster City
* Hercules
* Lafayette
* Los Altos
* Los Gatos
* Martinez
* Menlo Park
* Morgan Hill
* Newark
* Oakley
* Pacifica
* Pleasant Hill
* Rohnert Park
* San Bruno
* San Carlos
* San Lorenzo
* San Pablo
* Saratoga
* Suisun City
* Windsor

Cities and towns
10k–25k|

* Alamo
* Albany
* American Canyon
* Ashland
* Bay Point
* Cherryland
* Clayton
* Discovery Bay
* Dixon
* El Cerrito
* El Sobrante
* Emeryville
* Fairview
* Half Moon Bay
* Healdsburg
* Hillsborough
* Larkspur
* Millbrae
* Mill Valley
* Moraga
* North Fair Oaks
* Orinda
* Piedmont
* Pinole
* San Anselmo
* Sonoma
* Stanford
* Tamalpais-Homestead Valley

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Mayors of cities with populations exceeding 100,000 in California

1. Eric Garcetti (D)
(Los Angeles)
2. Todd Gloria (D)
(San Diego)
3. Sam Liccardo (D)
(San Jose)
4. London Breed (D)
(San Francisco)
5. Jerry Dyer (R)
(Fresno)
6. Darrell Steinberg (D)
(Sacramento)
7. Robert Garcia (D)
(Long Beach)
8. Libby Schaaf (D)
(Oakland)
9. Karen Goh (R)
(Bakersfield)
10. Trevor O'Neil (R)
(Anaheim)
11. Kevin Lincoln (R)
(Stockton)
12. Patricia Lock Dawson (D)
(Riverside)
13. Vicente Sarmiento (D)
(Santa Ana)
14. Farrah Khan (D)
(Irvine)
15. Mary Salas (D)
(Chula Vista)
16. Lily Mei (D)
(Fremont)
17. Laurene Weste (R)
(Santa Clarita)*
18. John Valdivia (R)
(San Bernardino)
19. Sue Zwahlen (D)
(Modesto)
20. Yxstian Gutierrez (D)
(Moreno Valley)*
21. Acquanetta Warren (R)
(Fontana)
22. John Zaragoza (D)
(Oxnard)
23. Barbara Delgleize
(Huntington Beach)*
24. Ardy Kassakhian (D)
(Glendale)*
25. Bobbie Singh-Allen (D)
(Elk Grove)
26. Paul S. Leon (R)
(Ontario)
27. Chris Rogers (D)
(Santa Rosa)*
28. L. Dennis Michael (D)
(Rancho Cucamonga)
29. Esther Sanchez (D)
(Oceanside)
30. Steven R. Jones (R)
(Garden Grove)
31. R. Rex Parris (R)
(Lancaster)
32. Steve Hofbauer (R)
(Palmdale)
33. Kimbely Craig (R)
(Salinas)
34. Barbara Halliday (D)
(Hayward)
35. Wes Speake (R)
(Corona)*
36. Larry Klein (D)
(Sunnyvale)
37. Krista Bernasconi (R)
(Roseville)
38. Paul McNamara (D)
(Escondido)
39. Tim Sandoval (D)
(Pomona)
40. George Chen (R)
(Torrance)
41. Steve Nelsen (R)
(Visalia)
42. Fred Jung (D)
(Fullerton)*
43. Mark Murphy (R)
(Orange)
44. Debra Jones (R)
(Victorville)
45. Victor Gordo (D)
(Pasadena)
46. Lisa Gillmor (D)
(Santa Clara)
47. Keith Mashburn (R)
(Simi Valley)
48. Bob Engler (D)
(Thousand Oaks)*
49. Robert McConnell (D)
(Vallejo)
50. Dominic Aliano (D)
(Concord)*
51. José Flores (R)
(Clovis)*
52. Harry T. Price (D)
(Fairfield)
53. Jesse Arreguín (D)
(Berkeley)
54. Tom Butt (D)
(Richmond)
55. Matt Hall (R)
(Carlsbad)
56. Lamar Thorpe (D)
(Antioch)
57. Jonathan Ingram (R)
(Murrieta)
58. Blanca Pacheco (D)
(Downey)*
59. Matt Rahn (R)
(Temecula)
60. John Stephens (D)
(Costa Mesa)
61. Sofia Rubalcava (D)
(Ventura)*
62. Alice Patino (R)
(Santa Maria)
63. Dario Castellanos (R)
(West Covina)*
64. Chris Barajas (D)
(Jurupa Valley)
65. Jessica Ancona (D)
(El Monte)
66. Bill Zimmerman (R)
(Menifee)
67. Bill Wells (R)
(El Cajon)
68. Jess Talamantes (D)
(Burbank)*
69. James T. Butts Jr. (D)
(Inglewood)
70. Deborah Robertson (D)
(Rialto)
71. Ron Rowlett (D)
(Vacaville)
72. Andrew Coolidge (R)
(Chico)
73. Rick Bonilla (D)
(San Mateo)*
74. Rod Daus-Magbual (D)
(Daly City)
75. Brigit Bennington (R)
(Hesperia)*
76. Rick Ramirez (D)
(Norwalk)*

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Metro regions|

* Fresno–Madera
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* Sacramento–Roseville
* Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario
* San Diego–Tijuana
* San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland

Counties|

* Alameda
* Alpine
* Amador
* Butte
* Calaveras
* Colusa
* Contra Costa
* Del Norte
* El Dorado
* Fresno
* Glenn
* Humboldt
* Imperial
* Inyo
* Kern
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* Lake
* Lassen
* Los Angeles
* Madera
* Marin
* Mariposa
* Mendocino
* Merced
* Modoc
* Mono
* Monterey
* Napa
* Nevada
* Orange
* Placer
* Plumas
* Riverside
* Sacramento
* San Benito
* San Bernardino
* San Diego
* San Francisco
* San Joaquin
* San Luis Obispo
* San Mateo
* Santa Barbara
* Santa Clara
* Santa Cruz
* Shasta
* Sierra
* Siskiyou
* Solano
* Sonoma
* Stanislaus
* Sutter
* Tehama
* Trinity
* Tulare
* Tuolumne
* Ventura
* Yolo
* Yuba

Most populous
cities|

* Los Angeles
* San Diego
* San Jose
* San Francisco
* Fresno
* Sacramento
* Long Beach
* Oakland
* Bakersfield
* Anaheim

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The 100 most populous cities of the United States

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1. New York, New York
2. Los Angeles, California
3. Chicago, Illinois
4. Houston, Texas
5. Phoenix, Arizona
6. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7. San Antonio, Texas
8. San Diego, California
9. Dallas, Texas
10. San Jose, California
11. Austin, Texas
12. Jacksonville, Florida
13. Fort Worth, Texas
14. Columbus, Ohio
15. Indianapolis, Indiana
16. Charlotte, North Carolina
17. San Francisco, California
18. Seattle, Washington
19. Denver, Colorado
20. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
21. Nashville, Tennessee
22. El Paso, Texas
23. Washington, D.C.
24. Boston, Massachusetts
25. Las Vegas, Nevada

26. Portland, Oregon
27. Detroit, Michigan
28. Louisville, Kentucky
29. Memphis, Tennessee
30. Baltimore, Maryland
31. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
32. Albuquerque, New Mexico
33. Fresno, California
34. Tucson, Arizona
35. Sacramento, California
36. Mesa, Arizona
37. Kansas City, Missouri
38. Atlanta, Georgia
39. Omaha, Nebraska
40. Colorado Springs, Colorado
41. Raleigh, North Carolina
42. Virginia Beach, Virginia
43. Long Beach, California
44. Miami, Florida
45. Oakland, California
46. Minneapolis, Minnesota
47. Tulsa, Oklahoma
48. Bakersfield, California
49. Wichita, Kansas
50. Arlington, Texas

51. Aurora, Colorado
52. Tampa, Florida
53. New Orleans, Louisiana
54. Cleveland, Ohio
55. Anaheim, California
56. Honolulu, Hawaii
57. Henderson, Nevada
58. Stockton, California
59. Lexington, Kentucky
60. Corpus Christi, Texas
61. Riverside, California
62. Santa Ana, California
63. Orlando, Florida
64. Irvine, California
65. Cincinnati, Ohio
66. Newark, New Jersey
67. Saint Paul, Minnesota
68. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
69. Greensboro, North Carolina
70. St. Louis, Missouri
71. Lincoln, Nebraska
72. Plano, Texas
73. Anchorage, Alaska
74. Durham, North Carolina
75. Jersey City, New Jersey

76. Chandler, Arizona
77. Chula Vista, California
78. Buffalo, New York
79. North Las Vegas, Nevada
80. Gilbert, Arizona
81. Madison, Wisconsin
82. Reno, Nevada
83. Toledo, Ohio
84. Fort Wayne, Indiana
85. Lubbock, Texas
86. St. Petersburg, Florida
87. Laredo, Texas
88. Irving, Texas
89. Chesapeake, Virginia
90. Winston-Salem, North Carolina
91. Glendale, Arizona
92. Scottsdale, Arizona
93. Garland, Texas
94. Boise, Idaho
95. Norfolk, Virginia
96. Spokane, Washington
97. Fremont, California
98. Richmond, Virginia
99. Santa Clarita, California
100. San Bernardino, California

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