The payouts over Oakland’s bad roads continue apace.
In a closed session of the City Council on April 16, the city approved a $512,000 settlement with a cyclist who hit a pothole on East 21st Street more than two years ago and sued after suffering serious injuries. That’s the second time so far this year that Oakland has agreed to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars for the consequences of its bad roads.
In March, the city paid Robert Solomon $400,000 to settle a lawsuit over a pothole-related collision on Grizzly Peak Boulevard in 2024…