After months of internal battles, public concern from staff, and even some accusations of previous impropriety, Oakland’s city government has decided to move some parking tasks currently managed by the city’s Department of Transportation, such as revenue collection, to the Finance Department. The changes are outlined in Mayor Barbara Lee’s proposed budget, which was released in late May.
The reorganization is more modest than previously proposed.
According to Kent Bravo, the public information officer for OakDOT, the duties affected in the move include citation payments, meter collections, and parking garage management. Parking policy, parking enforcement, and abandoned auto removal will remain in the hands of DOT…