Oakland officials want to raise more preschool funding through new parcel tax
East Bay leaders said Wednesday they want to improve Oakland’s preschools and make them more affordable through a new parcel tax on the November ballot.
The proposed measure, called the Oakland Children’s Initiative, would raise about $30 million annually for the next 30 years for early-childhood education and a “cradle-to-college” program championed by Mayor Libby Schaaf that aims to increase university attendance and completion by city students.
The measure’s supporters will begin this weekend collecting the 35,000 signatures necessary for placement on the ballot.