Podcast: Oakland's Pension Debt Problem

About this episode

This episode discusses Oakland's pension debt problem and its financial implications for the city.

Last month we published a deep dive on Oakland’s pension debt problems which are costing the city $450M a year. It’s a 30-60 minute read. And that’s a blocker for most folks with little free time. So we’re trying out a new format—one friendly to driving and dog walks. It’s a short podcast that distills the article’s key findings into a 12 minute conversation.Podcast generated by Google NotebookLM . Reviewed by Oakland Report for accuracy. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.oaklandreport.org

People in this episode

Host: Oakland Report

Topics covered

• pension debt
• city finance
• Oakland
• public services
• economic issues

Keywords

• pension debt
• Oakland
• city budget
• financial issues
• public services

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oakland Report

Places: Oakland

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