Editor-at-Large

Adam Lashinsky

Daniel Lurie’s battle against city bureaucrats has only just begun

Opinion

When the administration steered a contract to a firm with ties to the mayor, it wasn’t playing favorites. It was showing who’s in charge.

Senior Politics Reporter

Josh Koehn

Politics Reporter

Gabe Greschler

Lurie family invested in tech firm that won controversial city contract

Politics

Documents show the mayor had a stake in two funds invested in OpenGov, the software company tapped by a policy chief to solve the city’s permit crisis.

‘Serious concern’: Supervisor calls for hearing into Mayor Lurie’s $5.9M OpenGov deal

Jackie Fielder is questioning the contract after a Standard investigation found Lurie’s office may have given the tech firm preferential treatment.

Express Desk Reporter

Max Harrison-Caldwell

Oakland bar owners rage at outdoor smoking crackdown. It could cost them thousands

News

Food & Drink

Nightlife may take a hit as officials begin enforcing a law that bans smoking on bar patios and outside entrances.

How a notorious permit fraudster became one homeowner’s nightmare

A mysterious man with a phony stamp has been added to the city's "bad actors" list, which identifies corrupt permit expediters.

Permits

Daniel Lurie’s battle against city bureaucrats has only just begun

Lurie family invested in tech firm that won controversial city contract

‘Serious concern’: Supervisor calls for hearing into Mayor Lurie’s $5.9M OpenGov deal

Oakland bar owners rage at outdoor smoking crackdown. It could cost them thousands

How a notorious permit fraudster became one homeowner’s nightmare