What Oakland files every day

Eleven lists, two feeds

Every weekday the city records what residents reported and what the police wrote down. These are those filings, sorted by type, newest first, and never ranked. You choose which arrive in the morning.

What was reported

• Code enforcement reported. A resident has reported a property to code enforcement. Oakland publishes no enforcement case file, so this is the report rather than the finding, and it is the nearest thing the city puts out. About 31,000 on the record.
• Illegal dumping reported. Debris, appliances and mattresses left on the street, by address. The largest single thing Oakland's 311 records.
• Abandoned vehicles reported. The second largest, and the one a manager hears about from neighbors first.
• Encampments reported. Homeless encampment reports at an address, including people living in vehicles. A report, not a finding.
• Graffiti reported. On a street, a light, a signal or a private wall.
• Streets and sidewalks reported. Potholes and damaged sidewalks. A damaged sidewalk in front of a building is the owner’s to fix in most of California, which is why this one is worth watching.
• Weeds and vegetation reported. Abatement in the public right of way. In the hills this is fire-clearance work, and the fire severity zones in the report say where that matters most.

What the police recorded

• Stolen vehicles. The single largest category the department records here.
• Residential burglary and commercial burglary, by block. Locks, doors, glass and alarms follow one.
• Vandalism. Glass, paint and repair work.

What none of them is

None of these is a permit, because there are none. None is a violation notice, because the city publishes none. A 311 report says somebody called; it does not say an inspector agreed.

Counts run 5 September 2026.