.Friday Must Reads: State Orders Oakland to Pay $32.5 Million; Bay Area Activist Medea Benjamin Heckles Obama Over Guantanamo and Drones

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1. Oakland officials announced that the state Department of Finance has ordered the city to hand over $32.5 million in proceeds from last-minute real estate deals that Oakland made just before the state killed redevelopment, SFGate reports. Oakland officials had expected the move and had set aside the money in a separate account. However, the state’s decision means that Oakland’s finances are much tighter than hoped as the city council decides in the next month whether to spend millions of additional dollars on the police department or restore cuts to public services over the next two years.

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