Mayor Jerry Brown has cultivated a pro-business climate that has attracted hundreds of new companies and more than 10,000 jobs in the last three years. The City of Oakland offers financial incentives in targeted industries and has streamlined the permit and entitlement processes to move projects forward at an unprecedented rate.

Forbes rates Oakland the 8th best city to do business in the U.S. The local economy is a diverse mix of traditional and new economy companies. Oakland offers the best buy on the Bay, with affordable land and office space near San Francisco, Silicon Valley and the Central Valley. It boasts one of the nation's largest fiber-optic networks, the country's fifth largest container port, a vast inter-modal network, and America's fastest-growing international airport.

Oakland is home to the 8th most educated workforce in the nation. World-class universities and research facilities provide access to a high concentration of intellectual and skilled workers.

Great weather, plentiful parks and open space, beautiful neighborhoods, world-class attractions and myriad cultural amenities, propelled Oakland to being ranked by Money as the 6th most popular city to live in the in the US.

Contact Info:
Ms. Deborah Acosta
Urban Economic Analyst
City of Oakland
250 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Suite 3315
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 510 238-7090
DAcosta@oaklandnet.com