City of Oakley Oakley City Hall Oakley City Hall Official logo of City of Oakley Location in Contra Costa County and the state of California Location in Contra Costa County and the state of California City of Oakley is positioned in the US City of Oakley - City of Oakley Oakley is a town/city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Oakley was incorporated in 1999 and is the most recently incorporated town/city in Contra Costa County.
Oakley is part of the East Contra Costa Bicycle Plan, which has existing facilities in Oakley as well as plans for further expansion. The Oakley areas offers access to the Delta de Anza Regional Trail. According to reports provided by CNN, Oakley experiences 21.16 inches of annual rainfall with an average high temperature in July of 96.0 F and an average low temperature in January of 40.0 F.
Oakley's west border is Highway 160, which provides access to Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, and the Central Valley.
The City of Antioch adjoins Oakley on the west, the town/city of Brentwood adjoins Oakley on the south, and Bethel Island lies to the east.
Prior to 1963, creating a new town/city in California only required a petition, a enhance hearing (where 51 percent of the landowners could approve the desire to incorporate) and an election.
During the 1950s over 50 new metros/cities incorporated, and in Los Angeles County alone, 10 new metros/cities incorporated in 1957.
At the time, no thought was given as to how or who would pay the costs for the necessary services needed to sustain a city.
The City of Oakley is a General-Law City, as opposed to a Charter City, formed under State legislative statutes and governed by a body of laws in the State Constitution.
As of July 1, 2008, there are 479 metros/cities in California, 372 general law metros/cities and 107 charter cities.
Of the 19 metros/cities in Contra Costa County, Richmond and San Ramon are the only metros/cities with a charter.
Only 147 of the metros/cities in California elevate the position of mayor to a enhance electable position.
In Contra Costa County, Antioch, Brentwood, Martinez, San Ramon and Richmond are the only metros/cities that have chosen this route. The Oakley City Council consists of five non-partisan council members propel "at large" for staggered four-year terms each.
Oakley's City Council (as well as those council members from the other 19 cities) are considered part-time because, aside from being council members they have full-time jobs.
Annually,at the first Council meeting in December, the Mayor is chose by a majority of the City Council from among presently serving Council Members.
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However, a general law town/city is permitted to have a mayor that is directly propel by the voters, if certain procedures are followed.
Oakley's mayor presides at council meetings, appoints council members to various internal and external committees, attends improve affairs as the council's representative, and performs other ministerial duties.
The Northwest Information Center of the California Historical Resources Information System now keeps track of archeological investigations undertaken in Oakley.
Around three-dozen such projects have been instead of in the past 25 years, yielding only four prehistoric sites in the City.
City founder Randolph Marsh wanted to name the town/city Dewey, after Admiral Dewey.
Marsh may have lost the game and the right to name the town/city but he ensured his immortality by choosing downtown street names whose first initials spelled "Marsh" Main, Acme, Ruby, Star and Home.
Oakley's first postal service was established in 1898, and Oakley only became an incorporated town/city a full 101 years later, in 1999. The city's motto is, "A Place for Families in the Heart of the Delta." Historically, Oakley contracted for police services with the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office; however, in May 2016 the City transitioned to bring the Police Department staffing "in-house." The City still contracts with the Sheriff's Office for dispatch, forensics and jail services.There are 29 full-time sworn personnel (1 Chief, 2 Lieutenants, 5 Sergeants, and 21 Patrol Officers.
The City Council has allowed the hiring of 4 additional sworn personnel that will come on board early in 2017.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Oakley had a populace of 35,432.
The Enumeration reported that 35,329 citizens (99.7% of the population) lived in homeholds, 75 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 28 (0.1%) were institutionalized.
There were 10,727 homeholds, out of which 5,479 (51.1%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 6,531 (60.9%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,412 (13.2%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 708 (6.6%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 10,808 citizens (30.5%) under the age of 18, 3,531 citizens (10.0%) aged 18 to 24, 10,149 citizens (28.6%) aged 25 to 44, 8,553 citizens (24.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,391 citizens (6.7%) who were 65 years of age or older.
26,778 citizens (75.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 8,551 citizens (24.1%) lived in rental housing units.
As of the census of 2000, there are 25,619 citizens , 7,832 homeholds, and 6,461 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city is 75.50% White, 3.42% Black or African American, 0.89% Native American, 2.86% Asian, 0.29% Pacific Islander, 10.58% from other competitions, and 6.46% from two or more competitions.
There are 7,832 homeholds out of which 52.0% have kids under the age of 18 living with them, 68.2% are married couples living together, 9.1% have a female homeholder with no husband present, and 17.5% are non-families.
In the city, the populace is spread out with 34.5% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 34.5% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 5.4% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city is $65,589, and the median income for a family is $68,888.
At 99.6%, nearly all students living inside the City of Oakley are attending a enhance or private school positioned inside City limits.
The City is mainly served by Oakley Union Elementary School District (K-8) and the Liberty Union High School District.
Oakley Elementary School The Oakley Library of the Contra Costa County Library is positioned in Oakley. and Motown Live, lived in Oakley amid her high school years, and attended Liberty High School in Brentwood.
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