Oakland weighs $597,500 sale of Garfield Park land to OUSD
An Oakland ordinance would sell a 0.6-acre city portion of Garfield Park to Oakland Unified for $597,500, less closing costs, for a school renovation.
- Source Briefing
- Public record
Oakland’s City Council has an ordinance before it that would sell a 0.6-acre, city-owned portion of Garfield Park to Oakland Unified School District for $597,500, less closing costs. The Legistar record for the 11/10/2026 special council meeting lists the item, file 27-0137, with its outcome and vote counts still shown as not available, so the sale should be treated as pending.
Why it matters
The parcel sits at 2201-2299 E 17th St, next to Garfield Elementary. The record frames the sale as support for the school’s renovation, which turns city park land into district-controlled land. The agenda item also references a memorandum of understanding on city and community use of the athletic field, so the field would not be closed to the neighborhood if the sale proceeds.
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For Bay Area builders and public-works contractors, school district land assembly is a small but steady source of renovation work. A district that controls its whole site can plan and phase construction without a split-ownership constraint.
The numbers
- Price: $597,500, less closing costs
- Parcel: 0.6 acres, a city-owned portion of Garfield Park
- Address range: 2201-2299 E 17th St, Oakland
- Legistar file: 27-0137, agenda item 6.20
- Recommendation on the agenda: adopt the ordinance
- Posted status: result and vote counts not available; meeting minutes were still in draft when we checked
The agenda summary does not state an appraised value for the land.
What’s next
An agenda recommendation to adopt is not an adoption. Oakland ordinances commonly return for a later reading, so the final outcome should appear in the published minutes or on the item’s Legislation Detail page once they are finalized. Any construction scope, budget or schedule for the Garfield Elementary renovation was not part of the record we reviewed. We will update this story when the council’s action is posted.
Quick answers
- What is the latest on Oakland Unified School District in San Francisco Bay Area?
- An Oakland ordinance would sell a 0.6-acre city portion of Garfield Park to Oakland Unified for $597,500, less closing costs, for a school renovation.
- What are the key numbers for Oakland Unified School District?
- sale price: $597,500; parcel size: 0.6 acres; council file: 27-0137.
- Where does the information on Oakland Unified School District come from?
- The story cites City of Oakland Legistar.
On the record
File 27-0137, agenda item 6.20 at the 11/10/2026 special council meeting, is an ordinance to sell the 0.6-acre city-owned portion of Garfield Park to Oakland Unified School District for $597,500, less closing costs; the posted result and vote counts read not available
Public record · oakland.legistar.com