At $27M, Oakland’s pothole payouts are the priciest of any Bay Area city
Oakland has paid the most in pothole lawsuit payouts out of any major city in the Bay Area over the last five years, a KTVU analysis of public records shows.
OAKLAND, Calif. – Oakland has paid out far more to settle pothole injury cases than excessive force and wrongful death police cases in the last five years, according to a data analysis by KTVU.
And in fact, a city-by-city comparison of Oakland, San Jose and Fremont shows that Oakland has paid the most of the three to settle pothole suits and the least amount of any city to settle police cases.
From 2018 to 2023, Oakland paid $27 million to people injured from pothole accidents – like severing…
