OAKLAND — Those walking by the 17th Street parking garage on Friday morning might have noticed a lonely sandwich board out front that reads, “Welcome Back!”

The sign was intended to advertise exclusive parking discounts through May 30 for Oakland City Hall employees returning to the historic downtown building and surrounding offices, a planned end to an era of remote work that dated back to the COVID-19 pandemic’s outset.

But the Rotunda Garage’s limited-time rates probably had few takers in recent weeks.

Earlier this month, City Administrator Jestin Johnson told employees that the city’s shift to a minimum requirement of four in-person workdays a week had been postponed to June 2. It was previously supposed to take effect around the start of April.

The delay was the result of “produ

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