Government Might Hand Over Oakland Museum of California to Nonprofit

Despite talk that the economy is very slowly picking up steam again, museums across the country are still dealing with less money and more cutbacks. However, for those museums financed by equally cash-strapped state governments, the Oakland Museum of California might have figured out a workable solution. Or perhaps this is just the one random case where things seem to be working out just fine. The City of Oakland, in a state well-known for his current financial ills, is thinking that it might hand over the museum entirely to the nonprofit organization who already owns a 50% stake.