Good morning, everyone.

Welcome to today's rules and legislation committee meeting of Thursday, September 25th, 2025.

The time is now ten thirty-one a.m.

and this meeting shall come to order.

Before calling roll, I will announce the speaker card instructions.

Two comment in-person members of the public must submit a separate speaker's card for each item on the agenda.

Online speaker requests were due 24 hours prior to the start of this meeting, which was yesterday at 1030 a.m.

Speaker cards will be accepted within the first 10 minutes of this meeting.

This meeting came to order at 1031 a.m.

Therefore, speaker cards are due by ten forty-one a.m.

All speaker requests must be submitted before the item is called.

Councilmember five, present.

Council member Ramachandran.

Present and Council President Jenkins.

Present.

Good morning.

Morning.

Thank you.

Showing all four members present.

No announcements.

Yeah.

So item five will be pulled and rescheduled to the 16th.

And we still will hear public comment on that item.

Okay.

Moting the withdrawal for item five and the rescheduling to October 16th rules.

We will still hear hear public speakers once we get to that item.

We'll now proceed with our first item, item number two, approval of the draft minutes from the committee meeting of July 24th, 2025.

We have no time.

Resolution pursuant to government code section 53607, delegating investment authority of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency to the agency treasurer for fiscal year 25 through 26 to go on the September 30th Special Finance and Management Committee Agenda.

Item 3.3.

Adopt a resolution one authorizing the city administrator to execute a two-year agreement with Fusion by Inc.

to provide Oracle Business Intelligence and Analytics Consulting Services in an amount not to exceed $210,000 with the option to extend for two years in an amount not to exceed $105,000 per year, and two waiving the competitive multi-step solicitation process in the city's local small local business enterprise program to go on the September 30th, 2025 Finance and Management Committee Agenda.

Item 3.4.

Receive an informational report with a list of options to raise an additional ongoing $40 million in general purpose fund revenues via an ordinance to adopt or increase a tax effective July 1st, 2026, to provide ongoing resources for public safety services and to maintain key equipment IT systems in 911 investments on the September 30th, 2025 Finance and Management Committee Agenda.

Excuse me.

Item 3.5.

Adopt the resolution one, waiving the city's request for proposal requirements under Oakland Municipal Code Section 2.04051B and the local and small local business enterprise program requirements, awarding a three-year professional service agreement to Doppler Inc.

in an amount of eight hundred and ten thousand dollars for the period of October 16th, 2025 through October 15, 2028 for emergency call management services with two one-year options to extend and the contract for the amount of two hundred seventy thousand dollars annually for a grand total contract amount of one million three hundred and fifty thousand dollars without returning to council and three making appropriate sequel findings to go on the September 30th Public Works and Transportation Committee Agenda.

Item 3.6 adopt a resolution authorizing the city administrator to one award the community facilities district 2015-1 Gateway Industrial Landscape Maintenance Contract 2025 based on all contract documents and specification to Laos Loza Inc.

for a three-year period and an amount not to exceed five hundred sixty thousand dollars into adopting CEQA findings to go on the September 30th, 2025 Public Works and Transportation Committee Agenda.

Item 3.7 adopt a resolution authorizing the city administrator to negotiate recommendation negotiate and execute maintenance agreements and related amendments between the city and California Department of Transportation Caltrans and making CEQA findings to go on the September 30th Public Works and Transportation Committee Agenda.

Item 3.8, adopt the following pieces of legislation.

One, a resolution waiving further advertising and competitive bidding under OMC Section 2.0405 012, authorizing open market award under Oakland Municipal Code, OMC Section 204050J, issuing a limited restricted waiver under OMC Section 2.22.050 and a waiver under OMC Section 2.23030B and authorizing the City Administrator to award a purchasing contract to Martin Marietta Materials Inc.

in an amount not to exceed $1 million per year for two years with one additional two-year option and an amount not to exceed $1 million per year for a total not to exceed $4 million over four years in accordance with the specification and the contractor's price quotation date at July 8th, 2025 without return to council.

Adopt appropriate California Environmental Quality Act sequel findings, authorizing a one-time payment in the amount of $250,000 to pay outstanding invoices and a resolution waiving further advertising and competitive bidding under Oakland Municipal Code OMC, authorizing open market award under OMC, and authorizing the city administrator to award a purchase purchasing contract to read in Graham Inc.

in an amount not to exceed one million dollars per year for two years with one additional two-year option in an amount not to exceed one million dollars per year for a total not to exceed four million dollars over four years in accordance with specification and the contractor's price quotation dated August 6, 2025, with without return to council and adopt appropriate SQL findings to go on the September 30th Public Works and Transportation Committee agenda.

Council Member Ramachan Charlie.

Thank you.

Is staff available on that item?

Without getting into the substance of a very quick question.

Thank you.

Is this pertaining?

I don't know this uh vendor or anything like that.

Is this pertaining anything related to paving?

Yes, it's an asphalt contractor.

Okay.

And and um again, without getting into the substance, is this using our measure U dollars?

Um could use measure U dollars and or gas tax.

Okay, thank you.

Moving to our next item 3.9.

Adopt the following pieces of legislation.

A resolution to ensure compliance with the sewer consent consent decree by waiving all local small local business enterprise program requirements, ordinance 13101, ordinance 13640 as amended, except to continue to provide bid discounts to local small local business businesses, and two, a resolution to ensure compliance with the sewer consent decree by awarding sanitary sewer construction contracts to the lowest responsive responsive and responsible bidder in accordance with project plans and specifications and all city contracting program requirements, each up to an individual contract award of 10 million dollars, and for each adopting appropriate CEQA findings without return to city council to go on the September 30th, 2025 Public Works and Transportation Committee Agenda.

Item 310 adopt the resolution amending resolution number 89736 CMS, which among other things expanded the scope of work for the city of Oakland's contract with CV Corps, formerly CV Corp schools to include trail maintenance, trail maintenance and brush clearance services in open space parks by one waiving the city's advertising and solicitation of proposal qualification requirements, and two, authorizing the city administrator to increase the contract amount from $900,000 to an amount not to exceed $2,735,000 on the September 30th Public Works and Transportation Committee Agenda.

Item 311, adopt a resolution one, waiving the formal advertising and competitive bidding requirements of OMC 2040501 and the RFP RFQ requirements of OMC 204051B.

Two, approving and authorizing the city administrator to award and execute a three-year agreement with Yes Construction Group Inc.

for a backflow prevention device testing certification and minor incidental repairs at city facilities in an amount not to exceed $270,000 for the period November 1st, 2025 through October 30th, 2028, with two one-year options to extend an amount not to exceed $90,000 per year for a total not to exceed $450,000 subject to the availability of funds, and three, adopting SQL findings to go on the September 30th, 2025 Public Works and Transportation Committee Agenda.

Item 312.

Adopt a one authorizing the appropriation of accumulated net revenue of affordable housing program funding revenues from the low and moderate income housing asset fund and the HUD Home Investment Partnership Fund to fund the new construction of multifamily rental affordable housing program, rapid response homeless housing acquisition and or conversion to affordable housing and rehabilitation of existing affordable housing collectively affordable housing programs, two authorizing the annual appropriation of net revenue of affordable housing program, funding revenue from the low and moderate income housing asset fund and the HUD Home Investment Partnership Fund for Affordable Housing Programs for a period of five years, three allocating funds for measure U housing bond and other nonbond funds and a total amount not to exceed sixty-six million dollars for affordable housing programs, four re reallocating impact fees and other affordable housing capital sources funds approved through the fiscal year 25-26 revenue to affordable housing programs and five, authorizing the city administrator to make development loans and grants under the affordable housing programs, contingent on funding availability to go on the September 30th Community and Economic Development Committee agenda.

Item 313.

Adopt an ordinance.

One declaring the city-owned residential real property located at 1226 73rd Av property, exempt surplus land, and two authorizing the city administrator to a list the property on the open market, b negotiate with any or all interested purchasers and C, enter into an agreement to dispose of the property to the selected purchaser for its fair market value as determined by the city administrator to on the September 30th, 2025 community and economic development committee agenda.

Is there somebody to speak to this?

Good morning to the chair, Brendan Moriarty Real Estate Director.

Can you speak to this item?

Uh I can.

This is a uh city owned triplex building.

The city's own it for a few decades.

Um it's been used for uh transitionary housing until recent years uh when the facility ran into such disrepair that it was not usable and then it was recently very badly damaged in a fire.

Um it's been red tagged and is not habitable.

Okay, and not to blame you.

So this parcels in my district, but any time there's something in the council members' district, maybe you guys should reach out before.

Absolutely, we plan to.

Thank you.

Before before the committee meeting.

Thank you.

Moving to item 314, which is a title change reading in the new title.

Short title change to 25 2025 through 2029 Economic Development Action Plan.

The new title is received an informational report on the 2025 through 2029 Economic Development Action Plan to go on the September 30th, 2025 Community and Economic Development Committee Agenda.

Item 315.

Allocate up to 5,199, 199,517 from the pathways to reduce obstacles to housing grant for permit ready express program.

C.

Allocate Associated Predevelopment Loan repayments to the permit ready express program and D making affordable housing redevelopment loans to qualified developers under the permit ready express program to go on the September 30th, 2025 Community and Economic Development Committee agenda.

Item 316, I believe has a title change.

Caleb Smith for the Housing Community Development Department.

The new title will be resolution establishing a middle income joint powers authority bond financing program for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, and improvement of Oakland middle income housing projects, authorizing the city administrator to join joint powers authorities, enter into joint exercise of powers agreements and other agreements with municipal finance agencies under the program and approve the issuance of revenue bonds by said agencies for Oakland projects identified by the city administrator without returning to city council and making related CEQA findings.

Thank you.

Thank you, Caleb.

This is being requested to go to the September 30th, 2025 Community and Economic Development Committee Agenda.

Item 317, adopt a resolution honoring Creative Growth Art Center upon their 50th anniversary for outstanding service to the City of Oakland and contemporary artists with developmental disabilities to go on the September 30th, 2025 Life Enrichment Committee Agenda.

Item 318, adopt a resolution honoring Diamano, Curl West African Dance Company upon their 50th anniversary for outstanding service to the city of Oakland through the presentation of traditional West African Music, Dance, Theater, and Culture to go on the September 30th, 2025 Life Enrichment Committee Agenda.

Item 319.

Adopt a resolution amending resolution number nine zero seven six seven CMS, which awarded Oakland Fund for Children and Youth OFCY grants to 74 nonprofit and public agencies for 144 distinct grant programs providing direct services for fiscal year 25 through 26.

To one, correct the total awarded amount from $18,252,282 to $18,500,382, and two, change the lead or led agency without changing to the grant amounts for the following.

One replace Asian Pacific Environmental Network with Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund as a fiscal sponsor for ALPOW Building API Community Power Youth Leadership and Development Program.

Two replace the Oakland Leaf Foundation with Girls Inc.

of Alameda County as a grantee agency for learning without limits expanded learning program to go on the September 30th, 2025 Life Enrichment Committee Agenda.

Item 320 adopt a resolution one awarding and or amending grant agreements and professional services agreements to the homeless service providers and for the terms and amounts identified in table two and table three using previously appropriated state and local funding, waiving the local small local business enterprise requirement for the providers identified in Table 4 for the provision of hygiene services at encampments and homeless systems support three authorizing the city administrator to increase the agreements and move funding identified in Table 2 and Table 3 using funding that City Council has appropriated for the programs during the term of such agreements.

Four appropriating funds from the Housing FAST Support Network, lease revenues received in fiscal year 25-26, and amending resolution number 90420 CMS, which awarded a grant agreement to Bay Area Community Services for the HFSN program to change the funding from County of Alameda Social Services Agency to State Permanent Local Housing Allocation and 5.

Making SQL findings to go on the September 30th Life Enrichment Committee Agenda.

Item 321.

Adopt the resolution one, accepting and appropriating direct local program distribution measure BB funds in the amount of $3,197,068 for fiscal year 25 through 26 from the Alameda County Transportation Commission for Oakland Paratransit for the Elderly and Disabled Program to provide access to specialized transportation services.

Two awarding reimbursement agreements for paratransit services for fiscal year 25 through 26 and the amount of 850,000 dollars, five rivers transit solutions, $600,000 quality transit LLC, $350,000 Bay Area Charters Inc.

$25,000 one access medical transportation and $75,000 Gogo Technologies Inc.

3 awarding grant agreements in the amount of $50,000 City of Emoryville for paratransit services and $300,000 service opportunity for seniors for mail delivery services to isolated and dependent elderly and disabled persons and four authorizing the city administrator to accept and appropriate any additional direct local distribution funds that may become available for fiscal year 25 through 26 and amend the aforementioned agreements to increase the amounts within the limits of the funding on the September 30th, 2025 life enrichment committee agenda.

Item 322 adopt the resolution accepting and appropriating $341,071 for Media Medical related activities through the Matical administrative activities program and accepting appropriating any additional funds that may become available and authorizing the city administrator to enter into a MAA memorandum of understanding with Alameda County Health to allow for administrative reimbursement to the City of Oakland for performing Medi Cal administrative activity for fiscal year 25 through 26 and every fiscal year thereafter to go on the September 30th 2025 Life Enrichment Committee Agenda.

Item 323 adopt the resolution one authorizing the city administrator to enter into a professional services agreement with Jennifer Ebert Hart DB doing business as Everhart Consulting Inc.

to provide technical assistance services for the negotiated settlement agreement Delphine Allen versus the City of Oakland to the Oakland Police Department from September 1st 2025 to August 31st 2028 in an amount not to exceed 7500 into waiving the competitive request for for four proposal qualifications and the local small local business enterprise program requirements to go on the September 30th, 2025 Public Safety committee agenda.

Item 324.

Adopt the resolution authorizing the city administrator to accept an in-kind technical assistance award valued at 1 million dollars for the period of October 1st, 2025 to June 30th, 2029, and enter into a no cost agreement with Green Light Fund and Urban Peace Institute in support of the development of a community violence intervention academy in Oakland for a four-year term to go on the September 30th, 2025 Public Safety Committee Agenda.

Item 325, adopt the resolution one, amending a grant with Oakland Private Industry Council for employment services from October 1st, 2025 to September 30th, 2026, to add $90,000 for a total amount not to exceed $390,000, and to amending a grant with the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform for Community Violence Intervention Services from October 1st, 2025 to September 30th, 2026 to add 103,112 for a total amount not to exceed 538, 112 and three, amending a grant with communities united for restorative youth justice for community and school based violence intervention services for from October 1st, 2025 to September 30th, 2026, to add 130,000 for school based violence intervention services from October 1st, 2025 to June 30th, 2026 for a total amount not to exceed 1,095,000 to go on the September 30th, 2025 Public Safety Committee Agenda.

Item 326, receive an oral report from Mayor Barbara Lee regarding the state of the city to go on the October 7th, 2025 City Council Agenda.

Item 327, receive a presentation by California State Senator Jesse Agrian, District 7 on legislative priorities, recent accomplishments and opportunities for collaboration with the city of Oakland to go on the October 7th, 2025, City Council agenda as a ceremonial.

Adopt a resolution confirming the mayor's reappointment of Ben Gold and the appointment of Neil Fapper and Karen Roy to the budget advisory commission to go on the October 7th, 2025, City Council Agenda on Consent.

Item 329, adopt the resolution confirming the appointment of Michael Season, Perliot.

Elt Elt Vina Lopez, Natalia Rios, Sam Davis, Peter Aviland, Endua, Marcy Whitebook, Michelle Negrinson, Priya Jagonathan, Edgar Rodriguez Ramirez, Kim Johnson, Ricky Jackson, Maria Suho, Lisa Truong, and Emma Battenbowen as members of the Children's Initiative Citizens Oversight Commission to go on the October 7th, 2025 City Council Agenda on Consent.

Item 330 is a duplicative item.

This item is currently scheduled on the October 2nd.

Rules Committee Agenda next week's agenda as a discussion item.

We are in agreement to remove the three points, uh 3.30.

Thank you all for your help.

Appreciate you.

Thank you.

Moving to item 331.

Adopt the resolution confirming the mayor's reappointment of Jim Santi Owen and Ayana Lipsek and the appointment of Miles Lassey, Claudia Perades, and Don Tina Williams for the Cultural Affairs Commission.

To go on the October 7th, 2025 City Council Agenda on Consent.

Item 332, adopt the resolution confirming the mayor's appointment of Cynthia Guertez and Nadia Morales Salah to the Commission on Persons with Disabilities.

Adopt a resolution confirming the mayor's appointments of April Bell, Kevin Cova, Robius, and Andrea Henderson to the Library Commission to go on the October 7th, 2025, City Council Agenda on Consent.

Item 334, adopt the resolution confirming the mayor's reappointment of Caitlin Kushner and the appointment of Mario Hernandez, Nia Jacobs, Sabina Carriot, and Sarita Shariber as members of the Public Art Advisory Committee to go on the October 7th, 2025, City Council Agenda on Consent.

Item 335, adopt a resolution confirming the mayor's appointments of Christine Zook, Alaric, DeGray Finride.

I'm sorry for mispronouncing these names.

Swin Irvin and the reappointment of Michael Brown to the Civil Service Board to go on the October 7th, 2025, City Council Agenda on Consent.

Item 336, adopt a resolution confirming the mayor's appointment of Isaac Ching to the Privacy Advisory Commission.

To go on the October 7th, 2025, City Council Agenda on Consent.

Item 337, adopt a resolution confirming the appointment of Carla Dartes and the reappointments of Gregory Hartwent Hartwig, Jenny Janny Castillo, Barbara Montgomery, and William Mays to the Oakland Housing Authority to go on the October 7th City Council Agenda on Consent.

And that concludes the mayor's appointments.

So we'll be rule 24ing all of the mayor's uh appointees.

Okay.

For items 328 through item 337, which are the mayor's appointments.

These items typically are heard and discussed at the council meetings.

Therefore, they will go straight to council.

Moving to our next item 338.

Adopt the resolution appointing Council President Kevin Jenkins to the executive executive committee of the East Bay Economic Development Alliance and appointing Council Member Noel Gallo as alternate member for a two-year term commencing July 1st, 2024 and ending June 30th, 2026, to go on the October 7th, 2025, City Council agenda on consent.

Usually the council president's appointments go straight to council.

Thank you, Council President.

And I believe you have a title change for item 339.

Yes.

So we will be doing to read the title change.

We'll come back to 3.39.

Okay, we will return back to 339.

Item 340.

Adopt the resolution appointing council members Ken Houston and Charlene Wong to the Alameda Contra Costa Transit District, AC Transit, Interagency Liaison Committee, and adopting Council President Kevin Jenkins as an alternate to go on October 7th, 2025, City Council Agenda on Consent.

That's well for this item, Council President through the Chair.

We'll come back to this one.

Item 341.

Adopt the resolution accepting the police commission selection panel slate of two police commissioners, Ricardo Garcia Acost and Omar Farmer to this to serve on the Oakland Police Commission.

To go on the October 7, 2025 city council agenda on consent.

So we'll withdraw this.

No dates specific.

There's um some concerns that are arose around these appointments.

So it's my expectation that the police selection committee will hear this again and take up those concerns.

Thank you.

Noting item 341 will be withdrawn with no new date.

We will return to item 339 for title change and item 340 for the rule 24.

Moving to item 342, adopt the resolution amending resolution 90615 CMS and appointing council member Janani Ramachandrin as voting delegate and council member Rowena Brown as alternate voting delegate to represent the city of Oakland at an annual league of California Cities 2025 conference October 8th through 10th in Long Beach and authorizing reimbursement from the Council Contingency Fund for Travel Expenses for the Conference to go on the October 7th, 2025, City Council Agenda on Consent.

The rule 24 through the chair council president.

Yeah, rule 24.

It's important that the council members are there to vote on behalf of the city of Oklahoma.

Okay, thank you.

Moving to item 343 from the city Administrators's Office, adopt a resolution confirming and ratifying action taken by the mayor during the Oakland City Council 2025 annual recess in conformance with the council's rule of procedure codified in resolution number 90666 CMS passed December 19th, 2023 of the October 7th, 2025, City Council Agenda on Consent.

Through the chair to the administration for the rule 24.

Good morning, my apologies.

Um, Candace from the City Administrator's Office, and this is a standard item and according to the I'm sorry, what the item is a standard item that in our rules and procedures, this item does go directly to council and does not does it need to go to committee, so it bypasses committee per our rules and procedures.

Thank you.

Through the chair, thank you to the administration.

Moving to item 344, adopt the resolution authorizing and directing the city attorney to settle the case of Ty Whitehead versus the City of Oakland, County of Alameda, State of California indoors one through 100.

Alamina Counts County Superior Court case by payment in the amount of seven million dollars and no cents, department of transportation, dangerous conditions on October 7th, on the to be scheduled to the October 7, 2025 city council agenda on consent.

And I'll read in the next item through the chair to the city attorney.

Oh, the next two items.

Moving to item 345, adopt a resolution authorizing and directing the city attorney to settle the case of Luella, Santo Bello versus the City of Oakland, Piedmont Grocery Store, Mark Smith, 4038 Piedmont Avenue, LLC, and those one through 50 inclusive Alamina County Superior Court case in the amount of 166,666.

Department of Transportation, dangerous conditions to be scheduled to the October 7th City Council agenda on consent.

Of the case of City of Oakland versus Pacific Gas and Electric Company, veteran power infrastructure infrastructure, accurate saw cunding inc and those one through 10, Alameda County, Superior Court case in the amount of 350,279.11 cents.44 through items 347 for the rule 24 bypassing committee.

Yes, through the chair, these um it's the city standard practice for these resolutions authorizing settlement agreements to go straight to city council.

Thank you so much for the Rule 24.

Council President Jenkins, would you like to return to item 339 and 340?

Yeah, as a representative from the council president's office.

Hello, everyone.

My name is Misha McLaughlin.

I am representing council president Kevin Jenkins, and I would like to read the title change for the ABAG Executive Board appointment.

Resolution amending resolution number 90314, CMS, which confirmed appointments to the Association of Bay Area Government's ABAG Executive Board.

To modify the appointments to appoint council members, Carol Fife, Janani Ramashandrin, and Zach Unger as delegates and council member Charlene Wong as the alternate to represent the city of Oakland to the ABAG Executive Board to complete the term beginning July 1st, 2024 and ending July June 30th, 2026.

Thank you.

Thank you for the title change and through the chair to Miss Misha.

If you're able to provide the rule 24 for items 339 and 340 of bypassing committee.

It's important that council members are able to make this meeting as we have not had AC transit interagency committee in a number of months.

Thank you, Council President, for the rule 24 for item 339 and 340, returning back to item 348.

Adopt the resolution in celebration of LGBTQ plus pride and council member Chandra.

Be added as a co-sponsor if you're open to that.

Councilmember Brown.

Yes, that's fine.

Did the chair noting to adding to adding Council Member Ramachandran?

I will now continue to read the item into record.

Adopt the resolution in celebration of LGBTQ plus Pride in Oakland and the 15th anniversary of Oakland's Pride Parade and Festival and honoring LGBTQ plus leaders who have built a legacy of service, excellence, and resilience in our city to go on the October 7th, 2025 city council agenda on consent, reading reading in the rule 24 provided by staff.

This item is being scheduled to the consent calendar, but is ceremonial in nature, and such items traditionally traditionally go straight to the full council.

Item 349.

Adopt the resolution authorizing retroactive reimbursement for Councilmember Noel's Guile, cost of two thousand two thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars from the council contingency fund for travel to Washington DC for attendance at the National League of Cities Congressional Cities Conference from March 8th through March 8th through 13th, 2025, as the City of Oakland's primary delegate to go on the October 7th City Council agenda on consent.

Good morning, Council President and members of the committee.

My name is Maida Chavez and I am representing Council Member Gallo's office.

Um it is my understanding that typically reimbursement goes uh straight to city council, but correct me if I'm wrong, and then also we wanted to uh further prevent the reimbursement, the delay on reimbursement, Councilmember Gallo's.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And if you can stay there for your next item, thank you through the chair.

Item 350, adopt the resolution recognizing September 15th through October 15th of the year 2025 as National Hispanic Heritage Month and honoring Hispanic Latinx community champions for their leadership in Oakland to be scheduled to the October 7th, 2025 city council agenda on consent through the chair, the rule 24 to staff.

This typically it is the consent calendar, but it's again it's a ceremony in nature, so it typically this goes straight to council as well.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Moving to item 351.

Approve the report and recommendation of the 2026 legislative calendar for the city council committee meetings report and distribution schedule on the October 9th, 2025 rules and legislation committee agenda.

Item 352.

Adopt the resolution awarding the citywide security services contract to Allied Universal Security Services LP for a term of three years with two one-year options to extend in contract up upon satisfactory completion of the initial term in an an estimated amount of nine million dollars annually with a not to exceed grand total contract amount of 45 million dollars and grant the city administrator or their designee the authority to extend the contract at the end of the term and increase the contract spending authority on a one-month to month on a month to month basis until a new contract is awarded to go on the October 14th, 2025 Public Works and Transportation Committee agenda.

I'll entertain a motion to go adjourn into a special session.

So moved.

Second.

Thank you at 11:10 a.m.

There was a motion made by council member five, seconded by council member Ramachandran to enter into a special city council meeting due to the presence of council member Houston on roll to do so.

Council members Brown.

Aye.

Five.

Aye.

Ramachandran.

Uh through the chair to Councilman Ram Chandran.

I can unmute you just if you can not push the button through the chair.

Okay.

There we go.

Sorry.

Aye.

Thank you.

And Council President Jenkins.

Thank you.

The motion passes with four eyes, and we have adjourned the rules and legislation committee and enter to a special city council agenda due to the presence of Councilmember Houston.

Good morning.

Um this three point five two has been very complex.

Things have been coming into the news about ice and just a bunch of things that's happened.

I want to pull take this back to public works.

But I had a great conversation with um director Rowan.

And I wanted to ask him if he could come up and speak to a few things about um if we go back to bid this out, um, how much time would it be?

Cause uh the the drama is a whole lot of drama here.

So um Rowan, how are you doing?

Good through the chair, I'm doing well, sir.

Good, good.

So so we had a conversation about if it did go out to bid to give other opportunities for this.

How long would it take?

Through through the chair.

So if if you recall from the moment I inherited this procurement, there were some questions I had about process.

I really don't think the Department of Public Works was the appropriate department to leave this procurement.

Um at this stage, my preference would be it goes back to central purchasing and we we do the whole thing all over again.

I estimate they could do this in about three months.

So that's the I want to take your lead.

You know, we we bump sometimes, but I want to take your lead on that to take you back to public works, or how does that work, President?

Do we go back to public works and then we make a decision there?

So right now, um the recommendation is for it to go back to public works on October 14th public works agenda.

Yes, and then um I'd like to take the director's suggestion to have it go back out to bid.

You can state that October 14th at the public works meeting.

And I will I'll I'll repeat it then.

Thank you, Councilmember.

Okay, moving to our next item 353.

Through the chair, we do have council member five.

Uh yes, hi, through the chair, um, or potentially to the chair.

Um I'm I wasn't clear on the action that was decided or suggested by that last comment, and and I also don't know why we're bringing this back as a new item um with a new file ID.

It it it feels really convoluted.

This whole topic and item is extremely convoluted and bringing back a brand new item when there was an item that passed out of committee, it it is out of line with process, and I'm con confused about what exactly is happening here.

Um through the chair.

If that question was directed to the parliamentarian through the chair, um our office was not aware that this was coming back today um on the scheduling agenda, so we'd be happy to look into it and advise advise you offline.

Um I'll note that it is being proposed for the October 14th public works and transportation committee, so there is still time to take it up next week.

Schedule it next week.

Thank you.

Thank you for that.

But it's a brand new item, and there was an item that came out of committee.

So if any action is taken, I'm I'm suggesting that we pull this item, this brand new item all together, and figure out why there's so much confusion so there can be clarity with uh a uniform file ID, a unif like so we can follow this process.

I don't believe that the way that things are moving right now are ideal.

So to bring some kind of clear to what's happening, I would prefer that we completely pull this item all together and then re-review the process that got us to this point.

It's within this committee's jurisdiction to withdraw this from the scheduling end and ref and fail to schedule it today.

That is what I'm suggesting.

We will withdraw it.

Is there any opposition from the committee members?

Okay, so this will be withdrawn, and you'll work with the city attorneys and city administration.

We will work with them to figure out how we proceed on this item.

Thank you.

Moving to our next item, item 353.

Adopt a resolution authorizing an amendment to the contract with 3D I Inc.

for the rent registry portal, extending the contract term by two additional years from October 1st, 2025 through September 30th, 2027, and increasing the contract amount of 120,000 from the current two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars for a new total contract amount of three hundred and forty-five thousand dollars to go on the October 14th, 2025 community and economic development committee agenda.

Item 354.

Adopt the adopt a resolution authorizing one, the city administrator to enter into a professional services agreement with the East Bay Rental Housing Association for the provision of representation services to small property property owners at rent adjustment program petition proceedings and housing residential rent and relocation board appeal proceedings and provision of technical assistance to small property owners to comply with the city's rent adjustment and eviction laws for a one-year term from October 1st, 2025 through September 30th, 2026, in the amount of 150,000 renewable at the city administrators option for up to two additional years not to exceed 150,000 per year for a total contract amount not to exceed 450,000 dollars and to waiver the RFPQ requirements pursuant to Oakland Municipal Code Section 204051B to go on the October 14th, 2025 community and economic development committee agenda.

Receive and file the annual report of the rent adjustment program for fiscal year 24 through 25 to go on the October 14th, 2025 community and economic development committee agenda through the chair to staff.

Good morning, Council President and Community Members.

Going back to 3.54, we have a new title as well as for 3.56.

Um I would like to read the new title for 3.54.

And that is a resolution authorizing one, the city administrator to enter into a professional service agreement with the East Bay Rental Housing Association for the provision of representation services at the rent adjustment program petition proceedings in housing residential rent and relocation board appeal proceedings in provision of technical assistance to a small property owners to comply with the city's rent adjustment and eviction laws for one year term from October 1st, 2025 through September 30th, 2026, in the amount of 150,000 dollars renewable at the city administrators option for up to two additional years for a total contract amount not to exceed 450,000 dollars, and two waiving the competitive RFP slash Q and local slash small local business enterprise program requirements.

Thank you, Madam Clark.

Thank you.

Through the chair, there was a title change for 340 54 and 356.

May I read if you want the new title for 3.56 now?

Through the chair, yes, that would be most appropriate.

Thank you.

The resolution one authorizing the city administrator to extend the professional services agreement with Centro Legal de la Raza for provision of representation services to law and moderate income tenants at rent adjustment program petition proceedings by two years with an option to renew for additional three years starting on October 1st, 2025 for a total contract amount not to exceed 1 million 750,000 dollars over seven years.

And second, waiving the competitive RFP slash Q and local slash small business enterprise program requirements.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And noting that item 356 is proposed to be scheduled to the October 14th, 2025 community and economic development committee agenda.

And we heard a title change for item 3.54 and 3.56.

Moving to our next item.

Adopt a resolution authorizing the city administrator to a enter into an agreement with the California Fire Safe Council to accept grant funds in the amount of 100,000 by B appropriate appropriate and administer said funds and C expend grant funds in accordance with the city's purchasing requirements from the for the purpose of fuel mitigation and goat grazing services to go on the October 14th, 2025 Public Safety Committee Agenda.

Item 358 receive an informational report regarding the annual equal access to services ordinance compliance report for fiscal year 24 through 25 to go on the October 28th, 2025 Finance and Management Committee Agenda.

Item 359 Adopt a resolution awarding a contract to the WW Williams Company LLC, the sole responsive and responsible offer obtained by open market per OMC 204050J, two formal calls for bids on specification to provide Allison transmission parts and repairs repair services in the amount not to exceed 750,000 per year for a five-year term, November 15, 2025 to November 15, 2030 for a total not to exceed contract amount of three million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars over a five-year term and two waiving the local small local business enterprise program utilization requirement three making sequel findings to go on the October 14th, 2025 Public Works and Transportation Committee Agenda.

Item 360, adopt a resolution pursuant to government code section 65361B requesting that the California Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Grant, a two-year extension for adoption of the updated open space conservation and recreation element of the Oakland General Plan to go on the October 28th, 2025 Community and Economic Development Committee Agenda and on the November 4th, 2025 City Council Agenda as a public hearing.

Item 361 conducts a study session to receive an informational report on the Oakland for All options for how we stabilize and grow report options report developed as part of the general plan update phase two process and two receive public comments and three provide feedback to staff on the options to go on the October 28th, 2025 Community and Economic Development Committee Agenda.

And through the chair, we have staff here from Council Member Houston's office with a request.

Good morning, Chair, good morning, committee members, and good morning, everybody.

I would like to request an item to be scheduled for the October 7th City Council meeting.

And I am reading in the short title, 2025 Travel Resolution, League of Minority Voters.

And the full title is resolution authorizing Councilmember Ken Houston to travel to Washington DC on October 25th, 2025 to attend the League of Minority Voters, inaugural awards and fundraising gala and designating Council Member Ken Houston as a city's representative.

And I'm issuing a rule 24 due to the historical fact that resolutions of these nature of this nature tend to go straight to council.

And through the chairs, I requested to go to the consent or non-consent portion of the agenda.

On consent.

Okay.

Thank you so much.

Moving to recommendations from the September 22nd, 2025 Special Education Partnership Committee.

Item 362.

Reading in the short titles, an information report regarding the state of education in Alameda County.

This was received and filed in the committee.

Item 363 information report regarding the state of education in Oakland Unified School District.

This item was also received and filed in committee.

Item 364, an informational report regarding tech pathways in Oakland Unified School District.

This item was also received and filed in committee.

And item 365, an information report regarding the school safety in Oakland Unified School District.

This also was received and filed in committee, and this concludes our new scheduling for this week.

Shall we go to Cup of Public Speakers?

Okay.

Calling the public speakers who signed up for item three, new scheduling.

Once you hear your name, you can approach the podium.

If you are in Zoom, you may raise your hand.

Stephanie Tran.

Rajni Mondor signed up for two items.

Greg Fellowman for one item.

Eric Holman for 352.

Mr.

Gene Hazard for multiple items.

Kathy Itams for 352, Stephanie Tram for 352.

Christopher Martinez for 352.

Sam Tadassi for item 352.

And Isaac Cosreed for item 352 in our particular order.

And please state your name for the record before you begin your comments, please.

Thank you.

Rajni Mandel, District 4.

I thank this uh committee for withdrawing item 3.41, police commission appointments.

As I've detailed previously, Omar Farmer's actions on the commission include unauthorized representation to the federal monitor for the NSA, Brown Act violations, and attempted interference in labor negotiations.

He also has an open complaint against the police department, which is a conflict of interest.

I have been following the police commission for the past year, and my prior letter details each instance with video links and timestamps.

I ask council to advise the selection panel that council not support a slave containing Commissioner Farmer and request the selection panel revise its slate without farmer and to include the other finalist who has been interviewed and vetted, David Etlinger, the current chair of the community policing advisory board.

He will be an excellent addition and can provide perspective from our entire city's neighborhood councils.

Finally, I just for item 3.36.

I'm here to express my disappointment and not seeing Jim Donatell's name for the privacy advisory commission.

I know that he was recommended to be on the commission.

I'm wondering why his name's not included.

Jim is a leader for public safety in Oakland.

He has deep ties to violence prevention strategies, including the Detroit Shot Stoppers Community Violence Prevention Program, and has been praised by DVP Director Joshi and Director of IT at OPD, Dr.

Carlo Beckman.

Jim also led the charge to install flock cameras in Lakeshore and developed its use in privacy policies.

So I urge the mayor and council to not fall into the trap of identity politics.

After the approval of Isaac Chen, there are still three openings on the privacy commission, and Jim Donatell should fill one of them.

Thank you.

My name is Stephanie Tran, president of the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce.

We support the mayor's appointment of Isaac Chang to the Privacy Commission to Privacy Advisory Commission.

Since 2019, Isaac has served on the Oakland Chinatown Chamber's Public Safety Committee, helping to build and oversee a network of more than 50 community cameras with compliance and oversight.

He also serves as a downtown corridor safety team, collaborating with the bid alliance, merchants, and community.

With his legal background, Isaac will bring a balanced judgment to the commission.

He carefully weighs privacy, privacy, public safety, and economic impacts, understanding how policies affect small business, immigrant families, and the vitality of our neighborhoods.

We see the PAC as a body that ensures technology is used responsibly with clear policies, transparency, and accountability, so that the private so that privacy and safety can coexist.

We thank the mayor for considering Isaac Chang and working with the community, and we urge this committee to move this item forward to council.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Gene has it.

And go to CleanOaken.com, and I'll tell you why in a second.

And first, Councilmember Ramachandra.

Go over and visit the LGBTQ Center.

Because you have yet to do that.

Go talk to Mr.

Hawkins.

All right.

And you know what I'm talking about.

So I'll just leave it there.

Go visit it.

Exactly.

I'm glad Councilmember Houston raised the concern around 352, 3.52 with regards to the security contract.

Because in July, if I'm not mistaken, that was supposed to go straight to committee.

So I was shocked to see this on the rules committee this morning without it going back to uh the uh subject matter committee, which was public works, because it was complicated, because staff presented the same thing today what they presented back in July, and so what I would urge you to do when it goes back out, and that's the appropriate thing to do, and the questions should include are there any litigations from any one of the uh applicants because that's important for all the main one, two, three, and four.

They have some litigation, and then why would you do ally and the affiliate is another in the uh uh applicant that's involved with border control, and we're saying to where a city that doesn't make sense to me.

So it's it's important that the questions that you ask have to do with litigation because some of them applicants they've shortchanged their employees, and you could attribute whatever points that you do with regards to the um how you grade them, but that question should be asked.

Also, I've given you all a copy of that special election, uh special meeting you had on the 15th.

It violated Sunshine Brown Act.

Everything is void.

This is a demand letter that you have to cue and correct because everything that you did, and you could go to CleanOaken.com and I got it posted there for the public and see you're in violation.

It's real clear.

If you heard your name and you still wish to speak, please approach the podium.

If not, we will go to our zones.

Council President Jenkins, thanks for allowing me to speak on the AC transit uh interagency liaison committee.

There's one name that's missing from this list.

There's only two council members being appointed, and I know I just talked to the AC council.

Sorry, AC Transit present last night, and she'd definitely like to see all three names, including council member Gaio.

Uh so if you could add that, whether or not it's legally required, that would be good.

I know Councilmember Guyo really wants to continue serving on the interagency liaison committee.

He's been active for the last few years, and I'm hoping that this committee can go ahead and look at issues like fatalities, injuries on international, using AC Transit's cameras to automatically ticket parking and bike lane, etc.

Anyway, thanks for your time.

Yeah, and if it's possible to add him there.

Thank you so much for that.

Okay.

Calling on in Zoom, Adams Adams.

Please state your name for the record so I can ensure that you submitted a speaker's card.

Adams Adams.

Kathy Adams.

Perfect.

Thank you.

You may begin.

Hi, this is Kathy Adams.

I'm actually the president of the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce.

You hear noise because I am at the Congressional Black Caucuses, making sure our voices are heard.

I am commenting on item 3.52.

It is the city of Oakland's responsibility to hire local.

When we talk about the disparities among our black and minority-owned businesses, we always fall short.

And to be also sure that there is a fair process.

We can't keep operating like that.

When the disparity study was released, there was less than one percent of black businesses that got contracts compared to those uh companies and make sure and uh that there are no ice affiliations.

Thank you for your comments.

Um council president, all names have been called.

Thank you so much.

I'll read on the title change for item 3.40.

Uh recommendation to adopt a resolution appointing council members Ken Houston, Charling Wang, and Council Member Noel Gile to the Alameda County Contra Costa Alameda Contra Casa Transit District, AC Transit, Interagency Liaison Committee and appointing Council President Kevin Jenkins as an alternate on this October 7th City Council agenda on consent, okay.

So item 3.14 title change.

Schedule to the 109 rules.

Item 3.39, title change.

Item 3.41, withdraw on no date specific.

Item 3.40, title change.

Item 3.48, Councilmember Ramachandran added as a co-sponsor.

Item 3.52 withdrawing no date specific item 3.54 title change.

And there was a diet's request for travel from District 7 to go to the next city council meeting on consent.

Through the chair, that was quick.

Um I'm not sure if did you withdraw item 330?

Did you reference 330 being withdrawn?

And scheduled to the 109 rules.

It's uh through the chair.

Item 330 is a duplicative item as this item is scheduled for next week's discussion.

Okay, so item 330 withdrawn.

Also through the chair, you mentioned 341 being withdrawn with a new no new date.

Specific.

Okay.

And then we heard the rule 24 is on the record for all these items that were bypassing committee.

And through the chair, you uh you mentioned 352 being withdrawn with the new no new date.

Okay.

Thank you.

I'll entertain a motion.

I will uh move the new scheduling items with amendments second.

Thank you.

Item three was moved by council member five, seconded by council member brown to accept item three as amended with the amendment stated on the record.

On roll, council members Brown.

Aye.

Five.

Aye.

Ramachandron.

Aye.

And Council President Jenkins.

Hi.

Thank you.

The motion passes with four ayes.

Moving to item number four.

Review of draft agendas, pending lists, city council and committee meetings.

Councilmember Ramachandra.

Um thank you.

Um I would like uh sorry, my staff would like to withdraw an item.

Um good morning members of the rural committee, President Jenkins, and members of the rural committee.

Sorry, Iris Marion's chief of staff to council member Ramachandran.

We are withdrawing item number four from CD committee.

Do you need me to read the title or you get okay?

Thank you.

Council member Brown.

To the clerk first, and then council member brown.

Uh through the chair, just um drawing everyone's attention to the sphere draft agenda for the community and economic development committee agenda.

Uh item four uh regarding the economic opportunities grant to Oakland Pro Soccer LLC is what has been requested to be withdrawn from that agenda.

Thank you.

And um, so through the chair to Council Member Ramachandran, um, I just wanted to double check.

Are you also changing the time of uh finance um committee?

Okay, excellent, thank you.

Good morning, Candice uh from the city administrator's office.

Want to bring your attention to the special finance and management committee agenda for September 30th and to item number four, the Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime Investigation Report.

Um, after administration speaking with Councilmember Ungar and Ramachandran, we are asking that this item be withdrawn from the September 30th agenda and rescheduled for October 14th.

And with that, I also bring your attention to the CED, the special CED on September 30th.

Item number four, the econom, excuse me, item number three, my apologies.

MOU between the City of Oakland and the City of Sal Leandro.

We're asking that this also be withdrawn and but rescheduled to October 28th.

CED.

Thank you.

November 4th, I want to move that to a special meeting of the city council at 9 a.m.

As November 4th is election day.

Want to make sure that everybody has the ability to get out there and vote.

Okay, thank you, Council President.

So you are calling a special meeting for November 4th at 9 a.m.

Are we still having the 3 30 meeting through the chair?

No.

Okay, noting the cancellation of the regular meeting to be held at 3 30 to replace it with a 9 a.m.

special meeting.

We have one speaker for item number four, Mr.

Jean Hazard.

So you've already addressed uh the concern I had about 3.52.

So that's going back to the subject matter committee with regards to the uh security contract.

Um also with regards to the comment I just made that the process server gave to the city attorney uh with respect to the legal special city council meeting held on September 15 at 9th order constitutes a violation of a governing statute.

This is a formal demand to cure and correct this elect illegal city council meeting.

Legal framework, California Ralph Brown Act, 54950 54963, 54956.

Special meeting required 24 written hour notice.

The posting was done on Friday the 12th.

You know, it doesn't count the weekend.

So that in itself is illegal.

Uh scope of agenda, a special meeting only the business specified in the notice may be considered.

Courts and uh attorney general opinions make clear that the special meetings are not limited uh for limited urgent time-sensitive matters, not for regular uh business city council meeting.

Oakland City Charter, uh section uh two one three.

Special meetings may only be called by the mayor, council president, or the uh majority of the council.

That's why I listed everybody because I don't know who called that meeting, but must state the specific business to be transacted.

Regular business public hearings, and routine consent calendar items are to be heard at regular meetings unless lawful urgency exists.

Notice timing, weekend posting does not count toward 24 hour notice, government code 54956, see Shapiro San Diego City Council.

Posting Friday for a Monday morning meeting where Saturday and Sunday or non-business days deprives the public of advocate notice and does that it conclude to the public speakers?

Thank you for your comments, Chair.

That was our last speaker.

I only speak.

Thank you so much.

So September 30th item number four, finance move to October 14th, September 30 of CED item three, rescheduled to October 28th, item four on CED withdrawn, item five, October 16th, withdrawn and reschedule November 4th special meeting.

Uh the city council, 9 a.m.

I'll entertain a motion.

So moved.

Second, thank you to speak.

Item 4 was moved by Councilmember Ramachandran, seconded by Councilmember Brown to accept item four as amended with an amendment stated on record on roll.

Council members Brown.

Aye.

Five.

Aye.

Thank you so much.

Councilmember Ramachandran.

Aye.

And Chair Jenkins.

Aye.

Thank you.

Item four is accepted with four ayes as amended.

Moving to item number five.

Adopt the resolution amending and resating the council's rules of procedure in their entirety in order to one assure council meetings run in orderly and efficient manner.

Two allow for non-consent items to be heard earlier in the meeting.

Three, create an additional presiding officer position to serve as presiding officer in the absence of the council president, and four make non-substantive technical edits.

So this item has been withdrawn and rescheduled, but we still will hear public comment.

Thank you.

Calling on Kevin Daly and Jean Hazard.

Thanks, Councilmember Ramachandran for introducing for looking at the rules and procedures.

And while we're doing this, I want to look at ways of making it easier for public for the public to comment.

Currently, the rules for committee, you can sign up 24 hours ahead of time remotely or 10 minutes after the meeting starts in person.

Councilmember Jenkins was kind enough to let me talk anyway, even though I screwed up.

But I would like to look at making it easier for the public to comment.

I was at the AC Transit meeting last night.

They allowed people to sign up remotely at any time.

I know the council's more popular than AC transit, and I know it'll be a pain for the clerks, a little bit of a pain for the clerks, but I'd like to look at ways that we can make it easier.

Right now, it is easiest for people like me who come all the time, and yet I still screw up, or for the professional commenters who who are paid to be here, someone who comes in off the street.

I often hear people saying, Oh, I'm here 11 minutes after meeting start.

I made it all the way out here, but I'm not allowed to comment.

What can we do to make it easier for council meetings and committee meetings to encourage the public to comment without letting the meetings get out of control?

Hoping that my council member Ramachandran will look at that as she's making edits to the rules and procedures.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Mr.

Hazard.

Under your proposed rule change.

Rule five number D special meetings upon making such urgency findings.

You didn't do that on May 15th.

Improperly noticed posting Friday, September 12th for Monday.

Unlawful scope of the agenda.

The agenda included consent items, two public hearings, non-consent items.

These are regular business matters, not emergency items, including them exceeded the statutory limits of 54956.

Failure to establish the urgency emergency basis, no documented urgency or emergency was identified.

Special meeting held one day before the regular scheduled September 16th regular meeting shows a lack of necessity.

Government code section 54960 provides that any action taken in violation of section 54953 open notice requirements 54954 agenda posting 54956 special meeting is subject to being null and void.

Shapiro v.

San Diego, Council 2029 Cal app 904.

Council violated the Brown Act on items not properly noticed for a special meeting.

Actions were held null and void.

Civil enforcement TRO Governing Code 54960 authorizes civil actions to enjoy violations of the threat of violations.

Application procedural defects, inadequate notice, lack of urgency basis, agenda and properly included at regular business item, consequence of the entire September 15th meeting was conducted in violation of the Brown Act and the Oakland City Charter.

Actions taken that meetings are subject.

Thank you, Mr.

Hazard.

That was our only speaker.

So I'll understand a motion to withdraw this.

And schedule to the next rules.

Second.

Thank you.

There was a motion made by Councilmember Waman Chandran, seconded by Councilmember Brown to withdraw this item and reschedule it to this October 16th.

Rules and legislation committee agenda on roll to reschedule this item.

Council members Brown.

Aye.

Five?

Aye.

Ramachandran.

Aye.

And Council Jenkins.

Councilman Jenkins.

Thank you.

The motion passes with four ayes to continue this.

I'm sorry, to reschedule to the October 16th rules committee.

We now have open forum.

Kevin Daly, Rajney Mandez, and Jean Hazard for open forum.

Illegal September 15th City Council meeting.

Reminis.

My demand.

Cure and correct.

Conclusion.

The statutory demand for the individual named above, which is the mayor, the president of the council, and all council members.

Because I don't know who initiated that special meeting.

Named above to cue and correct the violation of the legal unlawful special city council meeting of Monday, September 15th, 2025 at 9 30 a.m.

This action is in accordance with the 30-day demand.

You have 30 days to cure and correct, okay?

From the service.

The service was done on uh September twenty-two because the violation above involves the agenda defect.

Because you had two ways of the Raj Demondell District 4.

I'm a mom of two young kids who lives in the Glenarms neighborhood of Montclair.

I'm not a representative of the police department political group or special interest group.

About a year ago, my neighbors realized that we could keep our home safe, our block safe, but that doesn't fix the problem that Oakland is not safe.

We wanted the basics for police to come when we called 911 and to have police patrol in our area.