Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Councilmember Five.

Good morning and welcome to the.

Good morning.

Trying to associate with the people.

Good morning and welcome to the rules and legislation committee meeting of Thursday, November 20th.

Before I call roll, I will go over speaker card instructions.

If you're looking to speak on any agenda item, you must fill out a speaker's card before the item is called or ten minutes after the start of this meeting.

This meeting was called to order at ten thirty-two AM, making that time eleven thirty-two AM.

So fill out a speaker's card, you can get a card from one of the ladies at the front desk.

And you must submit that card before the item is called for discussion, or again, ten minutes within the start of this meeting.

So two announcements because of the matter of speakers.

Item number 3.36 will not be scheduled today.

Thank you for that announcement.

Going to item two, approval of the draft minutes from the committee meeting of November 6th, 2025.

I don't have any speakers, just need a motion.

Move approval.

Second.

There is a motion by council member five.

Seconded by Council Member Brown.

Council Member Brown.

Aye.

Council Member Five.

Aye.

Chair Jenkins.

Aye.

Motion passes with a vote of three ayes, one excuse.

Rama Chandron.

Going to item 3.1.

Under new scheduling items.

A resolution accepting and appropriating funds from the East Bay Community Foundation in an amount not to exceed 279,000 to support two staff positions in the mayor's office.

And this is asked to go before the December 2nd City Council agenda on consent.

Item 3.2 confirming the mayor's appointments of Emily Habanaski to the commission on persons with disabilities.

This is going to the December 2nd City Council Agenda on Consent.

Item 3.3 confirming the mayor's appointments of Denise Schmidt, Shada Rajer, Tanya Love to the Bicyclist Advisory Pedestrian Advisory Commission.

This is asked to go before the December 2nd, 2025, City Council agenda on consent.

Tanya Love and Jesse Olsen to the bicycle pedestrian advisory commission.

Just an extra individual for the appointment.

Thank you.

So again, can you clarify the change?

Oh, yes.

Uh resolution confirming the mayor's appointment of Denise Schmidt, Shada Rajer, Tanya Love, Jesse and Jesse Olson to the bicycle pedestrian advisory commission.

Okay, thank you.

And just please uh ensure that the legislation is received to my office.

Going to item 3.4, a resolution confirming the mayor's appointment of Vanessa Zamora and Raina Badar Matley to the budget advisory commission on the December 2nd City Council agenda on consent.

Item 3.5 I believe has a title change.

Title change when you're ready.

Okay.

Staff recommends that the city council conduct a public hearing and upon conclusion adopt a resolution finding Matthew Bernard and Lynn Warner, owners of record of assessor, parcel number 48H-7672-18.

In violation of the Oakland Municipal Code, Chapter 12.36 in parentheses protected trees by illegally removing 38 protected trees at said parcel and imposing a penalty pursuant to chapter 12.36.150 of the Oakland Municipal Code of a total sum of 915, 135.40 cents to place a hold on any building permits and place a lien for said property until this penalty is paid in full.

And if I may uh through the chair, um to count uh rules committee staff and uh department staff.

We also are amendable if um admissible the item be scheduled to December 16th City Council rather than the second, noting that there's uh multiple public hearings, and this will help alleviate uh an impact at council.

So if you are amendable, we would prefer uh that the item be scheduled to December 16th council as a public hearing, thank you going to item 3.6 a resolution amending resolution number 88341 to appeal the 2020 encampment management policy in replaced with the 2025 encampment abatement policy that defines encampment to exclude vehicles and authorizes citation and tooing of an inhabited vehicles by city departments pursuant to the California Vehicle Code and Oakland Vehicle Code continues to require reasonable efforts to make shelter offers and seven-day notice prior to non-urgent encampment closures and clarifies emergency and urgent health and safety conditions that authorize immediate 24 hour or 72-hour notice for encampment closures, including encampments blocking sidewalks on the December 2nd City Council agenda on non-consent.

It's a long that's a long title, Trinity.

Uh the chair, uh, we are seeking to schedule the EAP to the December 2nd City Council meeting on non-consent.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Item 3.7, a resolution calling and giving notice for the holding of a special municipal election on June 2nd, 2026, for the purpose of submitting to the voters a measure to amend the city's business tax ordinance to provide business tax exemptions for certain small businesses and new businesses opening locations and commercial spaces and requesting consolidation of the municipal election with the statewide direct primary election to be held in the city of Oakland on June 2nd, 2026, directing the city clerk to take any and all actions necessary under law to submit this measure to voters at the June 2nd, 2026 election and making appropriate SQL findings.

This is asked to go before the December 4th rules and legislation committee.

Item 3.8, a resolution calling and giving notice for the holding of a special municipal election on June 2nd for the purpose of submitting to the voters a measure that would amend city charter section 2601 to among other things expand the eligibility for members of the police and fire retirement board, change the board meeting frequency from monthly to no less than quarterly, requesting consolidation of the special municipal election with the statewide direct primary election to be held in the city of Oakland on June 2nd, directing the city clerk to take any and all actions necessary under law to submit this measure to voters at the June 2nd, 2026 election, and a making appropriate sequel findings on the December 4th rules and legislation committee agenda.

Item 3.9 an information report from the city auditor on the audit of the kids' first open children's fund for fiscal years 18 through 19 through fiscal years 23 through 24 on the December 9th, 2025, Finance and Management Committee Agenda.

Item 3.10, an information report on the ratings for the general obligation bonds from Moody's Invest Investor Service and Standard and Poor Ratings on the December 9th Finance and Management Committee Agenda.

Item 3.11, a resolution waiving the competitive building competitive bidding process and the local small local business enterprise program requirements and authorizing the city administrator to execute a five-year renewal of the professional services agreement with HDL software and the amount not to exceed $1,670,000 for all five years for the provision of technical support ongoing maintenance software upgrades for the city's local tax software solution and printing and mailing services on the December 9th Finance and Management Committee Agenda.

Item 3.12 in Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency Resolution, approving the submission of a recognized obligation payment schedule in Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency, administrative budget for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and transmission of both to the country.

I'm sorry, Countywide Oversight Board and Alameda County Auditor Controller and the State Department of Finance for approval on the December 9th Finance and Management Committee Agenda.

Item 3.13, a resolution authorizing professional services agreement with Francisco and Associates for Engineering Services for various local measures and for the City of Oakland landscape and lighting assessment district for a three-year term effective January 1, 26 through December 31, 2028, with an option to extend for two additional years without returning to council for a total contract amount not to exceed 550,000 and waiving the local small business enterprise requirements on the December 9th Finance and Management Committee Agenda.

Item 3.14, a resolution updating the City of Oakland's environmentally preferable purchasing policy to align with the short-lived climate pollutants acts, the city's 2030 Equitable Climate Plan, and the City's Reusable Food Wear Ordinance, and authorizing the city administrators to implement such policy and approve future policy updates on the December 9th public works and transportation committee agenda.

Item 3.15.

And enable rapid compliance in the event of the parties of Curron versus City of Oakland reach settlement to specify that the waiver includes local small local business participation, local employment and apprenticeship requirements on the December 9th public works and transportation committee agenda.

Item 3.16, a resolution authorizing the city administrator to accept a grant from CalSTART and the amount of up to $800,000 for Oakland Electric Bike Lending Program.

Amend the professional services agreement with Bike Hub to operate the electric electric bike lending program for an additional four-year term in an amount not to exceed 66,203 per year for a total contract amount over four years of 264 64,812, waiving advertising bidding and the request for proposal qualifications, competitive selection process, and adopting appropriate sequel findings on the December 9th public works and transportation committee agenda.

Item 3.17, a resolution authorizing the city administrator to negotiate terms for an exclusive negotiating agreement with Costco Wholesale Corporation and DECA companies to develop a Costco Wholesale and Retail General Merchandise Facility in the North Gateway development area of the former Oakland Army base and declaring their property exempt surplus land on the December 9th City.

I'm sorry, December 9th CED committee.

Item 3.18, a resolution accepting the annual report on the affordable housing, transportation, capital improvement, and jobs and housing impact fees for fiscal years 24 through 25 on the January 27th, 2026 community and economic development committee agenda, and on the February 3rd City Council agenda.

And just noting that there is no need for a public hearing on this item, so that part will be removed.

Starting with item 3.19, which are the recommendations and actions from all of the committee meetings of this week.

Starting with item 3.19, the vacant property ordinance amendments.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forwarded this item to the December 25th.

I'm sorry, December 2nd, 2025 City Council Agenda on Consent.

Item 3.20 regarding the information report on special revenue collection.

The committee approved, I'm sorry, the committee continued this item to the April 21st, 2026 Finance and Management Committee Agenda.

Item 3.21, the cash management report for fiscal year 25 through 26.

The committee received and filed this item in committee.

Item 3.22, and these are your recommendations and actions from the Public Works and Transportation Committee of November 18th.

Item 3.22, Lakeside Drive, Lake Merritt Boulevard Complete Streets Construction Contract.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forwarded this item to the December 2nd, 2025 City Council Agenda on Non-Consent.

Item 3.23.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forwarded this item to the December 2nd, 2025 City Council Agenda on Consent.

Item 3.24 of the Oakland Municipal Code Chapter 10.20 administrative updates.

The committee approved the recommendation of staff and forwarded this item to the December 2nd City Council meeting on consent.

Going to your recommendations from this the CED committee from November 18th, starting with item 3.25, the MOU for the third for 30 Blair Place.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and to forward this item to the December 2nd, 2025 City Council Agenda on Consent.

Item 3.26, the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation property sale and loan forgiveness.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forwarded this item to the December 2nd City Council Agenda on Consent.

Item 3.27, the economic activation zones.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forwarded this item to the December 2nd City Council agenda on consent.

And that does include both pieces of legislation, the resolution, and the ordinance.

Item 3.28, the planning code amendments to the streamlined conditional use permit regulations.

The committee approved this item as amended to forward this item to the December 2nd City Council agenda with the following amendments.

Amending Title 17 of the Oakland Municipal Code to adjust regulations for a permitted and content conditionally permitted activities and facilities for purposes of providing greater opportunities for ground floor activities and ease the permitting burden for commercial civic and low impact industrial activation and make related miscellaneous cleanup and administrative changes and making appropriate SQL findings and the following revisions retain L4 for administrative civic activities in all zones in table 17.17.01 and add a footnote to table 17.11.060 staging food service and other concessions does not include any temporary structures or movable carts or trucks, see um omc chapters 5.51 and 12.64.

Item 3.29 citywide permit reform the fall 2025 update, the committee received and filed this item in committee.

Going with your recommendations, which includes the actions of the November 18th life enrichment committee, starting with item 3.30, the fiscal year 25 through 27 budget amendment cultural affairs manager, the committee approved the recommendations of staff, and to forward this item to the December 2nd City Council agenda on consent, item 3.31, the disparities and contract study update, the committee received and filed this item in committee.

Item 3.32, the senior comparison program foster grandparent program.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forward this item to the December 2nd City Council Agenda on Consent.

Item 3.33, the City of Oakland's annual contributions to youth ventures joint powers authority.

The city, I'm sorry, the committee approved their recommendations of staff and forwarded this item to the December 2nd City Council agenda on consent.

Item 3.34, the early childhood, multi-state contracts for fiscal year 26 through 27.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and to forward this item to the December 2nd City Council agenda on consent.

And that is for both uh parts, both resolutions.

I'm sorry, all three resolutions.

Item 3.35, the Flex Street Program Public Street Closures.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forwarded this item to the December 2nd City Council Agenda on Consent.

Moving to the recommendations and actions of the November 18th Public Safety Committee, item 3.36, the OPD community safety camera system and flock contract.

This item failed in committee with a vote of two eyes, two no's.

Item 3.30.

Can we can we stop there?

And I know there's a lot of public interest in this comment.

So just saying this, council members, can you guys confirm that this item will not be scheduled at this meeting?

Excellent.

Um, yes, and I think I also sent um some emails out that just states that um here at the rules and legislation committee, we always review the actions that occur at any committee, and so um for those of you who were present um on Tuesday night, well into the night, um, you know that the item died in committee, and so um all that is happening today is restating the actions of the committee, and so for this item to come back, it would need to come back as a new scheduling item.

Councilman, council member five.

Thank you, Chair Jenkins.

I was told that this item would be scheduled by from the floor by another council member that was attempting to schedule something through the rules committee.

So if that is not occurring, then I um I'm happy to hear that.

So is the council member here?

I don't know.

Gotcha.

Okay, so this item will not be scheduled.

This item will not be scheduled today.

Continuing on with the standard practice of the rules and legislation committee.

Going to item 3.37, the OPD Crime report.

This item was received and filed in committee.

Going to item 3.38, the performance out of Oakland's police emergency Response Times.

The committee received and forwarded this item to the December 2nd City Council agenda on consent.

And your item, excuse me.

Your final item under uh new scheduling and committee actions 3.39, the report on the city's excuse me, domestic violence activities.

The committee received and filed this item in committee.

I believe you do have a request on the dais.

At least I heard through the grave line.

I don't have it, um, but I can read it if somebody passes me the copy.

Um, maybe not, staff go ahead.

Good morning.

Uh Erica Vasquez, management assistant, uh, Oakland Public Works Equipment Services.

I would like to add this item to the December 9th Public Works and Transportation Meeting.

Uh staff recommends that the City Council adopt the resolution.

One accepting and appropriating grant funds from the Environmental Protection Agency Clean Heavy Duty Vehicles Program in the amount of one million three hundred sixty-four thousand one hundred fifty-four dollars.

Two, accepting and appropriating grant funds from the Alamity Alameda County Transportation Commission Fund for Clean Air Program in the amount of one hundred four thousand dollars.

Three authorizing the city administrator to enter into a cooperative agreement pursuant to Oakland Municipal Code Section 2.04.080 with a tech equipment through source well contract number one one zero two two three THC for the purchase of one refuse hauler in an amount not to exceed of five hundred forty thousand dollars.

B Owen equipment sells through source well contract number zero nine three zero two one ELG for the purchase of three electricity sweepers in an amount not to exceed two million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars C beam global through the United States General Service Administration GSA Contract Number 47 QSWA21D 0006 for the purchase of one electric solar panel charger and an amount not to exceed 100,800 885.89 cents and D, in charge energy inc through source wall contract number 051123 INC to design build purchase and maintain 15 electric vehicle chargers and an amount not to exceed 1,400,000 dollars for appropriating two million six hundred thirty-four thousand six hundred and nine dollars from available fund balance in the comprehensive cleanup fund 1720 for grant matching purposes five appropriating one million six hundred forty-four thousand one hundred seventy-four dollars from available fund balance in the equipment fund 4100 for grant matching purposes and six adopting appropriate California Environmental Quality Act findings.

Thank you.

Through the chair, I believe council member Wong's staff also had a diet request.

Hi.

Excuse me.

Uh good morning uh chairperson.

My name is Huey.

I'm with the uh finance department.

We have a title change request for item number 311, and I'm gonna go ahead and read that into the record.

Okay, so for item 311.

Oops.

Um, the title is gonna be read as resolution waiving the comparative multi-step solicitation process for IT contract and the local small local business enterprise program requirements, and authorizing the city administrator to execute a five-year professional service agreement with HDL software, LLC, in an amount of uh in an amount not to exceed 1.6 million dollars for the provision of technical support, ongoing maintenance, software upgrades for the city local tax software solution and printing and mailing services.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And going to the public speakers for item three.

Raj Mandal.

Again, you can approach approach the podium in any order.

Please state your name for the record before beginning.

If you are participating on Zoom, please raise your hand so I can easily identify you in uh give you your appropriate time, and Zoom speakers will be called after the speakers in chambers.

Rajni Mandal, Reem Sullivan, Juan Albanil, maybe.

Sorry if I said the incorrectly, Adam Alexander Wolf, Blair Beekman, Musa Tariq, Madeline Madeline Stacey, James Breden, Jim Donatell, Kat Brooks, Lance Wilson, Jennifer II, T.J.

Grayson, Margaret Ann Farrow, Armando Solazano, Michael Paitook, sorry if I said the incorrectly, I feel like I say it wrong every time.

Liana Sun, Alex M.

Kevin Daly, Chris Moore, Stacia Hansen, uh, Alno Rose, I can't read the first name on Vernon, Stephanie Train, Jason Martins, Alexandra.

Go ahead.

And again, please state your name so we can assign you the appropriate amount of time.

Sure.

Uh, my name is Reem Suleiman.

Uh, I am a district six uh resident, and uh I work for Fight for the Future as well and a former PAC member.

Uh I was one of the people that gave testimony on Tuesday night, and I know this is not scheduled and not debated, but I do think that there's a broader point related to this that I feel is important to make.

Uh, plus I already paid for parking.

Um, so I wanted to share that yesterday.

What happened uh, especially with OUSD really demonstrates why it's so important for anybody who's even considering bringing this flock contract back in any form, that this is an incredible, incredible danger.

Um, and I know that several council members have made statements to community members and to the press that you know contradicted what was clarified in this meeting, and so I think that needs to be called out.

Um I'm a parent of a first grade child in OUSD.

My neighborhood is constantly flyering outside of the highway in my neighborhood to protect each other from.

Thank you for your comments.

Your time is expired.

Hello, my name is Margaret Farrow.

I'm a member of the Alameda County Library Advisory Commission, a local business owner, and a security professional.

And I was also here to speak about Flock.

And I think now that we've decided as a community that we are united in not expanding the FLOC contract.

We ought to also revisit terminating the existing flock contract and getting rid of the cameras we already have.

In the security field, when we talk about risk, we speak about the likelihood and the impact of those risks.

In Flock's case, we have a 100% likelihood that they will be selling out our neighbors for deportation if we continue to have these devices in our communities.

At that point, there is no reason we should continue to use even the cameras that are already within our community.

And I understand that my council member was one of those who was not with the majority on this, and I hope that we can have more dialogue within our community.

As when we are discussing in tech spaces, flock cameras.

They are seen as an egregious outlier.

People with a background in this field do not view these as equivalent to their competitors, and there are other options.

One so the EAP failed to pass committee, just like Flock, but trying to bring it back to the full council.

I think you're subverting the normal legislative process.

If Flock is dead, EAP should be dead too.

I don't think you need any new legislation to implement homelessness solutions.

The EMP gives authority to establish co-governed encampments.

You could activate vacant lots, provide the bare minimum of sanitation infrastructure.

The county can pay for expensive wraparound services, professional health care, case management staff.

I'm familiar with the case studies for these types of interventions and multiple community-based proposals.

You could open these sites for like 70 to 100,000 a year.

Compare that to 8.4 million for the Wood Street cabins, which had leaking sewage and inhumane conditions.

Do you know architect Michael Pyatok?

He has designs ranging from tent platforms all the way to like micro apartments, RV parking cabins, everything in between, service centers, and um workshops and classrooms, things for people to do.

And he worked with unhoused people over years, and that's a community-based solution.

Hello, James Breden, uh 20-year resident of Oakland here to speak in favor of the flock cameras.

Uh, our neighborhood uh put in flock cameras uh two years ago.

Uh we ended up stopping a group of criminals.

Just one example of a success story that had been coming and uh accosting people at gunpoint as they got out of their cars, women walking them into their homes, and robbing them blind.

Uh we were able to get provide a license plate with our flock cameras.

The OPD was able to use the license plate we provided with flock cameras to find the perpetrators, which was a group out of Modesto that had done it more than 12 times in Oakland.

They were arrested.

They have not done it since.

So that's just one case.

We've uh been able to use them for multiple success stories like that.

That is, I think the most obvious one, where a group of serial violent criminals were stopped.

So thank you very much for considering that.

Good morning, council members.

My name is Jim Donatel, a 20-year Oakland resident.

I am here in support of putting Flock renewal on the council's agenda.

Some data points.

OPD's operational strength is at 511.

That's a third, that's 36% less than the 800 recommended.

OPD needs tools that deliver results not fewer.

Flock technology has accounted for over 300 public safety successes.

That's 300 times Oakland was made safer.

Twenty-three neighboring cities in Alameda and Contra Costa use Flock technology.

Ending this program sends the wrong message.

Come to Oakland, you won't get chased, and you won't get caught.

Please add this item to the full council agenda.

Thank you.

My name's Alex.

I'm just gonna read from an AP news article that just dropped today.

Um, the the first paragraph says the U.S.

Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.

If you're familiar with Flock's uh operating system, they specifically advertise patterning as one of their AI tools.

Now, this is just one example that is breaking now of how the CBP is beginning to integrate into this massive surveillance network and building their own.

If we don't think that they're going to develop their network using Flock's camera system, we're crazy.

One specific comment that I want to say in regard to the lies that the OPD has been spreading.

Law enforcement agencies across Southern California violated state law more than a hundred times last month by sharing information from automatic license plate readers with federal agents.

This is published.

This is happening.

Hi, my name's Lena Sun.

Um, D1 resident.

Uh I'm wondering about the schedule item 3.6.

Am I allowed to uh get an answer?

What exactly the council agenda item on non-consent is?

Does that mean it's being up for a vote?

So can you uh did not understand what you said?

Oh, I am trying to understand the item 3.6 if it's being put to vote on December 2nd.

Council agenda item on non-consent what?

3.6.

For the EAP.

3.6.

EIP.

Yeah, EAP will come on December 2nd.

Does that mean it's being put to a vote?

Yes.

It is okay.

So you can start my public comments.

Um, I had two minutes, but I'll I'll try to be brief.

We I'm as far as I know, I don't believe we have the amendments to the EAP yet, so we don't know what changes are going to happen to the encampment abatement policy.

For the folks in the room, the encampment abatement policy is an anti-homeless measure to criminalize people being in vehicles last that we saw of the draft.

If there are significant amendments that are being placed, we need to know what those are so that we can understand how the public is going to be impacted.

There are many thousands of homeless uh residents in Oakland, and we need to know what's going to happen to them if this were to pass.

Right now, we have no idea what's going on.

We don't have the amendments.

We don't know, and it's going for a vote after being defeated in the public safety council.

This is irresponsible, and we need more transparency.

Thank you.

Good morning.

My name is Sasha Hansen.

Um, I just wanted to publicly thank council members Fife and Brown for their responsiveness to the will of the people on Tuesday evening for recognizing that flock surveillance systems cannot be in uh conjunction with Oakland sanctuary status or with our statewide sanctuary status.

So thank you to both of you for your responsiveness to the people who came out and council member five specifically for your leadership um on this issue.

Hi, my name is Juan Albanel.

I'm here to reiterate my opposition to the flock contract.

Um again, also thank you to council members Brown and Fife for uh voting no on this issue.

I'm really glad that we will not be wasting 2.25 million dollars on a company that has such a horrible track record of outdated operating systems, backdoors left and right, leaks, hacks, uh, and just a lot of lying.

Um, as someone who's worked in tech and startup world, trusting some trusting a company that's backed by Peter Thiel and the people that are backing this this um this company is it for the safety of our people seems uh very irresponsible.

So I'm glad that we are not proceeding with this.

Uh and again, I just want to share on top of all the great reasons that have been discussed already that uh on Tuesday I believe Secure Justice filed a suit to shut down uh the entire LPR program.

Um so I do want to keep pushing the council to not just uh go against this new contract, but also shut down the existing cameras.

Thank you.

Uh Lance Wilson with the anti-police terror project.

Uh I'm here today to publicly thank uh Councilmember Five for her fearless leadership uh for voting no on Flock because we know what Flock does to our communities.

It can they they share the data with the Trump administration and and you know kidnap our community members and you know, just for her to stand up and you know be such the fierce leader that we need in Oakland.

I really appreciate you.

I also appreciate you uh council member brown for voting no uh on that.

And just yesterday uh, you know, ICE was in our community the day after we voted on these flock cameras, you know, capturing and and harming our community members that's just simply going to pick up their kids from school.

So I just want folks to realize that you know uh this is mass surveillance, and the Trump administration is gun-ho on deporting folks to have like Councilmember Fife said they have a quota to meet for 3,000 people, so that they're coming into our community.

So thank you.

Good morning, Council members.

I have three items to speak on 3.7, 3.27, 3.36.

Please state your name.

Sorry, Stephanie Tran.

Um 3.7 business relief.

Um, Stephanie Tran, president of the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce.

On behalf of our organization, we express our support for the business tax relief.

Our small businesses continue to face real economic challenges, and a tax relief will provide timely and practical relief by easing some of these initial tax burdens for new and emerging businesses.

The city is really helping to help entrepreneurs build a strong sustainable operation from day one and hopefully to attract also new businesses to fill some of our vacant spaces.

So to keep it short, just really want to thank Councilmember Unger and Council Member Ramashandran for this initiative.

Um matters of 3.27 uh entertainment zone.

Oakland Chinatown is one of the oldest and most culturally significant business districts, and we continue to express our disappointment that Chinatown was not included in the initial pilot zone.

However, we do believe that economic entertainment and AI zone is an important step towards revitalizing our commercial corridors and supporting small businesses and expanding equitable access across all of Oakland.

So we continue to request that the city works with the Chinatown Chamber and our community partners to ensure that Chinatown is considered for future phases.

And again, thank you, Councilmember Brown, for your initiative around this and really carving the pathway for us to continue to have um economic zones throughout this city.

Um 3.7 cameras.

Um public safety again is a top concern for our businesses.

Ten years ago, we decided to create a camera system because of a violent crime that happened within our community.

Um, and today we operate more than 50 cameras in Chinatown, but we need clear responsible rules to guide how the Oakland police department uses and is accountable to technology.

So we support the OPD camera uh surveillance use policy because we believe it provides a strong um uh outline of procedures, accountability, and privacy protections.

But at the same time, we do believe that the city's um has a duty because of our sanctuary policy, and it is a non-negotiable um that we need to make sure we protect our immigrant community and any contract with any technology surveillance um must take that into consideration and thank you to Councilmember Wong for trying to find a pathway for this to balance technology and the uh while protecting severely civil liberties at the same time, and of course, the rest of Council Member Five Brown uh in Houston that stayed very late to um trying to figure out a pathway for our city to move forward in this matter.

So thank you all.

Hi, good morning.

Jennifer too with American Friends Service Committee, uh also a D1 resident.

Um I just want to thank uh Council members Brown and Fife uh for uh listening to residents of Oakland and the current concern we have for our fellow for our neighbors uh who may be targeted by ICE and to to hear the residents' concerns.

Um I also want to just briefly thank uh this body for recognizing uh what was recommended out of the or not recommended out of both uh the public safety committee and also the privacy advisory committee.

Thank you for uh listening to the uh recommendations out of those bodies and respecting that and not agendizing uh this issue further.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Uh my name is Anaya Rose.

I am in district one.

I've lived in Oakland for more than 40 years.

Do you want me to spell my first name?

Okay, I wanted to start out also by thanking council members Fife and Brown for Tuesday night.

And I need to uh restate uh my opinion about FLOC.

Oh, and great.

Thanks for giving me two minutes because I signed up for several items.

Um I do not want to live in a surveillance society.

I oppose the two-year contract for two point two five million dollars, which will want to be refunded in two more years for more money, likely including OPD drones.

I am concerned that the issues brought up by the privacy committee has not really been answered.

I am concerned that there have been numerous data breaches in other cities.

Particularly think about what happened in Evanston, Evanston, where they eventually had to cover the cameras with plastic garbage bags.

And it's clear that OPD can't or won't regulate the use of the database by outside agencies such as ICE and CPB, and someone else talked about how there's just been these um breaches.

I'm concerned that the license plate readers are capturing people's faces from both Flock and from privately owned cameras.

I'm concerned that we are not sufficiently addressing the root causes of crime, predominantly poverty and insufficient services.

I do not want this database, this data to be collected.

There's evidence that the code is vulnerable to hacking, which could override any effort to control the sharing and protect our data.

Flock has lied, saying that they have no federal contracts, but it turns out they do.

Even if you trust that they will disallow such access to the feds, such sharing could be done through CHP or surreptitiously by individuals with access, i.e.

OPD.

Uh thank you for taking it off the agenda, and I certainly hope it does not come back.

Hi, I'm Alexandra.

I call district two home.

The people of the town showed up on Tuesday.

We stayed late into the night to speak out.

Oakland City Council heard our very thoughtful and well-researched responses to this contract and to the proposed amendments.

What you heard was a resounding no.

We do not consent to being surveilled.

We do not want Oakland to contract with our privacy and our data.

We cannot trust Flock safety to keep our data secure.

We cannot trust Flock or OPD to prevent our data from being shared with federal agents who are terrorizing our neighborhoods.

Members of this council should always resist and shut down attempts to circumvent the regular process in order to override the voices of the people of Oakland who elected you to represent us.

The people said no, and the council voted it down.

Thank you, and I ask that you uphold that vote.

Members of the council, my name is Michael Pyotock.

I'm here to speak on 3.6, the uh encampment management policy change that's being proposed.

I'm an architect.

I was trained to be logical and problem solver.

I see no logic or sensible problem solving in this proposed change.

If you're gonna be removing encampments, towing vehicles, whether RVs or cars, you have to have a decent shelter service in place.

Oakland is not even close to that.

In fact, it's closing uh uh shelters right now, particularly the former cabin communities, which I had had a part in helping to make.

So I'm familiar with the numbers.

You're reducing the slots available in shelters at the same time, you're going to be expanding the displacement of people.

So you're not solving the problem as a homeowner and a business founder in the city.

You're making matters worse for us because you're turning thousands of people into itinerants who have no place to go but roam the streets.

It's gonna be harmful for them, harmful for those of us who are trying to maintain our homes and our businesses.

You've got to have more shelters.

Measure W is there.

There are organizations out here coming up with very sensible ways of dramatically expanding the availability of shelters.

So get those shelters in place before you start removing people.

And I'm looking at you, Councilman Jenkins and Houston, who's not here, because you're the primary movers of this thing, which keeps coming back against the people's wishes.

Buenos días, Council members.

Um this is a much of a repeat of Tuesday.

My name is Jose Antonio Dorado, uh Vice Chair of the Comunidad de Comerciantes de Fruvale.

I'm proud to say I'm an Oakland Tikano, born on East 10th in Jingletown and raised on 30th Avenue.

My office is on Fruitvale, where I continue the work my father started 70 years ago.

In those 70 years, I've seen great changes in Oakland.

The most important ones were the struggles of the people against the rich and powerful in Oakland.

This is that is specifically why we now have a city council that looks like you, rather than a bunch of old white male Republican fat cats from downtown in the hills.

Recently we've seen a resurgence of this power base who wants to take us back to those bad old days.

Well, we ain't going back.

Ladies and gentlemen, the current question really isn't about cameras, it's about representation.

Let me remind you that Open has fought long and hard to elect true representative of the people.

Will you betray that legacy?

The people elected you represent them.

Thank you, Mr.

Mr.

Dorado.

Was there anything else you have to say?

The people elected you to represent them, the majority of the city, not only downtown and not only the hills.

Don't you ever forget that?

We won't.

Muchas gracias.

Thank you, Mr.

Dorado.

Now moving to the Zoom speakers.

Blair Beekman, please mute yourself and begin your comments.

Teresa, please give me my co-host abilities back.

Thank you.

Mr.

Beekman, please unmute yourself and begin your comments.

Hi.

It took a while for the thing to show up.

Thank you.

Thank you for allowing me three minutes.

Um I wanted I had uh several items I wanted to speak to.

Uh 3.6 to repeal the 2020 encampment policy.

Um I have not been much around for that issue.

It was a new discovered uh defined by yourselves, and uh I will be uh wanting to see the updates on it.

Thank you for public comment on it today as well.

Um 3.2 and 3.22 is uh pointing people to the bicycle commission streets.

I think these two items can be connected in the way of how we will be considering the future of our technology.

Uh Lakeside Complete Streets is an eight million dollar project.

That's a lot.

And I'm very concerned about um overall tech issues that I think the bicycle commission can be a really good place in in their, you know, working technology plans for bicycle routes in the future, to also have a good sense of uh good accountable tech practices that are happening at this time.

That are uh and are we can't about policy, them to understand that as a bicycle commission is a really important feature concept towards uh I don't know, the sustainable holistic goals we're all trying to go to.

So um, I just wanted to mention those things and how we build the future complete streets.

It has to be accountable and good policies, uh, that we can all understand, and that we're not afraid to talk about this tech.

It's safe.

We can be safe, it can be safe to talk about.

Uh cash management, uh crime data, and emergency spot times.

Looks like we lost Mr.

Beekman going to our next speaker.

Rajni Mandel, have you with one card?

Please unmute yourself and begin your comments.

Rajni Mandal District 4.

Uh, I on Tuesday night, hundreds of people came to the public safety committee meeting.

We heard one viewpoint loudly, but many others who came to speak were intimidated, harassed, and silenced.

And some told me they're afraid of being targeted afterwards.

Those who did speak were heckled and talked over by much of the audience.

Rule 15 requires a chair to maintain order and prevent conduct that is disruptive, disturbs the peace, and good order of the meeting, or maliciously attacks individuals.

The Brown Act requires meetings to be open and accessible to all members of the public.

What happened on Tuesday was not open at all.

It was hostile and exclusionary.

My neighbors are not regulars at City Hall.

If this is what they see, they'll never come back.

Even Zoom callers couldn't be heard over the chaos in the chamber.

This is now a pattern.

The police commission, the privacy commission, and now here.

So I'm asking, can we please have a meeting where every Oaklander, not just the loudest faction, can participate safely and be heard?

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments going to Clee.

I'm sorry, key bliss.

Please state uh the name you submitted a card under bullet key bliss.

Did you submit?

Uh I submitted a card under uh item 3.36.

Under the name, please.

Uh should have been uh key on me.

I'm sorry.

I don't have a card for you for item three.

Going to the next speaker, David Motorbach.

Please state the name you submitted a card under.

Yeah, hi, my name is David Motorsbach.

I'm talking about um, I think the the two items um did you submit a card under what name?

Uh David Motorsbach.

I don't have a card for you for item three.

Going to Chris Moore.

I have you for one card for one minute, I believe.

Please unmute yourself and begin your comments.

Hello, hey, this is Chris Moore.

I um I echo Rajny's uh comments a few minutes ago.

Um I think that the meeting unfortunately was not managed well in terms of allowing um the speakers who were actually speaking about factual information, and they were um and myself and all of our other speakers uh were harassed, and um many did not end up speaking um about facts about the case, and they were um they and the police officers that were speaking were shouted down or uh heckled down.

Uh and this is obviously Brown Act violations, and I think uh you need to have actual true security versus rent of security in there next time.

Um you need to have uh uh certainly if people continue to do this uh where the council nor the public can hear us speak, um then you need to take care of that.

And we we do get it.

The other side's doing that because they only have misinformation to talk about.

Thank you, Mr.

Moore for your comments, Mr.

Chair.

That was the last speaker who signed up for item three.

Again, if your name was called in your chamber and you do wish to speak, um I see Mr.

Daly.

Are you waving?

Um names have been called for this item.

Okay, thank you, everybody for your comments.

So we have is 3.3 with the title change, 3.5 with the title change, 3.6, December 2nd, nine consent, and 3.11 with the title change.

I will entertain a motion.

Sorry, the date change to item 3.5.

Did we state that?

3.5, we'll be going with title change.

My apologies, Candace from the City Administrator's Office.

3.5 was a title change in um being scheduled to December 16th, and 3.5 to December 16th.

Thank you.

Um, motion to move, move the item.

Second.

On the motion by Councilmember Brown, seconded by Councilmember 5 to move item three with the stated amendments on record, including the dais request.

Councilmember Brown.

Aye.

Council Member Fife.

Aye.

Councilmember Ramachandran is excused, Chair Jenkins.

Aye.

Motion passes with a vote of three ayes going to item four.

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

You'll see.

Uh, your council, excuse me, canceled agendas for the committees next week and as far as well as your pending list, your draft agendas for December 2nd and uh rules on December 4th.

Anything from the administration.

You're supposed to use Candace's mic.

Winnie move from the city administrator's office.

I'd like to bring to your attention to the pending list for CED under the semi-annual reports.

Um, there's only one item under there.

It's the semi-annual tracking report for code enforcement.

Staff is requesting that this item be scheduled to the January 27th, 2026 CED.

And then under the December 9th 2025 lists.

Um item number three, receive an informational report on the housing and community development department's anti-displacement strategic action plan.

Staff is requesting that this item be rescheduled for January 13th CED.

And staff is here for questions on that item.

Okay.

Thank you so much for the update.

Um I think the first item being rescheduled, which is uh for planning and building for January 27th 2026.

That is fine.

Had a couple questions about the reschedule of the strategic plan, especially given that I believe, like the original report, it was due in March.

We had it scheduled for June, and then for November, and now on this December item, and so just wanted to check in on as why it is delayed, um, especially since um I was told that it was ready.

Yeah.

Uh Emily Weinstein, director of housing committee development.

Um basically we've been short-staffed and working on this plan for over a year.

Um, but we want to incorporate, we're working very closely with the Department of Race and Equity, and there are other um feedback that we've received over the last couple months that we want to make sure that we incorporate into the plan, and we don't want to do a uh public presentation until we've made those uh those changes.

Okay, um, and so the earliest um CED in 2026, is it the 6th actually?

Or is it the well according to my calendar it says the 6th, so I just want to confirm what date it's January 13th, the first committee for 2026.

Okay, January 6th is a city council meeting.

Okay, all right.

Um right.

Well, hopefully we it can be complete by that time.

Yep.

Thank you.

So, all right.

Any other comments?

Seeing no more public comment.

As a carry name, please oppose the podium in any order.

If you're on Zoom, please raise your hand so I can easily identify you.

Welcome, Kevin and Blair Beekman.

Hi, Kevin Daly.

I'm a co-chair of the policy and legislative committee of the bicyclist and pedestrian advisory commission and president of the council and member of the rules committee.

I'm once again requesting scheduling for the fire code, and specifically, I want to send chapter 5, 503, and appendix D, both to public works and transportation.

Those are the sections related to fire apparatus access roads, which is related to street width, traffic calming, and miscellaneous other things.

Usually, this would have been scheduled by this time of the year.

I don't know what's going on.

Usually it's late November that we see it on the schedule or possibly very very early December.

So I have sent emails to all the members of the rules committee requesting exactly what I want, uh, and I'm hoping the rules committee will consider this.

I am concerned a number of council members have mentioned in the past being having issues come up before them without enough notice that they can actually do anything, and it feels like this is another example where the goal is to have it passed by the end of the year, and we are now down to just a few weeks left and just a few council meetings with very little chance for public input good news bicyclist and pedestrian advisory commission will be talking about fire code this evening 6 p.m hearing room four hope to see anyone there who cares thanks thank you going to Blair Beekman please unmute yourself and begin your comments Blair Beekman um I hope you can see a pattern about me that my zoom and I'm seeing it's slightly being cut off when I'm halfway through my my words um it's watch it see what happens I'm trying to do good decent things here I wish they'd stop doing that if something's happening uh to continue at this time uh if the clock uh to speak on overall broad issues of or committee issues coming up on the event to turn to council or committee again should it be presented more as an informational item and not as an action item but more community debate discussion on next steps towards future open community continual community dialogue committee council and motions to reject block altogether at this time will open city government at least soon create an Oakland public meeting agenda item for committee and the steps needed to more openly publicly question and to look for a new ALPR vendor to also note the current block contract may or not may or may not have the urgency to be signed immediately can we be considering a one-year contract at this time instead of a two-year contract and to continue to work towards a full community review process and possible future betting of a new ALPR vendor in the next six to twelve months as I've described previously this can also fully respect current neighborhood public concerns um thanks for your time and hope we can work on this uh zoom fade out issue that's cutting me in uh thanks for your time through the chair that was the last um speaker and if I could clarify that um the clerk staff does control the zoom and nobody is uh cutting you off unfortunately if you have a weak internet signal it we're it will interfere with your zoom participation um I did give a wait a little longer to see if you could come back on item three and unfortunately we could not hear you at this end um and you were also fading out a little bit during this public comment thank you and that concludes your speakers well thank you for that uh CD item number three reschedule possibility um the first CD meeting in 2026 um semi-annual report from called enforcement rescheduled to one twenty seven twenty twenty six with that I'll entertain a motion for item four excellent move approval second on item four move by council member brown segment by council member five with the uh amendments read onto record council member brown aye council member five council member Ramachandran is excused chair jenkins aye motion passes with a vote of three ayes one excuse Ramachandran that was your final action item for this rules committee today and we can move to uh open forum if you are ready.

Points open forum as I call your name please approach the podium in any order.

Please state your name for the record again if you are participating via Zoom please raise your hand so I can easily identify you.

Blair Beekman Raj Ni Mandal and Kevin Daly.

Kevin is passing going to the Zoom speakers starting with Blair Beekman please unmute yourself and begin your comments.

Hi well I guess I do have incredibly bad luck.

Hopefully it's on my end but hopefully if it's on your end you can work on it too and say to what I needed to say I'm trying to be pretty decent about everything.

Um, I wanted to comment that uh it's my feeling that uh if there is a future change of direction if AURC a change the future of Bay Area emergency preparedness and planning that it would be an inevitable.

Thankfully, Bay UAS has created the tools for a legal, well structured subcommittee process at this time that can invite local Bay Area governments in efforts of cooperation, good information sharing, ideas, advice, constructive criticism, and consensus building.

These are simply the best practices of an open democracy, a respectful Bay Wasi past, and what should help to better shape the future direction of the Awasi.

I hope local government communities can understand these are the efforts of positive community sustainability.

Um please ask questions of the AWAS authority right now, and please consider some possibly much darker intentions and goals of the UAS and proof of authority's gap and how to develop the future direction of Baywassi at this time.

They need to be really questioned, guys.

I hope you can make the efforts to really get involved in your own future of seems like you lost internet connection.

Is there another speaker?

Miss Mondale, please unmute yourself and begin your comments.

Rajni Mandel District 4.

Uh, this is my statement that I gave on Tuesday.

YouTube videos, coordinated misinformation campaigns, siloed information that is repeated enough to be thought to be true.

Sound familiar?

These were the exact strategies used during COVID to sow fear and mistrust in the government, which led to mistress in vaccines and the death of millions.

That rhetoric, which dismissed facts and evidence from reputable sources in favor of fear mongering and paranoia, led to a rise in death and preventable disease.

What you see here today are the same tactics and the same rhetoric.

Policy should be made based on data and not anecdotes.

Policy should be made by subject matter experts, not armchair experts.

The lives of our residents are in your hands, and I hope that you listen to actual residents, those who took the time out to email you directly because they have jobs, kids are elderly or disabled and can't make it to meetings.

Listen to Oaklanders and experts, not ideologues.

Make the educated decision.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

That was the last speaker as Mr.

Daly has waived his public comment.

I believe Councilmember Brown has a comment.

Uh announcements.

Excellent.

Um I just wanted to make a quick announcement.

We know that um, you know, all of the the amazing work that we get to do on behalf of community members, um, whether it has to do with being prepared for our council meetings, showing up in community, or even some of the outside assignments that we have.

Um, we're all able to do that because of the incredible staff that we have, and so I wanted to just take a moment to um wish um my policy director a happy birthday.

Happy birthday to you, Maka.

I mean, his his birthday is on Sunday, but since he's here, uh let's all um wish him a really happy birthday, Kay.

That that was so sweet, but um Councilmember Brown, you're making us look horribly.

I've been here three years and never said happy birthday to any of my staff.

This meeting is adjourned.

Oh.

Council Member Fife.

Um I'm sorry to change the mood.

Um there's been a lot of activity around um protecting Oakland residents against ice.

I wanted to let uh my constituents know in West Oakland there are federal agents and ice in immigration um efforts that are happening.

I just got pictures that were sent to me um at 941 West Grand around JJ's chicken.

So I just wanted to make people aware that this is something that we have to stay vigilant about.

So um apologize if I'm pouring cold water on Chiamaka's birthday because it is Scorpio season.

I want to acknowledge that.

But we also have to pay attention to the very real issues that are happening in our neighborhoods every day.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilmember Five for your diligence.

Uh happy birthday to you.

To Yamaka.

I got it right.

Uh, this meeting is adjourned.

Um, I don'm not sure.