Good morning.

And welcome to the rules and legislation committee of Thursday, December 11, 2025.

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

If you'd like to fill out a speaker's card on any item on this agenda, please do so before the item is called for discussion or 10 minutes after the start of this meeting.

This meeting started at 10 31.

So your last opportunity to turn into speakers card will be 1041 a.m.

If you were looking to turn in an online speaker card, they were due 24 hours before the start of this meeting, and that time period has passed.

On roll.

Councilmember Brown.

Present.

Councilmember Fife.

Present.

Council Member Ramachandran is excused.

Chair Jenkins.

Present.

Showing three members present at this time.

Before we get on with the agenda, do you have any announcements?

Yes, sir.

December 16th last meeting of the year.

Special council meeting will be held at 1 p.m.

Noting that there will be a special council meeting on October.

I'm sorry, December, December 16th starting at one, therefore canceling the regular scheduled meeting at 3 30 p.m.

Going on to item 2.

There are no minutes for this um agenda, so there is no motion.

Going on to item three, new scheduling items starting with item 3.1.

Adopt a resolution honoring the extraordinary life and lasting legacy of Coach John Beam on the December 16th City Council agenda on consent.

Do you need urgency finding?

So rule 20.

So these items typically bypass committee.

Awarding a two-year agreement to flock safety for acquisition of automated license plate reader and pen tilt zoom cameras operating system technology and related services at a cost not to exceed $2,252,500, waiving the competitive multiple steps solicitation process required for the acquisition of information technology systems and waiving the local and small local business enterprise program requirements.

This is asked to go before the December 16th.

There we go.

Um Dr.

Carlo Beckman.

I'm a project manager uh too at the Oakland Police Department, and I have our Rule 24 finding uh the flock contract has expired, and without a contract, OPD cannot pay the vendor uh and will be unable to continue to utilize the flock camera system.

Uh we argue that Oakland's public safety will be severely impacted without the use of these cameras.

Thank you, sir.

Going to item 3.3, a resolution approving ongoing cooperative purchase agreements exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Broken public works bureau of maintenance and internal services, commodities and services contract as set forth in table one in an amount not to exceed $3,500,000 and adopted, excuse me, in adopting appropriate sequel findings.

This is asked to go before the December 16th.

Now special city council agenda on non-consent.

This will also need a rule 24 reason for bypassing committee.

Good morning.

Uh Craig Pond, Building Services Manager, Public Works Facility Services.

Uh, our Rule 24 funding is the urgency for to do to conduct work during the uh winter break and as soon as possible on building facilities and properties and components of building uh components and systems.

Um, and that's uh our finding.

Thank you.

Going to item 3.4, an information report on the proposed 2026 state and federal legislative agenda.

This is asked to go to the January 8th rules and legislation committee agenda.

Item 3.5 adopts a resolution authorizing an agreement with Montclair Village Association for the operation and management of the LaSalle Garage located at 6235 LaSalle Avenue and the Scott Loutlook Scott Lout, excuse me, Scott Lop Lot located at 2250 Mountain Boulevard for a period of five years at an annual compensation amount of 295,200, including 275,000 in reimbursement reimbursable operating expenses and 20,200 in management fees and customer service incentives for a total amount not to exceed contract amount of one million four hundred and seventy six thousand dollars, waiving the local small local business enterprise requirement, and waiving the competitive proposals for solicitation requirement and adding excuse me and adopting appropriate sequel findings on the January 13th public works and transportation committee agenda.

Item 3.6 a resolution awarding a grant measure DD fund bond funds in an amount not to exceed 843,875 dollars to Sagoria Talon Trust for the purpose of acquiring property for the conservation and restoration of portions of Sazual Creek and making appropriate sequel findings on the January 13th public works and transportation committee agenda.

Now moving to your recommendations from the committees of the week of December 9th, starting with Finance and Management Committee.

Item 3.7 regarding the perform, excuse me, performance audit of the kids' first Oakland Children's Fund.

This item was approved and re was approved to forward this item to the December 16th City Council agenda on consent.

Item 3.8 regarding the amendment to ordinance number one two one eight seven regarding the salary ordinance for various classifications, exemptions, and minimum wage increase.

The committee approved the this item as amended.

And asked for it to go to the December 16th, 2025 city council agenda consent.

And that was there were amendments to the ordinance for this item.

The amendments are as followed.

Follows to the ordinance on page two, section five, raising the rate from sixteen eighty-nine to twenty dollars.

And the all three parts of this legislation were asked to go before the December 16th City Council special city council agenda on non-consent.

Good morning.

Candace from the city administrators office.

Um thank you for the time.

If you guys are all amendable, we are the rules committee is amendable.

We would request that this item be scheduled to consent on uh December 16th.

I'm fine with it unless there's any other issues.

Yes.

So all three pieces of item 3.8 will be on the consent calendar.

Going to item 3.9 regarding HDL software LLC local tax software solution and printing and mailing services.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forwarded this item to the December 16th.

City Council agenda on consent.

Item 3.10 regarding the recognized obligation payment schedule for fiscal years 26 through 27.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forwarded this item to December 16th on consent.

Item 3.11 regarding awarding a professional services agreement to Francisco and Associates for Engineering Services for Local Measures and the LAD.

The committee approved the item as amended with recommendations to go to consent, but with the following amendments.

Striking the last portion of the legislation that states waiving the local small or local business enterprise requirements.

Striking the second resolve clause that states further resolve that the city council hereby waives the L/SLBE requirements for this contract.

Moving to the recommendations from the public works and transportation committee.

Starting with item 3.12 regarding updates to the environmentally preferable purchasing policy.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forwarded this item to December 16th on consent.

Item 3.13, the sustainable fleet transition grants acceptable acceptance match appropriation and purchases.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forward this item to December 16th on consent.

Item 3.14 regarding the purchase contract traffic maintenance materials.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forward this items of the December 16th City Council agenda on consent.

Item 3.15 regarding ensuring a competitive market for PROW construction.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forward this item to December 16th on consent.

Item 3.16 regarding the electric bike lending program grant acceptance and contract extension.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forwarded this item to December 16th on consent.

Item 3.17 regarding the acceptance of funding and technical assistance for Bay Ren.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forwarded this item to December 16th on consent.

Moving to your recommendations from the December 9th CED committee.

Item 3.18 the MOU between the city of Oakland and the City of San Leandro.

The committee approved the recommendations and staff and for this item to December 16th on consent.

Item 3.19 regarding terms for an exclusive negotiation agreement.

Excuse me, the committee approved the recommendations of staff and forward this item to December 16th on consent.

Item 3.20 regarding the cannabis equity program.

The committee received and filed this item in committee.

Item 3.21 regarding the Bay Area's District Zero Emission Building Appliance Rules.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forwarded this item to the December 16th.

City Council agenda on consent.

Item 3.22 regarding amendments of the Oakland Fire Code.

The committee approved this item with the following amendments.

2 section 909 smoke control system, Section G-L, adding is employed and supervised by a license C-20, C-61 or D62 contractor, and two section 909 smoke control system section G-2 adding the adding to section 3 is employed and supervised by a license C-20, C61 or D62 contractor.

Moving to your recommendations for the life enrichment committee, starting with item 3.23, the grant agreement with friends of Peraltahacienda Historical Park.

The committee approved this item and forwarded it to the city December 16th City Council Agenda on Consent.

Item 3.24 regarding the addendum to affiliation agreement between the University of San Francisco and the City of Oakland.

The committee approved this item and forwarded to the December 16th.

City Council agenda on consent.

Item 3.25 regarding early childhood and family services annual information report.

The committee received and filed this item in committee.

Item 3.26 starts your public safety committee recommendations.

The OPD citizens option for public safety cops grant.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forward this item to December 16th on consent.

Item 3.27 regarding the contract with Bright Research Group and ROCA for training services.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forward this item to December 16th on consent.

Item 3.28 regarding the contract amendment with the University of Pennsylvania for ceasefire lifeline violent lifeline evaluation.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forward this item to the December 16th City Council agenda on consent and your final item under new scheduling item 3.30 regarding the Lynn Marine contract.

The committee approved the recommendations of staff and forwarded this item to the December 16th City Council Agenda on Consent.

That does conclude your new scheduling, and you do have speakers on this item.

Thank you so much.

Uh noting the present councilmember Houston, are you participating?

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

On the motion by council member five, seconded by council member Brown to adjourn into a special meeting.

Councilmember Brown.

Sorry.

Aye.

Councilmember Fife.

Aye.

Council Member Ramachandra.

Hi.

And Chair Jenkins.

Come on, Dean.

Motion passes with a vote of four ayes.

We are now adjourned to a special meeting.

Due to the presence of council member Houston.

Are you ready to move to the year public speakers?

Councilmember Houston, please approach the podium.

Good morning, good morning.

How are you guys doing?

Um, I want to support this um 3.2 item opd community safety cameras um camera policy and flock agreement.

Um, at the public safety meeting, we had a split, was two two, and I said it at public safety.

I said, let's go to full council.

Let's find out how full council feels about public safety.

So um I thank you, um, President Jenkins for bringing this back up.

We need to get the I didn't bring this OPD.

I see it says sponsor on there.

It says OPD.

Okay.

So you're reading item number 3.1.

Oh, okay.

All right, all right.

Yeah.

Okay.

Excuse me.

I read above that.

So I'm gonna look it says Oakland Police Department, but I appreciate the Oakland Police Department for bringing it forward.

So thank you.

Take this consideration.

Let's move it to full council.

We need that vote.

Thank you so much, Councilmember Houston.

All right, let's go to our public comments.

As I call your name, please approach the podium in any order.

Please state your name for the record before beginning so I can give you your appropriate amount of time.

If you are participating via Zoom, please raise your hand so I can easily identify you and as with standard practice, you will be taken after the in-person in chamber speakers.

Tracy Rosenberg, Rajni Mandal, Blair Beekman.

I have you for three items.

Rajney, I also have you for three items.

Ken Houston, I think you spoke already.

Storm Winer, Malcolm Jen, Juan Canham, Anila, maybe.

I have you for two items, Emma Wetty, Lance Wilson, Reem Sullivan, Armando Solazano, Rogue, Alex J.

Rafleve, Riffa Levy, Adam Wolf.

In any order, please approach the podium.

One second.

Is there council member staff that wants to speak?

Please approach the podium.

Any council member staff that wants to speak, please approach the podium.

Good morning.

I'm uh here speaking on behalf of uh council member Wang in support of the 3.2 flock camera item.

We are here in support of that moving to the full city council as the current contract with um OPD uh through the through CHP is about to expire, and that means that we will not have any um any access to uh using this uh these flat cameras at the at the time, and so I think we need a little bit more time to uh utilize the program before we just end the contract.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Are you coming up too?

All right.

Matthew Balsam from Council Member Ogre's office.

We would also support this going to full council for more discussion from the whole body.

So thank you for bringing that OPD.

Thank you so much.

Um public comment.

Uh yeah, my name is Storm Wiener.

I'm a uh district one resident.

And uh this proposal failed at the Privacy Advocacy Commission, it failed at the uh public safety committee, and it's now only urgent because the OPD has repeatedly failed to address any of the concerns brought up by the hundreds of people who came out to give public comment.

Uh it's also illogical.

If the contract is about to expire, why is the motion not to just renew the contract?

Why is the motion to expand the contract to an additional million dollars a year?

Uh all of the concerns that were brought up by the hundreds of people, they range across the whole spectrum from ideological, meaning that mass surveillance is counterproductive to a thriving community, and privatizing the data sharing allows law enforcement agencies to launder their investigations, circumventing ordinary processes like warrants and probable cause.

There's legal issues due to misrepresentation by the flock reps.

Multiple police departments in the state have violated SB 34 by illegally sharing the ALPR data with the feds.

Richmond police chief recently just canceled their flock contract for that exact reason.

There's security issues.

Uh independent security researchers have shown that flock proxj.

I'm just gonna follow up on that um last comment, which I feel like many people here maybe are not reading the news about what's actually happening with Flock.

In Richmond, the city thought that it had opted out of the national lookup database, the thing that we all agreed was pretty gnarly.

Flock just didn't opt them out.

It was still searchable up until a couple weeks ago when the police chief got an anonymous tet.

You know, like this kind of lying, which we see from Flock, including in uh Cambridge, Massachusetts, they were told they were taking cameras down.

Flock had left up and put up two cameras without the knowledge or consent of the city.

These are the kinds of inform like pieces of information that you guys are not paying attention to.

Flock is not a trustworthy company, and when OPD says shit like LA has not uh is not sharing any kind of data with the feds, there are uh countless pieces of evidence of ICE directly getting access to information and then creating deportations as a result of that.

You guys.

Um I just yeah, I want to address the uh concerns that everyone has raised regarding this vendor.

I think in this historical moment where we're seeing a backslide into a really pernicious far right authoritarianism, this resolution is just so profoundly myopic and dangerous.

Um, the vendor is funded by this network of far-right billionaires who are very explicit with their intentions of, you know, undermining any semblance of democracy that we still have.

Um, and moreover, OPD has not produced any evidence to show that this technology is actually an effective deterrent to crime or solving crime.

They have not really.

Thank you.

Your time is up.

Hello, my name is Adam Wolf, District One.

Um the people have already spoken on this.

This is just shameful that we're trying to sneak this through last minute.

We had 130 people here.

I don't understand where this urgency is coming from.

Actually, I do.

Let me change my my message on that.

I work at these tech companies.

I understand this type of business development relationship we have.

We weren't born yesterday.

If this doesn't get approved right now, of course, Flock is gonna allow us to go back and negotiate a new contract with them.

They're gonna let us keep using the equipment.

It's been installed.

All of the initial costs is done for them.

They're gonna want to make a deal, and if making a deal means letting us use this on an interim basis, fine.

So that's one thing.

But it let's not be suckers as a city.

We know there's a lot of litigation going on right now.

We know there's a lot of flaws in the contract that we tried to put forward, and we should probably shore that up before we sign our names on a contract for another two years, figure out what's gonna happen.

Hi, um, I'm a former PAC member, but I'm also a parent of a child in OUSD who got that terrifying.

Can we pause our time through the chair?

What's your name?

Uh my name is Reen.

Uh, so you know, I got that email about ICE activity at multiple schools, including at a preschool, and so I'm really shocked that this agenda item continues to come up in this form, even though so much evidence, you can just Google it, uh, has surfaced about all the dangers of flock.

It's literally inviting ice through the front door of Oakland.

And so you cannot say that you'd you were on the side of protecting our sanctuary city if you move forward.

And I I want to also understand, rather than trying to sneak this through the back door and sneak this into the agenda, why not go forward the proposal that council member five had about doing an open procurement process for an alternative vendor?

Even OPD said that there was an alternative.

Over two dozen cities have already dropped their contracts with Flock.

This is embarrassing that Oakland is choosing to ignore all of the red flags, all of the security vulnerabilities, all of the shadiness from this company, and push it forward, you know, with.

Hi, I'm Luna Vose.

I'm an educator in East Bay Schools.

And what I'd like to see is.

Oh, I'm up there.

What I'd like to see are what's your name?

In the let's see, no family.

Excuse me.

Can you say your name?

Excuse me.

Okay, can you state your name for the record?

Luna Bose.

Do you have returning to the Do you have your yellow sheet?

Please, next speaker.

Hello, I'm Malcolm Jin.

I just wanted to speak against the Flock Resolution 3.2 for all the reasons already stated.

Working with Flock is working with fascism.

Thank you.

Hello, my name is Ree Feelway.

I've been coming to these council chambers since I was in high school, advocating for the basic needs of Oaklanders just like myself.

It is disgraceful, embarrassing, and a reflection of the fascist times we live in, that despite the hundreds of Oaklanders that have already stated their position on this matter, the thousands of letters that you all have received, the privacy commission, the police uh public safety committee, all of these bodies of governance that are meant to represent the needs of Oaklanders, the will of Oaklanders, the people that you all are meant to represent have already stated their position.

The data has already been shared, the concerns noted, and yet we're here again in the dead of night when we found out last minute that this was going to be on this agenda.

Folks still mobilized, still, you see a diverse community of Oaklanders.

You saw dozens of young people, high schoolers, elders, people from diverse backgrounds dating their position on what means to be safe to them, and instead you call this public safety.

It's disgraceful.

Lance Wilson, uh good morning, everybody.

Uh, to second what we're feeling just said.

I mean, this is disrespectful.

Excuse me, Mr.

Wilson.

Can you come closer to the mic?

This is disrespect.

This is disrespectful for you guys to have this agenda item agendized yesterday at 2 30 p.m.

Um, and not even give folks adequate time to even get up here to submit cards, you know, do e-comments, none of that.

It's disrespectful.

The people have already spoken.

Like she said, thousands of people are against this.

Uh, the opposition is is out and flock's representative came up here, lied, lied, lied, lied.

It's just all and it's just it's just disrespectful for you.

There's no transparency.

Where's the transparency?

It got voted down in public safety, it got voted down and go back to the drawing board.

You don't just sneak something in on rules.

This is disrespectful.

And I just want to let it be known that we are watching when you think we're not paying attention, all the slick moves out pulling, we are watching.

Thank you.

My name is Andrew Gross, and as a parent in the public school system, I don't need to say anything because you already know exactly how I feel.

Reem said it all.

My name is Anaya, and I live in district one.

And first of all, I like to say I do actually support the grant for Sigorate.

Thank you.

Um, and I do not support this outrage that you all are trying.

I don't know, the OPD is trying to pull.

I don't know.

I do want to thank council members Fife and Rowena, I mean, sorry, and Brown for actually voting against this in the safety committee.

And I want to remind everyone that in the advisory committee, it was voted down four to two.

And I don't want to repeat what everyone else has said, but we do not deserve to live in a surveillance society like this.

Um I'm concerned that there's been numerous data breaches, that OPD can't or won't regulate their use of the database by outside agencies such as ICE and CPB.

Also, that eventually uh it will this will include drones if you re-up this.

Um, maybe not this this year, but soon.

Um, I'm also concerned that the L the license plate readers are capturing people's faces.

That's a privacy issue.

Uh, I don't want this data collected.

Flocks lied numerous times.

The code is vulnerable to hacking.

And then I'm gonna go ahead and say some of the stuff that uh Storm didn't get to.

Flock is backed by Peter Thiel, who publicly advocates for a techno monarchy to replace democracy.

Even if you use this type of tech, you refuse to do business with this company, uh, or at least refuse to want you to refuse that, or at least waive the competitive solicitation process.

Last month at the safety committee, OPD revealed that they refused to activate their patrol cars pending a privacy commission review out of fear of possible disciplinary action resulting from that data.

Why would we protect the privacy of on-duty officers more than residents of our community?

OPD or this commute committee.

Rajney Mandel District 4.

The public safety committee tied, I'm speaking about 3.2, which under Rule 5 means it failed to act.

And that is why this item is now before rules.

And this is not optional because this item is urgent.

OPD requested review back in May of 2025, and the CHPMOU is expired.

Oakland cannot allow critical public safety tools to lapse because a committee got stuck.

Rule 24 gives this committee clear authority to send this forward today.

We also cannot ignore what happened at that public safety meeting.

Speakers were heckled, shouted down, and intimidated in violation of Rule 15 and the Brown Act.

That meeting did not reflect open public participation, and many people simply could not speak.

Moving this item to the full council is the only way to ensure all Oaklanders and all of their elected council members are actually heard.

Thank you.

Order in the chamber.

Hi, I'm Elaine DeMassey from District One.

I'm a retired research scientist from National Labs.

Mr.

Chair, I'm sorry, Elaine.

I do not have a card for you for this item.

Do you have a yellow sheet?

Moving to the Zoom speakers, starting with Juan Canham.

I have you with one card for one minute.

Please unmute yourself and begin your comments.

Hi, I'm Juan.

I'm a district four resident.

I was the uh the public safety committee.

Um, yeah, OPD haven's shown these cameras make a safer.

There's no need for a no-bid contract.

This thinks of corruption.

This is OPD trying to force through a contract because they think they run the city, not the council, letting them get away with this, is showing them that they have right.

Like, why bother voting when OPD and also like more generally city staff can just do backroom deals and then say we must urgently renew this bad backroom deal?

We have a competitive bidding process for a reason, it should be followed, and OPD should like have to justify that there's public safety benefit to this mass surveillance they want to deploy, which they haven't shown.

They showed like one pathetic graph that showed crime goes down after 2023, which like could be attributed to anything.

Um like, yeah, this is just ridiculous to try and sneak this through.

Um, yeah, please don't disrespect our democracy by putting this on uh the thank you for your comments.

Armando Armando Solezano, you are next.

Please unmute yourself and begin your comments.

Councilmember Fife gave you a way out of this.

You could simply choose a different technology company to contract with.

One that doesn't share info with federal agencies that are disappearing people and violating rights, one that doesn't use such an insecure platform and doesn't violate privacy.

Why are you so intent on aligning yourself with this far right authoritarian administration?

Why push a contract that enriches a white supremacist oligarch?

Not just on this policy but on homelessness as well.

You're aligning yourself with this administration, and just like the EAP, you're trying to bring this back to the full council, even though it failed in committee, and you're adding things to your agenda with no notice.

Total disregard for transparency and the normal process of governance, which also aligns you with the federal administration.

Just acknowledge that you lost and bring back better legislation.

Thank you for your comments, Ralph Brown.

I don't have a card under that name.

What card did you submit a card?

I mean, what name did you submit a card?

I submitted under Ralph Brown to report gross violations of state law and city ethics code by Council President Hughes.

Okay, I don't have a card under that name.

Council President Houston.

Got a promotion.

Is that does that take care of all the public speakers?

This time all names have been called.

If you're on Zoom in the room, please raise your hand or steps of the podium.

All names have been called.

It depends on how you look at it.

Any comments from the council?

Council Member Fife.

I just want to reiterate my position from the public safety committee meeting, which is I am in full support of the community's desire to uh our business and residential community to have cameras as a support system for our community safety efforts, and I do not believe that this is the vendor to go with.

We've had, as as many public speakers have said, ample um uh examples of other potential vendors, and I'm I'm deeply concerned that this does feel this process feels like it lacks transparency and democracy.

This item failed in committee and should go back to committee and be deliberated in that space.

I requested um uh additional uh vendors to be considered and a host of other things.

I believe that we can use cameras for public safety tools, but this vendor has shown time and time again that they will just thwart the the rule of law in cities and states all over the nation.

So this is a scheduling item.

It failed, it needs to go back to committee.

That is my position, and I just wanted to reiterate that for the public.

So noting 3.2 rule 24 3.3 rule 24 3.8 move to consent.

Did I miss anything?

Seeing none, I'll entertain a motion.

Um I'll make I'll make the motion to move the items along, scheduling items.

Is there a second?

Second, motion and a second, as amended.

On new scheduling move by which is item three moved by council member brown, seconded by council member Ramachandran with the amendment stated by the council president, council member brown, aye.

Council member five.

I want to register a no vote for item three point two.

Council member five registering a no vote for item three point two, and council member Ramachandran, aye.

And Chair Jenkins.

Aye motion passes with a vote of four ayes.

Noting council members.

Note and council members five, no on item 3.2.

Motion passes with a vote of four ayes.

Going to item four, which is review of your draft agendas, pending list, city council and committee meetings.

Um you will see your uh December 16th council agenda, which is been canceled in a special meeting at 1 p.m.

scheduled in its place.

Rules and legislation committee, finance management committee pending list, public work, C D life enrichment, and noting the um cancellation agendas for the week of December 22nd.

Councilmember Ramachandra.

Oh, I I can go after the administration.

Apologies, Candace from the city administrator's office.

I believe we have staff present.

There was some changes we would like to make to the life enrichment committee pending list.

Um if council member Ramachandran is up I see staff approaching the podium now.

Yes, we have some changes to your life enrichment committee pending list.

Welcome, welcome back.

I haven't seen you since your Celtics, Jersey Stunt.

Um good morning.

Um I'm here regarding the um pending um item list um about the SSD board recommendations to council regarding the um spending of revenues derived from that tax um towards programs that are supporting um health and wellness initiatives um in May of 2018.

Um the council passed resolution 87062, which created a subfund for SSB revenues to go towards and also added that the board should listen to board recommendations annually before approving any plans to spend revenues related to that function.

And um well, in my um during my time here um in 2022 I became um responsible for executing the programs that the board passed and on in 2022 and 2023, the board were able to present their recommendations in um annual reports regarding how the funds have been spent as well as their recommendations of where they felt the money should be going towards um we were on course to do that in 2022.

Excuse me.

Which items are you moving?

The um the annual board report.

The if I may through the uh through the chair, um, the life enrichment companies committee pending list pending no date specific.

It's item one, the SSBT informational report, and item number two, the SSB advisory board grants.

These two items um we're requesting to be withdrawn um from this agenda, and as uh the staff is stating um the reasoning why we don't need these two items anymore.

So it's being removed from the pending.

Yes, okay.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

Anything else from the administration.

At this time we don't have any other changes.

Thank you.

Okay.

Uh do we have any public comment?

Oh, yeah.

So um the following rules will be counseled the 18th.

Councilmember Ramachandra.

Um, never mind.

No, I'm I was asking about the 18th rules and that.

Oh good.

Let's go to public comment.

For item four, as I call your name, please approach the podium in any order or raise your hand if you're participating on Zoom.

Blair Beekman, Rajni Mandal, in any order, please.

Rajni Mandal District 4.

I'm speaking today because this committee controls what makes onto future agendas.

And there are several urgent items that Oaklanders deserve clarity on.

Last week, the mayor's police commission appointments for former Judge Grillo and former mayor quan briefly appeared on the rules agenda and then disappeared.

These vacancies have been unfilled for almost two years.

And I'm asking this committee to explain why and to ensure these appointments move forward promptly.

In the coming weeks, the police commission will also be forwarding documents about their budget and their accomplishments.

Documents that appear to be in response to the city auditor's ongoing audit and its preliminary findings.

I urge you to review those carefully.

You will also be asked to consider the militarized equipment use policy in OPD's requests to replace aging rifles and armored vehicles.

On this issue, please be aware that the commission's subject matter experts publicly told the media that OPD's current rifles were obtained without approval.

That statement was false, and I provided the reporter with the actual documentation, and the article was retracted.

There is a lot of misinformation circulating from parties with their own agendas.

I asked that this committee make decisions based on verifiable facts and not on narratives designed to mislead.

Thank you.

Blair Beekman, this time all names have been called.

So noting item one.

Yes, um, just connected with staff.

We've confirmed that there are no items for the January 13th finance committee meeting.

So we will cancel that.

And I do know there are items at the next uh the 27th meeting, so we'll keep the rest of the month's um finance.

Thank you.

Okay, so noting that uh more counseling rules 1218, January 13th finance cancelled, removed items one and two from the LEC pending list.

I'll entertain a motion.

So moved, second.

On the motion by Councilmember Ramachandra and second by council member five to approve item four as amended.

Councilmember Brown.

Aye.

Council member five.

Aye.

Councilmember Ramachandran.

Aye.

Chair Jenkins.

Aye.

Motion passes with a vote of four ayes.

Moving to your open forum speakers.

Rajni Mandal and Blair Beekman.

Rajni Mandal District 4.

I want to thank this committee for advancing the flock item to full council.

Oaklanders deserve a citywide discussion.

We're all elected representatives and all residents can be heard.

I also want to speak plainly about the misinformation and intimidation tactics surrounding the issue.

Over the past year, paid activists have repeatedly spread false claims about this proposal, and that it create that FLOC creates secret databases, that OPD shares data unlawfully, and that it violates state law all the time.

None of these statements are actually supported by the reports that have been provided.

Excuse me, Ms.

Rosni.

One second.

We didn't start too time.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

I didn't just went.

I heard my name and I went.

My bad.

Alright, um, I'm but I I'm just gonna continue so that you don't waste any more time.

Please continue.

Um, and so these narratives have been pushed aggressively, often alongside heckling personal attacks, and attempts to silence people who testify with actual documentation.

Thank you.

Blair Beekman was the only other speaker, and I don't believe he's here.

This meeting is adjourned.