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Good morning and welcome to the Rules and Legislation Committee of Thursday, January

8th.

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

you'd like to speak on any item on this agenda please pull out a speaker's card

and return that card to a clerk representative before the item is called

for discussion or 10 minutes after the start of this meeting this meeting

started at 10 39 so your last opportunities turn in the speaker's card

will be at 10 49 or before the item is called for discussion if you're looking

to turn in an online speaker card that time has passed as they were due 24

hours before the start of this meeting on roll we have councilmember

Council member Brown present Council member Fyfe present Council member Ramachandran present and

chair Jenkins present showing four members present at this time do you have any announcements before

we begin happy new year everyone looking forward to a wonderful 2026 and working for the residents

of Oakland let's get started starting with item two approval of the draft minutes from the meeting

of December 4th and the meeting of December 11th I have no speakers on this

item just need a motion

move approval second on the motion by councilmember Rama Chandran second by

councilmember five to approve the minutes were December 4th and December

11th councilmember Brown I councilmember Fyfe I

councilmember Rama Chandran aye and chair Jenkins aye motion passes with a vote of

four eyes now moving on to item 3 which is all of the scheduling item new

scheduling items starting with item 3.0 adopt a resolution authorizing the city

administrator to negotiate and enter into a delegated maintenance agreement

with a California Department of Transportation to include maintenance

activities such as weed abatement litter and debris removal on specified

Caltrans highway ramps and off ramps accepting and appropriating up to $375,000 from Caltrans

in connection with the agreement and making appropriate CEQA findings. This is asked to

go before the January 13, 2026 Public Works and Transportation Committee agenda.

Going to item 3.1, adopt a resolution confirming the report and notice of liens for delinquent

business taxes with penalties, interest, and administrative and assessment charges, and

overruling any protests and objections related to the liens included in said report,

and authorizing the recordation of liens and directing the notice of lien assessment

charges be turned over to the county tax collector. This is asked to go before the January 20,

2026 city council agenda as a public hearing the rule 24 request for this item is that it

goes straight to council because it's a public hearing can we go back to item 3.80 is there

somebody here from the mayor's office to give urgency finding morning uh preston kilgore

deputy chief of staff to mayor barbara lee thank you council president um yeah so we are requesting

an urgency finding um so this item can be heard by public works next tuesday and then the full

Council the following week without delay this agreement as the clerk mentioned allows the city to immediately partner with Caltrans to address ongoing safety and cleanliness concerns on state highway on and off ramps including weed abatement litter and debris removal.

Advancing this item on expedited timeline ensures the city can begin this work as soon as possible and also accept the available funding of the looking forward to working with you all to advance item. Thank you.

It sounds good. If it pleases somebody,

I'd be like to be added as a co-sponsor to this.

There's any objections? No objection.

Noting the urgency and adding

Council President Jenkins to item 3.0.

Going to item 3.2.

Adopt the following pieces of legislation and resolution

accepting the police commission selection panel slate of ricardo

garcia acosta and omar farmer to serve on the oakland police commission

or a resolution rejecting the police commission selection panel slate of

ricardo garcia acosta and omar farmer to serve on the oakland

police commission this is asked to go before the january

20th city council agenda on non-consent the rule 24 reasoning for these going

straight to council this item is a recommendation from the

police commission selection panel and under city charter section 604 section c part three the

selection panel is required to submit its state its slate to the city council for consideration

going to item 3.3 adopt a resolution confirming the mayor's reappointments of karen zucar

chia azuma and alex winebird to the library commission this is asked to go before the january

20th 2026 city council agenda on consent and a rule 24 will need to be stated

good afternoon council um yes we are requesting this item um under rule 24 be advanced to city

Council for your full consideration let me know if you have any questions thank you

Going to item 3.4 adopted resolution authorizing the city administrator to apply for except

The first five Alameda County early care and education emergency grant in an amount not to exceed

$500,000 to provide stipends to eligible early childhood and family services division

staff and other allowable early childhood expenditures effective July 1 2025 through

June 30 2026 and to accept additional early care and education emergency grant funding

that becomes available for the same purpose during the same contract term and to enter

into an agreement with California school age consortium to serve as a fiscal sponsor for

the city of Oakland award from first five Alameda counties eligible early childhood

of family services grant to manage and disperse stipends to eligible early childhood and family

services and other related grant expenditures this is asked to go before the january 20th

city council agenda on consent the rule 24 reason this resolution is urgently needed

to authorize an application for the first five alameda county early care and education emergency

grant measure c seeking up to five hundred thousand dollars in emergency funds for first

five alameda county to support early childhood educators and program operations the first five

commission requires receipt of our approved application by january 23rd 2026 to place it

on their february meeting agenda missing the deadline would defer approval until april

delaying the execution of the agreement with our fiscal sponsor the the distribution of stipends

and jeopardizing compliance with the June 30th expenditure deadline going to item 3.5

receive an information report from the city administrator on the February I'm sorry on the

on fiscal year 25 to 28 city 5 citywide strategic plan six month update this is

asked to go before the january 27th finance and management committee agenda

monica davis deputy city administrator staff is requesting to move this item to february 10th

given how impacted the january 27th meeting is thank you

going to item 3.6 receive an information report on the oakland police and fire retirement system

investment poorly portfolio as of september 30th 2025. this is asked to go before the

january 27th finance and management committee agenda

item 3.7 receive an information report on the activities of the department of race and equity

including recent major accomplishments interdepartmental collaborations and current and

upcoming initiatives this is asked to go before the january 27th finance and management committee

agenda council member rohmachandra thank you um i would request the author to bring this to a

different committee since well firstly the 27th fmc meeting is impacted but also it doesn't directly

RELATE TO OUR PURVIEW OF ITEMS WE TYPICALLY DISCUSS.

COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.

OKAY. I THINK FIRST OFF, I BELIEVE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION,

THERE WAS GOING TO BE A DATE CHANGE ON THIS ONE TO FEBRUARY THE 10TH

AND OR THE 24TH. AND THEN AS FAR AS IT GOING TO ANOTHER

SUBJECT MATTER COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, THAT WORKS WELL.

I guess through the chair to Councilmember Fife,

would you be open to having this one in life enrichment?

I'm sorry, I wasn't prepared on this topic.

I'm was it intended to go to finance?

Are there financial questions that you're requesting

from the Department of Race and Equity?

No, I think just I believe maybe historically it's gone to F&M,

but I could be mistaken.

so maybe i guess through the chair to the administration where do items for race and equity

normally get scheduled

good morning candace from the city administrator's office um yes i believe in the past the items

regarding race and equity have gone to the life enrichment committee but it could be

SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THIS REPORT THAT IS REQUESTING OTHERWISE, BUT YES, IN THE PAST

THEY HAVE GONE TO LIFE ENRICHMENT COMMITTEE.

TO COUNCILMEMBER BROWN, I'LL OPEN TAP IN THE END ROOLS.

IF THAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT WORKS AS WELL.

PERFECT.

AND SO THEN WE WOULD NEED TO CONFIRM THAT DATE.

I guess in February we can look at,

let me look at that really quickly,

just to make sure that there's enough time.

February the 12th,

does that work for the administration?

Yes, February the 12th would be sufficient.

At rules, okay, excellent, thank you.

Yes?

I wanna be clear,

I'm happy for it to go to life in Richmond.

I know historically that's where something like this would go.

more concerned about the time frame for which the city staff would have to

prepare a report I know right now with the date that it was initially scheduled

for it's rushed and I don't think that would be good for staff to not produce

the very best product so happy to hear it in life enrichment I just need to

look at the if I just need to finish my sentence and look at the dates that are

available and I believe my staff is here that can help me see what what our

schedules are for the upcoming life enrichment meetings okay council member

Brown well the feedback that I received from the director was for February the

10th okay so so can we put it in life enrichment no date specific and then

once we get to the director we can handle this next time at rules is that

fine with you councilmember Brown I'm sorry what which date so it's going to

be no date specific we're gonna put in life enrichment and at the next rules

we'll take care of the official date I would like to get this item scheduled

to the chair of the committee is there a date that works with you February 24th

would work for me okay well but I would like to hear from staff to know what

works for them to staff deputy city administrator Monica Davis I did speak

with director Flynn and she expressed a preference for February 10th and I just

spoke with her so it yeah to the chair of the committee February 24th according

to my staff I haven't reviewed my calendar for life enrichment yet okay

I've had no conversation about this potentially coming.

So what I'm hearing from my staff is February 24th,

and I also spoke with the Director Flynn as well.

You are the chair of the committee?

24th.

That's moved by.

So through the chair to the Rules Committee for clarification,

this would be going to February 24th, life enrichment.

Is that correct?

okay going to item 3.8 i understand there's a title change for that item

good morning and happy new year's everyone there is a title change to address a typo in the title

in the first item the title should be changed the dollar amount should be changed from uh for the

chair if you can just read the entire new title thank you okay amending resolution number 88240

c.m.s to increase the professional services agreement with loving campus associates lca

architects for architectural and engineering design services for the fire station 4 project

by an amount not to exceed 2 million seven hundred thousand dollars bringing the total contract

AMOUNT FROM $1,500,000 TO $4,200,000 WITH THE CHANGE BEING THAT 4,200,000.00. THAT'S WHERE THE CHANGE

OCCURS AND THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE. THANK YOU. AND THIS IS ASKED TO GO

BEFORE THE JANUARY 27TH PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AGENDA GOING TO ITEM 3.9 ADOPT A

resolution awarding grant agreements using substance abuse and mental health services

administration funds to three agencies in a total amount not to exceed 437 000

to provide trauma-informed behavioral health services to high-risk youth

and their families from october 1 2025 through december 31st 2026 and waiving the local and

small local business enterprise program and requests for proposals and qualifications

requirements and awarding professional services agreements to three entities in a total amount not

to exceed two hundred thousand dollars in in sams i'm just say sam hsa funding from october 1 2025

through december 31st 2026 and authorizing the city administrator to amend the above grant

agreements and professional services agreements to increase the amount of said agreements using

carryover or reallocated grant funding in accordance with samhsa authority this is

asked to go to the january 27th life enrichment committee agenda

item 3.10 receive the 24 through 25 annual information report from the community policing

advisory board on the january 27th public safety committee agenda item 3.11

receive an information report from OPD and CPRA on the role of Skelly hearings

in OPD's discipline process current challenges many managing Skelly hearings

and options to address the backlog of discipline cases awaiting Skelly

hearings this is asked to go before the January 27 public safety committee

agenda but I believe there is a date change request for this item council

member Brown yes so for this one we will move the date to public safety on

February the 24th thank you thank you noting that this item will be going to

February 24th Public Safety Committee item 3.12 receive an informational

report from the city administrator on the city of Oakland's utilization of his

newspaper of record for advertisement and other noticing purposes pursuant to chapter 1.06 of

oklahoma municipal code and resolution number 89141 including whether all appropriate advertisements

and notices have been placed with the official newspapers rationale if and when such placements

have not occurred and improvements needed for full compliance with omc chapter 1.06

this is asked to go before the february 10th life enrichment committee agenda good morning

to the chair uh and to the clerk and to uh the chair of excuse me of the life enrichment committee

um candidates from the city administrator's office we are asking um if amendable by chair

fife that this item be presented as an oral report

yes I'm completely open to that thank you thank you so much

going to item 3.13 adopt a resolution authorizing the city administrator to

enter into a professional services agreement with evergreen counseling a marriage and family

therapy corporation to provide behavioral science consult consult consultation training

confidential mental health services for the oakland fire department from february 1 2026

through december 31 2028 in the amount not to exceed 450 000 with two one-year options to extend

the agreement for up to an additional two years in an amount not to exceed 150 000 per year

without returning to council for a total contract amount not to exceed 700 000

this is asked to go before the february 10th public safety committee

item 3.14 receive an information report from the budget advisory commission on the proposed june

26 40 million dollar parcel tax measures to support essential city services and fiscal

stability on the february 24th 2026 finance and management committee agenda item 3.15 i believe

has a title change

yes so for this item I'll read in the adjusted title receive an informational report on the

results of the salary survey for all city job classifications that earn a salary rate

less than $25 per hour and then in addition we are also going to pivot on the date

And so I believe Director Howe is on Zoom to state her preferred date for this item,

although my preference is mid-March.

Good morning, everyone.

Mary Howe, Human Resources Director.

Yes, thank you for the consideration for a later date.

we are just working with outside consultants

to help us do the survey.

So we just wanna make sure that there is sufficient time

for them to perform this work.

And also given the timeline system materials to council,

I just wanna make sure there's enough time.

So if it works for council members,

Brown and Ramachandran,

we would ask for a late March, early April date,

if that works.

and the date for late March that would be March 22nd 24th 24th yes and then is

there a possibility for an early April date because I'm just thinking that in

in the abundance of caution, we would have to get our materials in by the end of February,

roughly to make that March state.

Excellent. Thank you so much. I'm chair chair of finance.

Ramachandran, did you have any feedback? Yeah, my preference would be to hear it on Tuesday,

March 24th. If I may just do the chair to the committee,

there is a spring break for the first week of April. So there is no committee. So the

next April date would be the April 21st so the March 24th would be more

efficient if preferable excellent thank you so much okay public comment as I

call your name please approach the podium in any order please state your

name for the record if you are on zoom please raise your hand so I can easily

identify you you will be called after the speakers in chambers Kevin Daly

Rajni Mondal and Blair Beekman

okay I do not see any I don't see Kevin I don't see anyone in chambers moving to

these own speakers starting with Blair Beekman please unmute yourself and begin

your comments. Hi, Blair Beekman. I had two public comments on consent or on this item today,

if possible. 3.2 and 3.5. Thank you. For 3.2, about the selection panel nominations for police

commissioner appointment, I'm in favor of accepting the police commission selection panels

instead of rejecting. I hope you've offered a choice here. This is an item that's been

ongoing for over a year now, and I think we're in a bit of different space in Oakland a year ago

compared to now. A lot of work has been developing towards a fair and equal process for all sides.

We are developing community, I've noticed, in Oakland in the past year. It's become a more

integrated process for everyone. And good luck in those continued efforts into 2026.

It's with that in mind, I think the two commissioners in question can be really good

from what I've seen. So I hope they can be accepted and continue their good work and good

efforts. And they're committed to working towards a fair community process as well,

it sounds like my beginner's understanding. So good luck in working to resolve this issue

on good terms for everyone.

And for item 3.5 is strategic six-month plan update things citywide.

I've been making a big point.

I've been learning how to talk about the importance of all our programs together,

working towards law enforcement, macro city services, social services, all working together.

Man, you guys have been doing an awesome job with that.

It's not just the tech.

I mean, there's just a lot that's helping our city community that was talked about yesterday about crime rates are down, and we have to continue those good efforts.

And I hope we can really be making that clear, that it's a number of items that what's bringing our crime levels down, that we continue to ask help for and promote and ask for funding for.

Good luck in our good efforts and clear understandings by everyone.

It should be a good 2026 in those good terms, hopefully.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Rajni, you are next.

Please unmute yourself and begin your comments.

Rajni, Mondale, District 4.

For item 3.2, selection panel recommendations, I urge the committee to focus on process integrity

and not personalities.

When these reappointments last came before council, they were rejected because of problems

with the recruitment and vetting process.

What's before you today appears to be the same names resubmitted without a materially

different process or a broader candidate pool.

If the justification for resubmission is based mainly on procedural clarifications rather

than a substantively different recruitment or vetting effort, then Council should carefully

consider whether those clarifications actually address the concerns that led to the prior

rejection.

I urge the committee to clearly state for the full council what has and has not changed since the last vote,

so council members can make an informed decision based on process rather than urgency.

For 3.11 Skelly hearings, I just want to share a few facts from OPD's report included in tonight's Police Commission meeting agenda,

so this item is framed clearly as it moves forward.

OPD reports that there are currently 46 discipline cases waiting for Skelly hearings involving 64 officers.

OPD also reports it has 18 trained Skelly hearing officers available.

The Skelly backlog has been steadily declining throughout 2025 after OPD and Human Resources made process improvements in late 2024,

such as moving the process online and expanding who can conduct hearings.

Skelly hearings are handled by OPD, HR, and sometimes the city attorney's office.

CIPRA does not schedule or run Skelly hearings.

As this moves to public safety, I ask that the report separate investigation delays from Skelly delays and clearly state which department controls each step.

Thank you.

thank you for your comments as I do not see Kevin in the chambers or on zoom that does conclude

your public comment councilman Romachandran do you wish to speak okay

so I'll entertain a motion noting 3.0 urgency finding 3.5 rescheduled to February 10th

FMC. 3.7 rescheduled to February 24th LEC. 3.8 with the title change. 3.11

rescheduled to February 24th public safety. 3.12 will be noted as an oral

report. 3.15 will be rescheduled to March 24th FMC. And the title change. I did

want to just make a note just to the administration for item 3.2 I have a

handful of questions that I'll be submitting and hopefully those can be

published as a supplemental in time for the January 20th City Council meeting

and then I'll make a motion to move this item motion by Brown second second by

five

on item 3.3 I'm sorry item 3 moved by councilmember Brown second by council

member Fyfe with the amendments read into record by council president Jenkins

councilmember Brown I councilmember Fyfe I councilmember Ramachandran and

chair Jenkins motion passes with a vote of four eyes going to item four review

of the draft agenda's pending list City Council and committee meetings before

you are the agendas for the committees of next week as well as the pending list

there any changes please state them now and just know that the council I'm sorry

the January 13th Finance and Management Committee was canceled some time

canceled some time ago and there's a cancel it cancellation agenda attached

thank you the administration good morning again Candace from the city

administrator's office i just want to note staff is present at the podium they have changes to the

january 13th finance and management committee agenda as well as there'll be changes to the ced

pending list but staff is present for finance um january 13th at this time please proceed

i'm actually present for the public works and transportation committee meeting january 13th

we want to move the item measure dd grant agreement for segora tay land trust watershed

acquisition to february 10th thank you to the administration anything else apologies he corrected

me and then wasn't financed with public works change as well as i do have staff from ced here

to make some changes to the pending list no no uh but staff will be present for changes to the

pending list but uh there's additional staff here i'm not sure perfect good morning my name is susan

olson i'm from administrative analyst two from planning and building we are requesting the

presentation of the impact fee annual report currently listed on january 27 ced agenda be

rescheduled for february 10th the report has been completed and was posted for public review december

27th as required by government code 66006 and is that item number one i don't know what item

ITEM NO. 1.

YES.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION?

NOT AT THIS TIME.

COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN?

THROUGH THE CHAIR TO THE ADMINISTRATION, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT FOR THE COMMITTEE MEETING OF CED NEXT WEEK,

that the item HCD anti displacement strategic action plan is actually it that

is not ready the materials are not ready to be submitted and so are we moving

that item that was the feedback that I received from administrator Lake can we

come back to you to confirm that we need a moment to consult with the assistant

administrator Lake thank you thank you do have any public comments as I call your

name please approach the podium in any order please state your name for the

record before beginning if you're on zoom please raise your hand so I can

easily identify you kevin dally blair beekman i believe they are both on zoom

blair please unmute yourself and begin your comments hi thank you uh blair beekman again

um i wanted to comment on uh public safety items uh that you have coming up on your public safety

committee meetings. I'm understanding that there's a bit of difficulty with the committee and council

procedural process going on right now that's going to have to be addressed with some issues.

Good luck that we can be working on procedural issues, better clarification and such. I've been

speaking the really importance of the good work on the ALPR issue, vendor issue that you've done

that I hope can be, if that item is going to be continuing, that it's the procurement process.

It's important we didn't talk about how it can have updates at committee or council meetings.

I think that's a simple procedural ask that it could be at public safety or city council,

you know, every six months or so as an update process.

And at this time, we should also be discussing much more regularly in the open space about more strategically placed reduced amounts of surveillance tech in Oakland neighborhoods that can do the same amounts of good public safety work and current standards within Oakland neighborhoods.

I hope that discussion can be a bit more regular.

It needs to be.

It can do really good work.

I think you're aware of the subject, but I think we need a bit more facts about it and understanding.

and the public space is a good place to have the discussion

and figure that out.

So thank you for your time and good luck in bringing that

to the public safety committee meetings in the future.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments, Kevin Daly.

Last call.

I do not see him in chambers.

He's not in Zoom.

All right.

Seeing that's in the public speakers,

Council Member Brown.

Through the chairs to the administration

for the CED item, item 3.

We need to move from the city administrator's office.

For the January 13th, for CED pending list,

January 13th, item 1, receive an informational report.

That report's not ready yet, and we would like to move that to January 27th.

So, 113 CED item 1

to go to January 27th? Yes.

OK.

CAN YOU SAID THE TITLE?

IT'S THE RECEIVE AN INFORMATION REPORT ON THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.

THAT'S THE ITEM THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE.

AND SO IF THAT ITEM IS BEING REMOVED FROM THIS AGENDA, THEN CED WOULD BE CANCELLED BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER ITEMS.

SO CED CANCEL JANUARY 13TH.

SO CANCELLATION OF CED JANUARY 13TH.

DOES THE COUNCIL WANT TO MOVE PUBLIC SAFETY?

Other chairs.

Wong.

We'll check in with her.

There's an open spot. We'll check in with her.

All right. So noting the cancellation of the 113 CD,

noting 113 Public Works item number four rescheduled to February 10th,

Noting the 113 CD item number one rescheduled to 127

and noting item one on CD 127 scheduled to February 10th.

I'll entertain a motion.

Move approval.

Second.

On item four, moved by council member Brown,

seconded by council member Fyfe as amended.

Council Member Brown.

Aye.

Council Member Fyfe.

Aye.

Council Member Ramachandran.

Aye.

And Chair Jenkins.

Aye.

Motion passes with a vote of four ayes.

Going to item five.

Receive an information report regarding the proposed

2026 state and federal legislative agenda.

You do have two, three speakers on this item.

Niccolo, welcome back.

Thank you very much.

HONORABLE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, NICOLO DE LUCA.

IT IS AN HONOR AND A THRILL TO BE HERE IN OAKLAND, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INVITATION.

I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE'S TIME AND ALSO EVERYONE'S EXPERIENCE.

WE'VE DONE THIS DANCE BEFORE.

THIS IS A FUN DANCE.

THIS IS ADOPTING THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE STATE AND FEDERAL PLATFORM.

AS I LIKE TO CALL THIS, THIS IS A PLAYBOOK FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

course items come items go but it's really our roadmap to move forward this

document 13 pages has been has had input from all of you your staff the mayor her

staff the city administrator his agency directors and very thorough so we are

happy to answer any questions and move forward a couple of things as you all I

I love highlighting our team.

You see me, but we have a great team behind us

in DC and in Sacramento.

Right now, the governor's giving his final state

of the state.

Tomorrow, his finance director will talk a little bit

about his proposed budget.

We will have updates for all of you.

And just real quickly, I'd say the top,

so in the report, we break it down into the top policy items

that we want to lead on.

We also have a matrix of policy items we want to support

work on and then funding items we want to work on and so the feedback after meeting with all of you

the mayor and her team and agency directors number one is working to support the unhoused

number two is addressing illegal dumping and blight number three is public safety and then

number four is economic inclusion so in the report it goes into greater detail but to the public just

really want to highlight those are kind of our four main marching orders for the year with that

happy to stop talking and answer any and all of your questions so thank you Niccolo for your

continued work Townsend does an excellent job both Sacramento and DC and something that's near and

dear to my heart is OUSD and the safety of our students at OUSD at Skyline High School we've

had a number of shootings and as the city and the school board are both looking at budget deficits

we need to figure out a way so that we can keep our babies safe in school and I think I speak for

council when I say you know the violence at OUSD has to stop but also we need to help them or they

need to stand up their public safety program so that they can go after grants so that they can

advocate would it be appropriate here to say working with their lobbyists to finding grants

and you know if I'm in Sacramento or if I'm in DC just advocating on behalf of them getting what

their public safety plan is so we can advocate for dollars alongside with them as they're standing

UP THEIR OWN PUBLIC SEFETY PROGRAM?

ABSOLUTELY. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HAPPY TO DO SO.

IN THE REPORT, WE HAVE MENTION OF PARTNERING WITH OUSD

AND OTHERS IN THE REGION. OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE HAD AN

OPEN DOOR OF TALKING TO THEIR ADVOCATES, TALKING TO SOME OF

THEIR ADMINISTRATION MEMBERS. SO HAPPY TO CONTINUE THAT.

AND DEFINITELY, THE STRONGER THE PARTNERSHIPS, THE BETTER.

AND DO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LOBBYISTS?

YOU KNOW, I RECALL THEY DID AT ONE POINT.

IF THEY DON'T, WE'VE GOT GOOD CONTACTS THERE.

and if not we could work with all of you for some of your contacts okay and i'd love if we could

meet with their superintendent okay to just see what their priorities are and see how we

can keep our baby safe sounds good excellent um yep i also wanted to just thank nicolo and the

team as well as the office of the mayor and you know everyone that weighed in on this very

comprehensive report i was very delighted to see many of the um you know pieces of feedback and

and ideas that I had for 2026 and helping to support

really every segment of the city of Oakland,

whether we're trying to address and support

our LGBTQ community, economic revitalization in our city,

as well as public safety concerns,

and then really excited that the item around public health

in East Oakland being the first,

being able to have the young people's wellness center even made it into the report.

So there's a lot of things that we are going to be focused on in 2026.

And so thank you so much for the support and advocacy as we go into this new year.

Absolutely. Thank you, Council member Brown. Council member Fife.

I just want to say thank you, Nicolo.

Your work has had tremendous impact in my district while I've been in office.

It's had real tangible impact, particularly around homelessness.

So I definitely look forward to this upcoming year, which I know will be a challenge with what's happening at the federal level, but also the deficit at the state level.

So I know you're going to have to work extra hard this year, but I was also really pleased to see a lot of the things in there that we've been working on for the last several years.

And definitely want to double down on homelessness to figure out what those solutions are.

I'm happy to see a lot of the things around libraries, but particularly around issues that I plan on focusing on in my district and citywide, like sideshows.

It's a major issue for every district now.

And so we're looking into alternatives to make that revenue generating for the city if we can do a comprehensive but sanctioned program.

It's something that I start working on in 2021.

one. So I was happy to see that that's a part of this this project, this this whole program

as well that you plan on advocating for. But I want to know specifically how can you prioritize

with so many demands that the city of Oakland has? How do you manage what those priorities

are? Great question through the chair. Number one, like I mentioned earlier, we have an

awesome team. So there's about six, seven of us that are working overall on behalf of

the city. Number two, we've got clear communication with you

all and clear communication with the mayor and her office on

what the priorities are very grateful that you all are in sync

and everyone's working together and rowing in the same direction.

What was really helpful with this report was really not

ranking but having the four main topics homelessness illegal

dumping public safety economic inclusion and how those buckets

fall. You all know because you're all our experts. Sacramento

DC there's many different opportunities to get involved whether it's pushing legislation whether

it's working on funding opportunities I also want to thank the city administrator and his team because

our grants team has a lot of open communication a lot of support on the different grant applications

that we help support too I don't want to forget the grants team so I would say that you know

there's a lot happening on behalf of the city we all like to work really hard and it keeps us very

very busy and we continue to do so the cool thing though about this report is items come we address

them and then new items get added so we're just perpetually working in in a

state of motion you all have been very very clear which just gives us the

direction and again really proud of the full team that's that gets after this

can you call on you came to my district to see some of the impacts of

homelessness and and some very severely impacted areas and if you need me to go

to San Sacramento or DC if I need to support any of your lobbying efforts

happy to do that I appreciate that you all have been really good about letters

phone calls and visits coming up through your different resources and

connections I again I made that commitment to you about West Oakland

even though I live in Sacramento now I'm still born and raised in Oakland my mom

still here splits time between here and Italy but happy to always be if you guys

have things that are going on either myself or some of your other team

members are happy to come down so we can hear what you all are hearing and see what you all are

seeing. And again, just continue the frequency of checking in visits, partnering, and what have you.

Council Member Ramachandra. Thank you. Echoing what this whole body has said,

we really appreciate your efforts. You know, despite difficult budgets in the state and

federal situation, we've gotten quite a lot of money in the last year, and I think that's

the product of a lot of hard work and concerted efforts.

I have a question about, you mentioned the governor's budget.

Could you explain that timeline?

Absolutely.

So by the Constitution says the governor's got to propose his budget, essentially by tomorrow.

So this is, I think, the first time ever where he's doing his final state of the state,

teasing out his budget priorities.

But tomorrow, his finance director will make it more clear as to what they're proposing

to reduce or support or even cut. From there it starts a marathon of informational hearings,

budget subcommittee hearings, and other discussions. Again, what's great about having

this adopted is it gives our team the green light to work on a lot of these items. To

answer your question more directly, Governor proposes his budget. It's going to sit out

there for a couple of months, then we're going to have that subcommittee hearings, committee

hearings both houses assembling the Senate will release their budget

proposals probably the next couple of weeks the May revise which I think might

be like by May 10th it will then be presented I'll have a better number

because we'll know what the second quarter tax returns will be looking like

then we'll really get down to like in the machinations and the negotiations of

the budget the budget has to be adopted and approved by June 15th however in

years past there's been a lot of budget trailer bills which is really the

specificity on the budget actions those usually go into print during the

summertime and get approved in August and by September so the budget

essentially goes from January through September and it does kind of mirror the

legislative process one thing that we have or there is you know potential

budget deficit of around 18 billion this time last year was more and this time

last year there's a lot of dread what we have been hearing from the different budget committee

staffers is the kind of ai boom right now has been making some good ground on any deficits

they just it's more of a sugar rush you can't count it for too long of a time so fingers

crossed that a everyone fills their tax returns in on time b the ai rush continues to grow

job market gets better retail gets better and hopefully that deficit can be shrunk props to

THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR BECAUSE EACH YEAR THEY ARE ABLE TO CLOSE MASSIVE DEBTS

AND WITHOUT HAVING A HUGE IMPACT ON US. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY.

WE'RE PROUD OF OUR LEADERSHIP OUT THERE AND ALL THE WORK THAT THE MAYOR CONTINUES TO DO AND THAT

YOU ALL CONTINUE TO DO TO FIGHT FOR SOME OF THOSE EARMARKS AND SUPPORT SOME OF THOSE FUNDING

SOME OF THOSE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS ALSO. THANK YOU. AND ALONG WITH THAT AS WE ADVOCATE FOR

FUNDING. DOES OUR SACRAMENTO DELEGATION HAVE THEIR ASSIGNMENTS?

WE HAVE BEEN IN CLEAR COMMUNICATION WITH THEM.

WE REACHED OUT TO THEM RECENTLY ABOUT POTENTIAL LEGAL DUMBING

LEGISLATION AS WE WORK ON FINE TUNING WHAT OUR SPECIFIC BUDGET

ASKS. WE ARE IN FREQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH SENATOR

ARRAGEEN, ASSUMBING WOMEN BUNTA, ASSUMBING WOMEN WICKS, IN ADDITION

TO A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORING MEMBERS TOO BECAUSE A LOT OF

THIS WORK IS LOOKED AT AS A REGION.

AND DID THEY GET ASSIGNMENTS HERE?

YES. SO WE HAVE, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PROMPT.

SO WE HAVE A NEW PRO TEM, MONIQUE LIMON FROM SANTA BARBARA.

SHE HAS CHANGED COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS GOING TO EFFECT IN

FEBRUARY. SENATOR ARRAGEAN HAS, IF I RECALL, HOUSING, AND I

WANT TO SAY HE KEPT HUMAN SERVICES OR PUBLIC SAFETY.

SORRY, IT'S KIND OF BEEN A BLURR RECENTLY.

but we have the new assignment and then in the assembly everything has also

remained the same so we're fortunate we've got a great delegation they've

been great to Oakland they're all active so appreciate all of our work in

partnership with them too absolutely thank you seeing no more comments let's

go to the public speakers as a car your name please support supporting me in the

order please state your name for the record before beginning if you're on

zoom please raise your hand so I can easily identify you if you still wish

to speak sequoia hall blair beekman kevin dally

come on up

Thank you so much.

My name is Sequoia Hall, Chief of Staff at Roots Community Health.

Thank you, council members for the robust intentional policy priorities for the city

of Oakland.

Specifically, I want to commend the prioritization of our youth.

Roots has been providing full service, comprehensive primary care for adults and their families

in East Oakland since 2008.

More recently, we have dedicated our efforts to combat poor health outcomes for our youth 13 to 26 with the Young People's Wellness Center that's located on International Boulevard, which I am grateful to see uplifted in the legislative priorities.

Roots alongside our youth as well as our Rise East partners, which I believe everyone is familiar with that initiative,

successfully raised $2.3 million to fully construct the Young People's Wellness Center in East Oakland.

I want to extend a sincere thank you to Council Member Brown for attending and joining us at the groundbreaking

and continuing to advocate on behalf of our Oakland's youth.

With the success of the construction this year, it is time to complete the purpose of our center.

So within the focusing and to bring our centers staffing, services, programming, as well as just a space to allow our youth to connect and just have a safe haven for them.

So we are ready to do that. And with this $5 million investment proposed in the priorities,

we'll ensure that the center fully opens, ready to serve over 500 of Oakland's youth annually.

Our youth receive confidential primary care, behavioral health, sexual reproductive health,

navigation, workforce programming, and trauma-informed care services designed for them

and by them. I want to emphasize that now is a critical time. Thank you. Your time is up. Okay,

thank you. Moving to the Zoom speaker, Mr. Beekman, please unmute yourself and begin your comments.

Hi, Blair Beekman. Thank you for this item. Similar to what I spoke on item 3.5,

just good luck on our funding issues. I really hope we can be promoting kind of like our best

values of Oakland and of California at this time. I think it actually, we had a lot of success and a

lot of good luck with Trump not coming in with federal troops, you know, in the past fall. And

that took good reasoning to share what we're doing well. And I just hope we can continue those good

practices. And I hope, you know, I'm really sorry for cities like Minneapolis right now, what they're

going through. And I just hope we all learn important lessons that we don't need to be using

violence to solve our issues. And I hope Trump really can learn that. And I think we can show

those good lessons in what we're doing well, that we're not just using law enforcement, we're using

many different practices and social services to answer our needs. And I think that's being

addressed really well and making a good impression. Good luck. We can continue those good efforts.

It's clear as a community process we can be doing that.

We're all clear on that.

That builds solidarity as a community good process.

And about the, you know, you want to clean up areas of the city and stuff.

And I think that's a good step to address that specifically instead of possibly labeling it on homelessness and not assigning homelessness to the cleanup issues.

And when we use the surveillance tech with the cleanup issues, if we practice surveillance tech really well, you know, and have good open public policies and clear, that builds community and trust.

And that's our good stuff.

Good luck in our positive, good efforts, what we can be doing.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments, as I don't see Kevin Daly in chambers or on Zoom.

That concludes your public comment.

I'll entertain a motion.

I move approval.

Second.

Moving to receive this report.

On the motion by Council Member Brown, seconded by Council Member Five to receive and file this report.

Council Member Brown?

Aye.

Council Member Five?

Aye.

Council Member Ramachandran?

Aye.

And Chair Jenkins?

Aye.

Motion passes with a vote of four ayes.

going to item six adopted resolution confirming mayor barbary's appointment of evalio griot and

doug wong to serve on the oakland police commission as the mayor's appointees this item does require

an urgency finding and vote as it was added to the supplemental agenda is there someone

here from the mayor's office that can state the urgency finding yes good morning uh council

president council members um yes i'll read the urgency finding uh suppressed kilbert every

chief staff to mayor barbara lee um so to ensure the continuity of operations and the uninterrupted

performance of the police commission's uh central functions the mayor seeks to urgently advance the

appointments of judge griot and mr doug wong um to the january or at the first meeting of the rules

and legislation committee um your meeting today both these appointments bring significant experience

judgment public service backgrounds that will strengthen the commission's existing work

and will help ensure a timely and efficient leadership transition while also maintaining

critical oversight responsibilities of the police commission thank you for that thank you all right

do we have you do need a vote also i'll entertain a motion i'll entertain a motion on the urgency finding

so moved

second on the motion by council member five second by council member brown for the urgency

finding that was read into record by the mayor staff council member brown aye council member

five aye council member ramachandran aye and chair jenkins aye urgency vote passes with

a vote of four eyes reading the item into record again adopt a resolution confirming

the mayor's mayor barberly's appointments of evalio griot and doug wong to serve on the oakland

police commission as the mayor's appointees you do have two speakers on this item so do the

appointees want to have words if the appointees can come up and have words appointee and then

have met him able to counsel i have some remarks as well

good morning my name is uh douglas wong i was honored that mayor lee asked me to

serve on the police commission i look forward to doing my best and i think

i've met most of the city staff or city council members here so thank you very

much so do we have questions and i have some questions

Last chance.

Thank you.

Thank you.

No questions.

Just a comment that Mr. Wong, you've committed so much of your life to service to the city of Oakland.

I've had the honor of getting to work with you on a number of civic matters, not just in District 4 but throughout the city.

your service as a firefighter, as a very active wildfire prevention advocate,

and community leader on the broad issues of homelessness, civic engagement,

public safety, and more is really commendable.

And I am in full support of your candidacy to the Oakland Police Commission

and your willingness to volunteer for an incredibly important initiative.

And thank you for your willingness to serve.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Council Member Brown?

I mean, Pfeiffer.

I just wanted to ask through the chair potentially to our city attorney because I know this was a

problem in the with the selection panel what or when were the background checks conducted for

these two individuals and will that be a will that come up in this process later you know I

talk to the city attorney and he oh I'm you know I can defer that question to the

mayor staff the charter does require background checks for these appointees

and I understand that will be done prior to council consideration of the item

yes pressing go over to the chief staff to mayor Barberley so through the chair

council member five thank you for the question yeah we've been in touch the

City Attorney's Office and they and we're aware that there needs to be background checks. We are in touch with the city

Administrator's Office with regards to expediting those background checks and so we fully expect that they will be done prior to any

vote at City Council.

Thank you.

So a point of clarification.

I was a firefighter for Contra Costa County Fire Protection District not Oakland. I was three quarters of an inch too short at that time.

You had to be 5'9", I was 5'8 and a quarter.

That is tall to me.

So through the chair, thank you for that.

I appreciate the opportunity to have our brief conversation

and appreciate your service around cert

and everything that you've done to contribute to the city of Oakland.

So I just wanted that clarification from the mayor's office or city attorney.

So I look forward to that information.

So you come with high regards from Council Member Houston,

who called me ranting and raving about you,

and that is to say something.

I have a question about how you see

the Independent Police Commission interacting with counsel.

And I say that because there's been

what seems to be friction

in comments that I've heard in police commission meetings

where they want to hurry up and pass policies

so that counsel doesn't get to weigh in on it.

And we have two members of the police commission

that wrote a draft letter to the judge

criticizing city council for rejecting their appointments,

suggesting that city council actions were politically motivated,

stating that council's actions contribute to an anti-commission climate,

saying that city council puts behavior,

risk NSA compliance,

city council acknowledges city council's former role but emphasizes restraint and so I dream of

a world where we work together to get out of NSA out of the NSA even though the police commission

is an original party to the NSA but I don't see our roles as adversarial we all want constitutional

policing I believe and we all want to work together so how do you see the role of city

council working with the independent police commission well y'all work we all

have to work hand in hand I've been to I've attended police commission meetings

and I noticed the animosity between some of the members and the community and the

disrespect I guess from other people but we all want the same thing we want a

police department that not only protects us and works with us, but works with the community.

So being a firefighter, I've been in situations where everybody wants you to do something,

and you can't. So you have to prioritize what you have to do. So as I come on and look at it and

read these letters, and I noticed that there was like, people are expressing their personal opinion,

not facts and you have to deal with the facts if we can't do it and pass it on to city council

in a timely manner or in what i would say a fair manner i would table the issue until the next time

we meet because we can't give you a half ass report and say do this or recommend this right

I APPRECIATE IT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A COLLABORATIVE WORKING SPIRIT.

ALTHOUGH THE POLICE COMMISSION IS INDEPENDENT, WE ALL WORK TOGETHER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING AND THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER FIFE.

THANK YOU. THROUGH THE CHAIR, COULD YOU DEFINE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING OR HOW YOU SEE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING?

Well, every department, every law enforcement department has SOPs, Standard Operating Procedures.

And they're supposed to be followed, but unfortunately, sometimes, as in any situation, personalities get involved.

And somebody might say something or act in a way which somebody finds offensive.

so myself having been stopped by eyes to prove that I was an American citizen

I was terrified just absolutely terrified

and I don't want that to happen to our citizens

now I have a lot of acquaintances and working with different committees

and commissions to work with the entire city of Oakland

and you have to find out where are they coming from

because everybody has a different background.

Everybody has different family values,

and that's what we have to work together

to find out a solution where everybody,

the people involved can get together,

come up with a viable solution,

and smooth over and, you know,

compromise is the name of the game.

You just can't get your way all the time.

I have kids.

I can prove it.

Okay, Councilmember Brown.

Excellent.

Well, nice to meet you, Mr. Wong.

I think my question is just pretty direct.

You know, serving on the police commission is a very important role,

one where a lot of the decisions that you make or that you're weighing in on

in on impact so many Oaklanders.

And so I guess I'm curious, just kind of knowing the history of that body, what would you say

would be maybe your top three priorities kind of stepping, if you have the opportunity to

step into this role?

One of my goals would be to get rid of the NSA.

I think we spent a lot of money, 20 years is a long time.

I was involved in the first writer's episode because a couple of my friends were caught up in it.

And I just, at that time, did not feel, and I still did not feel, what was the right thing to do.

Now, there were some citizens out in the West Oakland Senior Center who felt the police were doing the right thing because they felt safe.

but that was a false safe to me.

So working with the police commission

and I hope to meet all the members

and find out where they're coming from,

listen to the stories,

find out my relationship,

my responsibilities,

and carry them out to best my abilities.

Thank you. Seeing no more questions, do we have public comments? Thank you, sir.

Blair Beekman and Rajni Mondal.

Rajni please unmute yourself and begin your comments.

Rajni Mandel district 4.

I want to commend the mayor selections and express hope that commissioners with strong

professional backgrounds can help restore neutrality procedural discipline and adherence

to the police commission's charter mandate the commission sorely needs a parliamentarian

meetings regularly stray beyond the charter mandate and basic principles of robert's rule of order

i urge the city attorney to reconsider providing a parliamentarian role at these commission meetings

it was done in prior years and discontinued after conflicts but the absence of procedural guidance

has created ongoing dysfunction that requires renewed attention and thank you so much Mr. Wong

for your showing up and being a part of this police commission I think these two mayoral

appointments are excellent and I really look forward to see what they get to do

thank you miss mondal blair beekman please unmute yourself and begin your comments

hi thank you blair beekman this was a good item to hear it was a good learning experience for

myself thank you um good luck to the candidates uh good words uh i was hearing um and thank you to uh

council president you know speaking on trying to create some sense of uh community for the process

um i i haven't been around the meetings over the past years all that much so i don't quite know

how they've been going but I do come from a place that I really want the community to have a good

voice on items and they are just often marginalized incredibly in the public process and the the a

really good previous Oakland Police Commission one of the review boards had a really good way to to

address I mean public concerns that if we're trying to bring all of that

together don't I hope we don't have to marginalize the voices of people it's

difficult to really speak to these issues and have a part in the process

and that it's just so easily can happen in trying to find this middle ground

THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR OAKLAND AT THIS TIME THAT WE DON'T LOSE

EVERYDAY VOICES. THAT IT'S MORE DIFFICULT TO SPEAK ON THESE ISSUES AND HAVE THEIR

CONCEPTS HEARD AND UNDERSTOOD. SO GOOD LUCK WE CAN CONTINUE THOSE SORT OF GOOD EFFORTS

IN HOW WE MOVE FORWARD IN 2026. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS,

MR. CHAIR. THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER. TO MAYOR STAFF, WE HAVE A TITLE CHANGE.

Yes, and one of the things that I wanted to add, thank you, Council President Jenkins.

One of the things I wanted to add is Judge Greo did apologize.

He wasn't able to make it today.

He had an unexpected thing come up that he would love to share his regrets.

I did share his contact information with you all, and he does welcome any opportunities

to speak with any of you all if you want to reach out.

And so, yeah, I'll read through Judge Greo's bio very quickly.

for all of you who aren't aware, he brings more than 20 years of judicial experience

and a strong record in civil, criminal, and complex litigation, including issues of governmental

accountability and public records. Through his career, he has emphasized transparency,

fairness, and public trust, values that are central to the police commission's work.

Again, he is ready and willing to talk to any of you. Thank you all again.

And then, yes, I do have a slight change that I will read, or a technical amendment that I'll read

the record um so if you look at the last line the resolve line we're requesting that you amend

the line beginning october 12th strike 12 and add 17 and then the final piece of that sentence a

seat formerly held by regina jackson we're requesting that you strike regina jackson

and add brenda harbin forte thank you so i'll entertain a motion sorry just one clarification

the um correction to the term date from october 12th to october 17th is in both the first and

second resolve clause so for both appointees that's correct thank you and through the chair

possible please provide the corrected legislation to our office before 4 p.m i'm sorry to my office

before 4 p.m today thank you thanks so as a strong supporter of civilian oversight i will move this

as amendment amended second on the motion by council president Jenkins

seconded by councilmember Brown to approve staff recommendation as amended

going to the January 20th City Council meeting on consent consent

Councilmember Brown I also member five I also member Rama Chandran I and chair

Jenkins I motion passes with a vote of four eyes that was your final action

item going to well the administration good morning my apologies again Candace

from the city administrator's office I would like to ask if amendable to the

chair because of the cancellation of the February excuse me January 13th

CED committee we are asking after consulting with the public safety

chair if we can move public safety committee up to 1 30 so making public

safety a special meeting instead of having it at 6 o'clock on January 13th

so I believe the chair can call for that right yes and we did consult with the

chair and they are she is minimal as well as the committee members of that

okay thank you so much and just to confirm I don't know if the clerk's

office still needs to receive an email from the chair or is this yes so if we

can if councilmember Wong staff is present if they can make sure that

councilmember Wong sends an email to the clerk's office to confirm the

cancellation of the six o'clock public safety moving to 1 30 on the 13th thank

you so much other the chair if i could if you could do that as soon as possible as our agenda

production starts right after this meeting calling names for open forum blair beekman

rajni mandal and kevin dally

rajni please unmute yourself and begin your comments

I wanted to briefly flat few items on tonight's police commission agenda that are relevant to

council's oversight role under the NSA. The commission will be considering their statement

to the federal court, electing a chair and vice chair and continuing work related to the police

chief search. Those leadership decisions matter because they shape how the commission communicates

externally during a sensitive phase of federal oversight. With respect to the proposed statement

to the court. While the tone is more measured than earlier drafts, it still appears to frame

NSA challenges in political terms, including references to city council actions. Court

submissions are strongest when they focus on compliance facts and governance structure,

not political characterization. I also want to clarify the current status of task two,

which requires that at least 85% of misconduct investigations be completed within 180 days.

Recent monitoring reports have excluded CIPRA cases from Task 2 analysis because CIPRA investigations have not been completed within required time frames.

This means current Task 2 assessments do not reflect the full picture.

This is not only an IAB to CIPRA transition issue.

It reflects unresolved CIPRA capacity, systems, and transparency gaps.

CIPRA does not publish total case numbers, how many cases miss deadlines, or a current annual report for 24-25.

I respectfully ask the Rules Committee to prioritize transparency and accountability by requiring regular public reporting on CIPRA case volumes,

180-day compliance, and progress towards basic infrastructure goals such as case management systems and procedure manuals.

Thank you.

Mr. Beekman, please begin your comments.

Hi, Mayor Beekman.

Thanks for the meeting.

It can be difficult to speak to the public process.

Good luck that we can be inclusive to everyone in that effort.

I thank you again to Oakland City Council and City Government

for working towards compromise and looking for a new ALP vendor

in the next few years besides block.

It seems to have proven that Oakland City Council and City Government

can be committed to community best practices

and it can also serve an Oakland love life

and do not harm philosophy.

I hope in 2026, we can all be learning important

additional lessons about transparency, clarity,

and better procedures for the Oakland public meeting process.

I also hope we can be learning to more openly, clearly,

and publicly define when Oakland should use the term urgency

in the public meeting space.

As you have proven with the flock item,

Oakland City Council, city government is learning how to arrive at some very good policy making

but may need a bit more time patience, transparency and clarity with public meeting procedures

so simply may be needed. I hope this can be a time of public help and support and

an Oakland community process working together at this time to address these issues.

To offer a list of hopes at this time I hope our Oakland community can be in agreement to want to

continue a well-balanced approach of social services the Oakland macro program open accountable tech

practices and law enforcement all working together as how to build the future of Oakland neighborhood

public safety I'm also hopeful Oakland is currently setting a course that we can all be

working to invite practices of peace good reasoning and open community dialogue

as how to create our shared future instead of the use of continual war and its use of harm and

SECRECY AND DECISION MAKING I HOPE WE CAN APPROVE UPON AN UPDATE AS NEEDED NEW PUBLIC MEETING PROCEDURES

APPROVED AT THE DECEMBER 26 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND I HOPE WE CAN TAKE SOME GOOD STEPS TO

REVIEW AND BETTER DEVELOP A MORE CLEAR PROCEDURAL PUBLIC MEETING PROCESS IN 2026 THANKS

THANK YOU MR BEAKMAN THAT WAS THE LAST OPEN FORUM SPEAKER THANK YOU FOR PRODUCTIVE ROLLS THIS MEETING'S

adjourned.