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I'm so disgusted when you dipped your salad in your fries.
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I was like, oh my goodness.
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Good morning and welcome to the Rules and Legislation Committee of Thursday, February 5th.
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I will go over speaker card instructions before I call the roll. If you are looking to speak on any agenda item,
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please fill out a speaker's card before the item is called or 10 minutes after the start of this meeting.
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This meeting was called today at 1035, so the last opportunity to turn on the speaker's card will be at 1045
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45 or before the item is called whichever comes first on roll for this
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meeting our council members Brown present councilmember Fyfe is excused
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councilmember Ramachandran present and chair Jenkins present before I begin mr.
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chair do you have any announcements no announcements moving through the rest of
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the agenda the first item is item 2 which is approval of the committee
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minutes from January 22nd 2026 we just need a motion approval on the motion by
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councilmember Brown second by councilmember Ramachandran councilmember
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Brown aye councilmember Ramachandran aye and chair Jenkins aye motion passes with
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a vote of three eyes noting that councilmember Fyfe is excused moving to
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item 3 which is new scheduling item 3.1 a resolution authorizing reimbursement
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from the City Council contingency fund for travel costs in an amount not to
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exceed $2,500 for each council member Kevin Jenkins and John Ani Ramachandran to
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travel to Washington DC for a federal advocacy this is asked to go before the
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February 17th City Council agenda on non-consent and noting that this is
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going straight to council it will need a rule 24 wait does it usually go on
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Council member do you want to give a little 24?
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Typically items involving travel go straight to council.
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They're just following past practice.
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So noted, this item 3.1 will be going to consent,
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is requested to go to consent instead of non-consent.
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Item 3.2, a resolution confirming the mayor's
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reappointment of Roni Nguyen as a member of the Oakland Public
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Safety Planning and Oversight Commission.
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This is asked to go before the February 17th city council
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This will also need a rule 24 for going straight to council.
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Typically these things go straight to consent.
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Item 3.3, a resolution confirming the mayor's appointment of Gabriella Aranda and Reverend
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Tonia Scott Smith and reappointments of Christina Machad, Julia Forte Fruden, and Kevin Bremen
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as members of the Head Start Advisory Board.
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This is also asked to go before the February 17th.
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City Council agenda on consent of Rule 24 will also need to be stated.
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Typically, these items go straight to consent.
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Going to Item 3.4, a resolution confirming the mayor's reappointment of Cara Bredford
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as a landlord representative and Cynthia Munoz-Ramos as a tenant representative
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and Dasana Williams as an alternate tenant representative
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to the Housing Residential Rent and Relocation Board.
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This is asked to go before the February 17th,
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City Council agenda on consent.
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So we're going to send this to next week's rules.
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As per our rules of procedure,
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these appointments have to go through a hearing at rules.
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So noted, noting that item 3.4 will be going to, as a discussion item to the rules, February 19th, Rules and Legislation Committee.
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Item 3.5, a resolution amending Resolution No. 88341 to repeal the 2020 encampment management policy
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and replace with a 2025 encampment abatement policy that defines encampment to exclude vehicles
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and authorizes citation and towing of inhabited vehicles by city departments pursuant to the California Vehicle Code
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and Oakland Vehicle Code continues to require reasonable efforts to make shelter offers and seven-day notice prior to non-urgent encampment enclosures,
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I'm sorry, encampment closures, and clarifies emergency and urgent health and safety conditions that authorize immediate 24-hour or 72-hour notice for encampment closures,
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including encampments blocking sidewalks this is asked to go before the february 17th city council
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agenda on non-consent so i won't be here i won't be here for the duration of that meeting council
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member omichandra thank you um i do believe it's important that all council members are present
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for a meeting we're discussing this as much as possible.
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I would like to request us to go to committee first
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to preferably life enrichment.
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Okay, thank you so much.
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Similarly, I think it should also go through committee.
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These items were typically scheduled to LEC.
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And so it's my understanding that the
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upcoming LEC agenda may be impacted.
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So would that be LEC on February the 24th?
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You have to ask the chair.
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Councilmember Houston.
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I'd like to say congratulations first off.
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Do you know what I'm saying congratulations about?
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On December the 30th, you guys know about the HAP money that you guys received?
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do you guys know about that the 21 million we was asking do you guys know
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about that half money I'm saying congratulations so let me say this is it
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that you don't know that because the same way you didn't know about that
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December the 24th letter from Cal ICH remember to throw scheduling in there
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you gotta keep the scheduling oh this is about scheduling councilmember because
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the schedule that happened on December the 1st, council members, was a letter on the second,
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a letter was sent to the mayor and sent to the city administrator to say that it would
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interfere with the HAP fund. You remember that letter, right? Then on the 23rd, I wonder if you
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guys got this letter on December the 24th that the EAP meets the requirements of the
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Did you guys get that letter?
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I'm asking questions, council members.
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I'm your colleague.
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So then 23 days later, it's really funny, council member.
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23 days later, they send a letter to say it is in compliance with the state of California, and that's the interagency.
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So what I'm saying is, are we going to keep delaying this EAP for what reason?
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I don't even know why we're talking about it.
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It should have been passed back in August.
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What are we doing here?
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are we being bamboozled are we and it's councilman are we being bamboozled because I don't even know
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why we're talking about it because it's let me say I think that says right here on a letter that you
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got you should have got from Cal ACH on December the 24th it says here while the current draft
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current it has never been and this is scheduling this is scheduling council member by saying
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scheduling you have to relate it back to scheduling okay so right here while the current draft of the
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eap meets the minimum requirements of the state guidance oh wow it went through so i'm saying
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why are we not scheduling it on the 17 because what we want all the council members to be here
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is that what i just heard i just want to know is that what it is council president
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I'm not going to be here for the majority of the meeting on the 17th.
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And you know I respect you and I want you here.
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So what I'm saying is I want it to still go for the 17th because I don't even know why we're talking about this.
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If you know we got the HAP money, the $21 million that it said that we wouldn't get.
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Do your research, council members.
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Don't look like this in the public.
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So let's schedule it.
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Council members, you guys said that you wanted an LEC.
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From hearing from your colleagues, does that change your mind?
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order in the chambers going to item so noting that item 3.5 is
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now requested to go to the February 24th Life Enrichment Committee.
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Going to item 3.6, a resolution approving ongoing cooperative purchase agreements
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exceeding $250,000 for citywide commodity goods and services.
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Contract as outlined in table 1 in an additional amount not to exceed $8,040,000
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on the February 24th Finance and Management Committee agenda.
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Item 3.7, a resolution accepting public infrastructure improvements, directing the filing of an unconditional certificate of completion for the 4430, 4440, and 4440, I'm sorry, 4448 Howell Street public improvements per the subdivision improvement agreement.
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for deferred construction of public infrastructure improvements
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and making appropriate CEQA findings on the February 24th
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Public Works and Transportation Committee agenda.
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Item 3.8 includes the following pieces of legislation.
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A resolution authorizing the city administrator to award a construction contract
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to Bayline Cutting and Coring in an amount not to exceed $3,331,000
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$144 waiving the 5% maximum mobilization requirement for sections 9 through 3.4 of the project specifications and a resolution authorizing the city administrator to amend the professional services agreement with Biggs Cardoza associates for design for Adeline Street Bridge seismic retrofit project by increasing the contract amount by $200,000 for a contract amount not to exceed $918,000.
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thousand dollars and a resolution authorizing the city administrator to
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enter into a professional services agreement with Biggs Cardoza
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associates to provide special inspection a material testing for the Adeline
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Street bridge seismic retrofit project for an amount not to exceed two hundred
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thousand dollars and adopting appropriate sequel quality findings on
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on the February 24th Public Works and Transportation Committee agenda.
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Item 3.9, receive an information report from the Oakland Public Library Commission for the 2025 calendar year.
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This is asked to go before the February 24th Life Enrichment Committee.
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Good morning, Candace. Parker Trigg from the City Administrator's Office.
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we've been asked if this item can be rescheduled to the March 24th Life
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Enrichment Committee and we are amendable if approved by rules committee
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thank you for that correction item 3.10 a resolution waiving the request for
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proposals on qualification requirements and awarding a construction I'm sorry a
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contract to at how transportation cooperative corp dba adho fine art services for the storage of
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select african-american museum library materials for a five-year term in an amount not to exceed
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three hundred thousand dollars on the february 24th life enrichment committee agenda item 3.11
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a resolution waiving the competitive multiple steps solicitation process and awarding a contract
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to innovative interfaces for Oakland Public Library integrated library system including
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hardware and software and maintenance services for a five-year term in an amount not to exceed
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two million dollars on the February 24th life enrichment committee agenda.
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Item 3.12 a resolution authorizing the city administrator to enter into a cooperative
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purchasing agreement with Stryker Sales for the purchase, lease, maintenance, and repair
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of advanced life support equipment in an amount not to exceed $681,877.80 per year for five years
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for a total not to exceed amount of $3,409,389 and waiving the advertising and competitive bidding
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process requirements and local business enterprise and small local business program requirements
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for the purchasing of agreement with Stryker Sales.
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This is asked to go before the February 24th Public Safety Committee.
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Item 3.13, a resolution accepting the annual report for the following City of Oakland,
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Police Department surveillance technologies, automated license plate readers,
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crime lab biometrics, DNA analysis technology, forward-looking infrared,
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live stream transmitter, unmanned aerial system, forensic logic, cop link, crime
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tracer system, pin register, and making a determination regarding whether the
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city should continue to use each of these technologies. This is asked to go
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before the February 24th Public Safety Committee agenda. Item 3.14, an
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information report from the city administrator regarding the Oakland
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Police Department over time, the current system used for tracking and approving
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overtime the process in place to improve the approval and tracking process on the
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February 24th Public Safety Committee agenda representative from district 2
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the administration thank you yes we are amenable to that we planned on
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scheduling something under item four so yes thank you
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noting that I'm 3.14 will be withdrawn item 3.15 a motion to designate
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council member houston as vice chair of the city port liaison committee this is asked to go before
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the march 3rd 2026 city council agenda on consent good morning um we would like to withdraw that
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item and place it on the rules pending list pending no date specific we'll play we'll place
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it on the port liaison pending list with no date thank you noting that item 3.15 will be going to
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to the port liaison committee pending list.
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Item 3.16 received an information report
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from the city administrator regarding
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Oakland's 2025 business closures,
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including sector specific business size
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and geographic mapping data, closure, causation,
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economic business analysis to include projected reductions
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in sales tax and general fund revenue on the March 10th
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Community and Economic Development Committee agenda.
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We move from the City Administrator's Office
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to Council Member Wong's staff.
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City staff is requesting that this item
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be placed on the CED pending list
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with no date specific until this item's vetted.
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noting that item 3.16 will be placed on the CED no specific date portion of the pending list.
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Item 3.17 a resolution authorizing the city administrator to execute an amendment to an
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existing professional services agreement with American Building Service Inc. increasing the
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current agreement of $250,000 by an additional $750,000 for a new total agreement not to exceed
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$1 million and extending the term end date from December 31, 2026 to June 30, 2029 for regular
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janitorial and cleaning services at early childhood facilities. This is asked to go to the March 10th
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Life Enrichment Committee agenda. Your final item under new scheduling, a resolution denying the
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appeal by John Kevlin representing TCI 1 or the TCI 1205 Franklin LLC the
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property at the property owner at 1205 Franklin Street and thus upholding the
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Planning Commission's denial of a major variance for the conversion of the second
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and third floor offices into a self or many storage industrial activity in an
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existing building at the property and adopting CEQA findings on the March 17
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City Council agenda as a public hearing and you do have public speakers on this
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item let's go to the public speakers
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as I call your name please approach the podium in any order please state your
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name for the record before beginning if you are on zoom please raise your hand
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so I can easily identify you if you wish to speak.
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Satha Baskaran, Patricia Toscano, Kelsey Hubbard,
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Allie Cat, Armando Solezano, Samir Lee, Delphine Brody,
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Rajne Mandal, Nina Liz Schultz, Lily Robles,
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In any order please approach the podium
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or raise your hand on Zoom
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I just want to thank the two council members
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for directing item 3.5 to the Life Enrichment Committee.
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That was the correct thing to do.
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I applaud you for doing the right thing.
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And I also want to reiterate that it is a bad policy
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that the city of Oakland really does need to adopt a public health and a human rights approach to homelessness.
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That's the only way you're going to find a solution to this crisis.
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But criminalizing people and fighting them and taking their RVs while they're homeless and nowhere to go,
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that's not a solution. That's cruel.
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And that's aligned with what Trump is doing.
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So I applaud you for doing the right thing. Thank you.
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My name is Mike Piatak.
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I'm an architect and a resident of District 2 for almost 50 years now.
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When I first came to the city, the population of Oakland was about 45% African-American.
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Yet more than 50% of the unhoused people on the streets are African-American.
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It has a lot to do with the way the real estate industry and the housing community operates in this city.
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There's no reason to penalize people.
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60% of the residents of the city are renters, not homeowners.
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I'm a homeowner and a business founder,
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but I speak now on behalf of the renters.
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I was a renter for a good part of my life.
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60% are renters, and 40% of those are what is called cost burdened.
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They are spending much more than 30% of their income on housing,
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which is what it should be.
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They're at 50% and 60% of their income paying for their housing.
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They're on the verge of being unhoused and under Trump's policies and what he's done to HUD within the next two years
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the unhoused population of Oakland will double.
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I've been part of this industry for 50 years. I keep track of those numbers.
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Thank you sir. Your time is up.
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Hello, my name is Nina Liz Schultz and I'm a law student and I've been an Oakland resident
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for 13 years and Councilmember Wong is my council member.
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I would just like to urge the committee not to schedule
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the EAP for a committee and not to hear the EAP.
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The proposal does nothing but punish
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our most vulnerable community members.
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It doesn't take into account the impact that it will have
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on the lives of the people it targets,
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and it doesn't really offer real solutions.
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And so it should not be considered
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until there are actually real solutions
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reflected in the proposal.
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Hello, my name is Lily Robles.
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I'm a housing advocate with the East Bay Community Law Center.
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I'm speaking in strong opposition to scheduling the EAP.
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Again and again, we've seen Oaklanders come to these meetings
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in force to protect unhoused community members' safety
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The consensus is very clear.
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Oakland does not want the EAP.
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This proposal would only criminalize black, brown, and disabled community members.
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The city would waste millions of dollars destroying unhoused Oaklanders shelters and
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essential possessions.
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It proposes no solutions for the underlying causes of homelessness and
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would leave unhoused Oaklanders with nowhere to go.
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Community members with lived experiences have the answers to our homelessness crisis and
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must be heard instead of being shut out of the process.
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For years, they have demanded that the city open up public land and
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RV parking and ensure existing shelters
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are meeting residents needs
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and provide sanitation services to encampments.
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Good morning, my name is Charlotte.
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I'm a district two resident
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and I would also like to speak out against putting the EAP
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on the counter before the full council.
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I think it's rather disingenuous of council member Houston
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to wonder out loud why this isn't going
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to the full council, why it's not ready.
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There are many reasons.
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The threats to funding are just the tip of the iceberg.
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There hasn't been a fiscal analysis.
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There hasn't been a race and equity analysis.
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The city is currently contracting with a tow yard
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that is under investigation for corruption.
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So there are many reasons why this policy
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is nowhere near ready.
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And it's also on its face a bad policy.
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As another speaker just said, HUD is cutting funds.
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The homeless problem is not gonna get better.
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It's going to get worse.
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Oakland needs to actively actually be proactive on this issue and identify real solutions that get to the real issue of homelessness.
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Spending millions of dollars to shuffle people around is a bad idea.
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It's a stupid idea.
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You don't need to be a policy wonk.
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You don't need to enter into the details to see that.
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It's just a bad idea.
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Hello, council members.
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My name is Bridget Nicoletti, and I'm an attorney at East Bay Community Law Center.
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Since the EAP was introduced last year, we have been meeting with the council members
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to raise our concerns with the proposed plan and suggest alternatives.
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The EAP as it stands will cause immense harm to unhoused Oaklanders.
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I have attended all of the city council meetings on this policy and when the public is given
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proper notice that the EAP will be on the agenda, dozens and dozens of Oaklanders have
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come to speak up against it.
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I urge you to listen to Oakland residents.
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I also want to urge the council to not schedule the EAP today, but if you feel it must be
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scheduled then I agree that the Life Enrichment Committee is the most appropriate place.
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People's lives are at stake and it's very important that we take the time to properly
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consider this alternative, this policy and propose alternatives.
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I'm a District 7 resident.
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I've been following this policy closely since its inception,
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and I have to say that I'm shocked at the haphazard way
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that some members of the council have repeatedly attempted
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to shove it through without oversight
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or community transparency.
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We have reminded you enough times that this is a proposal
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that throws Oakland's most persecuted citizens
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under the bus, that throws my district,
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District 7, under the bus by refusing
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to take responsibility for the structural violence
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that has led to the systemic disenfranchisement
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of working class black families in East Oakland.
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the kind of disenfranchisement that has created a society where, inexcusably and overwhelmingly,
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the first people to end up on the street during any economic crisis are black seniors, single
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mothers and people with disabilities.
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It saddens me deeply that I still see this council after implementing nothing meaningful
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in the past year to change the conditions of the people that I work with every day,
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sitting up here and discussing this violent policy again instead of coming up with some
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Hello, Madeline Stacy.
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I'm talking about the encampment abatement policy as well.
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It should not be brought to city council for a vote.
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It should not be scheduled.
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One, it was already voted down in the public safety committee some time ago.
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And also it's not ready for a vote.
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As I believe it was Charlotte that's already stated, the due diligence of information gathering
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has not been done it would be very very costly as others have also said money
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that is not there's no additional funding for the EAP the money has to
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come from somewhere so it's gonna be diverted from other funding sources from
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other projects staffing and money is going to go into this when we already
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are in a budget crisis it's not going to help that crisis and it's not going to
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provide actual solutions so money is going to be funneled in to just displace
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people to other parts of your districts or to another council members district
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it's not going to provide solutions and it's going to be extremely costly and
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it's affecting as another gentleman said
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Armando I wish we could take inspiration from Minneapolis's courageous stand
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against authoritarianism instead of resisting the Trump agenda this council
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talking about aligning us with the Trump agenda. That's what the EAP does. The constant rhetoric we
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hear from certain council members, police captains, and city staff echoes Trump's executive order on
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ending crime and disorder on America's streets. They are attempting to create an association of
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the unhoused with criminality and danger. And that stigma is used as a pretext to deprive people of
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due process rights. The case law says that evictions and tows with no notice or storage
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violates the Fourth Amendment.
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This is the same far-right playbook being used against immigrants.
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Call them criminals, create a stigma in order to deprive them of due process
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and erode constitutional rights.
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Look at the state of this country with democracies hanging by a thread,
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and you're poised to further erode constitutional rights,
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which exposes the city to liability.
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But more importantly, it's like, what stand are we taking as a city?
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What message are we sending?
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And it's not an evidence-based solution.
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It's a waste of money.
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You're just moving people around instead of giving them a place to go.
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The low sensitivity zones are just little slivers on the most marginal parts of the city.
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We need more sanctioned, safe living areas where people can get some healthcare.
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And there's so much money from the county for these wraparound services.
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Give people a place to go where we can deliver these services.
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Rajne, Mundele District 4.
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I'm speaking on 3.14.
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There's a lot of attention right now on OPD overtime and much of it focuses on headline
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numbers or individual cases.
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What's missing is shared context and I'm hoping that this report is an opportunity
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So as the item moves forward, I hope that the agenda packet clearly explains three things
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First, how overtime is tracked and approved, including the difference between paid overtime
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Second, how staffing levels extended leave and mandatory coverage drive overtime so the public can distinguish between structural factors from discretionary ones.
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And third, how prior city auditor recommendations fit into the picture, including which remain open because they require labor negotiations or payroll system changes.
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I'd also encourage staff to place OPD overtime in the broader city payroll context, since the auditor has identified similar system level issues in other departments.
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My hope is that when this reaches the finance committee,
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the report helps shift the conversation from assumptions
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to a clear understanding of what's driving over time
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and what changes would realistically reduce costs over time.
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Thank you for your comments.
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Now moving to the Zoom speaker, starting with Delphine.
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Delphine, please unmute yourself and begin your comments.
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Yes, I am calling on the city council
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well, the Life Enrichment Committee, when the encampment abatement policy so-called comes before them to reject this oppressive legislation.
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It really does nothing for public safety and will criminalize many, many folks who are already being targeted with unjust state violence.
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the way things are under the encampment management policy.
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It only makes things so much worse.
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It will make life much harder for poor people
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who are disproportionately black and brown.
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So please vote no on the EAP
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in the Life Enrichment Committee on February 24th.
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Next speaker on Zoom identified as S.
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Please state your name.
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Hello, my name is Samin, S-I-M-I-N.
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Go ahead with your comments.
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I'm also here to speak on the EAP.
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I believe that it would be an act of gross negligence
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for the committee to put this up for a vote or to schedule it,
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when as others have said, it fundamentally lacks
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of fiscal analysis, recent equity analysis.
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It doesn't address the corrupt tow yard
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that is the only tow yard that the city contracts with,
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which would be getting millions of dollars
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if the EAP did pass.
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And the amendments to include
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the city administration's report
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to identify city land that can be converted to shelter
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should be done before, not after the EAP passes.
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The EAP is flawed from the start.
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It's deadly, it's costly, and it's ineffective.
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And those are some of the reasons why over 20 small businesses,
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Oakland's major unions, including the OEA and the UAW Region 6,
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affordable housing coalitions, and interpersonal violence organizations.
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Thank you for your comments, Mr. Chair.
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All names have been called.
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Thank you to all the speakers.
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Are there any potential commissioners that want to come up and have a word?
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Any potential commissioners that want to have any words?
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So with that, item 3.1, move to consent, rule 24, 3.2, rule 24, 3.3, rule 24, 3.4, scheduled to February 19 for discussion.
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rules for discussion 3.5 will be scheduled to february 24th lec 3.9 with rescheduled to march
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24th lec 3.14 withdrawn 3.15 moved to the city port liaison committee pending list
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and 3.16 moved to ced pending list i'll entertain a motion
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on the motion by council member ramachandran second by council member brown to approve item
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three as amended council member brown aye council member fife is excused council member ramachandran
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aye and chair jenkins aye motion passes with a vote of three ayes one excused fife moving to item
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review the draft agendas pending with city council and committee meetings
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before you are attached the agendas for the week of February 10th including rules
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on legislation for February 12th and draft agendas for the week of February
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17th to the administration good morning again I would like to draw your
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attention to the finance and management committee pending lists under their
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quarterly reports item number three the quarterly report on public safety over
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time we would like to schedule that item to the March 10th Finance and Management
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anything from the departments any public speakers you have one speaker for item
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I am here to follow the appointment of Doug Wong to the police commission and to request clarity on when this item will return to council.
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At a prior meeting, the appointment could not move forward because background checks were not completed due to an unexpected emergency.
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So I appreciate the explanation, but I'm raising this now to ensure the process is completed and that the seat is filled without further delay.
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As the council may be aware, the mayor recently spoke at federal court about this appointment alongside Judge Grillo, who begins serving as commissioner next week.
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In that proceeding, the mayor emphasized that these appointments are part of an all-hands-on-deck effort to strengthen civilian oversight and to prepare the city to sustain constitutional policing after federal oversight ends.
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Doug Wong was presented to the court as a volunteer commissioner with decades of public service, including nearly 30 years as a firefighter, senior roles with OUSD and Berkeley City Council, and current leadership in the East Bay community.
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His appointment was described in court as directly relevant to the city's ability to complete its remaining oversight obligations.
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This matters even more because the police commission is entering a year with five anticipated vacancies.
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Thank you, Ms. Mondal.
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That was the only speaker.
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Noting item 3, scheduled to March 10th, FAM, finance and management.
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I'll entertain a motion move approval on the motion by councilmember Brown
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seconded by councilmember Rama Chandran to prove excuse me to approve item 4
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as amended councilmember Brown I councilmember Rama Chandran I chair
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Jenkins motion passes with a float of three eyes noting that councilmember
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5 is excused. That does conclude your action items going to open forum. We have one speaker,
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Rajneemanda. See you again. Just giving you updates. Rajneemanda District 4. So I wanted to
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share an update for counsel and staff on last week's federal court hearing regarding the
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negotiated settlement agreement. The tone of the hearing was noticeably different, with the judge
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acknowledging real progress by the city and expressed increased confidence that Oakland
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can sustain constitutional policing once federal oversight ends.
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What the court emphasized was how that progress was achieved.
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The judge credited coordination across city leadership, including OP&D, the mayor's office,
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the city administrator's office, the city attorney's office, the city council,
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and civilian oversight bodies.
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This was not framed as the work of a single department, but as alignment across institutions
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that will need to function together after the NSA concludes.
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So that coordination showed up as a more cohesive and supportive posture across city government.
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which the court viewed as important signal of readiness for local accountability.
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He was clear that responsibility for constitutional policing ultimately rests with Oakland's elected and appointed leadership and not the federal court.
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So oversight doesn't end with the NSA. It transitions back to fully local governance.
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So I'm sharing this update to underscore that the progress recognized last week depends on continued coordination as the city prepares for a post-NSA environment.
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Thank you for your comments. That was the only speaker for open forum.
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This meeting is adjourned.