The Rules & Legislation Committee met on Thursday, February 26, 2026, at 10:33 AM in the City Council Chamber to schedule items for upcoming City Council and committee meetings, review recommendations from subcommittees, and approve reappointments. The meeting lasted approximately 51 minutes, adjourning at 11:24 AM. The committee addressed 30 agenda items, including new scheduling requests, recommendations from five standing committees, and a reappointment to the Housing, Residential Rent, and Relocation Board. All votes were 4-0 except where noted.
Note: The agenda listed 3.2 as an informational report from BART, but the minutes and transcript indicate it was presented as an oral report. The committee did not receive a written report.
Good morning. And welcome to the rules and legislation committee on this Thursday, February 26th. The time is now 1033. And this meeting shall come to order. Before I begin, um, with role, I would like to give instructions on how to participate and submit a speaker card to items on this agenda. If you are here in person, um, in chambers, and would like to submit a speaker card, please fill out a speaker card and turn it into a clerk representative. Um, ten minutes after the uh no other than ten minutes after the meeting has started, um, or before the item is called, whichever comes first. Um, registering to speak via Zoom is due twenty four hours before the meeting began. So again, if you are participating here with us in chambers in person, please fill out a speaker card and turn it into the clerk representative. Um, within the first 10 minutes after the meeting started. Again, the meeting started at ten thirty-three, and the queue to submit a speaker card will close at ten forty-three. With that, I have Councilmember Brown. Present. Council Member Fife. Present. Council Member Ramachandron. Present. And Chair Jenkins. Present. Good morning. Good morning. Thank you for that. We have present. For member present. Before I go on to the first item, Council President Jenkins, would you like to make any speech? Yes. So we'll be counseling the March 17th City Council meeting. And we will be scheduling a special meeting on March 16th. Thank you for that. So noted the special March 16th meeting for council and the 17th will be canceled. And moving on to our first item, item number two is the approval of the draft minutes for the committee meeting on February 12th, 2026. I'll make that motion. Thank you for that. I have a motion by Council Councilmember Brown. Seconded by Councilmember Fife to approve the uh draft minutes as is on roll for this call. Is Councilmember Brown? Aye. Council Member Fife. Aye. Councilmember Ramachandra. Aye. And Chair Jenkins. Abstain. I have three ayes and one abstention. And the item is approved as is item number three, our new scheduling. Starting with item 3.0. This is a resolution accepting the certification of the results of the exemption of the initiative petition proposing an ordinance entitled Oakland Public Safety Cleanliness and Community Accountability Act of 2026 proposed ordinance. Two, calling and giving notice for holding a special municipal election on June 2nd, 2026 for the purposes of submitting the proposed ordinance to the voters. Three, requesting consolidation of the special municipal election with statewide director primary elections to be held in the city of Oakland on June 2nd of 2026, and four directing the city clerk to take any and all actions necessary under the laws to submit this measure to voters to at the June 2nd, 2026 election. And this is being requested to be scheduled for March 3rd, City Council agenda on consent.