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Oakland Special Rules and Legislation Committee Meeting - March 12, 2026

City Council — Thursday, March 12, 2026
BodyOakland, California
SessionCity Council
DateThursday, March 12, 2026
StatusFILED
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0:09

I show that I'm in.

0:10

Am I in the wrong meeting?

0:21

Huh?

0:25

Am I I'm there, right?

0:26

Hi.

0:35

No.

0:36

So you already gave us your rule twenty four.

0:37

Do you want to you have results?

0:39

You don't have to say anything.

0:40

As long as you give it to I say give it to us, and we won't have to do all that.

0:46

Are we going to ready?

1:08

I'm good.

1:08

Yeah, you can see me.

1:09

We're good.

1:10

Are we can I begin?

1:18

Are we waiting for council member five?

1:30

Good morning.

1:31

Hmm.

1:32

It's the reverse.

1:33

Good morning and welcome to the rules and legislation committee meeting on this Thursday, March 12th.

1:39

It is now 901, and this meeting shall come to order.

1:43

Um and welcome back into my old school original place of business.

1:49

Um, at any rate, uh, before I begin with role, I would like to give instructions on how to submit a speaker card.

1:56

If you are here participating with us in hearing room one in city hall, first floor, please fill out a speaker card and turn it into a clerk representative or myself before the item is read into record, or no later than 10 minutes after this meeting began, which was um 901.

2:14

So that would be 911.

2:16

Um if you uh would like to if you uh wanted to register to speak via Zoom, those speaker cards were due 24 hours before this meeting begins, so those will no longer be accepted.

2:28

But again, if you're here with us in hearing room one, please fill out a speaker card turn into a clerk representative by 911.

2:35

With that, I will now begin with Roll, noting that I will not be able to control your on and off mic, so you guys have full control of that.

2:44

Thank you very much.

2:46

Um, with that on roll for this meeting, uh council member Brown.

2:50

Present Fife is excused.

2:55

Council member Ramachandra.

2:57

Aye, and present and uh council president uh chair jenkins present good morning.

3:03

Good morning.

3:04

We have three present, one excuse, council member Fife.

3:07

And um, do you have any announcements before we begin this meeting?

3:11

All right, items okay, and moving on to item number two, which is the year is no minutes to approve at this time at this special meeting.

3:20

So moving on to item three, which is our new scheduling.

3:24

Item 3.1 is a resolution authorizing and directing the city uh attorney to compromise and settle a case of Tom O'Neill and Mabel Page versus the City of Oakland and Municipal Corporation, Nikia M Ward Dose 1 through 50, Alameda County Superior Court case numbers 23 C V 035142 and 23 C V 035146, the city attorney file numbers 35480, 35480-1 in the sum of a hundred thousand dollars in zero cents, department of transportation dangerous conditions of public property on the March 16, 2026 special city council agenda on consent and uh we need a rule 24 reasoning.

4:13

Good morning.

4:14

Um both items 3.1 and 3.2 are resolutions authorizing um settlements and these routinely go straight to council.

4:22

Thank you for that.

4:23

Rule 24 is before both items 3.1 and 3.2.

4:26

I will now e-read in item 3.2.

4:29

3.2 is adopted resolution authorizing and directing the city attorney to compromise and settle a case of filming uh Hagels versus the City of Oakland public entity, the county value meeting the public entity first Presbyterian Church of Oakland, a nonprofit religious corporation in those one through 50, inclusive Alameda County Superior Court case number 23 C V 046388, city attorney file number 36395 in the sum of 250,000 dollars payable to film and hagels and his attorney at Harrison Personal Injury Lawyers, Oakland Department of Transportation Dangerous Conditions to be heard on the March 16, 2026 special city council agenda on consent and uh the city attorney just stated the rule 24 reasoning for that.

5:00

City Attorney file number 36395 in the sum of 250,000 payable to Filman Hagels and his attorney at Harrison Personal Injury Lawyers.

5:06

Oakland Department of Transportation Dangerous Conditions to be heard on the March 16, 2026 Special City Council agenda on consent and the city attorney just stated the Rule 24 reasoning for that.

5:17

Moving on to item 3.3, which is receive an information report on the fiscal year 25 through 26, second quarter Q2 revenues and expenditures are earny results in year-in estimate for the general purpose fund and select funds on the March 24th, 2026 Finance and Management Committee Agenda.

5:39

Item 3.4 is a resolution in support of Senate Bill SB 1218 to amend the California Vehicle Code to require payment of resolution of illegal dumping fines before vehicle registration can be completed.

5:52

And this is being requested to be scheduled for March 24th, 2026 Public Works and Transportation Committee.

5:58

I do see staff.

6:00

Good afternoon, Council Deputy Chief Staff Mayor Barber Lee.

6:03

The mayor is requesting to co-sponsor this item.

6:06

She's working closely with Senator Erican on the state bill.

6:09

Thank you all.

6:13

Thank you.

6:14

Appreciate.

6:14

Thank you.

6:15

So noted.

6:15

We will be adding Mayor Lee on to item 3.4.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Public Works████████████████████████████28%
Public Safety███████████████████████████27%
Procedural███████████████████19%
Homelessness██████████████14%
Affordable Housing█████5%
Pending Litigation████4%
Budget and Finance███3%
Summary of Proceedings

Oakland Special Rules and Legislation Committee Meeting - March 12, 2026

The Oakland City Council Special Rules and Legislation Committee convened on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at 9:11 a.m. in Hearing Room 1, City Hall. The meeting was chaired by Council President Kevin Jenkins, with members Rowena Brown, Janani Ramachandran, and Kevin Jenkins present (3 votes), and Carroll Fife excused. The committee scheduled items for upcoming city council and committee agendas, approved amendments, and heard public comments.

Consent Calendar

  • Item 3.1 (Tom O'Neill, Mabel Paige v. City of Oakland): Resolution authorizing settlement in the sum of $100,000 for a dangerous condition of public property claim; scheduled for March 16, 2026 Special City Council on consent with Rule 24.
  • Item 3.2 (Filmon Hagos v. City of Oakland): Resolution authorizing settlement of $250,000 payable to Filmon Hagos and his attorneys; scheduled for March 16, 2026 Special City Council on consent with Rule 24.
  • Item 3.3 (FY 2025–26 Q2 Revenue & Expenditures Report): Informational report on revenues and expenditures for the General Purpose Fund and select funds; scheduled for March 24, 2026 Finance & Management Committee.
  • Item 3.4 (Resolution in Support of SB 1218): Resolution supporting Senate Bill 1218 to require payment of illegal dumping fines before vehicle registration; Mayor Barbara Lee added as co-sponsor; scheduled for March 24, 2026 Public Works & Transportation Committee.
  • Item 3.5 (Commemorative Street Renaming for Bishop Charley Hames, Jr.): Resolution honoring Bishop Charley Hames, Jr. and renaming intersection of 39th and Telegraph Ave as “Bishop Charley Hames Jr., Way”; scheduled for March 24, 2026 Public Works & Transportation Committee.
  • Item 3.6 (Ordinance to Strengthen Illegal Dumping Enforcement): Ordinance amending Municipal Code Chapter 8.11 to increase penalties, make transporting waste without a license plate an offense, and increase enforcement; Councilmember Wang’s office initially requested co-sponsorship but later withdrew it; scheduled for March 24, 2026 Public Works & Transportation Committee.
  • Item 3.7 (Aerbits Inc. Pilot Program): Resolution approving surveillance impact report and amended policy for a pilot program to detect and report illegal dumping; scheduled for March 24, 2026 Public Works & Transportation Committee.
  • Item 3.8 (Purchase of Real Property at 3105 San Pablo Ave for Hoover Library): Ordinance authorizing acquisition for $3,495,000 plus due diligence costs, reallocating $242,000 of Measure KK funds; Councilmember Fife added as co-sponsor; scheduled for March 24, 2026 Life Enrichment Committee.
  • Item 3.9 (OPD GPS Tracker Policy): Resolution approving Oakland Police Department Vehicle GPS Tracker Surveillance Use Policy and Surveillance Impact Report; scheduled for March 24, 2026 Public Safety Committee.
  • Item 3.10 (Charter Reform Recommendations): Informational report from the Mayor’s Charter Reform Working Group; scheduled for March 26, 2026 Rules & Legislation Committee.
  • Item 3.11 (Professional Services Agreement with Bayview Industrial Services): Resolution waiving RFP requirements and awarding a contract for hazardous materials collection and disposal, total amount not to exceed $1,000,000 over two years; Rule 24 read to bypass committee; scheduled for April 14, 2026 Special City Council on non-consent.
  • Item 3.12 (FY 2026–27 LLAD Initiation): Resolution initiating the Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District process; scheduled for April 21, 2026 Finance & Management Committee.
  • Item 3.13 (Cooperative Purchase Agreements for OPW Equipment Services): Resolution approving ongoing cooperative purchase agreements not to exceed $16,815,000; scheduled for April 21, 2026 Public Works & Transportation Committee.
  • Item 3.14 (Stormwater Trash Load Reduction Compliance Update): Informational report on compliance with Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit trash reduction requirements; scheduled for April 21, 2026 Public Works & Transportation Committee.
  • Item 3.15 (Contract for Customized Goods and Apparel): Resolution authorizing agreement with N6 Properties DBA Alpine Awards Inc. for customizable goods and clothing not to exceed $500,000 over five years; scheduled for April 21, 2026 Life Enrichment Committee.
  • Item 3.16 (Acceptance of Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation Grants): Resolution authorizing acceptance of monetary grants, gifts, and donations from OPRF not to exceed $10,000,000 through June 30, 2036; scheduled for April 21, 2026 Life Enrichment Committee.
  • Items 3.20 (Oakland Alameda Access Project – Delegated Maintenance Agreement Amendment): Originally withdrawn at committee and placed on pending list; per request, rescheduled for March 16, 2026 Special City Council on consent due to project urgency.
  • Item 3.21 (Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program Cycles 8 and 9): Two resolutions authorizing acceptance of loan and grant funds: up to $44,661,404 for Residences at Liberation Park and up to $35,873,066 for 285 12th Street Housing Project; forwarded from committee to March 16, 2026 Special City Council on consent.
  • Item 3.23 (Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program): Resolution authorizing acceptance of up to $4.4 million in federal grant funds and agreements; forwarded from committee to March 16, 2026 Special City Council on consent.
  • Item 3.24 (HCD Anti-Displacement Strategic Action Plan): Informational report; forwarded from committee to March 16, 2026 Special City Council on consent.
  • Item 3.25 (Prohousing Incentive Pilot Program Grant Application Round 4): Resolution authorizing application for up to $1,600,000 in state funds; forwarded from committee to March 16, 2026 Special City Council on consent.
  • Item 3.26 (Professional Services Agreement Amendment with American Building Service, Inc.): Resolution increasing janitorial services agreement to $1,000,000 and extending term to June 30, 2029; forwarded from committee to March 16, 2026 Special City Council on consent.
  • Item 3.27 (Atthowe Fine Arts Services Contract): Resolution waiving RFP requirements and awarding contract for storage of African American Museum Library materials not to exceed $300,000 over five years; forwarded from committee to March 16, 2026 Special City Council on consent.
  • Item 3.28 (Innovative Interfaces Contract Renewal): Resolution waiving competitive solicitation and awarding contract for Integrated Library System not to exceed $2,000,000 over five years; forwarded from committee to March 16, 2026 Special City Council on consent.
  • Item 3.30 (HHAP-6, Winter Relief, and OPRI): Resolution accepting up to $23,029,455.86 in HHAP Round 6 funds, $441,350 in county winter relief funds, and $4,209,693 from Oakland Housing Authority; amendments included three further resolved clauses requiring semi-annual performance reports, remedies for failing benchmarks, and incorporation of metrics into future funding recommendations; originally scheduled as non-consent but rescheduled to March 16, 2026 Special City Council on consent per Chair Jenkins’ request.
  • Item 3.31 (OPD Cadet Program Funding): Resolution to accept grant funds from Oakland Police Foundation not to exceed $900,000 for fiscal years 2026–27 and 2027–28; forwarded from committee to March 16, 2026 Special City Council on consent.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • During Item 3 (New Scheduling Items), Raji Mandal (District 4) spoke in support of Item 3.9 (OPD GPS Tracker Policy) and asked for clarification on why Oakland Fire Department appears to have implemented a GPS-enabled dispatch pilot without council approval while OPD policy remains pending.
  • During Item 4 (Review of Draft Agendas), Rajni Mandal asked that two oversight reports be scheduled for council review: the Police Commission’s recommendation on OPD’s annual militarized equipment use report, and the Community Police Review Agency’s biannual report referenced in a recent audit.
  • During Open Forum, Rajdi Mundal (District 4) discussed the auditor’s recent report on Oakland’s police oversight agencies, noting staffing challenges and broader governance questions about authority, accountability, and reporting responsibilities across oversight bodies.

Discussion Items

  • Item 3.22 (Reorganizing of the Parking Division): This informational report on the DOT Parking Division reorganization was discussed. The administration requested moving it to the pending list no date specific. Councilmember Brown asked for it to go to the full council rather than back to committee. The final agreement placed it on the Rules & Legislation Committee pending list no date specific, with the chair to work with Councilmember Brown and administration on scheduling.
  • Item 3.29 (City of Oakland 2026 Homelessness Strategic Action Plan): The committee approved forwarding this informational report to the April 28, 2026 Special City Council on consent, with a supplemental report to address questions from Councilmember Fife on rapid diversion interventions, high-sensitivity zones, the Oak Glitter pilot, county collaboration, and coordination for unhoused individuals with addictions and mental health disorders.
  • Item 3.30 (HHAP-6, Winter Relief, and OPRI): Amendments were added requiring written reports to the Life Enrichment Committee every six months including program-level performance metrics, benchmarks, and remedies for failing benchmarks. Originally non-consent, it was moved to the March 16, 2026 Special City Council on consent.

Key Outcomes

  • The committee voted unanimously (3 ayes, 1 excused) to approve Item 3 (New Scheduling Items) as amended, which included scheduling all consent and non-consent items to respective committees and council meetings.
  • The committee voted unanimously to approve Item 4 (Review of Draft Agendas, Pending Lists, City Council and Committee Meetings) as amended, noting:
    • The Education Partnership Committee meeting is cancelled on March 30, 2026, and a special meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 13, 2026 at 3:30 p.m.
    • Item 5 on the March 24, 2026 Community & Economic Development Committee agenda (Relocation Agreement with Outfront Foster Interstate LLC) was rescheduled to April 21, 2026.
    • Item 4 on the March 24, 2026 Life Enrichment Committee agenda (Report on the Impact of Ordinance 13825 C.M.S. and Recommendations) was rescheduled to April 21, 2026.
  • The meeting adjourned at 9:37 a.m.

Meeting Transcript

I show that I'm in. Am I in the wrong meeting? Huh? Am I I'm there, right? Hi. No. So you already gave us your rule twenty four. Do you want to you have results? You don't have to say anything. As long as you give it to I say give it to us, and we won't have to do all that. Are we going to ready? I'm good. Yeah, you can see me. We're good. Are we can I begin? Are we waiting for council member five? Good morning. Hmm. It's the reverse. Good morning and welcome to the rules and legislation committee meeting on this Thursday, March 12th. It is now 901, and this meeting shall come to order. Um and welcome back into my old school original place of business. Um, at any rate, uh, before I begin with role, I would like to give instructions on how to submit a speaker card. If you are here participating with us in hearing room one in city hall, first floor, please fill out a speaker card and turn it into a clerk representative or myself before the item is read into record, or no later than 10 minutes after this meeting began, which was um 901. So that would be 911. Um if you uh would like to if you uh wanted to register to speak via Zoom, those speaker cards were due 24 hours before this meeting begins, so those will no longer be accepted. But again, if you're here with us in hearing room one, please fill out a speaker card turn into a clerk representative by 911. With that, I will now begin with Roll, noting that I will not be able to control your on and off mic, so you guys have full control of that. Thank you very much. Um, with that on roll for this meeting, uh council member Brown. Present Fife is excused. Council member Ramachandra. Aye, and present and uh council president uh chair jenkins present good morning. Good morning. We have three present, one excuse, council member Fife. And um, do you have any announcements before we begin this meeting? All right, items okay, and moving on to item number two, which is the year is no minutes to approve at this time at this special meeting. So moving on to item three, which is our new scheduling. Item 3.1 is a resolution authorizing and directing the city uh attorney to compromise and settle a case of Tom O'Neill and Mabel Page versus the City of Oakland and Municipal Corporation, Nikia M Ward Dose 1 through 50, Alameda County Superior Court case numbers 23 C V 035142 and 23 C V 035146, the city attorney file numbers 35480, 35480-1 in the sum of a hundred thousand dollars in zero cents, department of transportation dangerous conditions of public property on the March 16, 2026 special city council agenda on consent and uh we need a rule 24 reasoning. Good morning. Um both items 3.1 and 3.2 are resolutions authorizing um settlements and these routinely go straight to council. Thank you for that. Rule 24 is before both items 3.1 and 3.2. I will now e-read in item 3.2. 3.2 is adopted resolution authorizing and directing the city attorney to compromise and settle a case of filming uh Hagels versus the City of Oakland public entity, the county value meeting the public entity first Presbyterian Church of Oakland, a nonprofit religious corporation in those one through 50, inclusive Alameda County Superior Court case number 23 C V 046388, city attorney file number 36395 in the sum of 250,000 dollars payable to film and hagels and his attorney at Harrison Personal Injury Lawyers, Oakland Department of Transportation Dangerous Conditions to be heard on the March 16, 2026 special city council agenda on consent and uh the city attorney just stated the rule 24 reasoning for that. City Attorney file number 36395 in the sum of 250,000 payable to Filman Hagels and his attorney at Harrison Personal Injury Lawyers. Oakland Department of Transportation Dangerous Conditions to be heard on the March 16, 2026 Special City Council agenda on consent and the city attorney just stated the Rule 24 reasoning for that. Moving on to item 3.3, which is receive an information report on the fiscal year 25 through 26, second quarter Q2 revenues and expenditures are earny results in year-in estimate for the general purpose fund and select funds on the March 24th, 2026 Finance and Management Committee Agenda. Item 3.4 is a resolution in support of Senate Bill SB 1218 to amend the California Vehicle Code to require payment of resolution of illegal dumping fines before vehicle registration can be completed. And this is being requested to be scheduled for March 24th, 2026 Public Works and Transportation Committee.

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