Let's get it started.

There we go.

Let's go ahead.

Okay.

Awesome.

Good morning.

And welcome to the rules and legislation committee meeting on this Thursday, April 30th.

The time is now 10 31 and this meeting shall come to order.

Before I begin with roll, I would like to give instructions on how to submit a speaker card for items on this agenda.

If you are participating here with us in chambers and you would like to submit a speaker card, please turn in a card to a crooked representative B before the item is called into record, or 10 minutes after this meeting began, which would be 1041.

If you are registering to speak via Zoom was due 24 hours before this meeting began, so uh Zoom speaker cards will no longer be accepted.

So once again, this meeting began at 10 31.

The speaker cards will no longer be accepted after 1041 or before the item is called into record.

With that, Council President Jenkins, would you like to make any announcements before I call Robert?

Yes, thank you.

Good morning, everyone.

Good morning to all the staff.

Good morning to all the people coming in here.

I just want to say a fabulous happy birthday to our amazing Susan Sanchez.

Who's been holding council down for the past 10 years?

I I I don't want to give them any insight on uh how young you might be turning.

But I just want to say happy birthday, and thank you for all that you do.

Thank you for that.

Now beginning with role on role for this meeting is council member Brown.

Present.

Five.

Present.

Ramachandran.

Present.

And Chair Jenkins.

Present.

We have all four members present.

Uh we will now move to the first item, which is the approval of the draft minutes for the committee meeting on April 16th, 2026.

We need a motion.

Move approval.

Second.

And that was a motion by Council Member Fife, seconded by Council Member Rama Chandrin to approve item one.

With that on roll, Council Member Brown.

Aye.

Fife?

Aye.

Rama Chandrin.

Aye.

Chair Jenkins.

Aye.

Item number one is approved with four eyes.

Moving to item two, determination of scheduling of outstanding committee items, which is your pending list for rules.

Any speakers on this?

Thank you, Council President.

I do have two speakers for this item.

Thank you, Mr.

Daly.

I do have Rajani Mondal as well.

Council um Kevin Daly has decided to pass.

Is Rajni present or participating via Zoom?

Sorry.

Let me see.

Yes, I have Rajni.

You are unmuted.

You may begin your time.

Thank you so much.

Rajni Mundell District 4.

I strongly support advancing charter reform for the police commission.

It isn't about weakening oversight, it's about making it work.

Right now, responsibility is spread across the commission, CIPRA and OIG, but accountability is unclear.

It tells us the problem is structural, not something that can be fixed with a simple ordinance change.

And we're already seeing the impact.

Overlapping authority, unclear supervision, and gaps in performance oversight.

And independence without accountability is not sustainable.

True independence requires clear roles, clear authority, and responsibility to the public.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

That completes your speakers for item two.

Entertain a motion.

So moved.

Second.

And that was a motion by Councilmember Ramachandran, seconded by Council Member Fife to approve item two as is on roll.

Council member Brown.

Aye.

Five.

I oh did I go?

Sorry, apologies.

Rama Chandra.

Aye.

And Chair Jenkins.

Item number two is approved as is with four eyes.

Thank you so much.

We will now move to new scheduling.

Item number three.

Item 3.1 is a resolution to one commemoratively rename 45th Avenue between the intersections of International Boulevard and East 12th Street as Remorario G.

Hernandez Way, authorizing the installation of a plaque honoring Romaro Hernandez, pursuant to the policy and procedure established by the Oakland City Council resolution to be heard on the May 5th City Council agenda on consent.

There is a rule 24 and an urgency finding.

Good morning.

There you go.

Sorry about that.

Good morning.

On behalf of Council Member Gallo, he would like to state this as Rule 24.

Reason for bypassing committee and urgency.

Um as an excuse of sunshine noting is uh due to the commemorative in nature and requires timely consideration for a mirror G.

Hernandez played a central role in organizing the first Cinco de Mayo celebration in the city of Oakland.

And the family and the community seek to honor his legacy with a street renaming ceremony on May 5th, a date of significant cultural and historical importance.

This timing is essential to honor the community's request and to align the recognition with Mr.

Hernandez's historical contributions to Oakland's Cinco de Mayo celebrations.

Additionally, the commemorative ceremony has been coordinated specifically for May 5th, Cinco de Mayo, reflecting Mr.

Hernandez's foundational rule in establishing the city's first celebration of this holiday.

Delaying scheduling for council action would prevent the ceremony from taking place on the culturally significant date tied directly to his legacy.

And then diminish the meaningfulness and intent of the recognition.

Thank you for the thorough urgency finding.

Thank you.

So noted the rule 24 and urgency finding was stated on record.

Moving to item 3.2, which is an ordinance authorizing the borrowing of funds and issuance and sale of the 2026-27 tax and revenue anticipation note in a principal amount not to exceed 200 million dollars, payable for revenues received for our accrued to the general fund of the city during fiscal year 2026 through 27 and approving certain related matters.

And this matter is being requested to be scheduled for May 12th.

Finance and management committee agenda.

Moving to item 3.3, which is a lengthy title change.

So bear with me as I read in the new title, which is a resolution acknowledging the urgency and expediting actions to remedy illegal dumping through an illegal dumping expenditure action plan, one authorizing the city administrator to a plan implement the idea plan by negotiating and entering into contracts, grant agreements, and expenditures as set forth in table one, any amount not to exceed 1,100,000, and B pursue partnerships with county, regional and or state agencies to enhance these efforts.

Two waiving the what waiving to the extent necessary the city advertising and competitive bidding and multi-step technology acquisition requirements for the contracts and waiving the local small local business enterprise program requirements for the big truck rental contract, three appropriating and allocating the amount not to exceed 1,100,000 from the budgeted funds, comprehensive cleanup fund for these purposes, four accepting and appropriating an additional funding funds from public and private sources and authorizing the city administrator to actively seek and apply for such funds to amend existing contracts and or enter into a new contract consistent with the purposes of this resolution and in furtherance of the plan, any amount not to exceed the value of such additional appropriated funds, and five, directing the city administrator to return to council within one year of the adoption of the resolution to provide an informational report on actions taken, funds received and expended and to contracts awarded pursuit.

Competitive bidding and multi-step technology acquisition requirements for the contracts and waiving the local small local business enterprise program requirements for the big truck rental contract, three appropriating and allocating the amount not to exceed $1,100,000 from the budgeted funds, comprehensive cleanup fund for these purposes, for accepting and appropriating an additional funding funds from public and private sources and authorizing the city administrator to actively seek and apply for such funds to amend existing contracts and or enter into a new contract consistent with the purposes of this resolution and in furtherance of the plan any amount not to exceed the value of such additional appropriated funds and five directing the city administrator to return to council within one year of the adoption of the resolution to provide an informational report on actions taken, funds received and expended, and to contracts awarded pursuant to the plan and the authority granted by the resolution, and this is um scheduled for the May 12th, 2026 Public Works and Transportation Committee agenda.

Moving to item 3.4.

3.4 is a resolution in support of Senate Bill 1095 related to protecting the privacy and consultation rights of California by prohibiting California fusion centers from sharing sensitive personal information with government and private entities for the purpose of unlawful immigration enforcement and racial or identity profiling.

It's being requested to be scheduled for the May 12th, 2026 public safety committee agenda, but I do see staff.

Hi, good morning through the chair.

Um, on behalf of council member Wong, we'd like to um schedule this to rules on May 7th.

Thank you.

Thank you.

It's May 7th, you need to state an urgency, if not May 14th.

Does that work?

May 14th is fine.

Thank you.

So noted, so item 3.4 will now be going to rules on May 14th.

Now taking us to item 3.5, which um is a title change, but there is an additional title change that I will read into record.

Um I do see a staff, thank you so much.

I will read the title at as we speak adopt a resolution and authorizing the city administrator to enter into an agreement with L in Ellen Curtis and Sons Inc.

for the purchase of firefighter equipment for a three-year term any amount not to exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars with the option to extend the agreement up to two years any amount not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars per year without returning to council for a total contract amount not to exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars over the possible five-year term and waiving the author uh advertising and competitive bidding process requirements, and it is scheduled for the May 12th public safety committee agenda with that additional title change of being a five hundred thousand dollars and not four hundred thousand dollars.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, is that sufficient?

Were you here to speak further on this item?

No.

Okay, thank you so much.

Yes, I read in title change, so I believe um the committee is approving the correction.

So you're good.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Uh-huh.

We are now moving to item 3.6, um, which is an ad which is also a title change, a resolution authorizing the city administrator to enter into a purchase agreement with uh Bureau Compressors in second my ballot.

Do you have a no comments?

I'm just um hearing now 3.6.

Okay, yes.

Did you have a title change?

Are you just we're listening?

I'm sorry.

There is no title change for this one, no.

Okay.

I will read in the new title that's listed here on the agenda, which is a resolution authorizing the city administrator to enter into a purchase agreement with Bureau Compressors Inc for the purchase of services and or repair of self contained breathing apparatuses, units, and complete repair to turn out gear cleaning extractors for a three-year period, any amount not to exceed $600,000 with a two one-year option to extend the agreement for up to an additional two years, any amount not to exceed $200,000 per year without returning to council for a total contract amount not to exceed $1 million over the possible five-year term, and to waiving the advertising and competitive bidding requirements, and this is scheduled for the May 12th public safety committee agenda.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Moving on to item 3.7, which is a resolution in support of assembly bill 1837, allowing the public transit operators to install automated for facing parking control devices on city-owned public transit vehicles.

This is being requested to be scheduled for the May 19th City Council agenda on consent.

And there is a rule 24 that I will read into record, which states the city council has previously approved the use of this technology in Oakland.

A resolution supporting a state bill that expands the use of the technology to additional transit line lines in is a um continuation of the existing policy.

Excellent.

Thank you so much.

So for item 3.7, I would like to be added as a co-sponsor on this one.

Is that amendable to the D2 office?

Good.

Okay.

So noted item 3.7 will be adding council member Brown.

Now moving to item 3.8.

Item 3.8 is a resolution condemning the war on Iran and expressing support from Oaklanders impacted by the crisis.

This is being requested to be scheduled for the May 19th City Council agenda on consent.

Is there somebody who will read the rule 24?

Hello, all Matt Molson Policy Advisor for Council Member Zach Unger.

Um we're asking this to go straight to council as soon as possible as the war is still ongoing.

Um we want to get our position distributed to uh the federal offices um in a timely manner.

So it says the offices mentioned in this resolution.

Which offices for state officials as well as our um senators at the federal level and members of Congress as well.

So I think I'm gonna put this on the rules pending list.

No.

Okay, we're gonna put this on rules pending.

So noted item 3.8 will be placed on the rules pending list.

No date specific.

Yeah, no dates specific.

I want to talk with the federal offices and see how they want us to express our support um or opposition thereof of the war.

Um yeah, so one opportunity to talk with the state and federal offices.

Thank you.

So noted, we are now moving to item 3.9, which is a resolution authorizing the um reactivation reimbursement of expenses occurred by the former council member Dan Cobb for attending the Civil Uh will California Policymakers conference in March 2024.

This request is also being scheduled for the May 19th City Council agenda on consent.

Um, there is a rule 24 that I will read into record.

Reimbursement as straight is our straightforward and typically go straight to the city council.

Moving to item 310, which is two pieces of legislation.

One, a resolution adopting the city Oakland's investment policy for fiscal year 2026 through 2027, and two, a resolution pursuant to the government code section 53607 delegating investment authority of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency to the uh agency treasury for fiscal year 2026-27 to be heard on the May 26th Finance and Management Committee Agenda.

Item 311 is um an informational report for um is receive an informational report informational cash management report for the fiscal year 2025 through 26 third quarter ended March 31st, 2026.

This is being requested to be scheduled for May 26th Finance Management Committee agenda.

Item 312 is receive an informational report from the city auditor on performance audit of illegal dumping.

This is being requested to be scheduled for May 26th public works and transportation committee agenda.

Item 313 is a resolution authorizing the city administrator to one enter into a professional services agreement with PMAM Corporation for the administration of the false alarm reduction program from July 1st, 2026 to June 30th, 2031 for the total contract amount not to exceed 1,102 and excuse me, 1,127,115 and waiving the competitive multi-step solicitation process and the LSLBE requirements, and this is being requested to be scheduled for the May 26th public safety committee agenda.

Item 314 is receive an information report from the city administrator on their des or their designee on the special revenue collections projects, including hiring and um advocating the work to bring in additional revenue from non-file businesses, and this is being requested to be scheduled to the September 22nd 2026 Finance and Management Committee agenda.

Item 315 is a title change, and I will um there is a new subject listed here.

I will read in the new title recommendation title, which is receive an information report from the city administrator as required in section five of ordinance number one three eight seven three as it applies to law enforcement activities, prosecutorial outcomes, physical outcomes, and community impact and equity review on the May September 22nd public safety committee agenda, and that concludes your new scheduling.

And I do have four speakers, and I do see staff approaching the podium.

Good morning.

Good morning, everyone, Misha McLaughlin from Council President Kevin Jenkins office.

Hello.

Um, I have two diets requests.

Um I would first want to make sure that we recognize our clerks.

So we are asking to do a resolution adopted a resolution declaring May 3rd through May 9th, 2026, municipal's clerks week in the city of Oakland in honoring Oakland City Clerk Asher Reed and her staff.

So clerks week is next week, and we're really excited and looking forward to that.

It's celebrating you all.

Um the second request that I have is adopt an ordinance amending Oakland Municipal Code Charter 4.56, vacant property tax to establish a temporary three-year exemption for parcels located east of High Street to incentivize property activation, reduce vacancy, and prevent tax default in historically underinvested areas of East Oakland.

And we're asking that one to go to May 26th Finance and Management Committee.

And then I'm sorry, the clerks were asking that to go to May 5th City Council meeting on consent.

So the first one's clerks week, May 5th on consent.

The second one, uh Council Member Ramachandra and Chair Ramachandra and May 26th Finance and Management.

You amenable to that.

Thank you.

Can you say the urgency in the urgency for the Sarah?

The urgency for Clerks Week is it's a ceremonial typically these things bypass committee.

Yeah, we're celebrating.

Thank you.

Anyone else?

Let's go to our public speakers.

Uh, as I call your name, please approach the podium if you're here with participating in chambers.

If you're participating online, please raise your hand so I can easily identify you as well as please state your name for the record.

Um, I have Kevin Daly, Blair Beekman, Rajni Mandal, and Miguel Umbosa, I believe.

In any order.

Kevin Daly, uh brief comments on 3.7, the video imaging of parking on uh the bus routes.

And thanks to council member Wong and Brown for supporting this.

Just want to flag that though it does video imaging.

This doesn't have a lot of the same privacy concerns that Flock has.

The data is deleted after 15 days if there are not any violations.

I'm trying to check with the privacy groups just to verify that they still have no nervousness about it.

But uh if you're concerned, either check with me or check with some of the privacy groups, and I'll try and find out more.

Uh thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker that are participating here in person.

We will go through them first, and then we will go to those who are online.

Thank you so much.

And state your name for the record.

Okay.

I'm Miguel LaRosa.

I've lived in Oakland over 50 years.

Okay.

I'm a homeowner.

And uh lot of other issues.

It's not, you know.

Anyway, this is what I gotta say.

Okay.

All the things that you guys wanted to put on rule 24.

I mean, every single one of those people knew these things were coming up, okay.

I have seen so many things come up on rule 24.

That have allowed large sums of money go from one group to another, which I think is totally illegal.

When you do something like that, you have to revent it.

Okay, that's so that's not that's not the way to do it.

3.3, 3.5, and 3.6 are must-haves.

The legal dumping should be done.

Anything the fire department wants, give it to them, okay.

You got an underman staff, and we don't want the city to burn.

Okay.

Um the other thing, okay, are the reports.

The um what do you guys call these things?

Okay, they're informational reports.

Okay, we're the public, we know nothing.

I'd like to see those informational reports in writing because they're very vague when somebody just sits here and presents it.

Okay, we the public know nothing, and I'd like to know more about those things, okay.

Anyway, that's all I gotta say.

Thank you very much for your time.

Thank you for your comments.

I will now move to those who are participating via Zoom.

Again, if you are um participating via Zoom, please raise your hand in the queue so we can easily identify U.S.

Blair Beekman.

You um are unmuted and may begin your time.

All right, thank you, Blair Beekman.

Uh, I have uh three plus items to speak on, uh, if that's okay.

Um yeah, as I signed up for um 3.3, 3.12 together, 3.4, 3.7, 3.8 together, and 3.15.

To start with uh the 3.3 and um 3 3.12, uh legal dumping expenditure issues, um, expenditure plan.

Um dumping the uh uh trash is a really important component of how you're dealing with issues in Oakland these days, and these items set forth how you will be working with state and federal agencies on it.

You mentioned technology.

I've tried to say if you create a clear set of policies with the technology uh for the community that invites a community process to address the issue, and and it doesn't have to be so punitive.

Um, really good luck undressing these dumping uh legal dumping things as non-punitive as much as possible, and just finding uh good solutions and just people just stop doing so much trash.

How we do that together is important.

Uh good luck in those efforts.

It's it's a community effort.

Um and and and that doesn't have to hurt uh the unhoused.

So good luck how how to I know you guys are trying to understand and work towards that.

Good luck in those efforts with items uh 3.4, 3.7, and 3.8.

Uh very much a thank you to Kevin, who very nicely spoke on what uh needs to be done with the uh video bus uh and parking issues uh for buses for transit service.

Um he spelled out very clearly it's important to talk to the PAC and to hear that from the bicycle community and transit community.

That's awesome to hear.

All as always, you know, good luck and good accountability and policy practices, understanding what can be a clear process, and uh thank you to Kevin for taking the steps, and thank you to council person wang, who who with item 4.3.6 is trying to work towards uh better understanding of uh how our data collection centers work at the state level, and if they don't have to um collect uh so much data on um different groups of people.

I'm not saying that very well, gosh darn it, but you know, I thank her for her efforts, what she's doing, what she's trying and working towards with that.

Um she's she's addressing data collection at the state level, and it's nice to hear her do that.

A good step for her.

Thank you.

And finally, for 3.15, uh, my remaining 20 seconds.

Um, this is items that are going to uh this this police have to come back in the fall with equity items and how they're gonna address uh their review process and stuff.

I'll talk more on the next uh item four on this.

Uh I have a lot to say.

Uh thank you.

Our next speaker is Rajni Mandal.

I am you are unmuted, and you may unmute and begin.

Rajani Mandal.

She may not be available.

She's not unmuted.

That concludes your speech.

Public speakers for this item.

Thank you.

Noting the urgency finding on 3.1, 3.4, scheduled to rules on May 14th, 3.7.

We're gonna add council member Brown as a co-sponsor, 3.8 rules pending lists, um, and noting the urgency finding for the clerk suite dais requests, noting the dias request for the May 26 Finance and Management Committee item.

I will entertain a motion.

Second, and that was a motion by Councilmember Ramachandran, seconded by Councilmember Fife to approve item three as amended on roll.

Council member Brown.

Aye council member Fife.

Aye, Rama Chandrin.

Aye, Chair Jenkins.

Aye.

Item number three was approved with four eyes as amended.

That now takes us to item four.

One moment.

Item four is review of the draft agendas, pending lists and the council and committee agendas.

The drafted excuse me, the uh agendas for May 5th, City Council, May 7th rules, the pending lists for all um subject matter committees and the draft agendas for May 12th.

Anything from the administration good morning, council.

Uh for May 25th agenda item 2.6, give me 6.25.

We're asking for urgency binding because the camps starts in two weeks, and the initial quote didn't have prevailing wages, and we also want to read a new title into the record.

Uh resolution authorizing the city administration to one waive the request for proposal qualifications, competitive process, execute construction contracts for capital repairs and rip and replacements at Fever Ruthers Camp located at 5469 Oakland Camp Road, Quincy, California, 95971, and a total of amount not to exceed 523,938 and nine cents with AGLE engineering for the replacement of the set three septic tanks, drain systems, and the drinking water system, and three adopt appropriate California Environmental Quality Act findings.

Thank you, Brent.

Thank you.

If I may um just for the record, just make the correction.

I I believe um he stated it's May 5th agenda, not May 25th.

Sorry, but that's okay.

Thank you so much.

Anything else from the administration?

Come on, no, no.

Good afternoon, or good still good morning.

Good morning.

Um, Price Kilword, Deputy Chief South Mayor Barbara Lee.

Once you bring to your attention the on the May 5th council agenda item 5.5.

Um, at this time, the mayor would like to respectfully request this item be withdrawn.

Thank you.

Can you not the item uh number again?

Uh 5.5.

5.5 on May 5th.

Okay.

Council Councilmember Fife.

This is not about any of the items that were um just mentioned.

I just had a question about the uh council member uh Unger's item from earlier that is now on pending no date specific.

So um to the chair, when will after you speak to our state representatives and federal representatives, when will that come back to the public?

What are you thinking?

So the thought is to talk to the federal representatives to see what's the best way for the city of Oakland to support the opposition to the war.

So it might not necessarily be a resolution.

I just want to see from them what is the best way for us to support our opposition.

Understood.

So will you bring that back to the body or will you let us know how will that how you let us know as the council without violating the Brown Act?

How do we know?

So I'll have a conversation.

So maybe to the parliamentary.

So what I could do is have a conversation with you and Councilmember Ungar's office.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And should I call the speakers?

Yes.

Thank you so much.

Calling on the speakers for this item.

If you're participating via Zoom, please raise your hand.

Kevin Daly and Blair Beekman.

Um we'll start with those in present first.

The parking reorg back to the May 5th City Council meeting.

It was removed from the city council meeting upon the promise from the city administrator that reorganization would wait until the budget was approved.

Not true.

May 9th, there will be some changes to in the parking reorg with two people who are currently in finance.

Uh taking over some of the responsibilities of parking.

And I think, though I'm not positive, this will all be under Oak DOT.

Uh and I think that the only thing that is currently being planned to move over to finance is collections.

And while I could live with that personally, I would like to see this discussed by the body as has been promised over and over and over again.

I don't like the promises from the city administrator to postpone the move and then going through with changes.

Thanks.

Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker is Blair Bleakin Beekman.

You've had been unmuted.

Please unmute yourself and begin.

Hi, thank you, Blair Beekman, to try to tie a lot of things together and your upcoming May uh 5th City Council meeting and your upcoming rules committee meeting.

Um you had, I think, another great week of committee meetings uh this past week, uh the week uh the twelve of the 21st, where you talked about uh data collection issues, uh cell bright and peregrine, and you ended up, and it's gonna be on your May 5th agenda.

Um you ended up uh kind of reaching some same conclusions and decision making that you have been around the clock issue that the Peregrine and Sellbright are companies that are that are questionable, and we're questioning and the community is questioning, and the city council is involving themselves in those questions, and I think it's uh an amazingly good thing.

Thank you incredibly.

Um you talked about possibly leaving Peregrine or uh Cellbrite uh within a year's time.

Is it possible to move that year's time and working with the police and community up to six months and get a report back in six months how progress is going on different uh uh future data collection sources besides Sellbright?

Um you you you put that to a year.

I I really hope you can make that at a six-month level.

The same with uh, you know, the the new AOPR vendor besides block.

How is that process going?

Are you finding, you know, are you starting that process?

Are you gonna have public meeting discussions on how that is progressing?

I think that stuff has to be clear, and all of this relates to uh Council Person Unger's very important helpful idea on on uh stating opposition against the war in Iran.

We have to, you know, it's really important how to navigate and negotiate those terms that if we work towards openness and peace and best practices, that's building peace, and that gives great examples to the world how they can work towards peace also.

So good luck in the tough navigation effort with these issues.

Thank you for your comments.

That concludes our speakers for item four.

That was great.

That's great.

Noting uh the 6.25 title change in urgency finding and noting that 5.5 is withdrawn on a motion.

So moved.

Second.

That was a motion by Councilmember Fife, seconded by Councilmember Ramachandran to approve item four as amended on roll, Councilmember Brown.

Aye.

Councilmember Fife, aye, Rama Chandran.

Aye.

And Chair Jenkins.

Aye.

Item number four is approved as amended with four eyes.

That now takes us to open forum.

I have um Kevin Daly, Blair Beekman, Rajni Mandal, Carmen Salazar.

If you are here in chambers, you may approach the podium.

If you are participating via Zoom, please raise your hand so I can easily identify you.

We will take those who are present in chambers first.

Please approach the podium in any order.

Again, we have Carmen Salazar and Kevin Daly.

Kevin Daly is passing on speaking for open forum.

Hello, I'm gonna be providing interpretation to the best of my ability from is it possible to get two additional minutes for interpretation?

Yeah, thank you.

Um is Carmen yield presentarles una situation que is real y que pasan de todo la ciudad.

Yes con referente alos precios in multa tan alta que ampuesto a las citations de parkings and las calles.

Um good morning, my name is Carmen Beltran, and I would like to bring to your attention an issue that's um relevant and across the city, and it's regarding the parking fees and fines that are added to parking in the city um for city parking.

Bastante, y creo que muchos más in los quali stambian escuchado.

So I feel that it's very unjust to receive a parking ticket, and when I'm not able to pay it, the fine keeps going up and up.

And in my situation, it's made it very chaotic and difficult for me.

I'm just not able to pay these fines.

So the fines start at $64, $84, and with all the additional fines and fees added on, they can get up to $200 or $300, and there's no consideration for income, people of low income.

And once they get up to that maximum and it's not paid, then it goes to collection.

So I feel that this is very wrong and this needs to be changed.

And I understand that the council creates the collection, the table of collection fees.

Um, and so I'd like to address this.

So I'd like to know how the fee schedule or what the fee schedule is based on.

Is it really based on what people can afford or their income?

Because really for people like me, it's just not possible to pay these fines.

Um I want to see what we can do to change this.

So there's an issue where sometimes you can get two tickets at the same time, and um I didn't catch everything, but it's uh there's an issue where um there's two tickets like given to your car um at the same time, you know, if you stay for too long and you overstay the parking meter, and it's not really clearly explained, um, and I feel that this is wrong, and the process is just very confusing.

Oh, you see the volume.

Um start that revisaran la regulation a la regla del cobro del comango tickets because tickets dentro porque no hay stationamento.

This yeah, her time has lapsed.

Okay, so the last point was um there's just not enough space for parking in the city, and so it's really challenging when you're trying to go somewhere and you pay what you you know the hour or whatever time you think you're gonna use, and then it goes over just a little bit, but you're still in an appointment, and then you just get hit with all these fines and tickets, and it's just impossible to pay.

So we need to change the system.

Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and thank you.

Thank you so much for your time.

We still have several two other speakers.

I have Rajni Mandal, and uh Blair Beekman.

Rajni, you've been unmuted, me may uh begin your two minutes.

Rajni Mandel district four.

I want to speak plainly about a problem that has now been documented for years.

The police commission operates without meaningful accountability and at times outside of it.

The auditors 2020 audit found that the commission failed to comply with key charter requirements and involved itself in administrative functions outside its authority.

It also documented something more concerning.

It also documented something more concerning a breakdown in governance, including refusal to follow city attorney guidance and a lack of respect for the city's legal framework.

That was in 2020.

And we're now in 2026, and those same patterns continue.

Most recently, the commission proceeded with the appointment of a commissioner, despite a formal city attorney opinion raising legal concerns, saying it doesn't matter.

We have an independent council.

That is not a gray area.

That is a direct conflict with the C city's legal authority.

And there's still no formal system to evaluate the performance of the Inspector General or the oversight system itself.

And this is starting to impact federal compliance, and this is where alignment matters.

At the April 23rd meeting, the Inspector General raised concerns about lack of responses to audit requests.

But OPD leadership also explained the operational reality that resources were being directed towards active NSA compliance tasks currently under federal review.

That points to a deeper issue, a lack of coordination and prioritization between the Inspector General's work and the city's federal compliance strategy.

When oversight bodies are not aligned with the city's legal and operational framework, that creates risk, not just internally but in federal court.

And this is the bottom line.

Independence was the goal, but independence without structure, without guardrails, and without accountability is not sustainable.

And that is why charter reform is not optional.

It is necessary.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Our last speaker for open forum is Blair Beekman.

You may begin.

Hi, thank you.

Um good luck.

What you can be doing with uh the uh issues on Iran and to question the the current war of this country on Iran.

Um I think this does stem back to Israel and and their current fightings uh in in that area, and if we can be able to address, even as other countries may be wrong, and asking Israel to practice peace, dialogue, negotiation, and trust uh through all of that.

Um it's an important key in how we move forward, and we have to bring Israel aboard in how to talk about peace, dialogue, and trust uh before uh you know, in having to address their current existential threats that I hope are existential and not, you know, we can learn to have dialogue, but they don't have to be uh a forced thing.

Uh, there was a very specific purpose why the Hamas raids happen on October 7th, and we have to be more clear about that.

We're not being clear about why that exactly happened.

Uh there's a very specific reasons, I feel that um is a part of a dialogue of peace that a negotiation that Israel does not want to have.

And they got to learn to have that dialogue, I think.

And that's that's what's so key in this future process.

So good luck to ourselves.

What we can be doing together, because man, if we work towards those things, we can then practice our best practices here, and we can talk about the really really good stuff.

And we can't do that when there's war happening.

That's what war does, and we're trying our darndest to work through that anyway.

And thank you so much that you are.

And the more best practices we offer, we just simply offer something incredible to the world.

Uh and um every and and we we do that well here in Oakland.

We practice, we know how to practice peace and not harm.

So good luck in those continued good efforts with all of our items today and uh what we can be doing moving forward.

Thank you.

And that concludes our open forum speakers.

Thank you.

Thank you.

This meeting's adjourned.