The Oakland City Council Rules and Legislation Committee convened on Thursday, June 18, 2026, at 10:37 a.m. The committee approved previous minutes, determined the schedule of outstanding items, scheduled numerous new items for future agendas, reviewed draft agendas, confirmed a mayoral appointment to the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board, and continued a discussion on a proposed ballot measure to amend the real property transfer tax for foreclosure transactions.
Good morning and welcome to the rules and legislation committee meeting on this Thursday, June eighteenth. The time is now ten thirty-seven, and this meeting shall come to order. Before I um give instructions, um, I would uh like to give instructions on how to submit a speaker card for items on this agenda. If you would like to spend uh if you are here participating in person in chambers and would like to submit a speaker card, please pick up a card on the table and turn it into a clerk representative, either um before the item is read into record or ten minutes after this meeting began. The meeting began at ten thirty-seven, so we will stop receiving in-person speaker cards um by ten forty-seven or before the item is called, whichever comes first. With that, I will call roll on roll for this meeting, Councilmember Brown. Present. Councilmember Fife present. Are we excuse? We need to send her invite. I don't think can we send her invite and excuse her for now? Okay, thank you for that. Council Member Ramachandran excuse and Chair Jenkins. Good morning. Good morning. We have three present. Um, and one excuse Ramachandron. Is approval of the draft minutes for the committee meeting on June fourth, twenty twenty-six. Move approval. Second. And that was a motion by Council Member Brown. Seconded by Councilmember Fife to approve item one, which is the June fourth draft minutes on roll. Council Member Brown. Aye. Council Member Five. Aye. Councilmember Ramachandran is excused and Chair Jenkins. And item number one is approve of three eyes, one excused. That now takes up to item number two. Item number two is determination of scheduling of outstanding committee items, which is your rules pending list. Um, and I have two speakers for this item. Anything from the administration. No changes at this time. Let's go to the public speaker. Thank you for that. Um, I will call those who um the names and when you approach the podium, please state your name for the record. If you are participating remotely, please raise your hand so I can easily identify you. And as usual, we'll take those who are in person first, followed by those who are online. I have Rajni Mandal. Good morning, and Blair Beekman and we will thank you. Hi, Rajney Mandel District 4. I understand the police commission selection panel is expected to submit its recommended slate to council soon. As council reviews those appointments, I urge you to evaluate not only the qualifications of the candidates but also the commission's record over the past several years. Because one of the recommended candidates is the current chair. This is also a decision about whether the commission's current direction should continue. As Oakland prepares to exit more than two decades of federal oversight, the city needs a commission focused on governance, accountability, and oversight. Yet the commission has too often failed to provide meaningful oversight of CIPRA and OIG, overlooked governance and transparency issues, and devoted significant time to matters outside its statutory responsibilities. A vote for the current chair is a vote to continue that approach. I encourage council to evaluate candidates based not only on what they promised but on their actual record of leadership, judgment, and performance. Thank you.