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Meeting Minutes - FINAL  
*Rules & Legislation Committee  
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza,  
Oakland, California, 94612  
City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandca.gov  
Thursday, January 8, 2026  
10:30 AM  
City Council Chamber, 3rd Floor  
The Oakland City Council Rules And Legislation Committee Convened At 10:39 A.M.  
With Council President Jenkins Presiding As Chairperson  
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:  
1 Roll Call / Call To Order  
4 - Rowena Brown, Carroll Fife, Janani Ramachandran, and Kevin Jenkins  
Present  
2
Approval Of The Draft Minutes From The Committee Meetings Of December 4, 2025  
And December 11, 2025  
26-0284  
Attachments: View Report - December 4, 2025  
View Report - December 11, 2025  
0 Speakers Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Janani Ramachandran, seconded by Carroll Fife, that this  
matter be Accepted. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Brown, Fife, Ramachandran, and Jenkins  
0
Aye:  
NO VOTE:  
3 New Scheduling Items  
2 Speakers Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Rowena Brown, seconded by Carroll Fife, that this matter  
be Accepted as Amended. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Brown, Fife, Ramachandran, and Jenkins  
0
Aye:  
NO VOTE:  
3.0  
Subject: Caltrans Delegated Maintenance Agreement Amendment For Litter Removal  
From: Office Of The Mayor And Council President Jenkins  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Authorizing The City Administrator To  
Negotiate And Enter Into A Delegated Maintenance Agreement With The California  
Department Of Transportation (Caltrans) To Include Maintenance Activities Such As  
Weed Abatement, Litter, And Debris Removal On Specified Caltrans Highway  
On-Ramps And Off-Ramps; (2) Accepting And Appropriating Up To Three Hundred  
Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($375,000) From Caltrans In Connection With The  
Agreement; And (3) Making California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings  
26-0343  
Attachments: View Report And Attachment A  
View Legislation  
An Urgency Finding Was Stated On The Record That There Is A Need To Take  
Immediate Action Which Came To The Attention Of The Local Body After The  
Agenda Was Posted, And That The Need To Take Immediate Action Is Required To  
Avoid A Substantial Adverse Impact That Would Occur If The Action Were Deferred  
To A Subsequent Special Or Regular Meeting  
Council President Jenkins Was Added As A Co-Sponsor  
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Public Works And  
Transportation Committee to be heard 1/13/2026  
3.1  
Subject: 2025 Delinquent Business Taxes Assessment of Liens  
From:  
Finance Department  
Recommendation: Conduct A Public Hearing And Upon Conclusion Adopt A Resolution  
(1) Confirming The Report And Notice Of Liens For Delinquent Business Taxes With  
Penalties, Interest And Administrative And Assessment Charges, And (2) Overruling Any  
Protests And Objections Related To The Liens Included In Said Report And Authorizing  
The Recordation Of Liens, And (3) Directing The Notice Of Lien And Assessment  
Charges Be Turned Over To The County Tax Collector For Collection  
26-0329  
Attachments: View Report  
View Attachment A  
View Legislation  
Pursuant To Rule 24, A Statement Was Made On Record As To The Item Bypassing  
Committee  
As A Public Hearing  
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Concurrent Meeting of the  
Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council to be heard  
1/20/2026  
3.2  
Subject: Selection Panel Nominations For Police Commissioner Appointments  
From: Office Of The City Administrator  
Recommendation: Adopt One Of The Following Pieces Of Legislation:  
1) A Resolution Accepting The Police Commission Selection Panel’s Slate Of Ricardo  
Garcia-Acosta And Omar Farmer To Serve On The Oakland Police Commission; Or  
26-0331  
Attachments: View Report  
View Attachment A  
View Attachment B  
View Legislation  
View Supplemental Report - 1/16/2026  
Pursuant To Rule 24, A Statement Was Made On Record As To The Item Bypassing  
Committee  
On Non Consent  
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Concurrent Meeting of the  
Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council to be heard  
1/20/2026  
2) A Resolution Rejecting The Police Commission Selection Panel’s Slate Of Ricardo  
Garcia-Acosta And Omar Farmer To Serve On The Oakland Police Commission  
26-0332  
Attachments: View Report  
View Attachment A  
View Attachment B  
View Legislation  
View Supplemental Report - 1/16/2026  
Pursuant To Rule 24, A Statement Was Made On Record As To The Item Bypassing  
Committee  
On Non Consent  
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Concurrent Meeting of the  
Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council to be heard  
1/20/2026  
3.3  
Subject: Reappointments To Library Commission  
From: Office Of The Mayor  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Confirming The Mayor’s Reappointments Of  
Karen Zukor, Chiye Azuma, And Alex Weinberg To The Library Commission  
26-0327  
Attachments: View Memo  
View Legislation  
Pursuant To Rule 24, A Statement Was Made On Record As To The Item Bypassing  
Committee  
On Consent  
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Concurrent Meeting of the  
Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council to be heard  
1/20/2026  
3.4  
Subject: Early Care And Education Emergency Grant - Measure C  
From:  
Human Services Department  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator (1) To Apply  
For And Accept The First 5 Alameda County Early Care And Education Emergency  
Grant In An Amount Not To Exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) To  
Provide Stipends To Eligible Early Childhood And Family Services Division Staff And  
Other Allowable Early Childhood Expenditures Effective July 1, 2025, Through June 30,  
2026; And (2) To Accept Additional Early Care And Education Emergency Grant Funding  
That Becomes Available For The Same Purposes During The Same Contract Term; And  
(3) To Enter Into An Agreement With California School Age Consortium (CalSAC) To  
Serve As The Fiscal Sponsor For The City Of Oakland Award From First 5 Alameda  
County’s Early Care And Education Emergency Grant, To Manage And Disburse  
Stipends To Eligible Early Childhood And Family Services Staff And Other Grant Related  
Expenditures  
26-0335  
Attachments: View Report  
View Attachment A  
View Legislation  
Pursuant To Rule 24, A Statement Was Made On Record As To The Item Bypassing  
Committee  
On Consent  
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Concurrent Meeting of the  
Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council to be heard  
1/20/2026  
3.5  
Subject: FY 2025-2028 Citywide Strategic Plan Six-Month Update  
From: Office Of The City Administrator  
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report From The City Administrator On The  
FY 2025-2028 Citywide Strategic Plan Six-Month Update  
26-0328  
Attachments: View Report  
View Attachment A  
This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the *Finance &  
Management Committee to be heard 2/10/2026  
3.6  
Subject: Oakland PFRS’s Investment Portfolio As Of September 30, 2025  
From:  
Finance Department  
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On The Oakland Police And Fire  
Retirement System’s (“PFRS”, Or “System”) Investment Portfolio As Of September 30,  
2025  
26-0330  
Attachments: View Report  
View Attachment A  
This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the *Finance &  
Management Committee to be heard 1/27/2026  
3.7  
Subject: Department Of Race And Equity Update  
From:  
Councilmember Brown  
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On The Activities Of The Department  
Of Race And Equity, Including Recent Major Accomplishments, Interdepartmental  
Collaborations, And Current And Upcoming Initiatives; On The January 27, 2026 Finance  
And Management Committee Agenda  
26-0340  
This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the *Life Enrichment  
Committee to be heard 2/24/2026  
3.8  
Subject: Consultant Contract Amendment For The Fire Station 4 Project  
From: Public Works Department  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Amending Resolution No. 88240 C.M.S. To  
Increase The Professional Services Agreement With Loving Campos Associates (LCA)  
Architects For Architectural And Engineering Design Services For The Fire Station 4  
Project By An Amount Not-To-Exceed Two Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars  
($2,700,000.00), Bringing The Total Contract Amount From One Million Five Hundred  
Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00) To Four Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars  
($4,200,000.00); (2) Waiving The Competitiverequest For Proposal/Qualifications  
Requirements; And (3) Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act  
(CEQA) Findings  
26-0337  
Attachments: View Report  
View Attachment A  
View Legislation  
A Title Change Was Read Into Record And Accepted  
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Public Works And  
Transportation Committee to be heard 1/27/2026  
3.9  
Subject: SAMHSA Oakland ReCAST Program FY 25-26  
From:  
Human Services Department  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Awarding Grant Agreements Using Substance  
Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Funds To Three Agencies  
In A Total Amount Not To Exceed $437,000 To Provide Trauma Informed Behavioral  
Health Services To High-Risk Youth And Their Families From October 1, 2025 Through  
December 31, 2026; And  
(2) Waiving The Local And Small Local Business Enterprise Program (L/SLBE) And  
Request For Proposal/Qualifications (RFP/Q) Requirements And Awarding Professional  
Services Agreements To Three Entities In A Total Amount Not To Exceed $200,000 In  
SAMHSA Funding From October 1, 2025 Through December 31, 2026; And  
(3) Authorizing The City Administrator To Amend The Above Grant Agreements And  
Professional Service Agreements To Increase The Amount Of Said Agreements Using  
Carryover Or Reallocated Grant Funding In Accordance With SAMHSA Authority  
26-0333  
Attachments: View Report  
View Legislation  
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Life Enrichment Committee  
to be heard 1/27/2026  
3.10  
Subject: Community Policing Advisory Board Annual Report 2024-2025  
From: Office Of The City Administrator  
Recommendation: Receive The 2024-2025 Annual Informational Report From The  
Community Policing Advisory Board  
26-0334  
Attachments: View Report  
View Attachment A  
View Attachment B  
View Attachment C  
This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the *Public Safety  
Committee to be heard 1/27/2026  
3.11  
Subject: OPD Skelly Hearing Process Improvements  
From:  
Councilmember Brown  
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report From OPD And CPRA On The Role  
Of Skelly Hearings In OPD’s Discipline Process, Current Challenges Managing Skelly  
Hearings, And Options To Address The Backlog Of Discipline Cases Awaiting Skelly  
Hearings; On The January 27, 2026 Public Safety Committee Agenda  
26-0341  
This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the *Public Safety  
Committee to be heard 2/24/2026  
3.12  
Subject: Report On The City’s Official Newspapers  
From:  
Councilmember Fife  
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report From The City Administrator On The  
City Of Oakland’s Utilization Of Its Official Newspapers Of Record For Advertisements  
And Other Noticing Purposes, Pursuant To Chapter 1.06 Of Oakland Municipal Code  
And Resolution No. 89141, Including (1) Whether All Appropriate Advertisements And  
Notices Have Been Placed With The Official Newspapers; (2) Rationale If/When Such  
Placements Have Not Occurred; And (3) Improvements Needed For Full Compliance  
With O.M.C Chapter 1.06; On The February 10, 2026 Life Enrichment Committee  
Agenda  
26-0339  
As A Oral Report  
This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the *Life Enrichment  
Committee to be heard 2/10/2026  
3.13  
Subject: PSA With Evergreen Counseling  
From: Oakland Fire Department  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter Into A  
Professional Services Agreement With Evergreen Counseling A Marriage And Family  
Therapy Corporation To Provide Behavioral Science Consultation, Training, And  
Confidential Mental Health Services For The Oakland Fire Department From February 1,  
2026 Through December 31, 2028, In An Amount Not To Exceed Four Hundred Fifty  
Thousand Dollars ($450,000), With Two One-Year Options To Extend The Agreement  
For Up To An Additional Two Years In An Amount Not To Exceed One Hundred Fifty  
Thousand Dollars ($150,000) Per Year, Without Returning To Council, For A Total  
Contract Amount Not To Exceed Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000); On The  
February 10, 2026 Public Safety Committee Agenda  
26-0338  
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Public Safety Committee to  
be heard 2/10/2026  
3.14  
Subject: BAC Recommendations On Proposed June 2026 $40 Million Parcel Tax  
Measure  
From:  
Finance Department  
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report From The Budget Advisory  
Commission (BAC) On The Proposed June 2026 $40 Million Parcel Tax Measure To  
Support Essential City Services And Fiscal Stability; On The February 24, 2026 Finance  
And Management Committee Agenda  
26-0336  
This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the *Finance &  
Management Committee to be heard 2/24/2026  
3.15  
Subject: Salary Survey Results  
From:  
Councilmembers Brown And Ramachandran  
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On The Results Of The Salary Survey  
For All City Job Classifications That Earn A Salary Rate Less Than Twenty-Five Dollars  
Per Hour And Collective Bargaining Requirements To Adjust The Salary Rate For Each  
Classification; On The February 24, 2026 Finance And Management Committee Agenda  
26-0342  
A Title Change Was Read Into Record And Accepted  
This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the *Finance &  
Management Committee to be heard 3/24/2026  
Review Of Draft Agendas, Pending Lists, City Council And Committee Meetings  
26-0283  
4
Attachments:  
January 13, 2026 Cancelled Finance And Management Committee  
Agenda  
January 13, 2026 Public Works And Transportation Committee  
Agenda  
January 13, 2026 Community And Economic Development Committee  
Agenda  
January 13, 2026 Life Enrichment Committee Agenda  
January 13, 2026 Public Safety Committee Agenda  
January 15, 2026 Rules And Legislation Committee Agenda  
Finance And Management Committee Pending List  
Public Works And Transportation Committee Pending List  
Community And Economic Development Committee Pending List  
Life Enrichment Committee Pending List  
Education Partnership Committee Pending List  
Public Safety Committee Pending List  
Rules And Legislation Committee Pending List  
Port Liason Committee Pending List  
Draft January 20, 2026 City Council Agenda  
Draft January 22, 2026 Rules And Legislation Committee Agenda  
1 Speaker Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Rowena Brown, seconded by Carroll Fife, that this matter  
be Accepted as Amended. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Brown, Fife, Ramachandran, and Jenkins  
0
Aye:  
NO VOTE:  
AT THE CALL OF THE RULES AND LEGISLATION COMMITTEE, THE JANUARY 13, 2026  
COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING HAS BEEN  
CANCELLED. THE NEXT COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEETING IS  
SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY JANUARY 27, 2026 AT 1:30 P.M.  
CHANGES MADE TO THE JANUARY 13, 2026 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT  
COMMITTEE AGENDA  
Subject: HCD Anti-Displacement Strategic Action Plan  
From:  
Housing And Community Development Department  
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On The Housing And Community  
Development Department’s Anti-Displacement Strategic Action Plan  
26-0144  
Attachments: View Report  
This Informational Report be * Withdrawn and Rescheduled.to go before the  
*Community & Economic Development Committee to be heard 1/27/2026  
CHANGES MADE TO THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE  
PENDING LIST UNDER JANUARY 27, 2026  
Subject: Impact Fee Annual Informational Report And Findings Resolution For Fiscal  
Year 2024-25  
From:  
Planning And Building Department  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Accepting The Annual Report On The Affordable  
Housing, Transportation, Capital Improvement, And Jobs/Housing Impact Fees For  
Fiscal Year 2024-2025; On The January 27, 2026, Community And Economic  
Development Committee Agenda And On The February 3, 2026 City Council Agenda As  
A Public Hearing  
26-0263  
This City Resolution be * Withdrawn and Rescheduled.to go before the  
*Community & Economic Development Committee to be heard 2/10/2026  
AT THE CALL OF THE RULES AND LEGISLATION COMMITTEE, THE JANUARY 13, 2026  
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SPECIAL PUBLIC  
SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING WAS CALLED TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY JANUARY 13, 2026  
AT 1:30 P.M.  
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Subject: 2026 State And Federal Legislative Agenda  
From: Office Of The City Administrator  
Recommendation: Receive An Information Report Regarding The Proposed 2026 State  
And Federal Legislative Agenda  
26-0297  
Attachments: View Report  
View Attachment A  
2 Speakers Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Rowena Brown, seconded by Carroll Fife, that this matter  
be Received and Filed. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Brown, Fife, Ramachandran, and Jenkins  
0
Aye:  
NO VOTE:  
S6  
Subject: Appointments For The Police Commission  
From: Office Of The Mayor  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Confirming Mayor Barbara Lee’s Appointment Of  
Evelio Grillo And Doug Wong To Serve On The Oakland Police Commission As The  
Mayor's Appointees  
26-0285  
Attachments: View Memo  
View Legislation  
View Supplemental Legislation - 1/9/2026  
View Supplemental Resume - 1/15/2026  
Councilmember Fife made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Brown to  
approve the urgency finding for the following reasons: That there is a need to take  
immediate action which came to the attention of the local body after the agenda  
was posted, and that the need to take immediate action is required to avoid a  
substantial adverse impact that would occur if the action were deferred to a  
subsequent special or regular meeting; Motion Passed With A Vote Of 4 Ayes  
The Committee Approved As Amended The Recommendations Of Staff And To  
Forward This Item To The January 20, 2026 City Council Agenda On Consent  
With Amendments Made to The First Further Resolved Clause, And The Second  
Further Resolved clause  
2 Speakers Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Kevin Jenkins, seconded by Rowena Brown, that this  
matter be Approved as Amended the Recommendation of Staff, and Forward to  
go before the * Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor  
Agency and the City Council, to be heard 1/20/2026. The motion carried by the  
following vote:  
4 - Brown, Fife, Ramachandran, and Jenkins  
0
Aye:  
NO VOTE:  
Open Forum  
2 Speakers Spoke During Open Forum  
Adjournment  
There Being No Further Business, The Oakland City Council Rules And Legislation  
Committee Adjourned The Meeting At 11:57 A.M.  
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