Office of the City Clerk  
Oakland City Hall,  
City of Oakland  
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Oakland, California 94612  
Meeting Minutes - DRAFT  
*Rules & Legislation Committee  
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza,  
Oakland, California, 94612  
City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandca.gov  
Thursday, January 22, 2026  
10:30 AM  
City Council Chamber, 3rd Floor  
The Oakland City Council Rules And Legislation Committee Convened At 10:30 A.M.  
With Council President Jenkins Presiding As Chairperson  
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:  
1 Roll Call / Call To Order  
3 - Rowena Brown, Janani Ramachandran, and Kevin Jenkins  
1 - Carroll Fife  
Present  
Excused  
Approval Of The Draft Minutes From The Committee Meeting Of January 8, 2026  
26-0325  
2
Attachments: View Report  
1 Speaker Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Janani Ramachandran, seconded by Rowena Brown, that  
this matter be Accepted. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Brown, Ramachandran, and Jenkins  
Aye:  
Excused:  
NO VOTE:  
1 - Fife  
0
3 New Scheduling Items  
2 Speakers Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Janani Ramachandran, seconded by Rowena Brown, that  
this matter be Accepted as Amended. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Brown, Ramachandran, and Jenkins  
Aye:  
Excused:  
NO VOTE:  
1 - Fife  
0
3.1  
Subject: Appointment To Commission On Homelessness  
From: Office Of The Mayor  
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution Confirming The Appointment Of Jenn Oakley To The  
Commission On Homelessness  
26-0371  
Changing The Sponsor Of This Item To Office Of The Mayor  
A Rule 24 Was Read Into Record And Accepted  
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  
2/3/2026  
3.2  
Subject: Appointments To The Cultural Affairs Commission  
From:  
Office Of The Mayor  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Confirming The Mayor's Appointment Of Joti  
Singh And Salim Shariff For The Cultural Affairs Commission; On The February 3, 2026  
City Council Agenda On Consent  
26-0372  
A Rule 24 Was Read Into Record And Accepted  
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  
2/3/2026  
3.3  
Subject: Appointments To Commission On Aging  
From:  
Office Of The Mayor  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Confirming The Mayor's Appointment Of Kevin  
Beachem, Sharawn Tipton, Gwendolyn Thomas Knight, Car-Lette Garrett, Leslie Smith,  
And Rhonda Ramirez As Members Of The Commission On Aging; On The February 3,  
2026 City Council Agenda On Consent  
26-0373  
A Rule 24 Was Read Into Record And Accepted  
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  
2/3/2026  
3.4  
Subject: PSA With Stryker Sales LLC, Emergency Medical Equipment  
From: Oakland Fire Department  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To: (1)  
Appropriate Funds Levied From The Paramedic Services Act Of 1997 Measure N  
(Paramedic Services Act Of 1997) And Measure NN (Public Safety Act Of 2025 ) In An  
Amount Not To Exceed Three Million Three Hundred Ninety Eight Thousand One Hundred  
Fourteen Dollars And Twenty Six Cents ($3,398,114.26); (2) Enter Into A Cooperative  
Agreement With Stryker Sales LLC For The Purchase, Maintenance, Lease, And Repair  
Of Advanced Life Support Equipment (ALS) For A Total Not To Exceed Amount Of Six  
Hundred Seventy-Nine Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-Two Dollars And Eighty-Five Cents  
($679,662.85); And (3) Waiving The Advertising And Competitive Bidding Process  
Requirements, And Local And Small Business (L/SB) Enterprise Program Provisions For  
The Proposed Cooperative Agreement; On The February 3, 2026 City Council Agenda  
On Consent  
26-0374  
This City Resolution be Withdrawn with No New Date.  
3.5  
Subject: Tiffany Nault V. City Of Oakland Et Al.  
From:  
Office Of The City Attorney  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing And Directing The City Attorney To  
Compromise And Settle The Case Of Tiffany Nault V. Malcolm And Ann Plant, And  
DOES 1 Through 50, Inclusive, Alameda County Superior Court Case No. 24CV069134,  
City Attorney File No. 36396, By Payment In The Amount Of Seventy-Five Thousand  
Dollars And Zero Cents ($75,000.00) (Department Of Transportation - Dangerous  
Condition); On The February 3, 2026 City Council Agenda On Consent  
26-0376  
A Rule 24 Was Read Into Record And Accepted  
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  
2/3/2026  
3.6  
Subject: State Farm General Insurance Company V. City Of Oakland, Et Al.  
From:  
Office Of The City Attorney  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing And Directing The City Attorney To  
Compromise And Settle The Case Of State Farm General Insurance Company V. City Of  
Oakland And DOES 1 Through 20 Inclusive, Alameda County Superior Court Case No.  
24CV071246, City Attorney File No. 36146, By Payment In The Amount Of Thirty  
Thousand Dollars And Zero Cents ($30,000.00) (Department Of Public Works -  
Dangerous Condition); On The February 3, 2026 City Council Agenda On Consent  
26-0377  
A Rule 24 Was Read Into Record And Accepted  
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  
2/3/2026  
3.7  
Subject: Gosvami Marquez, Miriam Hernandez V. City Of Oakland, Officer Tommy  
Nguyen And DOES 1-25  
From:  
Office Of The City Attorney  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing And Directing The City Attorney To  
Compromise And Settle The Case Of Gosvami Marquez And Miriam Hernandez V. City  
Of Oakland, Tommy Nguyen And DOES 1-25, Alameda County Superior Court Case No  
22CV024146, City Attorney File No. 35273 In The Amount Of One Hundred Twenty-Five  
Thousand Dollars And No Cents ($125,000.00) (Oakland Police Department -  
Negligence); On The February 3, 2026 City Council Agenda On Consent  
26-0378  
A Rule 24 Was Read Into Record And Accepted  
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  
2/3/2026  
3.8  
Subject: Resolution In Support Of AB 1537 (Bryan)  
From:  
Councilmember Brown  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution In Support Of California Assembly Bill 1537  
(Bryan) Which Would (1) Prohibit California Peace Officers From Working Or  
Volunteering For Any Entity That Engages In Immigration Enforcement, (2) Establish  
Failure To Comply With That Restriction As Grounds For Decertification As A Peace  
Officer, (3) Require Peace Officers To Report Any Secondary Employment Related To  
Immigration Enforcement, And (4) Require That Records Related To Secondary  
Employment Of Peace Officers Be Public Records; On The February 3, 2026 City  
Council Agenda On Consent  
26-0379  
A Rule 24 Was Read Into Record And Accepted  
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  
2/3/2026  
3.9  
Subject: IT PSA With ImageTrend LLC  
From: Fire Department  
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To: (1) Enter Into  
A Professional Service Agreement With Image Trend LLC. To Replace The Oakland Fire  
Department’s Records Management System (RMS) With A National Emergency  
Response Information System (NEIRS) Compliant Artificial Intelligence (AI) Powered Fire  
And Ems Rms Software For A Total Amount Of One Million Six Thousand Six Hundred  
And Fifty Nine Dollars ($1,006,659), For The Term Beginning January 1, 2026 Through  
December 31, 2028; And (2) Extend The Agreement For Up To Two Years In An Amount  
Not To Exceed Three Hundred Sixty Two Thousand Five Hundred Eighty Four Dollars  
($362,584), Without Returning To City Council, For A Total Contract Amount Not To  
Exceed One Million Three Hundred And Sixty Nine Thousand Two Hundred And Forty  
Three Dollars ($1,369,243); On The February 10, 2026 Public Safety Committee Agenda  
26-0375  
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Public Safety Committee to  
be heard 2/10/2026  
Review Of Draft Agendas, Pending Lists, City Council And Committee Meetings  
26-0326  
4
Attachments: January 27, 2026 Finance And Management Committee Agenda  
January 27, 2026 Public Works And Transportation Committee  
Agenda  
January 27, 2026 CANCELLED Community And Economic  
Development Committee Agenda  
January 27, 2026 Life Enrichment Committee Agenda  
January 27, 2026 CANCELLED Public Safety Committee Agenda  
January 27, 2026 Special Public Safety Committee Agenda  
January 29, 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 February 3, 2026 City Council Agenda  
Draft February 5, 2026 Rules And Legislation Committee Agenda  
3 Speakers Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Rowena Brown, seconded by Janani Ramachandran, that  
this matter be Accepted. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Brown, Ramachandran, and Jenkins  
1 - Fife  
Aye:  
Excused:  
0
NO VOTE:  
Open Forum  
3 Speakers Spoke During Open Forum  
Adjournment  
There Being No Further Business, The Oakland City Council Rules And Legislation  
Committee Adjourned The Meeting At 10:59 A.M.  
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