Subject: Relocation Agreement With Outfront Foster Interstate LLC
From: Councilmembers Wang And Gallo
Recommendation: Conduct A Public Hearing And Upon Conclusion Adopt A
Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Negotiate Terms And Enter Into An
Advertising Signs Relocation Agreement With Outfront Foster Interstate LLC, A
Delaware Limited Liability Company (“OFI”), With Such Agreement Including The
Following: (A) Allowing OFI To Erect Up To Five New Digital Advertising Signs At
Certain Locations In The City Of Oakland In Exchange For OFI Causing The Removal
Of Up To Eleven (11) Of Its Existing Advertising Faces At Various Locations In The
City By Dates Certain, With OFI And Outfront Waiving Its Rights To Just
Compensation For The Removed Signs;
(B) Requiring OFI To Make Payments In Advance Of Up To Two Million Three
Hundred And Five Thousand Dollars ($2,305,000) For The Fiscal Year 2025 To 2027
Biennial Budget, And Annual Payments Of Up To $750,000 For Each New Digital
Advertising Sign For A Thirty-One Year Term With Escalations And A Ten (10) Year
Renewal Option, In Addition To Providing Other Financial Incentives To The City
Including Negotiated Carbon Offset Fees And Free Advertising Space; And
(2) Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act Findings
This City Resolution be Withdrawn with No New Date.
Subject: Proposed Ballot Measure To Amend The City Charter To Improve Civilian
Oversight Of OPD
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From:
Councilmember Houston
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Submitting To The Voters At The November 3,
2026 General Municipal Election A Measure That Would Amend City Charter Section
604 To, Among Other Things (1) Simplify The Process For Appointing Police
Commissioners By Only Having Regular Police Commissioners That Are Appointed
One Each By The Councilmembers And One By The Mayor; (2) Strengthen The
Independence Of The Office Of Inspector General By Having The City Auditor, Rather
Than The Police Commission, Appoint The Inspector General; (3) Streamline The
Process For Appointing Police Chiefs By Using The Same Processes Used To
Appoint Other Department Heads; And Directing The City Clerk To Take Any And All
Actions Necessary Under The Law To Submit This Measure To The Voters At The
November 3, 2026 General Municipal Election; And Making Appropriate California
Environmental Quality Act Findings
Attachments:
The Committee Scheduled This Item To The Rules And Legislation Committee
Pending List - No Date Specific
10 Speakers Spoke On This Item
A motion was made by Janani Ramachandran, seconded by Rowena Brown, that
this matter be Rescheduled to go before the *Rules & Legislation Committee
Pending List - No Date Specific. The motion carried by the following vote: