[7:25] Good afternoon.

[7:29] Good afternoon. And welcome to

[7:32] the rule. The City Council

[7:35] today, JULY 21st, the time

[7:36] just 3.37 in this meeting show

[7:41] come to order. The 4 I call

[7:42] roll. I would like to give

[7:43] instructions on how to submit

[7:45] a speaker card to 4 items on

[7:47] this agenda. If you're here in

[7:48] person and participating and

[7:50] would like to submit a speaker

[7:51] card police not as a part in

[7:52] turning into a Clark

[7:54] representative either before

[7:56] the item is called in to

[7:57] record or late in the 2 hours

[7:58] after the meeting began again,

[8:03] the meeting began at 3.37 So

[8:07] on lies because cards are of

[8:09] all cards. Mission do 24 hours

[8:10] before the meeting began. So

[8:12] that has closed once again. If

[8:13] you would like to speak to an

[8:14] item on agenda again, thought

[8:17] a speaker card turning into a

[8:18] Clark representative either

[8:19] before the item is called in

[8:22] to record or 2 hours after

[8:24] this meeting began, whichever

[8:24] comes first with that. I will

[8:29] now call roll. On role Council

[8:32] member Brown is excused.

[8:36] Councilmember Fife is excused.

[8:36] Councilmember Guy, Crescent

[8:39] Councilmember Houston, here.

[8:45] Councilmember longer. Wang.

[8:49] And Councilmember Chandran.

[8:51] PRESIDENT. We have 5 members

[8:55] present for skews 3 excuse

[8:56] with that with I move on to

[8:59] the first item sheremet 100,

[9:01] you have any announcements.

[9:05] Thank you. Yes, I have 2 quick

[9:06] announcements because we are

[9:10] in a very tight situation. We

[9:11] will be with only 5 members

[9:12] present. We will be reducing

[9:14] speaker time to one minute. We

[9:16] will all. There's also a

[9:17] request from the

[9:21] administration to pull item

[9:22] 5.1, which will be the first

[9:22] on consent calendar. Thank

[9:26] you. Thank you for that. So

[9:27] with item, threes

[9:31] modifications to the agenda,

[9:32] assuming the council chair

[9:32] just know that that is there

[9:35] additional? Any other

[9:39] modifications Okay. That now

[9:40] moves through the agenda. Item

[9:43] number 4 is consideration of

[9:43] public hearings are no public

[9:45] hearings on this agenda today.

[9:49] We will now move to non

[9:51] consent items. 5 so item 5.1 I

[9:53] will read the item into

[9:56] record. It is adopt one of the

[9:58] following pieces of

[9:58] legislation want a resolution

[9:59] accepting the police

[10:01] commission selection panel

[10:02] slate of 2 commissioners,

[10:06] Ricardo Garcia, Costa and

[10:07] Johnny hears to serve on the

[10:09] Oakland Police. Police

[10:10] commission or it was Lucian

[10:11] rejecting the police

[10:14] commission selection panel,

[10:15] slate of 2 commissioners,

[10:16] Ricardo Garcia, Costa in

[10:19] Johnny here to serve on the

[10:21] Oakland Police Commission. I

[10:23] do have 3 speakers for this

[10:24] item. Thank to administration.

[10:29] Go ahead. Good afternoon

[10:30] Council. We're asking that the

[10:32] item is withdrawn from the

[10:34] agenda. The selection panel

[10:34] hasn't had the opportunity to

[10:35] consider the background checks

[10:37] prior to submission to

[10:38] council. And we would like to

[10:40] note that the city charter

[10:41] provides that if the city

[10:42] council does not accept or

[10:44] reject the slate within 60

[10:45] days after take after

[10:47] completion of the background

[10:49] checks and submission by the

[10:51] selection panel are designated

[10:54] replacement shall be deemed

[10:55] appointed. However, the

[10:56] Oakland City Municipal Code

[10:58] requires that the appointing

[11:00] authority here. The selection

[11:01] panel considers the background

[11:02] checks prior 2 submission to

[11:04] the council. And that has not

[11:06] happened as such. The

[11:07] background check process has

[11:10] not yet been completed in

[11:11] recommendation is not properly

[11:13] before the council at this

[11:14] time in there for the 60 day

[11:18] time period cannot starter.

[11:19] Thank MADAM Clerk. I know we

[11:20] still have to read in public

[11:22] comment even though the item

[11:23] this poll do want to make sure

[11:24] all the t's are crossed and

[11:26] the I's are dotted before

[11:28] voting on anything. So please

[11:28] read in the public we'll do

[11:31] thank you for that sheremet

[11:32] 100. So I will read in the

[11:34] speakers for those who are

[11:35] here in person. Please step up

[11:35] to the podium. When I call

[11:36] your name, please restate your

[11:40] name for the record. If you

[11:41] are participating online,

[11:43] please raise your hand so I

[11:43] can easily identify you. We

[11:45] will take those who are in

[11:45] person first followed by those

[11:48] who are online. I have Blair

[11:51] Beekman, gender in of Allah.

[11:55] Welcome to in one minute the a

[11:58] lot of time at this time.

[11:58] Something is going on. It's

[12:03] not right. 45 people apply to

[12:05] be on the police commission.

[12:09] One of those was Omar Pharma.

[12:09] Off 10 were selected from the

[12:14] 45. Off, although was not

[12:16] selected by any selection.

[12:18] Panel member off Alma has been

[12:19] on this on the police

[12:21] commission. He's been on the

[12:23] commission that deals with

[12:26] Measure x. He has been on the

[12:28] task force full re-imagining

[12:29] policing. He has been a part

[12:34] of the veterans. Issues. He's

[12:34] been a part of the board

[12:38] Security Committee. Pharma has

[12:39] been a relevant participant.

[12:44] He helped to develop the law

[12:46] false alarm system with rep

[12:49] Councilmember Kaplan. And

[12:52] nobody saw to put him. As one

[12:55] of the 10 candidates. That

[12:57] black man is being targeted.

[13:02] He's being top. Thank you for

[13:04] your It's all we will now move

[13:05] to the zone speakers. I have

[13:06] Blair Beekman please unmute

[13:12] yourself and you MAY begin.

[13:13] Big Ben. Really nice words

[13:15] from the previous public

[13:16] commenter shoppers. An

[13:18] interesting point of view. I

[13:19] also think there's a point of

[13:22] view that you're trying to

[13:25] allow the one of the previous

[13:26] candidates who supposed to be

[13:27] a part of the future of the

[13:30] police review process. You're

[13:32] giving him another chance.

[13:33] Omar, not so much. But this

[13:36] other you are. These are both

[13:37] people who are supposed to be

[13:40] there. That administration did

[13:41] not want, but you're still

[13:42] trying now anyway, it's going

[13:46] to more time now. Thank you

[13:47] that you're trying. It's

[13:48] really important that we try

[13:51] tried to make clear that

[13:52] community. Is that a really

[13:54] important role in creating

[13:54] good police review commission

[13:58] in the past 10 years? We don't

[13:59] I don't want to ruin that. I

[14:01] don't want to. And then and in

[14:02] most regions that people

[14:02] tinkering with it, it sounds

[14:04] like when they maybe shouldn't

[14:06] be. So thank you. Sounds like

[14:08] you are trying to address and

[14:11] good luck. You can. And Thank

[14:13] you for your comments. The

[14:16] next speaker I I do not see

[14:17] their hand raise in the queue,

[14:17] but I do see another name. Let

[14:20] me see if they. What name did

[14:21] you sign up to speak for what

[14:26] item? Hello? Yes. Can you hear

[14:27] speak into resolution about

[14:30] Riccardo Tisci a casa? Did you

[14:32] sign up? I'm sorry. Go ahead.

[14:33] Your My name is Judy Straw

[14:37] year apologize. We don't have

[14:39] a speaker card for you for

[14:40] this item. So that concludes

[14:42] our public commenters for this

[14:45] item. Thank you. And there's

[14:46] no action needed and he's been

[14:47] withdrawn so we can move to

[14:48] the next. I thank you so much

[14:55] for that. So apologize.

[14:56] Highland Terrier to chair to

[14:58] the body. If we would need

[15:00] vote on the action to withdraw

[15:04] this item. Okay. Okay. I will

[15:05] make the motion to withdraw

[15:05] this item on the request of

[15:12] the city administration. There

[15:13] was a motion by much on trans

[15:15] seconded by councilor be

[15:16] Houston to remove withdraw

[15:22] item. 5.1 on role. Council

[15:23] member Brown excuse

[15:25] Councilmember Fife excuse,

[15:31] Councilmember Gallo. Houston

[15:36] Long I. Sheremet, Andre, I

[15:38] item number 5.1 withdrawn with

[15:42] 5 ayes, 3 excuse that now

[15:43] takes us to item 5 point to

[15:45] one moments. Bear with me

[15:46] while reading this lengthy

[15:52] title. Item, s 5.2 is adopt a

[15:53] resolution authorizing the

[15:56] city administrator to award

[15:57] contracts to one Grand Prix

[15:59] for ink in the amount not to

[16:01] exceed 1 million, $400,000 to

[16:03] provide collision repair and

[16:05] body shops services for light

[16:08] vehicles for a three-year term

[16:10] SEPTEMBER. First 2026 to since

[16:13] SEPTEMBER. First 2029 in 2

[16:13] one-year options to renew in

[16:17] response to the rfq 2 quality

[16:18] body in vendor in the amount

[16:21] not to exceed 1 million,

[16:22] $50,000 to provide collision

[16:23] repair and body shop services

[16:27] for light vehicles for a

[16:29] three-year term in 2 one-year

[16:29] options to renew in response

[16:33] to the Rfq 3 Falcon collision

[16:34] repair eek in the amount not

[16:37] to exceed $525,000 to provide

[16:39] collision repair and body shop

[16:40] services for light vehicles

[16:44] for a three-year term and 2

[16:45] one-year options to renew in

[16:46] response to the Rfq for

[16:48] Mueller are brothers body shop

[16:52] any amount not to exceed?

[16:53] $525,000 to provide collision

[16:56] repair a body shop services

[16:58] for light vehicles for a

[16:59] three-year term and 2 one-year

[17:00] options to renew a response to

[17:03] the Rfq 5 Mola brother's body

[17:04] shop in the amount not to

[17:07] exceed 1 million, 750,000

[17:08] dollars to provide collision

[17:10] repair and body shop services

[17:11] for him heavy vehicles for 8

[17:15] the year term. And 2 one-year

[17:17] options to renew in response.

[17:19] The rfq Malkin collision

[17:21] repair eec in the amount not

[17:24] to exceed 1 million, 750,000

[17:25] dollars to provide collision

[17:27] repair shop services for heavy

[17:29] vehicles for a three-year

[17:31] term. And 2 one-year options

[17:32] to renew in response to the

[17:37] Rfq 7 making findings under

[17:37] Oakland Municipal Code.

[17:43] Section 2.0 4.0 5, 0 2.0 4.0

[17:44] 5, 1, and waiting for their

[17:47] formal advertising in bidding

[17:48] requirements. To the extent

[17:49] necessary and adapting

[17:50] appropriate California

[17:51] Environmental Quality Act

[17:52] findings. And I have 2

[17:56] speakers for this item.

[17:57] Figures thank you, MR. Be how

[17:58] many minutes do you require

[18:04] approximately? 3 minutes?

[18:08] Thank you. Please. Go ahead.

[18:10] Thank Richard. Better is the

[18:10] assistant director bureau

[18:11] maintenance, internal services

[18:14] of Oakland Public works. I'm

[18:15] here before you with contract

[18:18] for collision repair brought

[18:20] this before the Public Works

[18:22] Committee previously, it's

[18:23] approximately 7 million

[18:25] dollars. He's exactly

[18:26] 7 million dollars contract

[18:26] capacity in total for 3 years

[18:29] with 2 one-year extensions.

[18:31] The original proposal was to

[18:36] make multiple awards to the 6

[18:36] vendors noted during the

[18:41] discussion of Public Works

[18:42] Committee. There are some

[18:44] concerns raised by council

[18:46] members related to having more

[18:49] Oakland based businesses

[18:52] involved in that rfp. So

[18:52] there's a resolution attached

[18:56] to this agenda report that's

[18:58] recommending award 2 quality

[18:59] body and fender only Oakland

[19:03] base body shop on this agenda

[19:04] report. We do have some new

[19:05] information. I thought it was

[19:08] important to share with

[19:09] counsel Councilmember Houston.

[19:11] As we looked into the matter.

[19:12] I'm not sure if your questions

[19:16] were answered by purchasing,

[19:17] but as we research with

[19:19] quality body and fender, we

[19:20] discovered that there are

[19:21] smaller body shop. They're

[19:22] only able to take one job at a

[19:26] time from the city of Oakland.

[19:28] So we've currently got 25

[19:29] vehicles in accident repair

[19:32] status. 23 of those are opd.

[19:33] If we only award to quality

[19:35] body has proposed in the other

[19:37] resolution, it will slow down

[19:38] the body repairs that were

[19:41] able to perform. And also it's

[19:42] been brought to my attention.

[19:44] We have 280,000 an outstanding

[19:46] invoices to Mueller are

[19:48] brothers, which I'm not sure

[19:50] if we have contract capacity

[19:51] to pay all of those invoices.

[19:52] Plus the work that's currently

[19:55] at their shop. So there's a

[19:57] better more information now

[19:58] than we had at Public Works

[19:59] Committee. And with that, I'm

[20:00] available to take your

[20:04] questions. Thank you.

[20:05] Councilmember Houston, we are

[20:09] fixing your mike situation.

[20:11] But if you if but the club

[20:19] will unmute you race. Through

[20:25] chair. I have a a real issue.

[20:26] But this and I understand you

[20:27] get your research about

[20:30] quality body. What about

[20:31] Pacific collision in de 7 in

[20:32] turmoil. Auto body, Dana have

[20:32] out in the audience right now.

[20:38] The problem that I have. I can

[20:40] take that. The problem I have

[20:42] is with this is not with you

[20:43] is with the situation soon.

[20:46] When I into office, it was

[20:47] always waving the small local

[20:50] business. Urgent emergency

[20:52] right? So when you dealing

[20:54] with body fender, this is not

[20:56] mechanics because I understand

[20:58] what councilmember guy always

[20:58] speaks about. We have all

[21:01] these cars in. This in the

[21:03] yard. It's not being fix. So

[21:08] this remove that. This is body

[21:10] and fender. This is not some

[21:11] high-tech right? And through

[21:13] chair, I'd like to ask the

[21:15] city attorney a question about

[21:18] when they have to when we get

[21:22] a contract from the we can't

[21:24] use small local small local

[21:25] business participation. Is

[21:32] that true or not? Through the

[21:33] chair to councilmember

[21:35] Houston? We can. I can. We can

[21:35] get back to you on the

[21:39] specific item. One. It's that

[21:45] it's the same same one would

[21:46] get us of I go with so soggy.

[21:47] Be the answer. Answer is we

[21:51] cannot find instead of.

[21:52] Answers that we can at. And

[21:54] I'm not talking over you. City

[21:55] attorneys just that we cannot

[21:56] use to small local business

[21:56] when it comes to that. This is

[22:01] not something that's we urge

[22:02] it matter or we have to go out

[22:06] to a specialty is not. We have

[22:10] in ways. District district. We

[22:11] have many body shops well as

[22:13] dish. We have many body shops

[22:14] in my we probably have the

[22:16] most by the shops Oakland.

[22:21] Then the whole Alameda County

[22:21] have a problem with spending

[22:22] 7 million dollars outside of

[22:22] the city of Oakland. So with

[22:25] this quality with this quality

[22:27] you said is small. But I can

[22:34] have we're smart guy.

[22:37] Terrible. I do body because he

[22:39] wasn't even notified it. He's

[22:42] a vendor in ways District

[22:43] wasn't even notified. They

[22:43] said that he had to go online

[22:47] or something like that. This

[22:48] is request for qualification

[22:49] is that cannot go you here all

[22:50] day. Coming up here, real

[22:51] quick and ask and I haven't

[22:53] come up to the chair when we

[22:54] move to public speakers going

[23:00] on. So my issue is this. We've

[23:01] got to stop Russian. All these

[23:02] these projects outside of our

[23:04] city because when I look at

[23:06] this, I see here that and a

[23:09] light duty. It was 10

[23:11] companies that we reached out

[23:12] to 5 was out of the city of

[23:15] Oakland. If I was in the city

[23:17] of Oakland on the heavy duty,

[23:26] I see teen. There were. 3. 7

[23:28] is 7 outside 3 inside the city

[23:30] of Oakland. Right? That was

[23:33] requested qualification. I

[23:34] have a problem with this some

[23:35] other issues is coming on and

[23:38] does not have to do with you

[23:40] that we keep going outside of

[23:42] the city of Oakland to give up

[23:44] this work. And I got and I

[23:45] understand it now woke up in

[23:46] the middle of the night. I

[23:47] woke up and I was like, why is

[23:49] it so easy for people to give?

[23:52] Contracts out of my city?

[23:55] Because they don't live here.

[24:01] And I Watching him move. So

[24:03] don't want this to go through.

[24:04] I want this to be redone where

[24:08] we go out Companies not

[24:10] companies like Pacific

[24:11] Collision. All the body shops

[24:12] in our city and keep the

[24:15] 7 million dollars in our city

[24:16] because I'm not going city law

[24:16] got it now. I've got it now.

[24:21] So thank you really quickly.

[24:22] Councilmember Houston, your 3

[24:27] minutes are a minute. Ok?

[24:32] Sorry, okay. Thank you.

[24:33] Because I did my research on

[24:36] that one, too. You know, I

[24:38] know how many minutes that guy

[24:38] we had a fight when I first

[24:39] got in office about my

[24:45] minutes. But not for right.

[24:46] What are we going to do about

[24:46] this council members? We're

[24:48] going to take the 7 million

[24:49] dollars out and give it to

[24:50] others when we can keep it

[24:51] inside our own city. What are

[24:55] we going to do? Ask you I

[24:56] don't want this to go out to

[24:57] know other body and vendors.

[25:00] This is not some tank. This is

[25:01] body offender, right? So I

[25:03] want to keep it here, Want

[25:07] enough business to be? He

[25:08] wasn't even reached out. He's

[25:09] qualified to s l b e said it

[25:11] wasn't even notify 4 and he

[25:16] was he was. Had a serious

[25:20] situation. A car crashed into

[25:24] his business. Stopped his

[25:30] business. Now he's back up.

[25:31] Why we final $4,000 for some

[25:34] find out about that, too. And

[25:36] he had the encampments in his

[25:37] area which was harming his

[25:38] business. Now it's time to be

[25:42] able embrace him. And brace

[25:42] these companies. That's what I

[25:46] want to do. And almost and 10

[25:48] toes down for the company's in

[25:50] Oakland, a small local

[25:51] businesses, Latino, my black

[25:52] brothers and sisters. That's

[25:55] where I'm standing on. You'll

[25:55] the floor and I want to see

[25:56] what my council members had to

[25:58] say about this. Is that a

[26:02] motion accounts under 2? Hold

[26:05] this. To dispense of this item

[26:05] and ask public works to come

[26:07] back with other

[26:08] recommendations or yes, that's

[26:12] the motion. Okay to the

[26:12] parliamentarian. What is the

[26:14] right up to the city

[26:15] administrator place? Thank

[26:17] you. I just want to clear what

[26:19] clarify one thing that right

[26:21] now the public works is

[26:21] bringing back the proposal

[26:26] that was approved by the

[26:27] committee, which was to limit

[26:33] approval to the local. The

[26:33] local company called quality

[26:36] body and Fender. So that is

[26:38] the proposal in front of you.

[26:41] I did want to also encourage

[26:43] you to consider adding item 5

[26:45] the Mueller brothers contract

[26:49] because we do owe them money.

[26:50] And then the remainder of that

[26:54] money. Public works would come

[26:57] back and do another proposal

[27:00] based on further outreach to

[27:02] local businesses because of

[27:02] his knee will come back to

[27:03] that. I just want to clarify

[27:06] in the packet, the

[27:06] supplemental legislation. Does

[27:09] have what's be reflected from

[27:11] the committee. So all of these

[27:12] other companies except for the

[27:14] one that's from Oakland,

[27:15] quality body and Fender has

[27:18] been removed. If we vote on

[27:19] this item and we can take into

[27:21] consideration if we want that

[27:24] back. One of the non Oakland

[27:25] companies, because the money

[27:28] comes under long, the number.

[27:30] Thank you. And yeah, I just

[27:34] wanted to support my

[27:35] councilmember fellow

[27:36] Councilmember Houston's

[27:37] comments. I think for me the

[27:39] concern is who gets the

[27:40] invitation, you know, in the

[27:43] first place right? The fact

[27:45] that we have if you go down

[27:47] International Boulevard, many,

[27:49] many auto body shops. Now I've

[27:51] learned that a number of them

[27:54] actually have the city's fl b

[27:55] e certification and they did

[27:58] not get the invitation that

[27:59] that is concerning. I think

[28:01] something that I would just

[28:03] agree that we need to. We need

[28:04] to do better and we need to

[28:06] make sure that the small and

[28:09] local businesses if you know,

[28:10] of course we want, we want to

[28:10] make sure they can do the job.

[28:14] But what people don't get

[28:16] invitation right. That

[28:17] automatically puts them at a

[28:19] disadvantage to not even

[28:20] respond to the rfq in the

[28:20] first place. And that's not

[28:25] right. Just a point of

[28:28] clarification for the city

[28:30] administration for Mueller are

[28:32] brothers. Is it item 4, 5, are

[28:35] just for that. I think you

[28:37] could do it. Just item 5. Just

[28:42] with item 5. And then 1, 1,

[28:44] other clarification in terms

[28:48] of who gets the invitations pw

[28:50] is not. I will be working with

[28:52] purchasing, which is the

[28:53] entity in the city that puts

[28:54] out the rfp. So it's pw its

[28:56] purchasing. And I'm happy to

[28:58] be working with them in

[28:59] concert with the council

[29:01] members to be sure that we

[29:02] have the appropriate list.

[29:03] Thank you. Okay. Thank you.

[29:07] Keep count on So my

[29:09] understanding is we're voting

[29:13] on the amended resolution as

[29:14] amended by Councilmember

[29:14] Houston and the rest of the

[29:17] committee to just go with the

[29:18] local vendor because if we

[29:20] don't do that, we will not be

[29:22] able to repair any of our

[29:23] vehicles until the until after

[29:26] recess. I think this is

[29:26] reasonable to just go with the

[29:28] local vendors that we can, you

[29:29] know, limp through the recess

[29:33] and then public works will

[29:34] bring us bring us back. But I

[29:35] would also like to make a

[29:42] motion to add in item 5. Thank

[29:43] you for MADAM Chair. If I can

[29:47] make one clarification both

[29:48] the committee's recommendation

[29:48] and the original item or

[29:51] before the spot. The for your

[29:53] full consideration just

[29:55] clarify. So you can. You can

[29:57] also consider the original.

[29:59] Has proposed I would like to

[30:00] go go with the item as amended

[30:01] by councilmember he's

[30:04] committee and add an item 5.

[30:05] Thank you. Councilmember

[30:12] Houston. Yes, understand a

[30:12] chance to what you're doing. A

[30:16] cast member on her is panned

[30:17] individual from Mueller's so

[30:18] they can get paid correct

[30:19] their company. How much of

[30:22] through chair, how much of the

[30:26] old not to the chair. 280,000

[30:27] okay, outstanding invoices and

[30:28] potential work that has not

[30:28] been invoiced yet. That's

[30:29] currently in their shop. And

[30:32] how much is that? Don't have

[30:34] that information give you

[30:35] estimate. Not at the assistant

[30:38] director level. Okay. So

[30:42] they're in San Leandro. Yes.

[30:44] Okay. Through I researched and

[30:46] San Leandro. So accept that.

[30:49] Given Mueller that money and

[30:51] the cars. It's already in

[30:53] there that we committed to

[30:54] makes no sense to pull

[30:54] something, agree with that.

[30:57] But moving forward, I'm not

[30:59] agree with that and that other

[31:00] none of that So accept that

[31:01] this move it like you said a

[31:06] cast member on. Thank you.

[31:07] Council member would like to

[31:14] second that motion amendment.

[31:15] Before move to public comment.

[31:17] I have a clarifying question.

[31:18] So I'm in full support of

[31:21] moving forward with the

[31:22] contract with one Oakland

[31:24] company on this list, quality

[31:25] body in fender and adding and

[31:26] Mueller are brothers because

[31:28] they have an outstanding

[31:31] amount owed. What is the

[31:34] approximate practices? The

[31:35] city administrator of looking

[31:38] into other Oakland vendors. I

[31:39] will be working with

[31:40] purchasing over the recess

[31:41] that we can bring it back.

[31:43] Hopefully on the first or

[31:46] second meeting. Thank you.

[31:48] MADAM Clerk, we can move to

[31:50] public. Thank you so much. As

[31:51] i call your name, please

[31:52] approach the podium. If you're

[31:55] here in person, if you're

[31:56] online, please raise your hand

[31:57] so I can easily identify you

[31:58] will start with those who are

[32:01] in person visits out on the

[32:01] Bala and she's in Blair

[32:07] Beekman. In any order you MAY

[32:09] postpone if your person and I

[32:10] called running in apologies.

[32:20] If I mispronounced names. Hi,

[32:21] my name's in it's good to see

[32:22] council members. Want to see

[32:27] you guys. And I run. But he's

[32:30] an open lot over. 36 years and

[32:35] I to come up labor. And are so

[32:36] I have knowledge he's going to

[32:37] him to take the intonation,

[32:42] prove it. And I reached and

[32:45] know that the city has auto

[32:46] repair program. So if you knew

[32:54] it, private too. So a lot. I

[32:55] really appreciate of you. Did

[32:57] it. You know, consideration

[33:00] lauding told one of my shop,

[33:01] too, put up a put 8 in the

[33:03] city on a cruise program.

[33:06] Thank you very much.

[33:12] Councilmember Houston.

[33:12] Apologize. MADAM Clerk, I

[33:13] think Council Houston's Mike

[33:15] is the only one that I can't

[33:17] tap on right there. Go to

[33:18] chair. Want to know if you

[33:20] have anything else to say

[33:21] because I would like for you

[33:24] to share with just real

[33:26] briefly about the condition

[33:27] that your company was in and

[33:28] the condition the things that

[33:32] it had to indoor. With

[33:33] business. And then that

[33:36] accident that happened where

[33:37] that car rammed it to go shut

[33:39] you down and you open company

[33:40] did been here for how many

[33:42] years 30. Think you over to

[33:44] over 36 years. You hear

[33:46] audience. Do you hear that?

[33:51] 36, shouldn't. We? Supporting

[33:53] our businesses that was here

[33:54] in the good and bad times of

[33:55] Oakland, California, where we

[34:01] live. Most of us. So. Go a to

[34:04] b. I know Clinton. My

[34:19] hometown. On 2 years of all.

[34:22] So one of ladies, young Navy.

[34:28] Some of all of thing. And I

[34:33] have a very hard time. I last

[34:34] 2 years over 16 and Donna

[34:39] Gross income. I have a more

[34:41] than 32 workers not always to

[34:45] the use of 14. And we had we

[34:46] tried to put out the permits

[34:49] to local n. Or so city down

[34:53] action line. And I talked to

[35:01] and there. I almost crossed

[35:01] And if taking other permitted

[35:04] to And then I have a from

[35:09] Open. There's still I rent

[35:14] power line for some Every

[35:19] month I pay for over $2000.

[35:20] I'm losing money for even

[35:24] year. If I keep team going

[35:25] like these I met, I MAY have

[35:29] to close down all regions. I

[35:30] have taken the key continues.

[35:34] Money. And to So I have one

[35:41] now 40 people from Thank chair

[35:42] some say this to the audience

[35:42] and taught of people is this

[35:46] it 2, you can sit down now. Do

[35:46] we want to treat up Oakland

[35:48] businesses like that? No, we

[35:55] do not. 36 years in the game

[35:56] support and hiring our folks

[35:57] and he had to suffer like

[35:59] this. We need embrace

[36:01] businesses so they stay and do

[36:02] not leave. Let me share this

[36:04] with everybody. I bought it

[36:06] now. It takes me some time to

[36:12] get it. When I got I got it.

[36:13] And I'm about to fight for my

[36:14] folks. And let me share this

[36:16] with you. In closing my

[36:16] cousin. Daryl Kerry used to

[36:20] say this. And I remember used

[36:22] to say to me all the time. He

[36:26] said if you not mad now. When

[36:27] you get mad and I'm mad

[36:28] because I'm with my for my

[36:33] folks. Think. Thank you. And

[36:36] if I MAY acknowledging the

[36:37] presence of Councilmember

[36:39] Brown who is now participating

[36:41] remotely for all 6, thank you.

[36:42] Thank you. And we have one

[36:44] more speaker for this item or

[36:47] do if we can pause to allow

[36:49] the parliamentarian to ask a

[36:49] necessary questions of council

[36:53] member Brown. Before she is

[36:57] allowed to proceed remotely.

[36:59] Pursuant to the ground at

[37:00] participating remotely under

[37:04] the just cause basis requires

[37:04] the member participating

[37:05] remotely to disclose whether

[37:06] there is anyone in the room

[37:07] with them. That is 18 years or

[37:11] older. No, there's not. Thank

[37:19] you. Thank you for that. And

[37:22] our last speaker apologies. Is

[37:25] Blair beat men. You've you.

[37:26] Did you manage your soap and

[37:26] begin your comments for item s

[37:34] by 0.2? I apologize. Lost know

[37:39] that. Just just for just for

[37:41] the council members reference,

[37:42] even though we have

[37:44] councilmember Brown online, we

[37:45] need 5 members present at the

[37:49] diocese for If any

[37:51] councilmembers need to take a

[37:52] break, we can call a short

[37:57] Just letting a thank you.

[37:58] They're beating. You MAY be

[38:01] resume your comments. Thank

[38:02] you. Well, thank you. Blair

[38:04] Beekman. I don't have any

[38:04] public comment. I passed for

[38:06] this item so that can help but

[38:08] things right now. Thank you.

[38:09] Thank you so much, Blair and

[38:12] that closure costs public.

[38:15] Commenters for item that 5.2,

[38:17] thank Believes is a motion a

[38:19] second. Thank you so much. On

[38:21] this item, we have a motion by

[38:22] Councilmember Houston,

[38:24] seconded by Councilmember

[38:27] Unger to approve item 5.2 as

[38:29] amended approving committee's

[38:29] recommendations from the JULY

[38:33] 14th. Committee meeting of

[38:36] noting that we're keeping

[38:37] contract quality body and

[38:41] fenders only and the

[38:43] additional amendment added

[38:43] today in Council of the

[38:46] Mueller Brother's body. Part 5

[38:50] of this, a title it. And with

[38:51] that motion on role for this

[38:53] item as amended council member

[39:01] Brown. As a Councilmember Fife

[39:02] is excuse councilmember Gile.

[39:08] I. Councilmember Houston. I

[39:09] councilmember Unger

[39:11] Councilmember Wang, chair

[39:13] Ramachandran. I item number 5

[39:14] is approved as amended with 6

[39:18] ayes to excused. And we are

[39:22] now going to move to item s

[39:29] 5.3, the appropriating

[39:29] allocating 50 million dollars

[39:31] of proceeds of the sale of the

[39:32] city of Oakland and divided

[39:33] 50% interest in the Coliseum

[39:37] complex of California. Public

[39:38] employees, retirement systems

[39:39] for a discretionary payment of

[39:43] the city's unfunded accrued

[39:46] liability. For Retirement

[39:47] benefits. And there are quite

[39:50] a few speakers for this item.

[39:51] And MADAM Clerk, we do need an

[39:54] urgency finding under the sun.

[39:54] Yes, miles from we see that

[39:57] does appear to provide the

[39:58] basis. Thank you. I will make

[40:04] the agency finding so staff

[40:06] will make holidays. They will

[40:07] request agency finding and

[40:11] then vote on it. Thank you to

[40:12] Terre 100 Johnson, director of

[40:13] finance. The urgency for this

[40:14] item is should the city agreed

[40:16] before council's returns from

[40:17] its recess and conclude the

[40:21] sale but of its transaction ac

[40:23] for the sale, the Coliseum,

[40:24] this city would be who to

[40:26] present to transmit the

[40:27] funding immediately to

[40:29] California public employees,

[40:31] retirement system to maximize

[40:33] the savings in long term costs

[40:37] from the copper system by

[40:38] accruing appropriate returns

[40:40] in the Calpers system from the

[40:42] supplementary investment. I

[40:44] should note that this

[40:46] particular item was included

[40:47] in the fiscal impact. Summary

[40:47] of your ordinance approving

[40:50] the Coliseum sale on the

[40:52] advice of attorney. Pull it

[40:53] apart separately. Just that we

[40:54] have clear directive and

[40:57] advice on this item. But this

[40:57] was the intent anticipated use

[41:01] of the sale proceeds. I will

[41:01] also note that the item

[41:06] itself. Does not include any

[41:09] allocation of the city savings

[41:10] in ongoing cost from the

[41:13] operating costs of the

[41:14] coliseum gpa. Nor does it

[41:16] preclude a particular costs on

[41:17] the revenue sharing agreement.

[41:18] That is also a component of

[41:20] that item. This is simply on

[41:24] the sale of the arena. I would

[41:24] have happy to answer any

[41:25] questions. And again, the

[41:28] urgency for the item is to get

[41:29] it to purse immediately so

[41:30] that it can begin Turner

[41:31] return and maximize the city's

[41:32] long-term savings. Thank you

[41:35] for that urges. We need a

[41:35] motion that we can Conroe for

[41:36] the agency. Now, I will make

[41:37] the motion. Is there a second?

[41:41] I got And there was a motion

[41:44] by much 100 seconded by

[41:46] Councilmember Unger to approve

[41:47] the urgency stated on Record

[41:51] Council member Brown.

[41:58] Councilmember Plant. Fyfe is

[42:00] excuse Councilmember Gallo. I

[42:00] Councilmember Houston. I

[42:05] councilmember I and chair

[42:07] Ramachandran. I item number

[42:10] skews me the urgency finding

[42:11] for item s 5.3 was approved

[42:16] with 6 ayes to excuse thank

[42:19] Now we can move council under

[42:24] comment. Okay. Thank So I will

[42:29] start with a quick question.

[42:30] How much pension liabilities

[42:34] does the city have right now?

[42:35] The city has over 2 billion

[42:36] dollars in liabilities, not

[42:37] attached to the Calpers

[42:39] system. Thank you. And a quick

[42:40] follow-up question by asked

[42:43] paying 50 million of it.

[42:44] What's the benefit to the city

[42:47] of starting pay this down as

[42:48] the city begins to pay down

[42:50] process, we achieve savings

[42:51] and I would liken this to

[42:52] paying down the bill on a high

[42:54] interest credit card. The

[42:58] sooner you make a payment, the

[42:59] lower your over the payment to

[43:00] make overtime is you'll accrue

[43:01] the savings on your future

[43:02] bill, because your minimum

[43:03] payments will be less. This

[43:04] will provide future ongoing

[43:06] savings. The city and future

[43:08] fiscal years. Thank you,

[43:10] colleagues. Any questions.

[43:12] Okay. We can move to public

[43:13] speakers. Thank you so much.

[43:14] As I call your name if you're

[43:17] here in chambers, please

[43:18] approach the podium in any

[43:20] order and state your name for

[43:20] the record. If you're

[43:21] participating online, please

[43:22] raise your hand. We will take

[43:25] those who are in person first,

[43:30] David Peters player, men.

[43:33] Dominique Riley, to Lani.

[43:36] There are Jon Santos, Jon

[43:41] Jones, the 3rd asada, Bala and

[43:41] Jeanne Hazard in any order

[43:42] again, if I called your name

[43:43] and I mispronounced name. I

[43:46] apologize in advance. But if

[43:47] you are participating in

[43:49] person and you want to speak

[43:51] to item s 5.3, please approach

[43:54] the podium. If not, we will go

[43:55] to those who are online. But

[43:56] if I called your name and you

[43:57] signed up for this item. Thank

[44:12] you.

[44:14] Good afternoon,

[44:19] everybody. My name is John

[44:20] Santos on Bay Area resident

[44:21] for 71 years and an Oakland

[44:26] resident for the last 36. If

[44:27] we citizens workers and

[44:28] artisan Oakland have come to

[44:29] understand anything at all.

[44:30] It's that the arts are not

[44:34] only a replaceable, but I

[44:35] absolutely and urgently

[44:37] necessary for our sanity. And

[44:41] for our very survival.

[44:41] Nothing's more important,

[44:42] effective and powerful lesson

[44:45] generator of unity and love in

[44:48] our efforts to confront the

[44:48] absurd and open hostility of

[44:49] the federal government towards

[44:50] people of color across the

[44:54] nation and the globe. The arts

[44:56] must be a priority if we have

[44:57] any hope of Oakland continuing

[44:58] to rise and represent real

[45:01] justice and solidarity among

[45:02] working class communities both

[45:05] locally and internationally

[45:06] wholeheartedly supporting the

[45:06] arts is the most logical

[45:08] investment you can make.

[45:13] You'll be generating jobs,

[45:13] revenue, wide-ranging

[45:14] collaboration, civic Pride,

[45:16] Great Beauty and real hope.

[45:18] Police said a glowing example

[45:20] and do the right thing by

[45:23] designee. I time crisis. Thank

[45:27] you so much for your comments.

[45:28] If I called your name, I have

[45:29] Mississauga Jon Jones that

[45:32] urging hazard I'm Jon Jones.

[45:34] The 3rd is waiving his

[45:35] opportunity to speak at this

[45:42] time for Adam by 0.3 Okay. I'm

[45:47] going to take. This time to

[45:50] make a statement. We had a

[45:52] public safety committee

[45:55] meeting and somebody video, my

[45:57] participation in that meeting.

[46:01] And they the video. Was

[46:02] misrepresenting what actually

[46:05] happened. It made it seem like

[46:09] Councilmember Wang. Was

[46:14] victimizing me. Councilmember

[46:15] Wang hit every white to

[46:18] request me. To stop disrupting

[46:19] the meeting. She did nothing

[46:23] wrong. The video is being

[46:24] shown as of Councilmember

[46:26] long. Was attacking his old

[46:29] Black lady. That is not the

[46:35] case at all. If I'm a victim.

[46:36] I know how to defend myself. I

[46:38] don't need no video out. They

[46:39] circulate an trying to help

[46:41] me. This was an effort to but

[46:43] it was not anything that she

[46:51] did wrong. Apologies,

[46:56] business. Think MISTER Has or

[46:57] you want to speak to item 5.3,

[47:03] if not, we will move MR.

[47:05] Hazzard are you speaking to

[47:10] item 3? I ok, thank One moment

[47:11] why we're having technical

[47:13] issues online that will go to

[47:13] it's a hazard is now speaking

[47:23] to item 5. Thank you. I'm glad

[47:25] that this first phase, the

[47:29] Coliseum. Has been completed.

[47:32] But we have a long way to go.

[47:34] This. Is that going to happen

[47:38] overnight? As hoopla would

[47:41] have us to really. It's going

[47:45] to be a long process. Breaking

[47:47] ground ribbon. Catty. Shovel

[47:52] in the ground. My guesstimate

[47:55] is only guess um. Maybe 10

[48:01] years. Before we see anything.

[48:05] So I would only caution Going

[48:10] forward. That's ain't going

[48:14] happen. Just like that. Took a

[48:14] long time to get where we are

[48:18] is going to it. Take a long

[48:18] time to get where we're

[48:28] supposed to be. Apologies.

[48:31] MISTER Has a juror time is at

[48:32] well now need it moved to the

[48:37] zone. Speakers. If I called

[48:39] name and you are here online,

[48:40] please raise your hand so I

[48:43] can easily identify you. Blair

[48:43] Beekman, you're on muted. You

[48:48] you to begin. I thank you.

[48:48] Blair, big front, very brave

[48:53] words from a all Thank you

[48:58] very much. I wanted to comment

[49:02] I'm interested in how isn't

[49:04] the Oakland Arena deal? A part

[49:07] of the a's county Part of the

[49:09] sale. Where is Oakland is the

[49:12] stadium's part of the sale?

[49:15] How is that? The negotiation

[49:16] process going Alameda County

[49:18] and Can we count on them to

[49:19] come through with this plan? A

[49:21] retirement plan for the

[49:21] Oakland community? I really

[49:25] hope you can. We're working on

[49:26] tax Lee and forgiveness, ideas

[49:27] that I think can be a good

[49:29] negotiating tool with Alameda

[49:31] County towards best practices

[49:32] for everyone. Good luck and

[49:36] those efforts good luck we

[49:38] address retirement plans, it's

[49:40] really this is a really

[49:41] important item for open. We

[49:42] can't. And our retirement

[49:42] plans for Oakland City

[49:43] workers. Can we take a cut in

[49:45] pay 50 bucks a month

[49:49] translates to 600. Thank you

[49:56] for your I. Hello if you

[49:57] signed up to speak for an item

[49:58] under 5.3, can you state your

[50:05] name? On any day? Bpd in

[50:06] yearly. Thank you, MR. P's,

[50:07] you MAY begin your time. Thank

[50:13] you very much. I want to

[50:16] remind this council of the

[50:18] work fire town says I believe

[50:25] in 2014 council passed. As

[50:26] part of a consolidate

[50:28] consolidate House, the

[50:30] resolution that directed that

[50:34] net gain of the city's did

[50:35] city sure the gain from this

[50:35] property and other similar

[50:36] properties would go to the

[50:38] Affordable Housing trust.

[50:41] Clearly the 2014 council was

[50:42] much more cognizant and

[50:45] willing to direct money to

[50:46] affordable housing. So I think

[50:47] now we have a lot of people

[50:49] that talk about what they're

[50:50] going to do for affordable

[50:51] housing when the opportunity

[50:54] comes actually direct these

[50:55] 50 million dollars to the

[50:57] Affordable Housing Trust Fund

[50:58] as designated by prior counsel

[51:02] council drop the ball. And so

[51:03] it's very unfortunate that we

[51:05] say what we were going to

[51:06] about homelessness and

[51:07] affordable housing when the

[51:08] money is actually there. We

[51:09] decide to stay in house we're

[51:12] at. Thank you for your

[51:16] comments. I a all names have

[51:17] been called for this item, but

[51:18] if I MAY through the chair,

[51:21] the air is some technical

[51:22] issues. The live streaming

[51:23] right now. So I don't think

[51:24] that is accessible. So we just

[51:27] need to make that known for

[51:28] the public that our online

[51:29] streaming is currently having

[51:30] technical issues and we're

[51:44] trying to get that up.

[51:46] So if

[51:47] you search Kate, have my

[51:48] apologies. If you Kate have

[51:50] online, it's live. But link on

[51:52] the Web site is not accurate,

[51:53] but it is currently streaming

[51:53] live. You just have to lock

[51:54] onto it. So just knowing that

[51:58] the So again, that closure

[51:59] speakers for this item, 5

[52:04] point 3. Thank you. I will

[52:04] entertain a motion to move the

[52:08] item.

[52:15] Second, Thank you for that. I

[52:16] do. We got believe we got a

[52:17] second from Councilmember

[52:19] Gallo. So there was a motion

[52:22] by Councilmember Unger,

[52:22] seconded by Councilmember

[52:25] guile to approve item. S 5.3

[52:29] And as is on role. Council

[52:33] member Brown. 5, his excuse

[52:36] COUNCILMAN Guy. I

[52:38] Councilmember Houston. I

[52:43] councilmember anger. I Wang

[52:44] thank you. Missus Can I say

[52:48] that? Okay. And chair

[52:52] Ramachandran I item s 0.5, 5.3

[52:54] was approved with 6 ayes and

[53:00] to excused. That now takes us

[53:01] to item to the consent

[53:07] calendar. I will read in the

[53:09] short titles to the consent

[53:10] calendar item. 6.1 is

[53:12] approved. The draft minutes

[53:15] for the committee meeting on

[53:16] 7/7/2026 item 6.2 declaration

[53:18] of a local emergency due to

[53:20] aids item. 6.3, a declaration

[53:23] of a medical cannabis health

[53:24] emergency item, 6.4

[53:25] declaration of a local

[53:27] emergency of homelessness.

[53:31] Item 6.5, League of California

[53:33] Cities 2026 annual conference

[53:37] in Expo reimbursement item.

[53:38] 6.6 Congressional Black

[53:40] Caucus, 2026 legislative

[53:44] conference reimbursement.

[53:50] Item, 6.7 Is the consolidation

[53:50] of the city of Oakland's

[53:51] NOVEMBER. 3rd, general

[53:52] municipal election. This

[53:56] ordinance is proved on final

[54:02] passage item. 6.8 amendment to

[54:04] the ordinance. Number 1, 2, 1,

[54:06] 8, 7, the salary ordinance for

[54:08] the bear. Various

[54:09] classifications. And this

[54:10] item, this ordinance was

[54:14] approved on final passage.

[54:15] Item, 6.9 amendment to the

[54:16] ordinance. Number 1, 2, 1, 8,

[54:21] 7, Salary for the council

[54:22] members, city attorney and the

[54:26] city auditor. This ordinance

[54:28] is approved on final passage

[54:32] item. 6.10 It is the sale of

[54:35] the 3.19 Chester Street. This

[54:38] ordinance will be approved on

[54:42] final passage item. 6.11 for

[54:42] me. The city of Oakland,

[54:45] Sanctuary City policy. This

[54:46] ordinance to will be if

[54:47] approved on final passage

[54:55] item. 6.12 This is the 2026

[54:56] municipal Planning Code

[54:57] amendments. This ordinance

[54:58] will be approved on final

[55:05] passage. Item. 6.13, a

[55:09] resolution in support of ab 15

[55:13] 88 item. 6.14 consists of 2

[55:14] pieces of legislation in this

[55:16] is the final contract map.

[55:18] Number 8, 6, 9, 7, a

[55:21] subdivision map in final track

[55:24] map Subdivision map on parcel

[55:26] 10 item 6.15, is the Bay Area,

[55:30] urban areas, Security

[55:32] Initiative 2025 to 2030 m o

[55:38] you. Item 6.16 district, 6

[55:39] appointment to the Cannabis

[55:43] Regulatory Commission item

[55:45] 6.17 point minutes to the

[55:49] state advisory board item 6.18

[55:51] is a reappointment to

[55:51] children's initiative.

[55:55] Citizens Oversight Commission.

[55:56] Item 6.19 is an appointment to

[55:59] the Cultural Affairs

[56:01] Commission item 6.20

[56:03] appointment to the privacy

[56:06] Advisory Commission item 6.0

[56:07] 21, a resolution in support of

[56:11] sb 954. Item, 6.0 22 amendment

[56:12] to the Cultural Affairs

[56:14] Commission enabling ordinance.

[56:16] This ordinance is approved

[56:17] introduction. Final passage

[56:20] would be SEPTEMBER. 15th item

[56:21] 6.23 Encampment management and

[56:27] abatement re shuns. Item. 6.0

[56:28] 24 Ray Mueller versus the city

[56:34] of Oakland. Item s 6.0 25

[56:37] Second Amendment to Coliseum

[56:40] complex and sale agreement.

[56:43] This ordinance is a proved on

[56:49] final passage. Item s 6.0 25

[56:51] the grant funds for the

[56:52] Oakland fun for the purpose of

[56:56] the technology audit. This

[57:02] item item s 0.6 To 7 the

[57:04] fiscal year. 25 through 28

[57:06] citywide strategic plan. One

[57:09] yr update item 6.0 28 the

[57:12] parking operations contract

[57:16] extension item. 6.0 29 is the

[57:16] reimbursement resolution,

[57:18] general obligation, but bonds.

[57:24] Item 6 point 3, 0 professional

[57:25] services agreement with that.

[57:27] We very until Ted, we'll ll

[57:28] for llp for Forensic Audit

[57:33] Services. Item. 6.0 31 is the

[57:34] ac transit Fruitvale Avenue.

[57:35] Corporate co-operative

[57:39] agreements. Item s 6.0 32

[57:42] municipal facility, energy

[57:45] Assessment, Professional

[57:47] Services agreement item 6.0 33

[57:50] is $750,000 Bay Area. Air

[57:50] Quality Management District

[57:58] Grant. Item s 6.0 34 the

[57:58] Broadway streetscape

[57:59] improvement Construction

[58:05] contract award. Item s 6.0 35

[58:07] is re ap 2 point oh, hit funds

[58:08] for the west. Oakland Uvm

[58:14] pilot. Item s 6.0 36, the

[58:16] city's response to the 2025

[58:16] 2026. Alameda County Civil

[58:21] Grand Jury report. Item s 6.0

[58:22] 37 is the professional

[58:23] services contract amendment

[58:25] with the alta Planning and

[58:25] Design Eac for the 7th Street

[58:33] Connection Project. Item s

[58:36] 6.38 2 pieces of legislation

[58:38] and it is the charter 8 tax

[58:44] and sale authorization. Item s

[58:46] 6.0 39 seminary point bit and

[58:48] went forgiveness. This consist

[58:50] of 2 pieces of legislation.

[58:54] The first is approved and the

[58:57] second piece the ordinance is

[58:58] being approved on

[58:59] introduction. Final passage

[59:04] will be 7 SEPTEMBER 15th. Item

[59:05] s 6.40 professional services

[59:09] agreement with the raw Dough

[59:10] Co for signage and wayfinding

[59:16] services. Item. 6.0 41 is

[59:17] acceptance and appropriation

[59:18] of workforce development funds

[59:22] for the fiscal year. 26 to 27.

[59:25] Item. 6.0 42, this is a

[59:25] construction resource center

[59:31] grant agreement for him.

[59:32] Prestige Program, Support

[59:34] Services item. 6.0 43 is

[59:40] continuum of cater program.

[59:43] Item s 6.0 44 is the old cap

[59:44] 2026 s of c s bg of

[59:48] resolution. Item s 6.0 45 is

[59:55] Oakland. 4 elderly and

[59:56] disabled program measure be

[1:00:01] fines for the 26 27. Item. S

[1:00:03] 6.0 46 is the opd surveillance

[1:00:03] technology. 2025 annual

[1:00:09] reports. Item s 6.0 47 is

[1:00:10] operational agreement between

[1:00:12] the city of Oakland and

[1:00:14] Alameda County, a period from

[1:00:14] ratification through DECEMBER

[1:00:21] 31st. 2030, 5. 6.0 48 is the

[1:00:22] apricot 2026 and a report in

[1:00:28] amendment used policy. Item. S

[1:00:29] 6.0 49 is the contract would

[1:00:33] buy research group for

[1:00:33] training in capacity, building

[1:00:39] services. Item. S 6.50 is the

[1:00:42] opd fiscal year. 24 25 Edward

[1:00:43] Bryant Memorial Justice

[1:00:50] Assistance Grants. Item s 6.0

[1:00:51] 51 is the opd r a s h

[1:00:51] helicopter maintenance

[1:00:56] contract. Item. S 6.0 52 was

[1:00:57] you between the city of

[1:00:58] Oakland, California Highway

[1:01:07] Patrol. Item s 6.0 53 is the

[1:01:08] grand performance material

[1:01:08] which will need and urgency

[1:01:11] find. You read into record. If

[1:01:13] staff is available to state.

[1:01:16] The urgency up. One moment,

[1:01:19] Councilmember. I'm sorry,

[1:01:23] which which one is This is

[1:01:23] item s 6.0 53 the Grand Vera

[1:01:32] Wang Councilmember Wang.

[1:01:32] There's needs to be an urgency

[1:01:33] finding as item was added to

[1:01:37] the agenda that the 3 day.

[1:01:38] Excuse I was not following.

[1:01:41] Can you repeat the sigh item s

[1:01:42] 6.0 53, the grand performance

[1:01:44] mural. This item was added to

[1:01:45] the agenda at the three-day so

[1:01:48] that we need to be an urgency.

[1:01:51] Oh, yes, I did my colleagues

[1:01:52] thank you clerk. But the

[1:01:53] reason we need and urgency

[1:01:54] finding is we have a set of

[1:01:57] artist and muralist who are

[1:01:57] interested in restoring the

[1:01:59] grant performance Purell in

[1:02:02] District 2 and they need to

[1:02:02] meet. They would like to do

[1:02:07] this in OCTOBER, SEPTEMBER

[1:02:08] They need to do it before the

[1:02:08] winter time. And when the race

[1:02:09] season hit. So this is might

[1:02:11] be the urgency finding. Thank

[1:02:12] you. I hope my colleagues

[1:02:25] agree to this. Okay. And that

[1:02:25] was motion by council member

[1:02:26] was seconded by COUNCILMAN

[1:02:27] Houston to approve that

[1:02:28] urgency, finance as stated on

[1:02:29] the record Council member

[1:02:34] Brown. Thank you.

[1:02:35] Councilmember vices by Kuz

[1:02:39] excuse Councilmember Gallo. I.

[1:02:39] Councilmember Houston, I

[1:02:40] councilmember under

[1:02:42] councilmember along eye and

[1:02:46] share Ramachandran. I or just

[1:02:47] finding was approved with 6

[1:02:50] ayes to excuse item s 6.5 3

[1:02:55] now move to the last consent

[1:02:56] item. S 6.5 for the contract

[1:02:59] agreement for James the year

[1:03:01] as the Oakland Police chief.

[1:03:04] And this also will need and

[1:03:05] urgency finding from staff. I

[1:03:05] see them approaching. Thank

[1:03:09] you so much. Good afternoon.

[1:03:10] Council PRESIDENT Ordered the

[1:03:11] tube stuff. Never really. Yes.

[1:03:12] We're requesting emergency

[1:03:15] funding for a 6.5, 4 for this

[1:03:17] item to be on the JULY.

[1:03:18] Today's agenda to ensure the

[1:03:19] city promptly execute an

[1:03:19] employment agreement with

[1:03:22] Chief James Beere following

[1:03:23] his appointment as chief of

[1:03:24] police prior to the City

[1:03:29] Council summer recess. Time

[1:03:30] the proposed agreement will

[1:03:30] allow the city to move forward

[1:03:31] with the terms of the Chiefs,

[1:03:32] employment and compensation

[1:03:33] and support the city's ongoing

[1:03:34] public safety priorities.

[1:03:38] Thank you for consideration.

[1:03:40] And that was a motion by

[1:03:42] Councilmember Gallo, seconded

[1:03:43] by Councilmember Houston to

[1:03:43] approve the urgency finding

[1:03:45] stated on Record Council

[1:03:50] member Brown. Councilmember

[1:03:53] Fife is excuse Councilmember

[1:03:54] Gallo. I councilmember

[1:03:57] Houston, I councilmember I

[1:04:00] long I and share Ramachandran.

[1:04:03] I the urgency finding for item

[1:04:04] 6.5, 4 was approved with 6

[1:04:09] ayes into excused. And that

[1:04:10] concludes the reading of the

[1:04:11] consent items on this agenda.

[1:04:12] We have quite a few speakers

[1:04:15] for this item. Thank you. I

[1:04:18] will first call the mayor's

[1:04:19] office to make to requested

[1:04:23] amendments. Good afternoon.

[1:04:24] Again, pressed toward of seats

[1:04:27] that they were really the

[1:04:27] mayor's office like to request

[1:04:30] a minor amendment to item 6.1

[1:04:32] 9 appointment to the Cultural

[1:04:33] Affairs Commission. We would

[1:04:36] like to make a end result line

[1:04:39] for Nia j Cups to the existing

[1:04:41] language is Jacobs to serve a

[1:04:42] three-year term on the

[1:04:44] Cultural Affairs Commission

[1:04:46] beginning JULY first 2026 and

[1:04:49] ending SEPTEMBER 30th 2029.

[1:04:50] We'd like to change that to

[1:04:53] me. A j Cups to serve a

[1:04:55] three-year term on the

[1:04:57] Cultural Affairs Commission

[1:04:58] beginning OCTOBER. First 2025

[1:04:58] and the ending SEPTEMBER 30th

[1:05:05] 2028. Will vote on them

[1:05:08] together. We will the

[1:05:10] amendment and and your Second

[1:05:12] Amendment. Thank Councilmember

[1:05:14] from runs in the second. One

[1:05:16] is item 6.2, 0, appointments

[1:05:19] to the Privacy Advisory

[1:05:21] Commission. Another minor

[1:05:24] Amendment. Ronald Busby lane

[1:05:25] for changing is robust. Be

[1:05:26] replacing the Beacon seat

[1:05:28] previously held by Heather

[1:05:30] Patterson. Ronald is actually

[1:05:31] replacing the big can seat

[1:05:32] previously held by Sean

[1:05:35] Everhart. And so the language

[1:05:36] is robust, be replacing the

[1:05:36] vacancy previously held by

[1:05:42] Sean number. Thank And I will

[1:05:44] second, but do have to go to

[1:05:44] public comment. And

[1:05:45] councilmember comments comes

[1:05:50] Denver. If I'd like register

[1:05:55] at no vote item. 6.40, please.

[1:06:00] Thank you. Councilmember

[1:06:02] Houston, I like to the chair.

[1:06:02] I want to make sure that

[1:06:08] amendment. Has 6.2, 8 was at

[1:06:09] it because I didn't hear it

[1:06:09] because member in your

[1:06:11] committee. I didn't like the

[1:06:14] three-year to 2 year the month

[1:06:16] to month. That's added into

[1:06:18] that. Yes, I will. I will

[1:06:20] clarify. So in Finance

[1:06:20] committee, we heard the item

[1:06:25] regarding the parking operator

[1:06:26] contract extension is Director

[1:06:31] Johnson here actually to just?

[1:06:32] Referenced the changes briefly

[1:06:34] that we made from committee

[1:06:35] that we're going adopt today

[1:06:37] if passes. Thank you. Brent

[1:06:41] Johnson to the chair, the

[1:06:44] revised language only extends

[1:06:44] the contracts for the garages

[1:06:47] to the end of the calendar

[1:06:48] year. And the staff report

[1:06:49] supple report provides the

[1:06:51] additional information that

[1:06:53] was requested by the

[1:06:55] committee. And there will also

[1:06:56] be an informational report

[1:06:57] that were provided to the

[1:06:59] Finance too. Second. And that

[1:06:59] has already been scheduled

[1:07:02] pools. Thank you. And I just

[1:07:03] for the record, I want to

[1:07:08] clarify that. There most of us

[1:07:10] and not all of us and finance

[1:07:11] committee when this item was

[1:07:11] discussed, had some deep

[1:07:16] reservations about. The

[1:07:16] performance of these

[1:07:20] contracts. And we welcome the

[1:07:20] initiatives that the finance

[1:07:21] Department is trying to put

[1:07:24] forward to improve performance

[1:07:26] of our existing parking

[1:07:28] garages not only in collecting

[1:07:29] revenue, which is certainly a

[1:07:31] problem, but also safety,

[1:07:32] accessibility, ours that are

[1:07:33] they're available open to the

[1:07:34] public. So there are a number

[1:07:35] of questions that we did bring

[1:07:37] up in committee that when the

[1:07:41] informational report about a

[1:07:41] planned overhaul of our

[1:07:43] parking garage system comes

[1:07:45] up. I look forward to hearing

[1:07:46] in SEPTEMBER the consummate

[1:07:48] Houston, and through the chair

[1:07:49] at thank you for your

[1:07:51] leadership. Seeing that right.

[1:07:55] And that Texas company. Texas

[1:07:58] Company. So thank you.

[1:08:07] Appreciate. Councilor Wang.

[1:08:08] Yes, thank you. I will also

[1:08:11] just log a no vote for item.

[1:08:15] 6.4, 0 as well. Thank you.

[1:08:17] Thank you. And week counts

[1:08:19] Houston. Just one was can we

[1:08:20] speak on a couple of these

[1:08:22] items or do we want the public

[1:08:24] to speak? Because I wanted you

[1:08:25] can speak. Yeah. Just wanted

[1:08:29] to speak on the sanctuary city

[1:08:32] piece I want thank council

[1:08:33] member Gallo and I want to

[1:08:34] thank council member Wayne for

[1:08:36] accepting my amendments. And

[1:08:39] as I always say, that my mom

[1:08:39] is black. My father's that he

[1:08:43] know. And I was always wonder

[1:08:47] since 1986, you know, when my

[1:08:48] Latino side of my family was

[1:08:49] being represented for 40

[1:08:52] years. I had to go home and

[1:08:56] see my friends passed away and

[1:08:58] I and we ever a part of this

[1:09:01] say 2 area refuge city. And I

[1:09:02] want to just share a couple

[1:09:05] things that I wrote Down. Let

[1:09:06] me pull that up. Real quick

[1:09:08] should have been ready, but I

[1:09:22] was not. And I apologize. In

[1:09:23] 1986. Oakland was first

[1:09:24] declared as a saint. You are

[1:09:28] refuge city 1986. 1983. Just

[1:09:30] remember 1983 National

[1:09:31] Journal. We for Oakland as

[1:09:35] what the crime capital crime

[1:09:36] capital, revolutionary leader

[1:09:42] Huey p Newton was killed. 1989

[1:09:42] seen bunch of my friends died

[1:09:49] in 18. 89 and then 92. Dorn.

[1:09:50] Per per capita homicides in

[1:10:00] 1982. Record. 175 homicides.

[1:10:00] And many of them were my

[1:10:01] friends, my classmates, people

[1:10:06] that I knew my cousin.

[1:10:11] Appreciate. You accept MR.

[1:10:17] Revisions of bringing in. A

[1:10:19] refuge and a sanctuary for my

[1:10:22] black residents right? Because

[1:10:25] we were left out for so long

[1:10:25] so long in this historic, 40

[1:10:27] years, 40 years. We weren't a

[1:10:30] part of a bit now. We're part

[1:10:31] of it. So now we've got to put

[1:10:33] money to that right? So I'm

[1:10:34] saying is thank you

[1:10:37] councilmember way. Thank you.

[1:10:39] Councilmember Gallo think Sept

[1:10:41] in that because I feel that 40

[1:10:42] years of us being left out of

[1:10:43] my other side of my family be

[1:10:47] left out was. Was hurtful for

[1:10:49] what I had to go through. What

[1:10:49] my family, many of people

[1:10:50] that's out here in audience

[1:10:51] right now, seen it. So thank

[1:10:55] you so much on that one. And

[1:10:57] then the last one I like to

[1:10:58] speak on. Thank you. Thank

[1:11:04] you. To last one was. You

[1:11:06] know, I spoke on that one. So

[1:11:07] let it go. Thank you so much.

[1:11:09] Appreciate it. Thank you.

[1:11:13] Council under long. Since

[1:11:16] we're talking about the

[1:11:17] sanctuary city policy. And of

[1:11:19] course, I want to also thank

[1:11:21] you, Councilmember Houston,

[1:11:23] because truly a true city of

[1:11:26] refuge must acknowledge both

[1:11:27] the contributions of the black

[1:11:31] community as well as a lot of

[1:11:33] the ways that the black

[1:11:34] community has been

[1:11:35] disinvestment has been subject

[1:11:39] to systemic discrimination and

[1:11:41] and block from opportunities.

[1:11:44] And so it is only just to add

[1:11:45] those amendments that that you

[1:11:48] added. So thank you. I also

[1:11:49] want it's just think because

[1:11:50] this body for supporting the

[1:11:52] sanctuary city policy. Want to

[1:11:56] thank the faith in action

[1:11:57] community that really pushed

[1:11:59] us and has been the primary

[1:12:01] advocate for this piece of

[1:12:03] legislation. I also want to

[1:12:04] thank council member Gallo for

[1:12:07] his partnership as well as for

[1:12:08] being the legislator for much

[1:12:08] of the proceeding

[1:12:09] sanctuary-city policies that

[1:12:11] lead to this day. So thank

[1:12:23] you, everyone. Thank you.

[1:12:27] MADAM Last comment that today

[1:12:31] promise you, to it. 6.2, 3

[1:12:34] encampment abatement

[1:12:35] management team operation that

[1:12:39] was supposed to not consent

[1:12:42] bring that back in us. Okay.

[1:12:43] That it was it went to consent

[1:12:46] bring it back because I need

[1:12:46] on my council members to hear

[1:12:47] doesn't need Jenkins two-year.

[1:12:50] He's not here. And the

[1:12:52] brownie, Erin and I 5 to hear

[1:12:52] that some a brain that back

[1:12:55] because that was supposed to

[1:12:56] be on. Not consenting Amari

[1:12:58] was due to rep present. It.

[1:12:59] And that was this one right

[1:13:01] here. Office of Homeless

[1:13:03] Solutions. It was supposed to

[1:13:04] be brought up in a small

[1:13:04] mistake, but I will bring it

[1:13:07] back. So everyone can see

[1:13:08] what's going on encampment

[1:13:12] abatement policy. Thank you,

[1:13:13] councilmember MADAM Clerk, we

[1:13:16] can read in the speakers.

[1:13:17] Thank you so much. Council

[1:13:19] reason. Thank you. Chair

[1:13:21] Ramachandran as I call your

[1:13:22] name. Please approach the

[1:13:24] podium. Any order in please re

[1:13:25] state your name for the record

[1:13:27] when you approach the podium,

[1:13:28] if you're participating online

[1:13:29] and I call your name, please

[1:13:30] raise your hand so I can

[1:13:31] easily identify you. Please.

[1:13:35] Again, note that the speaker

[1:13:36] time was reduced to one minute

[1:13:39] due quorum issues. So if you

[1:13:41] signed up for multiple items,

[1:13:43] it'll be the max with one

[1:13:45] minute starting. So we have

[1:13:48] Jennifer Inlay Dan Damien

[1:13:52] Rennie. We're man, David

[1:13:58] Peters add to Stacey. Jyoti

[1:14:09] Singh. Ronnie's 10. Coast by

[1:14:14] Vanessa long. Betty Robinson,

[1:14:19] Tony Mo. Samantha Wise, James

[1:14:24] Wood, Robert. Medley. But boy,

[1:14:28] I think sorry, Ole John

[1:14:35] Santos, Jon Jones, that 3rd.

[1:14:36] Giselle Bahar us out all of

[1:14:41] Allah. Daniel Galvin is Alice

[1:14:47] Stephenson Stevens. That Tosh

[1:14:51] a year spring bit. Jamal, true

[1:14:58] love. He and the gyms.

[1:14:59] Charlotte, I know, you know,

[1:15:03] skews me. Por algo ms

[1:15:08] Arlington. Tongue. Well,

[1:15:10] Allison Wall, Jennifer at

[1:15:14] Wood, Ted Russell, Alana. Lip

[1:15:21] set. And Jeanne Hazard Ajay

[1:15:23] Kay Flowers, Carissa Gauthier

[1:15:33] is. Armando g. And Laura

[1:15:35] Watts. In any order, please

[1:15:35] state your name in the record.

[1:15:36] And if you getting time cws

[1:15:39] also state that. Good

[1:15:41] afternoon, John shows that

[1:15:42] there. Good evening. MADAM

[1:15:45] City clerk up to the chair of

[1:15:46] the records on zones of 3rd. I

[1:15:47] want to begin by thanking the

[1:15:47] city clerk's office. Your team

[1:15:51] is so amazing. You're so

[1:15:52] professional, courteous coming

[1:15:53] here. I don't know what I'm

[1:15:54] the one at the time, but Shell

[1:15:57] hit me out. So I appreciate

[1:16:00] saw I don't real quickly item.

[1:16:00] 6.40, not 6.4, 9. I support

[1:16:05] bright research group. 6.11, a

[1:16:08] sanctuary city won. I support

[1:16:11] that one wholeheartedly. Thank

[1:16:12] councilmembers Councilmember

[1:16:13] Gallo in Councilmember. He was

[1:16:13] that and I want to say is I'm

[1:16:15] going to raise east Open. The

[1:16:15] thing I love the most about

[1:16:18] the towns of diversity. Right?

[1:16:19] So we it's important that we

[1:16:22] don't get caught up in how the

[1:16:23] system was separate because

[1:16:25] we're not enemies. We got do a

[1:16:26] better job identifying how the

[1:16:26] system pits one against

[1:16:30] another. Now with that man

[1:16:31] said item, number 6, 0.2, 5,

[1:16:35] the Coliseum. I want to start

[1:16:36] by thanking cities everyone

[1:16:37] who played a role in this hour

[1:16:41] a lot when of this. I want to

[1:16:41] thank all the council members

[1:16:42] because right now we've got to

[1:16:43] be real is a lot of hate and

[1:16:45] going right now. It's a lot of

[1:16:47] people who hate the city of

[1:16:48] Oakland and I'm glad you are

[1:16:50] wise enough to see through

[1:16:52] that. It's one thing to

[1:16:53] disagree on a proposal.

[1:16:55] Everyone have a right to their

[1:16:56] opinion. But when it's coming

[1:16:57] from people who seemingly

[1:16:59] celebrate whenever there's a

[1:17:00] tragedy or challenge in the

[1:17:02] city of Oakland that represent

[1:17:05] the spirit of Oakland. Any

[1:17:06] time there are people who

[1:17:09] openly speaking a matter.

[1:17:10] That's misogynistic,

[1:17:11] homophobic and transphobic.

[1:17:11] That does not represent the

[1:17:15] values of the city of Oakland.

[1:17:16] And quite frankly, all respect

[1:17:17] know about who can come in

[1:17:19] here and but they were put man

[1:17:20] the face behind what they got

[1:17:21] to say because we've got to

[1:17:24] see it here. Do business.

[1:17:25] We've been doing this for a

[1:17:27] long time Matt, what they want

[1:17:29] to for folks MAY not

[1:17:31] understand my involvement with

[1:17:31] the Coliseum goes back to

[1:17:35] where I deal with in my 30's.

[1:17:35] I mean, glasses. I was 35

[1:17:36] pounds lighter. I didn't have

[1:17:40] any great. I was working on

[1:17:42] the minimal ways. I was making

[1:17:42] $10 an hour working at the

[1:17:43] Burger. King are used to be at

[1:17:44] 13th and Broadway. And I heard

[1:17:48] about Coliseum City. That's

[1:17:50] someone who born a race here

[1:17:51] in left sports. I got involved

[1:17:51] in a meeting with the

[1:17:55] developers. And then when it

[1:17:55] got to a point to where it was

[1:17:57] clear that the writers want to

[1:17:57] move, there was an effort led

[1:17:58] by Ronnie Lott. And that's

[1:18:01] where I'm it. My brother Ray

[1:18:02] bought it and we met with

[1:18:04] council member Gallo. It was

[1:18:05] the effort. So by the Raiders

[1:18:08] that didn't work out. So then

[1:18:10] the next step was to sue the

[1:18:11] nfl. So again, with the

[1:18:13] support of Councilmember

[1:18:15] Gallo, you was always there

[1:18:17] with us. Former city attorney

[1:18:18] Barbara Parker. There was

[1:18:20] effort to sue the nfl for

[1:18:21] violating the relocation

[1:18:24] policy. So I want people to

[1:18:24] understand that this didn't

[1:18:26] just happen out of nowhere.

[1:18:29] There was 6 entities and 2020

[1:18:30] who vie for opportunity to

[1:18:33] enter the dna with the city of

[1:18:34] Oakland, nuns habit the closed

[1:18:34] doors. Then today I want to

[1:18:37] curb people. All this happened

[1:18:38] during a pandemic. All these

[1:18:39] meetings are recorded. So

[1:18:42] there's no excuse people to

[1:18:44] keep spreading lies and

[1:18:45] misinformation. We love open.

[1:18:46] If you don't love hope and get

[1:18:46] the h#

[1:18:46] #

[1:18:47] up out of here

[1:19:00] because I'm here. Good

[1:19:01] afternoon Council. My name is

[1:19:03] Doctor Betty Robinson. Harris,

[1:19:05] I'm here as an educator to

[1:19:09] support culture arts. I was

[1:19:11] deeply dismayed to learn that

[1:19:12] Oakland arts funding had good

[1:19:16] at it. And the cold to affairs

[1:19:17] during a rough and

[1:19:19] contribution was eliminated at

[1:19:25] the end of 2024, what shame.

[1:19:26] Research is adamantly clear

[1:19:28] about the developing brain,

[1:19:30] the healthy brain and how the

[1:19:32] hill in brain is positively

[1:19:37] influenced by the arts. The

[1:19:38] Coliseum sale presents a rare

[1:19:40] opportunity to secure a

[1:19:45] permanent funding source. As a

[1:19:46] resident over 40 years, I was

[1:19:47] present at the open and that

[1:19:49] the Alice along the Art Center

[1:19:54] Performing Arts 1982. I have

[1:19:55] personally visited that

[1:19:59] building weekly to date.

[1:20:01] Oakland is a has a natural

[1:20:05] reputation as the art magnon.

[1:20:07] I apologize. Bitty your time

[1:20:07] is up. Thank you so much for

[1:20:12] your comments next. Speaker.

[1:20:15] Good afternoon. My name is

[1:20:15] James Wood Faith Action East

[1:20:18] Bay. And I'm here today to

[1:20:23] celebrate. I'm anticipating a

[1:20:23] vote to Spain, they do a

[1:20:26] devoted sanctuary city. But

[1:20:27] I'm here to say that this is a

[1:20:30] day that all of us should be

[1:20:31] proud to call. City of Oakland

[1:20:34] are home. And in this I turn

[1:20:38] and grateful to the. Tenacious

[1:20:39] leadership of council member

[1:20:42] guy over all these years. For

[1:20:43] the leadership and direction

[1:20:46] and power of cast member and

[1:20:46] to thank council member

[1:20:48] Houston for opening all of our

[1:20:50] eyes to the need of a

[1:20:51] sanctuary city and the

[1:20:53] broadest possible sense. I am

[1:20:54] proud to be open. I am proud

[1:20:55] that you are representing us

[1:20:56] Oakland and thank you for your

[1:21:01] vote today. Thank you so much

[1:21:07] for your comments. Hi, I'm

[1:21:08] Miller was from a policy

[1:21:09] manager at the non-profit Save

[1:21:10] the Bay where a regional

[1:21:11] organization protecting and

[1:21:12] restoring campuses that. I

[1:21:16] work right across the street

[1:21:17] where offices and we're really

[1:21:19] happy to see 6.2 one on the

[1:21:20] consent agenda. That's the

[1:21:23] resolutions Port of sb 954.

[1:21:25] We're super that it made it

[1:21:25] this far. And we really urge

[1:21:28] your support today. The

[1:21:29] purpose of this is in support

[1:21:31] of a clean-up bill in the

[1:21:33] state legislature. And that

[1:21:36] bill is in response to a

[1:21:38] really devastating bit in a

[1:21:39] trailer bill that was passed

[1:21:42] last year. That essentially

[1:21:44] removed advanced manufacturing

[1:21:45] projects from the sequel

[1:21:48] process, meaning that if you

[1:21:50] are to build a battery

[1:21:53] recycling facility or a data

[1:21:55] center or other refinery here

[1:21:56] in our Bay area. You no longer

[1:21:59] have to go through the secret

[1:22:01] process. Those are obviously

[1:22:03] projects that are known for

[1:22:04] causing environmental

[1:22:04] contamination and public

[1:22:06] health impacts. The sequel

[1:22:07] process is what people used to

[1:22:11] understand thank you for your

[1:22:12] comments. Your time is up

[1:22:21] next. Speaker. Thank you. Good

[1:22:23] afternoon Council. My name is

[1:22:24] Alana Litz said I'm a district

[1:22:25] one resident and a member of

[1:22:27] the Cultural Affairs

[1:22:28] Commission speaking on behalf

[1:22:30] of a few of other of fellow

[1:22:31] commissioners who couldn't be

[1:22:32] here, including our Vice

[1:22:35] chair. I want to congratulate

[1:22:35] you on getting to this point

[1:22:38] of the cell sale of the

[1:22:39] Coliseum. Undoubtedly it will

[1:22:43] benefit the whole city. And

[1:22:44] we're in support and in

[1:22:44] support of a vote for the sale

[1:22:45] agreement and wanted to ask

[1:22:49] that the council invest the

[1:22:51] new 6% ticket revenue share

[1:22:52] from the sale into the arts,

[1:22:54] cultural and creative economy

[1:22:55] and doing so would repair

[1:22:57] years of disinvestment. Like

[1:22:58] you heard earlier, our budget

[1:23:00] is effectively 0 now for

[1:23:03] making grants. This is not a

[1:23:05] novel idea. Other cities from

[1:23:05] Columbus to Portland to

[1:23:09] Seattle at a ticket fee to

[1:23:09] support the cultural

[1:23:10] infrastructure that makes the

[1:23:11] city's desirable to begin

[1:23:14] with. And I emailed you all a

[1:23:15] report yesterday about the

[1:23:16] benefit that investing in the

[1:23:17] creative economy has on the

[1:23:20] overall economy. And would

[1:23:21] allow us to bring back

[1:23:22] programs like the cultural

[1:23:23] strategist and government

[1:23:37] programs support.

[1:23:37] Good

[1:23:39] afternoon. My name is Roberto

[1:23:40] Am the former cultural affairs

[1:23:41] manager for the city of

[1:23:42] Oakland. I was in that

[1:23:46] position for 7 years and

[1:23:48] experienced the highs and lows

[1:23:50] around budgets. And one thing

[1:23:52] that didn't go away is a

[1:23:54] dynamic alum and of our

[1:23:55] culture community. And they've

[1:23:57] been here in front of you any

[1:24:00] time to talk about value.

[1:24:01] Here's an opportunity for you

[1:24:05] to remedy that. Patter. Bad

[1:24:09] pattern of a broken record of

[1:24:10] and actually invest in finding

[1:24:11] a dedicated revenue stream for

[1:24:14] your cultural community, this

[1:24:15] money that could potentially

[1:24:20] come out of this a sales

[1:24:23] agreement a way for him. What

[1:24:27] our culture community brings

[1:24:28] to us to affirm that we are

[1:24:30] city of belonging and artists

[1:24:36] belong here and come from. You

[1:24:41] validate us. Not be.

[1:24:42] Apologies, MR. Bo Diddley

[1:24:43] thank you so much for your

[1:24:44] comments. Hope you're enjoying

[1:24:45] your attack. Next speaker.

[1:24:52] Please. Hello. My name is to

[1:24:54] seeing. I directed dance

[1:24:55] company called it a dance and

[1:24:56] drum. I'm a resident of

[1:25:00] district 5. And I'm also on

[1:25:01] the Cultural Affairs

[1:25:01] Commission. I'm here speaking

[1:25:05] on my own behalf, the sale of

[1:25:07] the Coliseum is an incredible

[1:25:07] opportunity to restore local

[1:25:10] arts and culture funding with

[1:25:11] that ticket revenue stream and

[1:25:14] without burdening taxpayers

[1:25:14] investing this revenue stream

[1:25:17] in artist makes good business

[1:25:18] sense. Artists are small

[1:25:19] businesses like myself and we

[1:25:22] bring business to the city as

[1:25:23] a place that takes immense

[1:25:27] pride in Oakland, Rees talent.

[1:25:28] We must walk that talk and

[1:25:29] invest in the arts sector

[1:25:30] which makes Oakland the

[1:25:32] culturally rich place that it

[1:25:34] is. We need this ticket

[1:25:36] revenue to support artists,

[1:25:38] grants, arts in schools,

[1:25:38] cultural strategist in

[1:25:41] government and more. And we've

[1:25:42] been defending defunding the

[1:25:43] arts in Oakland for years. And

[1:25:46] now we have the opportunity to

[1:25:47] enhance the lives of all of

[1:25:48] our residents by investing

[1:25:50] this ticket ticket revenue

[1:25:51] back and to the arts. Thank

[1:25:53] you so much. Thank you for

[1:26:01] comments. Good afternoon.

[1:26:03] Council members. My name is

[1:26:03] phony Stratton. I'm the

[1:26:04] executive director of Oakland

[1:26:05] and a fellow for California

[1:26:08] for the Arts. I want to speak

[1:26:11] to item 6.2, 5, as you

[1:26:12] consider the future allocation

[1:26:13] of the city's new 6% ticket

[1:26:16] revenue from the Coliseum. I

[1:26:16] urge you to make a dedicated

[1:26:18] investment in the Artis

[1:26:19] cultural workers and

[1:26:21] organizations that make

[1:26:24] Oakland Oakland, I know to

[1:26:25] make incredibly hard difficult

[1:26:26] budget decisions and I

[1:26:27] appreciate all the work you've

[1:26:29] done to improve our city's

[1:26:30] finances and arts and culture

[1:26:32] was extremely impacted by

[1:26:34] that. Currently, the budget is

[1:26:36] only $300,000. More or less 0%

[1:26:40] of the total budget. That

[1:26:42] matters because culture powers

[1:26:44] Oakland, it defines our town's

[1:26:45] identity. It drives our

[1:26:46] economy by supporting local

[1:26:48] businesses, attracting

[1:26:50] visitors improves our

[1:26:53] wellbeing and mental health

[1:26:53] and its treatments. The public

[1:26:55] safety by making neighborhoods

[1:26:57] safer, safer. This is a chance

[1:26:58] to create a sustainable

[1:26:59] funding source for the culture

[1:27:00] and infrastructure that powers

[1:27:01] our city. Thank you. Thank you

[1:27:08] so much for your comments.

[1:27:09] Good afternoon Council. Name

[1:27:10] is Todd Russell on a home and

[1:27:14] district one and temescal and

[1:27:15] today's vote and the cost him

[1:27:18] sail. His historic and one of

[1:27:19] the most important things we

[1:27:20] can do even though you're not

[1:27:22] deciding allocation today is

[1:27:23] to dedicate the full 6% to

[1:27:26] arts and culture. As you've

[1:27:28] heard, the Cultural Affairs

[1:27:28] division has been starved for

[1:27:32] decades. The funding peak was

[1:27:36] actually in 1992 when it was

[1:27:37] 1.6 million dollars. That's

[1:27:38] nearly 4 million dollars today

[1:27:41] in 2 days funds consider

[1:27:44] inflation General fund

[1:27:45] contributions was zeroed out

[1:27:48] since the end of 2024. And my

[1:27:49] main point here is that the

[1:27:51] arts are not a luxury line

[1:27:52] item in the budget that

[1:27:56] contribute to public safety

[1:27:57] neighborhood vitality, the

[1:27:58] education of children, youth

[1:28:02] and adults. And I would just

[1:28:03] want to point out a recent

[1:28:04] national port that was

[1:28:05] released just last week some

[1:28:07] new data are to national arts

[1:28:08] researcher. And it found that

[1:28:13] public investment, the arts.

[1:28:14] Thank you for your comments to

[1:28:20] next speaker. My name is

[1:28:21] Charlotte. I live in district

[1:28:27] be on at 2.3 Before you head

[1:28:29] up our I want to hear. But in

[1:28:31] a couple of things at

[1:28:33] encampment, closure is a

[1:28:34] euphemism. What actually is is

[1:28:36] it's a sweep is an eviction

[1:28:36] that might seem like

[1:28:37] semantics. But I think that

[1:28:40] makes a difference if you

[1:28:41] actually go to sweep and talk

[1:28:42] to the city administrators,

[1:28:42] talk to opd, they know that

[1:28:45] it's a dirty job. They know

[1:28:46] that people might lose their

[1:28:47] rv's, their home, their

[1:28:48] documents, the medication that

[1:28:50] might lose contact with loved

[1:28:50] ones. They might come home

[1:28:51] from work and find the

[1:28:54] everything they own is gone.

[1:28:55] They also are very clear the

[1:28:56] same officials on the fact

[1:28:58] that where people go next.

[1:28:59] What they do next is not their

[1:28:59] problem, not their job to

[1:29:00] worry about that. I don't

[1:29:02] think they would dispute that

[1:29:03] the people being swept are

[1:29:05] clear on all this. And they're

[1:29:07] all so clear on wherever they

[1:29:08] go next. It's not going to

[1:29:09] perturbed businesses per term

[1:29:10] House neighbors. It's going to

[1:29:12] be to survive. So when you

[1:29:13] hear this report, I hope you

[1:29:14] really, really drill down on.

[1:29:15] How much does this cost could

[1:29:18] be done with that money? Why

[1:29:19] are there so many bank? It

[1:29:20] lots and vacant buildings in

[1:29:21] Oakland and why is the rents

[1:29:22] so high? Thank you for your

[1:29:30] comments. Hi, my name is

[1:29:33] Allison My doctor is in opera

[1:29:34] performance and I love living

[1:29:34] in a town where my

[1:29:38] representatives also a singer.

[1:29:39] Oakland has so many artists to

[1:29:40] be proud of and the revenue

[1:29:41] percentage from the Coliseum

[1:29:42] complex can provide sustained

[1:29:44] support for Oakland's creative

[1:29:45] powerhouse and will create

[1:29:46] opportunities for the next

[1:29:47] generation of artists right

[1:29:51] here in our town. Other cities

[1:29:52] already do this. It's not a

[1:29:53] novel idea. So let's refill

[1:29:55] the artistic cup of our

[1:29:57] community keeping that revenue

[1:29:59] here with our artists who are

[1:30:00] making music and and art and

[1:30:03] dance and all types of cars.

[1:30:04] Here in specially, especially

[1:30:04] in light of the recent cuts

[1:30:05] have been made. Thank you very

[1:30:14] much. Thank you. Good

[1:30:15] afternoon. My name is Daniel

[1:30:19] Galvin is Oakland resident and

[1:30:19] your list. And I'm here to say

[1:30:22] thank Thank you. And thank you

[1:30:24] most especially to Charlene

[1:30:27] Wang in giving us the go ahead

[1:30:28] to do the restoration of this

[1:30:31] beautiful mural painted over

[1:30:33] 40 years ago, the Graham

[1:30:34] performance mural. They gave

[1:30:35] us opportunity now to move

[1:30:38] forward. It's been funded

[1:30:41] publicly. There's been no city

[1:30:42] money foundation. Money likely

[1:30:43] yes zone about family fun.

[1:30:49] Gave money in the and the a

[1:30:53] reward. So $100,000 was raised

[1:30:54] by the people by the community

[1:30:56] in helping get this nearly

[1:30:57] restored. And I'm very

[1:31:01] thankful your support. And

[1:31:02] with all going nowhere as we

[1:31:03] are now lower first will be

[1:31:05] the restoration beginning

[1:31:07] performance. And that's that's

[1:31:08] at the 5.80, freeway

[1:31:10] underneath the Grand Avenue.

[1:31:12] And of course, the boulevard.

[1:31:12] And we'll see you up there and

[1:31:16] give the home. Thank you.

[1:31:17] Thank you for your comments in

[1:31:23] you next. Speaker. I'll be

[1:31:27] interpreting for quitting.

[1:32:29] Good afternoon Council

[1:32:30] members, my name is according

[1:32:31] Gomez and I'm a leader with

[1:32:33] faith in Action, East Bay. I

[1:32:35] urge you to pass the City of

[1:32:35] Refuge ordinance on second

[1:32:39] reading and make it law into

[1:32:40] Oakland. This ordinance

[1:32:40] matters because it does more

[1:32:43] than repeat. Values. It

[1:32:45] codifies them in the Oakland

[1:32:49] Municipal Code replacing prior

[1:32:51] scattered resolutions with one

[1:32:52] enforceable chapter that

[1:32:52] clearly picked Texas, civil

[1:32:55] and human rights of Oakland

[1:32:57] residents. It says city

[1:32:58] services and not contingent on

[1:33:00] citizenship status and it bars

[1:33:02] city employees from using city

[1:33:04] money, resources or personnel

[1:33:06] to enforce federal civil

[1:33:07] immigration law. That means

[1:33:08] families can go to school. Sea

[1:33:10] kelp report harm and

[1:33:12] participate in civic life

[1:33:14] without fear. A law that

[1:33:15] builds trust improves public

[1:33:17] safety and strengthens the

[1:33:29] whole community. Thank you.

[1:33:30] Elsa Stevens with Faith in

[1:33:34] action item 6.11, letting your

[1:33:37] tourist or student visa lapses

[1:33:37] equal to letting your parking

[1:33:40] meter run out. Ice dogs don't

[1:33:42] care about, you know, humid

[1:33:44] ration status. Ice is jailed

[1:33:46] Native Americans for the crime

[1:33:49] of looking or sounding forint.

[1:33:50] Their new targets are Syrians

[1:33:55] and Haitians. Ignorant

[1:33:56] white-supremacist have no clue

[1:33:58] of what a Syrian or Haitian

[1:34:00] looks or sounds like. We must

[1:34:02] prepare for a new wave of

[1:34:03] kidnappings of our family

[1:34:06] members, friends and neighbors

[1:34:09] over 6 65,000 people rot in

[1:34:12] American concentration camps

[1:34:13] today for the crime of not

[1:34:16] looking Aerion. Many die

[1:34:17] there. Please enact the

[1:34:26] ordinance. Good afternoon

[1:34:28] Council members. My name is

[1:34:29] not the dna to speaking on

[1:34:33] items as 6.0 2, 5, I serve as

[1:34:35] Co executive director of

[1:34:35] emerging Arts professionals

[1:34:36] representing a network of more

[1:34:39] than 3,000 artists. Arts

[1:34:40] administrators, teaching

[1:34:41] artists and cultural workers

[1:34:43] in the Bay area, many of whom

[1:34:44] live in work in Oakland, such

[1:34:46] as myself District. One. I

[1:34:47] urge you to approve the

[1:34:49] Coliseum deal and dedicate the

[1:34:50] city 6% ticket revenue share

[1:34:51] to rebuilding Oakland's arts

[1:34:54] and culture sector. There's a

[1:34:55] limited public investments

[1:34:57] have destabilized Oakland's

[1:34:57] arts ecosystem organizations

[1:35:00] have reduced programming

[1:35:00] artists and cultural workers

[1:35:02] are leaving the field getting

[1:35:06] really hard to stay here

[1:35:06] organizations are going

[1:35:09] through reserves and many are

[1:35:11] struggling to sustain

[1:35:12] institutions that make

[1:35:14] Oakland, vibrant, creative

[1:35:15] city without dedicated

[1:35:16] funding. We risk losing an

[1:35:17] essential part of Oakland,

[1:35:20] identity and economy. Police

[1:35:21] seize this opportunity to

[1:35:22] build a sustainable future for

[1:35:22] Oakland, art and culture

[1:35:23] sector. Thank you so much.

[1:35:29] Thank you for your comments.

[1:35:29] Good Evening. Council member.

[1:35:33] My name is most leader faith.

[1:35:35] Actually, also, I union

[1:35:37] electrician. I just want

[1:35:38] remind everybody the purpose

[1:35:39] ice is less about immigration

[1:35:41] and more about getting citizen

[1:35:43] accustomed to living in a

[1:35:46] police state. I all of Oakland

[1:35:48] just take a stand against

[1:35:51] atrocities because my own son.

[1:35:56] Young black man. That left

[1:35:56] work just looking for a meal,

[1:35:59] a suckling Chinese meal was

[1:36:00] stopped by ice, demanding his

[1:36:03] first get. He was terrified.

[1:36:05] Are going to take a stand

[1:36:08] against Organ is watch that

[1:36:10] rain come because nobody in

[1:36:12] here safe. The young black man

[1:36:12] born and raised in a bay area

[1:36:14] was stopped by ice. What's

[1:36:14] going to stop and to stop

[1:36:17] anybody else? You know, it's

[1:36:17] like how do we defend

[1:36:21] ourselves against that? So,

[1:36:21] you know, protect brown,

[1:36:23] protect black people. The

[1:36:24] tech, all people Oakland,

[1:36:25] thank you. Thank you for your

[1:36:34] calm. Council members. My name

[1:36:36] is j k Fowler. I'm a resident

[1:36:37] of deep 3 and here is part of

[1:36:39] the Oakland Arts and culture

[1:36:40] community representing the

[1:36:40] Matic bookshop them at Preston

[1:36:42] Bay Area Book Festival. To

[1:36:44] urge you to allocate the full

[1:36:45] 6% Coliseum. Ticket revenue

[1:36:48] shared arts and culture. We

[1:36:49] have a new recurring public

[1:36:50] revenue source in front of us

[1:36:50] and it's far from abstract.

[1:36:54] Its people in seats at the

[1:36:55] arena and stadium generating

[1:36:55] dollars that can be directed

[1:36:59] into creative infrastructure

[1:37:00] that makes Oakland a place.

[1:37:02] People want to live visit and

[1:37:04] root for arts and culture

[1:37:05] brings tens of millions of

[1:37:06] dollars to our city in direct

[1:37:09] and indirect. Spend.

[1:37:10] Conclusions. Cultural affairs

[1:37:11] division has been cut to the

[1:37:15] bone. Court grants to artists,

[1:37:15] organizations, festivals and

[1:37:16] youth programs have been

[1:37:17] stripped away. We're surviving

[1:37:19] and ingenuity and exhaustion,

[1:37:20] not on the level of support a

[1:37:21] city of this cultural

[1:37:22] magnitude deserves. Dedicating

[1:37:27] the 6%. To arts and culture is

[1:37:29] a smart self to see investment

[1:37:29] and stabilizes cultural

[1:37:30] organization supports arts in

[1:37:31] schools and youth program

[1:37:32] strengthens downtown in

[1:37:33] neighborhood quarters and

[1:37:34] keeps Oakland's creative

[1:37:37] workers in. Thank you so much

[1:37:44] for your comments. I excuse

[1:37:47] me. I was going to speak on 4

[1:37:47] items and I'm not sure what

[1:37:53] that means. Time policies. Can

[1:37:53] you please take your name for

[1:37:54] the record? Yes. Of the

[1:37:56] Knesset. Long. Okay. You get a

[1:37:57] total 3 minutes. 3 minutes,

[1:38:02] ok? Thank you so much. Thank

[1:38:03] you for this opportunity.

[1:38:04] Speak my name is Vanessa Wang

[1:38:05] and the chair of the Cultural

[1:38:09] Affairs. Commission for

[1:38:13] another Minute and one. I

[1:38:16] wanted to speak in support of

[1:38:18] 6.19 The appointment of Jacobs

[1:38:19] to the Cultural Affairs

[1:38:20] Commission. We have long

[1:38:23] sought someone who has the

[1:38:24] knowledge, bandwidth and

[1:38:24] commitment to sit on both of

[1:38:25] the commission and the public

[1:38:28] are advisory committee. And so

[1:38:31] we have that in and so I look

[1:38:32] forward to working with her

[1:38:35] with your support. Also want

[1:38:41] to thank you for hopefully

[1:38:42] supporting 6.22 The and a

[1:38:43] slight change in our enabling

[1:38:45] ordinance to the commission to

[1:38:47] allow as a body to elect our

[1:38:49] chair as most other

[1:38:50] commissions do. And this is in

[1:38:52] line with what the mayor

[1:38:55] desires. So thank you for

[1:39:00] that. I have often spoke to

[1:39:01] about the heart and soul of

[1:39:04] Oakland and the importance of

[1:39:07] our cultural life in this city

[1:39:08] and so I I also know that you

[1:39:11] have very important duties

[1:39:16] around the budget. And so I do

[1:39:18] want to share with you that

[1:39:20] there was a 2024 national

[1:39:21] study from the School of

[1:39:21] Public and Environmental

[1:39:23] Affairs at the University of

[1:39:25] Indiana that found that this

[1:39:29] is a nationwide study, the

[1:39:31] arts and creative Industries

[1:39:33] comprise 4.4% of us gdp. And

[1:39:36] that is greater than the

[1:39:37] percentage of construction in

[1:39:38] this country greater than

[1:39:39] transportation in this country

[1:39:44] and greater and agriculture.

[1:39:46] With 3 different and

[1:39:47] analytical models. They've

[1:39:49] shown that the growth in the

[1:39:51] arts sector positively impacts

[1:39:53] the growth of the overall

[1:39:55] economy. Not just our sector

[1:39:59] and then also the arts sector.

[1:40:00] Economy is resilient. The

[1:40:02] share of the economy derived

[1:40:05] from the arts sector has been

[1:40:06] consistent consistently in a

[1:40:09] range between 4 and 5% of gdp

[1:40:14] since 2001. And that time span

[1:40:17] includes 3 recessions. So I do

[1:40:21] want you to take the idea of

[1:40:24] the potential of using that 6%

[1:40:25] from the ticket sales from the

[1:40:29] arena stadium very seriously.

[1:40:30] Not just as an investment in

[1:40:31] the cultural sector, but also

[1:40:35] in the entire city. And and I

[1:40:36] want to also thank you very

[1:40:39] much for 6.11 council members,

[1:40:43] Gallo, Houston, long for the

[1:40:46] push to renew less as a city

[1:40:47] of refuge. When we're seeing

[1:40:48] people in this nation and

[1:40:49] virtually being executed

[1:40:51] without due process,

[1:40:52] accompanied by threats from

[1:40:55] our highest offices. And so I

[1:40:56] thank you for your courage in

[1:40:59] standing for what's right and

[1:41:00] also that's also about the

[1:41:01] culture of all of our

[1:41:12] community. Good afternoon

[1:41:12] council members. My name is

[1:41:13] Jun Atwood representing myself

[1:41:16] personally, speaking on 6 0.2

[1:41:19] 5. I live in district one. I'm

[1:41:21] an arts professional who's

[1:41:22] worked in arts grant making in

[1:41:23] San Francisco, Pittsburgh and

[1:41:25] cities across Massachusetts.

[1:41:27] Oakland is the only city where

[1:41:28] lived in work that is not

[1:41:29] currently making direct public

[1:41:31] investment through art and

[1:41:31] culture Grantmaking. And I'd

[1:41:35] love to see that change. I

[1:41:35] respectively respectfully

[1:41:38] asking the council earmarked

[1:41:38] to 6% gross ticket revenue

[1:41:39] from arena and stadium for

[1:41:41] arts and culture Oakland

[1:41:42] because the arts are essential

[1:41:46] to Oakland's future public

[1:41:47] investment in the arts pays

[1:41:47] dividends in returns. As a

[1:41:48] grant maker, I've seen how

[1:41:52] direct public arts funding. It

[1:41:53] leverages private investment.

[1:41:55] We're creating local jobs and

[1:41:56] economic activity. Also

[1:41:57] students with access to

[1:41:59] community arts and music

[1:42:00] programs are 5 times less

[1:42:04] likely to drop out of schools.

[1:42:06] Oakland's artists and cultural

[1:42:07] organizations are already

[1:42:08] doing the work that face

[1:42:09] capacity limitations from

[1:42:10] covid debt, recovery, federal

[1:42:11] and state funding cuts and

[1:42:15] rising inflation costs. Is at

[1:42:16] what your time is up. Thank

[1:42:23] you so much, Nick Speaker.

[1:42:24] Good afternoon council

[1:42:27] members. My name is Kani said

[1:42:28] with U.S. And Arts and Culture

[1:42:28] advocate culture Bear and

[1:42:29] community organizer. I'm

[1:42:30] speaking on Six-point-five

[1:42:31] because Oakland's cultural

[1:42:33] ecosystem is at a breaking

[1:42:35] point years of disinvestment

[1:42:36] culminated in the total

[1:42:38] elimination of general fund

[1:42:39] grant dollars for arts and

[1:42:40] culture and leaving the

[1:42:41] community space is an artist

[1:42:41] who pull the city together on

[1:42:44] life support. As my colleague

[1:42:46] stated Culture ii is the

[1:42:47] culture isn't a luxury. It's

[1:42:48] our identity, our resilience

[1:42:49] and the heartbeat of our youth

[1:42:51] education, approving the

[1:42:52] Coliseum deal gives us

[1:42:52] historic opportunity to

[1:42:55] protect this ecosystem by

[1:42:57] dedicating a 6% ticket revenue

[1:42:59] share. We create a

[1:43:00] self-sustaining streamer live

[1:43:01] entertainment directly,

[1:43:02] reinvest in local culture

[1:43:02] makers and makes sense that if

[1:43:04] you enjoy the pie, you pay

[1:43:06] your bakers reinvesting. This

[1:43:08] revenue will stabilize

[1:43:09] neighborhood anchors like

[1:43:10] Destiny Arts Center at

[1:43:10] Eastside Arts Alliance and

[1:43:11] Keep Oakland a vibrant,

[1:43:12] creative powerhouse. Please

[1:43:14] vote. Yes. Thank you. Thank

[1:43:14] you for your comments next.

[1:43:20] Speaker. Hi, my Name's Dan

[1:43:22] Kalb. I'm here representing a

[1:43:23] broad coalition of

[1:43:23] environmental Bible, justice

[1:43:27] and labor organizations

[1:43:27] supporting agenda item. 6.2 1.

[1:43:28] Thank you. Councilmember Wang

[1:43:31] for bringing this forward.

[1:43:31] This is to support a Bill sb

[1:43:33] 954, that is working to

[1:43:36] protect impacted communities

[1:43:37] from over industrial expansion

[1:43:40] and make sure that we don't at

[1:43:41] every particular units from

[1:43:42] being polluted even more than

[1:43:42] they already are. I'm just

[1:43:43] going to read a bunch of the

[1:43:45] organization supporting this

[1:43:47] bill. Clean Water, Action

[1:43:49] communities for a better

[1:43:49] environment. Save the Bay a

[1:43:51] pan actions. Sierra Club,

[1:43:53] California, Alameda Labor

[1:43:54] Council, California Nurses

[1:43:55] Association, state Building

[1:43:55] and Construction Trades

[1:43:57] Council Green Lighting

[1:43:59] Institute west Open

[1:44:00] Environmental Indicators,

[1:44:00] Project Blue Green Alliance

[1:44:01] Center for Environmental

[1:44:03] Health, Urban Habitat, 3.50,

[1:44:05] Bay Area, conservation voters,

[1:44:07] the spay United Auto Workers

[1:44:09] region 6 planning conservation

[1:44:11] patiently can more than 100

[1:44:12] other organizations. Thank you

[1:44:14] for supporting sb 3954. Thank

[1:44:15] you for your comments next.

[1:44:24] Speaker. Good afternoon.

[1:44:25] Council members. My name is

[1:44:27] Arlington, leader with a

[1:44:31] connection Bay. I'm here. That

[1:44:32] matter of fact that we just

[1:44:35] urge you. To pass the city

[1:44:39] refuge ordinance. It's not

[1:44:39] just for me. It's not just for

[1:44:44] you. It's for the people. The

[1:44:46] people put you in power in the

[1:44:47] trust to with his knowledge.

[1:44:47] And when you make to step

[1:44:48] forward and you opened up this

[1:44:52] door, you really you're not

[1:44:54] following your leading the

[1:44:57] people down a path to trolls.

[1:45:00] And I asked I urge you again,

[1:45:01] please continue to push

[1:45:02] forward because there are

[1:45:03] other shootings. Watch an and

[1:45:08] growing with you and we a team

[1:45:10] you guys have shown teamwork

[1:45:10] to come together to bring this

[1:45:14] for a second viewing so that

[1:45:17] he can so that he can beat a

[1:45:19] Ford plant to sate people can

[1:45:20] go to school. People can stay

[1:45:21] in the home. They don't have

[1:45:24] to be scared to come out.

[1:45:25] Continue to do the work that

[1:45:35] you're doing for the people.

[1:45:40] I'm at a mile and before it

[1:45:41] begins speaking, I do want to

[1:45:43] disclose that I'm a volunteer

[1:45:44] with Jamie Joyce's

[1:45:45] congressional campaign, but

[1:45:46] I'm coming here as a private

[1:45:48] citizen and these are my own

[1:45:49] opinions. I'm working

[1:45:50] filmmaker. I'm a working

[1:45:51] artist and I would highly

[1:45:53] support whole allocation of

[1:45:58] the 6% gross into funding and

[1:46:00] grant funding. I really would

[1:46:02] like to thank you for the tax

[1:46:03] incentives that you all have

[1:46:06] worked hard to fund. And if we

[1:46:08] have additional grants towards

[1:46:10] filmmaking in Oakland, we can

[1:46:12] bring a lot more production

[1:46:13] here. We can fund more

[1:46:14] production and that is job

[1:46:17] creation. And that is more

[1:46:18] business and more eyes on arts

[1:46:22] in Oakland and I think very

[1:46:23] important. I think there's a

[1:46:26] there's a big opportunity here

[1:46:29] to make Oakland in the East

[1:46:31] Bay into kind of film hub in

[1:46:32] in California and that this

[1:46:33] could help support that in

[1:46:35] addition to supporting youth

[1:46:36] programs and lots of other

[1:46:42] amazing things. Thank you.

[1:46:47] Madeline. Stacey. Start

[1:46:49] talking. Thank you. We

[1:46:51] previously received a vacant

[1:46:54] report from keeping Alexander.

[1:46:56] There are about 5 parcels of

[1:46:56] viable open public land where

[1:46:59] our unhoused neighbors would

[1:47:00] be able to exist without fear

[1:47:02] or threat being swept where

[1:47:04] water electricity could be

[1:47:05] provided. Medical teams and

[1:47:06] other outreach and housing

[1:47:10] navigators can find them. We

[1:47:11] don't want to Canton for

[1:47:12] businesses and schools and

[1:47:13] churches. Okay. Since zones

[1:47:15] map being developed. All

[1:47:17] right, that we must give our

[1:47:20] neighbors somewhere to go.

[1:47:21] What do we need to do to make

[1:47:24] this land ready and available?

[1:47:25] It's viable. It MAY cost a

[1:47:27] little money, but we cannot

[1:47:29] keep spending money on sweeps

[1:47:30] without having some place for

[1:47:33] people to go. Because when

[1:47:34] someone earnings and shoulder

[1:47:36] the cost is not disappear,

[1:47:36] it's just the most expensive

[1:47:37] and least effective parts of

[1:47:39] the public system. Police

[1:47:41] department's emergency rooms,

[1:47:43] shelters, correctional

[1:47:45] facilities, sweep operations,

[1:47:48] become the fault response. The

[1:47:49] system's absorb the cost would

[1:47:50] not exist up. Housing were

[1:47:53] provided. And right now we're

[1:47:55] not even asking for housing

[1:47:55] just land. Let's please make

[1:47:58] these parcels available. Year

[1:48:00] to date of the 78 encampment

[1:48:02] management and abatement team

[1:48:03] operations. There are 59 full

[1:48:06] closures by partial closures.

[1:48:08] 64 Sunday 82% of their

[1:48:11] operations. This costs money.

[1:48:11] And to be clear, a closure is

[1:48:14] the sweep. That's what the

[1:48:17] city now calls abatement. Bait

[1:48:22] asbestos, not people. Because

[1:48:22] of the certain cities

[1:48:23] currently do is continue sweep

[1:48:24] away any community they've

[1:48:26] built away from the resources

[1:48:28] from their foundation from

[1:48:29] there live in vehicles each

[1:48:30] week to it's one's mental

[1:48:32] health steals and trash is

[1:48:33] most of their possessions and

[1:48:34] makes it so navigators and

[1:48:35] advocates cannot find them to

[1:48:36] connect them to resources.

[1:48:39] Each sweep the harm. And even

[1:48:45] results in death. People are

[1:48:46] dying as a result of sweeps is

[1:48:48] not hyperbole. This is really

[1:48:49] happening to our neighbors.

[1:48:51] Our community members, Oakland

[1:48:57] residents. We need to do

[1:48:57] better. Invest in solutions,

[1:49:04] not sweeps. This 6.46, lprs

[1:49:05] provide indiscriminate,

[1:49:06] retrospective location, data.

[1:49:06] Any person with no

[1:49:08] intermediary on demand. That's

[1:49:12] a search without a warrant.

[1:49:13] Capability to track and Folsom

[1:49:14] to sensitive locations, such

[1:49:15] immigration hospital, hospice

[1:49:16] churches, Planned Parenthood.

[1:49:18] Their lover's House, etc. It's

[1:49:19] a violation of the 4th

[1:49:23] Amendment to me that goes for

[1:49:24] drone footage to and celebrate

[1:49:25] will be used extra

[1:49:27] judiciously. It will in the

[1:49:28] report actually agenda. But

[1:49:29] the original contract is

[1:49:29] discussed in addition to

[1:49:30] warrant it states that will be

[1:49:31] used to search mobile devices

[1:49:34] by authorized possess ERs with

[1:49:35] their permission and consent.

[1:49:36] We know how the consent is

[1:49:39] often up. Taint all of the

[1:49:40] state is sensitive and does

[1:49:43] not prevent Crime Stoppers.

[1:49:44] Surveillance state skews me

[1:49:45] stop the surveillance state.

[1:49:46] Cancel the contracts. Now.

[1:49:54] Thank you. Armando speaking on

[1:50:00] the encampment policy. Your

[1:50:01] report says the site and

[1:50:02] promotes health and wellness

[1:50:03] and access to interim and

[1:50:05] permanent housing. But that's

[1:50:07] not true. Your most recent

[1:50:08] again policy does nothing to

[1:50:09] increase shelter housing,

[1:50:11] permanent housing or health

[1:50:12] care delivery. To the

[1:50:13] contrary, you've been closing

[1:50:15] hundreds of shelter, pets just

[1:50:16] publishing a list of lands

[1:50:19] doesn't provide housing. There

[1:50:19] are people in some of that

[1:50:20] land right now providing

[1:50:21] housing for themselves. Are

[1:50:21] you going to keep sweeping

[1:50:25] than confiscating 10? Some

[1:50:26] vehicles making wide swaths of

[1:50:27] the city inaccessible to a

[1:50:30] certain class of people

[1:50:31] banishing seclude ing and

[1:50:32] dispossessed and then does not

[1:50:33] promote health and safety.

[1:50:35] Your report gives lip service

[1:50:37] to equity. But a recent uc

[1:50:38] Berkeley study found that

[1:50:40] since grants pass you've been

[1:50:40] pushing encampments deeper

[1:50:41] into black and brown,

[1:50:43] low-income neighborhoods.

[1:50:46] Contradicting your stated

[1:50:47] equity goals, Black and

[1:50:47] indigenous people are

[1:50:48] represented in the unhoused

[1:50:49] population double what they

[1:50:50] are in the general population.

[1:50:52] Don't talk about racial

[1:50:53] equity. Why you're subjecting

[1:50:55] them to stay violence. Thank

[1:51:00] you for your comments. Hello.

[1:51:04] My name is spring cows. I am

[1:51:05] 4th generation. Oakland

[1:51:06] resident. My kids are also 5th

[1:51:07] generation district. One

[1:51:12] voters. Proudly support the

[1:51:13] sanctuary ordinance. I'm a

[1:51:13] descendant of stolen Africans

[1:51:17] and European immigrants and

[1:51:17] ice targets. People who look

[1:51:18] like me, people who look like

[1:51:20] my family members, people who

[1:51:21] look like my neighbors and my

[1:51:26] community. Do not support this

[1:51:27] war against immigrants. It is

[1:51:30] nothing but racial terrorism

[1:51:32] from slavery to mass

[1:51:33] incarceration to mass

[1:51:37] deportation. We do not need

[1:51:37] scares Oakland resources that

[1:51:40] already far too sports sparse

[1:51:43] going to a colluding with ice.

[1:51:45] We don't need Oakland

[1:51:46] residents and community

[1:51:48] members living in Terre afraid

[1:51:49] to shop, afraid to live afraid

[1:51:50] to take their kids to school,

[1:51:52] afraid to patronize their

[1:51:54] business is afraid to it. Go

[1:51:58] out walks. We need the support

[1:52:00] of the council members and to

[1:52:01] stay 10 toes down for the

[1:52:03] community and support this or

[1:52:10] thank you for your comments.

[1:52:11] Hello Council. Marcher love

[1:52:14] here I am the founder Perry

[1:52:15] Farrell night. I like to

[1:52:17] knowledge Merrily City,

[1:52:18] administrative sg Lake,

[1:52:21] PRESIDENT Jenkins Sandra for

[1:52:22] the leadership moving this

[1:52:26] historic deal forward.

[1:52:27] Congratulations to the African

[1:52:28] American sports and the time a

[1:52:28] group on being one step closer

[1:52:31] to owning the kind of same

[1:52:32] complex where regard to the 6%

[1:52:35] of annual gross ticket sales

[1:52:37] that was earmarked for

[1:52:38] community benefits. I believe

[1:52:39] that those funds should go

[1:52:41] towards our in culture. More

[1:52:44] specifically a portion going

[1:52:45] towards making movies right

[1:52:46] here in Oakland, Oakland is to

[1:52:49] be a town of art and culture.

[1:52:51] It needs use the number one

[1:52:54] distribution of it. And that's

[1:52:56] film and I'm happy to share

[1:52:58] ideas. What PRESIDENT Jenkins

[1:52:59] and council member Brown

[1:53:00] Riverside any of you that will

[1:53:03] ultimately hear me out. We

[1:53:04] need to be making the movies.

[1:53:06] If we want people to be

[1:53:07] visiting Oakland, the

[1:53:09] influence the film. And I play

[1:53:10] everybody come here. Barry

[1:53:19] Field. Thank you for comments.

[1:53:22] All right. My name is Chris

[1:53:24] McCAnn with the Embarcadero

[1:53:25] Neighborhood Association.

[1:53:29] Recently the city a cleanup in

[1:53:30] the part. They did an

[1:53:31] excellent job tons and tons of

[1:53:36] garbage was removed. And they

[1:53:36] were smart about planning

[1:53:39] follow-up. Clean up after

[1:53:44] this. So that. It wasn't going

[1:53:44] to be the same story. It's

[1:53:46] been over the past 5 years has

[1:53:47] chased people out from one

[1:53:50] place to another. They need

[1:53:52] something permanent and it's

[1:53:53] not what they're getting when

[1:53:56] they're chased around. Without

[1:53:58] enforcement when there's a

[1:54:00] cleanup without enforcement,

[1:54:03] it just happens again and

[1:54:05] again. A ton of garbage was

[1:54:06] removed. Its now piled up.

[1:54:08] It's now being sorted through

[1:54:10] and being spread all around

[1:54:13] the neighborhood. We have a

[1:54:13] school in our neighborhood

[1:54:17] that's really important. And

[1:54:18] right now that's being

[1:54:19] occupied by people living on

[1:54:22] the railroad tracks. Thank you

[1:54:23] for your comments. Your time

[1:54:39] is that. Next? Speaker?

[1:54:40] Gallo,

[1:54:43] you always talk about it's not

[1:54:44] what you say. It's what you

[1:54:49] do. How long is it going to

[1:54:51] take you fix it? The coach,

[1:54:55] Fred, feel it. But you could

[1:55:01] emergency legislation. Vo Co 2

[1:55:02] Look how long it's taken for

[1:55:05] this black. Coach will fit in

[1:55:12] your district. Thank you.

[1:55:12] Councilmember Houston for

[1:55:16] bringing to the attention.

[1:55:16] Historical reference related

[1:55:17] to black folks in this town

[1:55:27] which, you know, guy Ryan got

[1:55:28] excuse. She's only been on the

[1:55:31] council for short time. And

[1:55:33] that's no real excuse. So what

[1:55:34] are you going to do about

[1:55:39] fentanyl? The most deadly,

[1:55:42] albeit on the street. You want

[1:55:45] to talk about. A public health

[1:55:47] crisis for cannabis. Did you

[1:55:51] know cannabis is illegal? And

[1:55:53] they got cafe so you can get

[1:55:57] smoke in the back. So when you

[1:56:04] got to deal with now. You

[1:56:08] know, Jala so hypocritical.

[1:56:11] And you give these and lever

[1:56:16] Speeches. They're known haul

[1:56:19] with me. They don't hold with

[1:56:23] a lot of people in this town.

[1:56:24] But because you sit where you

[1:56:25] sit, you think you could give

[1:56:26] us a bunch of c#

[1:56:26] #

[1:56:28] . Well,

[1:56:29] know, bring it to your

[1:56:38] attention. Stop a guy You know

[1:56:39] how long black folks have been

[1:56:41] set for it. And what

[1:56:42] councilmember Houston said

[1:56:45] about the heat. Crime capital

[1:56:48] of the world. We ran parallel

[1:56:53] with the spelling out too. And

[1:56:53] that police chief came over

[1:56:59] here. Thank you. Stay with us.

[1:56:59] You do that. We'll see the

[1:57:02] rest of people every time it

[1:57:04] comes to black folks, you

[1:57:13] don't step up to the plate.

[1:57:13] And then when I tried to

[1:57:14] confront walk out of respect

[1:57:17] in there, I don't have time.

[1:57:20] City attorney. It's that city

[1:57:21] attorney told City attorney be

[1:57:28] lying to you, too. When y'all

[1:57:31] to it. The transaction and use

[1:57:35] tax. By inserting say And

[1:57:43] address that in open Thank you

[1:57:43] for your comments. Your time

[1:57:52] is up. Related to the police

[1:57:57] chief. I do not support the

[1:57:59] process. The selection of the

[1:58:00] chief, the last process. We

[1:58:02] got to see every candidate we

[1:58:04] got to hear from every

[1:58:06] candidate. We didn't have that

[1:58:08] same process. I don't know who

[1:58:08] else was out I don't want

[1:58:10] somebody else. I do not

[1:58:13] support this process of not

[1:58:15] knowing the other candidates.

[1:58:17] You have an item on here

[1:58:19] that's grant funding from from

[1:58:21] the Department of Homeland

[1:58:23] Security. It never went to

[1:58:25] committee. You don't know what

[1:58:27] Homeland Security grant money

[1:58:28] requires you to do related to

[1:58:32] people here and authorize. But

[1:58:33] you rubber stamping it. You

[1:58:34] really care about your

[1:58:34] sanctuary city status. I don't

[1:58:38] think so. Related to parking.

[1:58:42] How does the open ice rink

[1:58:43] validate free parking? You've

[1:58:44] never counted fall. How free

[1:58:47] parking goes on over there?

[1:58:48] You have on the agenda. A

[1:58:52] forensic audit to be done. You

[1:58:54] do identify what but a friend

[1:58:55] forensic audit is done to

[1:58:58] uncover evidence full up legal

[1:59:03] proceedings, fraud and also

[1:59:04] meant asset misappropriation

[1:59:05] in committee. You didn't

[1:59:06] discuss what this forensic

[1:59:09] audit is about. You have a

[1:59:13] grant 20350 dislocated

[1:59:13] workers. Know what that means,

[1:59:15] dislocated workers, but I do

[1:59:17] know African-Americans, a 10%

[1:59:18] of the unemployed in this

[1:59:19] city. Everybody else is close

[1:59:21] to full percent. Housing.

[1:59:23] That's another one hud

[1:59:26] housing. You don't have any

[1:59:33] information on who's on House.

[1:59:34] Open House and authority

[1:59:34] identified this 5,000 people

[1:59:35] in their waiting list for

[1:59:38] House. You have an item

[1:59:42] antipoverty grant. The county

[1:59:45] says you have 1000 Funny

[1:59:47] people who all identified is

[1:59:51] below poverty. And you only

[1:59:53] get 1.3 million dollars. How

[1:59:53] you're going to decide who

[1:59:56] gets the money. Will it be?

[1:59:57] Some citizens would be

[2:00:00] noncitizens. I don't know.

[2:00:02] Sanctuary City, sanctuary

[2:00:07] city. 42 to 46% of people.

[2:00:09] Will in this country on all of

[2:00:10] the rise here because they

[2:00:11] have expired visas. You

[2:00:16] protecting them? Is you

[2:00:17] protecting them as well?

[2:00:23] That's 42 to 46%. Sanctuary

[2:00:25] city background checks and you

[2:00:28] want to echo usd not have any

[2:00:29] background checks. Rick wife

[2:00:30] of volunteers to protect

[2:00:34] unauthorized people. You have

[2:00:37] ending increase of salary of

[2:00:40] council members, city attorney

[2:00:41] and city on on the agenda

[2:00:42] today, you can refuse to take

[2:00:47] a pay raise. These people

[2:00:47] don't they don't read the

[2:00:48] agenda to say something else

[2:00:50] on want to talk about.

[2:00:51] Situation is a lot of stuff

[2:00:52] and you need to be talking

[2:00:52] about people in audience.

[2:01:00] Okay. Yes. Thank you so much.

[2:01:01] Mississauga on a summit called

[2:01:03] for those who are

[2:01:03] participating via zoom or in

[2:01:04] person. If I called your name

[2:01:05] here in person and you have an

[2:01:07] approach, the podium et please

[2:01:08] approach the podium. Otherwise

[2:01:11] we will move to zoom speakers.

[2:01:12] With that. We will go to our

[2:01:14] zoom speakers. We have up

[2:01:15] Thurs Blair Beekman. Your

[2:01:21] community MAY begin. All right

[2:01:22] with band. I can place items

[2:01:23] on consent. I wanted to speak

[2:01:26] try to get to them Probably

[2:01:27] help, though, just speak to

[2:01:29] for us to item 6.4, 6,

[2:01:31] surveillance technology

[2:01:33] ordinance you're having having

[2:01:35] items of mail pr things being

[2:01:37] brought back to public safety

[2:01:41] committee either SEPTEMBER,

[2:01:43] OCTOBER, NOVEMBER. I think it

[2:01:44] shows that there's a serious

[2:01:45] problem going on with

[2:01:47] accountability about pr issue

[2:01:48] and that, you know, for as

[2:01:52] much as you put off signing

[2:01:54] the contract for what I could

[2:01:54] guess is some actual good

[2:01:58] reasons for the community. You

[2:01:59] can't be accountable here in

[2:02:00] JULY and you've had to push

[2:02:03] this off until late fall. I

[2:02:04] think that signals a problem.

[2:02:08] And I think you guys it's a

[2:02:09] council person's really have

[2:02:12] to work to create an acessible

[2:02:13] understandable informational

[2:02:14] process. Why you guys are not

[2:02:15] signing the contract and why

[2:02:17] you have it. If you have at

[2:02:18] this point, why did you wait

[2:02:21] so long to and what does that?

[2:02:22] What are the benefits of

[2:02:24] compared to signing the

[2:02:26] contract immediately and then

[2:02:26] working through our problems

[2:02:28] that way is Alameda County is

[2:02:31] done. They're going to the

[2:02:33] same rfp process. You guys at

[2:02:34] this time for a future alpr

[2:02:36] vendor yet they signed the

[2:02:39] contract to go through it You

[2:02:40] guys never to lawsuits. Now

[2:02:43] you more long. One of all I

[2:02:44] left vulnerable. Those sort of

[2:02:44] questions. Can you make clear

[2:02:46] to the public? What are the

[2:02:47] advantages of putting all

[2:02:48] signed the contract? Please

[2:02:49] work on that. Please make it

[2:02:53] clear to the public without

[2:02:54] all said to try to go back to

[2:02:58] remainder of the item. 6.7

[2:03:00] Consolidation of the municipal

[2:03:03] election. I'm not in of city

[2:03:04] government having some sort of

[2:03:06] say that they don't have to

[2:03:09] say what's on the agenda items

[2:03:10] voting time. The eu. There's

[2:03:11] legal ways that that is, but

[2:03:13] it doesn't make anything and

[2:03:14] more clear. Just give you guys

[2:03:15] superiority and not. It's not

[2:03:18] a good system. 6.8 6.9 or

[2:03:21] celery ordinance, things to

[2:03:22] try to offer to try to clarify

[2:03:27] what I said if city workers

[2:03:29] take a $50 cut in pay each

[2:03:35] month, $600 a year, 4, 202

[2:03:36] known for 200,000 workers or

[2:03:40] what is it yet? 20,000 for the

[2:03:41] city that work for the city?

[2:03:42] However, the numbers is a

[2:03:44] 20,000 sorry, whatever. That

[2:03:46] number is that works out to

[2:03:49] about 2 million dollars in

[2:03:51] savings. Just a small pay cut

[2:03:52] or year. And that allows you

[2:03:55] to continue the retirement

[2:03:57] fund. Things and health

[2:03:59] benefit things. I think that's

[2:04:00] the more important goal and

[2:04:00] it's worth taking a big guy

[2:04:03] but couldn't pay a month. It

[2:04:03] just creates a better morale.

[2:04:06] I think for people and there's

[2:04:07] so many items. I want to talk

[2:04:10] to thank you for the sanctuary

[2:04:12] city things and working on

[2:04:12] that cure weighing can the

[2:04:13] other council person and I

[2:04:17] hope they can work on the the

[2:04:17] street issues what is that the

[2:04:20] street? Thank you so much for

[2:04:24] your comments can we are on

[2:04:25] the consent calendar if you

[2:04:28] signed up to speak for the

[2:04:30] consent calendar, today's

[2:04:30] agenda, can you state the name

[2:04:34] that you signed up for? All

[2:04:36] right. No response from low

[2:04:37] can. We will go to the next

[2:04:42] speaker you are a muted if you

[2:04:44] signed up on today's agenda

[2:04:45] for the consent calendar, what

[2:04:49] name did you sign up for? 6

[2:04:52] dot to 5 underwent knee. It

[2:04:56] should be Kareem Ahmed.

[2:04:56] Kareem. Unfortunately, I do

[2:05:01] not have a speaker card. It

[2:05:02] is. I are a new did. You can

[2:05:08] go ahead give your comments.

[2:05:11] Are. My name's Curry. Mohammed

[2:05:12] Aman original founder of the

[2:05:13] African American Sports and

[2:05:14] Entertainment Group speaking

[2:05:16] in my individual capacity

[2:05:21] regarding item 6 dot to 5 on

[2:05:22] Monday, JULY 20th, co-founder

[2:05:23] and complain to Brian Dickson

[2:05:26] and I submitted a formal

[2:05:27] written notices concerning one

[2:05:30] result. Questions about the

[2:05:31] relationship among the

[2:05:32] African-American sports

[2:05:34] entertainment group Acg Land

[2:05:34] and Oakland acquisition

[2:05:36] company, including the

[2:05:37] authority for advancing the

[2:05:40] Coliseum transaction to these

[2:05:41] entities. These matters are

[2:05:43] connected to a pending

[2:05:44] arbitration and related

[2:05:45] Alameda County Superior Court

[2:05:47] action. We are not asking the

[2:05:47] council to decide the merits

[2:05:50] on those disputes and we're

[2:05:52] not opposing responsible

[2:05:54] redevelopment within the city

[2:05:56] of Oakland. We respectfully

[2:05:57] ask the City Council to Paul

[2:05:58] and continue the item as 6.

[2:06:01] That to 5 before authorizing

[2:06:03] are completing reversible cell

[2:06:03] transfer recording are

[2:06:09] closing. Thank you for your

[2:06:10] comments. I will give will can

[2:06:16] why believe is David Peters?

[2:06:17] If you are and you didn't hear

[2:06:18] me, you can unmute yourself

[2:06:25] and you can begin. We will go

[2:06:29] to Jen if you signed up to

[2:06:31] speak for an agenda item on

[2:06:31] the consent calendar, can you

[2:06:32] state the name that you signed

[2:06:37] up for? Iht under Jennifer

[2:06:38] Findlay? Thank you so much.

[2:06:46] Begin. Thank Yeah, 50 some

[2:06:47] items on that. The content

[2:06:51] calendar is a lot. I wanted to

[2:06:53] talk mainly about intersection

[2:06:55] of that of the sanctuary city

[2:06:59] ordinance. The you can't beat

[2:06:59] a beat policy which is

[2:07:01] ridiculous, offensive name and

[2:07:05] gop surveillance Tech report.

[2:07:08] Let's start with supposedly

[2:07:12] urgent contract from roughly

[2:07:13] Shangri. That is still not

[2:07:15] been executed. What's up with

[2:07:16] that eye had questions? Blair

[2:07:17] become covered some pretty

[2:07:19] well. Thank you for that.

[2:07:23] Regarding the tech

[2:07:23] surveillance report. First

[2:07:26] question is why opd still not

[2:07:29] treating on gps that would

[2:07:30] help response time close to

[2:07:33] being shipped out in some I

[2:07:35] saw last week's opd stats.

[2:07:36] Crime continues to go down

[2:07:37] across the board. They seem to

[2:07:42] be doing well. Senate. With

[2:07:44] their staffing right to say I

[2:07:45] oppose the encampment

[2:07:46] abatement policy, which

[2:07:47] targets the same people who

[2:07:50] are being targeted by ice who

[2:07:51] might unknowingly be sleeping

[2:07:55] reflect camera. I'm happy to

[2:07:55] see the new ordinance. But

[2:07:56] does the city of refuge apply

[2:07:59] to our unhoused neighbors? How

[2:08:02] does that overlap with ap? Yes

[2:08:04] vote flock is the polar

[2:08:07] opposite 2. Yes. Vote on a

[2:08:10] sanctuary city. The Flock ceo

[2:08:10] later this morning

[2:08:11] specifically said the company

[2:08:13] has no opinion on immigration.

[2:08:14] And if the states want to,

[2:08:17] they can use it for that. It's

[2:08:18] about so much more than

[2:08:20] immigration up with It's so

[2:08:22] much risk in the past. This

[2:08:24] reason that in the past 13

[2:08:29] months people people is nearly

[2:08:29] 60 municipalities cancel

[2:08:33] contracts ascent. But I heard

[2:08:34] morning, many are more

[2:08:35] deflating. Should kick cameras

[2:08:36] down there trying to get

[2:08:39] contracts canceled. They say

[2:08:41] that they're not going to

[2:08:41] access the debt, to think they

[2:08:42] can access the data. That

[2:08:43] might be what they say. But

[2:08:44] when you've got to believe

[2:08:46] them 2, it only means they

[2:08:47] can't access to it yet or if

[2:08:50] they're going to get hat some

[2:08:53] of them don't even a cat. Ben

[2:08:57] Jordan, a great work on this.

[2:08:59] And she many cameras that

[2:09:00] actually require, you know,

[2:09:02] lock in for the public to

[2:09:05] access including baby think

[2:09:09] sporting at playgrounds and

[2:09:11] these were available to the

[2:09:12] public live stream to stream

[2:09:13] later like they're watching

[2:09:16] Netflix. I don't want these

[2:09:17] cameras, which it me or my

[2:09:24] neighbors there was also

[2:09:25] instance Sir Lee being

[2:09:27] prosecuted for in Texas for a,

[2:09:31] quote, Self managed abortion.

[2:09:32] Because they were found Cs.

[2:09:36] This network of flock cameras.

[2:09:38] We don't talk about stories

[2:09:39] harmed the police They flock

[2:09:40] mistakes. The driver stopped.

[2:09:46] It Thank you for your comments

[2:09:47] next. Speaker here, West

[2:09:48] Oakland, Cultural Affairs,

[2:09:48] Action plan or is this David

[2:09:52] Peters? That is and thank you

[2:09:54] for giving me the unmute

[2:09:54] button because the weather

[2:09:55] going up to about a 2 time. So

[2:09:56] thank you. Hear me. Fine. Yes,

[2:09:59] we can. You MAY begin. Thank

[2:10:00] you. My name is David Peters.

[2:10:03] I am the founder and executive

[2:10:04] director of the West Oakland

[2:10:08] Cultural Action Network. And I

[2:10:09] have been going to before I go

[2:10:13] down that path. I heard

[2:10:15] earlier speaker talk about in

[2:10:16] can't and common abatement

[2:10:19] program in the context of

[2:10:22] racial equity. It's the racial

[2:10:23] equity analysis is around the

[2:10:25] ink, an encampment abatement

[2:10:25] program and so many other

[2:10:28] programs is missing lacking in

[2:10:31] this council has yet to direct

[2:10:33] and appropriate, fair and

[2:10:34] equitable racial equity

[2:10:37] announces for anything.

[2:10:39] Because if you fail to analyze

[2:10:42] the impact on my neighborhood

[2:10:45] and other black and brown flat

[2:10:46] land neighborhood from the

[2:10:49] keep a thin by folks who are

[2:10:50] claiming public territory as

[2:10:52] their private property, isn't

[2:10:57] Isn't it? The belief that

[2:10:59] black neighborhood, black

[2:11:01] businesses, black babies,

[2:11:02] black voters and black

[2:11:05] residents not deserve to live

[2:11:06] in an environment free from

[2:11:08] the encampment that are out of

[2:11:09] control that have become new

[2:11:10] physical of litter and in

[2:11:13] other kind problem behaviors

[2:11:14] because it's not encampment.

[2:11:17] It is the behaviors we are

[2:11:18] doing a great disservice to

[2:11:20] our historic neighborhoods and

[2:11:21] I need I need the people who

[2:11:22] come in here and talk like

[2:11:26] that to assess their impact

[2:11:28] and the role they play in

[2:11:29] Pushkin poor black people from

[2:11:29] shelter to street because

[2:11:31] y'all get it right now. What

[2:11:35] about that? But I'm going to

[2:11:36] coliseum longer any place to

[2:11:39] my grandparents. House. Every

[2:11:40] time I go in that place, I

[2:11:43] think I'm a grandma because

[2:11:44] that put that college team is

[2:11:45] so much of our history and

[2:11:47] culture, whether it was the

[2:11:50] soul patrol. The fog landed at

[2:11:50] the mother or nothing. Mandela

[2:11:55] coming here on his tore that

[2:11:55] that complex has meant so much

[2:11:56] for the history and culture.

[2:11:58] This town. We cannot begin to

[2:12:02] forget for get how much of

[2:12:05] that culture and what

[2:12:06] influence us in that in that

[2:12:07] city and how much of our

[2:12:11] history as well. We must have.

[2:12:12] A museum not just to the

[2:12:15] people who played at the

[2:12:20] Coliseum, so many a great

[2:12:21] oaklanders passes sports

[2:12:22] fields, including Bill Russell

[2:12:23] and Frank Robinson who were

[2:12:25] respectively. The first black

[2:12:26] manager in the nba, first

[2:12:27] black coach nba and first

[2:12:29] black manager in Major League

[2:12:30] Baseball. Both want to

[2:12:32] teammates and climbs high

[2:12:33] school. You would not know

[2:12:36] that are many other things. If

[2:12:37] Black Liberation walking tour

[2:12:39] had not been funded, people

[2:12:39] all over the world have been

[2:12:42] on this tour. It's nasty.

[2:12:43] Recognize it attracts people

[2:12:45] to come here. We must

[2:12:47] continue. We must dedicate

[2:12:49] funding dedicated stream of

[2:12:50] funding to our arts and

[2:12:51] culture community because

[2:12:54] Oakland is known for one

[2:12:57] unique thing. Our history and

[2:12:58] our culture, our unparalleled

[2:12:59] and a whole bunch. We all came

[2:13:01] move here. Cause us. Thank you

[2:13:02] for your comments, David

[2:13:03] Peters, that concludes your

[2:13:04] public comment. Speakers for

[2:13:13] item 6. Thank you. I will pass

[2:13:16] it to city administrator like

[2:13:17] thank you very much on the

[2:13:19] administration is requesting

[2:13:23] that item 6.4, 0, the

[2:13:24] professional services

[2:13:24] agreement with her at a

[2:13:28] company for signage and

[2:13:29] wayfinding services. The

[2:13:30] continued until the next

[2:13:35] meeting. SEPTEMBER 15th. Thank

[2:13:39] you colleagues any questions

[2:13:40] count. Some member, Gallo and

[2:13:49] Houston. And that was a motion

[2:13:51] by Councilmember Gallo,

[2:13:52] seconded by Councilmember

[2:13:53] Houston to approve the consent

[2:13:55] count, little calendar as

[2:14:03] amended on roll. And things

[2:14:04] comes another one. Yes. Thank

[2:14:06] you so much chair. Appreciate

[2:14:08] it. I did want to address a

[2:14:10] cup for more items in the

[2:14:11] agenda first fall on 6 points

[2:14:15] or 6.2, 1. Thank you, Dan Cow.

[2:14:16] First of all, for your service

[2:14:18] to the city, especially a

[2:14:19] leader in environment and in

[2:14:23] on the environment. Thanks for

[2:14:24] bringing to my attention as

[2:14:26] well as council member Brown

[2:14:29] Detention sb 954. I just hope

[2:14:30] that we can continue your

[2:14:32] legacy of environmental

[2:14:35] activism here in the city of

[2:14:36] Oakland. I also wanted to do a

[2:14:40] shout out Braxton gotten or i

[2:14:41] seen the audience as look

[2:14:45] forward to your expertise on

[2:14:46] the Privacy Advisory

[2:14:50] Commission. The other item, I

[2:14:51] want to dress a very quickly

[2:14:53] 6.2 5. I know that we are not

[2:14:55] making a decision around how

[2:14:56] the revenue for the Coliseum

[2:14:59] sales going today. But

[2:15:00] considering the voices in the

[2:15:04] audience. I did want to just

[2:15:04] logs some support for a

[2:15:05] portion of the revenue going

[2:15:07] to arts and culture,

[2:15:10] especially when I think about

[2:15:11] this vision that we have

[2:15:12] around the coliseum minute

[2:15:14] positioning to be calm,

[2:15:16] Oakland, to be a music city,

[2:15:21] right? I think about Austin,

[2:15:22] Texas, Nashville and these

[2:15:23] other music City's what

[2:15:25] they've done. Well is to bring

[2:15:29] up homegrown talent. Right?

[2:15:32] And so I also think this is a

[2:15:33] smart economic development

[2:15:34] decision that is going to bear

[2:15:38] out return on investment. And,

[2:15:39] you know, we've had to park

[2:15:41] Kalani come through city of

[2:15:42] Oakland. I'd like to see more

[2:15:44] of that homegrown talent make

[2:15:46] it onto, you know, and urging

[2:15:51] a soft stage. Finally, I just

[2:15:54] want to address a 6.4 6. This

[2:15:56] is the infirm at the

[2:15:59] technology. Opd reports. First

[2:16:02] of all, there was some

[2:16:03] misinformation just look, I

[2:16:05] think should have worthwhile

[2:16:06] debates about flock. I also

[2:16:09] think there's been some

[2:16:09] misinformation posted around

[2:16:14] how there was a deliberate

[2:16:15] intention around item sub This

[2:16:17] was the alpr item that was

[2:16:19] truly there. Isn't it? Opd

[2:16:20] came to me because they

[2:16:22] realize there is a legal issue

[2:16:26] with how it was posted. And so

[2:16:26] it would have been an issue

[2:16:28] for us to adopt it. So to be

[2:16:30] clear, we are not adopting

[2:16:32] anything related to the alp

[2:16:34] ours today that was stricken

[2:16:35] from the record and taken

[2:16:38] down. And I just think that

[2:16:39] when we have these debates,

[2:16:42] let's at least grounded in the

[2:16:43] facts. And finally, since I

[2:16:46] was unable to address

[2:16:48] Mississauga before sense, it

[2:16:49] wasn't actually part of this.

[2:16:50] I I really want to thank you.

[2:16:53] You didn't have to do that for

[2:16:56] me. So so thank you. And I

[2:16:56] think the thing about this

[2:17:00] asada is that. You and I have

[2:17:01] had my we've had our

[2:17:06] disagreements at times. But I

[2:17:07] really think this is not a

[2:17:08] first of all. You do war

[2:17:13] reading, on these items than

[2:17:15] anybody. Anybody on the city

[2:17:15] council, you really do. And

[2:17:18] you actually see it on the

[2:17:20] school board meetings, the

[2:17:21] county beatings, you are more.

[2:17:23] Well, you are reading every

[2:17:25] single piece and I actually

[2:17:26] think people need to do a

[2:17:28] documentary about your life.

[2:17:32] Your life story truly. Because

[2:17:34] and where you came from New

[2:17:35] Orleans and just your history

[2:17:37] and how you came to come to

[2:17:39] Oakland, all your

[2:17:40] contributions. And I think for

[2:17:45] me, you know, I actually want

[2:17:46] your voice to your perspective

[2:17:47] to ring through. Clearly when

[2:17:51] it comes to public safety.

[2:17:51] Unfortunately, I also have an

[2:17:52] obligation even when I agree

[2:17:56] with your point of view you

[2:17:57] know, just maintain order,

[2:17:58] even one. I think your

[2:18:01] perspective is incredibly

[2:18:02] important. But let's chat

[2:18:03] afterwards and again, thank

[2:18:05] you. You really didn't have to

[2:18:05] do that for me. So I I just

[2:18:15] appreciate you. Thank you.

[2:18:17] Councilmember Long and thank

[2:18:19] you. Missus councilmember.

[2:18:23] He's ok, we have a motion and

[2:18:25] a second. Thank you once

[2:18:25] again, so much for that. So we

[2:18:26] have a motion by COUNCILMAN

[2:18:29] The guile seconded by

[2:18:30] Councilmember Houston to

[2:18:32] approve the consent counter as

[2:18:33] amended on role Council member

[2:18:38] Brown. Thank you.

[2:18:39] Councilmember Fife is excuse

[2:18:40] Councilmember Gallo. I

[2:18:42] Councilmember Houston. I I

[2:18:50] Wang. And chair Ramachandran.

[2:18:51] Item number 6. The consent

[2:18:52] counter is approved as amended

[2:18:55] with 6 ayes and to excused.

[2:19:06] That now takes us to. That.

[2:19:08] Now takes us to the item. 7

[2:19:09] counsel counsel

[2:19:09] acknowledgements and

[2:19:14] announcements. Okay.

[2:19:15] Colleagues, any announcements?

[2:19:17] Well, there was a public

[2:19:18] speaker who started to mention

[2:19:19] this event, which I will

[2:19:23] gladly highlight right now on

[2:19:24] that Thursday, JULY 30th right

[2:19:28] here in council chambers. My

[2:19:29] office is working with Bay

[2:19:34] Area, Phil Knight, 2 to screen

[2:19:35] 2 amazing local made films.

[2:19:37] That will be a panel

[2:19:38] discussion after the event

[2:19:40] which I will not great. Thank

[2:19:41] you to Jim. Not true. Love for

[2:19:42] being here today and for

[2:19:48] putting on this event. And

[2:19:50] bringing speakers who are

[2:19:51] fantastic film makers as well

[2:19:51] as the executive director of

[2:19:54] the San Francisco Film

[2:19:55] Commission. It is a free event

[2:19:56] sign-up online. We hope to see

[2:19:58] you next Thursday at 06:00pm

[2:20:03] at Council Chambers any other

[2:20:07] announcements, if not. Well in

[2:20:10] please do consider attending

[2:20:11] the Laurel Street Fest on

[2:20:12] Saturday, AUGUST 8th. It's

[2:20:17] going to be beautiful. And the

[2:20:18] performances really, really,

[2:20:19] really amazing time again.

[2:20:23] Another free festival and if

[2:20:25] there are no other

[2:20:26] announcements or adjournment

[2:20:31] we will move to open farm.

[2:20:33] Thank you so much. We are now

[2:20:33] open as I call your name.

[2:20:35] Please approach the podium in

[2:20:37] any order state. Your name for

[2:20:38] record. If you're

[2:20:39] participating in a line and

[2:20:39] you would like speak once I

[2:20:40] call your name, you can make

[2:20:41] your hand as well. So I can

[2:20:42] easily identify you will start

[2:20:44] with those in person. Jennifer

[2:20:53] Findlay. Renay. David Peters.

[2:20:53] Natalie, near Jon Jones. The

[2:20:55] 3rd Mississauga on the Bala

[2:20:58] Lambertville Retana. Windy

[2:21:01] blooming marked the cruel

[2:21:05] Tracey tallest Williams

[2:21:12] Alexander Ridge, Windy. Martha

[2:21:16] Kohl ants, Madeline, Stacey.

[2:21:17] And Jeanne hazards in any

[2:21:22] order, MR. Hazzard. I was in

[2:21:27] court on JUNE. 25 2026 related

[2:21:29] to the transaction and use tax

[2:21:35] a special election. APRIL 15.

[2:21:43] This city after 4. 378 days.

[2:21:43] Vow to The only thing they

[2:21:48] found since MAY 19. To dismiss

[2:21:51] my case. The court sustained

[2:21:54] it. Without lead to a man on

[2:21:57] preparing. The opening before

[2:22:01] the appeals court, which I was

[2:22:01] already prepared for MAY 19th

[2:22:05] 2025. But what's interesting

[2:22:10] with all of this. 2 documents,

[2:22:15] a draft. And the proposed

[2:22:15] ordinance. There's no

[2:22:19] introduction. For what the

[2:22:19] council approved on JANUARY

[2:22:27] 9th. Thank you for your

[2:22:36] comments. Your time is up. I

[2:22:38] chair records zones. The 3rd

[2:22:39] want to say a few things. I

[2:22:39] appreciate the comments made

[2:22:43] by Councilmember Houston. I

[2:22:44] think its important to review

[2:22:46] all the contracts right? And

[2:22:47] look at how many times they'll

[2:22:49] slip requirements been weight.

[2:22:51] Know there's a tendency to do

[2:22:52] so. And I do believe that we

[2:22:54] be local support, locals much

[2:22:54] as possible. Another thing I

[2:22:56] want to share, that's very

[2:22:58] important with all the vacant

[2:22:59] and abandoned buildings and

[2:23:02] parcels of land. We got here

[2:23:04] when I was walking now

[2:23:05] international for the brt. I

[2:23:06] notice that first of all, a

[2:23:07] lot of these buildings are not

[2:23:08] even people from this country.

[2:23:10] 30's. So the merchant some

[2:23:11] time because that's the

[2:23:12] challenge for the owner to

[2:23:13] transmit the mission to the

[2:23:15] merchant. My point is as a

[2:23:16] city, we should be in the

[2:23:16] business of acquiring assets

[2:23:18] as much as possible because we

[2:23:19] don't know when the next

[2:23:22] pandemic. Mike, her, we see

[2:23:23] what happened with the parcel

[2:23:24] 83rd MacArthur High was sold.

[2:23:25] So I would encourage you all

[2:23:29] to do that work. Let's connect

[2:23:30] with the county assessor.

[2:23:31] Lsu's eminent domain for

[2:23:32] properties that are owned by

[2:23:33] people who are doing nothing

[2:23:35] with it. So thank you. Thank

[2:23:37] you for your comments. Want

[2:23:40] to? Thank MISS Candace, I'm

[2:23:43] gonna MISS You. I'm gonna MISS

[2:23:48] You so much. We always ability

[2:23:50] to put people in groups. And I

[2:23:54] have put. People into the

[2:23:57] groups that I understand. The

[2:23:59] people are in this country 3

[2:24:03] groups. The indigenous people,

[2:24:07] the original people. The

[2:24:09] people who immigrated to this

[2:24:11] country and the 3rd group as

[2:24:12] the people who came here

[2:24:15] against their will. The

[2:24:18] enslaved people better known

[2:24:19] as African-Americans. That's

[2:24:20] the group I'm talking about.

[2:24:24] Every time I come here. We not

[2:24:26] the same as those of the 2

[2:24:29] groups. We have a lot of

[2:24:29] things that are not in place

[2:24:34] for us. In terms of jobs,

[2:24:36] housing in terms of education.

[2:24:38] Appreciate what you did. That

[2:24:40] resolution but then identifies

[2:24:42] the issues of African

[2:24:43] Americans in this city. We

[2:24:44] have no action plan. To deal

[2:24:50] with those. Apologies.

[2:24:51] Mississauga you times that

[2:24:56] next Speaker. Thank you.

[2:24:58] Hello. My name Dana, I'm a

[2:25:01] psychotherapist at Children's

[2:25:02] Hospital. Oakland all sewn up

[2:25:02] the union member. And I'm here

[2:25:05] to talk about measure Measure

[2:25:06] c. But before I get to that, I

[2:25:08] want to extend some thank yous

[2:25:09] for a spot to for coming out

[2:25:10] to support us on JULY 9th,

[2:25:12] action there. And for the

[2:25:14] hospital second vote, we want

[2:25:17] to think Mayor Lee, who

[2:25:18] somehow found it in a way to

[2:25:21] persuade Nicholas Home Co to

[2:25:23] have a conversation with ice

[2:25:25] meeting. Labor as you MAY

[2:25:26] know, Measure c has Isaac

[2:25:28] about 20% for the hospital. 5%

[2:25:29] of which we are supposed to

[2:25:30] have some say. So with respect

[2:25:34] to how spent until Nichols

[2:25:37] home would have nothing to do

[2:25:37] with us. Making one making up

[2:25:40] one excuse or another. Now

[2:25:42] then cut to the chase. Were

[2:25:42] here to ask you to do

[2:25:45] something because we think

[2:25:45] that the hospice misusing

[2:25:47] measure c money, how do we

[2:25:51] know it looks like they're

[2:25:52] taking care open residents

[2:25:52] only cameras. It over to the

[2:25:54] city health care. And we also

[2:25:56] think that they're taking jobs

[2:26:01] that we do. Thank you for your

[2:26:06] comments next. Speaker. Hello,

[2:26:07] my name is Tracy. Tell us

[2:26:10] clinical life and scientists

[2:26:12] at Tall Children's Hospital,

[2:26:13] Oakland and I just want been

[2:26:15] working there for about a good

[2:26:17] 10 years. And we recently

[2:26:18] received a letter saying

[2:26:21] services will be moved out to

[2:26:21] China Basin, which is over on

[2:26:24] the east, the West Bay so that

[2:26:26] we are getting services cut

[2:26:31] in. There are several things

[2:26:33] that are detrimental for

[2:26:33] children at Children's

[2:26:36] Hospital. So one being blood

[2:26:36] cultures, that blood cultures

[2:26:39] are moved out. It we've had a

[2:26:42] case or scenario where the

[2:26:43] black culture turn positive in

[2:26:46] less than 6 hours. Pretty

[2:26:48] common for rapid for different

[2:26:49] type of organisms. But if it

[2:26:52] turns positive and is in route

[2:26:53] to being set up over there, we

[2:26:55] could lose at least 6 to 8

[2:26:56] hours. And that's really

[2:26:57] detrimental for children

[2:27:00] because, you know, there a

[2:27:01] really sensitive population.

[2:27:02] And this patient just happened

[2:27:05] to be oncology patient. So we

[2:27:06] would actually lose the

[2:27:09] ability to for accessibility.

[2:27:10] Thank you for your comments.

[2:27:16] Tracy. Next speaker. Hi, my

[2:27:18] name is Wendy Blum Unama rn

[2:27:19] and I've been in Oakland

[2:27:21] Children's Hospital for last

[2:27:23] 39 years since the affiliation

[2:27:24] with ucsf that started 11

[2:27:26] years ago. We have seen a

[2:27:27] steady decline and services

[2:27:30] offered in Oakland, ucsf

[2:27:31] receives funds from Alameda

[2:27:33] County's Measure c that

[2:27:34] funding should be used for the

[2:27:34] hospital services provided in

[2:27:38] the Oakland Campus. We want

[2:27:38] transparency and

[2:27:39] accountability for those

[2:27:40] funds. Please listen to the

[2:27:43] staff in the trenches and

[2:27:44] don't follow for ucsf. Spotty

[2:27:47] power point presentations. We

[2:27:48] do not want to see the for the

[2:27:48] loss of certain needed

[2:27:50] services for the families in

[2:27:52] Oakland. We've already seen

[2:27:54] our bone marrow, the bulk of

[2:27:55] our bone marrow transplant

[2:27:55] program is moved to Mission

[2:27:59] Bay in San Francisco. We're

[2:28:01] seeing the shift of college e

[2:28:04] services as well as complex

[2:28:05] cardiac surgeries. Our single

[2:28:07] cell program is world renowned

[2:28:08] to the longtime guidance of

[2:28:09] our position. Now, doesn't

[2:28:10] cheat. And we have really have

[2:28:12] fears that medical hits will

[2:28:13] cut those programs for the

[2:28:15] adults as well as that

[2:28:16] children services. So please

[2:28:24] help us keep care in Oakland.

[2:28:25] My name is Martha Cool. And

[2:28:27] I've been in our ins for 45

[2:28:28] years of those years. I worked

[2:28:30] 40 years at Oakland,

[2:28:32] Children's caring for sick,

[2:28:33] the sick and injured kids and

[2:28:35] specialize in care of kids

[2:28:37] with cancer. I retired but

[2:28:37] remain active in our community

[2:28:41] for health care. Right. When

[2:28:42] ucsf Health first affiliated

[2:28:44] Cho and 14 uc promised so

[2:28:46] much. But you can't trust

[2:28:49] them. We have all witnessed a

[2:28:50] diminishing level of services

[2:28:51] and care over time with the

[2:28:53] transfer specialties across

[2:28:56] the bay. Not only that they

[2:28:58] unilaterally cut our contracts

[2:28:59] and transferred us into a

[2:29:00] substandard contract that they

[2:29:03] don't even honor. More

[2:29:05] importantly, though, this has

[2:29:07] caused harm to many workers

[2:29:07] and families and working

[2:29:08] conditions have deteriorated.

[2:29:12] Morale is very low. More

[2:29:13] importantly, good working

[2:29:15] conditions are always the

[2:29:16] foundation that makes it

[2:29:17] possible to give great patient

[2:29:19] care without this patients MAY

[2:29:20] be at risk and all try to give

[2:29:22] even if we all try to do the

[2:29:23] best, they must be held to

[2:29:27] account. Thank you so much for

[2:29:33] your comments next. Speaker.

[2:29:34] Good afternoon, everybody. I'm

[2:29:37] ridge. I want to give a simple

[2:29:40] introduction about who I am.

[2:29:41] I'm a 14 year-old I live and

[2:29:43] also brought there and I am

[2:29:46] interning with close regroup.

[2:29:49] I'm shattered Isaac right

[2:29:51] here. You guys, many of you

[2:29:53] MAY be familiar with my

[2:29:54] grandmother, Jane Garcia.

[2:29:54] She's the ceo of a clinic at

[2:30:00] nasa. Jim, by that same spirit

[2:30:01] of community service. I'm

[2:30:01] deeply involved in local

[2:30:04] advocate advocacy at my school

[2:30:05] District, West Contra Costa

[2:30:08] Unified School District. I

[2:30:09] would like to thank you,

[2:30:10] MISTER Gallo, giving mine in

[2:30:14] the street. Thank you your

[2:30:23] comments. Next Mylan, Stacy,

[2:30:24] today, we had quite a packed

[2:30:26] agenda in terms of the consent

[2:30:28] items. There usually is a

[2:30:28] packed agenda, but I've

[2:30:31] noticed a trend in the past

[2:30:33] few months that every city

[2:30:34] council committee and every

[2:30:35] concurrent City council

[2:30:36] meeting has made the public

[2:30:40] comment cut down to one minute

[2:30:42] or as it's now essentially

[2:30:43] defaulted. And we all expect

[2:30:45] only have one minute. And I

[2:30:46] just like you to think about

[2:30:50] and consider how public isn't

[2:30:51] really fully able to give a

[2:30:53] voice to everything you want

[2:30:53] to, especially with the

[2:30:54] consent items where we had a

[2:30:56] maximum of 3 minutes when many

[2:30:57] of us wanted to comment on a

[2:31:00] handful of the items, it's

[2:31:01] just simply not enough time

[2:31:02] for public input actually be

[2:31:05] heard inconsiderate. Thank you

[2:31:06] for your comments next.

[2:31:11] Speaker. The little Damian or

[2:31:12] first of all, thank you very

[2:31:16] much for the grant performance

[2:31:17] year-old. One of those things

[2:31:21] that. Always is a route that

[2:31:22] you always rude to me back in

[2:31:23] the city. Whenever I would

[2:31:25] come back home from traveling

[2:31:26] or whatever, very few of the

[2:31:27] lake and then being able to

[2:31:31] see that that And then as far

[2:31:35] the Coliseum, I think it be

[2:31:37] very interesting if city was

[2:31:38] able to during this break to

[2:31:42] take a look at. The other big

[2:31:43] projects that we wanted to

[2:31:46] accomplish. Didn't happen and

[2:31:49] really identify where the city

[2:31:52] fell apart and try to get

[2:31:53] started and get infrastructure

[2:31:53] right, like MR. Hazzard said

[2:31:55] he's going to be a while

[2:31:56] before everything gets going.

[2:31:57] But it be great if the city

[2:31:58] could have some things in

[2:32:00] place. And on note, also

[2:32:01] thinking about the idea music

[2:32:05] City. It can also you can

[2:32:06] operate from the top down. But

[2:32:07] I think there's also some

[2:32:08] foundation made get put in

[2:32:09] place that we don't have to

[2:32:09] wait for that 6% to start

[2:32:11] rolling Thanks. Thank you for

[2:32:16] your comments. All names have

[2:32:17] been called. If you signed up

[2:32:18] to speak in your in person,

[2:32:21] please approach the podium. If

[2:32:22] not, we will go to Speakers

[2:32:23] blare become in your community

[2:32:28] MAY begin. Thank you. Really

[2:32:29] awesome words play a big win

[2:32:30] here. Really awesome words

[2:32:32] that you guys have over 15

[2:32:33] made it over efficient the

[2:32:36] public comment time. I work on

[2:32:38] that and come back in the fall

[2:32:39] with a better plan. Thank you

[2:32:42] for a person's words. I also

[2:32:43] want to comment. It's a

[2:32:44] sideshow issues that I hope

[2:32:45] that council person wearing an

[2:32:50] a Houston again get together

[2:32:51] on council person. Houston

[2:32:53] some interesting ideas on

[2:32:56] sideshow. Things. I hope that

[2:32:57] can be a work. I'm really

[2:32:58] hopeful. I heard how the movie

[2:32:59] business can be of help to

[2:33:01] Oakland. I think every

[2:33:01] practice. Good check

[2:33:02] accountability for the

[2:33:03] upcoming downtown development

[2:33:05] projects. That would be really

[2:33:08] helpful and just give people

[2:33:09] good reminders that best

[2:33:10] practices simply makes people

[2:33:11] feel good with technology and

[2:33:13] good luck. And those efforts.

[2:33:14] And finally, our council

[2:33:17] person wearing you had a good

[2:33:19] meeting today and that's a

[2:33:21] really important goal with

[2:33:22] tech accountability that we

[2:33:24] learn to be more clear, honest

[2:33:25] and straight forward with each

[2:33:25] other in our conversations.

[2:33:28] And I don't think you. Thank

[2:33:29] you for your comments. If I

[2:33:31] called your name and you are

[2:33:32] on zoom action, please raise

[2:33:34] your hand if not all names

[2:33:36] have been called for Open

[2:33:39] forum. Thank you so much.

[2:33:40] Before council members we

[2:33:41] Sorry, my apologies. I do see

[2:33:43] one of speakers raised their

[2:33:44] hand, I believe is David

[2:33:45] Peters. You eat yourself and

[2:33:48] begin. Thank you. MADAM Clerk,

[2:33:51] this is David Peters of West

[2:33:54] Oakland. It is that fine day

[2:33:55] and was the open right now? I

[2:33:58] hope you are fined as much joy

[2:33:58] in this beautiful find JULY

[2:34:02] afternoon. As I am over here,

[2:34:05] optimistic. I think that for

[2:34:08] the first time in a while, I

[2:34:08] think that we're pulling

[2:34:09] together play in the right

[2:34:12] direction. You know, we've see

[2:34:14] some significant outside

[2:34:16] investment at the Coliseum

[2:34:17] property in a deal it by 4

[2:34:19] brothers from the from the

[2:34:20] town. We continue to make

[2:34:26] strides in public safety the

[2:34:28] our budget, cliff that we seem

[2:34:29] to almost humble over last

[2:34:31] year, perhaps as bad for. I

[2:34:32] want to remind everybody

[2:34:33] everything accomplished

[2:34:35] through the culture spirit in

[2:34:36] this town come out on the

[2:34:37] black liberation walking

[2:34:39] toward this Saturday, AUGUST

[2:34:43] whatever it is. And again, the

[2:34:44] of JULY, whatever it is, the

[2:34:46] last will be on AUGUST. 15th.

[2:34:52] Its ceo down. Thank you for

[2:34:52] your comments. That concludes

[2:34:54] our open speakers. Thank you.

[2:34:55] Before we lose clam city

[2:35:00] clerk, please go ahead. Thank

[2:35:03] Just as the council its rating

[2:35:03] on as ida said, this is

[2:35:06] Candice Evans last meeting

[2:35:07] with this is she is moving on

[2:35:08] and I just want to thank her

[2:35:10] for her great work, a good

[2:35:12] service. We say many great

[2:35:14] people moved through the city

[2:35:14] clerk's office and she is once

[2:35:17] I just want to thank her today

[2:35:18] for her service and just we

[2:35:19] share the best. She who's on

[2:35:28] to do great things. Thank you

[2:35:29] so much. Musk and this wishing

[2:35:31] you the very best in your

[2:35:34] future endeavors. This is this

[2:35:35] is often a thankless and

[2:35:35] hijack that declare say they

[2:35:39] just read in, you know, in one

[2:35:42] single breath, 55 items

[2:35:43] consent. Plus, several others

[2:35:45] in this meeting and you help

[2:35:46] from these meeting smoothly

[2:35:46] everyone who works in the

[2:35:50] clerk's office says incredibly

[2:35:51] important work for

[2:35:52] transparency and access year

[2:35:54] in Oakland and getting our

[2:35:55] agendas clear and moving

[2:36:03] forward. So thank you come

[2:36:08] summer. His Due to change is

[2:36:13] hard for me. Change is hard

[2:36:14] you believe in and I'm used to

[2:36:18] you You steal Muzak. I hate

[2:36:20] change, but wish you the best,

[2:36:23] you know, and I'm used abuse

[2:36:24] everyone dry with somebody go

[2:36:25] over. Just used everyone. I'm

[2:36:30] used to structure. So you're

[2:36:31] congratulate you, but you mess

[2:36:33] it a structural what just

[2:36:34] structure here. So appreciate

[2:36:38] it. I love Thank you. Thank

[2:36:41] you. Enjoy recess, everyone or

[2:36:42] else he'll be here working.

[2:36:43] But this meeting is adjourned.

[2:36:58] See you in SEPTEMBER.

* Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council on 2026-07-21 3:30 PM

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