Jaime Omar Yassin
OO Newsletter Down Day as Legislative Session Ends
For various reasons, there won't be a regular format Oakland Observer newsletter this week. For a run down of what happened at the City Council meeting last week and at Rules committee Thursday, please take a look at the PDFs of live reporting linked above, which will tell
Live Reporting: City Council Meeting, Rules Committee Meeting 7/15/25, 7/17/25
Observer Week in Review, 7/11/2025
Unclear Path for IAD-CPRA Transition After Transition Feasibility Report
A previously promising proposal to transfer a majority of the Internal Affairs Bureau [IAB] responsibilities to the quasi-independent Community Police Review Agency [CPRA], once budgeted to occur within FY 23-25, received a complicated response at a Public Safety Committee meeting. The
Live Reporting: Committee Meetings, Rules Committee, NSA Case Management Conference 7/8/25, 7/10/25
At Council This Week, 7/8/2025
Issues and legislation coming before Council's subject matter committees Tuesday. Not an exhaustive list, but these are issues and legislation worth taking note of. Often, the Council's Committees are the only place significant deliberation occurs on some legislation.
Finance Committee
At Finance, the main item of
