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Jaime Omar Yassin

Jaime Omar Yassin

At Committees This Week, 12/09/2025

At Committees This Week, 12/09/2025

OO will be live reporting committees on Tuesday, these are the highlights, and most critical items the public should be aware of going into the meetings, but by no means exhaustive list. Community and Economic Development Committee —Fife’s Direction to Begin to Negotiate Terms for a Future ENA with

Reporter's Notebook: EAP Pulled as ICH Critiques Persist and $ Millions Remain at Risk, While Dozens of Opponents Stay to Condemn Policy[/] Plus, Attempt to Suspend Council Rules to Vote on Changes to Council Rules Lathers Irony On An Already Ironic Arc

Reporter's Notebook: EAP Pulled as ICH Critiques Persist and $ Millions Remain at Risk, While Dozens of Opponents Stay to Condemn Policy[/] Plus, Attempt to Suspend Council Rules to Vote on Changes to Council Rules Lathers Irony On An Already Ironic Arc

EAP Pulled Again Tuesday As ICH Pans Confused High/Low Sensitivity Plan, But Dozens of Public Speakers Stay to Denounce It Anyway After months of on/off scheduling that often seemed designed to evade public scrutiny, a freshly amended EAP proposal was pulled at the start of Tuesday’s City

At Council Tuesday, 12/2/2025

At Council Tuesday, 12/2/2025

Not a lot of time this week, but some highlights with links to OO reporting or more info from the legislative record. Expect this meeting to be very long: On Non Consent —Mayoral Tie Breaker on New Council Rules of Procedure When last we left this item several weeks ago,

Changes to Homeless Policy Urged by State Body Added to "EAP," But Prohibitions on Vehicular Encampments Remain

Changes to Homeless Policy Urged by State Body Added to "EAP," But Prohibitions on Vehicular Encampments Remain

The new version of a proposed City of Oakland “Encampment Abatement Plan” [EAP] policy that will be introduced at December 2nd’s Council meeting shifts significantly from the zero-tolerance positioning of the original proposal introduced at the September 9 Public Safety Committee meeting. The changes reflect significant feedback from the

Reporter’s Notebook: Committee Failure Breaks Flock Momentum For Now--More on Oakland Arms Embargo and OPD's Bearcats

Reporter’s Notebook: Committee Failure Breaks Flock Momentum For Now--More on Oakland Arms Embargo and OPD's Bearcats

Flock Fails at Public Safety Committee Meeting A surprise stalemate at Oakland’s Public Safety Committee Tuesday sapped the trajectory of what many observers believed was an all but assured vote to institutionalize and expand OPD’s Flock surveillance program. OPD’s proposal that would see the department taking over

At Committees This Week: Showdown on Flock at Public Safety—Update: Hofer Files Suit to Ban OPD's ALPR

At Committees This Week: Showdown on Flock at Public Safety—Update: Hofer Files Suit to Ban OPD's ALPR

Public Safety Committee Update, 11/18/2025 8:05 am: Today, Brian Hofer and Secure Justice are filing suit against the City of Oakland, alleging that OPD has failed to follow state law governing ALPR use, as well as its own use policies, city laws and a previous settlement agreement.

Live Reporting: City Council Vote Ties Over Changes That Would Have Curtailed Evening Meetings

Live Reporting: City Council Vote Ties Over Changes That Would Have Curtailed Evening Meetings

Live reporting yesterday's Council meeting often felt more like announcing an unhinged sports event than the typical council meeting. After Ramachandran stalled CM Fife's amendments to the Jenkins/Ramachandran Rules of Procedure update with an unheard of three substitute motions—the Council finally took a vote