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Jaime Omar Yassin

At Committees This Week, 1/13/2026

At Committees This Week, 1/13/2026

It’s a slow week for Committees. Finance and CED have been cancelled due to lack of items, Public Works and Life Enrichment each have two and one, respectively, non-controversial items. Public Safety Committee is rescheduled for 1:30pm. The only item of significant public interest this week is

At Council Tuesday, 1/6/2026

At Council Tuesday, 1/6/2026

The first meeting of 2026 has new controversial rules that may diminish public participation. It's a light agenda, but there's a potentially weighty issue on the Consent Calendar

Police Commission Selection Panel Re-Submits Farmer/Acosta Reappointments at First Meeting After Council Rejected Them

Police Commission Selection Panel Re-Submits Farmer/Acosta Reappointments at First Meeting After Council Rejected Them

On Thursday, the Oakland Police Commission Selection Panel* had its first meeting since the City Council rejected their latest appointments for the Oakland Police Commission and voted by a majority of seated panelists to re-submit the same appointments of Omar Farmer as alternate, and Chair Ricardo Garcia Acosta as

Council Vote for Flock Took Center Stage, But Coupled with Houston’s Classroom Antics, Distracted from Significant Legislation That's Escaped Public Notice

Council Vote for Flock Took Center Stage, But Coupled with Houston’s Classroom Antics, Distracted from Significant Legislation That's Escaped Public Notice

In what appeared to almost be a parodic performance of untransparent governance, the City Council’s last meeting of the Calendar year passed a multitude of significant legislation—too much in one session for any meaningful public participation on all of them. A Flock contract expansion was rightfully the focus

Flock Returns as "Urgent" Impromptu Addition to Last Council Meeting of Year, Already Overloaded with Controversial Legislation

Flock Returns as "Urgent" Impromptu Addition to Last Council Meeting of Year, Already Overloaded with Controversial Legislation

Council Rules Committee Accepts Slim Excuse for Last Minute Scheduling to an Agenda the Council President Had Already Labelled Too Impacted for Even One More Item Significant legislation affecting Oakland’s tax base, fire code, campaign finance rules and legislative process were already spilling over the top of Council’s

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