Jaime Omar Yassin
Live Reporting: Council Budget Session 06/11/25, 9am
Budget Focus: Council Budget Proposes Reduced Academies, Civilianization of Roles, Full OFD Station Funding; 'Step Pay' Strategy, non-GPF Fund Reserves, Self-Insurance Liability Fund Other Items
The Council’s Budget team published proposed amendments to Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins’ proposed biennial budget this week, with a centerpiece that includes an efficiency-focused reduction of OPD academies, and an effort to civilianize [or re-civilianize] duties currently carried out by OPD. The Committee* is led by CMs Rowena Brown
Live Reporting: Special City Council Meeting, Tuesday 06/03/2025 12pm; Regular/GHAD Meeting 3:30pm
Here's the PDF documents of live reporting threads for Tuesday's meeting.
In an unusual structure, there were two separate meetings. The first, at noon, was in the Special classification, which requires little notice and does not operate under the same council rules as a regular meeting.
At Council This Week, Tuesday 6/3/2025
Non-Consent Calendar and Consent Calendar Divided in Two Separate Meetings
There will be a novel structure for Tuesday’s Council deliberations, two meetings scheduled back to back. A Special Meeting at 12pm and a regular Concurrent meeting of the City Council and Geologic Hazard Abatement District Board at 3:30
Live Reporting: Council Budget Study Sessions 05/28/2025 & 05/29/2025 *special preview
As continuing part of OO's value added journalism, here's the live reporting threads for the Council's "budget study sessions" held this week on Wednesday and Thursday. OO's reporting is available for free and publicly, but subscribers receive special features, like
