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Jaime Omar Yassin

Jaime Omar Yassin

OO Newsletter Down Day as Legislative Session Ends

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

Live Reporting: City Council Meeting, Rules Committee Meeting 7/15/25, 7/17/25

Observer Week in Review, 7/11/2025

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

Live Reporting: Committee Meetings, Rules Committee, NSA Case Management Conference 7/8/25, 7/10/25

At Council This Week, 7/8/2025

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

Live Reporting: City Council Meeting, Rules Committee 7/1/25, 7/03/25

Live Reporting: City Council Meeting, Rules Committee 7/1/25, 7/03/25

At Council This Week, July 1, 2025

At Council This Week, July 1, 2025

As Legislative Break Draws Near, a Flurry of “Urgency” Legislative Items Bypass Committees & Go Directly To Council City Staff raised eyebrows at Thursday’s Rules Committee with requests for an unusual number of “Rule 24” urgency processes to skip committee deliberation and go straight to full council. Council’s