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Jaime Omar Yassin

Jaime Omar Yassin

At Council This Week, 6/17/2025

At Council This Week, 6/17/2025

There were previously two meetings scheduled for Tuesday—a Special Meeting for budget deliberation was cancelled after the City’s budget passed in record time on the day of introduction. This second regular meeting at 3:30pm has only one non-consent item: Becker Boards Agreement Following a previously contentious process

FY 25-27 Budget Focus: Council Passes Biennial Budget with Minimal Debate-Few Answers on $40 MM Gap, Silence on OPD Academy Deletion

FY 25-27 Budget Focus: Council Passes Biennial Budget with Minimal Debate-Few Answers on $40 MM Gap, Silence on OPD Academy Deletion

Oakland’s City Council passed Interim Mayor Jenkins’ FY 25-27 budget along with amendments from a Council budget team led by CMs Janani Ramachandran and Rowena Brown Wednesday morning at a little advertised meeting that began at 9am. The budget session set a record for brevity, amid a historically small

Live Reporting: Oakland Police Commission Discussion on Pursuit Policy, 06/12/2025

Live Reporting: Oakland Police Commission Discussion on Pursuit Policy, 06/12/2025

Live Reporting: City Council Committees, Tuesday 06/10/2025

Live Reporting: City Council Committees, Tuesday 06/10/2025

Live Reporting: Council Budget Session 06/11/25, 9am

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

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

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.