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City Council Report 06/17/2025: Ramachandran Target of Community Ire on Cultural Affairs Manager Freeze, Hasty Budget Process; Unusual Becker Boards Contract Approved and more...
Community Backlash at Ramachandran on Cultural Affairs Manager Freeze, Budget
Despite a hasty end to the biennial budget process earlier this month, and the subsequent cancellation of an already scheduled additional budget meeting that would have happened last week, the budget battle isn’t over yet. Members of the public
Live Reporting: City Council Meeting, 06/17/2025 & Live Reporting Thread of Day One East Oakland Encampment Eviction
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
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: City Council Committees, Tuesday 06/10/2025
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
Live Reporting: City Council Committees, Tuesday 05/27/2025
Chief Proposes Pursuit Changes at Commission; OPW Overtime Issue Potentially "Widespread" Says Auditor; Rare Eminent Domain for San Antonio Fire Station 4 Moves Forward; Longest Serving Council Member Has No Committee Chair Roles
OPD Chief Mitchell Proposes to Reverse Armstrong's Pursuit Policy, Modify Supervisory Permission
OPD Chief Floyd Mitchell proposed formal changes to the OPD pursuit policy at the Oakland Police Commission [OPC] last Thursday night. The move tops nearly a year's worth of public questions on the policy