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1) Council Public Safety Committee Chair Rushes Independent Police Oversight Director as He Presents Evidence OPD Skelly Presentation Was Flawed Oakland Public Safety Committee Chair Charlene Wang set up an awkward juxtaposition for the Community Police Review Agency [CPRA] and the OPD on the issue of Skelly process at Tuesday’

Finance Committee Cooperative Agreements Authorization This legislation authorizing the City's Cooperative Agreements with other jurisdictions would normally pass unnoticed, but it may get some added scrutiny due to a recent contracting disparity report that highlighted cooperative agreements as a vector for discriminatory contracting processes. In her presentation several

1) Skelly Process Delays Reduce OPD Operational Strength—and Could be Systemically Aiding in Exonerating Officers After Salaried “Vacations” CM Rowena Brown has asked for a report on the OPD and City’s Skelly hearing process—the state mandated due process requirement for discipline cases in government employment. That report,

1) A Public Safety Drama in Two Acts [a,b] a) Wang Pulls Scheduling Request for Report on Overtime Abuses, Suggests the OT-Curious Attend Finance Committee for a Regularly Scheduled Quarterly Report on OPD Overtime As Oaklandside’s reporting of alarmingly high overtime by an Oakland Police Officer's

--it isn't easy putting this preview together every week without fail, but OO is the only publication even trying to keep you informed about what Council gets up to before the legislation hits the full meetings. In five years of doing this work, it's never been

1) Council Approves Local Citation/Administrative Fines for Sex Work Solicitation City Council unanimously approved new legislation last week that will create an “administrative” process akin to illegal dumping citations for “loitering” with intent to purchase sexual services on Oakland’s infamous, but ever-shifting, “Blade”. The new law will allow

On Non-Consent, Wang's Legislation on Commercial Sex Solicitation There’s only one item on the non-consent calendar this week, CM Charlene Wang’s legislation that would rewrite some of Oakland’s existing commercial sex work laws to align with a new state law. That law, AB 379, allows

1) A Public Records Request Reveals Only 2 Complete Applications for Oakland Police Commission Since October Council Decision to Deny Appointments Two weeks ago, the Oakland City Council again voted to deny the appointments of Police Commission Chair Ricardo Garcia Acosta and Omar Farmer, after the Selection Panel met in

This Tuesday, it's another short regular meeting–there's one public hearing, and only one item on the Non-Consent Calendar, with 12 on the bulk-vote Non Consent Calendar. This will be the second meeting with the new rules that have Public Hearing and Non-Consent items first on

After Council antagonism toward Selection Panel appointments in December, the Rules Committee praised the Mayor’s picks and forwarded them to the Consent Calendar, though they lack Charter-mandated background checks. Meanwhile, OPOA confirmed it has exerted pressure on appointments.