2026-09-22 - Public Safety Committee

if we can have the council members to their seats will be starting public safety shortly. Good evening and welcome to the Public Safety Committee meeting of Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 22nd 2026, the time is now 06:56pm. In this meeting MAY come to order before taking Roy will provide instructions on how to submit speaker cards for items on this agenda. If you're here with us in chamber would like to submit a speaker card, police will win out in turn one into myself or click representative. No later than 10 minutes after the start of this meeting or before the item is read into record, if you are trying to register to speak. A via zoom that is now do 24 hours prior to the start of this many time, this meeting to this meeting come to order at 06:56pm. It's because longer be excepted. 10 minutes after making that time 07:00:06pm. Wilson will now proceed with taking roll. Council members I present. Here and Cher Wang PRESIDENT. Thank you. We have 4 members present charity have any announcements at this time. Welcome back. Let's get to it. Thank you. Starting off with item one approval of the draft minutes from the committee meeting JULY 14th 2026. We have no speakers on this item. Just need a motion. Councilmember Fife move approval. I'll second that. Thank you. That's a motion made by Councilmember 5 seconded by chair. Want to fix to approve the draft minutes from the committee meeting of 7/14/2026 on role Council members Brown. I bye. I and Cher Wang. I thank you. Item number one passes with 4 eyes to accept the draft minutes from the JULY 14th Committee meeting. Item, 2 determination of schedule standing committee items and we have 2 speakers on this item. Ok, let's go to public comment. Calling in the names of signed up to speak on item to Jesse Rose. More in us, not all of ala. Hi. How are Just heroes I spoke already to that item on the note, 8 specific great legislation, Mike Carroll Fife, that I cannot wait for this council to actually take up. It's been over a year. So boggling to me. Why this this city COUNCILMAN Take that up. Another thing didn't see on that list is the a p o a contract and I would really like to now how in the world that's get this committee, something so impactful, something that sells out our city over the next 5 years to the tuna 72 million dollars. While our our city employees here at the city of Oakland are waiting for a fair contract. The me Too clause is absolutely insulting. The other thing didn't see on on that on that agenda is our that the pending the painless does anything on We know we had at this this item that was sort of snuck through that as surveillance policy at the last Public Safety Committee meeting back in JULY, where you know, you want to match have flocked to the policy rather than the other way around, like you actually should be doing. And I didn't see that on here. I heard I heard a promise that would come back. I kind of have a guess as to when we're going to see that and it's going to be and NOVEMBER. Is that right? Yeah, okay. So that's that. That's that. The other thing is I saw the open side reported today that although Flock was rammed through urgency fighting back in DECEMBER. We are so we have still not had a contract signed by the city. Snow. What I would like to know there are a lot performative amendments on that legislation when 7 of these the city council members sold us out and passed it without a contract. What what's happening with the Earth as performative amendments are they are the in the legislation like our do. We actually have those that flock has to abide by our to those fall by the wayside because this city count, the city has not been able to enter this contract. Thank you. SEPTEMBER, the 30th this year. You a 15 month extension contract with abc. Abc expires. Which should have been on the agenda. Today. Even before today, some where we going with public safety remember related to contract it. Security companies. So what's going to happen? I'll be going to another extension SEPTEMBER We really put pay it. To make recommendation from staff about who is going to be the next security agency that we deal with. Now, the second thing is. Next. Tuesday on the 29th. You're going before the judge or with the nfc. It's no way in h# # # . You are prepared to say that the police department has reached the status to be out of the nsa. But you gotta come out of it and don't come here that. We did. Because right now you're out of compliance with one of us, even though it's small. You have hit a cop to fraud. But 2 pilots, we have to reduce the use of op look optus from 7 days to You got sour. If lot. You gotta officer who still hasn't been held accountable for pain. A witness to say to black man committed a murder when they didn't. And I could go on and just talking of the top of my head about all the stuff. That's going happen next Tuesday and don't child and come before them. I can see we have finally out. We proud we did it well, blah, blah. You haven't been able to get these these police, this police department. To hold itself accountable. And I don't know what you're going to do after the nsa. Thank you for your comments. Muscle Apollo chair. That concludes all speakers on this item. Thank you. For the city attorney. Can you explain? Because I was for transparency. The public since I was wondering myself, why is it that item went directly to full city council instead going through this committee? Yeah, I was not involved in a those kind of discussion. So I don't really have information on that. But I can follow up and get back to you. Okay. Thank you. I appreciate that. The other thing that was raised by the public commenter was around the scheduling of that pending item for civilian aviation. So I have not block that. How would that item get scheduled? Through the chair to the Happy to bring that back. I I believe Councilmember Fife said that she was going to go ahead and schedule it. But I can work with Councilmember Fife to get that scheduled schedule. That rules Committee correct. This is the civilian eyes ation item that's on the pending list. And I need a motion. Thank you. We have a motion made by Councilmember Houston, seconded by council member Brown to accept the determination of scattered about standing committee items as is on roll councilmembers Brown. I I I Houston, I and Cher Wang, I thank you. Item 2 passes with 4 eyes to accept the pending list as is reading in. Items. 3 in 4 noting that both withdrawn from agenda pursuant to rule 28 of the council's rather procedure, through getting the biannual a PCs, my report and then item 4 regarding the Department of Violence, Prevention c Spire Information report. Again, both have been withdrawn from this agenda and placed on the Public Safety committee pending list and are no date specific. Reading and item number 5. Receive in Receive information report from the city administration as required in Section 5 of ordinance. 1, 3, 8, 7, 3, as it applies to law enforcement activity. Prosecutor dull out comes fiscal outcomes and community impact and equity review. And we have 16 speakers on this item. Ok, before I turn it over to staff. I just wanted to. Provide some context on this port human trafficking in addressing sex trafficking is one of top priorities as the chair of public safety. I wanted thank council member Brown. It's actually because of your amendment. As we discuss the role of amendments to buy prior legislation that created the statutory requirement for opd to actually come before this body and give out regular report out progress in addressing sex trafficking. And I will say that I found that the report did not meet the statutory requirements and we will discuss that. But I'll turn it over to you to discuss the contents of the port. Thank you so much. My name is the shot. Spencer activity to the police for special victims Section local police department. I'm here present the informational report on human trafficking. Involve members. The Special Victims Section trains, its own personnel, regional partners. It works with the district attorneys office. The city city Attorney, Department of Public Health and community Advocates on every operation. The objectives of the Child Exploitation Unit or as follow. Rescue every 6 exploited minor arrest. Those who exploit minors. Respond to community complaints regarding prostitution across the city, connect all victims to services and investigate every case. And he's evolved. Members that make up the team include the criminal investigation Division. Vice and child Exportation Exploitation Unit, which makes of one Sergeant Forces for positions and they're responsible for investing all adult and juvenile trafficking, child pornography crimes against children. They project. In seconds. The Bureau of Field operations, our patrol division who provide 24 hour policing, visibility prevention and their first response to trafficking related calls for service. Here's a graph of our enforcement for operations for to us. 26, which goes from JANUARY to JULY. As of JULY, we've run 27 practive operations to date. From those operations. We have arrested for pimps and traffickers for arrest 103 jobs have been arrested and jobs are for to use those who buy. Commercial sex. And on average, which is 5 year average. You've had a 3rd soldier 1000 been rescued for years for talks with Tayshia operations. That's on average. This is important because we've realized that trafficking and child exportation. Mostly fallen victims from low income and disadvantaged communities. So confront these problems, restore social equity. Oakland. Operations other Undercover officers who follow the department. General Orders k 10. We have advocates from family Violence Law Center. Missy respond on scene. And so would you interviews? We let them know ahead of time to run operations week, get their cooperation with having 2 to 3 advocates on standby. So when we get a rest with juveniles, they're want to come out and assist on the spot. Adults were arrested or rescue are debriefed offered resources and refer to diversion. Each rescued. Juvenile gets an advocate and a follow-up Taylor to that individual. Training offered for the staff. Officers then academy as well as patrol lineup sessions with the family Victim Law Center. Po certify undercover prostitution courses which are mandated to be taken for officers that are. In Vice. And continue, please, professional training for staff, which includes changes in laws such as ab 3.79 And we also give sessions to local businesses, hospitals and clinics are recognizing trafficking. Our partners in these operations include fbi but Haitian task force, including joint operations that occurred during the Super Bowl. The World Cup. California attorney general and regional agencies. Meet account India's he program. And again, the family victim Law Center. Missy restored of Pathways and Open a fight against human trafficking. For community and community reporting and street closure. Pilate. As you can see, there's anonymous tip line that we refer to. Have a good intel on what's going on to the neighborhoods. Complaints that are As you can see, we have a six-month street closure pilot which councilmember weighing pilot. It this resolution closes through traffic on 9th Avenue, 10th and 11th Avenue between International Boulevard, East 15th street bears will be put up to keep sex transactions out of the Jason alleys and give officers a plain view of by activity. Airbus of the penal code 6. 23.5 see it's 6. 53.2, 5. So this resolution pass back 7/7/2026 passed by City Council after Public Safety Committee approval. The Bears are scheduled to be placed a sometime this month. I don't have a definitive date, but I'm more than want to get back to what the day that their acts be put up. What's the put up again? This a six-month pilot program that's going to be that's going monitor the effectiveness of the barriers and after 6 months will go back and study our findings and again, this program is modeled after a program that occurred in Houston in a successful back in Houston. So I'm going to try it out. At the completion of best of that pilot program. The findings we present. So the public, the Public Safety Committee and council using the Houston study reporting with it. A fiscal impact of operations. Operations running over time and on average, a single operation, depending on the scale operations going to be 5,010 $1000. Running major, 30 day operations. Will cost anywhere between 25,045 $1000. That to get a 30 day operation. The most recent was route $27,000. The cost of a 30 operation. Which paired outreach events with pride to the force. Mont. The source of the funding city funds approved for human trafficking operations. Fbi run first reimbursement fund. Persons or staff on overtime because our sbs lacks the assigned personnel to offset the costs. Average about $13534,000 a year. The expected fbi child exportation task force reimbursement. For the opiate for the task force members opd which offsets the funds. All in the vice unit. They're all on task Their funds are upset with that $134,000 a year. Actions requested of the City Council. See this information report. From the city administrator as required Section 5 of the ordinance. 1, 3, 8, 7, 3, cover law enforcement activity. Prosecutor, Real Outcomes, Fisk welcomes and the community impact and equity review. That's my presentation. Thank you. Acting Lieutenant Spencer just contacts from my colleagues in what was written in that legislation in terms of the expected reporting requirements included a report on that fine structure that we had passed the fine right now. We would. If they published it would say $0 to be clear because we are right now in sort of typical city of Oakland, bureaucratic hot potato is what I'd call it where every department wants to sort of give responsibility to another department to simply submit the invoice. I will say we're working through a process right now in order to get that back. And in order to actually collect the fines that way, officers, including patrol can actually issue the citations. But I think this transparency is what we need, right? Even when we are being transparent with our failures are transparent with with the lack of collections at something that I think we need to be transparent with the public where we're at. I know that we also have public commenters who need to lead by 7.30 So we're going to move first to public comment. Is it urgent? Okay. All right. Let's go to public comment. Calling in the names of signed up to speak on item number 5 in no particular order. You can come up to the podium state. Your name before making your comments. If you have someone seeding their time to you, please act state that before starting and then the person seeding their time to you must be present on in person or on Zoom. Jesse Rose more and about the last guests aside, all of Allah, Vanessa Johnson, Heidi Corky. I have an empty one with love. Never fails. And it surely on. Jeniece. Jacob Kaliyah Thomas, the They've been yonas Sarah Williams King. Nothing and Yasmeen Sen. Gabriel Sean Sullivan Raman Posana and Edwin Highclere. Even come up to the podium to state your name before beginning. Hello. My name is paving on us and I dedicate my time to the faa has Hi, my name is Kelly and Thomas, which a new clinic an my time to if they asked. Good evening council members, community members and everybody that is here today. My name is Nathaniel Hawthorne and I am the reproductive justice programs, coordinator renewed clinic. I coordinate our safe space a space program. I'm speaking today because the discussions surrounding Oakland's human trafficking survivor and victim fund in the implementation of this ordinance. But I want to primarily focus on one thing today, which is accountability. We expect our young people to be held responsible for the actions. We teach them that their choices have consequences and we acted to take accountability, learn from actions and make different choices. So I believe that we have to ask ourselves why should that expectation be different for don't to participate in the exploitation of young people? Don't come to our community to solicit or participate in commercial sexual exploitation of a young person. That adult is making a choice. That choice has consequences for young person, safety, health and education and their future and accountability could not stop and identifying the young person who has been exploited. We also have to address the adult, creating the demand and participating in the exploitation. That is why I believe the conversation around this ordinance can not only be about enforce me. It also has to be about what we do with the resources generated to accountability. A dream you clinic. We see what happens to young people when they have access to resources and trusted adult through safe space a space which is my program. Our youth leaders work on prevention, education and advocacy and community engagement. We listen to young people and we actually about what they're experiencing and what resources they actually need every week at Dream Youth Clinic, we host what we call a mobile clinic, which also creates a consistent safety point of connection for young people. International who are experiencing or at risk of commercial sexual exploitation. We provide medical test the treatment and care and basic necessities, health resources, education, and connection to additional support, right? International twice a week every week since JANUARY, which means we are at the forefront of seeing the people who are actively being affected by the exploitation is happening and open. Now. Sometimes that first connection becomes the beginning of a young person accessing our other g locations because they because they have found organization that they trust. That is what community investment can do. It gives young people somewhere to go. They have nowhere else to go for. They go where they can find work. They can find money where they can find resources. This gives them resources when they are already in crisis and it gives a community organizations the ability to continue showing up for young people consistently. So we talk about the penalties in the fines connects these offensive, I believe we should also be talking about how applicable revenues can be directed towards prevention, survivor services, education and organizations already providing safety and resource young people. Because dream is not the only organization that is actively trying to help our young people. Because if we're going to hold adults accountable for choices that contribute to the exploitation of young people, we should also be asking how those accountability mechanisms can help repair and strengthen the communities that are being affected. Our community organizations are already doing the work. We are already meeting people, young people where they are. We are already providing health care, education, safety resources, interest, relationships. What we need is a capacity to keep doing that work. Young people should not have to wait until something bad happened for before they have somewhere safe to turn. They should have access to prevention. They should have access to education. They should have access to resources. They should have trusted organizations in their communities that can help them before they reach a crisis and don't to participate in exploiting our young people should be held accountable for their choices. Just as we expect I apologize your time is up. Can you state your name? Thank you all. Have one more minute. Thank you. The adult to participate in exploiting our young people should also be held accountable for their choices just as we expect from the young people that we serve. That is the connection I want to be with you tonight. Accountability should not only create consequences, should also create an opportunity to invest in prevention. If Oakland serious about disrupting the cycle of exploitation, then we have to strengthen the community infrastructure that gives run people. The real are 10 minutes. Invest in the organization's already serving Invest in prevention, education, invest in survivor support, invested safe spaces and make sure those resources connected to accountability are being used were legally and practically prop possible to strengthen the communities and people affected most. Thank you. If name is called and you wish to speak on this item, please come up to the podium. I'm too nice, Jacobs. I've been a leader in the fight against human trafficking in Oakland for the past 15 years and I'm chair of Oakland, a city of Oakland's commission on homelessness. So I've gotten to see a little bit about how things work and don't work in Oakland, survivors and advocates. To pass a b 3.79 state level. And also fought to pass a city ordinance because we know. This is a tool like analyzing sex buyers hit killing demand is is a tool in fighting this but is only a tool if it's actually a credible threat and it's only a credible threat if we actually penalize people. So the thing is, is that the and I've talked to city leaders about this county leaders about this. Then as we see from the Lieutenant Spencer. These are expensive operations were doing these once approximately once a week and every week we're arresting sex buyers, theirs. Rescues involved. Most of these up until now, all of these have been charged under the state law. And these are these are very expensive operations. But there also very expensive prosecutions. And the da's office has a limited budget to deal with all of the cases that that come to our and so she has to make hard choices about that. So that is why this was so important that councilmember weighing passes city ordinance to give us another round and the problem is, is that unless we get this fixed at the city unless we get the city administrator to actually hire paralegal and we get this broken because things. Do you have anything else to say? Yes, thinks things As you said, you called a described as the hot potato. And that's the thing is that things don't get fixed in less. Somebody is it. Is kind of driving that these things get addressed. And I know you walk it a tight line between not being able to direct these departments, but at the same time, if you don't get in there and I've had to do this myself, you don't get in there and you're not the squeaky wheel to get the city administrator to higher pay, paralegal and then making sure that these fines actually can be logistically practically collected because if they're not collected, then, you know, the sex buyers go out on their chat groups and and they say h# # # . Yeah. All Oakland's all talk and there's no business. And at this point, you know, this is an integrity issue for the city of Oakland. Human trafficking has been happening. 4, you know, 40 years in this town and it's not going away unless we alleviate poverty. And that's not happening anytime soon. You know, I think we really need to get serious about. Expecting that the system is going to. That. It's all going to work together and it's actually going to like get resolved. It doesn't get resolved. The people inside these department, they're good people. They're smart people. They don't push it. Nobody make sure that this stuff works. And unless the works that were able to collect these fines, police will not risk the lives of their officers. Thank you that. Go go ahead. My name is Natisha Leon. I'm a survivor and I have been with love. Never fails for over 10 years. I speak to is survivor. And I wanted to say a few things regarding the buyers. That have not been filed They do have the money to pay because they pay for sex. And people often look away from the reality of what buyers do behind closed doors. They aren't harmless bystanders. Buyers feeling tired to do whatever they want to do 2 human being because they paid money. I have lived through that physical terror and sexual violence. They inflicted when they locked the door when they forced themselves anew and they kick you and maybe you. The psychological toll runs deep. Knowing buyers are genuinely held accountable. That they can face real legal and financial consequences is transformative for survivors to college psychological healing. It sends a profound message that what was done to us was wrong. That our trauma matters and what the city finally sees us as human beings worthy of protection. So I'm asking you to force them to pay the fines like they forced themselves in Thank you for sharing your story and for your courage in coming here tonight. Good evening. My name is Gabriel while on and the director of programs for Covenant House California Clint, we serve youth ages 18 to 24, including those who have experienced trafficking and exploitation when a young person has been trafficked to getting them out of that immediate situation is critical, but it cannot be where work ends. They need employment, health support, trusted relationships, housing in the time and safety recover. We know that helping youth move forward towards independence means giving them the resources and stability to build a life beyond the crisis that brought them to us is even more critical for survivors of sex trafficking. If we want to stop the cycle, it starts with resources for recovery and prevention. We can remove them from the media harm. But we also have to ask. What did we put in place to make the cycle and Dewey actually help them if they end up in the same situation tomorrow night, just down the street or in another city accountability for buyers matters. But so does what happens to survivors afterward, the Survivor Support Fund is an opportunity invest in a real path forward. Getting someone out is only the beginning. We have to give them the resources to break that cycle. Thank you. I know my name is Heidi Kirk. Him. I work in human trafficking for over 15 years and also work in public policy. And I'm a survivor advocate. I'm extremely concerned what is happening to Oakland. We passed a measure meant back in FEBRUARY to hold buyers and traffic has a comparable 0 money has been collected since to help survivors and organizations to provide wrap-around services and exit strategies for use that are being sold on International Boulevard. I'm extremely concerned about this. And I don't know if you noticed, but to be here in prostitution, walking on the plate as one of the most. Dangerous activities human being can do and individuals are 8, tortured, beaten and sometimes dimmer did. And I'm just extremely concerned why Wilton has not done anything to address We put measurements in place, but we don't follow through. And this is extremely concerning. So we urge to city council and whistles, thankful MR. Spank Full Council member wing for bringing this forward. We really are to to find the buyers traffickers so far. I mean, we look at the reports and I think that been about 31 arrests so far. And for time when minors, if week make a rough estimation by the end. What it? Maybe at 500,000 by the end of the year would be at 1.6 million that could be collect it to help survivors. And you're gonna stations that serve them. So yeah, we you to please take diss and consideration and not even taking conservation, making peace. Could your first out it's it has to get Don has to get done. Thank you so much. Thank you. Councilmember Sean Sullivan and I want to thank the first speaker who eloquently spoke about accountability and hypocrisy, but we hold of our young people and a man of them to live lives of responsibility and hold them accountable. We don't even do with She referenced it to the sex buyers, the Johnson and the need to hold them accountable. I would hold the city accountable see the administrator's office opd. You know, you find lot of nonprofits to lots of work and we see outcry in the media and amongst the public when those nonprofits fall short. But we don't we don't hold that same accountability to city leadership and as a disgrace because we're failing these young people. What the speaker before me talked about the millions that could be collected. Well, if we actually had real teeth in our legislation, we free actually held to legislation that you, MADAM Chair past and actually started fining people in people there. John Sauer engaging in this behavior actually had to pay. We would perhaps see less sex buying ice trafficking of these miners. Not only will we see more money coming in for service, but we might actually see people being taken advantage of young children being taken advantage of the city because if this city would finally be a city of consequence and we finally be putting forward that we actually care about young people. But it the report doesn't speak to that and the data is not there. And I really wish that we find ways to get through this bureaucracy because it is impacting real lives and hurting our children. And so i thank you for bringing this forward again and for the report but have a report that actually matters. And that actually holds our city leadership accountable and actually gets this money collected. Thank U.S. So I've been in this room. Since 2008. That's when I first started coming. And certain conversations and topics of heard over and over and over again. Nothing changing much of nothing changing. And this is one of them. Human trafficking has come up. Several times over the years. With nothing changing. The changes, the big changes, the services and resources to aid the victims of human trapped talking about the women in some case young men. And that's like a militancy shelters have written him down medical care, substance, use treatment. Legal assistance is a whole bunch of things that have to happen. To make a change in people's lives. So the same thing with the homeless community. Services and resources keeps coming up. Cease-fire services and resources mackerel, services and resources. Domestic violence, victim certain and they not get them. So the topic is going to keep coming out. Until you actually deal with the hard core. And I'm not talking about a little bit this a little bit of that. A fully funded representation of what needs to happen. Unfortunately, we're in a city with very limited funds. It's not like you don't want to do it. It's hard to do. I know many times I've heard this. And it gets to be a little frustrating because sometimes it's unfair because people say, oh, as a result of this, this is going to make a difference. This is going to change produce Thank you for your comments. If your name was caught and you still wish to speak in urine chamber, please come up to the podium. Okay. We'll switch to zoom users. Vanessa Johnson, you can unmute yourself and begin your comments. Good Evening Council members. My name is Vanessa Johnson and the founding executive Director. Love Never Fails an organization which has been addressing the issue of human trafficking in Oakland for the last 15 years searching for missing children, providing emergency and long-term services including housing case management tanker air development. We were so grateful to council member Wang and the rest of the city officials for passing ordinance. 1, 3, 8, 7, 3 on FEBRUARY, 17th of this year and subsequently approving the allocation of funding for paralegal to process finds as was stated earlier, this whole sex buyers accountable for $1000 for purchasing it and adults loitering for the purpose of prostitution with an adult $12,000 for a child, hundreds of arrests have been made since FEBRUARY. Yet not one fine is being collected. And this amounts to a minimum of $824,000 that we have MISS The opportunity to collect this could have been used to address the tremendous gap in funding and human trafficking victims services, including ex its food housing. But more importantly, it represents a lack, a sense of urgency and following through and sending a daily message to buyers that Oakland is still open for sex spying of our children. Please prioritizes ordinance and process these find so that sex buyers understand that our children are not for sale. We look forward to hearing your report and plan of action on hiring the necessary staff to expeditiously process. These findings also, there was news that Meta head is reaching a settlement for 17 million or billion million dollars for addictive properties built into their. Social media platforms. Things of this nature should be considered when we are delain and getting the money to the survivors were getting money in for these initiatives. We need to get money out. Thank you for your comments. And of all, you can unmute yourself and be in your 2 minute comment. Hi, good evening. Thank you all so much for the time. That is being allowed to my name is Annabel and I'm a survivor and the PRESIDENT And co-founder of Jade All a survivor lead organization supporting individuals and families impacted by human trafficking, sexual assault and domestic violence. I stood alongside other survivors and advocates earlier this year in support of ordinance. 1, 3, 8, 7, 3, because it represented something incredibly important. The shift towards helped holding the people who create the demand for exploitation accountable while directing resources back toward survivors. The ordinance passed. But now we need to make sure that its promise becomes reality. P# # Dee's own report shows that there was 103 by arrests and for traffic arrest in 2026, those numbers should lead us to an important question. What happens after the arrest. Accountability cannot stop at an arrest. If I and authorized by ordinance are not being assessed and collected. Then the Survivor Support Fund cannot accomplish what it was created to do. Survivors need housing. They need transportation therapy, legal advocacy, emergency relief location. Case management. The list goes on, but sometimes they need help. Tonight, not 6 months from now, the organization serving them are already doing this work but often with very limited resources like ourselves. I'm asking the city to fully implement this ordinance to establish a clear process for assessing and collecting not authorize fines. Publicly report with has been assessed and collected and ensure that those dollars actually reach survivor services survivor showed up when this ordinance was being considered. We believe that commitment was being made and we're showing up again because passing ordinance is the beginning. Implementation is what gives it meaning please continue to move forward with Thank you. Thank you for comments chair at this time. All names have been called. Thank Thank you. Colleagues for her waiting. Know there's some folks who needed to leave at 7.30 I just wanted to emphasize again, say Phillips. I call on you to lead this charge with me. You heard the stories from survivors and I know that. You know, we're a city with scarce resources and it's all about prioritization, right? Where do we actually put our thumb on the scale? Where do we focus our limited resources and I'll be blunt right now. This bureaucratic hot potato is between opd and the finance Department and somebody needs to own this item. Somebody I mean, my office is literally offer to submit the dam invoices, ourselves, you know. And so we just need somebody to own this. And so we can actually move forward. And so these incredibly necessary survivor services are actually delivered upon. And I know you're just one person within this larger bureaucracy, but I need your help. They say Phillips colleagues, Councilmember Houston, go ahead. Due to chair. This is. An easy fix. When I say that. Is like what happens with illegal dumping. We have to prosecute these individuals to the full extent of the law who tune it. Spencer, can you come back up and go back to that slide of operation? And also I wanted to find out in 2000 26 witness said JANUARY does September. Why was the rest? So hi, JANUARY of 37. And then in FEBRUARY, 23 and MARCH 18, it just dropped under 7 So if you go back to that operation, that slide says operations. I just want to make suggestion. I don't know if I can. If you can do this bullet point separate this bullet point, can you go back to that operation? We're says Operation, Please, Kate, out. And when you look at that when this is operation, this go to this. This go to the bullet point where says the 3rd bullet hole point on the left. This weed that out adults, the rest are rescued. Our briefed. Offered resources and referred to diversion. I think that should be separate. I mean, victim should be offered adults that arrested should be prosecuted. So I don't know how we peeping them together. And what I mean that the divisions as being 6 trapped the hit should be their rescue, right? They should be offered resources and in some type of diversion the individuals that are actually committing the crimes. I mean, it's like this we've been talking about you heard in the 90's. We've been talking about this so long. Why don't they do that? Alameda do that in Alameda pay much. You know, the chief of police in Piedmont, he sent a new jail. Here's the other thing. We're not collecting pint Why can't we arrest them? And what can we set a bail? They paid at 5 before they get out a bit. You a family bill amount and put that fine up. They keep bail. i mean, can't we do something where we teach her to turn his problem so that on the operations? I think that bullet point should be separate. It seems like we're putting them on the same in the same category like division's that's committing the crimes Againts. These these in division since being sacked traffic. Are put in place together from that bullet point from what I just saw, I might be wrong. So the tenants sicken. You speak to that a little bit. Arrested or rescued. It's not referring to Johnson arrests that it's referring to women were engage in human trafficking that arrested. Oftentimes they offer resources, but it's not the Giants. No, it's not the Johnson know offer resources. Okay. Okay. Good. Alright. Yes. Mean I was thrown off with just thinking about John's Jones, John, especially when saw that. Can you answered this question in about that about that spike? In that. Do you know why JANUARY FEBRUARY and MARCH when from 37 arrests on JANUARY and FEBRUARY? 23, was this something happening MARCH 18 and then from APRIL all the way it rot. Yes, something going on. It's definitely big spike and it looks it's a huge spike. I know we toned it down a little bit. From going to for operations that to a month and that we're going read back up the floor again. So that's that is say the whole story. But and that's part of the reason not to go back investigate more. Thank you. thinking. Thank you, councilmember. He's council member Brown. Excellent. Thank you so much. So of course, thank you so much to all the public speakers that spoke. I definitely agree with Councilmember won just really grateful for your leadership and bring in bringing this item forward do you do you know, when this report is planning to come back again? I think it's another 6 months. Yeah. I think it's another 6 months. Okay. And then I guess just for clarity through the chair to opd what is actually getting in the way of the fine collection. Our to the administration through the chair. I think there was misinformation that was provided. So we did have some communications regarding the funding that you all this body past for paralegal. That paralegal is to be hired by the city attorney's office. There was communications with the council member's office and the city attorney's office regarding in that position. That position does not report to the city administration and from what I understand, we can definitely ask the city attorney's office that person has not been hired as of yet. So I think what's missing is a kind of a runway. Yes, we pass legislation the next day. It doesn't like operation allies. So there needs to be kind of an operation, not operational plan when there's into department mental collaboration. So that is what the administration is now starting to do. There was some misinformation that was shared and there was some unrealistic expectations that were shared. By way the city administrator years office to the city administrator's office. That was not operational eyes. So from what I understand, I don't want to be for the city administrator. Alright, excuse me for the city attorney. Is that the city attorney's office by way of the paralegal is is not to actually lake take in those fines. But there's a collection process. Excuse me on the back end that I think the city attorney MAY be able to speak to through the chair. I just don't have the information. That's not our function by see. And then I guess my next follow-up question because I was trying a budget process that amendment get in for funding that position. It. Yes, we funded that through the council budget process in the mid cycle process that position was funded. I think. The challenge that we have is that. How do The challenge is there's a simple question of who can literally pot process those payments and the city attorneys office while they have the legal expertise to come up with kind of a citation like process. They don't I was kidding. But this is what we've learned just through the course of implementing this legislation. There is not somebody who has like a credit card processing machine at the city attorney's office that lies with finance. Finance. Is not yet willing to process those invoices, right? And so this is where we're in this. Bureaucratic hot potato where? Nobody really wants to take ownership over something that I think is relatively simple. I would also argue that when you look at some of our other collections challenges right related to illegal dumping, even like speeding tickets. It's it's it's all tied together. Is this infrastructure. But I think it's especially tragic when. We can and for something like this right where? This is a lot that is actually intended to protect and fund services for the vulnerable. And this is where something as simple as not having a payment processing machine and and and the willingness for the department to take ownership over that where we've now. We're sitting at the place where we are now. I guess not in the weeds of this, but I guess my question would be like when someone is arrested, like, for example, for a dui, how those fines collected. I'm asking like a simple question. Be in that way because I'm trying to figure out like under whose umbrella. Is that collection. And so whatever that mechanism is, I imagine that 4. This it. Could be similar, correct. I would. I would think so. I'm not an expert here, but I would think so. So just for a little bit of information, I think a dui is kind of a bad example because we're talking about administrative enforcement. But will you say illegal dumping once a citation has been issued and due process has been afforded, if no money has been collected, it would be referred to collection for kind of collection at that point. Right now, we're still in the process of developing that kind of administrative in order to go forward. I But through the chairs to the city attorney, I think what I'm trying to emphasize is that there isn't a arrests, right? So I'm using the dui as an example that like if you get a dui that isn't arrests. And so in this context, we see that the total number of arrests that have been made because of this ordinance is the number I'm blanking on what the number is. So. What MAY be linked that way? Because even with illegal dumping, there's no arrests that is made. So to clarify and opd can chime in. The arrests are done at this time. Pursuant to the local municipal code, they're done pursuant to the penal code. So that would be the kind of process for kind of issuing of fines, the administrative fines we would be issuing would be done if administrative process separate from arrests. Thank you. Yes, I think you I just need this to be clarified for me because I think where going around in circles and it hasn't been made clear. Who is responsible for what with this legislation? So councilmember, along with you could share if the city attorney it's supposed to how hire the paralegal? And that hasn't happened. How what is the role of the city administrator? Because you you ask the city administrator to work with you. But what it what is being asked who are you saying is dropping the ball. You just be direct. I mean, nobody's driving the ball. That's why we're here. Well, I suppose myself and my office are trying to drive the ball. But of course, we bump up into the issue with the fact that we as legislators can pass legislation. We're not allowed to get into the administrative side of things. We all know that right. And yet we often find ourselves in the position where we're trying to figure out how administrate things because we run into these bureaucratic issues, right, that I think many of us are familiar with. So when we had our prior city Administrator Administrator Johnson, he was. Basically going to various departments. We were going between opd, opd finances, depleted. Essentially they would typically, as I understand it sometimes issue these these fines historically. Their depleted. Finance was insisting that this was something that typically the department's to instead of this being done by the finance Department, the idea of like issuing invoices. I might be para phising incorrectly, but it's as simple as just issuing an invoice. And so we would get pushed back that basically that needed to rest in the issuing department or opd and opd would push it back to finance. The city attorney. I will to write, Richardson's credit was willing to step up and to say we will figure out how to essentially. Actually enforce the legislation on the back in, but they don't have a payment processing. They don't that really like just a payment processing like a credit card processor. And so it's these kind of simple things that have held up. What could be such meaningful, meaningful revenue as stated by of the members of the audience. So even wet. So I guess my point is even if the city attorney, the position is hired, there is still a gap where now the payment processing has to be done by either. Finance opd or somehow the city attorney's office is able to process payments. And so that is why I'm calling on for assistance from the city administrator's office. To direct staff. I'm not directing staff were not allowed to, but yes on city, but correct for the city administrator too. 2. Essentially give responsibility too. Somebody either opd or finance to be able to process these payments. Are these civil or criminal charges is or civil charges? Civil charges that are based off of the penal code. Okay. So. It for now. I feel that still worth? Yeah, I'm not. I'm not getting the answers that I need to know how to. Get this done. And I just want to make sure that. We're going to pass legislation, there's a pathway to realizing that legislation and I'm not really clear on. How to land the plane right So that's why I asked dropped the ball now who's driving the ball, I ends up with the same outcome. But I just need more information. Councilmember confused. Me say Who's running this city, who's right? And it's a city attorney should be able to explain something to me are city administrator should tell me it should be just simple. Who's who's responsible? And do the job this it. And if you don't do the job, get fired. Do the job it. What is it? We just with what's the process? Who can nasa to process and just line it out with this standard operation procedures. I learned that one. And get the job done. That question is for me. So through the chair to Councilmember Houston, assuming that the chair misspoke and said that the civil penalty is based off of the penal code. The penal code, this war crimes to your point through the chair to Councilmember Houston when there is a crime committed and probable cause is realized by an Oakland police officer, they will arrest. The person they will not site or use the administrative remedy. They will use the criminal remedy. Now, to that point, there is a due process to what the city attorney said. There was confusion from what I understand with prior communications with the council members office regarding possible double jeopardy I will defer to the city attorney colleague because there are 2 paths that we communicated previously. So there was a pilot program and through the chair. If the city attorney can discuss that in all. Transparency purposes. Yeah. And all, Don, I also want to follow up, though, with some clarity we have discussed, Pat's correct one in which if the da decides not to prosecute a John Wright, you can see the number of the rest that on the if they do sign not to pursue a case, then the civil citation can actually hold. However, there are also cases where, by what we learned is the patrol team is out there every single day. Not just once a week that they are allowed to actually use the citation to cite. And generate revenue. So actually understates the amount of revenue that we could be generating for survivors, server services, right. The 1.6 million dollars that was cited by a member of the audience because this could be used as a tool. By patrol not just under cover of ice operations. I do see that. Attorney Richardson has his hand raised. Yes, thank you. Can you? Can you hear Thank you. So right. And kitchen open to Bernie. I just that was with a conversation wanted to chime in and hopefully add a little bit of clarity and answer some of the questions that have been at regard hiring the paralegal who we envision kind of standing up this administrative process. I think we're pretty close to hiring that currently go. But, you know, word that the public and the members of committee to understand that was in the bid councils mid-cycle budget. It was funded as a as a one-year limited duration position. So it goes into effect in JULY. The money doesn't doesn't actually get transferred to a find in till 3 to weeks later. And then we be in the recruitment process. So we moved as quickly as we are moving as quickly as possible. As we all know, I ring in the city is not always of superfast process if I'm being frank, it's a little bit more difficult to find really qualified people. When you are only operating them less than year of tenure, right? By the time, all said and it. The tenure expires at the JUNE of next year. But we have time to really great folks. The plan is to actually have one of paralegals in our office who's very trusted and super capable work on this and to use the example immigration paralegal that in coming to backfill our in-house paralegal. So this should get off to a pretty fast start. Once we have the bandwidth and the people are out this to work on it. So I was one thing I wanted to add. The other is when it comes to processing payments. I I understand frustration. I do think it's something a to work on, but it's it's not as it's not quite as simple as just having somebody in, you know, an office, whether it's the city attorney's office or the city administrator's office that has a, you know, credit card and plugged into their phone. Has these have to be processed in a way that the city can track them, make sure we're keeping track of who paid citations. So it has to be linked to a citation number. It will require a little bit more infrastructure, but to Councilmember Brown's question. You know, the city does have prophecies for you know, allowing people to pay find tickets are king tickets and and and alike where we can track the citation number, make sure that we know that their pay to. I think you know, what we're hoping to do is to figure out a way to make it easy for people to pay as possible. What we'd like to do is send people there citation notices and for significant number of those people to just decide they just need to pay to make it go away. And so we need to have multiple ways for to make that happen. The last thing I wanted to address is just what what the process will likely look. You know, the from my prospective, the chief of police, the city administrator's office are all invested in making this work. This is a new law. Only been funded. One extra position to do this work. So that is frustratingly slow going. But it is going there. What it will look like roughly, I think is that opd will still be investigating sex buyers sometimes opd will arrest them seek misdemeanor charges submit arrests to the da's office for them to review to potentially prosecute and try to put the person in jail times. Opd will will cite them and will be a similar process where that Biden will get sent to the city attorney's office. And similarly review. Similar to the way the da would review it to determine if there's enough to pursue the citation here. There are going to have be cases where the the record of arrests, the evidence against the person is not quite enough and it wouldn't be fair or good use of city resources to pursue I'm hoping that will be the minority of cases, but we will need to review them once it's been reviewed. There's a decision that it is fair and just to pursue this person and we can. We do have enough evidence to meet our constitutional standard. That's when the process will go into place. The last thing I'll say and I am happy to answer question is I just can manage the public's expectation that won't be a case where we send out hundreds of citations demands for he's and people. Jenna, the money just start rolling in. People are going to got There will be people who appealed as is their due process rights demand the hearings. There will be people who after that hearing appeal it further there. So there will be a process to it. You know, 2 to actually track people down and get them to pay. And in some cases put them in collections. So out, we have every intention I would agree with this, councilmember along that I want. I want this to work. We're committed to to this proof of concept and we have a really short window to do that. Given the temporary nature of the fun thing. You know, we're doing the best we can along with the council member's opd and the City Administrative Office to prove that this can work. Thank you, Brian. Icy councilmember Houston has a question for at that. That it it was clear which is going through the process and that wasn't what you she'll feel it because you're more than competent. So that was into it. Just look all. Mango just now. But now I've got it now. So we're going through the process, be putting it in place. Got it. So thank you. Council member Brown. Excellent. Thank you so much. City Attorney Richardson provided so much clarity to that conversation. So it's just so grateful. Only last thing I want to flag. I'm not sure that once you begin any collection, have we identify where these funds are going to? Are they just going to the general fund? They're going to a dedicated survivor support fund. That's why we have many of the organizations here. Here because yeah, I guess Lee and more specifically Dino the fun number. The fund number. I don't have that So just curious about that, too. So that we are able to track it, right? So they should be a fun number. I'll go back to you on that. Councilmember 5. Yeah. Just responding to what councilmember Houston said that his comments were directed towards aca Phillips. But that's exactly what I felt when you turn to the ca Phillips and it felt like you were saying that it was hurt Department's responsibility to get things done. And so that's why I was asking for clarity. And I appreciate the city attorney for stepping in saying that the infrastructure is not even there and that there has to be a due process and we have to manage the expectations of these community groups are coming out in earnest and thank you for all the survivors who came out to speak. That was powerful and that was tough. So I want to thank you all. But 2, 2, False hope for folks feeling like something is not happening. And and folks aren't working together and all they need is a credit card machine. But we don't even have the infrastructure there, too. Actually process these civil citations and then hearing that folks that do get the citations can appeal and then re appeal. I think that's that's more realistic expectations about what's happening here. And so that is the clarity that I was looking for. So thank you, Attorney Richardson for helping me understand what just wasn't clicking for me. So I hope that moving forward, we can get updates on how things are being processed. Like think Councilmember Brown asked when this was coming back and it's going to be 60. It's going yet school. It will be in 6 months, correct. And although site continue, I have a follow-up question because based off of my conversations internally, there are still some missing pieces that are not just dependent on this pair. Let legal being hired. I said what I want to. I got the clarity that I needed. And so I'm fine. I do also want to move the agenda. I know there several speakers here that are here to to speak. So I'm completely. Council member Brown. Just need a motion to receive and file this item. Correct? Yep. So moved. Just for point clarification that needs to be moved on. The city Council for the ordinance itself. So it's we just don't see that here. We have a motion made by council member Brown seconded by Councilmember Houston to to approve the recommendations of staff and to receive in Fort this item to the OCTOBER 10th. Sorry, OCTOBER 6 City Council agenda and to the maker, the motion is that on consent or non consent? Thank you. On role council members found. Houston. I and Cher Wang. I thank you. Item 5 passes with our eyes to receive a report. This information report to the OCTOBER 6 City Council agenda on consent. Now reading in item number 6. That ought to resolution authorizing the city administrator to accept an appropriate the grant award in amount of $270,942 from the state of California Highway Patrol for the fiscal year 2026. To 2028 to be administered by the Oakland Police Department Crime laboratory. And there are 2 speakers on this item. Good evening. My name is as mayor, although correct show I'm the drug analysis unit supervisor for the Oakland Police Department crime lab. Presentation. So we're talking to little bit about the Cannabis Tax Fund Grant program. The back on is the seat. The California Highway Patrol offers a grant on the requirements of the questing services. The Clement supplies. I'm sorry. The funds will be used request services equipment, supply U.S. Improve and events. Standardization of practices to Ayton Forsman of laws related to driving under the influence of alcohol and other trucks, front his dui slash I and this includes cannabis and cannabis products. The proposed grant objectives is to. Conduct friends. It. Controlled substance analysis or drug chemistry for dui. The prosecution. Eliminate backlog and analysis of dui dui. The forensic science evidence reduce turnaround time for dui dui. The testing. And purchase or upgrade equipment to improve testing capabilities. We have used. Dating back in 2021. Similar awards for different amounts. One was in 2021 to 2023 fiscal year for phone 403,000. For the purchase instrumentation to support the project for the Grant. It also includes funding for training and staff overtime. And 2022 to 2024, we are awarded 16,000 for training supplies and solvents and then just recently 2020 for 2026, we are ordered 170,000 for training supplies and service contracts. To support the instrumentation. The direct impact will be the funds will be used to assist opd traffic enforcement operations by funding the expenses for toxicology testing. 4 testing samples from driver suspected of dui or the id. The grant will also be used to develop instrumental math. It's. For testing exhibits containing thc or other impairing substances. Also to for opd Alcohol Beverage Action team or a bat. And general, you know, one of the Kamen or one of the more. Causes of. Severe failed count crashes in Oakland include speeding failure to yield unsafe. Turning. Red light running and also, of course, driving under the influence of drugs and or alcohol. These are just steps from the city of Oakland website. That I've provided here. From 2022. To 2026. With fatalities. Total fatalities in 2026. Up to 14. These are stats provided from a Oakland Police Department traffic unit. I don't have. Just these from 2021 to 2023. But as you can see, there are. Steady. It amounts of. Fatalities and injuries that could be. Due to alcohol involved impairment. Does it include drugs? But as you imagine, drugs are and factor in these incidence. The breakdown of the funding will be used for staff overtime costs that way. The amount of time dedicated to the grant specifically will be not taking time for. City of Oakland Oakland, Police Department, casework. Some of funds 40,000 of the funds will be used for supplies and chemicals. The 110,004 look to graphene mass spectrometry service contracts to support the instrumentation and then 50,000 will be used for expenses for the id, toxicology testing. Conclusion. They'll be these funds will be used will be no cost to the city of Oakland be used to support the opd traffic investigations unit by funding toxicology testing for the id. Do it. So I and dui the investigations and also allow the crime laboratory to continue developing methods to support opd and also the o p d units. For example, a bat traffic to test for thc and other impairing substances. Colleagues Kuzma around move the item. But I just wanted to it seems as though this is a grant that has come before us multiple times right? And so I guess be curious next time it comes maybe we can have some data on the impacts like like outlet usually, you know, receiving this grant, we were able to do x, y and z. I know lists how you're going to use the funds. But it seems like I'm I'm grateful that we've been able to kind of received these dollars repeatedly. But I would be interested in like the just the impact of the dollar over there. You know, maybe the next from now from maybe 2 years prior and then going forward something like that. It's just so that we can showcase like, hey, these that this is the impact of these funds. Councilmember 5 through the chair. I'm sorry to get your name. As mayor, although correction. As Gretchen, can you tell me if the staff that are processing these toxicology reports or the folks that are working in the lab are sworn are non sworn. So crime laboratory staff, our professional staff. So non sworn now it's correct. Okay. Thank you. Did you make a motion second? We'll go to public comment. All you sign up to speak on item number 6 Mississauga ohl of Allen just euros. More. Hi, Jess Heroes more. There's been a through line of talking about accountability tonight at this meeting in this item as well when one thing that was said before before gains, the item is I the the chair of this committee asked the attorney why the opioid contract went straight to city council and not to this committee. But in fact, if the chair of this committee had insisted by email or any statement that a contract and that this committee before the full city council enrolled 28 would not have been used to skip this committee and bring that item to Falls City Council. So it's a very interesting question to be asked when we know that the chair of this committee had the power not to have the opioid contracts get this committee and to have a real public discussion on his contract that really sells out so much of what of our resources. To 10 on accountable Police Department. Meanwhile, you're talking about I city staff. We have 1000 vacancies in the in the city and you're in your not negotiating with with our city unions in good faith and this me too clause is is a shame. I just like really, really, really, truly. I cannot believe that the mouth eason's. Of the chair of this committee by apply not stopping that rule. 28 from being invoked and for and not having that public discussion had. When it comes to this item, I would like to see I'd like to know this these tolls will be used against police officers themselves because we see from the city council, their objective is to have nopd that is not accountable. And we see that throughout this. Pio, a contract when it comes to the gps trackers and city vehicles. And when it comes to the stalling on a policy around ice and what he's going to do when they deploy. The report identifies the purpose of the grant and it's to identify dui and drivers under the influence of drug cases. And to prove ent huge occurrences. I don't understand. The grant is from JULY. First 2026. Through JUNE, 30th 2028. So if the grant stolen JULY for years 2026 and you just. Under review in SEPTEMBER. 21st, how do you all do They'll get Michael usd. And in other words, this is already in place. Should it got to you before JULY? 1st for a city council approval. It also says that you're going to have to potentially look at over time. For this to be implemented. 22 technical staff members who work in the in this department. Why somebody should ask, what are you basing that you're going to have to have over time identified a new report as a necessity to get the work done when you have too many too technical staff members. Already on staff to do the work on maybe not all doing the work. That's it. Thank you for your comments. Sure. That includes all speakers on this item and we do have a motion made by council member Brown seconded by Councilmember fight to approve the recommendations of stop and support deciding to the OCTOBER 6 City Council agenda to the maker. The motion is that on consent or non consent consent. Thank you. On row Councilmembers Brown. I by Houston. That's why from Councilmember Houston and chair along Eye. Thank you. Item 6 passes with 4 eyes for this item to the OCTOBER 6 City Council agenda on consent. Moving on to open for him, calling in the names that signed up to speak in no particular order. You can come up to the podium state. Your name for the record. Alec Powell just heroes more Damien, rainy. That's not all of Allah and Jenks Millie, Cleveland. The should Bush sorry if I'm mispronouncing names as Eve Mars, Wu and Elliott that Rich. You can join again. I want to start off by thanking City. MADAM City clerk for 8 on your help and assistance. Appreciate it so much. I said this earlier this morning when I attended the Ethics Committee meeting last week, 2 items full approval, both of them and will One related to the police department's misuse of Measure z monies. He was on the Measure z Committee and identified that $12,000 has been issues that was supposed to be for gun violence and the police department use that money to take a trip to dc for one week for memorial. The second item was that he reported a violation the Ethics Commission of the Sunshine Ordinance and Hoc committee circumstances. I've still a poll that the unfairness of how you targeted on will follow all the work that he's done. All of the contributions he's made high and it like a folk earlier. I am a resident of district 6 and I'm here to argue against Have early APRIL 2025 at least 600 people apparently had their visas revoked because of that's I'm honoree monitoring. Incursion of people's right to free speech. Freedom of assembly in the right approach f flock elects 30 data on everyday people in revenues and racially targets. Minority community community flock targets, protests to acting on their First Amendment right and creates fear within communities. Flock doesn't help communities find lost friends or family member affection. Tell Brooks in Fairfield. And it hasn't helped community find dumpers or kidnappers or anything important but have helped police If you flock to track and endanger women and France, a fan of a police officer fired for sharing flight. Can. I just want to point out I do the deliberations. Point discussed for the moratorium and the deliberations tonight. 10 test you deliberated on these issues 10 times more deliberated opioid contract. In fact, you set this council set up there at in your chairs like frogs on a lock and didn't ask any question. I think only commissioner. I mean, only council member. Had any commission had any questions. There was no discussion. Democracy requires deliberations in the public. That's what transparency is about. And just like you did with Omar Farmer, you never gave the public a recent for his rejection. I've lived here for almost 50 years. Is. And Jenks district 3. The police union contract that you approved. I don't actually believe that most of the council members understood a lot of the issues that we're in debt. And I do. I still think that they're it suggests that those longevity bonuses actually encourage veteran officers to retire when those bonuses can still impact their calculations for their pensions. So I think it's the opposite of retention bonus. And nobody's explained that nobody asked any questions about it. Your lack of curiosity is shocking. This is money that is now unavailable for other city services and other city employees. Specifically today wanted to say if you have things to put on the agenda, which apparently you don't. How about we have a conversation about why don't we just hire helicopter pilots and led officers I don't know public safety work. Goodrich. All right. Let's talk about how to be curious. Bring drag City administrator back quarterly to report on civilian is a as chief Pierre, what he is doing to support the transfer of internal affairs duties to And take initiative and asked him posing questions about civilians. Ation. We also need you to not take any kind of opd. Over time moratorium on face value. You need to ask for report from apd and city administrator on the actual numbers and ask intelligent questions finally, please ask intelligent questions of finance Director Bradley Johnson, an hr director Mary, how when they give you information about our contract negotiations? Because as we've heard from you, they have not. They have also demonstrated that like opd. They are not trustworthy. Thank you. Hello, Im and local. 21 member Oakland or support civilian city workers and appreciate the services we provide our communities understand the public safety is much more than police say we can't properly invest in safe streets, parks, libraries, fire prevention, and affordable housing with opd overspent. Their budget by billions of dollars each year. This new contract does nothing to peas ramp that overtime spending and does nothing to implement the city. Auditor's common sense civilian, a station recommendations. It exemplifies the historic disinvestment in the people of Oakland that has harmed our communities for generations. The city has spent the same amount on police overtime as paving for years. And that is not ok without a civilian is ation task force. And in 4th limit on police overtime, community services will continue to suffer. This contract continues to peel away at the expense of city civilian workers and the vital services. Our communities rely on. All right. Good evening. Mars will probably 21 member, a resident of District 2 in Chinatown. I'm extremely disappointed that city Council passed opioids contract last week. There's a huge price tag of over 70 million dollars in additional costs and outrageous me too clause. And while still refusing to reach a deal with other city unions like mine. Still the bargaining table. Open public services are understaffed and underfunded. As we've been hearing, city staff cannot afford to keep living in Oakland. And we're being told that there's no money for minimal cost of living adjustments while apd racked up over 55 million dollars in overtime last year. It is up to you all. A city council members to reconcile how open treats its civilian workers compared to opd. We asked for transparency and accountability to follow through on discussion or overtime and civilian dies opd rebalance their outsize burden on the city budget. And we ask that you make meaningful steps bring table to close the gap for the best of city Hi, just just want to echo what the last 5 speakers have Some of them have been sitting here for 2 and a half hours to wait to get one minute to speak about this. And the reason that we didn't have a real discussion about this issue lie squarely in the hands. You want to speak about accountability. It's your fault you could have. You could have stopped this rule. 28 from happening. You could have this come to this committee had a real discussion about the opioid contract that sells out our future. Instead, the City Council fast tracked And now look at look at where we are there's not gonna be enough money for all kinds of things because of because of what this city council did. I ashamed of the mouth eason's and the fecklessness of 7 members of the City council who are just everything and I it's just it's it's insane to me. Explain that to me. Please explain that to me. You made me an activist after Flock. Thank you for your comments your name was causing me. So it's just become open farm. You can come up to the podium. Chair at this time. All names have been calm. All right. Thank you, everyone for staying late. This is this meeting is dismissed. Undeterred.