Good afternoon and welcome to the council meeting of Tuesday February 17th.
Before I call roll I will go over speaker card instructions. If you'd like
to speak on any agenda item please fill out a speaker's card and return that
card to a clerk representative before the item is called. If you're looking to
turn in an online speaker card they were due 24 hours before the start of this
meeting. And if you want to speak on any agenda item this meeting was called to
order at three thirty one PM so speaker cards will be due by five thirty one or before the item is called whichever comes first. All role for this meeting our council members Brown present council member five. Is it excuse council member guy oh.
councilmember houston.
Excuse councilmember ramachandran.
Sorry president ramachandran.
Councilmember under here.
Councilmember long.
Present and shares.
Present showing six members present at this time to excuse
five.
In Houston.
Do you have any announcements before we begin.
No announcements.
Going to item three modifications to the agenda and procedural items
agenda we'll take a second to
report the intent of the
qualifications of the agenda
and procedural items including
but not limited to request
reschedule items from consent
to not consent items of the
next council agenda.
Speak on consent calendar
registered no votes change
agenda order.
So I'm gonna pull item number
five point one we want to- doctor
Ramsey to be here to discuss the
disparity study so I'm going to
We do have a motion to speak on
this item second- council member
five chair five dean five.
We'll be working with me to get
doctor Ramsey to schedule it
with that I need a second.
To pull this item.
Not hearing us at all open the
item but we will hear any public
speakers that came to speak on
the side of.
On the motion to pull this item
moved by council president
Jenkins second by councilmember
motion to approve the vote of
six ayes this item is rescheduled
to march second if you signed up
to speak on this item you will.
Will reschedule the rules it
will be rescheduled in rules.
And if you signed up to speak on
typically at the end of meetings, um, we have council member announcements where
we acknowledged success and losses, um, with the, um, some successes and some
losses, um, with the, um, slam dunk contest, uh, uh, local Oakland or one.
And, uh, with losses we had, um, the loss of Reverend Jesse Jackson.
So the mayor will be coming on the next item
to speak to that, is to the mayor staff,
is the mayor ready, when we call in 5.1.
Councilmember Brown.
Excellent, and thank you so much.
So I'll just make the announcement
that Kishan Johnson is about 10 minutes out,
and so then the mayor will be joining us
to honor him and his accomplishments.
Thank you.
With that, any other changes to the agenda?
If not, we'll wait on the mayor.
Okay, so we will move on from item three.
We will take in 5.1.
Reading.
The mayor's here.
Actually, the mayor's here.
You ready, mayor?
Calling in item seven, which is council acknowledgement
and announcements.
And Mayor Keyshot is about five minutes out.
Okay, so we'll wait.
I'll do Reverend Jackson later, or it's only good.
Well, Mr. President, can we wait on Kishok?
Yeah, we can wait.
Okay, then I'll wait.
All right.
We can call in 5.1.
Calling in item 5.1, receive an information report
on the 2024 city of Oakland disparity study prepared
by Mason Tillman Associates,
pursuant to resolution number 89058.
As stated, this item will be rescheduled in rules,
but you can speak if you would like
at this time, calling in the speakers,
Blair Beekman, Derek Barnes, Kevin Dally,
Mrs. Ida Olibala and Edda Johnson,
in any order here in Chambers, please approach the podium.
So I'm sick and tired of you people playing games
with black people.
You don't need the Mason Tillman Report
to understand that disparities are going on
related to black contractors.
You already know that.
So this has been going on for decades.
Then the city administrator submits a report,
and he doesn't identify that it's important
that the recommendations be followed up.
During the meeting of committee, nobody said
we need to take the recommendations
and bring them forward to council
for full approval of the recommendations
based on that report.
You're playing games with black people again.
So you've been knowing for years this problem.
You've been using Proposition 209 and said,
we can't do anything.
Well, you ignore the law that says illegal immigrants can't
come into this country.
So I'm telling you, ignore Proposition 209
and do everything you can to support black people
economically, and housing.
You are spriting yourself on being a sanctuary city,
but you're not a city that looks after the best
interests of African-Americans.
We have 9% unemployment.
The state of California is 14% unemployment.
We have the homeless situation that nothing
is happening of any significance.
But as soon as illegal immigrants got an issue,
you jump through halt and create ordinances,
the base in Tillman Report is gonna result
in absolutely nothing changing.
When you wanna do something seriously,
you'll just step forward and let it happen.
It will not be based on a report.
It needs to happen.
I know you're not gonna do nothing.
You're doing absolutely nothing for black people,
and that's why I'm in the room, to tell you about it.
Thank you, Miss Olibala, your time is up.
Hi, Addie Johnson, community organizing.
It's a shame what I have experienced in the last two
years with the City of Oakland.
My civil rights have been violated.
You, City Administrator, you thought I was stupid.
All I do is I know how to handle my business when
I am disrespected and especially when
do the things the right way. I went every level, but you all, I put in my, I put in
a paper to get for the city and call compliance, building codes. You, with the pictures of
my house, they fixed another house. Uh-huh. I filed a claim against the city of Oakland,
2.5 billion dollars. I got the proof. You allowed that. Ms. Johnson I'll leave. You allowed it.
Excuse me. Pause the time. Please. No let me finish. I came here to talk about that. I'm going to let you finish. Please
only address the chair. Please only address me. Only address me. Not anybody else, okay?
But anyway, I've been violated. My work, the work have never been done in my place. I have had heart
I've been in and out of the hospital, good thing I've worked all my life, but they misusing
my insurance with undocumented.
I keep trying.
I have a disability and they can't repair me like they were trying to because of the
condition that you all have left me.
And who's there in the other house?
Nobody.
But how many times have they fixed the house upstairs?
heard the undocumented, making metrophenomie,
blowing up stuff, failed on me.
Yeah, they sent me into cardiac arrest,
broke my teeth from the ceiling falling on my head.
My teeth been paid for, they still haven't,
they can't put them in until my health get better.
The devil is a liar.
Now we going to federal court.
Thank you, Ms. Johnson, your time is up.
Thank you, Ms. Johnson.
and Mr. Hazard, I have a card for you for this item as well.
I'm addressing the community, not you.
So you can't tell me who to address.
This is for public edification.
And if you all want to come along,
come right along because you end up
sitting there doing nothing when we address you.
I don't even know why this is on the non-consent.
Why is it necessary to discuss the disparity
amongst black folks?
The data is clear.
This should be on the consent calendar.
When it comes to immigrants, no disrespect.
You put it on the consent calendar.
You approve it.
But when it comes to black folks,
you've got to have a task force.
Shame on you.
I'm addressing you, Mr. President.
Shame on you, because when it comes to black folks,
y'all inside it.
This item was two times the disparity study.
And Dr. Ramsey did a wonderful job.
The first one in 2017, somebody said it wasn't
worth the paper it was on.
Then you gave her another contract, well deserved.
Now it's thorough.
So why is this on the consent calendar?
It's been vetted in the committee.
You should be approving this on the consent calendar,
not on the non-consent.
Or are you deciding who's going to be on the sponsorship?
Then that's fine.
So I'm very proud to be on this
committee.
And that means collective
approval.
Thank you, Mr. Hazard, your time
is up.
Blair Beekman, Derek Barnes,
Kevin Dalley, I don't see you in
chambers if you're on Zoom.
Please raise your hand if you
still wish to speak.
At this time all names have been
called.
Councilmember Fyfe.
I just wanted to speak to the
I have a question for Dr.
Ramsey and we decided collectively to pull the item
because she couldn't be reached to ensure that she would be in
council to give the full presentation in the way that she
did to the life enrichment committee.
We and the committee felt that the entire body should hear the
presentation that was presented and then go from that point.
So I wanted to just articulate that for the record that this
was a decision that was made in partnership with Dr.
And we are looking forward to
making sure that the public had
all of the information possible.
And I look forward to that item
coming back on March 3rd to the
full city council.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Seeing no more comments.
Through the chair, I just want
to just to make a comment about
6.1 one about the watershed.
We're not on the consent item.
We're on item 5.1.
You can address that on the next item.
Okay.
Okay, thank you.
Okay. So we're gonna we go back to item number seven. Calling an item seven which is the
acknowledgments council acknowledgments and announcements. Madam Mayor. Mr. President and members of the council to all of you really happy to be here for a minute and I want to just take a moment to congratulate Kishad where here you are.
Now, I want to welcome you home, and I want to just say how proud we are of you.
The town is proud of you, and I mean that from the bottom of my heart.
We all do.
Congratulations on winning the NBA Slam Dunk competition at the All-Star Weekend.
Congratulations.
And Oakland has always been a place that produces greatness.
We produced champions from Damian Lillard who showed up at All Star Weekend, injured
and still won the three-point contest through James Aquindra who earned the NBA G League
Next Up MVP honors.
Oakland athletes, y'all show up, you compete, and you shine on the biggest stages.
And I want to salute your coach, your family members, your father.
You know, I have a connection to your family that I didn't realize until last night.
So it was a great reunion for me.
And let me just say, today, one of our own, you're standing right here, and sitting right
here.
Look like you're standing in City Hall.
Proof of really what happens when talent means determination with Oakland grit.
You grew up right here in Oakland.
You attended Envision Academy of Arts and Technology.
You transferred to San Leandro High School and were named West Alameda County Conference
Co-MVP.
And then you took the game to San Diego State and helped lead the Aztecs all the way to
NCAA Championship game, then on to Arizona. Draft night came and your name
wasn't called, but you didn't quit. You earned a contract with the Miami Heat,
and I want you to know I have nephews and a niece who live in Florida and they
are so happy about this day. But you're an example of Oakland grit, and that's
Oakland's spirit and most recently you competed in the NBA slam dunk contest
at All-Star weekend which I mentioned in front and I watched this as you were
winning in front of the entire country you really showed out you let the world
see what Oakland Swagger really looks like. First round you brought out the
Bay Area legend E-40, you leaped clean over him and threw it down. Yeah, that
was, I've been following you, that was a historic Oakland moment in the dunk
contest. Final round you took off from the free throw line one-handed windmill
You brought the Oakland spirit that night, and you put Oakland in the spotlight on a national stage.
Just like Dame, just like James. That's what this town does.
Afterward you said, and I want to quote what you said, you said,
all the kids out there, keep dreaming. Anything can happen.
So Kishad those words mean everything coming from you
They may not believe it from me, but they believe it from you
Because every kid in this city can really look at you and they can see themselves
So on behalf of the city of Oakland our council members our residents just say thank we say thank you
We're deeply grateful to you because you continue to make our town proud
Thank you again.
Give the whole team a round of applause.
I know President Jenkins presented a council resolution
to you, and we have a mayor's proclamation today also,
so why don't you come on up and join us here.
Please feel free to have words if you want.
Come on, let's do it.
Let's do it.
I got something for this.
First of all, you know it's an honor.
It's an honor.
I wear Oakland on my sleeves, literally, you know.
I got it I got a tattooed on me, you know not only is it on me, but it's also it's also in me
It's in my blood. You know I
Take pride in saying I'm from Oakland. You know like you said we got an extra swag to it to us
We got extra confidence. You know I just want to show the world like you know being the Oakland
It's always like the odds is always against you. There's been open. You know the upbringing that we have
You know it's a beautiful. It's a beautiful place though that we live in and I just wanted to show that
I just wanted to show the confidence, the swag, our soil.
And I feel like I did a good job representing this overall.
And yeah, to be here in front of y'all,
I just think I'm doing something right.
And it's always good to let somebody know
that they're doing something right,
but I'm never satisfied.
It's more historic.
So I'm going to continue to make us proud,
continue to make the kids proud, and pay it forward always.
Pay homage to everybody.
So thank y'all for honoring me.
And yeah, the sky's the limit.
It's only the start of what a journey gonna take me.
Appreciate it.
So we'll come down here and take photos.
And then after that, council members can have comments.
So one of the things, council member Brown
for helping coordinate this,
making sure that Keisha and her family
could come here today.
And I think what's amazing,
after winning the slam dunk contest,
council member Brown didn't win the slam dunk contest.
Kishad came back to Oakland and there was a line of young kids just standing there waiting
for autographs and he signed every one of those kids autographs and that's a testament
to coming back to Oakland and representing Oakland so I appreciate you for doing what
you did after the Dunk Contest.
Councilmember Houston.
Oh yeah so I'm gonna say this we dream to do what you do indeed and gonna do.
your father from sunny side you know i'm district seven councilmember you got
dame in from brookville dag all that area
so you are inspiration
to the children
and i know
the mayor said you came back councilmember president said
i know you gonna keep coming back and giving us that pride that inspiration in
the youngsters they gonna look up to you
you are you are the future okay
so appreciate you
i salute you
And you're from the town, and you do town.
We got that town swag, you know it.
We got it, let's do it.
Thank you so much.
Madam Mayor.
Thank you very much.
Kachan, you know, I'm getting ready to present some thoughts
about someone who I know, whether you knew him personally
or not, I know he loved you, and he paved the way for so much
in your life to have.
And that's the Reverend Jesse Jackson.
He loved sports.
I've been with him in many games.
He passed away early this morning.
He was a legend, a force of nature, a warrior,
but he also was a personal friend.
So I'm glad you're here.
God bless you.
Mr. President, members of the council, residents of Oakland,
it really is with a heavy heart, yet
with a deep sense of gratitude to present a proclamation
today on behalf of the city of Oakland,
honoring the life and legacy of a great leader, and yes,
a great world leader, the Reverend Jesse Lewis Jackson,
who loved Oakland, California.
He passed away this morning at the age of 84.
And first, my condolences and my love go to Jackie, his wife,
his sons.
He was grandfather to his entire family,
including his sister-in-law, who lives here in Oakland.
Reverend Jackson was a towering figure
in the American Civil Rights Movement.
A confidant of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
You may have seen him on the balcony of the Lorraine
Motel when Dr. King was so untimely assassinated.
He was the founder of Operation Push and the Rainbow Coalition.
He was an unrelenting advocate for economic equity and justice
for over six decades.
And as I said, he was a close friend and mentor of mine.
Oakland could claim Reverend Jackson as one of its own.
He had a deep, enduring connection to the city,
connections he spoke about with love and with pride.
And just this past December, my family and I,
he lived in Chicago.
And I said on Christmas, I wanted to be there.
And we went to see Reverend Jackson
and spent the day with him on December 25.
And he could not speak, but he was very present, very aware.
And we talked about a lot, the campaigns.
And I was his state finance chair in 1988
during his presidential primary.
And his eyes lit up when we talked about it.
We were communicating.
And I said, Reverend, I said, do you
remember going to the churches in Oakland and talking about voter registration and we
were at Evergreen Baptist Church and the pastor and he blurted out the Reverend J.L. Richards
and now he had not said one word, he couldn't communicate at all, but when I said Oakland
and Evergreen, he knew who the pastor was, Reverend J.L. Richards, and he spoke that
in his state where he could not verbalize much, but he would mutter and you would hear
hear what he was saying and understand him, but he was very clear when we talked about
Evergreen Baptist Church in J.L. Richards. Also, he officiated at my son's wedding. My
son was married at Mills College in the chapel, and Reverend Jackson officiated at the wedding,
And it was written up in Ebony magazine so I took the magazine for him to see and my
two granddaughters who had never met and he saw them and his eyes lit up he smiled he
held their hand he looked at my son and smiled and he he knew he was responsible for that
that was just this past December and it was it was an amazing day for me personally because
He was not only a great leader, but he never lost his humanity and never lost his love
for people in general, even people he did not know, but especially for people like myself
who he mentored and helped.
When I won elections throughout my life, he would call me at midnight and congratulate
me, and then he would pray with me.
he would pray with me every single time, every election.
Even this mayor's election, he was called his people,
his son called, and he would mutter something on phone.
I knew what he was saying, murmured.
And he would also, in the past, give me words of wisdom,
who to look out for, how to deal with certain people,
be careful.
He would give me advice as he prayed for me for being able to step up and speak truth
to power and to deliver for the most marginalized, for people who had been not seen in this country.
In December of 2006, some of you may remember, some may not, he came right here to Oakland
and stood aside me at a community forum to help enroll mainly African Americans and people
of color, seniors in Medicare Part D. He would come to Oakland for different events that
we held to bring people out so that people would know their rights and know what the
government, the federal government was pushing forward so that they could be educated about
the benefits that they may or may not have heard of.
And I remember that day because he showed up all of the time
for everyday people in cities like ours long, long
after the cameras were gone.
Here in Oakland, he kicked off a youth violence prevention
program focused on education and job training and jobs.
His two historic presidential campaigns, 1984,
actually the convention then was in San Francisco.
And he gave a very clear speech about what
we needed to do to be inclusive in terms
of the power of people in this democracy
and why we needed to exercise our political power.
It was a tough speech to the Democratic Party campaign.
Because of that speech, although not all the way
where we need to be, the Democratic Party
is more democratic than it was before Reverend Jackson.
His campaigns expanded the democratic process
for millions, built coalitions that
paved the way for future leaders, including President Barack
Obama, and proved that anyone, ordinary people, organized
and unafraid, can move mountains.
And he wanted us to remember that.
And he registered over seven to eight million people
during his presidential campaign,
people in the rural South, people
who never would have been part of a coalition of people
of color and of people who are marginalized,
of people who were poor.
He brought us together and saw that we
had more in common than not.
He built the coalitions, again, that paved the way
for future leaders.
And he proved that he understood the nature of politics,
but also policies and also delivery
of what this American dream supposedly holds for everyone,
which still has not delivered to many in our country.
I remember being with him one day and said,
You know, Jesse, the House of Representatives,
we've never honored you.
And he was so humble.
He said, well, you know, it's one of those things.
It wasn't a big deal for him.
But I decided that we would do that.
So I wrote a resolution, and we passed it on the House floor,
honoring his life and his legacy.
But he came, and he sat in the gallery,
and he watched it pass the House.
And he was just so humble and so happy
that we were able to do that.
You know, a lot of people don't know
that he was also a global leader.
He actually negotiated the release of hostages in Iraq.
I was at the airport.
It was in DC, and he brought them back.
He negotiated the release of prisoners in Cuba.
I was at the airport when he brought them back.
heads of state listened to Reverend Jackson.
He was a world leader.
He helped President Mandela become president
and was involved in the free South Africa movement.
I was an observer in South Africa during the elections.
Reverend Jackson was there as a observer and a monitor
and, of course, as a VIP.
And we won those elections.
South African people won those elections
with the help of Reverend Jackson and the help of many
here in Oakland.
He was revered around the world.
And I hope that we remember him as a person who wanted
to make this country better, a person who wanted to make
the world a better place for everyone.
He was very close with many people here in Oakland
and in the East Bay.
And I'll mention a few names.
The late supervisor, Wilma Chan.
Wilma was very close with Reverend Jackson
and helped him in his campaigns.
Butch Wing, Josie Camacho, many, many people here in Oakland.
People didn't know how close they were with Reverend Jackson.
But I could be in another city, and here Reverend Jackson
was, with people from Oakland with him.
He had a very close-knit staff.
They were his confidants.
And many of his team staff members
went on to work for President Obama
and also for President Biden.
Many of the Rainbow Coalition people
who he trained, who he helped carve their own paths,
ended up working in the White House.
They never would have done that had it not
been for Reverend Jackson.
And so finally, I'll just say, he coined some terms
and messages, and they were not cliches,
but they are very profound that I hope young people
right now remember, especially in this day and time
of what we know is taking place in Washington.
Keep hope alive, you all know, keep hope alive.
We gotta keep hope alive, that's Reverend Jackson.
I still say that, I am somebody.
When so many black people felt so marginalized,
we still haven't come full circle.
But I am somebody.
Also, Reverend Jackson reminded us and told us
we were African-Americans.
And there was some controversy around that.
But he stood to ground, and he explained
why he thought we should, if we felt it were appropriate,
to call ourselves African-Americans.
That was Reverend Jackson.
That's where it all started.
Reverend Jackson was, of course, a minister.
And as a person of faith, I love listening
to sermons, he was an unbelievable pastor.
He used the scriptures as our north star.
He interpreted the scriptures in a very revolutionary way,
Feed the Hungry.
That shouldn't be so hard to understand.
He quoted the eight Beatitudes.
He spoke brilliantly about how, as a preacher,
he could be a preacher, the country preacher,
that's what he called himself, for social, racial,
and economic justice.
And I'll close with the scripture
that he would use frequently.
He said, what does the Lord command of us?
And he would say, he would cite this,
do justice, love mercy, and work humbly with thy God.
Every time I hear that, I think of Reverend Jackson.
That was his mandate.
And that was his message for all of us.
And so today, I am heartbroken.
He passed away yesterday.
Actually, yesterday was the 11th anniversary
of my mother's death.
And Reverend Jackson came out to be with me,
and he was with her and prayed with us the day
before she passed away.
And so for him today, as we think about him and his legacy,
personally, I'm grateful for his life, for his legacy,
for his prayers and for what he has done
to help our young people understand
that the world is yours, that you must keep hope alive,
you are somebody, and that we will overcome.
God bless you, thank you again.
Thank you Mayor Lee, and we will adjourn this meeting
in memory of Reverend Jesse Jackson.
any other council members have, or any council members have any announcements before we get
to the business of the people? Councilmember Wong.
I wanted to make an announcement that this is the first year of the fire horse lunar
new year, actually. And for those of you who don't know, the fire horse is actually incredibly
powerful here. It happens every 60 years. And it's actually a, the fire horse is associated
with revolution. So in 1966, the Black Panther Party was actually formed here. It's also
a key year associated with the women's liberation movement. So time will tell what that means
for the city of Oakland, but this is going to be a fun year. That's all I can say. Thanks.
And oh, come visit Oakland's Chinatown in Little Saigon. There's a lot of activities
going on. Thank you.
councilmember councilmember Houston I like to say this is on the 17th right
Huey Newton's birthdays today legendary legendary skipper rounder applause for
Huey Newton and he would be disappointed in us right now on the way our streets
look the way our people are suffering in this rain he would be disappointed he
would be totally disappointed on what we're doing and we're not passing this
the city of Davis. And we have a
lot of other issues. E. A. P.
that is going to address. This
critical problem we have so. I
was sure we was here with me.
Thank you councilmember Houston
happy birthday to doctor who E.
P. Newton. Send them more
announcements we will go to
item six the consent calendar.
Thank you councilperson to
Jenkins I just make a quick
for you to be here to speak and
work today is our first day.
Thank you.
I'm going into the consent
calendar which is item six.
Welcome back.
Welcome back home.
Starting with item 6.1, approval
of the draft minutes from the
meeting of February 3rd, 2026.
Item 6.2, a resolution regarding
a declaration of a local
emergency due to the AIDS
epidemic.
item six point four a resolution for a declaration of a local emergency on
homelessness
and six point five in ordinance amending municipal code
chapter nine point zero eight point two six zero
regarding prohibits prohibits prohibition of prostitution
adoption of this item will be final passage
and six point six a resolution for travel reimbursement for council members
jinkins and ramachandran
Item 6.7 a resolution confirming the appointments to the public safety planning and oversight
commission.
Item 6.8 a resolution confirming the mayor's appointment to the head start advisory board.
Item 6.9 information report regarding the multi year plan to meet voter mandated staffing
and service level excuse me.
item 6.10 a resolution for construction contract amendment for citywide payment rehab for 2022
project number 1006337 item 6.11 a resolution for measure d.d. grant agreement for
seborrhea tay land trust watershed acquisition item 6.12 a resolution for foreign trade
number fifty six application for alternative site framework item six
point thirteen a resolution accepting the impact excuse me impact these annual
report for years twenty four through twenty five item six point fourteen a
resolution for the sugar sweetened beverage distribution tax community
grants for fiscal year twenty five to twenty seven item six point fifteen a
the resolution for fiscal year twenty five to twenty seven by any grants item six point
sixteen the resolution approving PSA with evergreen counseling and that does conclude
your consent calendar and you do have twenty two speakers on this item. Any comments from
the council members councilmember Houston. Which one are your comments in law? Six point
one one the watershed. Okay. Yeah I just wanted to share I wanted to find out Trinity can
you come up to the podium please. I wanted just to find out how do we apply
and we store our watersheds in D7. I remember when this a piece of property
we call the automobile graveyard where they had 243 cars that we had removed
with all that contamination and things like that was just flowing into that
watershed over there and I remember playing with you know having to get
It's like, how are we doing today?
It's like frogs, fish, salamanders,
and lizards, and there's nothing there no more.
So, Trinity, what did we talk about
in our morning huddle this morning?
Good afternoon, the chair.
This morning during our huddle,
we were discussing some of the environmental justice
that district seven needs.
We have marshes, and creeks, and sloughs,
And we're seeking to restore that, so we're just looking to figure out what the process
is to perhaps designate a steward of sorts for the areas of District 7.
Back in the Councilmember's Day, Justin, can you make sure that Public Works connects with
District 7 to ensure that we talk about the watersheds in District 7?
Thank you. I just wanted to make a comment on item 6.5. I wanted to thank my colleagues
for your support in passing this item. I also wanted to note that I've been in conversations
with some of the anti-trafficking advocates, some of which are in the audience today. And
what we've been talking about is the fact that the legislation that is poised to pass
today will actually be a model that can serve not only for the city of Oakland because it's
It's not enough to displace exploitation.
We have to end it and it's not enough just to displace it from the city of Oakland.
So many of the advocates will actually be going to other cities to advocate that we
use this legislation that we are passing today across the nation and including in other cities
in California.
And I'm proud to state that.
Thank you.
Thank you for your diligence and work on this item.
Any more council members before we go to the public speakers.
All right, CNN, let's go to the public speakers.
As I call your name, please support the podium in any order.
Please state your name for the record before beginning.
If you are on Zoom and you wish to speak and you submitted a card, please raise your hand
so I can easily identify you once your name is called.
Blair Beekman, Derek Barnes, Fatima Yosuf, Stephen or Stefan Cole, Catherine Sternbeck,
Mr. Boatwright, Jasmine Marie Brown, Christina Verassa for Visa, Mary Susan
Kane Simon, Miss Asada Olabala have you with multiple items, Janice Jacobs, Ms.
Etta Johnson I have you with multiple items, Crystal and Good, Vanessa Russell,
Tim vendor Lindsky Maribel today Oh mr. Hazard to have you with multiple items
Sean Sullivan she yeah Azuma Karina Gould Kim Olsen go ahead mr. Hazard in
Alameda County Bell amounts of pina cold 288 pina cold 266 are determined by the
Superior Court of California County Valley meeting official bail schedule if
a specific event is not listed on the county's 24 misdemeanor and felony bail
schedule the bail is calculated by multiplying statutory midterm so what
that means is Wang's thing that y'all approved those
those traffickers can get bail.
They can go into jail today, get arrested,
and that's what I gave you.
Read it.
It's real clear.
They get bail as opposed to fentanyl.
Look on the back.
What's the bail amount for the rest of fentanyl?
In the United States, there's no minimum amount
of fentanyl required for an arrest.
as possession of an email can lead to criminal charges
due to its extreme potency.
And you sit there on your behinds,
and you want to go something that's really incidental,
and it's not going to do anything.
And you got the law right here, Penal Code 288, Penal Code 266.
Read it, bail for folks who traffic young people.
And yet you don't do anything about Fentanyl.
You don't even declare it an emergency, really.
The city of Oakland has not formally adopted
a specific municipal code or citywide emergency declaration
declaring Fentanyl a public health emergency.
And children are dying, as opposed
to children being used for sex, which is more criminal.
The death of a child or somebody being
used to sell their bodies.
They're both bad.
I'm not saying that.
But where your priorities fit now,
the potency is much greater than the other.
but yet you remain silent and uh... council member when you get up there and
do this presentation
i got the fact
you'll talk about what the criminal code is
those are misdemeanors
thank you mister has it your time is up
thank you council members for this opportunity to advocate on behalf of
oakland waterways and diverse communities my name is tim volinsky i
serve on the board of directors
for friends of sausal creek
I'm urging you to approve the resolution
to award measured DD funds to the Segurite Land Trust
to purchase the 16 acre parcel
that has been nurtured for decades by the Chen family.
This transaction was made possible
by the generosity of the family,
the perseverance of your own staff person,
Michael Perlmutter, and the unique vision of the land trust
to rematriate sacred lands across the East Bay.
Your approval of this resolution protects
an ecological anchor for the Sausal Creek Watershed
and a cultural anchor for indigenous people.
The health of creeks and rivers depends on the integrity
of their headwaters.
And the spiritual health of indigenous people depends
on the condition and fate of their ancestral lands.
With this resolution, the city council has
an unprecedented chance to secure the headwaters
of Sausal Creek while rematriating the parcel
to its original stewards.
Thank you.
Good afternoon, my name is Stephen Cole
And I am speaking to item number 6.9.
I'm a card-carrying member of Oakland Public Library.
And the last time I was here,
I was with a number of other library advocates
to lobby for maintenance of effort,
language to be included in Measure C in 2022.
And the council agreed, and that language
appeared in the text of Measure C.
Measure C passed with 82.4% of the vote.
Oaklanders are generous and love their libraries.
So it is dismaying to me and a number of other library
advocates that we discover that this maintenance of effort
language is imperiled currently. Thank you sir your time is up. Thank you
council Kim Olson SOS Meals on Wheels also speaking for Mercy Brownbag who's
my colleague here in the audience urging your support for item 6.1 for the sugar
sweetened beverage funds. These funds will provide nutrition programs like
like myself, like SOS Mills on Wheels, and Mercy Brown Bag,
key nutritional services for some of our city's most vulnerable residents.
Mercy Brown Bag will serve 5,000 Oakland seniors each year with this funding.
Mills on Wheels will serve 1,300 home-bound seniors in Oakland with this funding.
Specific with this funding, we will also give additional diabetic-friendly snack packs and
hydration education to our home-bound seniors.
We give those seniors who are diabetic, pre-diabetic, and those from demographics that were most
targeted by sugar, sweet, and brevage, those that need that healthy intervention the most.
So we are excited to take these funds to continue using them, because we've been using them.
Good afternoon.
My name is Vanessa Russell, and I'm the founding executive director of Love Never Fails.
And I just wanted to express my gratitude to you, council members, for placing item
number six point five on the consent calendar today I just want to thank you
for prioritizing the health and safety of survivors of human trafficking here
in Oakland Lebanon ever fails has served and housed survivors over the last 15
years this is the first time in history that I know of that we have prioritized
the safety of survivors while also holding the buyers accountable for their
today you send a strong message to Oakland's children and
adults, vulnerable adults that have been sneered in the life that have not chosen that life.
That they are worth being protected, that they are loved and valued and seen.
You also send a message very strongly to the world in the midst of the Epstein file cover ups.
That and the heartbreaking victim blaming that-
And that is Russell, your time is up.
Good afternoon, Council members, Mr. President.
My name's Mary Cain Simon, and I have the great privilege
of being the vice chair of your Oakland Public Library
Commission.
I'm here to speak on item 6.9.
Echoing what the gentleman earlier said,
it's very important to restore the maintenance of effort
funding to the library.
So I want to congratulate and express appreciation,
the council, the city seems to be on the road
to getting back into compliance with what the laws require.
I'm afraid to say, I'm a retired attorney now,
but I think the city has been on shaky legal ground
for a long time in not having the necessary funds
appropriated for the libraries to bring it into compliance.
This is in the city auditor's own report to the council,
So I'm not going to belabor that argument.
But I just want to just quickly urge you to keep in mind.
I know that making.
Thank you.
Your time is up.
Good afternoon.
Speaking to item 6.9, my name is Chia Azuma, District 6
resident taxpayer and chair of the Library Commission.
A big part of what the Library Commission does
is to provide citizens oversight of revenues generated
by two parcel taxes funding our libraries.
That's measure C and measure D.
Measure C was passed by voters in 2022
by an overwhelming 82%,
and it came with a few stipulations.
Measure C specifies that in addition
to tax money collected from us property owners,
the city must contribute a minimum
of $14.5 million a year from the general fund.
This is what is what's referred to as the maintenance of effort MOE and I need to make this clear the minimum of
14.5 million dollars every year. This is not an option
This is a minimum requirement that the city must meet every year
Thank you. Your time is up
Yes
Hello, I'm Janice Jacobs and I've been an activist on the issue of human trafficking for at least the past 15 years and
And over this time, I've seen lots of public officials get up and take a stand against
trafficking, but you are the first City Council, and I'm so moved by your unanimous support
for this resolution to finally penalize sex buyers for the harm that they're causing our
children, our schools and every level of high school, middle school, elementary
schools in Oakland are seeing the effects of people coming into our city
raping our children and leaving the devastation. This resolution is so
important and that we finally take a stand that we will not tolerate sex
draft the sex buying in our town and we have to also pair this with a
the comprehensive strategy so that everyone knows
that you can't.
Good afternoon, everyone.
My name is Kristalyn Good, and I'm here
on behalf of Covenant House California.
For those of you who don't know, we're a crisis youth shelter
and have a location in Jack London Square,
where we provide sanctuary to 18 to 24-year-olds that
are overcoming housing instability.
I have the privilege of serving as the Director of Mental
Health and Wellness Programs, and I'm
grateful to be here with you all on this rainy Tuesday.
We at Covenant House California are so grateful
to Council Member Wong's focus on human trafficking.
This vulnerable group needs more resources,
protection, and safe spaces that are dignifying
and will meet each person where they're at
and not leave them there.
Our hope is that the Public Safety Committee
will continue to raise awareness
for the needs of young people experiencing homelessness
and exploitation on our streets in Oakland
and that service providers who are ready to support them
are funded and sustainable.
Thank you.
Hi, Etta Johnson.
I'm just gonna bring it to your attention.
I'm out there seeing, you have Oakland Police,
day and night, sitting in they trucks,
with them running, they hold shifts
on International in East Oakland.
Sitting in two of them, but when you call for help,
you can't get one.
I guess I have to walk up to East 14 to go get one
and make them come down, but they don't work for us.
They see a lot of things going on,
but you do not, y'all letting them make,
and how much do they get paid an hour?
Just sit there.
They don't even get out and mingle.
Don't even walk.
Getting overweight, over fat, and out of shape,
eating and sitting.
You know, you got to start checking on some of this stuff
you with that work that you hired to work for you. It's against the law. It's a lot of laws broken
here in Oakland and they need to be fixed and as soon as possible because you don't you're not
even studying your areas. You know this is going on and then they won't raise this and stuff. You
need to get rid of them. Hire a team that can control some of this stuff that's going on here.
David Bill ride district for
Item six point seven Oakland public safety planning and oversight Commission appointee
I hope miss when can have an immediate impact on this Commission
Meetings are scheduled at no particular time during the month. There is no list of current Commission members on the city website
Meetings are posted and canceled without adequate notice and the city's coordinator for this Commission does not respond to emails
Item six point one five biennial grants
I again recommend that all grants issued by the city be made with the requirement that at a minimum
that a at minimum annual reports to the city document spending in detail a
list of the beneficiaries of each grant
administrative cost limits are established and the specific outcomes of the grant are
Included and that the city employee
the city employee assigned to oversee the grant spending and
Activities be required to make an annual report to the city the council committee where the grant is authorized this kind of documentation
And oversight should help guide the committees as to which grantees merit further funding in the future
item six point nine
This was a very thorough report
I thought I was fairly knowledgeable about measure MM but the numbers didn't add up to the annual value quoted in the measure
statement
2.7 million dollars
It's probably too late now, but I'd love to talk to a staff member who could clarify some of the information about the measures
Sean Sullivan district 3 speaking on 6.5. I want to thank the council for
the city of Davis. I'm very
money to help these young people.
And so I want to applaud this legislation because it has in here punitive fines for
the sex buyers so that if we can arrest them and hold them accountable, we can eventually
develop a fund to help young people out of this.
The young people that are led into this life unfortunately have no resources and it is
up to you and I thank you for providing those.
Thanks.
Hi everyone. My name is Maribel Tadeo. I'm a survivor shaped by the mental and physical
realities of gender-based violence that the Flats of Oakland have long forced its native
residents to endure. I stand before you as an advocate with shade movement fighting for
survivors of labor and human trafficking. I have been given the opportunity to stand
on the front lines with the survivors, not only to support them, but to educate, uplift,
and empower them as they rebuild their lives. My passion is rooted in helping people understand
understand their worth, know their rights and access the tools they need to move forward
with strength and dignity.
I'm here to voice my support for the recent change to the penal code that holds individuals
who solicit access accountable.
Education and empowerment are critical, but so is accountability.
When harmful choices fuel exploitation and trafficking in our communities, there must
be clear consequences.
make sure that we do change
happens when we both empower
survivors and address the
systems and behaviors that
cause them cause harm.
This policy is a step.
This is not the appropriate
place to identify any respect
for African-Americans.
I appreciate it if you will not
do it in the future.
The minutes of with February
3rd 6.13, the city-wide
address the challenges of gentrification as it impacts particularly African-Americans.
Sanctuary city status is not in the strategic plan as it impacts negatively African-Americans.
Homelessness is not in the strategic plan with any substance.
Public housing with the Oakland Housing Authority over thousands of homes, you never address
it.
of homelessness, 6.4. You can't talk about 6.5 intervening with human trafficking when
you do absolutely nothing with human homelessness of any competency. You had a housing project
that was completed in November for homeless people, 101 apartments, and they haven't moved
into those apartments to this day six point seven before
you approval Jenkins and Ramachandran going to D.C. for
federal advocacy what you go advocate for is sure not going
to be black people I wish I wish you would identify when
you go out of town what you're doing six point seven
qualifications for measure and in and by the way rule twenty
four for what I just talked about rule twenty four plus for
six twenty seven six point eight that means it never went before console six
point nine means you never you are not in compliance with measure q measured in
measure w never measure x six point thirteen you have housing 13 housing
projects fall under construction since 2023 not complete you have three seeking
additional funding you have two complete with not being occupied. You see when you
have these reports you don't go into detail you have housing but they don't
have enough money or they're not complete or you don't have people in the
housing. The race and equity statement around that housing report you say that
you are providing resources and supports accessibly in an
equitable manner you're not doing that okay so six point 16 you have seven
hundred thousand dollars total without returning the console and you're talking
about you don't want it have thank you miss Ola bala your time is up your
name was calling you're in Chambers please approach the podium at this time
we're moving okay. Good afternoon everyone my name is Karina Gould I'm the
tribal chair for the Confederated Villages of Leshon Nation and I'm also
the one of the directors of the Sagore Te Land Trust the first urban
indigenous women led land trust in the country based here in Huchun my
traditional homeland. Before it was Oakland it was called Huchun our place
place that we have hundreds of place water ways and sacred sites along this in this city
that you can no longer see. But thankfully the city of Oakland has become partners with
the Segorte land trust and trying to figure out ways to return land and waterways to our
people a way that the cities can partner now with the traditional tribal people of this
land who has been taken having their land and waterways taken away from them a place
where city of Oakland can't take care of always the lands and waters that they have to take
care of and that this is a great partnership and I thank you so much for taking.
Thank you ma'am your time is up.
Thank you moving to the zoom speaker starting with Fatima you said hi my name is Christina
and I like to see my time it has been brown.
There's no seating time in open I mean on the consent calendar
so if you want to speak you need to take your minute.
Good afternoon council members my name's Jasmine Brown.
I am here representing two on one.
Alameda County which is operated by.
Eden I. N. R. I am.
I am. Excuse me please pause your time.
Miss Johnson please let her continue.
If you have a question for me
but let's talk after this, please.
I really wanna hear from you.
Please restart our time.
And I think that's valid.
Let's check in, I hear you.
I'm serving as the Chief Executive Officer
and I'm here in support of item SB-15
and I wanna thank the Life Enrichment Committee
for advancing this funding forward.
Oakland, but over half of our callers are Oakland residents.
We serve 25,000 Oakland residents this fiscal year, which is 49% of all the clients that
we serve.
That includes connecting people to housing, health, medical services, including seniors,
people that are experiencing domestic violence.
I know as somebody that is from Oakland and has relied on 211 during housing instability,
how important 211 is to this community.
And we're looking forward to continuing
and strengthening our partnership
and serving the residents of Oakland and Alameda County.
Thank you.
Thank you for your comments.
And I'm moving to the Zoom speakers
starting with Fatima Yousuf.
Please unmute yourself and begin your comments.
Good afternoon.
My name is Fatima Yousuf
and I'm a resident of District 1
and a member of Oakland Public Library Advocates.
It's critically important to fund libraries
as they're a safe space for kids to learn.
We're glad that the council is engaging
with maintenance of effort provisions.
However, the plan lacks meaningful specifics
to guarantee that the return to maintenance of effort
effort will occur as promised.
The city has often struggled with long-term budget planning
and this plan seems primarily aspirational.
We're concerned that failing to adequately fund
the maintenance of effort over an extended period of time
may eventually make the entire parcel tax collection
vulnerable to legal challenge.
The Oakland Public Library system provides
so many important services to residents like
citizenship resources to immigrant Oakland residents,
free kids science classes,
and connecting vulnerable residents with
critical resources such as free food and dental services.
I urge the council to commit to
adequately funding these efforts and supporting these services.
Thank you for your time.
Thank you for your comments,
Captain Sternbeck, you are next.
Please unmute yourself and begin your comments.
Thank you. My name is Catherine Sturbens. I'm advocacy chair of the Friends of the
Oakland Public Library and former chair of the City's Library Commission.
Oakland's public library advocates are glad that the Council is engaging with the
maintenance of effort provisions. However, the plan lacks meaningful
specifics to guarantee that the return to maintenance of effort for Measure C
will occur as promised. The City has often struggled with long-term budget
planning and this plan seems primarily aspirational. The Council should proceed
with urgency to make a more concrete plan. Library advocates remained concerned that failing to
adequately fund the maintenance of effort over an extended period of time may eventually make
the entire parcel tax collection vulnerable to a legal challenge. More than 80 percent of open
voters voted yes for Measure C to collect these funds exclusively for library services. Please
don't betray their trust. Demand a more concrete plan to return to maintenance of effort. Thank
Thank you very much.
Thank you for your comments, Blair Bikman, you are next.
Please unmute yourself and begin your comments.
All right.
All right, thank you, Blair Bikman.
I wanted to speak to the amendment brought by
Council President Wang.
It's an important item.
It was at council a few weeks ago.
A lot of speakers were there.
a lot of people who had experience with prostitution.
There's many ways to address this sort of item.
I hope you can be mindful of all sides
of how to address the issues of prostitution,
what it entails and good luck in your efforts
in how you can and really addressing this issue.
I know Santa Clara County
has a good human trafficking program
to address human trafficking issues.
definitely talk to them about this project.
And the city of San Diego,
they need some help in better understanding
how to address their prostitution issues,
really progressive ideas is what's needed.
Good luck in what you're trying to do with this item
and how to really listen to all sides
when they have issues and problems.
And good luck that we address human trafficking overall.
Thank you.
Thank you for your comments, Derek Barnes,
if you're in the chamber on Zoom.
Steps at the podium or raise your hand at this time.
All names have been called.
I'll entertain a motion.
Second.
On the motion by Council Member Gallo,
second by Council Member Ramachandran
to adopt the consent calendar.
You guys don't have to put yourself in the queue.
Let me get to you.
Council Member Brown.
Aye.
Council Member Fyfe.
Aye.
Council Member Gallo.
Aye.
Houston I that's a member Ramachandran I also member Unger I councilmember Wong
I and chair Jenkins I motion passes with the boat of a eyes you've already
dispensed with item 7 going to open forum as I call your name please approach
the podium in any order or raise your hand if you are participating via zoom
so I can easily identify you. Jesse Kane, Blair Beekman, Miss Asada, Ola Bala, I
think Paul Hall, Mr. Hazzard, Inez Exertha, sorry if I said that
incorrectly, Raynetta Hall, Victoria Montano, in any order please approach the
podium I will be in court thirsty regarding this special election when I
found an ex parte written mandate it's going to be on procedures because for
the last 276 days the city has yet to file an answer or demurf on my ex parte
But they haven't told you that.
I'd be surprised if they don't show up,
Madam City Attorney.
It's regarding the writ.
The city is already imposing an illegal sales tax
on the residents of Oakland.
On October 1, my writ will void the special election ballot
the city of Michigan. And I'm a.
I'm a measure. Once they get to the make.
Thank you Mr Hazard for your comments.
Good evening my name is in this is geared up and I wanted to speak today.
In favor of the return of the land at the headwaters of saw so creek.
Through the grant of unused measure D. G. funds.
To the its ancestral caretakers the Confederate villages of the Sean nation.
think it's an important for the future of the environmental landscape in the Oakland Hills and
thank you for making this move. Good afternoon my name is Vic I'm also here in in support of the
land being return of the headwaters of Salsa Creek to the First Nation of this land of Confederate
villages of the Shawn Nation. I'm born and raised here in the village of Huichun in East Oakland
and Froubel, and it's really important I grew up
in those cold-bordered creeks.
So it's really important that those lands get steward.
The people of this land, indigenous people,
have a very special connection.
They know the ancestral names of those waterways.
They know the ancestral names of those plants,
of those trees, of those species.
Them having access to this land is gonna mean
that they're gonna be able to practice,
continue to practice their cultural knowledge.
And it's it's a great way for like this this fake country to see that another world is
Possible the land can be returned back to indigenous people and it won't be the first time that Oakland does it
So we're setting an example
So I just want to say thank you again. And yeah, I just want to uplift the people of the land my relatives and thank you
so much
Good evening council members. My name is Raynetta Hall and I'm with the 7th district and
I've heard a lot of what hasn't been done. What needs to be done. There is a lot to be done
But I want to thank today
Miss levate levate and councilman Houston
For their work that they did
Recently, we had an encampment around our
church area and we called in and asked that could you please
See that this encampment is moved for the safety of the people the members were afraid to come to church
And we were right by their Foothill Square Shopping Center, and it was an ugly blight and just in a matter of a few days
As promised it was removed, and we want to thank you so much councilman
Houston and everyone who was involved and
I'm a native
Oaklander okay born and raised in Oakland born right there on West in Wood Street
And I know Oakland and Oakland was a great place and it will continue
Through the chair can I share something about the
Constituent that just said that
It wasn't just removing the encampment. We embraced it
that individual was had we had got him shelter before and
shelter twice and they
Left the shelter and we got him shelter again. So that the treatment for mental
Conditions have to be addressed, but it wasn't just closing down the encampment
It was embracing it in a humane way at the same time.
So we did remove the trash also.
And they were both, it was a black female
and a black male with some animals too.
So it was humanely removed.
So I appreciate you guys coming out.
Thank you.
Thank you sir.
Do you have time?
Yes.
Okay, I'm gonna have you go last, all right?
Okay.
Okay.
My name is Paul Hall, H-A-L-L.
First, I would like to say I thank and respect
everyone on the board, on the council session.
I know that the task you have in Oakland is very,
is very wide, and I respect each and every one
with Barbara Lee and all.
But I'd also like to thank my councilman, Ken Houston,
how he did it in the humane way
of cleaning up our neighborhood.
I know, I came to Oakland in 1978.
I love Oakland and I'm a continued of Oakland in anything I can do for Oakland my concert
I told my country anything I can do I am willing to help and I respect each and every councilman
Mayors and police staff in the city of Oakland and that's all I have to say. Thank you very much for listening
Even thank you
Council council member Houston you have some lovely constituents just happy
Is there any more speakers in public if not, we're gonna let our partner from SBA. Hey
Yeah, we're gonna let them go any speakers online
Let's go to our speaker online and then we'll hear from our partner from the SBA
Blair Beekman
Hi, we're big man. Thanks for the meeting today. Thanks a lot for the words of Mayor Lee
it was really nice just to hear that and you hear just our past and our history and
Nice to hear, you know merely working with
Reverend Jesse Jackson on negotiation and peace issues and
Practicing peace
It was just a really nice
Remembering things and good luck that we can continue to work on
Jesse Jackson practices that I think are just more and more clear as time goes on. Thank you
I also wanted to mention that I'm really disappointed that you're only allowing one minute for
open forum i hope you can return it to two minutes and uh you know just uh mr hazard spoke today
good luck that we're working on overall practices so of good public meeting management and and
accountability within the public meeting process it's important uh in 2026 let's hope that's the
revolution thank you mr beakman miss asada chair privilege so the item uh 6.4 on the agenda i'm
I'm sorry, 6.5, where y'all have an apartment that was built for 101 people, ribbon cut
in November for low income and homeless, and the reason why they're not having anybody
in those apartments yet is because Oakland, Asian, local development cooperation still
owes the contractor money.
Y'all need to do something about that.
The city administrator is supposed to provide for you an annual report on his ability to
spend up to $250,000.
He hasn't done it since 2023.
You need to have that happen.
When you allow for grants in the agenda today, you gave a grant to a Vietnamese organization,
community organization.
The Vietnamese community is only 2% of the Oakland pop, and they can get a grant.
Ms. Ollabahla your time is up. All righty thank you all for your time today
council members other officials I am Jesse Kane a public affairs specialist
with the US Small Business Administration the Office of Disaster
Recovery and Resilience. I'm here to share with you about our resources and
presence in the area following the disaster declaration of the Oakland
apartment fire which occurred last month. So firstly we opened our disaster loan
outreach center last week that is going to be at the Rotunda Building, suite 110.
Their hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. It's staffed with
customer service reps which will be able to answer survivors and those impacted
by the disaster. They'll be able to answer their questions and help them
with the application process. So about the process, SBA offers fixed low
interest rate disaster loans to those impacted by the disaster. This not only
include small businesses, but also homeowners, renters, and nonprofits. And also not only for
physical damage when talking about small businesses and nonprofits, they could be eligible for
economic injury with our working capital loans. And lastly, I'm ultimately looking forward at
collaborating with you all in the future to reach those survivors and those that were impacted by
the fires. And I'm looking at collaborating with other local service organizations to reach and
and engage with as many survivors
and those impacted that we can.
Myself and one of my colleagues, Christian Lewis,
will be in the back.
We would love to contact, share our contact information
with you and engage with you about what's
next in the future.
So thank you all very much.
Thank you.
Any questions from the?
Miss out of the fire was in downtown Oakland.
I think it was what, 19th and Broadway, 17th and Broadway.
But there are some businesses that I've reached out to.
There are several independent contractors
that were living in that building
that my office has made connections with.
And we'll continue to do that outreach to the individuals
that were impacted.
So thank you for making yourself available.
And if there are any more connections that
need to be made or anything else you've
been working with Deborah, she's amazing in the District 3
office.
I have your card now so we can continue the conversation.
Thank you.
Thank you for your support thank you for your counsel member Houston. Did you have a comment before we come?
Yes, I just like to comment
Mr. Gene hazard had mentioned about the cannabis. I
Asked the same questions why I was on the agenda and I got some reasonable
Answers back and I'll speak to him about that. But on the fit and all
In my prior job description I lost three
individuals and one of my individuals from fit in the mall and one of my
individuals lost his baby two years old from touching the fit and all so I got
my eye jumping right now I have personal experience I always talk about my
personal experience if I don't have personal experience I won't speak on it
I'll just let my colleagues speak on it cuz that's what they're good at but when
there's something about personal experience so I understand about the
fit no because I lost three workers and a baby from a fit no so I do understand
we're saying so that's all I wanted to say thank you councilmember if no if no
more we'll go to them more in memorial we adjourned in honor of Jesse Jackson
thank you this meeting is adjourned