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Jul 15, 2026

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Public Safety Committee advances safety items

Published Jul 15, 2026

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Briefing

Jul 15, 2026

Public Safety Committee advances safety items

The committee forwarded several public safety and violence prevention items to the July 21 City Council agenda, including surveillance technology reports, an emergency management agreement, a violence prevention report and policy update, a $513,000 training contract, a $324,324 justice assistance grant, a helicopter maintenance contract, and an agreement to file crash reports electronically.

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Briefing

Jun 24, 2026

Public Safety Committee advances two items

The committee moved a street-closure proposal tied to disrupting sex trafficking and a sanctuary city ordinance to the full City Council for July 7, 2026, while setting the sideshow penalty ordinance aside on the pending list.

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Briefing

Jun 10, 2026

Public Safety Committee meeting summary

Committee approved awarding Community Violence Intervention grants to 21 community organizations (total up to $38,100,000) with amendments and forwarded the item to the June 16 City Council on non-consent; the Oakland Sideshow Ordinance was withdrawn from the pending list with no new date; the committee received the Oakland Wildfire Prevention Commission’s annual Measure MM spending report; draft minutes and the outstanding items schedule were approved as amended.

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Briefing

May 26, 2026

Public Safety Committee meeting summary

Committee convened May 26, 2026 and approved several items to forward to the June 2, 2026 City Council meeting: the 2026–2030 Community Violence Reduction Plan (per Measure NN), a professional services agreement with PMAM Corporation to administer the False Alarm Reduction Program, the 2026–2031 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (to be heard as a public hearing), and a professional services agreement with Elite Corporate Solutions for background checks (with a requested correction to fiscal figures). The May 12 draft minutes and the schedule of outstanding items were accepted. A proposed MOU with the University of Southern California was withdrawn and placed on the pending list.

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Briefing

May 12, 2026

Public Safety Committee meeting minutes — May 12, 2026

Committee convened at 6:03 PM (Chair: Councilmember Wang). Members Brown, Fife, Houston and Wang participated. Committee approved draft minutes and the schedule of outstanding items; approved multiple procurement and grant items to be forwarded to the May 19 City Council consent calendar; continued an OPD–USC MOU for more information; received bi‑annual reports from OPD and CPRA. Meeting adjourned at 8:47 PM.

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Briefing

Mar 24, 2026

Public Safety Committee — Draft Minutes (March 24, 2026)

The Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee convened at 6:04 PM with Chair Charlene Wang and members Rowena Brown, Carroll Fife, and Ken Houston present. The committee accepted the March 10, 2026 minutes; approved and forwarded a two-year LETS phone contract (with possible extension) and the OPD Vehicle GPS Tracker Surveillance Use Policy (DGO I-33) to the April 14, 2026 Special City Council agenda on consent; received and filed the OPD bi‑annual staffing report; held an open forum; and adjourned at 7:20 PM. All recorded votes were 4–0.

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Briefing

Mar 10, 2026

Public Safety Committee approves OPD Cadet Program grant acceptance and forwards to City Council

The Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee met March 10, 2026 (convened 6:16 PM). Members Rowena Brown, Carroll Fife, Ken Houston, and Charlene Wang were present. The committee: approved the February 24, 2026 draft minutes; determined the schedule of outstanding committee items; approved staff recommendation to accept and appropriate up to $900,000 in grant funds from the Oakland Police Foundation for the Oakland Police Department Cadet Program for FY 2026-2027 and 2027-2028, and forwarded that item to the March 16, 2026 Special City Council agenda on consent. Three speakers addressed the cadet item; one speaker spoke during open forum. The meeting adjourned at 6:50 PM in memory of Letitia Bobo and Markise Martin.

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Briefing

Feb 24, 2026

Public Safety Committee minutes — February 24, 2026: surveillance reports accepted; fire department contracts approved to forward to Council

The Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee met Feb. 24, 2026 at 6:01 PM (City Council Chamber). Members Brown, Fife, Houston and Wang were present; Chair Wang presided. The committee: accepted the Feb. 10, 2026 draft minutes; accepted the schedule of outstanding committee items; modified the agenda order to hear OPD surveillance and Skelly items before a fire contract; approved and forwarded the OPD Surveillance Tech 2024 annual reports to the March 3, 2026 City Council consent calendar; received and filed an informational report on OPD Skelly hearing process improvements; approved and forwarded cooperative purchasing/PSA items for Stryker Sales (ALS equipment) and ImageTrend (fire/EMS RMS replacement) to the March 3 consent calendar. Item on reaffirming the City’s sanctuary policy was removed to the committee pending list. Councilmember Houston was noted absent at 7:55 PM. The meeting adjourned at 8:04 PM.

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Briefing

Feb 10, 2026

Public Safety Committee meeting minutes — February 10, 2026

The Public Safety Committee convened at 6:04 PM with Chair Charlene Wang and members Rowena Brown, Carroll Fife, and Ken Houston. The committee approved draft minutes (Jan. 13 & Jan. 27), accepted the schedule of outstanding committee items, approved staff recommendation to forward a Professional Services Agreement with Evergreen Counseling (OFD behavioral health services) to the Feb. 17 City Council consent calendar, designated Councilmember Ken Houston as Vice Chair, heard 12 speakers during open forum, and adjourned at 6:47 PM.

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Briefing

Dec 9, 2025

Oakland Public Safety Committee (Dec 9, 2025): Grants and contracts approved; OPD surveillance report withdrawn

Meeting convened at 6:01 PM. Members Brown, Fife, Houston, and Wang present (4-0). Committee approved draft minutes; accepted and will appropriate State COPS grants for FY2024–2025; approved training contracts with Bright Research Group and Roca; approved amendment to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Ceasefire‑Lifeline evaluation contract; approved Lind Marine contract for removal of derelict vessels in the Oakland Estuary; OPD Surveillance Technology 2024 Annual Reports withdrawn with no new date. Most items were forwarded to the Dec 16, 2025 City Council agenda on consent.

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