The Oakland Observer

In the Details is out--in this issue, Fife's lone stand on human rights at Council; and after much community and reporting focus, Houston pulled his ballot measure before he even finished his presentation oakland-observer.ghost.io/in-the-details…

On OPC site, a loving commemoration of Wilson Riles who had a debilitating stroke as his first term came to an end this year and passed last week. In one of the most shameful and inexplicable things I have seen in local media, no official news obituaries.

As the City faced a well predicted financial downturn during Covid in 2022, the Schaaf admin began secret negotiations with the OPOA two years before their 5 year contract expired and presented a 2 year extension w/raises to Council with zero announcement. patreon.com/posts/council-…

They're now moving on to the CMC memo

Chair suggests bringing the OPOA MOU back to OPC on 5/28.

At OPC, Commissioners take a moment of silence to honor the legacy of recently passed Commissioner Wilson Riles.

Chair Garcia Acosta asks to have a vote to skip the police update and go directly to the ICE policy review

Auditor Houston came back to the fact that re-presenting enabling ordinance that was pulled in 2023 would satisfy rec on conflicts between Charter and City Code. Grillo noted that's ultimately a "political" decision. It in fact has been since the moment Council heard the audit.