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Oakland City Council met on 2026-02-03. This summary uses official minutes text and focuses on substantive outcomes rather than routine meeting procedure. The most resident-relevant actions centered on attachments: this city resolution was adopted., appointments, commissions, or committees, and ford, ph.d., for being awarded the national parking association’s “innovator of the year award” 26-0361 sponsors: unger view memo view legislation 91048 c.m.s..
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Attachments: This City Resolution was Adopted.
1 Call To Order 2 ROLL CALL / CITY COUNCIL Rowena Brown, Carroll Fife, Noel Gallo, Ken Houston , Janani Ramachandran, Zac Unger, Charlene Wang, and Kevin Jenkins Present 8 - 3 Modifications to the Agenda and Procedural Items, including but not limited to Requests To: Reschedule Items From Consent To Non-Consent, items To The Next Council Agenda, Speak On...
Ford, Ph.D., For Being Awarded The National Parking Association’s “Innovator Of The Year Award” 26-0361 Sponsors: Unger View Memo View Legislation 91048 C.M.S.
The motion carried by the following vote: Page 2 City of Oakland Printed on 2/19/2026 February 3, 2026 * Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council Meeting Minutes - FINAL Aye: Brown, Houston, Ramachandran, Unger, and Wang 5 - Excused: Fife, Gallo, and Jenkins 3 - NO VOTE: 0 6.1 Approval Of The Draft Minutes...
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Page 7 City of Oakland Printed on 2/19/2026 February 3, 2026 * Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council Meeting Minutes - FINAL S6.13 Subject: FY 2025-2028 Citywide Strategic Plan Six-Month Update From: Office...
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6.1 • 26-0367
Approval Of The Draft Minutes From The Meeting Of January 20, 2026
Action: Accepted
6.10 • 26-0378
Subject: Gosvami Marquez, Miriam Hernandez V. City Of Oakland, Officer Tommy Nguyen And DOES 1-25
From: Office Of The City Attorney
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing And Directing The City Attorney To Compromise And Settle The Case Of Gosvami Marquez And Miriam Hernandez Vs City Of Oakland, Tommy Nguyen And DOES 1-25, Alameda County Superior Court Case No. 22CV024146, City Attorney File No. 35273 In The Amount Of One Hundred And Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars And No Cents ($125,000.00) (Oakland Police Department - Negligence)
Action: Adopted
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Subject: Resolution In Support Of AB 1537 (Bryan)
From: Councilmember Brown
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution In Support Of California Assembly Bill 1537 (Bryan) Which Would (1) Prohibit California Peace Officers From Working Or Volunteering For Any Entity That Engages In Immigration Enforcement, (2) Establish Failure To Comply With That Restriction As Grounds For Decertification As A Peace Officer, (3) Require Peace Officers To Report Any Secondary Employment Related To Immigration Enforcement, And (4) Require That Records Related To Secondary Employment Of Peace Officers Be Public Records
Action: Adopted
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Subject: Declaration Of A Local Emergency Due To AIDS Epidemic
From: Office Of The Council President
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Renewing And Continuing The City Council's Declaration Of A Local Emergency Due To The Existence Of A Critical Public Health Crisis With Regard To The Human Immunodeficiency Virus ("HIV")/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ("AIDS") Epidemic
Subject: Declaration Of Medical Cannabis Health Emergency
From: Office Of The Council President
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Renewing The City Council's Declaration Of A Local Public Health Emergency With Respect To Safe, Affordable Access To Medical Cannabis In The City Of Oakland
Subject: Declaration Of A Local Emergency On Homelessness
From: Office Of The Council President
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Renewing And Continuing The City Council's Declaration Of A Local Emergency Due To The Existence Of The City’s Homelessness Crisis
Subject: Appointment To Commission On Homelessness
From: Office Of The Mayor
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution Confirming The Appointment Of Jenn Oakley To The Commission On Homelessness
Subject: Appointments To The Cultural Affairs Commission
From: Office Of The Mayor
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Confirming The Mayor's Appointment Of Joti Singh And Salim Shariff For The Cultural Affairs Commission
Action: Adopted
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Subject: Appointments To Commission On Aging
From: Office Of The Mayor
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Confirming The Mayor's Appointment Of Kevin Beachem, Sharawn Tipton, Gwendolyn Thomas Knight, Car-Lette Garrett, Leslie Smith, And Rhonda Ramirez As Members Of The Commission On Aging
Action: Adopted
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Subject: Tiffany Nault V. City Of Oakland Et Al.
From: Office Of The City Attorney
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing And Directing The City Attorney To Compromise And Settle The Case Of Tiffany Nault V. Malcolm And Ann Plant, And DOES 1 Through 50, Inclusive, Alameda County Superior Court Case No. 24CV069134, City Attorney File No. 36396, By Payment In The Amount Of Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars And Zero Cents ($75,000.00) (Department Of Transportation - Dangerous Condition)
Action: Adopted
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Subject: State Farm General Insurance Company V. City Of Oakland, Et Al.
From: Office Of The City Attorney
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing And Directing The City Attorney To Compromise And Settle The Case Of State Farm General Insurance Company V. City Of Oakland And DOES 1 Through 20 Inclusive, Alameda County Superior Court Case No. 24CV071246, City Attorney File No. 36146, By Payment In The Amount Of Thirty Thousand Dollars And Zero Cents ($30,000.00) (Department Of Public Works - Dangerous Condition)
Action: Adopted
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Subject: Amending Oakland Municipal Code 9.08.260 (Prohibition Of Prostitution And Prostitution Related Offenses)
From: Councilmember Wang And Council President Jenkins
Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance Amending Oakland Municipal Code 9.08.260 (Prohibition Of Prostitution And Prostitution Related Offenses) To Conform To State Law (1) By Repealing The Offense Of Loitering For The Purpose Of Engaging In Prostitution; (2) Adding Loitering For The Purpose Of Purchasing Commercial Sex As An Offense; (3) Allowing For The Administrative Assessment Of Fines Against Sex-Purchasers, Sex-Traffickers, And Properties Used For Prostitution; And (4) Creating A Human Trafficking Survivor Support Fund
Action: Approved On Introduction and Scheduled for Final Passage
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Subject: Appointment To The Cannabis Regulatory Commission
From: Councilmember Brown And Office Of The Mayor
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Confirming The Appointment Of Ah’shatae Millhouse As A Member Of The Cannabis Regulatory Commission
Action: Adopted
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Subject: FY 2025-2028 Citywide Strategic Plan Six-Month Update
From: Office Of The City Administrator
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report From The City Administrator On The FY 2025-2028 Citywide Strategic Plan Six-Month Update
Action: Received and Filed
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Subject: Consultant Contract Amendment For The Fire Station 4 Project
From: Public Works Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Amending Resolution No. 88240 C.M.S. To Increase The Professional Services Agreement With Loving Campos Associates (LCA) Architects For Architectural And Engineering Design Services For The Fire Station 4 Project By An Amount Not-To-Exceed Two Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,700,000.00), Bringing The Total Contract Amount From One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00) To Four Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,200,000.00); (2) Waiving The Competitiverequest For Proposal/Qualifications Requirements; And (3) Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings
Subject: Honoring Dr. Michael P. Ford
From: Councilmember Unger
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Honoring Michael P. Ford, Ph.D., For Being Awarded The National Parking Association’s “Innovator Of The Year Award”
Action: Adopted
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Subject: SAMHSA Oakland ReCAST Program FY 25-26
From: Human Services Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Awarding Grant Agreements Using Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Funds To Three Agencies In A Total Amount Not To Exceed $437,000 To Provide Trauma Informed Behavioral Health Services To High-Risk Youth And Their Families From October 1, 2025 Through December 31, 2026; And
(2) Waiving The Local And Small Local Business Enterprise Program (L/SLBE) And Request For Proposal/Qualifications (RFP/Q) Requirements And Awarding Professional Services Agreements To Three Entities In A Total Amount Not To Exceed $200,000 In SAMHSA Funding From October 1, 2025 Through December 31, 2026; And
(3) Authorizing The City Administrator To Amend The Above Grant Agreements And Professional Service Agreements To Increase The Amount Of Said Agreements Using Carryover Or Reallocated Grant Funding In Accordance With SAMHSA Authority