A lot is happening at last committee mtgs before summer break: controversial security mega-corp to guard libraries, city hall, etc; one step closer to civilianizing OPD internal affairs; big contracting changes to conform w/ADA class action lawsuit, more:

Winding down this legislative session before summer break, only three committee meetings this week, then Rules and several weeks break. OO will be focused on other news in the summer months.

Worth signing up to read the disturbing profile of ICE-profiteer security company with the reputation of being a "global-mercenary" that the won the City's bidding process to provide security in public buildings--with potential to be armed.

Local pols told voters they'd strive to restore faith in gov this cycle. In practice, it's a race to undo oversight. BOS Miley & Haubert want to double campaign contribution limits for their offices, increase for county-wide, follows Jenkins' approved increases in Oakland

🚨Big news: County will vote to approve transfer of Coliseum DA from A's to AASEG Tuesday, last big step in closing deal w/City & County. Some final steps need to occur, including settling CBE suit, but I hear negotiations are very positive. Haters hate, but Coli is happening

Meeting adjourns.

Wild.

This has turned into a platform for Houston. It would be one thing at any other committee, but Rules limits comment to items on agenda, and specifically about issues of scheduling. But this is Houston saying he will basically move someone's car, which is like, a crime.

KTOP played the wrong video, apparently. That was all pretty irregular stuff, clear Brown Act violations.

City Attorney just weighed in that council is inm "dialogue about an item that is not agendized". Pretty clearly a Brown Act violation that the committee and Jenkins appear to be allowing.

Jenkins allowed his comments to be made, but they have nothing to do with scheduling.

He says if the vehicle is not moved by this weekend, "I'm going to take a forklift and move it myself".

They had to adjourn into a special meeting because Houston is here to make a comment. Hard to piece together what he's talking about. he says an elder is complaining about someone living in front of her house in a car, he says this has to do with his proposed revisions to EMP.

Because of finance and public works cancellations, Public Safety and LEC were moved up to morning hours.

City staff added some additional legislation around bonds, necessary for sale, in September.

Allied rep complains security contract didn't end up on scheduling agenda. Saying Allied won RFP process "lengthy, multi stepped process undertaken shouldn't be discredited by ignoring staff's rec & proposing an alternate award based on what appears to be personal preference"

Wang may bite off more than she can chew on this, as it turns out OPD relies on good faith from other sate LEAs on Flock sharing. OPD by its own admission, can't monitor all the requests to ensure they aren't for fed sharing. Flock is inherently hard to hold accountable to CA law.

Wang scheduling a report back on ALPR and fed data sharing; first time I've seen City Admin say they'd rather it be a written report, because they have documentation.

Sitting in on the second to last Rules meeting of the legislative session [and actually could be the last]. It's very short tho, and I don't see the Allied/Marina proposal, which was in a draft agenda a day or two ago.

It should be made clear that the County screwed up its interest request process, which means, the process has to start all over again. There is still time to get this deal on track, and to demand that Wang be held accountable for her unconscionable anti-homeless rhetoric.

The public would have had its first look at the ideas when the statements of intention reached council, public would have mobilized to support or oppose. For some reason, these actors wanted to forego that process,.