APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. _______________ C.M.S.
INTRODUCED BY VICE MAYOR KAPLAN AND COUNCILMEMBER FIFE
RESOLUTION AMENDMEDING RESOLUTION 88717 C.M.S. TO
AMEND THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 -2023 ADOPTED BIENNIAL BUDGET TO REALLOCATE $493,000 FROM PUBLIC RELATIONS/PIO
PURPOSES, TO GO TO EAST OAKLAND POLICE PATROL, AS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT 1.
WHEREAS, on June 24, 2021 the Council adopted Resolution No. 88717 authorizing the Biennial balanced budget for fiscal years 2021-23 and appropriating certain funds to provide for the expenditures proposed by said budget; and
WHEREAS, section 801 of the Charter of the City of Oakland requires that the Oakland City Council adopt by resolution a budget of proposed expenditures and appropriations necessary for the ensuing year; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has a longstanding policy of adopting a two-year budget and of making adjustments to the biennial budget; and
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland is currently experiencing a serious increase in violent crimes, and
WHEREAS, according to the Oakland Police Department’s Third Quarter Crime Report which includes data from January 1 through September 30, 2021, homicides across the city are up 32% and aggravated assaults with a firearm is up 44% compared to 2020, and
WHEREAS, of the 98 homicides reported this year from January 1 to September 30th, 56 occurred in Areas 4 and 5, localizing 57% of all homicides during this time period primarily in East Oakland, and
WHEREAS, of the 452 instances of aggravated assault with a firearm that occured in 2021, 56%, or 252, of those took place in Police Areas 4 and 5, the jurisdictions which comprise East Oakland, and
WHEREAS, in Police Area 4, instances of aggravated assault with a firearm increased by 39%, and robberies increased by 25% compared to 2020, and
WHEREAS, in Police Area 5, homicides increased by 17%, and instances of aggravated assault with a firearm increased by 29% compared to 2020, and
WHEREAS, the Oakland Police Department currently has three budgeted sworn and civilian public information positions which serve as the Department’s spokespersons and liaisons between the Department and the media, and
WHEREAS, there are two public information positions that should be reallocated: sworn Police Officer PIO with a cost of $247,694 and civilian Assistant to the Director - Strategic Communications Manager with a cost of $245,795, now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That Council hereby adopts a budget amendment to the biennial budget for fiscal years 2021-2023 to reallocate $493,000 per year from public relations/ PIO purposes, to go to East Oakland Police Patrol, as shown in Exhibit 1.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES – FIFE, GALLO, KALB, KAPLAN, REID, TAYLOR, THAO,
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California