CITY
OF
OAKLAND
CITY HALL
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1 FRANK H. OGAWA PLAZA •
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
94612
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REBECCA KAPLAN
(510) 238-7008
Vice Mayor
Fax:(510)238-6910
District At Large
TDD: (510) 839-6451Date: December 21, 2021To: Members of City Council and Members of the PublicFrom: Vice Mayor KaplanRe: ResolutionAmendingResolution88717C.M.S.To AmendTheFiscalYear2021-2023AdoptedBiennialBudgetTo Reallocate$493,000FromPublicRelations/PIOPurposes,To GoTo EastOakland Police Patrol, As Shown In Exhibit 1 Dear Colleagues on the City Council and Members of the Public,OnJune24,2021,theCounciladoptedResolutionNo.88717whichauthorizedtheBiennialbudgetforfiscalyears2021-23andappropriatedcertainfundstoprovidefortheexpendituresproposedbythebudget.SincetheadoptionoftheBiennialbudget,theCouncilhasmadenecessarybudgetaryadjustmentstorespondtoimmediateneedsintheCity. Thisresolutionadoptsa budgetamendmentto reallocate$493,000frompublicrelationpurposesto EastOakland Police Patrol in order to protect residents and respond to increases in violent crime.
TheCityof Oaklandis currentlyexperiencinga seriousriseinviolentcrime.AccordingtotheOaklandPoliceDepartment’s ThirdQuarterCrimeReport,homicidesacrossthecityareup32%andaggravatedassaultswithafirearmareup44%comparedto2020.Examiningcitycrimedatamoreclosely, wefindincidentsofviolentcrimeoccurredwithinlocalizedareasoftheCity. Ofthe98homicidesreportedfromJanuary1 toSeptember30th,56occurredinPoliceAreas4and5,confining57%ofallhomicidesduringthistimeperiodwithintheboundariesofEastOakland.Furthermore,ofthe452instancesofaggravatedassaultwithafirearmthatoccurredbetweenJanuaryand September of 2021, 56%, or 252, of those also took place in East Oakland.
Currently, thePoliceDepartmenthasthreebudgetedswornandcivilianpublicinformationpositionswhichserveastheDepartment’s spokespersonsandliaisonsbetweentheDepartmentandthemedia.Giventheclearneedforofficersto respondto theincreasesin violentcrime,thecostof twopublicinformationpositionsshouldbereallocatedtoprovidemoreresourcesforboots-on-the-groundpatrol:theswornPoliceOfficerPIOwitha costof$247,694 and the civilian Assistant to the Director - Strategic Communications Manager with a cost of $245,795.
Therefore,thisresolutionadoptsa budgetamendmenttothebiennialbudgetforfiscalyears2021-2023toreallocate$493,000peryearfrompublicrelations/PIOpurposes,togotoEastOaklandpoliceresources,asshowninExhibit1.Thiswillallowforresourcestobedevotedtocoveringhard-hitareas,commercialcorridors,andareashard-hitbyarmedrobbery, andfocusonEastOakland.ThisreallocationoffundsdirectlyrespondstotheneedsoftheCityandprotects Oakland residents.
In solidarity,
Rebecca KaplanOakland Vice Mayor
City CouncilDecember 21, 2021File # 21-09521