APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE SELECTION PANEL’S SLATE OF
ONE POLICE COMMISSIONER (JESSE HSIEH) AND ONE ALTERNATE
POLICE COMMISSIONER (ANGELA JACKSON-CASTAIN) TO SERVE
ON THE CITY OF OAKLAND POLICE COMMISSION.
WHEREAS, On November 8, 2016, Oakland voters approved Measure LL – establishing a Police Commission with 83.19% (137,032 votes) in favor of the measure; and
WHEREAS, Measure LL established City Charter Section 604 which created a seven- member Police Commission to oversee the Oakland Police Department’s policies and procedures and the Community Police Review Agency that investigates police misconduct and recommends discipline; and
WHEREAS, City Charter Section 604(c)(2) required the Mayor to appoint three Oakland residents as regular members of the Commission and one Oakland resident as an alternate member and to submit those names to the City Council for approval; and
WHEREAS, City Charter Section 604(c)(3) established a nine-member Selection Panel to review applications, interview applicants, and submit a slate of four Oakland residents as regular members of the Police Commission, and one Oakland resident as an alternate member, to the City Council for approval; and
WHEREAS, The initial members of the Police Commission were accepted by the City Council on October 17, 2017, and held their first meeting on December 13, 2017; and
WHEREAS, The initial members of the Police Commission served staggered terms of two, three, or four years; subsequent appointments serve terms of three years; and for vacancies that occur for reasons other than the expiration of a term, the Commission shall select one of the alternates to replace the regular member for that regular member’s remaining term of office; and
WHEREAS, Police Commissioner Jesse Hsieh and Alternate Police Commissioner Angela Jackson-Castain are currently serving terms that each expire on October 16, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the Selection Panel, at its meeting of August 10, 2022, nominated Jesse Hsieh to serve as a Police Commissioner and Angela Jackson-Castain to serve as an Alternate Police Commissioner for full three-year terms commencing on October 17, 2022; now therefore be it
2 RESOLVED: That pursuant to City Charter Sections 604(c)(3), the City Council hereby accepts the Selection Panel slate in its entirety to serve on the Police Commission as follows:
Jesse Hsieh, Commissioner Term: October 17, 2022 – October 16, 2025
Angela Jackson-Castain, Alternate Commissioner Term: October 17, 2022 – October 16, 2025
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, KALB, KAPLAN, REID, TAYLOR, THAO AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST: ASHA REED City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the City of Oakland, California