Rules & Legislation Committee
CITY OF OAKLAND
CITY HALL • 1 FRANK H. OGAWAPLAZA • OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94612
Office of the City Administrator
Edward D. Reiskin
City Administrator
(510) 238-3301
January 2023
(Revised 1.13.23)
Chairperson and Members of the Committee:
Subject: Scheduling of Outstanding Committee Items
In an effort to keep Committees informed of the schedule of committee assignments, staff will provide the Committee with a list at each meeting. Staff seeks direction in management of the committee’s assignments and will offer recommendations to ensure matters are managed efficiently.
Rules & Legislation Committee:
Every Thursday, 10:30 a.m. (Chair: Council President Fortunato Bas, Council Members: Fife, Kalb, and Ramachandran; City Attorney: Ryan Richardson, Amber Macaulay; Staff: Angela Robinson Pinon, Deputy City Administrator).
Anticipated Date For Scheduling
January 19, 2023
No. Title Date Scheduled & File ID
1 FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
Adopt A Resolution Amending And Restating The Council’s Rules Of Procedure In Their Entirety To, Among Other Things: 1) Rescind The Council’s Temporary Rules Of Procedure For The Conduct Of Meetings During The State Of Emergency Related To The Covid-19 Pandemic; 2) Change The Times For Commencing And Ending Regular Council Meetings To Increase Public Access And Participation And Minimize Late-Night Meetings; 3) Help Ensure That New Items Have Been Properly Vetted Before They Are Submitted For Scheduling, To Increase Efficiency; 4) Utilize Gender-Inclusive Language In Accordance With The City’s Values And Policy; And 5) Make Non-Substantive, Technical Edits To Make The Council’s Rules Of Procedure Easier To Navigate And Understand
Rules 12.15.22 [22-1001]
Rules & Legislation Committee
No. January 26, 2023 Date Scheduled & File ID
1 FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
RECEIVE AN INFORMATIONAL REPORT ON THE PROPOSED
2023 STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND
SUMMARY OF 2022 STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE
EFFORTS
1.12.23 via Rule 28
[23-0019]
Annual Report
No. Title Last Heard
1 Receive an Informational Report and Briefing from the City Attorney’s Office on All New California State Laws Which Become Effective in 2021
Rules Comte February 25,
2021
Pending No Date Specific
No
.
Title Scheduled
1 Adopt A Resolution To Reform The Department Of Human
Services’ Homelessness Services Response and Program
Management And Removing All Homeless Services Including Oversight Of Emergency Homeless Services Project
Management, Program Management And Associated Funding For Those Services From The Human Services Department And
Positioning Those Functions And Funds In The City
Administrator’s Division Of Homelessness (CM Fife)
Rules 5.19.22 File ID [22-0412]
2 Adopt A Resolution Confirming the Mayor’s Appointment of Adam Briones and Angela Tsay to the City Planning Commission Rules 6.23.22 File ID (22-0573)
3 Resolution In Opposition To Proposed California Statewide Voter Initiative Constitutional Amendment That Would Create Limits On The Authority Of Elected Governmental Bodies And Voters To Raise Revenues For Government Services By (1) Requiring Statewide Majority Voter Approval For New
Taxes Enacted By Two-Thirds Of The State Legislature; (2) Limiting Voters’ Ability To Pass Voter-Initiated Local Special Taxes By Raising Vote Threshold To Two-Thirds; (3)
Eliminating Voters’ Ability To Advise On The Same Ballot How To Spend Revenues From A Proposed Local General Tax; And (4) Creating Voter Approval Requirements For Certain Regulatory Fees (CM Kalb)
Rules 7.7.22 File ID (22-0384)
Rules & Legislation Committee
4 Adopt An Ordinance Adding Chapter 10.74 To The Oakland Municipal Code Imposing Fines And Penalties Against Organizers And Facilitators Of Sideshows
City Council 12.20.22 [22-0830]
* Per Resolution No. 88266 C.M.S. Temporary Amendments to Council’s Rules Of Procedure, Informational Reports shall be provided by the City Administrator via publicly published memoranda. These Informational Memos may be scheduled at Rules at the request of the Chair and are available at the following website:
https://www.oaklandca.gov/resources/info-memo.
Respectfully submitted,
Jennifer Wood, for
Edward D. Reiskin,
City Administrator