FY 2021-23 Oakland City Council Policy Directives
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Instill Equity in the Budgeting Process:
The City Administrator shall work with the
Department of Race and Equity and the City
Council to review past practices in creating
budget documents and incorporate these
goals into our next biennial budget processes.
This includes addressing the distribution of
city resources to flatlands neighborhoods in
the Fruitvale, Central, East and West
Oakland, as well as Central Oakland
neighborhoods including Chinatown,
Eastlake/ Little Saigon, San Antonio,
Allendale, and Fairfax.
Responsive, Trustworthy
Government
Finance Completed Budget coordinated with DRE and established new budgeting equity process. Budget & DRE staff initiated post-budget debrief meetings with Directors and Fiscal Staff.
Direct Community Grants: Direct City
Administration to create a process for
making direct community grants for Council
consideration by April 2022.
This process shall ensure alignment with
Council priorities and evaluation for the
allocation of future grant resources directly
by Council.
Responsive, Trustworthy
Government
Finance Completed Staff submitted an informational report on April 19, 2022 (https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=55378 38&GUID=C667CF45-7C78-4CBB-8846-
294F9B2346B8&Options=ID|Text|&Search=direct+community
+grants). Staff is working on implementing the recommended process for the Fiscal Year 2023-2025 Biennial Budget. Page 1 of 28 Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Prioritize State, Federal and Other
Funding for Preservation and
Development of Affordable Housing and
Homelessness Solutions: To the extent that
additional federal and state funds becomes
available for affordable housing and
homelessness solutions, the City shall
prioritize the following:
Homekey - Acquisition and rehabilitation of
buildings to be used to provide housing for
Oakland's homeless population and those at
risk of homelessness along with necessary
services for those in need.
Permanent Affordability Program -
Replenish the Acquisition and Conversion to
Affordable Housing (ACAH) Fund to $12
Million to help with acquiring and rehabbing
community land trust housing and limited
equity coops as permanent affordable
housing, as funding allows.
Interim Housing Interventions - Capital and
Operating funds for creating interim housing
interventions for our homeless residents in
each council district, prioritizing use of
public land, along with necessary services for
those in need.
Affordable Housing and
Homelessness Solutions
Housing &
Community
Development
Completed Per the 2021-2023 HCD Strategic Action Plan (https://cao- 94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/HCD.final.21-
21Strategic-Plan.pdf), accepted by Council on June 1, 2021, HCD has established a three-pronged approach to supporting the housing needs fo Oakland residents, focusing on 1)
Protection for renters and homeowners, 2) Preservation of existing housing resources, and 3) Production of new
affordable units. HCD's programs fall within this rubric, and are described in detail in the Plan.
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Prioritize State Funding for Development
of Housing for Transitional Aged Youth
(TAY): In coordination with the Oakland
Unified School District, direct City
Administration to allocate at least $5 million
of state affordable housing funding for the
development of the Career Technical
Education Hub at 1025 2nd Avenue,
Oakland, for TAY Housing, which is a
partnership with the Oakland Unified School
District and will house approximately 100-
150 TAY in this safe and neutral location.
Affordable Housing and
Homelessness Solutions
HSD Superceded HHAP funds received; however, not an eligible use. Therefore, superceded by FY 22-23 "Housing for Homeless LGBTQ
Youth"
Policy Changes to Increase the Impact and
Feasibility of Occupied Acquisition-
Rehab: Direct City Administration to fund
and identify staff to streamline funding,
project approval, contract compliance, and
operations for acquiring unsubsidized
affordable housing occupied by low and
moderate-income residents and preserving it
as permanently affordable housing. This
includes working with the support of the City
Attorney, the Oakland Preservation
Collaborative, a network of nonprofit
affordable housing providers, tenant
advocates and community land trusts, to
develop an appropriate definition for what is
considered “minor” and “major” rehab for
acquisition-rehab and other systems
improvements.
Affordable Housing and
Homelessness Solutions
Housing &
Community
Development
Completed Policy changes accomplished by having established the Aquisition and Converstion to Affordable Housing Program.
See Resolution Nos. 87876
(http://oakland.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?M=F&ID=67e0f68d- 3c66-4371-a5e0-1a4ea7b2d830.pdf), and 87981
(http://oakland.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?M=F&ID=4464de19- 3a40-4058-950e-17bb6ae41707.pdf).
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Rent Adjustment Program (RAP) and
Rental Registry: Direct City Administration
to present a staff report and ordinance to the
Council for consideration no later than May
2022 to create a rental registry. Secondly, the
City Administration shall also contract to
complete an independent Master RAP fee
analysis to determine the efficacy of a
program fee increase by January 2023.
Affordable Housing and
Homelessness Solutions
Housing &
Community
Development
Completed Council passed Rent Registry Ordinance on 6/21/22 (https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=56405 39&GUID=8BE40DF3-8E9B-4786-B540-
B723946EF934&Options=&Search=). HCD RAP staff are
working with IT consultant to create the registry platform, and conducting outreach.
Establishment of the Homelessness and
Encampment Management Response Task
Force: Direct City Administration to
establish a Homelessness and Encampment
Management Response Task Force,
comprised of Human Services, Public Works,
Transportation, Planning and Building, Fire,
Police, Housing & Community
Development, Animal Services, and other
necessary external agencies and
organizations, directed by the Homlessness
Administrator, to develop comprehensive
strategies, standardized operations, and
services (including but not limited to
established interventions providing outreach,
human services, safety, sanitation, trash,
traffic, infrastructure use, etc.) in response to
the conditions of homelessness in the City
rights of way.
Affordable Housing and
Homelessness Solutions
City Administrator Completed Interdepartmental task force created per Council Direction.
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Independent Audit of Police Department:
Direct City Administration to work with the
Council President and Public Safety
Committee Chair to commission an
independent, comprehensive audit of the
Police Department, which would be overseen
by the Police Commission’s Inspector
General for completion by December 2022.
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention
Police Commission
/ Inspector General
Superceded Superceded by FY22-23 Directive "Independent Audit of Police Department"
Police Department Calls for Service: Direct
City Administration to present
recommendations and a work plan for
Council consideration by April 2022 for the
additional transfer of certain categories of
non-violent, non-criminal calls for service
from the Police Department to alternative
first responders, including the Fire
Department, Department of Transportation,
Violence Prevention, Public Works, etc., for
effectuation by July 2022. For the Dept. of
Transportation, this should include an
analysis of the towing contract currently
administered by the Police Department and
the nine (9) traffic-related calls in the
following list provided to the Reimagining
Public Safety Task Force. This should also
include an interdepartmental Abandoned
Auto strategy task force including the
Oakland Police Department, the Department
of Transportation, and other departments as
appropriate, plus at least two City Council
offices, to engage in community outreach and
develop near-term and long-term strategies
that can make a tangible difference for
Oakland residents plagued with incessant
abandoned autos and long wait times for
abandoned auto removal.
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention
City Administrator Superceded Superceded by FY22-23 Directive "Police Department Calls for Service"
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Police Department Academies: Receive an
informational report by October 2021
including, but not limited to, demographics,
graduation rates, retention rates, outreach
efforts, and recommendations for
improvement to address the 44.7%
completion rate of the Police Department
Academies. This may include
Recommendation 37 from the Reimagining
Public Safety Task Force, which creates a
collaborative and multidisciplinary approach
to crisis response using cross functional
teams.
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention
Police Completed Item heard at September 14, 2021 Public Safety Committee (https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=50148 71&GUID=1C2B39CF-9018-43F4-824E-C08619F823FC).
Second Phase of Reimagining Public
Safety to Include Restructuring of Police
Department to Focus on Serious and
Violent Crime: Direct City Administration
to work with the Council President and
Public Safety Chair to hire a consultant with
expertise on the criminal legal system, to
facilitate the second phase of Reimagining
Public Safety in Oakland, with the goal of
restructuring the Police Department to focus
on serious and violent crime by
operationalizing the shifting of resources
from enforcement and punishment to
prevention, wellness and alternative
responses for integration in the fiscal year
2023 2025 budget. This includes raising
additional private funds if needed.
The process shall be community-led,
transparent, trauma-informed, and include
the following priorities...
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention
City Administrator Superceded Superceded by FY22-23 Directive "Second Phase of Reimagining Public Safety to Include Restructuring of Police Department to Focus on Serious and Violent Crime"
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Increase Capacity to Investigate and Solve
Crimes and Produce Higher Clearance
Rates on Homicides, Missing Persons, and
Other Serious Crimes by Restructuring
Investigations Units: Analyze possible
increase in civilian personnel assigned to
investigations and other specialized units
(including possible new classifications) and
concomitant decrease in assigned sworn
officers in the following units/positions for
greater effectiveness and cost savings:
Evidence Unit
Property Evidence Specialist Unit Sex
Registrants and ID Section
Patrol Desk in the Police Administration
Building
Patrol Desk at the Eastmont Substation
Supervision of the Homeless Outreach Unit
Internal Affairs Division
Transportation Lot 911 Call Center Traffic
Enforcement
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention
Police Superceded Superceded by FY22-23 Directive "Increase Capacity to Investigate and Solve Crimes and Produce Higher Clearance Rates on Homicides, Missing Persons, and Other Serious
Crimes by Restructuring
Investigations Units"
Remove Low Level and Non Violent Calls
for Service from the Police Department:
Provide detailed analysis and
recommendations for operationalizing the
removal of low-level, non-violent calls for
service from the Police Department’s
responsibilities and options for an alternative
response. Low-level, non-violent calls for
service include what the Police Department
classifies as “Administrative, Animal-related,
Homeless, Mental Health, Noise-related,
Ambulance Requested, and Other.”
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention
City Administrator Superceded Superceded by FY22-23 Directive "Remove Low Level and Non Violent Calls for Service from the Police Department"
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Significantly Stand Up MACRO As An
Effective Alternate Response System as
First Responders to Non-Violent Calls for
Service: Prioritize available state and other
funding for alternative response systems,
including funding through Assembly Bill
988, which creates a new three-digit phone
line for suicide prevention and immediate,
localized emergency response for individuals
in mental health crisis by trained mental
health professionals, as well as available
federal matching, the CRISIS Act funding for
community based organizations, and in
partnership with Alameda County.
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention
Fire Completed In March 2021, MACRO was established by Resolution No. 88553.
(https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=48354 21&GUID=E42DF8B5-6DF4-4FC9-A8E4-
08A4FA35F62B&Options=&Search=) In February 2022, the
City Council adopted Resolutiuon No. 89009, formally
accepting a state grant of $10,000,000 to go into the City of Oakland General Fund where it will be disbursed to the
MACRO program.
(https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=53782 82&GUID=93CE043E-A92D-46A2-98D4-
8DCDA4F78159&Options=&Search=) The Department
continues to seek grant funding opportunities to support MACRO.
Advisory Board for MACRO: Direct City
Administration to work with the City Council
to develop the structure of a MACRO
Advisory Board for the purpose of serving as
an advisory partner to the Oakland Fire
Department in developing the MACRO
civilian crisis response.
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention
Fire Completed The MACRO Advisory Board has been established. Please see this link with biographies of the selected members:
https://www.oaklandca.gov/documents/community-advisory- board-biographies.
Department of Violence Prevention (DVP)
Alternative Safety Plan and Community
Violence Prevention Infrastructure: Direct
DVP via the City Administration to return to
Council with recommendations for an RFQ
by October 30, 2021 with a proposed set of
strategies and spending plan for the
additional funds allocated to the DVP
through this Budget that is sustainable for the
3 year spending cycle.
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention
Violence
Prevention
Completed Approved by Council on 7/26/21.
(https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=50651 37&GUID=8AD0EFD8-048D-4348-BE6B-B5658AAE5071)Page 8 of 28 Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Internal Affairs: Direct City Administration
to work with an independent consultant, the
Police Commission, and the Police
Department to analyze options and timeline
for moving most or all of the responsibilities
of the Internal Affairs Division to the
Community Police Review Agency (CPRA).
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention
Police Commission
/ CPRA
Superceded Superceded by FY22-23 Directive "Internal Affairs to CPRA".
Crime Prevention Through Environmental
Design (CPTED): Direct City
Administration to prioritize implementation
of recommendations from CPTED analysis,
particularly in flatlands neighborhoods,
business corridors and beats with high rates
of serious and violent crimes, and provide an
informational report to Council by December
2021 on these efforts. This is in alignment
with Recommendations #78 and #79 from
the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force.
This includes improved lighting, traffic
calming and other environmental design.
Where these measures would help deter
crime and promote community safety, they
should be expedited. Examples of CPTED
and traffic calming measures to analyze
include, but are not limited to: (D7)
intersection of 101st Ave and International
Blvd and (D2) E 15th St between 15th Ave
and 23rd Ave where human trafficking
occurs.
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention
City Administrator Completed The Neighborhood Servcies Division Staff continue to conduct CPTED studies at locations identified as priority and OakDOT is utilizing the Violence Prevention Traffic Fund to support CPTED Projects in priority NEST locations including
International Blvd, East 15th Street, and in Downtown's entertainment district after a series of shootings in 2022.
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail CERT/Emergency Preparedness: Direct
City Administration to conduct extensive
outreach and recruitment to residents in
underrepresented communities and areas that
are at high wildfire risk for Oakland’s
Community Emergency Response Team
(CERT) training program.
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention
Fire Completed EMSD developed and implemented the following training and exercise plans including at two (2) full-scale exercises, two (2) tabletop exercises, six (6) Emergency Operations Center Trainings, (10) CERT training events, (4) Personnel Emergency Preparedness Training Events, and (11) Emergency Respite Center Series trainings with at 398 members of the public participating, which included three (3) Adult CERT, one (1) CityCERT, one (1) CiviCorps two(2) instructor courses, and three (3) Teen CERT cohorts. This is the first time Oakland has offered TEEN CERT events.
EMSD conducted 57 Community Outreach events with 947
direct engagements in underrepresented communities and areas that are at high wildfire risk.
EMSD held community meetings/training with the following neighborhoods/organizations active in the Council Directed Areas: Black Cultural Zone;
Brotherhood of Elders Network; East Oakland Collective; East Oakland Emergency Preparedness Planning Committee; East Oakland NEST; Maxwell Park Neighborhood Committee;
Neighborhood Councils throughout the region (North Hills Neighborhood Association; Oakland Fire Safe Council;
UMOJA Health; Unity Council; Youth Uprising)
Vegetation Management/Wildfire
Prevention: Direct City Administration to
work with City Council on preparing a
Wildfire Assessment ballot measure for voter
consideration to help ensure that the City of
Oakland can be best prepared to reduce the
risk of wildfires in our
city.
Holistic Community Safety City Administrator In Progress On hold pending completion of Vegetation Management Plan EIR, estimated for Fall 2023.
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Youth and Families Department: Direct
City Administration to conduct an analysis
and provide feasible options and timeline for
the creation of a department dedicated to
youth and families in a proposal for Council
consideration by April 2023 that moves
youth-focused funding primarily from the
Police Department and Human Services
Department, that aligns the Police
Department, Youth Advisory Commission,
Oakland Fund for Children and Youth, and
Community Youth Leadership Council, to
enable effective resourcing for centering
youth leadership, empowerment, and
opportunities at scale.
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention
City Administrator In Progress Creation of the Children, Youth and Family Department was included in the Mayor's Budget Proposal for FY 23-25.
Support Small Businesses with Re-
Opening: Target Economic and Workforce
Development support for facade
improvements, repairs, flex streets support,
including parklets, among other support, to
small and disadvantaged businesses in
flatland neighborhoods throughout our city
with particular attention to commercial
neighborhoods in the Fruitvale, Chinatown,
East Oakland, and West Oakland. Include
multilingual technical assistance, including
Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese.
Good Jobs and Vibrant
Economy
Economic &
Workforce
Development
Completed Revised criteria for Façade and Tenant Improvement Program (FTIP) approved by City Council on June 7, 2022 through Resolution 89239 CMS. Updated FTIP program application
window launched December 1, 2022.
https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=553835 0&GUID=C65745F4-49BD-4F06-815C-79B98AF59580.
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Department of Workplace and
Employment Standards (DWES) Staffing
to Enforce Worker Protections: Direct City
Administration to present a staff report and
ordinance to Council no later than May 2022
for consideration of the creation of new
classifications, or amending existing
classifications, for the positions tasked with
enforcing the City’s Minimum Wage
Ordinance, Worker retention at Large-Scale
Hospitality Ordinance, Hotel Minimum
Wage and Working Conditions Ordinance,
the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Ordinance,
the Worker Retention Ordinance, Local
Employment Program, 15% Apprenticeship
Requirement, any other laws under the
purview of the Workplace Standards
Enforcement Division of DWES.
Good Jobs and Vibrant
Economy
Workplace and
Employment
Standards
Delayed Update: 6/7/2023
DWES and Human Resources have met with the applicable
labor unions on three occasions this fiscal year to discuss updating the following five job classifications to include labor standards enforcement work: 1) Contract Compliance Field Technician; 2) Assistant Contract Compliance Officer; 3) Contract Compliance Officer; 4) Senior Compliance Officer; 5) Contract Compliance Supervisor. These classifications are currently undergoing a final revision by Human Resources and will undergo one more review with the applicable labor unions before the job classifications are presented to the Civil Service Commission for approval/adoption in Summer, 2023.
Cultural Affairs Programs: Direct Cultural
Affairs Division via the City Administration
to return to Council with recommendations
for distribution of program funds by October
31, 2021 with engagement of the Cultural
Affairs Commission and the division’s
Funding Advisory Committee and
consideration of Council guidance to focus
on flatlands neighborhoods below 580
(including East Oakland, West Oakland,
Fruitvale, Chinatown, Little Saigon/Eastlake,
San Antonio, Laurel, Brookdale) with
equitable distribution across Council
Districts.
Good Jobs and Vibrant
Economy
Economic &
Workforce
Development
Completed Cultural Affairs launched a new category of cultural funding grants for Festivals in the fall of 2021, and expended all of the $500k in new GPF funds allocated in the FY 21-22 budget. (https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=51964 16&GUID=29FA90D7-4BCF-43A0-B470-6DE08DEB7C72)
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Parks: Direct OPRYD via the City
Administration to collaborate with
neighborhood community groups to
maximize programming to activate and
utilize parks by creating community- based
partnerships at Oakland’s parks and rec
centers. Prior to the re opening of the San
Antonio and Brookdale Recreation Centers,
OPRYD shall engage community groups in
the neighborhood around programming.
Good Jobs and Vibrant
Economy
Parks, Recreation
& Youth
Development
Completed Center Director hired at both San Antonio and Brookdale rec centers to coordinate with community groups.
Extensive community engagement conducted during SAP
Master Plan process. Collaborative presentation at Nov. 2022 PRAC-item passed; expected to Council 2023
(https://www.oaklandca.gov/projects/sanantoniopark)
Brookdale community engagement led by Center Director to develop programs 2021-22. Brookdale center capital project includes Master Plan & community engagement process
expected to begin 2023; constructions est 2027.
Infrastructure Bond Ballot Measure:
Direct City Administration to conduct
analysis and community engagement
regarding a possible new Infrastructure Bond
ballot measure in 2022 for public
infrastructure and affordable housing.
Clean, Healthy Sustainable
Neighborhoods
City Administrator Completed Measure U passed.
(https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=57026 86&GUID=503A10B7-417B-44A6-9D8B-
B57BDA7D5683&Options=ID|Text|&Search=infrastructure+bo
nd)
Lead Abatement and Other Programs to
Promote Healthy Homes: In partnership
with Alameda County, invest resources into
healthier communities by supporting
abatement of lead, asbestos, and other
negative environmental factors in homes and
neighborhoods.
Clean, Healthy Sustainable
Neighborhoods
City Administrator In Progress The City of Oakland has drafted an RFP for devlopment of a Lead Inspection program that coordinates between City and relevant County Health divisions. CAO identify staff to development activity consistent w/the Lead REIA
recommendations. The position will be staffed by 3/2023
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Lake Merritt and City Parks: Extend
current Lake operations through November
28, 2021. Direct City Administrator to work
with the interdepartmental Lake Working
Group with stakeholder input, to develop a
plan and timeline for phasing out City
Department Teams and phasing in Parks
Ambassadors and other alternatives to
address safety and community at Lake
Merritt. This plan shall also include follow
up from the May 25, 2021 joint meeting of
the Life Enrichment Committee, Parks &
Recreation Advisory Commission and
Cultural Affairs Commission to develop
programming across the City in our parks and
public spaces with accessible permitting and
marketing, and to develop community
agreements for our parks and public spaces
with plans for implementation such as
parks/community ambassadors and event
monitors.
Clean, Healthy Sustainable
Neighborhoods
City Administrator Completed Additional funding was provided to cover lake operations through November 2022. Also, the Council adopted the Lake Merritt Parking Management Plan which will generate 1-1.5 million annually with portions allocated for ongoing lake management including the items identified by Council.
Impact Fees: Direct City Administration to
present an analysis and options for
consideration to pre- allocate a portion of
assessed Affordable Housing and
Jobs/Housing Impact Fees to pending
affordable housing projects before the funds
are collected by the City to help provide
needed funds for affordable housing
construction. This report shall be presented
to the Council for consideration no later than
September 2021.
Affordable Housing and
Homelessness Solutions
Finance In Progress As part of the development of the Five-Year Financial Forecast and the FY 2023-25 Biennial Budget, both of which are to be released in late Winter 2023 & early Spring 2023, respectively, Finance will also issue a separate report regarding the projected revenue for Affordable Housing & Job/Housing Impact Fees and the options to pre-allocate a portion of the projected revenue to help provide needed funds for affordable housing construction.
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Façade Improvement Programs: Because
the current upfront payment structure inhibits
participation by less capitalized businesses,
the City Administration/Economic and
Workforce Development Dept shall develop
a plan to retool current and future Façade
Improvement Programs to reduce or
eliminate the burden of up-front payment for
property owners and business owners.
Clean, Healthy Sustainable
Neighborhoods
Economic &
Workforce
Development
Completed Revised criteria for Façade and Tenant Improvement Program (FTIP) approved by City Council on June 7, 2022 through Resolution 89239 CMS. Updated FTIP program application
window launched December 1, 2022.
(www.Oaklandca.gov/FTIP)
City Hall East: Directing The City
Administrator To Develop Options For
Establishing A City Hall East Program
Whereby City Services Are Made Available
To Oakland Residents From A Satellite
Location Between High Street And The San
Leandro Border And Return To Council
With Recommendations For Implementation
In November 2021
(resolution no. 88786)
Responsive, Trustworthy
Government and Clean,
Healthy Sustainable
Neighborhoods
City
Administration
(lead), EWD,
OPW, PBD, ITD
Completed Heard by City Council on 12/6/22.
(https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=58480 56&GUID=E26A3C78-A545-4033-84F8-2F346D20A554)Lake Merritt Lodge (Bas/Kaplan): Direct the City Administrator or his designee to take
the necessary steps to purchase the "Lake
Merritt Lodge" as a permanent "transitional
housing" city-owned resource, and seek
additional grants and funding.
Affordable Housing and
Homelessness Solutions*
HCD In Progress FY23 Q2 update: Housing Consortium of the East Bay (current operator and development sponsor) has applied to State
Community Care Expansion program for acq/rehab funds and waiting to hear back. HCD has offered a predev loan for HCEB to conduct due diligence and rehab studies. The property owner submitted an application to City Homekey Request for
Proposals due 11/28/22. State Homekey solicitation to be issued in Spring 2023.
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Measure AA Implementation (Kaplan):
Directive to work together with Alameda
County and service providers to make
available childcare to every household who
needs it including through the use of the
forthcoming ballot measure money that
Oakland will be receiving.
Good Jobs and Vibrant
Economy*
CAO Completed Alameda County partnership resolution with First 5 Alameda County and implementation resolution approved by City
Council 12/6/22. (Alameda County Partnership Resolution - https://oakland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1013549&G UID=5BC4482C-5BCE-4692-9B37-AE8D58705F56) and
(Initial Draft Early Education Fund Implementation Plan - http://oakland.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?M=F&ID=ee7c006a- 8512-42c6-9150-f18792f68d25.pdf); coordination with County ongoing
Care Campus (Kaplan): Directive to work
to identify additional funds to expand
transitional homeless housing combined with
services and job assistance, including
pursuing a funding strategy with Lao Family
Community Development CARE campus,
and return to Council in September 2022
with funding options.
Affordable Housing and
Homelessness Solutions*
HSD Completed An informational memo was posted on 9/12/22. (https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Lao-Care- Campus-Info-Memo.pdf)
Care Campus (Bas): Direct the City
Administrator to investigate a
$5 million grant to Lao Family Community
Development for the acquisition of the
CARE Campus (former Motel 6 in East
Oakland) property to set aside 100 fully
furnished units annually for 30 years for
Oakland’s unsheltered residents.
Affordable Housing and
Homelessness Solutions*
HSD Completed An informational memo was posted on 9/12/22. (https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Lao-Care- Campus-Info-Memo.pdf)
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Discount Public Transit (Kaplan):
Directive to work with AC Transit to pursue
the options of free BRT on weekends, and
the options for bulk discount transit passes
for Oakland staff, and for program
participants, such as DVP and OFCY
program participants; and to report back to
Oakland-AC Transit ILC, and Council, in fall
2022.
Clean, Healthy Sustainable
Neighborhoods and Good
Jobs and Vibrant Economy*
DOT In progress An informational report to be provided to Council in July/Sept. 2023.
Funding for Unfunded Items (Kaplan):
Directive to explore funding options and
possible sources for remaining items listed
on the Fund 1010 page of this submittal and
return to Council in September 2022 with
options.
Responsive, Trustworthy
Government*
Finance Completed This information was provided with the Q4 Revenue & Expenditure Report. https://cao-
94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Revenue-Expenditure-
Report-FY21-22Q4-FY22-23Q1-Info-Memo-12.2.22.pdf
Citywide Recruitment (Kaplan): Directive
to return to Council by fall of 2022 with
options for a citywide recruitment incentive
funding program for job vacancies
Responsive, Trustworthy
Government and Good Jobs
and Vibrant Economy*
HRM Completed Police recruitment incentive survey complete March 2022 and OPOA MOU extension complete July 2022.
Police Academy Reimbursement (Kaplan):
Directive to return to Council by fall of 2022
with a plan to recoup the cost of police
academy training for those who take that
training and then do not stay to work in
Oakland, and an informational report on
what has been recouped so far, and what is
owed.
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention*
OPD Completed A report was prepared in response to this request (https://cao- 94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/22-0719-OPD-Academy-
Reimbursement-Memo.pdf)
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail YSA Village (Kaplan): Directive to pursue
options for YSA village expansion and return
to Council by fall 2022 with options.
Affordable Housing and
Homelessness Solutions*
HSD Delayed Sept. 30, 2022 staff meet with council representatives to inform the organizaiton was in a non-compliance and that an incident had occured that jeapordized the safety and well being of the residents. Referrals to the program have been put on hold and recently the executive director resigned.
Housing for Homeless LGBTQ Youth
(Kaplan): Directive to pursue options to
purchase a hotel for housing LGBTQ TAY
homeless youth
Affordable Housing and
Homelessness Solutions*
HCD Completed HCD in its 2022 Homekey City RFP created a preference for TAY housing proposals, setting aside 25% of available funding for projects that serve TAY homeless youth. Top scoring proposals are expected to apply to State Homekey NOFA funds upon release of NOFA in Spring 2023.
Housing for Homeless LGBTQ Youth
(Bas): Per City Policy, the following
grants shall come to Council for review and
programming and shall support, to the
greatest extent possible, homeless Transition
Aged Youth and homeless LGBTQ
individuals.
■ New $1.1 M Grant from HUD-
ESG/SHP/HOPWA
■ New $9.4 M Grant from Cal HCD
Affordable Housing and
Homelessness Solutions*
HSD In progress Status of grants will be included in 2023 annual report. New $9.4 million ERF grant is support for Wood Street Cabins project (City Council Jul 26, 2022
https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=586237 4&GUID=3A43B4A0-7F54-4B8A-AD3F-
514AD4507A8F&Options=ID|Text|&Search=ERFand Oct. 18,
2022
https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=572375 4&GUID=A8591934-E870-4885-B5C5-
13B8FA055AF8&Options=ID|Text|&Search=ERF); HCD
report for HUD-ESG/SHP/HOPWA report Jul 5,2022
https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=569355 2&GUID=0E2D9A86-01DE-417A-ACA7-
73D01CB02505&Options=ID|Text|&Search=hopwa.
Community Grants (Bas): Implement
process for awarding direct grants
Responsive and Trustworthy
Government*
Finance In progress -RFP Released - Responses due Mar 17, 2023 (Revised from Mar 1, 2023)
-Direct Community Grant Eligibility List was released on 5/2/2023
-Staff anticipates Resolution awarding the chosen organizations will be heard at the 7/18 City Council Meeting.
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Early Childhood Development (Bas): The
City Council encourages the Measure AA
Implementation Partner and the Children’s
Initiative Citizens’ Oversight Commission to
allocate a $2 million contingency from the
initial allocation of Measure AA funds
toward an emergency fund to support Early
Childhood Education Providers, and to fund
Head Start to ensure the effectiveness and
sustainability of the program.
Clean, Healthy Sustainable
Neighborhoods and Good
Jobs and Vibrant Economy*
CAO Completed Contract with Alameda County First 5 Alameda County approved by Council on 12/6/22; Head Start funds provided in Implementation Plan approved by Council 12/6/22. (Alameda County Partnership Resolution -
https://oakland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1013549&G UID=5BC4482C-5BCE-4692-9B37-AE8D58705F56) and
(Initial Draft Early Education Fund Implementation Plan - http://oakland.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?M=F&ID=ee7c006a- 8512-42c6-9150-f18792f68d25.pdf)
Summer Food Program (Bas): Direct the
City Administrator to increase equitable
access to nutritious meals by outreaching to,
and supporting the capacity and participation
of community based partner sites as well as
by increasing the number of open sites
through OPRYD and coordination with Head
Start to ensure unhoused and housing
insecure families are serviced.
Clean, Healthy Sustainable
Neighborhoods*
CAO Completed An info report presented on 12/6 highlights the 2022 expansion in locations and poviders and the plan to continue to expand in 2023.https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=59 21566&GUID=5AEFCFCC-CE8E-4A6F-8112-
616DDBB0C506
Wilma Chan Park (Bas): With the
renaming of Madison Park in honor of the
late Supervisor Wilma Chan, we encourage
the City Administrator to collaborate with the
community and ensure existing staff supports
programming activities at the Park, in
coordination with Lincoln Park and Rec
Center staff, as the Park is publicly renamed
this Fall and as Lincoln Rec
undergoes future renovation.
Clean, Healthy Sustainable
Neighborhoods*
OPRYD In progress 12/12/22: When Lincoln Center commences renovation, will consider opportunity to temporarily relocate programming to Wilma Chan park. If funding is identified in 2023 to close Lincoln project gap, construction est. to being 2025. OPRYD to collaborate with Coucilmember office to identify community based organizations for collaboration at Wilma Chan Park.Page 19 of 28 Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Arts and Culture (Bas): We encourage the
City Administrator to prioritize hiring open
positions to ensure Cultural Affairs can
achieve its goals and directives, and explore
ways the Administration can subsidize artist
performances across the city, for example by
identifying what locations would be available
for performances that the city owns or are
available to rent.
Clean, Healthy Sustainable
Neighborhoods*
EWD In progress The Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWD) is working to fill a Program Analyst III - Cultural Grant Coordinator position. Recruitment for this position closed on 11/13/22. Awaiting referral of candidate list from DHRM. https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/oaklandca/jobs/3755 776/program-analyst-iii-selective-certification-cultural-funding- coordinator-ext
Internal Affairs (From FY 2021-23
Budget): Direct City Administration to work
with the Council President and Public Safety
Committee Chair to commission an
independent, comprehensive audit of the
Police Department, which would be overseen
by the Police Commission’s Inspector
General for completion by December 2022.
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention*
Police Commission
/ Inspector General
Delayed The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is focused on its Charter-mandated tasks and assumption of oversight of Oakland Police Department (OPD) negotiated settlement agreement (NSA) compliance as part of the NSA sustainability process ordered by the Federal Court.
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Police Department Calls for Service (From
FY 2021-23 Budget): Direct City
Administration to present recommendations
and a work plan for Council consideration by
April 2022 for the additional transfer of
certain categories of non-violent, non-
criminal calls for service from the Police
Department to alternative first responders,
including the Fire Department, Department
of Transportation, Violence Prevention,
Public Works, etc., for effectuation by July
2022. For the Dept. of Transportation, this
should include an analysis of the towing
contract currently administered by the Police
Department and the nine (9) traffic-related
calls in the following list provided to the
Reimagining Public Safety Task Force. This
should also include an interdepartmental
Abandoned Auto strategy task force
including the Oakland Police Department,
the Department of Transportation, and other
departments as appropriate, plus at least two
City Council offices, to engage in community
outreach and develop near-term and long-
term strategies that can make a tangible
difference for Oakland residents plagued
with incessant abandoned autos and long
wait times for abandoned auto removal.
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention*
City Administrator In Progress Transfer of vehicle enforcement functions from OPD to Oakland Department of Transportation (DOT)was completed in Februrary 2023. OPD and Oakland Fire Department (OFD)
working to increase call volume/types appropriate for transfer to MACRO. OPD reviewing other call types for possible
alternative response (e.g., to OPD civilians, to other
departments, or to let the public know the City won't be responding to those matters).
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Second Phase of Reimagining Public
Safety to Include Restructuring of Police
Department to Focus on Serious and
Violent Crime (From FY 2021-23 Budget):
Direct City Administration to work with the
Council President and Public Safety Chair to
hire a consultant with expertise on the
criminal legal system, to facilitate the second
phase of Reimagining Public Safety in
Oakland, with the goal of restructuring the
Police Department to focus on serious and
violent crime by operationalizing the shifting
of resources from enforcement and
punishment to prevention, wellness and
alternative responses for integration in the
fiscal year 2023 2025 budget. This includes
raising additional private funds if needed.
The process shall be community-led,
transparent, trauma-informed, and include
the following priorities:
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention*
City Administrator Delayed Attempts to solicit ideas for scope at two Council committee meetings were unsuccessful.
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Analyze possible increase in civilian
personnel assigned to investigations and
other specialized units (including possible
new classifications) and concomitant
decrease in assigned sworn officers in the
following units/positions for greater
effectiveness and cost savings:
Evidence Unit
Property Evidence Specialist Unit Sex
Registrants and ID Section
Patrol Desk in the Police Administration
Building
Patrol Desk at the Eastmont Substation
Supervision of the Homeless Outreach Unit
Internal Affairs Division
Transportation Lot 911 Call Center
Traffic Enforcement
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention*
Police In progress There are currently no civilian classifications within the City with job specifications that align with investigative duties. OPD is discussing with City HRM the next steps to create a civilian investigative classification, possibly an Investigative Assistant or Technician. This will also require a meet and confer with the various civilian and sworn bargaining units.
Remove Low Level and Non Violent Calls
for Service from the Police Department
(From FY 2021-23 Budget): Provide
detailed analysis and recommendations for
operationalizing the removal of low-level,
non-violent calls for service from the Police
Department’s responsibilities and options for
an alternative response. Low-level, non-
violent calls for service include what the
Police Department classifies as
“Administrative, Animal-related, Homeless,
Mental Health, Noise-related, Ambulance
Requested, and Other.”
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention*
City Administrator Superceded Please see "Police Department Calls for Service (From FY 2021- 23 Budget)" above.
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Significantly Stand Up MACRO As An
Effective Alternate Response System as
First Responders to Non- Violent Calls for
Service (From FY 2021-23 Budget):
Prioritize available state and other funding
for alternative response systems, including
funding through Assembly Bill 988, which
creates a new three-digit phone line for
suicide prevention and immediate, localized
emergency response for individuals in mental
health crisis by trained mental health
professionals, as well as available federal
matching, the CRISIS Act funding for
community based organizations, and in
partnership with Alameda County. [2022-23
Directives: ○ Begin the process of
connecting dispatch to MACRO and
directing some non-violent and non-criminal
911 calls to MACRO.
○ Secure the necessary funds (public and
private) to make the program sustainable.]
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention*
Fire Completed MACRO was formally launched on April 8 2022 with crews heading into the pilot areas to conduct on view engagement with residents. As of August 9, 2022, MACRO crews began being dispatched via 911 on August 1, 2022.
Internal Affairs to CPRA: Direct City
Administration to work with an independent
consultant, the Police Commission, and the
Police Department to analyze options and
timeline for moving most or all of the
responsibilities of the Internal Affairs
Division to the Community
Police Review Agency (CPRA).
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention*
Police Commission
/ CPRA
In progress The Police Commission had indicated they wished to first hear from experts, but the Commission has not indicated when this should occur. The Police Commission also intended to vote on the language of the RFP, but they have yet to do this.
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Public Safety Policy Analyst (Bas): The
addition of a policy analyst who would work
primarily with the Council Offices, as well as
with the Budget Advisory Commission, aim
to do this through implementing systems and
policies that increase transparency and
accountability in the Oakland Police
Department. This analyst position will assist
in gathering and publishing relevant datasets,
including calls for service,
as recommended by the OPD
Budget/Staffing Workgroup from the
Reimagining Public Safety Task
Force and endorsed by the Budget Advisory
Commission. We direct the City
Administrator to establish
regular performance metrics related to 911
response times for priority 1 calls and
clearance rates,
especially for violent and serious crimes; and
regular reporting of information on the above
to the Public
Safety Committee and the full City Council.
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention*
Delayed The position was not added by Council in the midcycle budget process.
Department of Violence Prevention
Support: We direct the City Administrator
to:
○ Identify funding for the next bi-annual
budget cycle.
○ Support community ambassadors, adding
additional ambassadors throughout the City.
Public Safety and Violence
Prevention*
CAO In progress Budget development not yet started, but the Administration did propose, and Council approved, additional ambassador
employment for the holidays.
(https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=59468 29&GUID=971B0DF2-6FC9-4379-9F73-ABBABFEBEB8E)Page 25 of 28 Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Head Start Funding from 9/1/21 City
Council Meeting Legistar # 21-0613:
Amended Resolution: That the City
Administrator is directed to return to Council
with a recommendation to fund captial
improvements, rent, other facility and
program costs at another location in
Chinatown, to be determined, for a Head
Start program in the event that a Head Start
program is not placed at the Lincoln Square
Recreation Center.
Good Jobs and Vibrant
Economy
Human Services
Department
Open To be addressed in 2023 Head Start annual report
Choice Of Communications Services
Providers #21-0467 10/19/21 CCM: The
City Administer is directed to cause notice of
this Ordinance to be mailed or emailed to all
Property Owners of Multiple Occupancy
Buildings, according to the business tax
certification records of the Revenue
Management Bureau, within 90
days of final adoption of this Ordinance.
Responsive and Trustworthy
Government
Finance In Progress List of multiple occupancy building owners in the business tax (HdL) database has been created. As of 12/2/22 the draft notice and cover letter are with the City Administrator's Office for review.
Stauts of Authorized Grants 21-0695:
Report back to City Council on December 12
on status of grants awarded in 2021
Responsive and Trustworthy
Government
CAO, EWD, DVP,
HCD, HSD,
OPRYD
Completed Report provided:
https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=514562 5&GUID=352E95FF-BA03-4F56-8258-
A8D1CA20E7DA&Options=&Search=
State Capital In The Community Grant 21-
0747: Execute grant agreement and issue
$4M in funding ASAP. Grant recipient
required to return to City Council with a
status report in 2022 to receive the additional
$4M.
Good Jobs and Vibrant
Economy and Responsive
and Trustworthy
Government
Economic &
Workforce
Development
Completed Per City Attorney, this funding was not passed through City control, but rather was sent directly to ESO Ventures by the State, the non profit receiving the grant, so the direction cannot be implemented.
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Construction Innovation And Expanded
Housing Options Ordinance 21-0658:
Section 10 Additional Research and Reports
The City Administrator or designee is
directed to look into alternative compliance
for sewage waste disposal and water supply
for Vehicular Residential Facilities and shall
research methods for on-site sewage waste
disposal and water supply for Vehicular
Residential Facilities and report back to City
Council within one year. City staff shall
present those methods and information
within one year to the City Council as
potential methods for alternative compliance
to this Ordinance. The City Administrator
shall conduct a review of the implementation
of this Ordinance within three years and
report back to City Council with information
concerning the number, type, and compliance
with this Ordinance of Vehicular Residential
Facilities in the city and any recommended
changes to this Ordinance.
Affordable Housing and
Homelessness Solutions
Planning &
Building, Public
Works
In Progress From OPW: Darin Ranelletti, author of the Construction Innovation and Expanded Housing Options item, referred to the City Michael Tolleson who has examples of having obtained successful permits for tiny homes around the State for how other cities permit tiny homes and utility connections. Planning & Building will contact Michael to meet with P&B and OPW.
Concurrent to this outreach, P&B and OPW will continue to look into the health considerations, feasibility of City oversight, existing City, State, and County policies around sewage disposal, and current City struggles with RVs on illicit discharges. OPW staff anticipate meeting with the County of Alameda Health Department and come up with questions prior to the meeting.Page 27 of 28
Summary Description Purpose Dept Responsible Status Status Detail Billboards: On December 15, 2020 City
Counccil Resolution No. 88463 C.M.S. The
City Administrator or designee is directed
into looking into regulatory changes to allow
for the construction of off-premise
advertising signs within the City of Oakland.
Clean, Healthy Sustainable
Neighborhoods
Planning &
Building
Completed 6/9/23: First reading of the sign ordinance was heard and approved by the City Council on January 6, 2023.
Short Term Rentals: On July 19, 2016, City
Counccil Resolution No. 86298 C.M.S.
Oakland City Council directs the Planning
and Building Department to obtain sufficient
stakeholder input and bring forward policy
options to the City Council within six months
to regulate Short Term Residential Rental
Housing and Transient Residential Hosting
Platforms, that takes into consideration the
advantages and disadvantages of the
objectives listed in the Resolution.
Clean, Healthy Sustainable
Neighborhoods
Planning &
Building
In Progress 6/9/23: Ordinance being developed to incorporate needs for period for property registration and necessary code
enforcement.
Childrens Hospital-Related Rezoning:
During the approval of the Children's
Hospital expansion in 2015, the City Council
directed city staff to review the zoning to the
immediate area to the north of the hospital
campus to restrict the construction of
medical activities and return to Council for
review and adoption.
Clean, Healthy Sustainable
Neighborhoods
Planning &
Building
In Progress 6/9/23: Reviewing MOU with CAO office, City Attorney and Hospital Team. Looking to finalize Q3.
* Added during the FY 2022-2023 Midcycle Budget
FY 2022-23 Adopted Policy Directives: https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=5714040&GUID=15827D6E-B421-4A86-B7BE- 9A1D0BD872D5&Options=&Search=
FY 2021-23 Adopted Policy Directives: https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Reso-88717_FY21-23-Budget-Resolution.pdf