THE HONORABLE SHENG THAO • MAYOR OF OAKLAND
CITY HALL • 1 FRANK H. OGAWA PLAZA • OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94612 • (510) 238-3141 • [email protected] Letter of Appointment
October 3, 2023
Dear President Bas and members of the City Council:
Pursuant to City Charter Section 601, the Mayor has appointed the following persons as members of the following board or commission, subject to City Council confirmation:
Community Policing Advisory Board
Nancy Sidebotham, to serve a three year term as the Neighborhood Watch Steering Committee representative beginning March 25, 2023 and ending March 24, 2026, filling the seat previously held by Geraldine Wong.
Larry Lawrence Brandon, to serve a three year term as the District 3 representative on the Community Policing Advisory Board beginning March 25, 2023 and ending March 24, 2026, filling the seat previously held by Carol Wyatt.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Sincerely,
Mayor Sheng Thao
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Vitals:
Nancy S. Sidebotham
Educatio
n:
1968 A.A. Social Science
Merritt College
Grove Street Campus
Oakalnd Ca
1970 B.A. History
Cal State University Hayward
Hayward CA
Biography:
Age: 73
Bilingual: English and Spanish
Grew up in Panama
Occupation: Tax Preparer since 1973
Moved to Oakland: September 4, 1964
Moved to District 6: December 21, 1980
Qualifications:
2000-2019 Chair of MEM (Millsmont Evegreen Millsbrae) Beat 29X NCPC 1998-2000 Board member Beat 29X NCPC
2013-2019 NW (Neighborhood Watch) Steering Committee
2009-2011/2016-2019 CPAB (Community Policing Advisory) Board Member 2000 18th Academy, Citizens Police Academy
2014 Citizen’s Academy
1990-2010 Candidate for District 6 City Council
2014 Mayoral Candidate
2016 Candidate for At Large Council Seat
2012 Stand for Oakland Co-Founder
2018 Mayoral Candidate
2008 NCPC Assessment Advisory Committee Survey Study
2000 Graduate for Trainers regarding Problem Solving
Other qualifications/activities:
ARTS
• Artship Foundation, supporter
• Oakland Business Arts Awards, ‘94 Juror
• Supports the remodeling and rehabilitation of Studio One • Support increase funding for the Arts
• Support the promotion of the artistic community through advertising and festivals • Enhances after school arts programs
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
• Citizens for a New Animal Shelter (CNAS), President & Co-Founder • Oakland City Council Animal Shelter Liaison
• Central East Oakland Community Development Block Grant (CEOCDBG), Board • City of Oakland Emergency Task Force
• Citizens of Oakland Respond to Emergencies (CORE), Program & Graduate • Citizens of Oakland Respond to Emergencies (CORE), Advisory Committee • Graduate of Oakland Citizens Police Academy
• Crime Stoppers, founding Board Members of newly reorganized board • Oakland Crime Stoppers, Secretary
• Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association
• Burbank-Millsbrae Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), Steering • Committee and past Vice Chair
• Neighborhood Watch, Block Captain
• Millsmont Home Owners Association, Co-Founder, President • Wyman/Simmons Coalition, assisted with strategy to stop development in slide area • Working to get Oakland Housing Authority to clean up and manage their properties • Worked to get the Vintage Inn closed
• Worked to remove the illegal car washing/detailing loiterers at church top of 73rd • Working to stop loitering and drug sales at gas station at Sunnymere and Seminary • Worked to clean up blight and neighborhood intimidation at 3964 Gardenia Place • Alerted community to the atrocities and mismanagement at the Oakland Animal Shelter • Strong supporter for removing the Animal Shelter out of Police • Working to bring One Stop Market and Liquors into compliance • Closed down One Stop Liquors
• Burbank-Millsbrae NCPC, Beat 29X, Chair
• UNCO Chair
• CPAB
AFFILIATIONS
• CORO Foundation Graduate (San Francisco)
• League of Women Voters, past Board Member
• National Women’s Political Caucus former member
• Oakland Sunset Rotary, Past President
• East Oakland Rotary, Past International Director
• MGO (Montclair Greater Oakland) Democratic Club Board member
BUSINESS
• Oakland Merchant Leadership Forum (OMLF), Executive Committee • Co-Chairperson Shop Oakland 2000
• Co-Chairperson Shop Oakland 2001
• Deemed Approved Advisory Committee (DAAC)
• Deemed Approved Program, worked to protect small restaurants • Oakland Employers Transportation Network (ONET)
• MacArthur Blvd. Merchants Association (MBMA), Past Board Secretary • Foothill Seminary Merchants Association, Past Chair and Secretary
DEVELOPMENT
• Oakland Commerce Corporation (OCC), Business Partners Program • Business Alert Seminar, organized
• Oakland Development Council, Past Member
• Leona Quarry Committee to Stop Big Box Development
• Stop the Widening of Edwards/73rd Avenue Committee
• MacArthur-Seminary Design Review, Spokesperson & Steering Committee member • Ban Trucks on 580 Coalition
• MacArthur Blvd. Design Review Committee
• Main Street USA Seminar
• Zoning Update Committee
PARKS AND REC/ENVIRONMENT
• Rotary Nature Center Advisory Council, Past Chairperson • Citizens for Oakland’s Open Space (COOS), Past Co-Treasurer • Open Space Conservation and Recreation (OSCAR), Advisory • Measure K, supporter
• Kings Estate Dog Park
• Rainbow Recreation Advisory Committee, Past Secretary • Hardy Park, assisted with strategy for dog park
• Park & Recreation, Advisory Council—set up individual park advisory system • Dunsmuir House & Gardens, member
• Friends of Park & Rec, former member
• Supporter of Arroyo Viejo Park
• East Oakland Swim Center Advisory Committee
• Arroyo Viejo Creek Celebration Committee
• Supports the prevention for cutting over three hundred trees around Lake Merritt • Supports the strengthening of the Creek Ordinance
• Working to restore Chimes Creek and stop the erosion from the project at Leona Quarry • Supports the vision of those that worked to preserve and develop the Estuary Plan • Supports the use of the funding that has been set aside to rebuild the City stables and get it up and running again
• Supports the community in stopping the give-away of open space/parkland to a non- profit/upholding the OSCAR Plan
• Working to stop illegal dumping
• Chimes Creek
COMMENDATIONS
• OPD Captain's Certificate of Commendation
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. C.M.S.
INTRODUCED BY MAYOR SHENG THAO
RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE MAYOR’S APPOINTMENTS OF
NANCY SIDEBOTHAM AND LARRY LAWRENCE BRANDON AS
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY POLICING ADVISORY BOARD
WHEREAS, Section 601 of the City Charter provides that members of City boards and commissions shall be appointed by the Mayor subject to confirmation by the affirmative vote of five members of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 72727 C.M.S., adopted June 11, 1996, and amended by Resolution No. 73916 C.M.S., adopted November 4,1997, which changed the body’s status from a Task Force to a Board, establishes that the Community Policing Advisory Board shall oversee, monitor and report at least twice yearly and provide recommendations on community policing to the Mayor, City Council, City Manager, and director of Police Services; and WHEREAS, the Community Policing Advisory Board consists of fifteen (15) members, all Oakland residents, serving three-year terms, three appointed by the Mayor, one by each Councilmember, one by the Oakland Housing Authority, one by the Oakland Unified School District Board, and two by the Home Alert Steering Committee; and WHEREAS, Councilmember Carroll Fife has appointed Larry Lawrence Brandon to serve a three-year term as the District 3 representative subject to confirmation by the City Council; and WHEREAS, the Honorable Mayor Sheng Thao has appointed Nancy Sidebotham to serve a three-year term as the Neighborhood Watch Steering Committee representative subject to confirmation by the City Council; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby confirms the appointment of the following individual to the Community Policing Advisory Board as set forth below:
Nancy Sidebotham, to serve a three-year term as the Neighborhood Watch Steering Committee representative beginning March 25, 2023 and ending March 24, 2026, filling the seat previously held by Geraldine Wong.
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Larry Lawrence Brandon, to serve a three-year term as the District 3 representative on the Community Policing Advisory Board beginning March 25, 2023 and ending March 24, 2026, filling the seat previously held by Carol Wyatt.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, JENKINS, KALB, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN,
REID AND PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California