Rules & Legislation Committee
CITY OF OAKLAND
CITY HALL • 1 FRANK H. OGAWA PLAZA • OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94612
Office of the City Administrator
Jestin D. Johnson
City Administrator
(510) 238-3301
May 2024
(Revised 5.23.24)
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 the 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:
Tonya Gilmore, Acting Deputy City Administrator).
Anticipated Date For Scheduling:
June 6, 2024
No. Title Scheduled
1. FROM: OFFICE OF CITY CLERK
Adopt An Ordinance Amending Oakland Municipal Code Sections: (1)
3.08.040 (Nomination Petitions) To Authorize The City Clerk To Extend Normal Office Hours On The Final Day Of The Nomination Period For An Election, To Explicitly Adopt The State Law Extension Of Time To File Nomination Petitions For An Office Where The Office Is Held By Incumbent That Is Eligible For Reelection, But Does Not Timely File Nomination Paperwork, And To Update The Language To Require Candidates To Return Nomination Materials In Person Consistent With Existing Practice; And (2) 3.08.080 (Qualifications Statement) To Add Requirement That Sponsors Are Registered Voters
Consistent With Requirement For Nomination Petition Signatures
5.23.24 Rules
File ID (24-0483)
June 27, 2024
No. Title Scheduled
1. FROM: COUNCILMEMBERS RAMACHANDRAN AND JENKINS
Adopt A Resolution Amending And Restating The Council’s Rules Of Procedure In Their Entirety In Order To Increase Public Access And Participation By, Among Other Things: (1) Changing The Times For Commencing And Ending City Council Meetings; (2) Amending Public Comment Procedures And Time
5.9.24 Rules
File ID (24-0414)
Rules & Legislation Committee
Limits; (3) Amending The Rules For Maintaining Order During Meetings; And (4) Making Non-Substantive Technical Edits
2. FROM: COUNCILMEMBERS RAMACHANDRAN AND JENKINS
Adopt A Resolution Terminating Local Emergencies Related To HIV/AIDS, Medical Cannabis, And Homelessness
5.9.24 Rules
File ID (24-0416)
Pending No Date Specific
No. Title Scheduled
1. FROM: COUNCILMEMBER FIFE
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 (HSD)
5.19.22 Rules
File ID (22-0412)
Withdrawn with No
New Date
2. FROM: PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE KALB
A 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
7.7.22 Rules
File ID (22-0384)
Withdrawn with No
New Date
* Per Resolution No. 90066 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,
Winnie Woo for
Jestin D. Johnson
City Administrator