APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE POLICE COMMISSION
SELECTION PANEL’S NOMINATION OF OMAR FARMER TO SERVE
AS ALTERNATE COMMISSIONER ON THE 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 regular members and one alternate member to the Police Commission, 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 solicit, review and interview applicants for four regular members and one alternate member to the Police Commission; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to City Charter Section 604(c)(3) the Selection P anel must submit its slate of nominees to the Police Commission to the City Council for its approval; and
WHEREAS, City Charter Section 604(c)(8), when a vacancy occurs for any reasons other than the expiration of a regular member's term, the Police Comm ission shall select one of the Alternate Commissioners to replace the regular member for that regular member's remaining term of office, and if the Alternate Commissioner chosen to replace the regular member was appointed by the Selection Panel, the Select ion Panel shall appoint another Alternate Commissioner, which is also subject to City Council’s approval; and
WHEREAS, on May 8, 2024 the Police Commission Appointed a Selection Panel Alternate to the Police Commission, thereby creating a vacancy in the Selection Panel’s Alternate Commissioner seat; and
WHEREAS, the Selection Panel met on May 21, 202 4 and selected Ricardo Garcia - Acosta to serve as the Alternate Commissioner for the remainder of the term set to expire on October 16, 2025; and
2 WHEREAS, Section 604(c)(3) of the City Charter provides that the City Council shall accept or reject the Selection Panel appointments to the Police Commission; now therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That pursuant to City Charter Sections 604(c)(3), the City Council ac cepts the Selection Panel nomination of Omar Farmer to the Police Commission as an Alternate Commissioner:
Omar Farmer For a Term set to expire on October 16, 2025
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
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