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
June 30, 2024
(Revised 6.13.24)
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:
July 11, 2024
No. Title Scheduled
1. FROM: COUNCILMEMBER GALLO
Receive An Informational Report To Place A Special Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Distributor Tax On The November 5, 2024 Ballot To Amend The Current SSBT To Include A Yearly Consumer Price Index Adjustment And To Be Legally Designated To The Specific Purposes of Addressing Diabetes Rates And Reducing SSB Consumption In The Census Tracts Most Impacted Through 50% To Oakland Parks And Recreation Youth Department, Human Services Department, Economic and Workforce Development Department, and Library Department And 50% To The Oakland Healthy Living, Healing, and Nutrition Special Fund, Which Will Be Governed By A Citizen Planning And Oversight Committee That Will Develop And Evaluate Three-Year Strategic Investment Plans To Address Diabetes And SSB Consumption Through Allocations To Healthy Retail, Health Education, Income Supplements, Community Spaces, Meal Distribution, Water Access, Health Screenings, And An Independent Evaluation Tracking Impact Of Tax And Revenue Allocations
6.13.24 Rules
[24-0571]
2. 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 Limits; (3) Amending The Rules For Maintaining Order During Meetings; And
6.13.24 Rules
File ID (24-0414)
Rules & Legislation Committee
(4) Making Non-Substantive Technical Edits
3. FROM: COUNCILMEMBERS RAMACHANDRAN AND JENKINS
Adopt A Resolution Terminating Local Emergencies Related To HIV/AIDS, Medical Cannabis, And Homelessness
6.13.24 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