Attachment B FY 2022-23 Policy Directives
# Policy Directive Summary Description Purpose Department Responsible
Status Status Detail
1 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 Completed HCD reviewed an application from the owners of the Lake Merritt Lodge (LML) as part of the City's Homekey
3.0 NOFA process. HCEB was not party to that
application. The LML owner's application was deemed
insufficient and the project did not advance for City or State Homekey funding. Since then, the owners of LML
have not submitted a new application for review.
However, HCEB has applied for CCE funds for a
property located at 1888 MLK and applied to the City's
R2H2/Homekey 4.0 NOFA which cloesd in February,
2024. The State recently notified the City that the CCE application for 1888 MLK was successful. HCD staff is
reviewing HCEB's R2H2 application for underwriting
that would close the financing gap and allow the
acquisition of the project to be completed within the
next 3-4 months.
2 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=101
3549&GUID=5BC4482C-5BCE-4692-9B37-
AE8D58705F56) and (Initial Draft Early Education Fund
Implementation Plan -
http://oakland.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?M=F&ID=ee
7c006a-8512-42c6-9150-f18792f68d25.pdf);
coordination with County ongoing
3 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)
4 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)
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# Policy Directive Summary Description Purpose Department Responsible
Status Status Detail
5* Discount Public Transit
(Kaplan)
Directive to work with AC Transit to pursue the options of free BART 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 report back to Oakland-AC Transit ILC, and Council in Fall 2022.
Clean Healthy
Sustainable
Neighborhoods and
Good Jobs and
Vibrant Economy
DOT Completed Funding from the Lake Merritt Parking Meter Program was originally designated for a discount transit
program. These funds have since been withdrawn. AC
Transit proposed to charge the City $10,000 per
weekend to provide Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) services at
no cost to riders. Alternatively, Universal Basic Mobility (UBM) is a nationally-recognized program first initiated by OakDOT in 2017 with a grant from ACT that
provides income-qualifying Oaklanders prepaid debit
cards that can be used for transit, shared mobility, and other mobility-related services. The pilot program was
rolled out in East Oakland and expanded into West
Oakland in 2024.
6 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
7 Citwide 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
HRM Completed Police recruitment incentive survey complete March 2022 and OPOA MOU extension complete July 2022.
8 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)
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# Policy Directive Summary Description Purpose Department Responsible
Status Status Detail
9* 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 In progress The site YSA is on, 633 Hegenberger, is part of the greater Coliseum plan and may eventually be included
in the AASEG development plans. As of March, 2025
CHS is working with folks in HCD to find a suitable brick and mortar site for the program to relocate to. After
consulting with Real Estate and HCD, it was
determined that YSA will not move forward with
expansion at the current location.
10 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 Round 3 City RFP created a preference for TAY housing proposals, setting aside
25% of available funding for projects that serve TAY
homeless youth. The four top scoring proposals then
applied to the Homekey Round 3 NOFA. Three of the
proposals were awarded Homekey funding totaling
191 units. Of these 191 units, 26 (14%) are dedicated
to TAY.
Oakland HCD created the Rapid Response Homeless
Housing (R2H2) program in fall 2023, a local version of Homekey that allows for improved vetting of projects.
In November 2023, HCD released the R2H2 and
Homekey Round 4 City RFP with applications due in
February 2024. Nineteen applications were received
and initial reviews have taken place. There are
currently eight active pipeline projects totaling 435
units, of which 61 (14%) are dedicated to TAY. The
remaining eleven proposed projects remain in the
City's pipeline and are continuing to be reviewed for
future viability.
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Attachment B FY 2022-23 Policy Directives
# Policy Directive Summary Description Purpose Department Responsible
Status Status Detail
11* 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
HCD In progress Status of grants will be included in 2024 annual report, which is tentatively scheduled for June 3, 2025.
12 Community Grants
(Bas)
Implement process for awarding direct grants Responsive, Trustworthy
Government
Finance Completed -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.
13 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=101
3549&GUID=5BC4482C-5BCE-4692-9B37-
AE8D58705F56) and (Initial Draft Early Education Fund
Implementation Plan -
http://oakland.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?M=F&ID=ee
7c006a-8512-42c6-9150-f18792f68d25.pdf)
14 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.as
px?ID=5921566&GUID=5AEFCFCC-CE8E-4A6F-8112-
616DDBB0C506
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Status Status Detail
15* 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 OPRYD had considered relocating the Lincoln Square program, in part, to Wilma Chan Park for the summer
camp. However, it's important to note that Wilma
Chan Park lacks the appropriate infrastructure to host
our summer camp programming. Initially, construction
timelines indicated a start in the summer of 2024.
However, the updated timeline has construction
commencing in the fall of 2025. Consequently, the
Lincoln Square summer camp will remain on-site for
the summer.
OPRYD Administration is collaborating with the Lincoln
Square Center Director to identify and secure
alternative program locations in the area for fall
programs and operations. Staff are currently in
discussions with the Oakland Asian Culture Center and
Shoong Family Chinese Culture Center to potentially
provide program space to accommodate some of the
Lincoln programs.
16 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 Completed Cultural affairs open position filled in 2024. Funding priorities superceded by 2024-25 budget
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Status Status Detail
17* Independent Audit of
Police Department
(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
In progress The OIG independent audit of OPD has been frozen due to all auditor positions at the OIG being frozen and the MGT contract to audit OPD also being frozen. What
the OIG is doing now:
• Recommendation Tracker for CPRA and OPD
• Outreach & Engagement in Districts3, 4, and 7
including the West Oakland Neighbors
• Hiring a Provisional Policy Analyst
• Inspect/Evaluate seven various NSA task (3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 13)
• Policy Review of DGO B-08 Training recommendations
• Pending final comments from City Council on
satisfaction of the PFM Staffing Study
18 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
Completed Transfer of vehicle enforcement functions from OPD to Oakland Department of Transportation (DOT) was
completed in February 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). A resolution was approved in March
2024 to appropriate funds to improve abandoned auto
towing and clearing the public right of way of the
blight and hazard of abandoned vehicles. An
informational report related to the abandoned auto
program status was provided at the March 19, 2024
City Council Meeting:
https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID
=6558357&GUID=C89165BC-9BDD-46B7-8E4A-
CE0DABCCCDD2&Options=&Search=
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Attachment B FY 2022-23 Policy Directives
# Policy Directive Summary Description Purpose Department Responsible
Status Status Detail
19* 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. Recommend
withdrawing item if there is not sufficient momentum
to continue this Policy Directive.
20* Increase Capacity to
Investigate and Solve
Crimes and Produce
Higher Clearance
Rates on Homicides,
Missing Persons, and
Other Serious Crimes
by Restructuring
Investigations Units
(From FY 2021-23
Budget)
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 OPD is collaborating with HRM to create the civilian investigator position. HRM is preparing to engage with
OPD Subject Matter Experts to define the duties and
responsibilities associated with this role. The position will be assigned to both the Criminal Investigation
Division and Traffic Division.
21 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 item 18, "Police Department Calls for Service (From FY 2021-23 Budget)" above.
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Status Status Detail
22 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.
23 Internal Affairs to CPRA
(From FY 2021-23
Budget)
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
Completed The Commission (via CPRA) has contracted with a consulting team to evaluate the measures and
resources needed to transition the investigative
responsibilities of IAD to CPRA, and to begin facilitating the transition to the extent practicable based on
CPRA's budget. The consultants will be introducing
themselves at the June 25th Police Commission.
24* 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 FY 2022- 2023 midcycle budget process, the FY 2023-25 Biennial
Budget, nor the FY 2024-25 midcycle budget.
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# Policy Directive Summary Description Purpose Department Responsible
Status Status Detail
25 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 Completed During the FY 22-23 budget process, Councilmember Reid awarded a $175,000 community grant to Black
Cultural Zone to fund the credible messenger program
in East Oakland (CMS 89376). CMS 89804 appropriated
funds to EWD to manage the city wide community
ambassador program.
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