APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO
ACCEPT AN IN-KIND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AWARD VALUED AT
ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000) FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2025, TO JUNE 30, 2029 , AND TO ENTER INTO A NO-COST
AGREEMENT WITH GREENLIGHT FUND AND URBAN PEACE
INSTITUTE IN SUPPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION ACADEMY IN OAKLAND FOR A FOUR-
YEAR TERM
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland’s Department of Violence Prevention (DVP) is mandated to reduce gun violence, intimate partner violence, and commercial sexual exploitation in Oakland; and
WHEREAS, the DVP achieves its mandate s by: (1) employing a team of direct service staff to deliver intensive life coaching and violence interruption services to individuals at the highest risk of near -term group violence, (2) funding community -based organizations to deliver services to individuals at the center of group violence, intimate partner violence, and commercial sexual exploitation in Oakland, and (3) providing training and capacity-building opportunities to the ecosystem of community violence intervention workers in Oakland; and
WHEREAS, the DVP’s work is part of a national field of practice known as community violence intervention, which focuses on proven strategies and services directed toward individuals most likely to engage in or be affected by violence in the near term; and
WHEREAS, to sustain high-quality community violence intervention work in Oakland and the greater Bay Area, the City would benefit from establishing an academy to train and certify individuals as community violence intervention workers; and
WHEREAS, GreenLight Fund is a national philanthropic organization that identifies persistent social issues in specific communities and funds national experts to help implement evidence-based solutions through multi-year technical assistance; and
WHEREAS, in May 2025, GreenLight Fund selected the DVP through a competitive process to receive four years of technical assistance from Urban Peace Institute , a nonprofit that has established a successful community violence intervention academy in Los Angeles, to support the creation of a similar academy in Oakland; and
2 WHEREAS, the DVP desires to enter a no -cost agreement with GreenLight Fund and Urban Peace Institute to outline the roles and responsibilities of each entity during the four-year term of this collaboration; and
WHEREAS, prior to execution, the agreement shall be reviewed and approved as to form and legality by the Office of the City Attorney and placed on file in the Office of the City Clerk; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to accept an in-kind technical assistance award valued at one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the period of October 1, 2025, to June 30, 2029, and to enter an agreement with GreenLight Fund and Urban Peace Institute , for a term of four years, that will allow the DVP to receive technical assistance from Urban Peace Institute, funded by GreenLight Fund, to establish a community violence intervention academy in Oakland.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - BROWN, FIFE, GALLO, HOUSTON, RAMACHANDRAN, UNGER, WANG, AND
PRESIDENT JENKINS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California
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