APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
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KLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
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RODUCED BY MAYOR BARBARA LEE
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OLUTION CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL
SESEN PERRILLIAT, ETELVINA LOPEZ, NATALIA RIOS, SAM DAVIS,
PETER HAVILAND- EDUAH, MARCY WHITEBOOK, MICHELLE
NEWRINGEISEN, MARIA SUJO, LISA TRUONG AND EMMA BATTEN-
BOWMAN AND THE REAPPOINTMENT OF EDGAR RODRIGUEZ -
RAMIREZ, KYM JOHNSON, PRIYA JAGANNATHAN, AND RICKEY
JACKSON AS MEMBERS OF THE CHILDREN’S INITIATIVE
CITIZENS’ OVERSIGHT COMMISSION
WH
EREAS, the Oakland Children’s Initiative was a 2018 Charter Amendment passed by the citizens of Oakland to deepen early investment in children and support them through college graduation through a 30-year parcel tax; and WH
EREAS, the Oakland Children’s Initiative (Oakland City Charter, Art. XVI), established the Children’s Initiative Citizens’ Oversight Commission to provide oversight, accountability, and analysis for the distribution of funds and execution of programming; and WH
EREAS, Section 1601(b) of the City Charter provides that the Citizens’ Oversight Commission shall be composed of nine (9) to fifteen (15) members appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Council pursuant to Section 601 of the Charter; and WH
EREAS, Section 601 of the City Charter provides that members of City boards and commissions shall be appointed by the Mayor subject to confirmation by the affirmative vote of five members of the City Council; and
WH
EREAS, Section 1601(b) of the City Charter provides that the Mayor shall request recommendations from members of the City Council and the Oakland Unified School District Board of Education and Superintendent at least fourteen (14) days prior to submitting any appointments for confirmation for the Citizens’ Oversight Commission; and WH
EREAS, Section 1601(b) of the City Charter provides that the composition of the Commission should be reflective of the diversity of Oakland and shall include the following members:
1. at
least one (1) member with professional expertise in early childhood education policy;
2. at least one (1) member with professional expertise in, or who is a provider of, early childhood care or education;
2 3. at
least one (1) member with at least two (2) years of experience teaching in early childhood education;
4. at least one (1) member with at least two (2) years of experience teaching TK -12, or who has professional expertise in TK-12 education or college access;
5. at least one (1) member with professional expertise in college completion, college or university leadership, or support for traditionally underrepresented college students;
6. at least one (1) member with experience in budgeting, auditing, finance, or early asset building;
7. at least one (1) member of a union or labor advocacy group who is employed by the City of Oakland Head Start, the Oakland Unified School District, or a participating early care and education provider;
8. at least one (1) homeowner who is subject to the parcel tax imposed by Section 5 of the Act;
9. at least one (1) parent, who presently has, or has had within five (5) years from the time of appointment, a child of preschool age who attended a preschool program benefiting from public subsidy, or who was on a waitlist for such a program; And
10. at least one (1) member who is, or who within five (5) years from the time of appointment was, enrolled in an Oakland public school, or who has graduated from an Oakland public school and enrolled in college within five (5) years from the time of appointment, or who is the first in their immediate family to graduate from College; and WHE
REAS, Section 1601(c) of the City Charter provides that a majority of the members of the Commission shall be residents of Oakland, and that the members in paragraphs (7) through (10) above must be residents of Oakland, and the members set forth in paragraphs (1) through (6) above must reside and/or work in Oakland, and at least one (1) member in paragraphs (1) or (2) above must be an employee of the Oakland Unified School District, and that one member may satisfy more than one of the requirements set forth in paragraphs (1) through (10) above; and WHE
REAS, Section 1601(d) of the City Charter provides that a member shall serve no more than four (4) full, consecutive terms, and for the initial nine (9) appointments only, one-third (1/3) of the members shall be appointed to serve for four (4) years, one -third (1/3) shall be appointed to serve for three (3) years, and one -third (1/3) shall be appointed to serve for two (2) years, and subsequently, all terms shall be for three (3) years; and WHE
REAS, the Honorable Mayor Barbara Lee has appointed Michael Sesen Perrilliat , Etelvina Lopez, Natalia Rios, Sam Davis, Peter Haviland -Eduah, Marcy Whitebook, Michelle NewRingeisen, Maria Sujo, Lisa Truong and Emma Batten-Bowman and reappointment of Edgar Rodriguez-Ramirez, Kym Johnson, Priya Jagannathan, and Rickey Jackson, subject to confirmation by the City Council; now, therefore, be it RESO
LVED: That pursuant to City Charter sections 1601 and 601, the City Council confirms these mayoral appointments to the Children’s Initiative Citizens’ Oversight Commission as follows:
Micha
el Sesen Perrilliat, as an Oakland resident, is a homeowner subject to the parcel tax imposed by Section 5 of the Act and has professional expertise in College completion, college or university leadership, or support for traditionally underrepresented college students, to serve a three-year term that begins August 1, 2025 and ends July 31, 2028, replacing Melanie Moore; Etel
vina Lopez, as an Oakland resident, who has been enrolled in an Oakland public school, or who has graduated from an Oakland public school and enrolled in college within five years from the time of appointment , to serve a three –year term that begins August 1, 2025 and ends July 31, 2028, replacing Kareem Weaver;
Natal
ia Rios, who has graduated from an Oakland public school and is now enrolled in 3 col
lege within five years from the time of appointment, to serve a three -year term that begins August 1, 2025 and ends July 31, 2028, replacing Lang Luntao; Sam D
avis, as an Oakland resident, who has professional expertise in education, to serve a three-year term that begins August 1, 2025 and ends July 31, 2028, replacing Jessica Jung; Pet
er Haviland-Eduah, as an Oakland resident, who has professional expertise in college completion, college or university leadership, or support for traditionally underrepresented college students, to serve a three-year term that begins August 1, 2025 and ends July 31, 2028; Marc
y Whitebook , as an Oakland resident, who has professional expertise in early childhood education policy, to serve a three -year term that begins August 1, 2025 and ends July 31, 2028, replacing Bernadette Zermeno;
Michel
le NewRingeisen, as an Oakland resident, who is a homeowner subject to the parcel tax imposed by Section 5 of the Act and experience in budgeting and finance, to serve a three-year term that begins August 1, 2025 and ends July 31, 2028, replacing Tiffany Rose Lascado; Pri
ya Jagannathan , as an Oakland worker, is a former Children's Initiative Oversight Commission member and has professional expertise in early childhood education policy and experience in budgeting, to be reappointed to serve the remainder of a four -year term that began August 1, 2022 and ends July 31, 2026, previously held by Jorge Lerma; Edg
ar Rodriguez Ramirez, as an Oakland worker, is a former Children's Initiative Oversight Commission member and has professional expertise in early childhood education policy and TK-12 education, who is a member of a union, and is employed by the Oakland Unified School District, to be reappointed to serve the remainder of a four -year term that began August 1, 2022 and ends July 31, 2026, previously held by Clarissa Doutherd; Kym Joh
nson, as an Oakland resident, is a former Children's Initiative Oversight Commission member, is a homeowner subject to the parcel tax imposed by Section 5 of the Act, has professional expertise in early childhood education policy, early childhood education, and experience in budgeting, to be reappointed to serve a three-year term that begins August 1, 2025 and ends July 31, 2028;
Ric
key Jackson , as an Oakland resident, is a former Children's Initiative Oversight Commission member, has professional expertise in college completion, college or university leadership, or support for traditionally underrepresented college students and has graduated from an Oakland public school and enrolled in college within five years from the time of appointment, to serve the remainder of a four -year term that began August 1, 2022 and ends July 31, 2026, previously held by Cynthia Adams;
Maria
Sujo, as an Oakland resident, who has at least two years of experience in teaching early childhood education, to serve a three –year term that begins August 1, 2025 and ends July 31, 2028, replacing Dana Cilono;
Lis
a Truong, as an Oakland resident, who is a homeowner subject to the parcel tax imposed by Section 5 of the Act and professional expertise in early childhood education policy, to 4 serve a three - year term that begins August 1, 2025 and ends July 31, 2028, replacing Deltrina Johnson;
Emma Batten-Bowman, as an Oakland resident, who is a member in a union or labor advocacy group and is employed by a n early care and education provider , to serve a three- year term that begins August 1, 2025 and ends July 31, 2028;
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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