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 SLATE OF TWO COMMISSIONERS, RICARDO
GARCIA-ACOSTA AND OMAR FARMER , TO SERVE ON THE
OAKLAND POLICE COMMISSION
WHEREAS, Oakland voters approved Measure LL – establishing a Police Commission on November 8, 2016, with 83.19% 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
WHEREAS, City Charter Section 604(c)(2) requires the Mayor to appoint three Oakland residents as regular members to the Police Commission and one Oakland resident as an alternate member; and
WHEREAS, City Charter Section 604(c)(3) established a nine-member Selection Panel to select candidates for the remaining four positions on the Police Commission; and
WHEREAS, under City Charter Section 604(c)(3) the Selection Panel is to review, interview, and select candidates for the Police Commission’s four full-time commission positions, and one alternate position, and submit its slate to the City Council for approval; and
WHEREAS, the Selection Panel’s one regular commissioner and one alternate position on the Police Commission have terms set to expire on October 16, 2025; and
WHEREAS, during its 202 5 selection process, the Selection Panel sought applicants, interviewed three (3) candidates through two rounds of interviews, and selected two individuals as its nominees for the Police Commission; and
WHEREAS, Section 604(c)(3) of the City Charter provides City Council the authority to accept or reject the Selection Panel’s appointments to the Police Commission; now therefore, be it
2 RESOLVED: That pursuant to City Charter Section 604(c)(3), the City Council hereby accepts the Selection Panel’s slate of candidates in its entirety to serve as members of the Police Commission, as follows:
Ricardo Garcia-Acosta (Full Commissioner)
Term: October 17, 2025 – October 16, 2028
Omar Farmer (Alternate Commissioner)
Term: October 17, 2025 – October 16, 2028
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - BROWN, FIFE, GALLO, HOUSTON, RAMACHANDRAN, UNGER, WANG, AND
PRESIDENT JENKINS
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California