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 COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO
SUBMIT A RESPONSE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO THE
2024-2025 ALAMEDA COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY REPORT
WHEREAS, on June 20, 2025, the Alameda County Civil Grand Jury issued its 2024- 2025 Alameda County Civil Grand Jury Final Report; and
WHEREAS, five sections in the Grand Jury Report concern the City of Oakland (“City”); and
WHEREAS, the Grand Jury requested responses from various City departments and City officials, including the City Council, to four of the five sections; and
WHEREAS, the four sections that require responses from the City Administration and City Council are as follows: “Oakland’s Potholes: A Bumpy Road and Inadequate Oversight”; “Oakland’s Poor Stewardship of Measure Q Funds Jeopardizes Its Effectiveness”; “Adding Insult to Injury: Oakland Issues Parking Tickets to Stolen Vehicles”; “Oakland’s Wildfire Preparedness:
Good Vegetation Management but Emergency Access Needs Improvement”; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to California Penal Code section 933(c), the City of Oakland shall respond to the Grand Jury findings within 90 days of the public release date of the Grand Jury report, however, the Grand Jury may grant, and in fact did grant, the City an extension to respond beyond the 90-day deadline; and
WHEREAS, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that the City’s new deadline to respond to all of the Grand Jury findings in this year’s Grand Jury Report is November 7, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the City Administration has prepared a response on behalf of the Mayor and the relevant City departments and said response is included as Attachment B to the City Administrator’s Agenda Report accompanying this resolution; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to join the City Administrator and submit the proposed response on behalf of the City Council as well; now, therefore, be it
2 RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby authorizes the Council President, on behalf of the Council, to submit the City Administrator’s proposed response, in substantially the form of Attachment B to the Agenda Report accompanying this resolution, to the Alameda County Civil Grand Jury as the City Council’s formal response to the 2024-2025 Civil Grand Jury Report findings.
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
3445152 / ARM