Thursday, December 4, 2025
10:30 AM
City of Oakland
Office of the City Clerk
Oakland City Hall,
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Oakland, California 94612
City Council Chamber, 3rd Floor
*Rules & Legislation Committee
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza,
Oakland, California, 94612
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Agenda - SUPPLEMENTAL
December 4, 2025*Rules & Legislation Committee Agenda - SUPPLEMENTAL The Public May Observe And/Or Participate In This Meeting Many Ways.
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December 4, 2025*Rules & Legislation Committee Agenda - SUPPLEMENTAL COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:
Councilmember Rowena Brown At-Large; Councilmember Carroll Fife, District 3; Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, District 4; Chairperson: Council President Kevin Jenkins, District 6
1 Roll Call / Call To Order
Approval Of The Draft Minutes From The Committee Meeting Of November 13, 2025 And November 20, 2025
2 26-0249
View Report - November 13, 2025
View Report - November 20, 2025
Attachments:
3 New Scheduling Items
Subject: The Bay Area Air District’s (BAAD) Timely Implementation Of Zero-Emission Building Appliance Standards
From: Councilmember Wang
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution In Support Of The Bay Area Air District’s Timely Implementation Of Rules 9-4 And 9-6 That Establish Zero-Emission Building Appliance Standards, With Appropriate Flexibility To Ensure Equity And Business Development; On The December 9, 2025 Community And Economic Development Committee Agenda
3.1 26-0289
Sponsors: Wang
Subject: Oakland Public Works Sewer Division Cooperative Agreements From: Oakland Public Works Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Approving Ongoing Cooperative Purchase Agreements Exceeding $250,000 For Oakland Public Works, Bureau Of Maintenance And Internal Services (Sewer Division) Commodities And Services Contracts As Set Forth In Table 1 In An Amount Not To Exceed Two Million Two Hundred Thousand ($2,200,000) Dollars; And (2) Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings; On The December 16, 2025 City Council Agenda On Consent
3.2 26-0286
Sponsors: Oakland Public Works Department
Rule 24:The Proposed Contracts Increase Is To Provide Parts And Repairs For The Aging City’s Sewer Lines And Equipment, And Provide Sewer Roach Treatment; To Ensure City’s Sewer Is Maintained As Mandated By Federal Consent Decree (Case Number C 09-00186-RS And C 09-05684-RS), It Is Urgent For City To Have Adequate Contract Amount At Any Time.
December 4, 2025*Rules & Legislation Committee Agenda - SUPPLEMENTAL Subject: Lind Marine Contract
From: Councilmemeber Wang
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To: (1) Waive The City Of Oakland’s Local/Small/Local Business Enterprise Program Requirements (L/SLBE) And Request For Proposal/Qualifications (RFP/Q) Competitive Process; And (2) Enter Into A Professional Services Agreement From January 1, 2026 To December 31, 2027 With Lind Marine, To Provide For The Removal Of Abandoned, Derelict, And Sunken Vessels In The Oakland Estuary, For A Total Amount Not To Exceed One Million Four Hundred And Fifty-Six Thousand, Two Hundred And Fifty-Eight Dollars ($1,456,258); On The December 16, 2025 City Council Agenda On Consent
3.3 26-0291
Sponsors: Wang
Rule 24: The current estuary conditions will worsen heading into winter which adds to the safety concern for people living on boats. Additionally, under the Bay Plan’s implementation of the McAteer-Petris Act, a live-aboard vessel is unpermitted fill and not allowed in the estuary. BCDC takes the position that if such a vessel is anchored in City waters and the City does not remove it, then the City violates the McAteer-Petris Act.
This Act gives BCDC authority to issue a cease-and-desist order against violation, and if the violation continues, BCDC can levy fines against violators of up to $6,000 per day.
Subject: Delinquent Real Property Transfer Taxes Assessment Of Liens From: Finance Department
Recommendation: Conduct A Public Hearing And Upon Conclusion Adopt A Resolution (1) Confirming The Report And Notice Of Liens For Delinquent Real Property Transfer Taxes With Penalties, Interest, And Administrative And Assessment Charges, And (2) Overruling Any Protests And Objections Related To The Liens Included In Said Report And Authorizing The Recordation Of Liens, And
(3) Directing The Notice Of Lien And Assessment Charges Be Turned Over To The County Tax Collector For Collection; On The December 16, 2025 City Council Agenda As A Public Hearing
3.4 26-0292
Sponsors: Finance Department
Rule 24: This Resolution requires a public hearing which must take place at City Council meeting.
December 4, 2025*Rules & Legislation Committee Agenda - SUPPLEMENTAL Subject: Audit Recommendation Follow-Up Report As Of June 30, 2025 From: Office Of The City Auditor
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report From The City Auditor On The Audit Recommendation Follow-Up Report As Of June 30, 2025; On The December 16, 2025 City Council Agenda On Non Consent
3.5 26-0173
Sponsors: Office Of The City Auditor
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Rule 24: This item was previously scheduled at Rules Committee on 10/23/25 to be added to the December 2, 2025 City Council on non-consent.
Legislative History
10/16/25 *Rules & Legislation
Committee
Scheduled to the *Finance & Management
Committee
10/23/25 *Rules & Legislation
Committee
* Withdrawn and Rescheduled to the *
Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland
Redevelopment Successor Agency and the
City Council
On Non Consent
Pursuant To Rule 24, A Statement Was Made On Record As To The Item Bypassing Committee
Subject: Amendment To Oakland Fire Code
From: Office Of The Mayor
Recommendation: Adopt An Emergency Ordinance: (1) Repealing Current Oakland Municipal Code Chapter 15.12, “The Oakland Fire Code”; (2) Adopting And Making Local Amendments To The 2025 Edition Of The California Model Building Code, California Code Of Regulations Title 24, Part 9 (Also Referred To As The “California Fire Code”); (3) Recodifying Said Code As Oakland Municipal Code Chapter 15.12, “The Oakland Fire Code”; And (4) Adopting California Environmental Quality Act Exemption Findings; On The December 16, 2025 City Council Agenda On Non-Consent
3.6 26-0287
Sponsors: Office Of The Mayor
Rule 24: Needs to be adopted by the end of the calendar year to allow our local amendments to be filed with the state, ensuring that the local rules will be enforceable starting in January next year.
December 4, 2025*Rules & Legislation Committee Agenda - SUPPLEMENTAL Subject: ABC Month-To-Month Extension 2025
From: Oakland Public Works Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Authorizing The City Administrator To (A) Pay Outstanding Invoices To ABC Security Services, Inc. (ABC) For Services Rendered After The Extended Contract Expiration Date Of June 30, 2025 In Fiscal Year 25-26, In The Amount Of Eight Hundred Eighteen Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Nine Dollars And Forty Cents ($818,989.40); And (B) Extend The ABC Contract For Up To Fifteen Months To September 30, 2026 On A Month-To-Month Basis For An Amount Not To Exceed Six Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($6,750,000.00) For A Total Not To Exceed Contract Amount Of Thirty-Five Million Three Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($35,380,000.00); And
(2) To The Extent Necessary, Waiving The Competitive Request For Proposal/Qualification Process In The Best Interests Of The City For Such Extension To Allow Continuity Of Services While Staff Conducts A New Request For Proposal (RFP) For Security Services; On The December 16, 2025 City Council Agenda On Non-Consent
3.7 26-0288
Sponsors: Oakland Public Works Department
Rule 24: Expiration of the contract with ABC Security Services, Inc. on June 30, 2025.
Although ABC Security Services, Inc. has consistently delivered vital security services, the organization has not been fully compensated for these contributions. As a result of the contract's expiration, the City has experienced challenges in processing invoices for September and October of fiscal year 2025-2026.
Subject: HSD-2026 Summer Food Service Program
From: Human Services Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator (1) Accepting And Appropriating A Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Grant From California Department Of Education And The United States Department Of Agriculture In An Amount Up To $426,870; (2) Authorizing The City Administrator To Negotiate And Enter Into Professional Services Agreements (PSA) With Uptons, Inc. (DBA School Foodies) And Flo's Friendly School Lunches, Inc. For Food Services To Support The 2026 SFSP; (3) Accepting And Appropriating Additional SFSP Funding From Any Source That Becomes Available And Authorizing The City Administrator To Amend The Above PSA’s To Increase Amounts Within The 2026 SFSP Term; And (4) Waiving The Competitive RFP/Q Process Local/Small Local Business Enterprise Program Requirements; On The January 13, 2026 Life Enrichment Committee Agenda
3.8 26-0290
Sponsors: Human Services Department
December 4, 2025*Rules & Legislation Committee Agenda - SUPPLEMENTAL Subject: Relocation Agreement With Outfront Foster Interstate LLC From: Councilmembers Wang And Gallo
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Negotiate Terms And Enter Into An Advertising Signs Relocation Agreement With Outfront Foster Interstate LLC, A Delaware Limited Liability Company (“OFI”), With Such Agreement Including The Following: (A) Allowing OFI To Erect Up To Five New Digital Advertising Signs At Certain Locations In The City Of Oakland In Exchange For OFI Causing The Removal Of Up To Eleven (11) Of Its Existing Advertising Faces At Various Locations In The City By Dates Certain, With OFI And Outfront Waiving Its Rights To Just Compensation For The Removed Signs;
(B) Requiring OFI To Make Payments In Advance Of Up To Two Million Three Hundred And Five Thousand Dollars ($2,305,000) For The Fiscal Year 2025 To 2027 Biennial Budget, And Annual Payments Of Up To $750,000 For Each New Digital Advertising Sign For A Thirty-One Year Term With Escalations And A Ten (10) Year Renewal Option, In Addition To Providing Other Financial Incentives To The City Including Negotiated Carbon Offset Fees And Free Advertising Space; And
(2) Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act Findings; On The February 10, 2026 Community And Economic Development Committee Agenda And On The February 17, 2026 City Council Agenda As A Public Hearing
3.9 26-0293
Sponsors: Wang and Gallo
December 4, 2025*Rules & Legislation Committee Agenda - SUPPLEMENTAL Review Of Draft Agendas, Pending Lists, City Council And Committee Meetings4 26-0250
December 9, 2025 Finance And Management Committee Agenda December 9, 2025 Public Works And Transportation Committee Agenda December 9, 2025 Community And Economic Development Committee Agenda December 9, 2025 Life Enrichment Committee Agenda
December 9, 2025 Public Safety Committee Agenda
December 11, 2025 Rules And Legislation Committee Agenda Finance And Management Committee Pending List
Public Works And Transportation Committee Pending List
Community And Economic Development Committee Pending List Life Enrichment Committee Pending List
Education Partnership Committee Pending List
Public Safety Committee Pending List
Rules And Legislation Committee Pending List
Port Liason Committee Pending List
Draft December 16, 2025 City Council Agenda
Draft December 18, 2025 Rules And Legislation Committee Agenda Attachments:
Subject: The Oakland Business Relief Program
From: Councilmembers Unger, Ramachandran And Office Of The Mayor Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Calling And Giving Notice For The Holding Of A Special Municipal Election On June 2, 2026 For The Purpose Of Submitting To The Voters A Measure To Amend The City’s Business Tax Ordinance (Oakland Municipal Code Chapter 5.04) To Provide Business Tax Exemptions For Certain Small Businesses And New Businesses Opening Locations In Commercial Spaces; And (2) Requesting Consolidation Of The Special Municipal Election With The Statewide Direct Primary Election To Be Held In The City Of Oakland On June 2, 2026; (3) Directing The City Clerk To Take Any And All Actions Necessary Under Law To Submit This Measure To Voters At The June 2, 2026 Election; And (4) Making Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act Findings 5 26-0265
Sponsors: Unger, Ramachandran and Office Of The Mayor
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View Legislation
Attachments:
Legislative History
11/20/25 *Rules & Legislation
Committee
Scheduled to the *Rules & Legislation
Committee
December 4, 2025*Rules & Legislation Committee Agenda - SUPPLEMENTAL Subject: PFRS Ballot Measure
From: Councilmember Unger
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Calling And Giving Notice For The Holding Of A Special Municipal Election On June 2, 2026, For The Purpose Of; Submitting To The Voters A Measure That Would Amend City Charter Article XXVI Section 2601 To, Among Other Things, (A) Expand The Eligibility For Members Of The Police And Fire Retirement System Board; And (B) Change The Board Meeting Frequency From Monthly To No Less Than Quarterly; (2) Requesting Consolidation Of The Special Municipal Election With The Statewide Direct Primary Election To Be Held In The City Of Oakland On June 2, 2026; (3) Directing The City Clerk To Take Any And All Actions Necessary Under Law To Submit This Measure To Voters At The June 2, 2026, Election; And (4) Making Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act Findings
6 26-0266
Sponsors: Unger
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View Legislation And Attachment
Attachments:
Legislative History
11/20/25 *Rules & Legislation
Committee
Scheduled to the *Rules & Legislation
Committee
Subject: Ordinance Amending The Oakland Campaign Reform Act From: Council President Jenkins
Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance Amending The Oakland Campaign Reform Act (Oakland Municipal Code Title 3, Municipal Elections, Article III, Chapter 3.12) To (1) Amend Section 3.12.045 To Increase The Contribution Limits To Officeholder Funds To Match The Temporarily Increased Limits To Candidates And Candidate-Controlled Committees And To Extend The Sunset Date; And (2) Amend Section 3.12.150 To Clarify That Officeholder Expenditures May Not Be Used For Mailing Within Three Months Of Any Election For Which The Elected Official Is Running For City Office S7
26-0278
Sponsors: Jenkins
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Attachments:
Pursuant To Rule 28(a) Of Resolution 90066 C.M.S. This Item Was Added To This Agenda
This item requires an Urgency Finding (2/3 majority vote) pursuant to Section 2.20.080 E(2) of the Sunshine Ordinance, prior to hearing the item Open Forum
Adjournment
December 4, 2025*Rules & Legislation Committee Agenda - SUPPLEMENTAL Americans With Disabilities Act
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