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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY

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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL

RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.

INTRODUCED BY MAYOR BARBARA LEE

RESOLUTION CONFIRMING MAYOR BARBARA LEE’S

APPOINTMENT OF EVELIO GRILLO AND DOUG WONG TO SERVE

ON THE OAKLAND POLICE COMMISSION AS THE MAYOR'S

APPOINTEES

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 provides that the Mayor shall fill any Commission vacancies that were prev iously filled by a Mayor's appointee; 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, Section 604(c)(2) of the City Charter provides City Council shall accept or reject the Mayor's appointments to the Police Commission; now therefore, be it

RESOLVED: That pursuant to City Charter section 604(c)(2), the City Council hereby accepts the Mayor's appointment of Evelio Grillo to serve as a member of the Police Commission for a term beginning October 12, 2025, and set to expire on October 16, 2028, a seat formerly held by Regina Jackson.

2 FURTHER RESOLVED : That pursuant to City Charter section 604(c)(2), the City Council hereby accepts the Mayor's appointment of Doug Wong to serve as an alternate member of the Police Commission for a term beginning October 12, 2025, and set to expire on October 16, 2028, a seat formerly held by Karely Ordaz.

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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