Attachment B FY 2022-23 Policy Directives
# Policy Directive Summary Description Goal Department
Responsible
Status Status Detail
1 Lake Merritt Lodge
(Bas/Kaplan)
Direct the City Administrator or his designee to
take the necessary steps to purchase the "Lake
Merritt Lodge" as a permanent "transitional
housing" city-owned resource, and seek additional
grants and funding.
Affordable Housing
and Homelessness
Solutions
HCD Completed HCD reviewed an application from the owners of the Lake Merritt Lodge (LML) as part of the City's Homekey 3.0 NOFA process. HCEB was not party to that application. The LML owner's application was deemed insufficient and the project did not advance for City or State Homekey funding. Since then, the owners of LML have not submitted a new application for review. However, HCEB has applied for CCE funds for a property located at 1888 MLK and applied to the City's R2H2/Homekey
4.0 NOFA which cloesd in February, 2024. The State recently notified the City that the CCE application for 1888 MLK was successful. HCD staff is reviewing HCEB's R2H2 application for underwriting that would close the financing gap and allow the acquisition of the project to be completed within the next 3-4 months.
2 Measure AA
Implementation
(Kaplan)
Directive to work together with Alameda County
and service providers to make available childcare
to every household who needs it including
through the use of the forthcoming ballot
measure money that Oakland will be receiving.
Good Jobs and Vibrant
Economy
CAO Completed Alameda County partnership reso lution with First 5 Alameda County and implementation resolution approved by City Council 12/6/22. (Alameda County Partnership Resolution -
https://oakland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1013549&GUID=5BC 4482C-5BCE-4692-9B37-AE8D58705F56) and (Initial Draft Early Education Fund Implementation Plan -
http://oakland.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?M=F&ID=ee7c006a-8512- 42c6-9150-f18792f68d25.pdf); coordination with County ongoing 3 Care Campus (Kaplan) Directive to work to identify additional funds to expand transitional homeless housing combined
with services and job assistance, including
pursuing a funding strategy with Lao Family
Community Development CARE campus, and
return to Council in September 2022 with funding
options.
Affordable Housing
and Homelessness
Solutions
HSD Completed An informational memo was posted on 9/12/22. (https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Lao-Care-Campus- Info-Memo.pdf)
4 Care Campus (Bas) Direct the City Administrator to investigate a $5 million grant to Lao Family Community
Development for the acquisition of the CARE
Campus (former Motel 6 in East Oakland)
property to set aside 100 fully furnished units
annually for 30 years for Oakland’s unsheltered
Affordable Housing
and Homelessness
Solutions
HSD Completed An informational memo was posted on 9/12/22. (https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Lao-Care-Campus- Info-Memo.pdf)
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# Policy Directive Summary Description Goal Department
Responsible
Status Status Detail
5* Discount Public Transit
(Kaplan)
Directive to work with AC Transit to pursue the
options of free BART on weekends, and the
options for bulk discount transit passes for
Oakland staff, and for program participants, such
as DVP, and OFCY program participants; and
report back to Oakland-AC Transit ILC, and Council
in Fall 2022.
Clean Healthy
Sustainable
Neighborhoods and
Good Jobs and Vibrant
Economy
DOT Completed Funding from the Lake Merritt Parking Meter Program was originally designated for a discount transit program. These funds have since been withdrawn. AC Transit proposed to charge the City $10,000 per weekend to provide Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) services at no cost to riders.
Alternatively, Universal Basic Mobility (UBM) is a nationally-recognized program first initiated by OakDOT in 2017 with a grant from ACT that provides income-qualifying Oaklanders prepaid debit cards that can be used for transit, shared mobility, and other mobility-related services.
The pilot program was rolled out in East Oakland and expanded into West Oakland in 2024.
6 Funding for Unfunded
Items (Kaplan)
Directive to explore funding options and possible
sources for remaining items listed on the Fund
1010 page of this submittal and return to Council
in September 2022 with options.
Responsive,
Trustworthy
Government
Finance Completed This information was provided with the Q4 Revenue & Expenditure Report. https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Revenue- Expenditure-Report-FY21-22Q4-FY22-23Q1-Info-Memo-12.2.22.pdf 7 Citwide Recruitment
(Kaplan)
Directive to return to Council by fall of 2022 with
options for a citywide recruitment incentive
funding program for job vacancies
Responsive,
Trustworthy
Government
HRM Completed Police recruitment incentive survey complete March 2022 and OPOA MOU extension complete July 2022.
8 Police Academy
Reimbursement
(Kaplan)
Directive to return to Council by fall of 2022 with a
plan to recoup the cost of police academy training
for those who take that training and then do not
stay to work in Oakland, and an informational
report on what has been recouped so far, and
what is owed.
Public Safety and
Violence Prevention
OPD Completed A report was prepared in response to this request (https://cao- 94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/22-0719-OPD-Academy-
Reimbursement-Memo.pdf)
9* YSA Village (Kaplan) Directive to pursue options for YSA village expansion and return to Council by fall 2022 with
options.
Affordable Housing
and Homelessness
Solutions
HSD Complete The site YSA is on, 633 Hegenberger, is part of the greater Coliseum plan and may eventually be included in the AASEG development plans. HCD provided a list of suitable brick and mortar sites for the program to relocate to.
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Attachment B FY 2022-23 Policy Directives
# Policy Directive Summary Description Goal Department
Responsible
Status Status Detail
10 Housing for Homeless
LGBTQ Youth (Kaplan)
Directive to pursue options to purchase a hotel for
housing LGBTQ TAY homeless youth
Affordable Housing
and Homelessness
Solutions
HCD Completed HCD in its 2022 Homekey Round 3 City RFP created a preference for TAY housing proposals, setting aside 25% of available funding for projects that serve TAY homeless youth. The four top scoring proposals then applied to the Homekey Round 3 NOFA. Three of the proposals were awarded Homekey funding totaling 191 units. Of these 191 units, 26 (14%) are dedicated to TAY.
Oakland HCD created the Rapid Response Homeless Housing (R2H2) program in fall 2023, a local version of Homekey that allows for improved vetting of projects. In November 2023, HCD released the R2H2 and Homekey Round 4 City RFP with applications due in February 2024. Nineteen applications were received and initial reviews have taken place. There are currently eight active pipeline projects totaling 435 units, of which 61 (14%) are dedicated to TAY. The remaining eleven proposed projects remain in the City's pipeline and are continuing to be reviewed for future viability.
11* Housing for Homeless
LGBTQ Youth (Bas)
Per City Policy, the following
grants shall come to Council for review and
programming and shall support, to the greatest
extent possible, homeless Transition Aged Youth
and homeless LGBTQ individuals.
■ New $1.1 M Grant from HUD-ESG/SHP/HOPWA
■ New $9.4 M Grant from Cal HCD
Affordable Housing
and Homelessness
Solutions
HCD Complete Annual compliance report for all Federal Grants have gone to Council.
HCD also reported on used of all HCD funding in June, 2025 including number of units for TAY.
12 Community Grants
(Bas)
Implement process for awarding direct grants Responsive, Trustworthy
Government
Finance Completed -RFP Released - Responses due Mar 17, 2023 (Revised from Mar 1, 2023)
-Direct Community Grant Eligibility List was released on 5/2/2023 -Staff anticipates Resolution awarding the chosen organizations will be heard at the 7/18 City Council Meeting.
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# Policy Directive Summary Description Goal Department
Responsible
Status Status Detail
13 Early Childhood
Development (Bas)
The city council encourages the Measure AA
Implementation Partner and the Children’s
Initiative Citizens’ Oversight Commission to
allocate a $2 million contingency from the initial
allocation of Measure AA funds toward an
emergency fund to support Early Childhood
Education Providers, and to fund Head Start to
ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of the
program.
Clean Healthy
Sustainable
Neighborhoods and
Good Jobs and Vibrant
Economy
CAO Completed Contract with Alameda Count y First 5 Alameda County approved by Council on 12/6/22; Head Start funds provided in Implementation Plan approved by Council 12/6/22. (Alameda County Partnership Resolution - https://oakland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1013549&GUID=5BC 4482C-5BCE-4692-9B37-AE8D58705F56) and (Initial Draft Early Education Fund Implementation Plan -
http://oakland.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?M=F&ID=ee7c006a-8512- 42c6-9150-f18792f68d25.pdf)
14 Summer Food Program
(Bas)
Direct the City Administrator to increase equitable
access to nutritious meals by outreaching to, and
supporting the capacity and participation of
community based partner sites as well as by
increasing the number of open sites through
OPRYD and coordination with Head Start to
ensure unhoused and housing insecure families
are serviced.
Clean Healthy
Sustainable
Neighborhoods
CAO Completed An info report presented on 12/6 highlights the 2022 expansion in locations and poviders and the plan to continue to expand in 2023.https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=5921566& GUID=5AEFCFCC-CE8E-4A6F-8112-616DDBB0C506
15* Wilma Chan Park (Bas) With the rena ming of Madison Park in honor of the late Supervisor Wilma Chan, we encourage
the City Administrator to collaborate with the
community and ensure existing staff supports
programming activities at the Park, in
coordination with Lincoln Park and
Rec Center staff, as the Park is publicly renamed
this Fall and as Lincoln Rec undergoes future
renovation.
Clean Healthy
Sustainable
Neighborhoods
OPRYD Complete The updated timeline has construction commencing in the summer of 2026. Consequently, the Lincoln Square summer camp will remain on- site til May/early June.
OPRYD Administration is collaborating with the Lincoln Square Center Director and has identified and secure alternative program locations in the area for summer and fall programs and operations. Staff will be located at the Oakland Asian Culture Center and potentially Malonga to provide program space to accommodate some of the Lincoln programs. 4 of 8
Attachment B FY 2022-23 Policy Directives
# Policy Directive Summary Description Goal Department
Responsible
Status Status Detail
16 Arts and Culture (Bas) We encourage the City Administrator to prioritize hiring open positions to ensure Cultural Affairs
can achieve its goals and directives, and explore
ways the Administration can subsidize artist
performances across the city, for example by
identifying what locations would be available for
performances that the city owns or are available
to rent.
Clean Healthy
Sustainable
Neighborhoods
EWD Completed Cultural affairs open posi tion filled in 2024. Funding priorities superceded by 2024-25 budget
17* Independent Audit of
Police Department
(From FY 2021-23
Budget)
Direct City Administration to work with the
Council President and Public Safety Committee
Chair to commission an independent,
comprehensive audit of the Police Department,
which would be overseen by the Police
Commission’s Inspector General for completion by
December 2022.
Public Safety and
Violence Prevention
Police
Commission /
Inspector
General
Complete This is complete
18 Police Department Calls
for Service (From FY
2021-23 Budget)
Direct City Administration to present
recommendations and a work plan for Council
consideration by April 2022 for the additional
transfer of certain categories of non-violent, non-
criminal calls for service from the Police
Department to alternative first responders,
including the Fire Department, Department of
Transportation, Violence Prevention, Public
Works, etc., for effectuation by July 2022. For the
Dept. of Transportation, this should include an
analysis of the towing contract currently
administered by the Police Department and the
nine (9) traffic-related calls in the following list
provided to the Reimagining Public Safety Task
Force. This should also include an
interdepartmental Abandoned Auto strategy task
force including the Oakland Police Department,
the Department of Transportation, and other
departments as appropriate, plus at least two City
Council offices, to engage in community outreach
and develop near-term and long-term strategies
that can make a tangible difference for Oakland
residents plagued with incessant abandoned
autos and long wait times for abandoned auto
removal.
Public Safety and
Violence Prevention
City
Administrator
Completed Transfer of vehicle enforcement functions from OPD to Oakland Department of Transportation (DOT) was completed in February 2023.
OPD and Oakland Fire Department (OFD) working to increase call volume/types appropriate for transfer to MACRO. OPD reviewing other call types for possible alternative response (e.g., to OPD civilians, to other departments, or to let the public know the City won't be responding to those matters). A resolution was approved in March 2024 to appropriate funds to improve abandoned auto towing and clearing the public right of way of the blight and hazard of abandoned vehicles.
An informational report related to the abandoned auto program status was provided at the March 19, 2024 City Council Meeting:
https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6558357&GUID =C89165BC-9BDD-46B7-8E4A-CE0DABCCCDD2&Options=&Search=
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Attachment B FY 2022-23 Policy Directives
# Policy Directive Summary Description Goal Department
Responsible
Status Status Detail
19* Second Phase of
Reimagining Public
Safety to Include
Restructuring of Police
Department to Focus
on Serious and Violent
Crime (From FY 2021-
23 Budget)
Direct City Administration to work with the
Council President and Public Safety Chair to hire a
consultant with expertise on the criminal legal
system, to facilitate the second phase of
Reimagining Public Safety in Oakland, with the
goal of restructuring the Police Department to
focus on serious and violent crime by
operationalizing the shifting of resources from
enforcement and punishment to prevention,
wellness and alternative responses for integration
in the fiscal year 2023 2025 budget. This includes
raising additional private funds if needed. The
process shall be community-led, transparent,
trauma-informed, and include the following
priorities:
Public Safety and
Violence Prevention
City
Administrator
Delayed The following units are staffe d by non sworn professional staff members;
Evidence Unit (that falls under a sworn supervisor who has multiple responsibilities)
Sex Registrants and ID Section is all non sworn with the exception of a sworn officer to conduct follow up investigations
Patrol Desk at PAB and Eastmont has sworn officers are utilized but supplemented with professional staff members. We need a sworn officer for security, investigative requirements, access to callouts, and data bases
Supervision of the Homeless Outreach Unit has to be a sergeant because the officers assigned are subject to all policies and law. This supervisor has multiple roles.
IAB - OPD is waiting for CPRA to initiate the process.
911 call center is all professional staff members
Traffic Enforcement is at the min. for sworn staff and utilizes professional staff members for many roles already.
20* Increase Capacity to
Investigate and Solve
Crimes and Produce
Higher Clearance
Rates on Homicides,
Missing Persons, and
Other Serious Crimes by
Restructuring
Investigations Units
(From FY 2021-23
Budget)
Analyze possible increase in civilian personnel
assigned to investigations and other specialized
units (including possible new classifications) and
concomitant decrease in assigned sworn officers
in the following units/positions for greater
effectiveness and cost savings:
Evidence Unit
Property Evidence Specialist Unit
Sex Registrants and ID Section
Patrol Desk in the Police Administration Building
Patrol Desk at the Eastmont Substation
Supervision of the Homeless Outreach Unit
Internal Affairs Division
Transportation Lot
911 Call Center
Traffic Enforcement
Public Safety and
Violence Prevention
Police In progress OPD is actively collaborating with HRM to create a civilian investigator position to support the Criminal Investigation and Traffic Divisions. As of April 2026, the position is pending union review and input. 6 of 8
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# Policy Directive Summary Description Goal Department
Responsible
Status Status Detail
21 Remove Low Level and
Non Violent Calls for
Service from the Police
Department (From FY
2021-23 Budget)
Provide detailed analysis and recommendations
for operationalizing the removal of low-level, non-
violent calls for service from the Police
Department’s responsibilities and options for an
alternative response. Low-level, non-violent calls
for service include what the Police Department
classifies as “Administrative, Animal-related,
Homeless, Mental Health, Noise-related,
Ambulance Requested, and Other.”
Public Safety and
Violence Prevention
City
Administrator
Superceded Please see item 18, "Police Department Calls for Service (From FY 2021- 23 Budget)" above.
22 Significantly Stand Up
MACRO As An Effective
Alternate Response
System as First
Responders to Non-
Violent Calls for Service
(From FY 2021-23
Budget)
Prioritize available state and other funding for
alternative response systems, including funding
through Assembly Bill 988, which creates a new
three-digit phone line for suicide prevention and
immediate, localized emergency response for
individuals in mental health crisis by trained
mental health professionals, as well as available
federal matching, the CRISIS Act funding for
community based organizations, and in
partnership with Alameda County. [2022-23
Directives: ○ Begin the process of connecƟng
dispatch to MACRO and directing some non-
violent and non-criminal 911 calls to MACRO.
○ Secure the necessary funds (public and private)
to make the program sustainable.]
Public Safety and
Violence Prevention
Fire Completed MACRO was formally launched on April 8, 2022 with crews heading into the pilot areas to conduct on view engagement with residents. As of August 9, 2022, MACRO crews began being dispatched via 911 on August 1, 2022.
23 Internal Affairs to CPRA
(From FY 2021-23
Budget)
Direct City Administration to work with an
independent consultant, the Police Commission,
and the Police Department to analyze options and
timeline for moving most or all of the
responsibilities of the Internal Affairs Division to
the Community Police Review Agency (CPRA).
Public Safety and
Violence Prevention
Police
Commission /
CPRA
Completed The Commission (via CPRA) has contracted with a consulting team to evaluate the measures and resources needed to transition the investigative responsibilities of IAD to CPRA, and to begin facilitating the transition to the extent practicable based on CPRA's budget. The consultants will be introducing themselves at the June 25th Police Commission.
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Attachment B FY 2022-23 Policy Directives
# Policy Directive Summary Description Goal Department
Responsible
Status Status Detail
24* Public Safety Policy
Analyst (Bas)
The addition of a policy analyst who would work
primarily with the Council Offices, as well as with
the Budget Advisory Commission, aim
to do this through implementing systems and
policies that increase transparency and
accountability in the Oakland Police Department.
This analyst position will assist in gathering and
publishing relevant datasets, including calls for
service, as recommended by the OPD
Budget/Staffing Workgroup from the Reimagining
Public Safety Task Force and endorsed by the
Budget Advisory Commission. We direct the City
Administrator to establish regular performance
metrics related to 911 response times for priority
1 calls and clearance rates, especially for violent
and serious crimes; and regular reporting of
information on the above to the Public Safety
Committee and the full City Council.
Public Safety and
Violence Prevention
Superceded The position was not added by Council in the FY 2022-2023 midcycle budget process, the FY 2023-25 Biennial Budget, FY 2024-25 midcycle budget, nor the FY 2025-27 biennial budget. This item will not be implemented due to the changes in policy direction.
25 Department of Violence
Prevention Support
We direct the City Administrator to:
○ IdenƟfy funding for the next bi-annual budget
cycle.
○ Support community ambassadors, adding
additional ambassadors throughout the City.
Public Safety and
Violence Prevention
CAO Completed During the FY 22-23 budget process, Councilmember Reid awarded a $175,000 community grant to Black Cultural Zone to fund the credible messenger program in East Oakland (CMS 89376). CMS 89804 appropriated funds to EWD to manage the city wide community ambassador program.
*This item was updated in March 2026 since the last status provided to the Finance and Management Committee in April 2025. 8 of 8