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City Council · Dec 16, 2025

Tuesday8 h 30 min8 officials identified14 agenda itemsRoll call: 8 present (clerk)Video: KTOP

The longest item after routine business: OPD Community Safety Cameras Policy And FLOCK Agreement, 4 h 19 min of this 8 h 30 min meeting.

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20 of 22 meetings transcribed, Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026.This meeting: Dec 16, 2025
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  1. 5:18DEFINITION OF TERMS: • Action Item: shall mean any resolution, ordinance, public hearing, motion or recommendation requiring official vote and approval of the City Council to be effective. • Informational Item: shall mean an agenda item consisting only of an informational report that does not require or permit Council action. • Consent Item shall mean, for the purposes of the City Council agenda: 1) approval of Council minutes, and 2) any action or informational item placed on a Council agenda for a Regular Meeting or Special Meeting (i) as a Consent Item by the Rules and Legislation Committee, (ii) pursuant to Rule 28, or (iii) that a Standing Committee has forwarded to the full Council with unanimous recommendation for approval by the members who are present: Consent Item shall not include: 1) any item having a high level of public interest or controversy as determined by the Standing Committee Chair, or the Rules and Legislation Committee, or pursuant to Rule 28; 2) any item that requires a public hearing or that otherwise is ineligible by law as a Consent Item. • Non-Consent Item shall mean, for the purposes of a City Council agenda for a Regular Meeting or Special Meeting, any action or informational item that: 1) a Standing Committee has forwarded to the full Council without unanimous recommendation for approval; 2) has a high level of public interest or controversy as determined by a Standing Committee Chair, the Rules and Legislation Committee, or pursuant to Rule 28; or 3) requires a public hearing or is otherwise ineligible by law as a Consent Item.under 1 min · Routine business
  2. 5:57Call To Orderunder 1 min · Routine business
  3. 6:03Roll call / city council2 min · Routine business
  4. 8:17ACTIONS ON SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY Ceremonial Items: Ceremonial Presentations, Including Proclamations, Individual Recognitions, etc.; and Reports Or Presentations From The Mayor, Other Public Officials, Or Special Guests)under 1 min · Commendations, ceremonies and memorials
  5. 8:18MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA AND PROCEDURAL ITEMS (Requests To: Reschedule Items From Consent To Non-Consent To The Next Council Agenda, Speak On Consent Calendar, Register Votes, Change Order Of Items, Reconsiderations, Pull Items Held In Committee)under 1 min · Routine business
  6. 8:19Consent calendar (cc) items1 h 14 min · Routine business
  7. 1:22:22OPD Community Safety Cameras Policy And FLOCK Agreement4 h 19 min · 3 clips
  8. 5:41:57Violation Of The Oakland Municipal Code Chapter 12.36 (Protected Tree Ordinance)31 min
  9. 6:13:31Delinquent Real Property Transfer Taxes Assessment Of Liens4 min
  10. 6:18:20Amend And Restating The Council's Rules Of Procedure.34 min
  11. 6:52:36Audit Recommendation Follow-Up Report As Of June 30, 202541 min · Budget and spending
  12. 7:34:30PFRS Ballot Measure7 min
  13. 7:42:04Amend ABC Security Services, Inc. Contract, Increase Spending Authority And Authorize Payment For Past Due Invoices36 min
  14. 8:18:25Oakland Public Works Facilities Services Division Cooperative Agreements11 min

What happened

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  1. The motion to approve the consent calendar and continue item 5.10 to January 6th was announced as passing, “Motion passes as amended with a vote of eight ayes.”1:20:37
  2. Item 9 was taken up: a resolution approving the Oakland Police Department Surveillance Use Policy and a 2-year agreement with Flock Safety not to exceed $2,252,500.1:21:26

Quotes

Officials only, in order.

Furthermore, I am voting for this proposal because the immigrant communities I represent want these cameras.Charlene Wang · Councilmember · District 24:46:13
First, Flock shall not ever enable a national lookup feature capability for the city to access or be enabled by any law enforcement entity.Charlene Wang · Councilmember · District 24:49:08
I understand the importance of moving towards greater public safety, and I want to make sure that our most vulnerable populations are protected as well, because we have— we’re not even a year into this Trump administration where they have said that they’re going to detain and deport 3,000 people per month.Carroll Fife · Councilmember · District 35:24:38

Who spoke

8 officials identified · talk time, most first.

Roll call: 8 present, 0 excused, 0 absent. From the clerk

How we count

Each summary sentence is checked against the transcript before it is published; in a blind check, 98 of 100 sentences were right. A voice gets an official’s name only when two AI readers and a code check agree, so the minutes undercount and are not attendance. Officials only: members of the public are counted, never named, shown or quoted, and full transcripts aren’t published because they can carry their names. More on how we know

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Hamlet, “City Council, Dec 16, 2025: Oakland.” https://cities.myhamlet.com/oakland/council/meetings/2025-12-16. Data as of Oct 9, 2026 (version d14b03c); meeting of Dec 16, 2025.