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City Council · Jan 20, 2026

Tuesday3 h 33 min7 officials identified27 public speakers5 agenda itemsRoll call: 8 present (clerk)Video: KTOP

The longest item after routine business: Selection Panel Nominations For Police Commissioner Appointments, 1 h 49 min of this 3 h 33 min meeting.

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20 of 22 meetings transcribed, Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026.This meeting: Jan 20, 2026
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Agenda · 5 itemsShowHide
  1. 1:12Call To Orderunder 1 min · Routine business
  2. 2:05Modifications to the Agenda and Procedural Items, including but not limited to Requests To: Reschedule Items From Consent To Non-Consent, items To The Next Council Agenda, Speak On Consent Calendar, Register Votes, Change Order Of Items, Reconsiderations, Pull Items Held In Committee1 min · Routine business
  3. 3:482025 Delinquent Business Taxes Assessment of Liens25 min
  4. 29:14Selection Panel Nominations For Police Commissioner Appointments1 h 49 min · Appointments to boards and commissions · 1 clip
  5. 2:19:09Consent calendar (cc) items1 h 14 min · Routine business

What happened

Each sentence checked against the transcript.

  1. The council opened the one statutory public hearing, on a resolution confirming the report and notice of liens for delinquent business taxes.3:43
  2. The motion to close the public hearing and adopt the resolution was announced as passing “with a vote of 8 ayes.”27:19

Quotes

Officials only, in order.

…the— was the selection panel, um, committee made aware of those new applications for review?Rowena Brown · Councilmember · At-Large1:09:28
Would you say that the Police Commission wants Oakland to get out of the NSA and do policing in a constitutional manner. Would that be a fair statement?Kevin Jenkins · Council president · District 62:03:15
Can you clarify that in the last time we heard this item in October, there were 5 applications, and then since then there were 13 more applications, or is it a total of 13 applications?Janani Ramachandran · Councilmember · District 42:11:16

Who spoke

7 officials identified · talk time, most first.

Roll call: 8 present, 0 excused, 0 absent. From the clerkPublic comment: 27 speakers.

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Hamlet, “City Council, Jan 20, 2026: Oakland.” https://cities.myhamlet.com/oakland/council/meetings/2026-01-20. Data as of Oct 9, 2026 (version d14b03c); meeting of Jan 20, 2026.