Kevin Jenkins

Council president, District 6, Oakland City Council

Presides over the City Council; asked 36 questions at the 17 meetings where we identified them.

17 of 20transcribed meetings with their voice identified

20 of 22present at roll calls, from the clerk

Presides over the City Council; sits on 1 more committee

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Three clips, newest first

“In accordance with our contract with ASEG, did you get permission from ASEG for this appointment?”Kevin JenkinsMember · City Council · Jan 6, 2026 · 23:24Play at 23:24

“So it’s my understanding, to the administration, that there is a report that comes in April. Is that correct?”Kevin JenkinsMember · Rules and Legislation Committee · Mar 5, 2026 · 9:18Play at 9:18

“Question to the finance director: are you available to answer these questions before the meetings?”Kevin JenkinsMember · Rules and Legislation Committee · Feb 26, 2026 · 21:58Play at 21:58

Officials only. Public speakers are counted, never named.

Issues Jenkins raised, by number of meetings

Homelessness and encampments2 meetings

We count who raised an issue, not which side they took.

Every roll call, and Jenkins’ other bodies

Present at 20 of 22 roll calls at the City Council

From the clerk’s own record. We don’t compare members on it.

PresentExcusedAbsentOldest first, 1 square per roll call

Excused 2 · Absent 0. Nov 4, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026.

Official roll call, from the clerk →

City Council: talk time not compared. Presides over its meetings, so isn’t compared with the members.
Rules and Legislation Committee: talk time not compared. Ran some of its meetings, so isn’t compared with the members.
Rules and Legislation Committee: present at 28 of 31 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Finance and Management Committee: present at 1 of 1 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk

Questions

Jenkins asked 36 questions at the 17 City Council meetings where we identified them

At least this many: direct questions only.

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?City Council · Jan 20, 2026 · Play at 2:03:15

Of Jenkins’ 14 questions to city departments at the Rules and Legislation Committee, 5 went to administration, HR, contracts and facilities.

Who they question: 28 questions to a department, 2 bodies · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 8, 2026.

Rules and Legislation Committee14 questions to city departments

Rules and Legislation Committee: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Administration, HR, contracts and facilities		536%
Budget, finance and controller		214%
Clerk and legislative staff		214%
Police		214%
City attorney / law department		17%
2 other departments		214%

City Council14 questions to city departments

City Council: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Police and sheriff oversight		429%
Budget, finance and controller		321%
Housing		214%
Clerk and legislative staff		214%
Administration, HR, contracts and facilities		17%
2 other departments		214%

Neighborhoods Jenkins named

One place Jenkins named in meetings

Lines where Jenkins named the place, read by two AI readers that both agree it means that place. Each dot plays the newest one; brighter means named more often.

Oakland

Jack London 1 time

Places are drawn at the centre of their own boundary in the city’s neighborhoods (CEDA) file (City of Oakland Open Data Portal). A dot says the place was named, not where Jenkins was or what was said about it.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Jenkins’ voice

43, newest first. The date opens the meeting; the time plays the video at Jenkins’ first remark.

Oct 8, 2026Rules and Legislation CommitteeAppointments to boards and commissions3.7 min45:57
Oct 6, 2026City Council6.0 min4:11
Sep 15, 2026City CouncilAppointments to boards and commissions3.8 min8:49
Jul 16, 2026Rules and Legislation Committee0.9 min27:22
Jul 13, 2026City CouncilDevelopment and land use3.4 min26:34
Jul 9, 2026Rules and Legislation Committee1.5 min15:32
Jul 7, 2026City CouncilBudget and spending6.7 min13:25
Jun 25, 2026Rules and Legislation CommitteeAppointments to boards and commissions6.1 min3:11
Jun 18, 2026Rules and Legislation Committee1.0 min31:48
Jun 16, 2026City Council2.5 min15:00

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Jun 4, 2026Rules and Legislation Committee1.6 min22:23
Jun 2, 2026City CouncilPolicing and public safety8.5 min5:56
Jun 1, 2026City CouncilBudget and spending7.9 min31:56
May 28, 2026Rules and Legislation Committee5.2 min5:59
May 19, 2026City Council4.2 min17:20
May 5, 2026City Council4.8 min9:19
Apr 30, 2026Rules and Legislation Committee0.7 min22:20
Apr 23, 2026Rules and Legislation CommitteeAppointments to boards and commissions7.7 min6:44
Apr 16, 2026Rules and Legislation Committee1.0 min18:56
Apr 14, 2026City CouncilCity workforce and labor · Homelessness17.4 min5:54
Apr 2, 2026Rules and Legislation Committee0.8 min23:18
Mar 26, 2026Rules and Legislation Committee4.7 min33:25
Mar 16, 2026City Council1.4 min11:34
Mar 12, 2026Rules and Legislation Committee1.8 min30:34
Mar 5, 2026Rules and Legislation Committee4.0 min10:02
Feb 26, 2026Rules and Legislation Committee3.3 min22:19
Feb 17, 2026City Council7.3 min3:18
Feb 12, 2026Rules and Legislation Committee0.6 min11:57
Feb 5, 2026Rules and Legislation CommitteeDevelopment and land use · Homelessness2.3 min15:09
Feb 3, 2026City Council0.9 min3:00
Jan 29, 2026Rules and Legislation Committee0.4 min4:45
Jan 22, 2026Rules and Legislation Committee0.8 min5:09
Jan 20, 2026City CouncilAppointments to boards and commissions10.5 min3:18
Jan 15, 2026Rules and Legislation Committee3.8 min2:51
Jan 8, 2026Rules and Legislation CommitteeAppointments to boards and commissions5.9 min36:24
Jan 6, 2026City Council4.2 min54:56
Dec 16, 2025City Council15.8 min6:22
Dec 11, 2025Rules and Legislation Committee1.8 min41:16
Dec 4, 2025Rules and Legislation Committee7.3 min14:16
Dec 2, 2025City CouncilBusiness and economic development10.6 min5:36
Nov 20, 2025Rules and Legislation Committee1.6 min4:05
Nov 13, 2025Rules and Legislation Committee0.7 min1:07
Oct 30, 2025Rules and Legislation Committee2.3 min22:46

How we identify who is speaking · blind check, pooled across five cities: of 410 council lines drawn, 352 right, 0 wrong, 1 unclear, 57 couldn’t be judged

We identified Jenkins’ voice at 43 meetings across two bodies. A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Jenkins was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Kevin Jenkins’s name only when both agree and a code check finds the name said on, or just before, their turn. Voices our transcripts merge with someone else’s are never attributed, so every count here undercounts what Jenkins said. For councils and their committees, of 410 lines drawn, 352 were right, 0 wrong and 1 unclear, and the checkers couldn’t judge 57. We have since removed the voices behind 110 of those lines (0 wrong, 1 unclear, the rest we had already held for other reasons). Of the 300 lines we still publish, the checkers could judge 268: all 268 right (90% lower bound 0.99). They couldn’t judge the other 32. The check is one sample pooled across the five cities, not of Jenkins or of Oakland alone.