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16meetings

16 meetings listed from Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026; 15 transcribed, the newest on Sep 22, 2026, for 33 hours.

typical meeting 2 h 05 min · 4 members seated · Chair: Charlene Wang

What the members said

1:57:33
License-plate cameras (Flock)I mean, they should be able to have drones that can fly in bad weather technology. We can go to the moon, come back, you know, do all this right along with the flock cameras, can’t they?Ken HoustonCouncil member · Public Safety Committee · Jul 14, 2026Open the meeting at 1:57:33
  • City budget and Measure EOne thing that I just also wanted to, to mention both to the audience, um, as well as my colleagues is that You know, I had actually voted down this recent budget, and I, you know, want to acknowledge my own role in adding things on the floor.Charlene WangMember · Public Safety Committee · Jun 23, 2026 54:27Open the meeting at 54:27
  • 1:53:10
    License-plate cameras (Flock)Can you document the— how Flock has led to the decrease in crimes and aided the police force in solving some of these issues or being able to have a real-time response?Carroll FifeMember · Public Safety Committee · May 12, 2026Open the meeting at 1:53:10

The talk-time ranking for the Public Safety Committee is held

Fewer than four members can be compared fairly. Each member’s page has their clips and meetings. The minutes below count only speech we named by voice, so they are floors, not a ranking.

Every member, with roll calls and clips

Latest meetings

  • Nov 251
  • Dec 251
  • Jan 262
  • Feb 262
  • Mar 262
  • Apr 261
  • May 262
  • Jun 262
  • Jul 261
  • Sep 261
  • Oct 261
15 of 16 meetings transcribed, Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026.Newest: Oct 13, 2026
Public Safety Committee · 1 h 38 min · 18 public speakersSep 22 · Informational Report On Human Trafficking took 54 minThe longest item after routine business: Informational Report On Human Trafficking, 54 min of this 1 h 38 min meeting.Speakers: Charlene Wang, Ken Houston, Carroll Fife, Rowena Brown
Longest item: 55% of the meeting5 agenda itemsWatch
Public Safety Committee · 2 h 35 min · 18 public speakersJul 14 · Surveillance Technology 2025 Annual Reports took 41 minThe longest item after routine business: Surveillance Technology 2025 Annual Reports, 41 min of this 2 h 35 min meeting.Speakers: Charlene Wang, Carroll Fife, Rowena Brown, Ken Houston
Longest item: 26% of the meeting9 agenda itemsWatch
Public Safety Committee · 2 h 38 min · 38 public speakersJun 23 · Reaffirming The City Of Oakland's Sanctuary City Policy took 1 h 14 minThe longest item after routine business: Reaffirming The City Of Oakland's Sanctuary City Policy, 1 h 14 min of this 2 h 38 min meeting.Speakers: Charlene Wang, Ken Houston, Rowena Brown
Longest item: 46% of the meeting8 agenda itemsWatch
Public Safety Committee · 3 h 37 min · 57 public speakersJun 9 · Community Violence Intervention Grants 2026-2029 took 3 h 01 min57 people spoke in public comment, one of the five biggest crowds in Oakland in 12 months.Speakers: Charlene Wang, Rowena Brown, Ken Houston, Carroll Fife
Longest item: 83% of the meeting3 agenda itemsWatch
All 15 transcribed meetings

One more meeting is not transcribed yet.

Listed after the newest meeting above, not transcribed yet (video listings through Oct 20): 1

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Policing and public safety took 58% of the Public Safety Committee’s meeting time, more than at most bodies in the city

Share of meeting time by topic, from the clerk’s agenda times · 16 meetings, 33 hours · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 20, 2026, the clerk’s times also cover meetings not yet transcribed

Policing and public safety58%
Fire and emergency services4.4%

bar = share of meeting time · line = 90% range · tick = typical Oakland body (shown where it is 0.5% or more)

14 public speakers a meeting; the biggest crowd, 57, came on Jun 9, 2026

Jun 9, 2026The committee took up item 2, determination of schedule of outstanding committee items, and accepted the pending list as amended, noting the withdrawal of item number 2 under no date specific.57 speakersJun 23, 2026Item 2 was changed to withdraw item 4, the sideshow penalty ordinance, and place it on the pending list with no date specific; item 2 was approved as amended.38 speakersJan 27, 202620 speakersSep 22, 2026Items 3 and 4, the OPD and Department of Violence Prevention ceasefire reports, were announced as withdrawn and placed on the pending list under no date specific.18 speakersJul 14, 2026An OPD presenter gave 2025 annual reports on surveillance technologies and asked to remove the automated license plate reader report from the item.18 speakers

bar = public speakers at that meeting · tick = average meeting