Public Safety Committee · Jun 23, 2026
Tuesday2 h 38 min3 officials identified38 public speakers8 agenda itemsRoll call: 3 present, 1 excused (clerk)Video: KTOP
The 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.
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Agenda · 8 itemsShowHide
- 6:43Roll Call / Call To Order
- 7:371 26-0799 Approval Of The Draft Minutes From The Committee Meeting Of June 9, 2026
- 8:152 26-0800 Determination Of Schedule Of Outstanding Committee Items
- 13:21Report On The Recruitment Process For Chief Of Police
- 34:41Temporarily Restricted Street Closure From International Blvd.
- 1:06:59Sideshow Penalty Ordinance
- 1:14:41Reaffirming The City Of Oakland's Sanctuary City Policy
- 2:29:00Open Forum
What happened
Each sentence checked against the transcript.
- Item 1, the draft minutes of the June 9th, 2026 committee meeting, was announced as passing with “3 ayes, 1 excused.”8:04
- Item 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.12:41
- Item 3 was moved to the July 7th, 2026 City Council agenda as a public hearing; the result was announced as “3 ayes, 1 excused.”1:06:09
Quotes
Officials only, in order.
One 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 Wang · Chairperson · District 254:27
First of all, in terms of what is all— what is in the executive order, but we cannot count on the fact that we are always going to have a mayor that supports undocumented communities, right?Charlene Wang · Chairperson · District 22:13:07
I think that there are multiple avenues that we can go about really righting those wrongs. But then in this moment, I think what we are really addressing is just this reaffirming of communities here in Oakland that here in the city of Oakland, this is a sanctuary city for all of our immigrant communities.Rowena Brown · At-Large2:20:35
Who spoke
3 officials identified · talk time, most first.
- Charlene WangChairperson · District 2 · 30 minFirst speaks at 7:00
- Ken HoustonCouncilmember · 11 minFirst speaks at 24:17
- Rowena BrownAt-Large · 8.0 minFirst speaks at 24:38
Roll call: 3 present, 1 excused, 0 absent. From the clerkPublic comment: 38 speakers.
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Hamlet, “Public Safety Committee, Jun 23, 2026: Oakland.” https://cities.myhamlet.com/oakland/public-safety/meetings/2026-06-23. Data as of Oct 9, 2026 (version d14b03c); meeting of Jun 23, 2026.

