3 20-0406 Subject: FY 2020-21 Mid Cycle Budget Amendments
From: Finance Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Amending Resolution No. 87759 C.M.S., Which Adopted The City Of Oakland's Fiscal Year 2019-21 Biennial Budget, To Make Mid-Cycle Budget Adjustments To: (1) Fiscal Year 2020-21 General Purpose Fund Revenue Projections; (2) Fiscal Year 2020-21 General Purpose Fund Appropriations; And (3) Fiscal Year 2020-21 Non-General Purpose Fund Revenue Projections And Appropriations
My name is Mina Stollery and I am an Oakland resident writing to urge you to
defund OPD.
I support the spirit of the proposal by Nikki Fortunato Bas: "to reallocate (from the
police budget) at least $25 million towards improving safety and providing the
services our residents really need," but this proposal does NOT go far enough!
Over 700 people e-commented on last week’s meeting. Over 150 spoke at the
meeting itself. Over 95% of both sets of comments were in favor of defunding the
Police. Listen to your constituents.
As Oakland residents, we continue to demand that you take immediate action to
ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST that $150 million in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
Thank you for being on the right side of history. We will remember in November.
I am an ordained faith leader and a long-time Oakland resident. A budget is a moral document. It demonstrates the values of a community and the government elected to represent that community. The recent "compromise" proposals put forth by the mayor and several members of the council ignore both the clearly expressed will of the people AND the ethical issues at stake here. I am appalled to see the Oakland budget mirroring that of the federal government -- grossly over-investing in policing (nationally, in the military) at the expense of the welfare of the people. Oakland can and must do better. I join the chorus of folks demanding a 50% cut in police funding and investment of those dollars into the things that create safe, healthy, thriving communities: housing, employment, healthcare, mental health services, food access, youth enrichment & jobs, education, arts & culture. Oakland has the opportunity here to make a significant step in the right direction. Take it now.
My name is Michelle, and I am a 33 year old Library worker who lives in District 1. I am commenting once again to support the defunding of the police, and the investment of funds into other community resources to prevent crime, rather than respond to it. The demands are to cut OPD by 50%, reinvest those funds into the Black New Deal, stop the use of violence against protesters, and to cancel CHP's contract with Oakland. I will be watching closely, and the actions of the council, especially that of Dan Kalb who resides over my district, will impact how I vote in November.
Please listen to the overwhelming majority of the people you serve.
I am a school counselor at 3 alternative education high schools in East Oakland. My sites have the most marginalized youth of our city and most of them have experienced traumatic experiences with the police. I am demanding the defunding of OPD’s budget and instead, would like to see this happen:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST that $150 million in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
OPD receives 44% of the city money yet OPD continuously demonstrate they are corrupt and racist in their policing. You are funding criminals, and we the citizens are paying for their mistakes in forms of settlements. Is it clear that the investment in policing has not made us safer. OPD remains an embarrassment to the city and a lethal threat to Oakland's Black and Brown communities.
OPD has a violent history of abuse and targeting Black communities. Black residents are more likely to be searched, more likely to be arrested for crimes associated with traffic stops, and more likely to see harsher sentences for those arrests. POLICE REFORM IS NOT ENOUGH. We've already tried body cameras, cultural competency trainings, crisis intervention training, oversight bodies, reports and studies. Despite a total lack of improvement, OPD continues to take almost HALF of the Oakland's general fund each year, consuming desperately needed resources from essential city programs and vital services.
My name is Lisebeth Jacobs and I have lived Oakland for more than forty years. I urge you to defund OPD. OPD takes an enormous share of the city’s general fund, and that percentage has risen exponentially for the last two decades, taking away desperately needed resources from essential city programs and services. OPD has overspent its authorized overtime budget by 100% -tens of millions of dollars in recent years, as individual cops annual compensation Is upwards of $400k. The investment in policing has not made us safer.
increased police spending shows no correlation to decreasing crime levels over the past 20 years. With Oakland's current finances in dire jeopardy, it is clear that we must defund the police by:
1. Reduce OPD’s allocation from the General Fund by 50% (roughly $150 Million) 2. Disallow unauthorized overtime by OPD 3. Invest in housing, jobs, youth programs, restorative justice, and mental health workers to keep the community safe.
Thank you, Lisebeth Jacobs
My name is Jim Koman and I am a District 1 Oakland resident writing to urge you to defund OPD. Police funds should go to departments and services with personnel trained to deal with the non-violent requests that OPD is currently burdened with. These funds should go to benefit communities through services, and not surveillance policing. Oakland needs the budget to go toward community investments, not to more police.
I support the spirit of the proposal by Nikki Fortunato Bas: "to reallocate (from the police budget) at least $25 million towards improving safety and providing the services our residents really need," but this proposal does not go far enough:
I continue to demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST that $150 million in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
I am writing in support of the Budget Amendments for Community Safety #2, proposed by City Councilwoman Nikki Fortunato Bas. The proposal outlines a balanced and thoughtful framework for civilianizing public safety services and building a safer Oakland.
I urge you to carefully consider and champion the intent of this proposal, notwithstanding the specific recommendations for budget reallocation.
I also urge you to support the intent of the most recent proposal before you – Vision 2024: Equity Caucus Mid-Cycle Budget Proposal – recommends new investments in two areas that directly address poverty: housing and employment. Substantively addressing poverty is fundamental to ensuring the public’s safety and well-being.
Taken together – Community Safety #2 and Vision 2024 – represents an affirmative step forward in reducing systemic racism and racial and social inequality in Oakland.
I am a District 1 resident calling on the city council to defund dismantle, reinvest. The police do not make us safer. They put lives in peril. Reimagine public safety as investment in what our communities truly need: health, housing, education, employment. I echo the demands of others:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST that $150 million in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
My name is Jill and I am a District 3 resident. The budget as it currently stands is a disgrace and does not reflect the values of Oakland and its residents. Do right by the people of this city and make REAL change- cut OPD’s budget by 50% or more. Words mean nothing if you’re not willing to back them up with money. $25 million is not enough. We need to re-think the role of the police in this community and that cannot happen until that money is reinvested in other resources. Listen to your constituents and invest in our community, not in the policing of it.
As a West Oakland resident, I demand that you cut the Oakland Police Department’s budget by 50%. These funds would be much more effectively spent invested in services that actually benefit the community & truly keep us safe, such as schools, mental health services, homelessness services, & affordable housing. Thank you.
My name is Cameron Trentalange and I am an Oakland resident in District 3 writing to urge you to defund OPD.
I support the spirit of the proposal by Nikki Fortunato Bas: "to reallocate (from the police budget) at least $25 million towards improving safety and providing the services our residents really need," but this proposal does not go far enough!
As Oakland residents, we continue to demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST that $150 million in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
I insist the Council defund the police by fifty percent to better fund our community. Specifically, we will be safer with alternatives to policing, such as MACRO.
I support the spirit of the proposal by Nikki Fortunato Bas: "to reallocate (from the police budget) at least $25 million towards improving safety and providing the services our residents really need," but this proposal does NOT go far enough!
Over 700 people e-commented on last week’s meeting. Over 150 spoke at the meeting itself. Over 95% of both sets of comments were in favor of defunding the Police. Listen to your constituents.
As Oakland residents, we continue to demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST that $150 million in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
This is not an option. It is essential to the health, safety, and wellbeing of our citizens.
The city of Oakland has the opportunity to honor its legacy as of progressive thinking and activism but doing more than this amendment proposes.
I implore our officials to stand on the right side of history and provide an example to the rest of the country by defunding OPD, investing in a Black New Deal, stopping the use of violence against protestors, and canceling / removing the CHP from Oakland.
My name is Joan Estep and I am an Oakland resident writing to urge you to defund OPD.
I support the spirit of the proposal by Nikki Fortunato Bas: "to reallocate (from the police budget) at least $25 million towards improving safety and providing the services our residents really need," but this proposal does NOT go far enough!
Over 700 people e-commented on last week’s meeting. Over 150 spoke at the meeting itself. Over 95% of both sets of comments were in favor of defunding the Police. Listen to your constituents.
As Oakland residents, we continue to demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST that $150 million in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
Thank you for being on the right side of history. We will remember in November.
My name is Emerald Klauer and I am an Oakland resident in the Hoover-Foster neighborhood writing to urge you to defund OPD.
I support the spirit of the proposal by Nikki Fortunato Bas: "to reallocate (from the police budget) at least $25 million towards improving safety and providing the services our residents really need," but this proposal does NOT go far enough!
Over 700 people e-commented on last week’s meeting. Over 150 spoke at the meeting itself. Over 95% of both sets of comments were in favor of defunding the Police. Listen to your constituents.
As Oakland residents, we continue to demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST that $150 million in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
Thank you for being on the right side of history. We will remember in November.
I won't bother repeating the demands of so many of my fellow citizens to defund the police. By now you know very well what we're asking for. I sat through the entire 9hr long meeting on 6/16 and know you have to pass a budget by the end of this month. I support the efforts that Councilmembers Bas, Reid, Gall, McElhaney, Taylor, and Kaplan have made in your amendments as a start. I bet if you combined the ideas from those amendments you could increase the funding to city services by $60 or $70 million. Having a taskforce to work on figuring out a new budget is a good idea, but I want all of you to make a commitment that you'll actually listen to the people you represent and the next budget will decrease the OPD budget by at least $150 million and move that money to services that will help black and brown communities. Make a commitment now, or many of you might find yourself in a tough position in November.
I am a resident of west Oakland asking you to reduce OPDs budget by 50%. We don’t need nearly half of Oakland’s general fund going to OPD when we could be funding better schools, housing, and mental health care for those in need.
My name is Anya Riddell-Kaufman and I am an Oakland resident writing to urge you to defund OPD.
I support the spirit of the proposal by Nikki Fortunato Bas: "to reallocate (from the police budget) at least $25 million towards improving safety and providing the services our residents really need," but this proposal does NOT go far enough!
Over 700 people e-commented on last week’s meeting. Over 150 spoke at the meeting itself. Over 95% of both sets of comments were in favor of defunding the Police. Listen to your constituents.
As Oakland residents, we continue to demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST that $150 million in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
Thank you for being on the right side of history. We will remember in November.
My name is Mina Stollery and I am an Oakland resident writing to urge you to
defund OPD.
I support the spirit of the proposal by Nikki Fortunato Bas: "to reallocate (from the
police budget) at least $25 million towards improving safety and providing the
services our residents really need," but this proposal does NOT go far enough!
Over 700 people e-commented on last week’s meeting. Over 150 spoke at the
meeting itself. Over 95% of both sets of comments were in favor of defunding the
Police. Listen to your constituents.
As Oakland residents, we continue to demand that you take immediate action to
ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST that $150 million in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
Thank you for being on the right side of history. We will remember in November.
I am an ordained faith leader and a long-time Oakland resident. A budget is a moral document. It demonstrates the values of a community and the government elected to represent that community. The recent "compromise" proposals put forth by the mayor and several members of the council ignore both the clearly expressed will of the people AND the ethical issues at stake here. I am appalled to see the Oakland budget mirroring that of the federal government -- grossly over-investing in policing (nationally, in the military) at the expense of the welfare of the people. Oakland can and must do better. I join the chorus of folks demanding a 50% cut in police funding and investment of those dollars into the things that create safe, healthy, thriving communities: housing, employment, healthcare, mental health services, food access, youth enrichment & jobs, education, arts & culture. Oakland has the opportunity here to make a significant step in the right direction. Take it now.
My name is Michelle, and I am a 33 year old Library worker who lives in District 1. I am commenting once again to support the defunding of the police, and the investment of funds into other community resources to prevent crime, rather than respond to it. The demands are to cut OPD by 50%, reinvest those funds into the Black New Deal, stop the use of violence against protesters, and to cancel CHP's contract with Oakland. I will be watching closely, and the actions of the council, especially that of Dan Kalb who resides over my district, will impact how I vote in November.
Please listen to the overwhelming majority of the people you serve.
I am a school counselor at 3 alternative education high schools in East Oakland. My sites have the most marginalized youth of our city and most of them have experienced traumatic experiences with the police. I am demanding the defunding of OPD’s budget and instead, would like to see this happen:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST that $150 million in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
Thank you!
OPD receives 44% of the city money yet OPD continuously demonstrate they are corrupt and racist in their policing. You are funding criminals, and we the citizens are paying for their mistakes in forms of settlements. Is it clear that the investment in policing has not made us safer. OPD remains an embarrassment to the city and a lethal threat to Oakland's Black and Brown communities.
OPD has a violent history of abuse and targeting Black communities. Black residents are more likely to be searched, more likely to be arrested for crimes associated with traffic stops, and more likely to see harsher sentences for those arrests. POLICE REFORM IS NOT ENOUGH. We've already tried body cameras, cultural competency trainings, crisis intervention training, oversight bodies, reports and studies. Despite a total lack of improvement, OPD continues to take almost HALF of the Oakland's general fund each year, consuming desperately needed resources from essential city programs and vital services.
My name is Lisebeth Jacobs and I have lived Oakland for more than forty years. I urge you to defund OPD. OPD takes an enormous share of the city’s general fund, and that percentage has risen exponentially for the last two decades, taking away desperately needed resources from essential city programs and services. OPD has overspent its authorized overtime budget by 100% -tens of millions of dollars in recent years, as individual cops annual compensation Is upwards of $400k. The investment in policing has not made us safer.
increased police spending shows no correlation to decreasing crime levels over the past 20 years. With Oakland's current finances in dire jeopardy, it is clear that we must defund the police by:
1. Reduce OPD’s allocation from the General Fund by 50% (roughly $150 Million) 2. Disallow unauthorized overtime by OPD 3. Invest in housing, jobs, youth programs, restorative justice, and mental health workers to keep the community safe.
Thank you, Lisebeth Jacobs
My name is Jim Koman and I am a District 1 Oakland resident writing to urge you to defund OPD. Police funds should go to departments and services with personnel trained to deal with the non-violent requests that OPD is currently burdened with. These funds should go to benefit communities through services, and not surveillance policing. Oakland needs the budget to go toward community investments, not to more police.
I support the spirit of the proposal by Nikki Fortunato Bas: "to reallocate (from the police budget) at least $25 million towards improving safety and providing the services our residents really need," but this proposal does not go far enough:
I continue to demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST that $150 million in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
I am writing in support of the Budget Amendments for Community Safety #2, proposed by City Councilwoman Nikki Fortunato Bas. The proposal outlines a balanced and thoughtful framework for civilianizing public safety services and building a safer Oakland.
I urge you to carefully consider and champion the intent of this proposal, notwithstanding the specific recommendations for budget reallocation.
I also urge you to support the intent of the most recent proposal before you – Vision 2024: Equity Caucus Mid-Cycle Budget Proposal – recommends new investments in two areas that directly address poverty: housing and employment. Substantively addressing poverty is fundamental to ensuring the public’s safety and well-being.
Taken together – Community Safety #2 and Vision 2024 – represents an affirmative step forward in reducing systemic racism and racial and social inequality in Oakland.
Thank you very much.
David Kakishiba
District Two resident
I am a District 1 resident calling on the city council to defund dismantle, reinvest. The police do not make us safer. They put lives in peril. Reimagine public safety as investment in what our communities truly need: health, housing, education, employment. I echo the demands of others:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST that $150 million in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
Thank you.
My name is Jill and I am a District 3 resident. The budget as it currently stands is a disgrace and does not reflect the values of Oakland and its residents. Do right by the people of this city and make REAL change- cut OPD’s budget by 50% or more. Words mean nothing if you’re not willing to back them up with money. $25 million is not enough. We need to re-think the role of the police in this community and that cannot happen until that money is reinvested in other resources. Listen to your constituents and invest in our community, not in the policing of it.
As a West Oakland resident, I demand that you cut the Oakland Police Department’s budget by 50%. These funds would be much more effectively spent invested in services that actually benefit the community & truly keep us safe, such as schools, mental health services, homelessness services, & affordable housing. Thank you.
My name is Cameron Trentalange and I am an Oakland resident in District 3 writing to urge you to defund OPD.
I support the spirit of the proposal by Nikki Fortunato Bas: "to reallocate (from the police budget) at least $25 million towards improving safety and providing the services our residents really need," but this proposal does not go far enough!
As Oakland residents, we continue to demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST that $150 million in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
Thank you.
I insist the Council defund the police by fifty percent to better fund our community. Specifically, we will be safer with alternatives to policing, such as MACRO.
I support the spirit of the proposal by Nikki Fortunato Bas: "to reallocate (from the police budget) at least $25 million towards improving safety and providing the services our residents really need," but this proposal does NOT go far enough!
Over 700 people e-commented on last week’s meeting. Over 150 spoke at the meeting itself. Over 95% of both sets of comments were in favor of defunding the Police. Listen to your constituents.
As Oakland residents, we continue to demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST that $150 million in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
This is not an option. It is essential to the health, safety, and wellbeing of our citizens.
The city of Oakland has the opportunity to honor its legacy as of progressive thinking and activism but doing more than this amendment proposes.
I implore our officials to stand on the right side of history and provide an example to the rest of the country by defunding OPD, investing in a Black New Deal, stopping the use of violence against protestors, and canceling / removing the CHP from Oakland.
Hello again,
My name is Joan Estep and I am an Oakland resident writing to urge you to defund OPD.
I support the spirit of the proposal by Nikki Fortunato Bas: "to reallocate (from the police budget) at least $25 million towards improving safety and providing the services our residents really need," but this proposal does NOT go far enough!
Over 700 people e-commented on last week’s meeting. Over 150 spoke at the meeting itself. Over 95% of both sets of comments were in favor of defunding the Police. Listen to your constituents.
As Oakland residents, we continue to demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST that $150 million in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
Thank you for being on the right side of history. We will remember in November.
My name is Emerald Klauer and I am an Oakland resident in the Hoover-Foster neighborhood writing to urge you to defund OPD.
I support the spirit of the proposal by Nikki Fortunato Bas: "to reallocate (from the police budget) at least $25 million towards improving safety and providing the services our residents really need," but this proposal does NOT go far enough!
Over 700 people e-commented on last week’s meeting. Over 150 spoke at the meeting itself. Over 95% of both sets of comments were in favor of defunding the Police. Listen to your constituents.
As Oakland residents, we continue to demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST that $150 million in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
Thank you for being on the right side of history. We will remember in November.
I won't bother repeating the demands of so many of my fellow citizens to defund the police. By now you know very well what we're asking for. I sat through the entire 9hr long meeting on 6/16 and know you have to pass a budget by the end of this month. I support the efforts that Councilmembers Bas, Reid, Gall, McElhaney, Taylor, and Kaplan have made in your amendments as a start. I bet if you combined the ideas from those amendments you could increase the funding to city services by $60 or $70 million. Having a taskforce to work on figuring out a new budget is a good idea, but I want all of you to make a commitment that you'll actually listen to the people you represent and the next budget will decrease the OPD budget by at least $150 million and move that money to services that will help black and brown communities. Make a commitment now, or many of you might find yourself in a tough position in November.
I am a resident of west Oakland asking you to reduce OPDs budget by 50%. We don’t need nearly half of Oakland’s general fund going to OPD when we could be funding better schools, housing, and mental health care for those in need.
My name is Anya Riddell-Kaufman and I am an Oakland resident writing to urge you to defund OPD.
I support the spirit of the proposal by Nikki Fortunato Bas: "to reallocate (from the police budget) at least $25 million towards improving safety and providing the services our residents really need," but this proposal does NOT go far enough!
Over 700 people e-commented on last week’s meeting. Over 150 spoke at the meeting itself. Over 95% of both sets of comments were in favor of defunding the Police. Listen to your constituents.
As Oakland residents, we continue to demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST that $150 million in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
Thank you for being on the right side of history. We will remember in November.