November 12th Meeting Minutes :
Board Attendees: Benjamin Scott, Eddie Tejeda, Mary Bloszies, Rajen Shah, Garrett Gallagher
Attendees:
Tim Roberts
Sarah from Casa De Chocolates: Grand Opening on Nov 22nd from 3-7pm
Glenview location will be the production space Chocolate featured in upcoming Dandelion advent calendar
OPD CRO: Sylvester Triana
Action: Contact Karen Franchino from St. Paul's would like to come to an upcoming meeting to speak about neighborhood and community stewardship
510-499-6962
OPD:
CRO future is still up in the air, 4 in the current area (Decrease from 24 CROs from 4-5 years ago)Currently: 500-515 working officers CRO work is typically Monday - Thursday, but limited bandwidth Potentially hiring from the academies (decreasing numbers coming into the academies) Seeing trends with the new District Attorney being more actionable to try cases As a community group we could support the academies, go to the council people to advocate and support OPD academies No OPD collaboration or provide assistance for ICE in Bay Area (unless they are getting shot at or someone is injured) Sideshows still occurring on larger holidays, have additional weekend units to manage slideshows Abandoned cars: call non-emergency line, instead of 311Policy for Fireworks:
Mimi from Councilperson Ramachandran's office:
580 Truck Meeting: Beginning of CalTrans conducting a study to remove the heavy truck ban from 580 which allowed trucks only on 880, which would then allow them on 13 (13 does not have a truck ban but because 580 does, 13 does by de facto)Will conduct community outreach and gain feedbackAlso have small community meetings to get feedback and study groups, etcPlan to release results in winter 2026 Reviewing: Noise pollution, airborne pollution, home value changes Impacts: what would the benefit be on 580 because trucks on 880 are mainly in the industrial district Councilwoman Janani is not in support of removing the banShe made an Instagram video regarding the ban with the purpose to gain community feedback Will go to the state legislature for final decision CalTrans will update their site with meeting notes & details on next steps
Action: invite CalTrans to give feedback on the study at future meeting
Action: Mimi and Terry will connect on how to include GNA to give feedback on the study
City Council Updates: Janani is co-authoring legislation to stimulate economic development and businesses: small business tax holiday for 1 year Flock Cameras: license plate reading cameras, Janani is supporting the legislation OPD's perspective: huge asset for OPDOPD would need to type in incident or report numbers and link to a crime to gain system access Some communities have their own cameras in the flock system: Oakmore and Crocker Highlands
Action: Public Safety Meeting on Flock Cameras on November 18th at 6pm, can participate by zoom
Encampment and Abatement plan: Upcoming Public Safety meeting on December 2nd at 3:30pm Going directly to the City Council Would make the camping illegal in some areas, seeks to address vehicle camping that is not addressed in current plan Example: schools and high and low priority focus areas Push coming out of East Oakland which is the most impactedCurrently it's not expressly illegalAlameda County is holding the funding to deal with the bulk of this problemOakland handling it one-offs vs. umbrella planned ownership
Newsletter lists upcoming events: Successful Diwali festival (1500+ attendees) Shares resources for Immigrants facing issues with ICE and legal rights SNAP recipients resources Laurel Community doing safety walk along Macarthur to High at 6pm Two Star Market holding an upcoming Thanksgiving eventCasa de Chocolates Event on Nov 22 from 3-7 with additional vendors Chocolate products and drinks, pastries coming in the future!
D4 Advisory Council Panel Meeting: Dimond Library, Saturday Dec 13th at 11am Requesting RSVPs or email the office Charter reform: Dec 1st at 7pm at Redwood Heights Rec Center with SPUR and League of Women's Voters If interested in more participation, community opportunities in the newsletter Safety ambassador grants was parsed out: Montclair did not get one, Dimond and Laurel did receive funds How much support and extra budget can we expect from JananiNo additional discretionary budget available Hope to restore the NCP program and more CROs in the future Can we restore the safety walks on Park Blvd and Macarthur to identify safety risks and support the community?State of the Police Academies: Trying to increase the size of the academies, reduced from 5-6Janani did fight to keep the academies in Controversies around the composition of the police commission
Collaboration between Mayor Barbara Lee and Council is going well Barbara Lee's heavy focus is collaboration
Treasurer update: $7k in the bank