Thread by @hyphy_republic

The City's Reimagining Taskforce Meeting is about to begin. Last one was introductory, so this will be first for actual business. Looks like they'll be walking members thru police budget, and bodies/agreements that affect that cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Reim… #Oakmtg

The City's been releasing data. One that's interesting, the place of residence of OPD's current 740 residents. While Oakland is single-lived in City, only 10% of OPD officers live here. Other big ones, Castro Valley, Hayward, Oakley, Tracy, Brentwood & [checks notes] SF? #oakmtg

As they begin the meeting, Loren Taylor mentions last night's late meeting [of joint bodies/Reimagining] and also notes that there are 27 participants in the Zoom meeting. #oakmtg

I will say, as a reporter, I'm not excited about yet another meeting to attend. Next year, this will include the Homelessness Commission and the "Blue Ribbon" Business Tax Taskforce,

As in the other meeting, David Muhammad of National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform, holds the floor, and does so as long as he apparently wants to, without a moderator on the facilitator. #oakmtg

Muhammad is going over the Taskforce's timeline. Its ambitious. Muhammad also discusses the "advisory boards", which will focus on preparing analysis of city data and reporting back to the Taskforce. The draft recommendation would go to Council in late March. #oakmtg

Each advisory board would need to be co-chaired by a taskforce member. Muhammad suggests that members of the Taskforce also join the advisory boards. #oakmtg

Muhammad was going over the Advisory Boards, and if I heard him correctly, he said there's 130 additional people participating in those boards. #oakmtg

oops, meant to write "Oakland is the single-most-lived-in City, and obviously meant to write 740 police. I think the message got across tho #oakmtg

Hard to understand why the City had its Council/Bodies/Taskforce nexus meeting last night ahead of the Taskforce's second meeting--it guaranteed some people would not be able to attend this meeting. And performance here wouldn't be optimal. #oakmtg

The construct and population of the Advisory Boards seems to be not ready for prime time. I am hearing Taskforce members wonder how it will work, and suddenly realizing the shot clock is actually already running #oakmtg

Johnson goes over requirements for OPD budget allotments, notes, Measure Z' minimum number of officers, OPOA's MOU no layoff provision, and prohibitions on assigning sworn work to non-sworn employees, and statutory restraints. #oakmtg

Johnson goes over the breakdown on how the OPD budget is used. Largest chunk is spent on sworn police. Johnson says "its the driver of cost" #oakmtg

DC Allison goes over OPD's personnel divisions. #oakmtg

Got my thread out of order, so including a screenshot of the budget commentary that's out of the thread, good stuff if you want to understand budget process. #oakmtg

Allison refers to the Ceasefire participants as "the first and the worst". He says something like this whenever he speaks in public #oakmtg

Allison is going over the breakdown of how OPD are distributed and work they do. Over 1/3 is on patrol and only 17% in investigations. #oakmtg

The City provided the Budget and OPD structure document as well. cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Item… #oakmtg

This is the cash breakdown for all the disparate OPD department and activity costs

The actual number of officers per department and function, and percentage #oakmtg

The what now?

Some more breakdowns of cost per activity. They're over-broad, and hopefully taskforce will ask for further breakdowns. #oakmtg

OPD is undertaking an analysis of 911 calls thru an outside contractor, according to Chief Manheimer. She says "some will come within 30 days and some within another 30 days" #oakmtg

Some eyebrow raising OT breakdowns for the past three FY. Protests and Sideshows by far the highest single costs #oakmtg

Bas jumps into point out Oakland is highest expenditure in California, comparing to Longbeach, the next largest. But Manheimer says that officers per crime/capita is a better comparison. Probably predicts the friction that will be happening going forward on the details #Oakmtg

Theres no other way to say this, but so far, Police, Finance and the Facilitator have done most of the speaking at tonight's Reimagining meeting. #oakmtg

James Burch, Taskforce member and APTP policy director, asks for explanations for the differences between OPD and other PDs in other states that Finance and Manheimer mentioned. But Finance simply says they'll look into it and bring back data #oakmtg

Muhammad says that Cleveland has double Oakland's PD and has double Oakland's homicide, but that Oakland has higher staffing costs and a more expensive PD. Manheimer says that NYPD make a 1/3, pension about a 1/3, high school or GED only #Oakmtg

Measure Z services overview by DVP's Peter Kim and Chief Guillermo Cespedes. Cespedes says that he's done violence prevention in LA, and abroad, Carribean, Latin America. Cespedes vaguely alludes to being in another country on family matter, with corresponding bad wifi #Oakmtg

Kim says that DVP represents about 40% of Measure Z funds. Kim says that they're in the second phase of Measure Z funding, 2019-21. Third phase is 21-24, and final cycle. Measure Z sunsets in December 2024 #oakmtg

Bulk of funding goes out as grants, and DVP are the grantmaker to other orgs. 42% of the grantmaking is Gun Violence Response, thru 9 grants. Shooting/homicide response, violence interruption, life coaching, employment support #oakmtg

Kim goes thru the grantee orgs doing the work. Many familiar orgs that are also involved in other services for the City/County. ABODE runs the Covid emergency hotel shelters for ALCO, ROOTs healthcare, Tuffsheds. #oakmtg

Another area of work for DVP is Youth Diversion and Re-Entry #oakmtg

Sarai Crain, the Assistant Chief, goes thru DVP's Gender Based Violence Response. Much of it is intervention, and helping to remove individuals experiencing harm out of the situation. #oakmtg

Crain goes thru the list of providers for Gender Based Violence Response. Crain says she previously worked BAWAR before coming to the DVP. Mentions link between gender based violence and homelessness, and need that Covenant House is filling in that regard #oakmtg

Crain wraps up the four areas of DVP work with Community Healing. Targets are those experiencing violence in West, Central, Deep East. Goal is to lift up people closest to violence & tap into community wisdom that already exists, and the impact of violence to community #oakmtg

The providers for the Community Healing grant program.

Kim adds that 400k is given in community mini-grants, organizations and people who would be locked out of the contracting process at the City otherwise because of high bar. #oakmtg

Kim provides the DVP budget, he says the City provided an additional 500k from the City's general fund, which would have otherwise been a shortfall in Measure Z funding. Kim mentions "participant incentives" which are paid to life coaching participants #oakmtg

Cespedes says that DVP focuses on those who cause harm and those who have a history of being harmed, regardless of whether they are group affiliated or not #oakmtg

In response to Reygan Cunnigham's question about MACRO, Cespedes says he's excited about the MACRO implementation under DVP, calls it "proof of concept". That's the City's terminology and really suggests its nowhere near ready for city wide rollout, this is just a pilot. #oakmtg

Muhammad is assigning "homework" to Taskforce members about whether the City needs to make more presentations. Maybe its me, but this is a lot more top down than I feel it was presented during the Council meetings. #oakmtg

During public comment, Co-Chairs Taylor and Bas are assigning the time limit. But there appear to have been no public speakers, Taylor notes and laughs nervously. One public speaker finally raised their hand. But that appears to be it. #oakmtg

There was another speaker after all. Anne Jenks suggests getting the 911 call raw data, instead of just waiting for the consultant's report. There were two public speakers. #oakmtg