Oakland Special Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency/City Council
January 9, 2025 — council, 1h 34m. Full transcript and vote records below — no spin, just what happened.
What was decided
Motion to reconsider
How they voted
Motion passes with a vote of five eyes, two notes Unverified
Yes: Ken Houston, Rebecca Kaplan, Janani Ramachandran
No: Zac Unger
Motion by Ken Houston, seconded by Rowena Brown
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Gayo
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
motion to swap out on public safety, removing Ramachandran, adding Brown, on Ed Partnership, removing Ramachandran, adding Unger, on City Port Liaison Committee, removing Ramachandran, adding Unger
How they voted
Motion passes with a vote of five eyes. Two no, I'm sorry, one no, Ramachandran. Six eyes. Unverified
Yes: Rowena Brown, Ken Houston, Rebecca Kaplan, Zac Unger
No: Janani Ramachandran
seconded by Zac Unger
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Gayo
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
be Adopted
How they voted
Motion passes with the vote of six, eyes, one abstention, Ramachandran Verified · official minutes
Yes: Rowena Brown, Ken Houston, Rebecca Kaplan, Zac Unger
Agenda item 5 · background & details
Motion by Rebecca Kaplan, seconded by Carroll Fife
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: 5th, Gayo Mover: Kaplan, seconder: Fife (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
to settle the case of Daniel Villio
How they voted
Motion passes with a vote of six I's, one abstention, Ramachandran Unverified
Yes: Rowena Brown, Carroll Fife, Ken Houston, Rebecca Kaplan, Zac Unger
Agenda item 6 · background & details
Motion by Carroll Fife, seconded by Rebecca Kaplan
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Gayo
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
be Approved for Final Passage
How they voted
motion passes with a vote of seven eyes Verified · official minutes
Yes: Rowena Brown, Ken Houston, Janani Ramachandran, Zac Unger
Motion by Rebecca Kaplan, seconded by Carroll Fife
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Five, Gayo Mover: Kaplan, seconder: Fife (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
to appoint Councilmember Kaplan in Houston to the JPA.A.
How they voted
motion passes Unverified
Yes: Rowena Brown, Carroll Fife, Ken Houston, Rebecca Kaplan, Janani Ramachandran, Zac Unger
Motion by Ken Houston
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Yago
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Transcript
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