Oakland Special Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency/City Council
December 16, 2025 — council, 8h 30m. Full transcript and vote records below — no spin, just what happened.
What was decided
to approve the consent calendar and continue, with item 5.10 deferred to the next meeting
How they voted
Motion passes as amended with a vote of eight eyes. Unverified
Agenda item 5.1 · background & details
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
approve item nine with the Wong and Brown amendments
How they voted — approve item nine with the Wong and Brown amendments
motion passes with a vote of 7 Unverified
Yes: Rowena Brown, Carroll Fife, Ken Houston, Janani Ramachandran, Zac Unger, Charlene Wang, Kevin Jenkins
Agenda item 5.29 · background & details
seconded by Ken Houston
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Gio
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
How they voted — to continue the item to February 3rd, keeping the public hearing open and to also hear more public comment
motion passes with a vote of seven aye of seven eyes, one excuse five Unverified
Yes: Rowena Brown, Ken Houston, Janani Ramachandran, Zac Unger, Charlene Wang, Kevin Jenkins
Agenda item 5.29 · background & details
seconded by Kevin Jenkins
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Gaya
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
How they voted — to adopt the resolution and close the public hearing
Motion passes with a vote of seven eyes. One excuse, five. Unverified
Yes: Rowena Brown, Ken Houston, Zac Unger, Charlene Wang, Kevin Jenkins
Agenda item 5.29 · background & details
Motion by Noel Gallo, seconded by Zac Unger
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Gail
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
to open the public hearing
How they voted
Motion passes with a vote of seven eyes, one excuse, five Unverified
Yes: Rowena Brown, Ken Houston, Charlene Wang, Kevin Jenkins
Absent: Carroll Fife
Agenda item 6.2 · background & details
seconded by Rowena Brown
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Guyow, Onger, Raman Chandran
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
item 8 moved by council member Houston second by council member Ramachandran as amended with the amendments that were passed out
How they voted
motion passes with the vote of five eyes three nose five guyo and wong Unverified
No: Charlene Wang
Agenda item 8 · background & details
Motion by Ken Houston, seconded by Janani Ramachandran
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: five, guyo, ungar
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
be Received and Filed
How they voted
Motion passes with the vote of eight eyes Verified · official minutes
Agenda item 10 · background & details
Motion by Noel Gallo, seconded by Zac Unger
Mover: Gallo, seconder: Unger (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
be Continued to go before the * Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council, to be heard 1/6/2026
How they voted
Motion passes with a vote of seven eyes, one absent, Gaio Verified · official minutes
Yes: Zac Unger, Rowena Brown, Carroll Fife, Ken Houston, Janani Ramachandran, Charlene Wang, Kevin Jenkins
Agenda item 11 · background & details
Motion by Zac Unger, seconded by Rowena Brown
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Guyo Mover: Unger, seconder: Brown (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
be Adopted as Amended
How they voted
motion passes as amended going to item with a vote of five eyes one absent one no and one abstention Verified · official minutes
Yes: Rowena Brown, Kevin Jenkins
Agenda item 12 · background & details
Motion by Janani Ramachandran, seconded by Ken Houston
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: chandron, five, guyo, wrong Mover: Ramachandran, seconder: Houston (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Approval of ongoing cooperative purchase agreements exceeding $250,000 for Oakland Public Works Bureau of Maintenance and Internal Services commodities and services contract
How they voted
Motion passes with a vote of seven eyes, one absent Gaio. Unverified
Yes: Rowena Brown, Ken Houston, Janani Ramachandran, Zac Unger, Charlene Wang, Kevin Jenkins
Agenda item 3.3 · background & details
seconded by Ken Houston
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: 5, Gai
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Transcript
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