Subject: Repeal 2020 Encampment Management Policy And Adopt 2025 Encampment Abatement Policy From: Councilmember Houston Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Amending Resolution No. 88341 To Repeal The 2020 Encampment Management Policy And Replace With A 2025 Encampment Abatement Policy That (A) Defines “Encampment” To Exclude Vehicles And Authorizes Citation And Towing Of Inhabited Vehicles By City Departments Pursuant To The California Vehicle Code And Oakland Vehicle Code; (B) Continues To Require Reasonable Efforts To Make Shelter Offers And 7-Day Notice Prior To Non-Urgent Encampment Closures; And (C) Clarifies Emergency And Urgent Health And Safety Conditions That Authorize Immediate, 24-Hour, Or 72-Hour Notice For Encampment Closures, Including Encampments Blocking Sidewalks

Committee

Special Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency/City Council

Introduced

July 23, 2025

On agenda

April 14, 2026

Passed

April 14, 2026

Enactment no.

91102 C.M.S.

Where it was heard

Special Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency/City Council Apr 14, 2026 Adopted as Amended Pass *Rules & Legislation Committee Mar 26, 2026 Scheduled *Rules & Legislation Committee Feb 5, 2026 Scheduled * Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council Dec 2, 2025 Withdrawn with No New Date Pass *Rules & Legislation Committee Nov 20, 2025 Scheduled *Rules & Legislation Committee Oct 30, 2025 * Withdrawn and Rescheduled *Rules & Legislation Committee Oct 23, 2025 Scheduled *Special Public Safety Committee Sep 10, 2025 Scheduled Pass *Rules & Legislation Committee Jul 24, 2025 Scheduled