Subject: Proposed Ballot Measure To Reform Oakland’s City Charter From: Office Of The Mayor Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Submitting To The Voters At The November 3, 2026 General Municipal Election A Measure That Would Amend The Oakland City Charter To, Among Other Things (1) Make The Mayor The City’s Chief Executive Officer Responsible For Managing City Affairs; (2) Empower The Council To Confirm The Appointments Of The Directors Of Finance, Human Resources, Public Works, And Transportation; (3) Empower The Council To Create An Independent Budget And Legislative Analyst’s Office To Provide The Council Fiscal And Policy Analysis That Is Objective And Nonpartisan; (4) Affirm Councilmembers’ Right To Request Information And Relay Constituent Concerns, And City Officials’ Duty To Respond Promptly; (5) Empower The Council To Hold Legislative Hearings And Issue Subpoenas; (6) Create A Mayoral Veto With A Line-Item Budget Veto And A Council Power To Override Any Veto; (7) Require Councilmembers To Work Full Time And Not Engage In Outside Employment; (8) Empower The Public Ethics Commission To Align The Mayor’s And Councilmembers’ Salaries With Those Of Comparable Full-Time Public Officials; And (9) Require The Publication Of Ordinances Within Fifteen Days Of Passage; And Directing The City Clerk To Take All Actions Necessary Under Law To Submit This Measure To The Voters At The Election; And Making Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act Findings

Committee

Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency/City Council/Geologic Hazard Abatement District Board

Requested by

Office Of The Mayor

Introduced

May 6, 2026

On agenda

June 16, 2026

Passed

June 16, 2026

Enactment no.

91209 C.M.S.

Where it was heard

Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency/City Council/Geologic Hazard Abatement District Board Jun 16, 2026 Adopted as Amended Pass * Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council Jun 2, 2026 Continued Pass *Rules & Legislation Committee May 21, 2026 Approved the Recommendation of Staff, and Forward Pass *Rules & Legislation Committee May 7, 2026 Scheduled

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