First Rules Council of the new year and the new term, with a new line up: Returning, Chair Sheng Thao and member, Dan Kalb. Incoming, Nikki Bas and newly inaugurated CM, Carroll Fife #oakmtg
Gabrielle Halland of SEIU calls in to support the proposal to expand the "Blue Ribbon Committee" on business tax receipts to include labor reps. Halland also says its premature to contemplate an austerity budget, as much more money may be coming from Fed with new admin
Little Bobby thanks Council person Taylor for agendizing a statement urging DA to bring charges against Anthony Pirone in the murder of Oscar Grant. He said Pirone set the stage for the violence, assaulted Grant and escalated the situation
Wanda Johnson, mother of Oscar Grant also thanks Taylor & hopes Oscar gets level of justice he deserves, by getting Pirone charged with the murder of her son. She references the Capitol insurrection in comparison to Oscar laying on his stomach posing no threat. #oakmtg
They've scheduled the Pirone item. If passed, it would urge the ALCO DA to pursue charges against Pirone for his role in the killing of Grant.
Kaplan has introduced legislation to re-direct a minorly controversial appropriation for OPD helicopter maintenance, to the DVP, and a COPS grant directly to Missing Persons Unit. Fife, the Chair of Public Safety, requests the item to come to PSC first. It goes to 2/9 PSC #oakmtg
This Rules is a lot more interesting than they usually are, or maybe its me.