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This Week in Oakland

Every district — the full City Council agenda, tagged by who’s affected.

Week of November 9–15, 2026 · Updated Wednesday, November 11, 2026 · Source: Oakland Legistar (live)

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Act now — comment deadlines

To weigh in, file an eComment or sign up to speak via Legistar. Sign-ups generally close ~24 hours before a meeting.

Comment by Wednesday, November 11 for Rules & Legislation Committee, Thursday, November 12, 10:30 AM.

Comment by Monday, November 16 for Special Public Works And Transportation Committee, Tuesday, November 17, 11:30 AM.

Comment by Monday, November 16 for Special Community & Economic Development Committee, Tuesday, November 17, 1:30 PM.

Comment by Monday, November 16 for Special Life Enrichment Committee, Tuesday, November 17, 4:00 PM.

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This week at City Hall

Meetings on the Legistar calendar, next 7 days. Agendas link to the mirrored PDF where one is posted.

Thursday, November 12
10:30 AM
Rules & Legislation Committee
Tuesday, November 17
9:30 AM
Special Finance & Management Committee
11:30 AM
Special Public Works And Transportation Committee
1:30 PM
Special Community & Economic Development Committee
4:00 PM
Special Life Enrichment Committee
6:00 PM
Special Public Safety Committee

On the agenda

Meetings on the calendar for the next 14 days, with the pipeline’s summary of each posted agenda. District-specific tagging returns when items are flagged.

Rules & Legislation Committee — Thursday, November 12
Agenda not yet posted or not yet summarized.

Special Public Works And Transportation Committee — Tuesday, November 17
Agenda not yet posted or not yet summarized.

Special Community & Economic Development Committee — Tuesday, November 17
Agenda not yet posted or not yet summarized.

Special Life Enrichment Committee — Tuesday, November 17
Agenda not yet posted or not yet summarized.

Special Public Safety Committee — Tuesday, November 17
Agenda not yet posted or not yet summarized.

Special Finance & Management Committee — Tuesday, November 17
Agenda not yet posted or not yet summarized.

Rules & Legislation Committee — Thursday, November 19
Agenda not yet posted or not yet summarized.

Just happened

Meetings held in the last 30 days. Agendas and minutes where the city has posted them.

Special Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency/City Council — Tuesday, November 10 Agenda · Minutes

Rules & Legislation Committee — Thursday, November 5 Agenda · Minutes

Meeting of the Oakland City Council - CANCELLATION — Tuesday, November 3 · Cancelled

Rules & Legislation Committee — Thursday, October 29 Agenda · Minutes

Special Finance & Management Committee — Tuesday, October 27 Agenda · Minutes

Public Safety Committee — Tuesday, October 27 Agenda · Minutes

Life Enrichment Committee — Tuesday, October 27 Agenda · Minutes

Community & Economic Development Committee — Tuesday, October 27 Agenda

Public Works And Transportation Committee — Tuesday, October 27 Agenda · Minutes

Rules & Legislation Committee — Thursday, October 22 Agenda · Minutes

Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council — Tuesday, October 20 Agenda · Minutes

Rules & Legislation Committee — Thursday, October 15 Minutes

Finance & Management Committee — Tuesday, October 13 Agenda · Minutes

Public Safety Committee — Tuesday, October 13 · Cancelled Agenda

Life Enrichment Committee — Tuesday, October 13 · Cancelled Agenda

Special Public Safety Committee — Tuesday, October 13 Agenda · Minutes

Community & Economic Development Committee — Tuesday, October 13 Agenda · Minutes

Public Works And Transportation Committee — Tuesday, October 13 Agenda · Minutes

Citywide officials

Oakland’s Mayor, Barbara Lee, leads the city administration but does not vote on the Council. See the Mayor page →

Rowena Brown — Councilmember, At-Large
Elected citywide · in office since Jan 2025 · term to Jan 2029

Role: Represents the whole city — so every Oaklander has this seat as a second Council vote, alongside their district member.

Committees: Chairs Community & Economic Development and Education Partnership; sits on Finance & Management, Public Safety, and Rules & Legislation.

Key issues

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