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Opinion: City Attorney Should Not Be Allowed to Undermine Police Commission

July 07, 2018

Oakland’s City Council is poised to enact an enabling ordinance that would fill in the gaps in Measure LL, which created the Oakland Police Commission and the Civilian Police Review Agency and that was approved by 83 percent of the city’s voters.Our new Police Commission is one of the strongest and most independent civilian oversight bodies in the country. The City Council will take a vote on July 10 that could affirm that independence—or undermine it.

Opinion: City Attorney Should Not Be Allowed to Undermine Police Commission
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