Oakland, CA - Vice Mayor. Ignacio asks to recognize Councilmember Desley Brooks as Vice Mayor of The Oakland City Council. Oakland Councilmember Larry Reid (District 7) is now elected President of The Oakland City Council.
In his remarks, Larry thanked the elected officials new and incumbent, and said Oakland is one of America's most incredible cities.
Larry kind of got after Sanjiv for criticizing the city and said that over the next five years, Oakland would evolve into something special.
Ignacio nominated to hissing from some in the crowd. And here comes Sanjiv with a bunch of speaker cards which mean's he's going to talk for a while. He noted that the election of Reid and Brooks to President and Vice Mayor was four years too late. And he then said the problem was that Oakland's problem was City Hall.
Sanjiv pointed out that, even in this Council session, the public, which was to speak first, was not allowed to do so. He then says that Oakland has 658 police officers, and failed to use its additional income to help solve the problem. He now says "no more Mr. Nice Guy," and is going to go to court against them.
He then points to Prop 59, and a City Ordinance written by, John Russo, and then kind of gets personal with attacks on bloggers (not me), to the point where, as I write this, people are screaming for him to stop talking. President Reid said his time expired.
Election of President Pro-Tem was done. Here comes Sanjiv, again. But Gloria Bryant's going to talk on the open forum before he does.
Now, he comes Sanjiv. He's pissed that he was cut off. Hissing from all around. Sanjiv, mockingly, says all of the people hissing will have their hands out for help and get nothing from the council.
After all that, metting's over. Oakland Symphony's leader, Michael Morgan, who's moderated this event and excellently, takes us out.
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