Brown's Act and Robert's Rules
What is the Brown Act?
It is a State Act that declares that public agencies must conduct people’s business openly. Under the Brown Act, all public meetings must be announced with ample time for people to review documents and be accessible to the public.
Name 3 positions for Officers
Co-Chair(s), Secretary, Operations Officer, Communications & Social Media Officer, Graphic Designer, Organizing Officer, Ethics Officer, Government Affairs Officers, Community Affairs Officers
Since 2018, the city have passed resolutions to condemn deportations of ______ and advocated for ____ by Governor Newsom
rehabilitated Southeast Asian refugee community members; pardons
Oakland Youth Vote lowers voting age for ___ for ___ elections
16, school board
Reimagining Public Safety Task Force had how many youth members?
2
Who is the person responsible for recognizing individuals who wish to speak during a meeting?
The Co-Chairperson(s)
What are the 5 duties of the co-chairpersons?
To facilitate commission meetings with chosen facilitator and facilitate executive committee meetings; uphold and enforce bylaws; encourage active participation; review agenda; oversee administrative functions of commission; monitor attendance; delegate tasks; be spokesperson of OYAC; mediate internal conflicts; ensure committees and liaisons are fulfilling duties and responsibilities
In 2021, Mayor Schaaf announced a _____ program to give low-income ____ in the city ____ per month with no rules on how they can spend it.
universal income/privately funded/guaranteed income; families of color; $500
Love Our People featured ___ Knowledge Point stations around __ location
12, Lake Merritt
The youth commission is part of the alt-ed hub coalition to advocate for 70 units of housing for ____ population
transitional age youth
When someone makes a motion that someone agrees with, what needs to be stated in order for the item to be discussed?
“I second that motion.” If no one seconds a motion, then it dies.
What is the difference between the media officer and the graphic design officer?
Media determines social media targets and posts content that promotes advocacy, social justice, and civic engagement for Oakland youth, managing social media accounts and LinkTree. On the other hand, Graphic Design designs content for fliers, logos, t-shirts, and social media posts. Graphic design also takes photos.
How would the MACRO program help improve public safety?
The MACRO program is a crisis response system that would send civilians with medical and mental health training to respond to noncriminal, nonviolent emergency calls in East Oakland instead of police
The goal of the Love Our People event was to foster ____ unity and ___ in Oakland
racial, solidarity/love
The city council voted to prioritize ___ number of youth-related priorities from reimagining public safety task force in May 2021
List all six steps to voting on a motion
Motion (member rises or raises hand to signal chairperson), Second (member seconds motion), Restate motion (chairperson restates motion), Debate (members debate motion), Vote (chairperson restates motion and then first asks for affirmative votes and then negative), Announce the vote (chairperson announces result of the vote and any instructions)
What does the Operations Officer do?
Responsible for supporting OYAC members and the executive committee with associated tasks related to OYAC’s mission. If there are any unaddressed needs within the executive committee, the operations officer will be tasked with addressing and achieving said goals.
Recently, Mayor Schaaf, Councilmembers Dan Kalb, and Sheng Thao proposed an ordinance to update Oakland’s building and zoning laws to allow for housing options such as ___ homes and ____ and manufactured homes. This will contribute to Oakland’s array of ____.
tiny, mobile, affordable housing
If youth vote was implemented, Oakland youth can vote in ___ school board elections for ___ districts
2022; 2, 4, 6
In the previous budget cycle, Councilmember Sheng Thao advocated for the creation of the department of ____
Children, Youth, and Family
Describe one example of prohibited communications
Congregation of a quorum of the Commission in a place that is not noticed and open to the public such as face to face meetings, teleconference discussions, meal gatherings
Serial communications that involve quorum of: Use of intermediaries to discuss, deliberate, take action or develop a consensus among a quorum of the Commission.
Explain an example in which two officers work together based on their position descriptions
Operations Officer steps in to facilitate meetings when the co-chairs are unavailable. The Community Affairs works with Media and Public Relations Officer to create educational media content to reach out to community
Describe the law that Oakland revived in 2020 regarding contractors and reparations.
The “law that requires certain city contractors to disclose any historic ties to slavery.... The ordinance, approved by a city council 15 years ago, also creates a fund of reparations money that’s supposed to be disbursed to help residents in the city’s poorest neighborhoods. But it doesn’t force companies to put any money into the fund... It applies to contractors that provide insurance or financial services to the city and to textile, tobacco, railroad, shipping, rice or sugar companies that do business with the city. Those businesses must complete affidavits confirming they searched company records for evidence that they had or hadn’t “bought or sold people subjected to slavery, used people subjected to slavery as collateral, provided loans to purchase people subjected to slavery, insured such transactions or the people subjected to slavery during the slavery era and/or provided related or other services to aid and abet such transactions.”
List 3 knowledge points
1: Indigenous people’s land rights
2: Ethnic Studies and Critical Race Theory with TWLF
3: Leila Khaled -- icon for Palestinian Liberation
4: API Diaspora and history of activism, featured Yuri Kochiyama, Grace Lee Boggs, and solidarity among other racial groups
5: Great Migration of African Americans to Oakland → wartime that increased
6: Black Panther Party for Self Defense with Black liberation
7: Rainbow Coalition composed of anticlass, antiracist, multiracial, socialist political movement that fought for poor people
8: Richard Aoki: third-generation Japanese American who became one of the founding members of BPP, created Asian American Political Alliance and TWLF
9: Marsha Johnson and Stonewall: spearheaded by transgender women of color Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera
10: DREAMers: Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act → allows undocumented students to receive state and institutional educational grants if meet income guidelines
11: Tupac Shakur: rapper and actor who talked about historical oppression, generational trauma, being Black in America, and manifestation of righteous indignation
12: Black Lives Matter to defund police, prison abolition, reinvestment of social services
The Oakland Youth Advisory Commission (OYAC) has a youth liaison who works closely with the Alameda County ___ ___ Board to advocate on youth homelessness issues
youth action