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Reports to City Council & Mayor

The City Attorney's Office provides the below special reports to the City Council and the Mayor to clarify policy and legal questions. You also can search for legislative history and actions taken by the City Council through Legistar - Oakland's on-line legislative records system - using key words or the below file ID numbers.

2008

January 16, 2008 OIR Group Report

2005

October 4, 2005 Emergency amendment to the rent adjustment ordinance (Municipal Code Chapter 8.22) to allow rental property owners to (1) charge temporary below market rate rent to persons displaced by disasters and (2) increase the rent to market rates at the end of the temporary period File ID# 05-0774

February 2, 2005 Informational Report: Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation v. City of Oakland File ID# 05-0072

2004

November 16, 2004 Informational Report Regarding Decision by California Court of Appeal in Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. City of Oakland, Upholding Constitutionality of the City's Business Tax on Landlords File ID# 04-0894

July 20, 2004 City Attorney recommendation: A discussion and action on a report regarding allocating costs of general liability claims among city agencies according to a model used by the City of Phoenix File ID# 04-0637

July 6, 2004 Amendment to Assembly Bill 2523 - Nuisance Evictions: A discussion and possible action on a report regarding Assembly Bill 2523 that would require the City Attorney to issue nuisance eviction notices, limit recovery of attorney`s fees payable by landlords to the city, and require response to notices in 30 days File ID# 04-0578

May 4, 2004 Report Card on Oakland's Liquor Stores File ID# 04-0273

January 20, 2004 Recommendation regarding modifications to the City Council meeting schedule and Rules of Procedure and a Resolution repealing Resolution numbers 75563 and 76561 C.M.S. File ID# 003201-3