crucial legislation for new oakland police commission stalls in committee as activists and councilmembers fight over rules /

At final night’s public-safety committee meeting,Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb told his colleagues he was “thrilled” to introduce detailed legislation that will govern the city’s new and powerful police commission. But by the cessation of the meeting, Kalb was visibly frustrated.

So too were dozens of activists, or who beget been a driving force behind the new police accountability board.

The committee deadlocked on a split vote over whether to advance Kalb’s version of the enabling ordinance or a competing ordinance favored by a broad coalition of community groups.…

Source: eastbayexpress.com