Oakland City Council

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city council municipal legislative body

The Oakland City Council is the elected legislative body that sets policy, passes laws, and oversees the budget for the city of Oakland, California.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Oakland City Council District 1 Representative	1
Oakland City Council District 2 Representative	1
Oakland City Council District 3 Representative	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city council ⓘ municipal legislative body ⓘ
appliesLaw	Oakland Municipal Code ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Oakland ⓘ surface form: Oakland, California
budgetaryResponsibility	adoption and amendment of the City of Oakland annual budget ⓘ
canOverrideVetoOf	Mayor of Oakland ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
electorate	residents of Oakland, California eligible to vote ⓘ
elects	Oakland City Council President from among its members ⓘ Oakland City Council Vice Mayor from among its members ⓘ
follows	Charter of the City of Oakland ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch of the City of Oakland ⓘ
governs	City of Oakland departments and programs through legislation ⓘ
hasCommittee	various standing and special committees of the Oakland City Council ⓘ
hasElectoralSystem	citywide at-large election for one seat ⓘ single-member districts for seven seats ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	8 ⓘ
hasPart	Oakland City Council At-Large Member ⓘ Oakland City Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oakland City Council District 1 Representative Oakland City Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oakland City Council District 2 Representative Oakland City Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oakland City Council District 3 Representative Oakland City Council District 4 Representative ⓘ Oakland City Council District 5 Representative ⓘ Oakland City Council District 6 Representative ⓘ Oakland City Council District 7 Representative ⓘ Oakland City Council President ⓘ Oakland City Council Vice Mayor ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Oakland City Hall ⓘ
jurisdiction	municipal government of Oakland, California ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalForm	elected representative body ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	Oakland ⓘ surface form: Oakland, California
legislativePeriod	four-year terms for councilmembers ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Alameda County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Oakland ⓘ surface form: Oakland, California
meetsAt	Oakland City Hall ⓘ
partOf	Government of the City of Oakland ⓘ
role	adopts the City of Oakland budget ⓘ approves certain mayoral appointments, contracts, and land use decisions ⓘ oversees city departments and agencies through legislation and hearings ⓘ passes municipal laws and ordinances ⓘ sets policy for the City of Oakland ⓘ
sharesPowerWith	Mayor of Oakland ⓘ
supervises	overall fiscal policy of the City of Oakland ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction	local government legislative jurisdiction ⓘ
uses	Oakland Municipal Code ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Board of Port Commissioners → confirmedBy → Oakland City Council ⓘ

Oakland → governingBody → Oakland City Council ⓘ

Oakland City Council → hasPart → Oakland City Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oakland City Council District 1 Representative

Oakland City Council → hasPart → Oakland City Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oakland City Council District 2 Representative

Oakland City Council → hasPart → Oakland City Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oakland City Council District 3 Representative