OAKLAND MAYOR BARBARA LEE has nominated two candidates for the city’s Police Commission, a civilian law enforcement oversight body that, among other things, is currently working to hire a new police chief.

The mayor’s office on Thursday presented the candidates — retired judge Evelio Grillo and retired firefighter Doug Wong — to the city’s Rules and Legislation Committee, which sent them to the City Council for a vote at its Jan. 20 meeting.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.