THE OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL once again rejected two veteran members of the city’s Police Commission who were nominated by an independent selection committee, but unanimously approved two other commissioners nominated by Mayor Barbara Lee. 

The back-and-forth between Oakland’s Police Commission Selection Panel and the City Council about incumbent commissioners Omar Farmer and Ricardo Garcia-Acosta has been going on since their terms expired last October.

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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.