Records requests
Public records requests this project has filed with the City of Oakland, and what each has produced so far.
Requests filed with the City of Oakland on oaklandca.nextrequest.com. Deadline column: the portal's stated determination due dates or the city's stated production date/estimate, as labeled.
| Request | Subject | Status | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26-7920 | 911/CAD calls for service, 2016–present | Records located, nothing withheld; OPD estimates 12 months to produce. Rolling year-by-year production requested 2026-07-18. | Production estimate ~mid-2027 (12-month OPD estimate, contested) |
| 26-7921 | Building permits and code-enforcement cases (Accela), 2011–present | Filed 2026-07-15, assigned to Planning & Building. As of 2026-07-27 the only entry on the request is the system’s automatic acknowledgement: no determination, no records, no extension. The city’s own stated determination date is 2026-07-27. Oakland publishes no building-permit or code-enforcement dataset on its open data portal, so this request is the only route to the data. | Determination due 2026-07-27 — no response |
| 26-8033 | Claims and settlements paid by the city, 2010–present | Filed 2026-07-17; awaiting determination. | Determination due 2026-07-28 |
| 26-8034 | Fire/EMS incident and response records, 2015–present | Produced 2026-07: an 18,259-page PDF incident log. Native-format (CSV) production still being pursued. | — (produced) |
| 26-8035 | OPD overtime detail by category and assignment, 2015–present | Records located, nothing withheld; six-month estimate contested 2026-07-19. | Production estimate ~Jan 2027 (6-month estimate, contested) |
| 26-8036 | Parks & Recreation program utilization (ActiveNet), 2015–present | Filed 2026-07-17; awaiting determination. | Determination due 2026-07-28 |
| 26-8049 | OPD records-management incident extract, 2015–present | Determination issued 2026-07-19. OPD consulted its Records Division and located “records statistics” for 2015–present, to be provided within 30 days; nothing is withheld. Note what was located: the request asked for an incident-level extract (one row per incident, offence codes, beat, clearance status and date), and the determination identifies aggregate statistics instead. Whether the incident-level extract will be produced is not yet established. | Production due 2026-08-18 |
| 26-8050 | SB 1421 / SB 16 peace-officer records not yet posted | Filed 2026-07-18 as a standing request. Closed by the city 2026-07-27 under Gov. Code 7922.545, directing the requester to the city's public SB 1421/16 disclosure webpages, where newly disclosable records are posted as they become available. The city did not accept the standing-request framing and gave no refresh cadence; records tied to active investigations may be delayed under Penal Code 832.7(b)(8). No records were withheld by exemption. | — (closed; monitor the SB 1421/16 pages) |
| 26-8051 | ShotSpotter gunshot-detection alerts, 2018–present | Records located, nothing withheld; production due ~2026-08-18. | Production due ~2026-08-18 |
| 26-8052 | Surveillance-technology annual reports and usage logs | Filed 2026-07-18; no determination yet. Reassigned twice while the clock ran: City Administrator to Information Technology on 2026-07-20, then to the Police Department on 2026-07-27. | Determination due 2026-07-29 |
| 26-8053 | Vehicle tow and impound records, 2018–present | Determination issued 2026-07-25. OPD located tow data for 2018–present; nothing is withheld. The stated production time frame is 90 days from receipt — the longest of the July batch, and set against the form’s own 10-day option for tow reports. | Production due 2026-10-19 |
| 26-8054 | OPD staffing, vacancies, and academy outcomes, 2015–present | Determination issued 2026-07-23. OPD located records for 2015–present relating to position statistics, to be provided within 30 days; nothing is withheld. | Production due 2026-08-18 |
| 26-8055 | Vendor payments / contracts register, 2015–present | Produced: AP-checks register received and loaded into this site. | — (produced) |
| 26-8056 | Measure Z and Measure Q line-item expenditures | City first produced links to public summary reports, not the requested financial-system export; renewed request sent 2026-07-21 and pressed 2026-07-24 citing the native-format export the city had already produced under 26-8055. Produced 2026-07-27: two native-format CSV exports, one per measure, at expenditure-item (transaction) level — 269,893 Measure Z rows (Dec 2016–2026, $277.2M) and 197,041 Measure Q rows (2020–2026, $151.5M). Not yet ingested into this site. Measure Z rows begin December 2016, after the measure's 2015 inception. The city closed the request on 2026-07-27. | — (produced, closed) |
| 26-8057 | Rent Adjustment Program caseload, 2015–present | Filed 2026-07-18; no determination yet. Reassigned from Housing & Community Development to the Rent Adjustment Program on 2026-07-20. | Determination due 2026-07-29 |
| 26-8059 | Fire prevention inspection records, 2015–present | Filed 2026-07-18. OFD acknowledged on 2026-07-20 with an initial response: responsive records will be provided subject to redaction, with segregable portions released. Two carve-outs stated up front — hazardous-materials (CUPA) records moved to Alameda County Environmental Health on 2015-06-30 and must be requested there, and any plans will not be uploaded (Health & Safety Code 19850–19851 requires signed authorisations), viewable by appointment only. No determination on quantity or date yet. | Determination due 2026-07-29 |