Calendar

1. Call to Order, determination of quorum

2. Open Forum/Public Comment on Non-Agenda matters

3. Information Item: a. Report from Public Works regarding OPD request for video footage.

4. Action Items:

a. Annual Reports 1. Shotspotter Annual Report (OPD)

b. Use Policies 1. Spotspotter – Gunshot Location Detection System (OPD) DGO I-20 2. GPS Tracker – Vehicle GPS Tracking Device (OPD) I-33 3. Responsive Easy Charging Products with Dynamic Signals – Evenergi LLC (OPW)

Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.  All are welcome!

For our February, 2026 meeting we will be reading and discussing the first three chapters of  A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit (Amazon) (Alibris).  For our March meeting we will finish the book.

The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that they do so with joy. That joy reveals an ordinarily unmet yearning for community, purposefulness, and meaningful work that disaster often provides. A Paradise Built in Hell is an investigation of the moments of altruism, resourcefulness, and generosity that arise amid disaster’s grief and disruption and considers their implications for everyday life. It points to a new vision of what society could become-one that is less authoritarian and fearful, more collaborative and local.

Strike Debt Bay Area hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Our first book was  Doughnut Economics, and our most recent books were What’s Left – 3 Paths Through the Planetary Crisis, The Age of Insecurity and Elinor Ostrom’s Rules for Radicals. For the rest of our reading list see here.

Join Zoom Meeting:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85449203697

Green Sunday:  Why is there Constant War in West Asia?

West Asia has experienced conflict, invasion and upheaval for the last eight decades. Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Libya and Syria have all been attacked, destabilized and occupied. In the last year, Israel and the US attacked Yemen and Iran with the threat of more attacks in near future.

Rick Sterling will discuss the major factors driving these events, the current situation and prospects for the future.

Rick Sterling is an independent journalist writing for Antiwar, Global Research, LA Progressive, ConsortiumNews and other publications.  He has travelled extensively in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine. He is a contributing author of the book “JFK and RFK’s Secret Battle Against Zionist Extremism”.

Sunday, February 8th, 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Via Zoom: please see the access info below.

(Note:  This 1:00 pm starting time is only for February’s special Green Sunday event — March’s Green Sunday will start at 5:00 pm).

Green Sundays are a series of free public programs & discussions on topics “du jour ” sponsored by the Green Party
of Alameda County and held on the 2nd Sunday of each month.