OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland City Council's Public Safety Committee met Tuesday for the first time since Police Chief Floyd Mitchell announced last Monday that he is stepping down on December 5.

"I want to acknowledge the pretty enormous news last week that the Police Chief Floyd Mitchell has resigned from the department ," City Council member Charlene Wang, who serves as Chair of the Public Safety Committee, said.

No police chief, again

Now, a week later, Oakland city officials are wrestling with the question of how soon an interim chief and a new permanent chief will be named.

The Oakland City Administrator's office said Tuesday that a recruitment announcement has not yet been issued, and so far, there have been no firm dates set for a timeline to select a new chief.

Wang sai

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