March 3, 2014 Hon. Desley Brooks (dbrooks@oaklandnet.com) Hon. Noel Gallo (ngallo@oaklandnet.com) Hon. Rebecca Kaplan (atlarge@oaklandnet.com) Hon.

Pat Kernighan (Pkernighan@oaklandnet.com) Hon. Lynette McElhaney (lmcelhaney@oaklandnet.com) Hon. Dan Kalb (dkalb@oaklandnet.com) Hon. Larry Reid (lreid@oaklandnet.com) Hon. Libby Schaaf (lschaaf@oaklandnet.com) Oakland City Council 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 2nd Fl. Oakland, CA 94612 Re: March 4, 2014 vote to award Domain Awareness Center Phase 2 Contract Dear Honorable Members of the Oakland City Council: We urge the Oakland City Council to vote against the award of the Domain Awareness Center (DAC) Phase 2 contract to Schneider Electric at the March 4, 2014 council meeting. The projects proposed full time mass surveillance throughout Oakland has created grave concerns about infringement upon our civil liberties, especially in light of the Snowden revelations. While we were encouraged by comments the City Council made at the February 18 meeting, there are many unanswered questions regarding the data use and retention policy governing the DAC. We believe it is improper to build the DAC prior to thorough vetting of the privacy and data retention policies. Proceeding with the DAC and its estimated $1.6 million annual operating cost makes no sense. The City has spent the last few years making severe budget cuts, and it would be forced to make even deeper cuts to comply with the balanced budget provision. Please vote No on March 4, 2014. Sincerely, Normon Solomon Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Freeman Fellow at The Fellowship of Reconciliation Phat Beets Produce Women for Genuine Security Rev. Deborah Lee Access National Lawyers Guild

March 3, 2014 Oakland City Council Letter of Support against the DAC Page 2 of 2 Kazu Haga, East Point Peace Academy The Justice 4 Alan Blueford Coalition Oakland Privacy Working Group Bill of Rights Defense Committee Cat Brooks, ONYX Organizing Committee Wilson Riles, President Oakland Community Action Network, former Oakland Council Member Council on American-Islamic Relations, San Francisco Bay Area Arab Resource and Organizing Center CODEPINK Elaine Brown, former Chair Black Panther Party Mike Katz-Lacabe, San Leandro USD School Board Trustee Margarita Lacabe, Alameda County Democratic Central Committee Igor Tregub, California Democratic Party AD15 Delegate; California Young Democrats VP Rick Trullinger, Alternate Member, Alameda County Democratic Central Committee Janet Arnold, Member County Council Green Party of Alameda County Michael Rubin, Member Oakland Greens David Keenan, Bay Area Public School Organizer Elliott Halpern, ACLU Berkeley/North East Bay Chapter Board Member Mary Madden, Organizer, Alameda County Against Drones Oakland International Socialist Organization Tarak Kauff, Board of Directors, Veterans for Peace Fight For The Future Stop Big Brother Stop LAPD Coalition March 15 Organizing Committee Prison Activist Resource Center