Last week, the City Council wrapped up its business for the first half of the year and began a two-month recess. All city contracts worth $250,000 and up require City Council authorization at a public meeting. But Oakland hasn’t published an annual contracts report since October 2023. In May, Mayor Barbara Lee announced that City Administrator Jestin Johnson was resigning in the wake of a texting scandal. His successor, Betsy Lake, only officially took the reins as interim city administrator two weeks ago.