Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee nominated two candidates Thursday for the city’s Police Commission, a civilian law enforcement oversight body that, among other things, is currently working to hire a new police chief.
The mayor’s office presented the candidates — retired judge Evelio Grillo and retired firefighter Doug Wong — to the city’s Rules and Legislation Committee. The City Council will vote on both nominations next week.
Grillo was a judge for more than 20 years. The Mayor’s office said the Harvard Law School graduate presided over more than 200 trials involving criminal, civil and family law matters…