For more than three-and-a-half hours, supporters and foes of Oakland’s proposed gang injunctions went toe-to-toe, head-to-head and sometimes, mano-a-mano to argue their positions on the civil action, which could render a 450-square block of the Fruitvale ‘hood a "safety zone" replete with anti-gang provision.

A report dated Feb. 11 issued by the Public Safety Committee and signed by City Attorney John Russo and Police Chief Anthony Batts has outlined the city’s expenditures to date in the ongoing gang injunctions civil prosecutions.