The Oakland City Council approved a proposal Tuesday to temporarily increase contribution limits for candidates in the upcoming election.  The proposal, introduced by council members Janani Ramachandran and Kevin Jenkins, neither of whom is up for reelection this year, raises the maximum allowed contributions by $200 from individual donors and by $300 from political committees.  “We want to let candidates control their own narrative without having to rely on expensive, independent expenditures that have already been … impacting these elections,” Ramachandran said. The proposal sets the new limits at $800 for individuals and $1,500 for political committees until 2027, when the old limits return. It passed its first reading Tuesday with a 5-2 vote. Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas and Councilmember Noel Gallo cast the only votes against the proposal. Gallo, who is running for reelection, said he was primarily concerned with the timing of …