The city of Oakland faces challenges shared by many other California cities: a crumbling tax base, layoffs of city workers, schools laboring with state budget cuts. But only Oakland is locked in a sustained conflict with Occupy protesters, exposing the Oakland Police Department's strained relationship with the community.
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