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She said that since 2016, elections have created especially tense moments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Much of our family, on both sides, voted very differently than my husband and I did, for reasons that we don’t necessarily and personally understand,” she said. “Through years of conversations, we’ve had to make the difficult decision to build boundaries.”[aside postID=perspectives_201601145238 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2024/11/JennyFanRaj-1020x1360.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And in some instances, burn bridges with my father-in-law, my brother, and even my own mother,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why tackle difficult conversations head-on?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Barger said this approach is not based on any “arrogance” she has. Rather, it’s an attempt at self-preservation as a former registered Republican who grew up in a deeply conservative environment surrounded by evangelical Christians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My current identity, a registered Democrat, is not a result of misunderstanding or elitism,” she said. “For me, it’s a consequence of a profound and personal understanding of a mindset and a life and a set of beliefs that I actually left behind — which is where some of the anger and confusion and hurt comes from with my family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The holidays are a time when these kinds of tensions particularly flare. For many, the prospect of navigating political differences with loved ones around the table has become something of a seasonal villain — a buzzkill on a par with the Grinch or Scrooge. (Or the mega-developer who wants to buy out a town’s only holiday shop.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the 2016 presidential election, many news organizations have offered advice to readers on how to gracefully navigate such conversations while minimizing conflict, like CNN’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/22/health/thanksgiving-holiday-conversation-survival-guide-trnd/index.html\">How to talk politics at your family holiday meal this year\u003c/a>,” NBC’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/better/health/how-survive-thanksgiving-when-politics-loom-large-ncna821206\">How to survive Thanksgiving when politics loom large\u003c/a>” or NPR’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1257825199\">Science-backed tips on how to navigate holiday arguments\u003c/a>.” Or, for that matter, KQED’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967137/how-to-handle-hard-conversations-with-family-this-holiday-season\">How to Handle Hard Conversations With Family This Holiday Season\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[aside tag='politics' label='The Latest Politics News']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a recent survey, the American Psychological Association found that nearly 40% of adults reported being stressed by the thought of politics coming up at holiday gatherings. An equal number said they’d rather avoid it altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Barger argues otherwise. For her, difficult conversations help put families on a path toward growth — and she said those discussions have become more necessary now than ever before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, if avoiding conflict isn’t your aim either, here’s how you can brace for potentially awkward, messy conversations like these over the holidays — and how to prepare for the reality that things could get tense:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"expert-tips\">\u003c/a>1. Politics is unavoidable, so plan ahead\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In this era of hyper-political polarization, Barger believes that at the core of disagreements among loved ones is a lack of empathy. 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"content": "\u003cp>In an eleventh-hour effort to balance \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a>’s ballooning budget deficit, the City Council on Tuesday night affirmed broad cuts to public safety, likely layoffs of city staff and reductions in services across city departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the series of resolutions was approved in the council’s final meeting, Oakland will initiate a two-phase plan to reduce expenditures by nearly $130 million during the rest of the fiscal year. The city’s massive shortfall has been brought on in large part by overspending in public safety departments and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010521/oaklands-fiscal-crisis-budget-cuts-coming-even-with-coliseum-sale\">stalled sale of its stake in the Oakland Coliseum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are no easy answers here, and what’s before us is really hard to swallow, but we are here because, as a council, we are committed to make sure the city is on solid financial ground,” Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas, who became interim mayor later in the night after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014241/what-happens-now-oaklands-mayor-recalled-could-get-messy\">Mayor Sheng Thao’s recall\u003c/a> was certified, said before requesting a vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday’s 5–1 vote approves a robust budget-balancing plan that includes cuts across most city departments and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017244/oaklands-budget-crisis-forcing-police-fire-cuts-more-will-be-needed\">first public safety reductions\u003c/a> so far. Councilmember Noel Gallo cast the sole dissenting vote, while Councilmembers Carol Fife and Janani Ramachandran were excused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move comes after Oakland had been delaying mass budget cuts for months. The original budget put forth by Thao and passed by the council in July used revenue from the Coliseum sale to patch the shortfall. When those \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007771/new-oakland-coliseum-sale-deal-raises-questions-about-delayed-payment-and-citys-budget\">funds were delayed\u003c/a>, though, the city had to implement a contingency plan that’s been compared to pulling the “emergency brake” on spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010526\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12010526\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/OaklandColiseumAP2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/OaklandColiseumAP2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/OaklandColiseumAP2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/OaklandColiseumAP2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/OaklandColiseumAP2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/OaklandColiseumAP2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/OaklandColiseumAP2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A member of the Oakland Athletics grounds crew works on the outfield before the team’s last home baseball game against the Texas Rangers at the Coliseum on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since September, it’s been implementing some of the budget reductions called for in the contingency, though they were far more limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cuts from the plan approved Tuesday night will come in two phases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the immediate term, city officials have instructed the fire chief to initiate brownouts, or rotating closures, of two fire stations, in addition to a third currently closed for repairs. Despite consternation over the brownouts, the council voted to affirm these cuts, which city officials were already emboldened to initiate under the contingency budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Police Department’s foreseeable overtime — one of the biggest drivers of overspending — is also being slashed. It must now be approved by the mayor’s office and city administrator in writing beforehand, according to Budget Administrator Jestin Johnson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002786\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002786\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/OaklandPoliceDepartment1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/OaklandPoliceDepartment1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/OaklandPoliceDepartment1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/OaklandPoliceDepartment1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/OaklandPoliceDepartment1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/OaklandPoliceDepartment1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/OaklandPoliceDepartment1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On Tuesday night, Oakland City Council affirmed broad cuts to public safety, likely layoffs of city staff and reductions in services across city departments to reduce expenditures by nearly $130 million. The Oakland Police Department’s foreseeable overtime — one of the biggest drivers of overspending — is also being slashed. \u003ccite>(Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two police academies planned for the remainder of the fiscal year have been canceled, and the agency will pause some specialized departments, like recruiting, and reallocate their resources to patrol and other necessities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Together, these cuts will save an estimated $37.6 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council also declared a state of “extreme fiscal necessity,” which allowed it to transfer $22 million in restricted revenue sources, like the sugary beverage tax revenue and affordable housing trust, into the general fund, which pays for essential services like public safety, public works and administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ordinance ensures that at least half of the $5.7 million pulled from the affordable housing trust continues to go toward affordable housing in future years, and the council earmarked $3 million of the first $10 million in Coliseum sale revenue to “reimburse” part of that money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12018120 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council also voted in favor of transferring an excess of $10 million currently in the emergency reserve to the general purpose fund. City policy requires it to maintain its emergency reserve at least 7.5% of the general purpose fund. Last year, it failed to do so — adding almost $30 million to the deficit that will require \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015103/oakland-is-at-risk-of-financial-insolvency-is-bankruptcy-on-the-table\">declaring a fiscal emergency\u003c/a> if it isn’t replaced by July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Together, these actions will recover $104 million for the general purpose fund, but the remaining $16 million will require a second phase of cuts by the city administrator’s office in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These include four more fire station brownouts and layoffs of 92 full-time equivalent employees, many of whom work in the Public Works, Police and Human Services departments. Public Works will lose around 30 positions, the Police Department will cut 18 non-sworn employees and Human Services will reduce 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council urged city administrators to look for alternative revenue sources to reduce fire station brownouts and layoffs if at all possible. Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan said that her team had already identified some funds — including $2.5 million in increased revenue from events at the Oakland Coliseum and Arena — to offset the additional reductions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier in the night, the council separately passed a unanimous resolution, which both Fife and Ramachandran appeared to vote on, declaring a separate emergency that allows them to place a general sales tax measure on the special election ballot in April if they so choose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council has previously discussed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015872/oakland-eyes-first-ever-citywide-sales-tax-avoid-fiscal-insolvency\">a half-cent sales tax\u003c/a>, which aims to generate up to $20 million a year in “additional revenue needed to mitigate the severity of service and program reductions caused by the ongoing budget deficit.” It will come before the new council, who will decide whether to place it on the ballot, in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a>’s embattled recycling company, which has gained notoriety after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993390/oaklands-federal-subpoena-deadline-is-here-whats-next-in-the-investigation\">FBI raided multiple locations\u003c/a> associated with its owner in June, allegedly supported ousted Mayor Sheng Thao in her 2022 election bid in an attempt to secure lucrative city contracts, according to the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The raid, which also targeted Thao, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012357/sheng-thao-accepts-defeat-in-contentious-oakland-mayoral-recall\">recalled by Oakland voters last month\u003c/a>, spurred months of speculation about her involvement in a probe into a wide web of the city’s political players. In a court filing this week, the DA directly connected Thao, who has repeatedly claimed she is not the target of the FBI’s investigation, to California Waste Solutions’ alleged campaign bribes for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The District Attorney’s office alleges that Mario Juarez, a former Oakland city council candidate who is being charged with grand theft related to Thao’s 2022 campaign, acted as a “conduit” between Thao, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992073/oakland-fbi-raids-and-straw-donor-probe-spur-allegations-of-corruption\">Cal Waste and another city-contracted company\u003c/a>. The office, which Pamela Price led until she was recalled in November, said in a court filing responding to Juarez’s request that his theft case be thrown out due to vindictive prosecution by Price, who left office on Dec. 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juarez is accused of writing more than $50,000 worth of bad checks to a marketing company for creating mailers for Thao’s 2022 mayoral campaign. Kwixuan Maloof, the senior assistant district attorney listed on the filing, alleges that Juarez moved money around to avoid paying for the fliers, which targeted Thao’s two biggest opponents, Loren Taylor and Ignacio De La Fuente, in the days before the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new filing alleges that days before Juarez commissioned the fliers, he received $125,000 from Cal Waste and ABC Security Services, which provides security to City Hall and other city buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992169\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11992169\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/CalWasteSolutionsWorker01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/CalWasteSolutionsWorker01.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/CalWasteSolutionsWorker01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/CalWasteSolutionsWorker01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/CalWasteSolutionsWorker01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/CalWasteSolutionsWorker01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A California Waste Solutions worker empties recycling bins in the Rockridge neighborhood on April 22, 2020, in Oakland. A campaign finance investigation into the city’s curbside recycling contractor has received renewed attention since the FBI raids. \u003ccite>(Yalonda M. James/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 17, 2022, Juarez received a $75,000 check from Cal Waste and another for $50,000 from ABC Security on Oct. 20, according to Maloof. Both were deposited into the same bank account that he used to write checks to Butterfly Direct Marketing days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the days after Thao’s win, the district attorney’s office alleges that Juarez received another $170,000 from ABC Security, Cal Waste and members of the politically connected Duong family that own it. Cal Waste’s headquarters and the home of the company’s founder, David Duong, and his son Andy, were raided by the FBI in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also wrote two checks totaling $7,500 to Thao’s longtime partner, Andre Jones, immediately following the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These companies have valuable contracts with the city of Oakland and an interest in the election of then-candidate for mayor, Sheng Thao,” the filing says. “Mr. Juarez’s subsequent use and distribution of these funds suggests Defendant Juarez was essentially a conduit for these companies to help the mayor win and preserve and enhance the companies’ access to tax-payer funded contracts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another connection made in the new filing is to Attorney General Rob Bonta, who Maloof says would be reassigned the case if the judge were to find a conflict of interest in the DA’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maloof says Bonta should be disqualified from prosecuting the case based on conflict of interest law because of his close political ties to Juarez. Juarez donated to Bonta’s 2014 and 2018 assembly campaigns, and Bonta helped a now-defunct energy company Juarez co-owned secure a $3.4 million grant from the California Energy Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Monday’s filing connected some dots, there is still a web of other allegations swirling in the ongoing FBI probe.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Here’s a timeline of what’s happened so far:\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Questions exploded about the Duongs after three locations they’re affiliated with were targeted in June’s FBI raid. They had already been under investigation by California’s Fair Political Practices Commission and the Oakland Public Ethics Commission since 2019 for an alleged straw donation scheme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andy Duong and Cal Waste are believed to have used other peoples’ names to illegally donate to local campaigns between 2016 and 2018, according to a probable cause report from the FPPC and Oakland PEC filed in 2021. It cites at least 93 donations, totaling over $76,000, to Thao, Oakland City Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan and Dan Kalb, and other Oakland politicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629977\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11629977\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27957_IMG_8020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27957_IMG_8020-qut.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27957_IMG_8020-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27957_IMG_8020-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27957_IMG_8020-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27957_IMG_8020-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Duong is the founder and CEO of California Waste Solutions and Vietnam Waste Solutions. \u003ccite>(Brian Watt/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Juarez, who has a long history of somewhat shady business dealings, including 12 notices of state and federal tax liens against him since 2008, also quickly became a key player in the probe because of his public falling out with the Duongs — his former business partners — and the grand theft case against him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Dec. 11, the owner of Butterfly Direct Marketing filed a police report accusing Juarez of failing to pay for the product. The DA’s office filed grand theft charges against Juarez in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juarez\u003cstrong>,\u003c/strong> who has been a longtime political opponent of Price, pleaded not guilty in April, and his lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the case in October. He alleges that Price’s prosecution was retaliatory after he declined to donate to her anti-recall campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His attorney says that in early January, Juarez, members of the Duong family and Price gathered at the address associated with Cal Waste after the funeral of a slain Oakland police officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She explained that as the district attorney for Alameda County, she could help Mr. Juarez, but that to get her help, he would ‘need to show love and support to her,’” the motion says. “Specifically, she wanted $25,000.00 in cash from him to support her campaign against the ongoing recall effort against her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maloof’s response this week disputes that conversation took place and claims that Price’s office actually decided to charge Juarez in August 2023 after receiving the police report in May, but that the case had “somehow fallen through the cracks.” After the victim called to inquire about their progress in January, the office located the file and began the prosecution process, according to Maloof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He further asserts that Juarez’s bank records, which show him moving money between two accounts for days following his payment to Butterfly Direct Marketing, and his financial dealings with Cal Waste, ABC Security, and Thao’s partner Jones, indicate his “intent to defraud the victim in this check fraud case.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12016605 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-24-BL-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Duongs and Juarez spearheaded a business venture together in 2022, but they appear to have had a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993390/oaklands-federal-subpoena-deadline-is-here-whats-next-in-the-investigation\">falling out\u003c/a> amidst the FBI probe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Duong’s daughter, Kristina, registered a company in 2022 called Evolutionary Homes, which was designed to build homes out of shipping containers for unhoused people. Juarez is named as the organizer of the company, which later sought Oakland city contracts and shared an address with Cal Waste in state records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2024, though, Juarez fell off the Evolutionary Homes’ filings, and things between the business partners appear to sour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May, Juarez and the Duongs filed police reports telling very different stories about an encounter at the Cal Waste office. Juarez says he was robbed, while the Duongs assert Juarez threatened them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few weeks later, police responded to a shooting at Juarez’s home, which his lawyer told the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> was an \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-fbi-mario-juarez-19545382.php\">attempt on his life\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case against Juarez, and his relationship with Thao and the Duongs, is thought to be related to the federal probe into Oakland, which drew public attention following June’s FBI raids. Five days later, a federal grand jury subpoenaed city records referencing Cal Waste, Evolutionary Homes, Jones, the 2022 election, and a few other people and businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July, it issued a second subpoena asking for much of the same information, as well as some Oakland police records, including reports made against the Duongs since April 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as of Friday, no charges have been filed related to the probe or raids. The judge in Juarez’s case against Alameda County has not issued a decision on whether the case will be dismissed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Kwixuan Maloof, the senior assistant district attorney listed on the filing, alleges that Juarez moved money around to avoid paying for the fliers, which targeted Thao’s two biggest opponents, Loren Taylor and Ignacio De La Fuente, in the days before the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new filing alleges that days before Juarez commissioned the fliers, he received $125,000 from Cal Waste and ABC Security Services, which provides security to City Hall and other city buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992169\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11992169\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/CalWasteSolutionsWorker01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/CalWasteSolutionsWorker01.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/CalWasteSolutionsWorker01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/CalWasteSolutionsWorker01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/CalWasteSolutionsWorker01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/CalWasteSolutionsWorker01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A California Waste Solutions worker empties recycling bins in the Rockridge neighborhood on April 22, 2020, in Oakland. A campaign finance investigation into the city’s curbside recycling contractor has received renewed attention since the FBI raids. \u003ccite>(Yalonda M. James/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 17, 2022, Juarez received a $75,000 check from Cal Waste and another for $50,000 from ABC Security on Oct. 20, according to Maloof. Both were deposited into the same bank account that he used to write checks to Butterfly Direct Marketing days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the days after Thao’s win, the district attorney’s office alleges that Juarez received another $170,000 from ABC Security, Cal Waste and members of the politically connected Duong family that own it. Cal Waste’s headquarters and the home of the company’s founder, David Duong, and his son Andy, were raided by the FBI in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also wrote two checks totaling $7,500 to Thao’s longtime partner, Andre Jones, immediately following the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These companies have valuable contracts with the city of Oakland and an interest in the election of then-candidate for mayor, Sheng Thao,” the filing says. “Mr. Juarez’s subsequent use and distribution of these funds suggests Defendant Juarez was essentially a conduit for these companies to help the mayor win and preserve and enhance the companies’ access to tax-payer funded contracts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another connection made in the new filing is to Attorney General Rob Bonta, who Maloof says would be reassigned the case if the judge were to find a conflict of interest in the DA’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maloof says Bonta should be disqualified from prosecuting the case based on conflict of interest law because of his close political ties to Juarez. Juarez donated to Bonta’s 2014 and 2018 assembly campaigns, and Bonta helped a now-defunct energy company Juarez co-owned secure a $3.4 million grant from the California Energy Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Monday’s filing connected some dots, there is still a web of other allegations swirling in the ongoing FBI probe.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Here’s a timeline of what’s happened so far:\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Questions exploded about the Duongs after three locations they’re affiliated with were targeted in June’s FBI raid. They had already been under investigation by California’s Fair Political Practices Commission and the Oakland Public Ethics Commission since 2019 for an alleged straw donation scheme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andy Duong and Cal Waste are believed to have used other peoples’ names to illegally donate to local campaigns between 2016 and 2018, according to a probable cause report from the FPPC and Oakland PEC filed in 2021. It cites at least 93 donations, totaling over $76,000, to Thao, Oakland City Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan and Dan Kalb, and other Oakland politicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629977\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11629977\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27957_IMG_8020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27957_IMG_8020-qut.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27957_IMG_8020-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27957_IMG_8020-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27957_IMG_8020-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27957_IMG_8020-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Duong is the founder and CEO of California Waste Solutions and Vietnam Waste Solutions. \u003ccite>(Brian Watt/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Juarez, who has a long history of somewhat shady business dealings, including 12 notices of state and federal tax liens against him since 2008, also quickly became a key player in the probe because of his public falling out with the Duongs — his former business partners — and the grand theft case against him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Dec. 11, the owner of Butterfly Direct Marketing filed a police report accusing Juarez of failing to pay for the product. 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