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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results\">Follow KQED’s election results for California and the Bay Area as they come in\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ve finally made it. It’s\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\"> Election Day in California\u003c/a> and just a few hours remain to cast your ballot. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012472/election-2024-where-do-i-vote-in-person-find-my-polling-place\">Voting locations and ballot drop boxes\u003c/a> close at 8:00 p.m. PST.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’ve already voted, keep reading for a guide to what will happen next when it comes to when results will be announced, how votes are counted and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"2024 California Voter Guide\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide,Learn everything you need to cast an informed ballot for the 2024 general election' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/09/Aside-California-Voter-Guide-2024-General-Election-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still need to vote or just submit your ballot? \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\">Take a look at KQED’s Voter Guide\u003c/a> for information on every race and ballot measure in the Bay Area, find out how you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010355/last-chance-to-register-to-vote-california-deadline-election-2024-same-day-conditional-registration\">register to vote\u003c/a> at the last minute and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003469/election-2024-how-to-correct-a-mistake-on-your-ballot-correction\">what to do if you made a mistake on your ballot\u003c/a>. And remember: At this stage, it’s best to\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011386/why-is-my-county-saying-i-should-mail-in-my-ballot-a-whole-week-before-election-day\"> submit your ballot by hand in your nearest official drop box or at a voting location\u003c/a> rather than mailing it via USPS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jump straight to:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#when-results-president-election\">When will we know the results of the presidential election?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#who-calls-results-election-2024\">Who calls the winner of an election?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>When will we get results for California races? \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Results will be reported by county election officials minutes after 8:00 p.m. The first batch of results posted are typically mail-in ballots received before Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those early arriving vote-by-mail ballots are what we see on live election results on the Secretary of State and county election websites as soon as polls close,” Kim Alexander, president of the California Voter Foundation, said on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101907667/your-last-minute-voting-questions-answered\">KQED Forum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the night goes on, some counties will begin to add ballots cast in person on Tuesday to the results. Vote-by-mail ballots returned through the postal service or drop boxes will be added in the days and weeks to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>How can election offices know results so quickly? \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In California, election officials are allowed to process ballots when they are received — or to prepare them to be counted once polls close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Sonoma, as in many counties, that process begins before Election Day, when ballots received early are placed through a sorting machine and review of the signature the voter wrote on their ballot envelope begins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12012096]“In Sonoma County, you sign underneath the flap of the envelope, and then you seal it closed,” said Deva Marie Proto, the county’s registrar of voters. “Our machine will actually laser off the portion of the envelope above that signature while still leaving it sealed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After signatures are reviewed by a machine and compared to the voter’s signature on file, Proto said election workers still then manually review those signatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have humans in our office, staff members that are trained in signature checking, and they will check every signature against the voter registration signature, as well as previous voter registration signatures and previous vote-by-mail signatures,” she added. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003469/election-2024-how-to-correct-a-mistake-on-your-ballot-correction#signature-problem-ballot\">Read more about how signatures are verified and how your county elections office resolves issues\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the voters’ information is verified, the ballots are loaded into a machine for counting and results are tabulated when polls close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11931364\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11931364\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/gettyimages-1244492905_slide-5deaa0568f592af447cda2eb7a316911f783700e-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A stack of green and white envelopes on a table.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/gettyimages-1244492905_slide-5deaa0568f592af447cda2eb7a316911f783700e-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/gettyimages-1244492905_slide-5deaa0568f592af447cda2eb7a316911f783700e-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/gettyimages-1244492905_slide-5deaa0568f592af447cda2eb7a316911f783700e-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/gettyimages-1244492905_slide-5deaa0568f592af447cda2eb7a316911f783700e-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/gettyimages-1244492905_slide-5deaa0568f592af447cda2eb7a316911f783700e-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/gettyimages-1244492905_slide-5deaa0568f592af447cda2eb7a316911f783700e-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/gettyimages-1244492905_slide-5deaa0568f592af447cda2eb7a316911f783700e-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Early voting ballots move through a ballot and signature verification machine at the Utah County Election offices in Provo, Utah, on Nov. 4, 2022. \u003ccite>(George Frey/ AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"who-calls-results-election-2024\">\u003c/a>How does KQED call the winner of an election?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>KQED does not independently call a winner in elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, for state and federal races (Senate, Congress, state Legislature and state propositions), KQED relies on election services provided by the Associated Press to call a winner. This year, the AP is also providing a race call in the election for San Francisco mayor and the recall elections against the Oakland mayor and Alameda County district attorney.\u003cbr>\n[aside postID=news_12008419]When the AP calls a winner, you’ll see a check mark next to the candidate or measure’s name on our \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\">KQED elections results page\u003c/a>. The AP will only make a call when it has the utmost confidence a race has been won, which the organization defines as “the moment the trailing candidates no longer have a path to victory.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Election analysts at the AP are looking at the incoming vote totals and the estimated number of ballots left to be counted — along with pre-election voter surveys — to make their call.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Will down-ballot races such as local measures, city council and school board be ‘called’? \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No. For local races, KQED will retrieve vote results directly from county elections offices. So, in these elections, we won’t declare a winner. Instead, you may read or hear our reporters describe a measure as “appearing to pass” or a candidate “leading” a race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008332]We’ll report on campaign reactions to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\">results\u003c/a>, such as if a candidate issues a concession. But we \u003ci>won’t \u003c/i>add a checkmark next to local candidates or measure results, except in the three races mentioned above that the AP is following: the San Francisco mayoral contest and the recall elections against the Oakland mayor and Alameda County district attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We will continue to update \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\">election results on our website\u003c/a> until Dec. 5, which is the deadline for county election officials to certify the election results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10346835\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10346835\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/pic-1.jpg\" alt=\"By state law, the registrar of voters can start counting returned vote by mail ballots 11 days before the election. 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(Beth Willon/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>The results say ‘100% of precincts are reporting.’ What does that mean? \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Following “precincts reporting” used to be a good way of measuring the progress of vote counting, but the widespread adoption of vote-by-mail has changed that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A race with 100% of precincts reporting may just mean that some early vote-by-mail ballots have been counted in every precinct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some other counties don’t include vote-by-mail ballots at all in their precinct count, so early returns could show results with “0% of precincts reporting.” Don’t worry: Those aren’t “zombie” ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>How long will vote counting take? \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It could take days or weeks for conclusive results in many closely watched races. In 2022, winners weren’t called in competitive races for Congress in the Central Valley and Southern California until mid-November and early December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12011916]We likely won’t even have a clear picture of how many ballots are left to count until Wednesday or Thursday this week. Even then, the number of uncounted ballots is just an estimate, as ballots postmarked before polls close can still be counted if they arrive before Nov. 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>“\u003c/b>One of the things that I think is challenging for people is election results are reported in this river of information,” the California Voter Foundation’s Alexander said. “It’s very dynamic, and the number of ballots that counties have that can be counted can fluctuate after the election as they get more ballots in from the U.S. [Postal Service] that are postmarked by Election Day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officially, vote counting will continue until late November or early December as election officials work to resolve any issues with ballots cast before the deadline. For example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003469/election-2024-how-to-correct-a-mistake-on-your-ballot-correction#signature-problem-ballot\">if a voter’s signature does not match the signature on their voter file\u003c/a>, election officials will reach out to the voter and seek to resolve the issue before votes are certified.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"when-results-president-election\">\u003c/a>And finally … when will we know the results of the presidential election?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Election Day in the United States is now often considered election week as each state follows its own rules and practices for counting ballots — not to mention the legal challenges — that can delay the results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the truth is, nobody knows how long it will take for the winner to be announced this time.\u003cbr>\n[aside postID=news_12010355]In 2020, \u003ca href=\"https://blog.ap.org/behind-the-news/calling-the-2020-presidential-race-state-by-state\">the Associated Press declared President Joe Biden the winner\u003c/a> on Saturday afternoon — four days after polls closed. But even then, the AP called North Carolina for Trump 10 days after Election Day and Georgia for Biden 16 days later after hand recounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four years earlier, the 2016 election was decided just hours after most polls closed. The AP declared Trump the winner on election night at 2:29 a.m. EST.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time, both campaigns believe the race is extremely close across the seven swing states that are expected to decide the election, barring a major surprise: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The large number of swing states and the tightness of the race make it hard to predict when a winner could be declared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from the Associated Press’ Steve Peoples.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“In Sonoma County, you sign underneath the flap of the envelope, and then you seal it closed,” said Deva Marie Proto, the county’s registrar of voters. “Our machine will actually laser off the portion of the envelope above that signature while still leaving it sealed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After signatures are reviewed by a machine and compared to the voter’s signature on file, Proto said election workers still then manually review those signatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have humans in our office, staff members that are trained in signature checking, and they will check every signature against the voter registration signature, as well as previous voter registration signatures and previous vote-by-mail signatures,” she added. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003469/election-2024-how-to-correct-a-mistake-on-your-ballot-correction#signature-problem-ballot\">Read more about how signatures are verified and how your county elections office resolves issues\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the voters’ information is verified, the ballots are loaded into a machine for counting and results are tabulated when polls close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11931364\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11931364\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/gettyimages-1244492905_slide-5deaa0568f592af447cda2eb7a316911f783700e-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A stack of green and white envelopes on a table.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/gettyimages-1244492905_slide-5deaa0568f592af447cda2eb7a316911f783700e-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/gettyimages-1244492905_slide-5deaa0568f592af447cda2eb7a316911f783700e-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/gettyimages-1244492905_slide-5deaa0568f592af447cda2eb7a316911f783700e-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/gettyimages-1244492905_slide-5deaa0568f592af447cda2eb7a316911f783700e-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/gettyimages-1244492905_slide-5deaa0568f592af447cda2eb7a316911f783700e-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/gettyimages-1244492905_slide-5deaa0568f592af447cda2eb7a316911f783700e-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/gettyimages-1244492905_slide-5deaa0568f592af447cda2eb7a316911f783700e-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Early voting ballots move through a ballot and signature verification machine at the Utah County Election offices in Provo, Utah, on Nov. 4, 2022. \u003ccite>(George Frey/ AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"who-calls-results-election-2024\">\u003c/a>How does KQED call the winner of an election?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>KQED does not independently call a winner in elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, for state and federal races (Senate, Congress, state Legislature and state propositions), KQED relies on election services provided by the Associated Press to call a winner. This year, the AP is also providing a race call in the election for San Francisco mayor and the recall elections against the Oakland mayor and Alameda County district attorney.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voters in Alameda County and the city of Oakland could recall District Attorney Pamela Price and Mayor Sheng Thao in November. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price and Thao are progressives who some residents blame for issues like crime, homelessness, and drug use. Opponents say the recalls are undemocratic and unfairly target two women of color who took office less than 2 years ago.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr />\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC2043674944&light=true\" 0=\"width="100%"/iframe\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:00:00] I’m Ericka Cruz Guevara and welcome to The Bay. Local news to keep you rooted. It seems like crime and public safety are on just about everyone’s minds in the East Bay, and those issues are taking center stage there this November, when voters will decide whether to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:00:29] I think we’re seeing voters really question can the East Bay as kind of progressive bent, deliver the types of results on things like public safety, housing, homelessness, drug use? Can these progressive vision deliver these results or not?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:00:45] Today, KQED reporters Annalise Finney and Alex Hall explain the choice before voters and what this says about life in the East Bay right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:05] So we’re talking about two different recalls here. But there is, of course, some overlap and sort of the backdrop. So, Annelise, I want to start with you and sort of the broader context here. What has been going on in Alameda County in the last couple of years that’s relevant to both of these recall attempts?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:01:25] A big part of both of these recalls are concerns about public safety. Crime in the East Bay has been a big topic of conversation over the last few years. 2023 was a particularly bad year. Now, since then, that has sort of began to decrease, particularly among violent crimes. But there’s still this narrative over the last few years that has shaped a lot of voters approach to this coming election and these recalls. And a lot of that has to do with the reality of crime and also a fear of crime that sometimes is somewhat separate from those statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:58] Alex I feel like that feeling these fears around crime have been especially the case in Oakland, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:02:07] Definitely. That’s what the organizers of the recall talk about a lot. Illegal dumping, all kinds of stuff. Neighborhood blight in Oakland that it was never like this before that this is different and that, you know someone should be held accountable for that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:02:24] I do hear that idea a lot, that it’s never been this bad before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:02:29] I think it’s worth pointing out that and actually in Oakland, it has been worse than this before. What we’re seeing now is an uptick from recent years. But in the 1970s, 80s. What we’re seeing now isn’t that bad, but it still feels really bad to a lot of people now, and it is worse than recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:02:43] We want to dive in then first to the D.A. recall. And Annelise, I want to start with you here. Before everyone knew who Pamela Price was, right before she was D.A. So remind us, when she first ran, who she was as sort of a candidate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:03:01] So Pamela Price is a Yale and U.C. Berkeley educated lawyer for a long time, 30 years, she ran a civil rights practice in Oakland. And in that world, she did a lot of work defending people who had experienced sexual harassment and racial discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Pamela Price \u003c/strong>[00:03:16] Certainly for communities of color. We understand how the criminal justice system has had such a devastating impact on all of our lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:03:25] When she was on the campaign trail, she talked a lot about her personal story. She talked about growing up in Ohio, being a survivor of the foster care system and the Ohio juvenile justice system. She then talked about her life in Alameda County and said that she’d been a survivor of domestic abuse and as part of that, had actually been prosecuted by the Alameda County D.A.. So she represented herself as somebody who both had experience the criminal justice system, as somebody who was being prosecuted and somebody on the other side seeking justice for victims, whether that’s of sexual harassment or racial discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Pamela Price \u003c/strong>[00:03:57] Change is hard. It’s exciting. It’s a good thing for Alameda County. The reason why I ran was because I know how broken the system is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:04:10] So in 2022, she ran as a kind of progressive alternative to what the Alameda County D.A. had been. And she ultimately won with 53% of the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:20] And when she won, it was kind of a big surprise, if I remember that correctly. Can you remind us what was the reaction to her win?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:04:28] Yeah, I think a lot of people saw it as this kind of huge progressive win. It was part of this wave of progressive prosecutors across the country, also in Alameda County for a long time. There had never been somebody as head D.A. who hadn’t come from inside the office. There was this long term pattern of the incumbent deciding they were going to retire, retiring before the election, appointing somebody as their interim, and then that person ran essentially as an incumbent already. So when Pryce came into office, it represented a really big change in that office. She had things she wanted to change, like not charging young people as adults, like not charging special enhancements on crimes, which is this way to kind of lengthen a sentence later down the line when a case is at the sentencing stage in criminal court. But it was also this big change, just sort of internally and administratively in the office, but somebody coming from outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:24] And because of this change that she was promising, I do remember even early on, almost as soon as she won, people were already talking about recalling Pamela Price right? But then how did this turn and morph into an actual recall effort that qualified for the ballot?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:05:48] Within a few months, there was this change.org Recall petition going around. It really got off the ground when two people that’s Brenda Grisham, who’s a victim’s rights advocate from East Oakland, and Carl Chan, who is a political leader in Oakland’s Chinatown, got together and started an official recall campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Brenda Grisham \u003c/strong>[00:06:06] So we’re just not standing up for one community. We’re standing up for all of them with safe. It means safety for everybody. It means justice for everybody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:06:16] They filed their paperwork with the county in July. So that’s about six months after Price began her work. And they said her progressive policies, these ideas like, you know, like I said, cutting down on sentencing enhancements, not charging young people as adults. They said that policies like that were contributing to crime in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Carl Chan \u003c/strong>[00:06:34] Her ideology and her way to empower the criminals, especially those who are serious killers, hurting every one of us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:06:45] And they had the support of some victim advocates and also victims and their families who said that, you know what, they had experience working with the DA’s office felt disrespectful. They said there was a lack of communication. They said they weren’t seeing the types of case outcomes they wanted. They also said that they felt there was a fair amount of disorganization in the office, and that’s been a theme throughout the recall panel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Carl Chan \u003c/strong>[00:07:07] Price is incapable, incompetent, and she’s not qualified to be the district attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:07:14] So a lot of people sort of coalesced around this frustration with the DA’s office, and they ultimately were able to qualify a recall for the ballot. And that’s what we’ll be voting on this November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:24] And who since has also sort of come out in support of recalling Pamela Price?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:07:31] Well, as I mentioned, there are victims family members who are part of this, and that group of people has sort of continued to grow. At first it was just a smattering. And now there’s a real handful of victims advocates and victims family members who are frustrated. There’s also some elected officials who are beginning to voice support for the recall, most notably a few weeks ago, U.S. Congressman Eric Swalwell, who represents kind of the southeastern part of the county, said he supported the Price recall. And then we’re also seeing a lot of support from real estate investors. And that’s a big part of where the money for this recall has come from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:08] Over the past year, D.A. Price’s office has dealt with a wave of bad press. Last fall, at a press conference, Price and some of her deputies banned a reporter from the Berkeley scanner, a website focused on crime news. There was also a dustup with Governor Gavin Newsom, who withdrew an offer to support Price’s office with drug prosecutions because of alleged dysfunction at the DA’s office. For her part, Price has said she’s received a lot of unfair media coverage and that news outlets don’t understand the role of district attorney. Then late last week, another news bombshell broke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:54] Things did get even more messy, if you could imagine. Last week with these accusations of extortion against the district attorney. Can you explain what that is all about?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:09:08] Last week, a man filed some court paperwork alleging that D.A. Price had asked him for $25,000 as a contribution to her recall campaign. When he said no. He says that she allegedly made a kind of vague threat that he’d be hearing from her office just a few weeks later. These criminal charges arrived, charging him with something that happened about a year and a half before the charges were actually filed. This man is named Mario Juarez. He’s an East bay politico. He’s been on the political scene for a long time. He donates to campaigns and he’s run for office locally. Now, like I said, all of these are allegations and the man on trial is a long time nemesis of D.A. Price. They’ve both done different things at different times to try and disadvantage each other in political campaigns. But it paints a picture of this kind of back door political dealing that really doesn’t look good for price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:10:03] And how has Price responded to the extortion accusations?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:10:08] Price’s office says they don’t comment on pending cases and they’re going to respond in court. But her campaign against the recall says Juarez just isn’t reliable. They released a very short statement that was just DA Price denies these claims. Do your own research. Mario Juarez is not a credible source.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:10:25] Who has been coming out in support of D.A. Price, basically who’s saying no to the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:10:33] There is a coalition of people who support Price. One of them is Stewart Chen. He’s the president of the Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Stewart Chen \u003c/strong>[00:10:41] The false narrative because of the crime rate, they’re going to push for this recall. That’s a bunch of baloney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:10:51] And what he and other supporters say is that reform is hard turning around a steamship of an office takes a really long time. And Price has been in office for less than two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Stewart Chen \u003c/strong>[00:11:02] Did they give them enough time to do the promises they set out to the policies that they’re going to do for us? These are sour grapes, guys. We have to stand together, united, together. This is undemocratic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:11:17] They also say that this recall is funded by billionaires who they say are trying to change the outcome of the 2022 election. Congresswoman Barbara Lee said that she’s against recalls on principle. State Senator Nancy Skinner said essentially the same thing. She echoed Barbara Lee in a post on X. County Supervisor keith Carson has said that he also is against the recalls and supports price. And then the coalition that I mentioned that Stewart Chen is part of also includes the Oakland based Latino Task Force and a handful of other kind of church and Democratic clubs throughout Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:11:51] How has Price herself responded to just this entire attempt to recall her just overall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:11:58] When DA Price defends herself against the recall she has sort of a laundry list of things she says are contributing to the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Pamela Price \u003c/strong>[00:12:03] We are living in an age of the politics of exploitation, where we see people with a political agenda exploiting people’s pain, weaponizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:12:14] She says people are blaming her for everything in Oakland. She says they’re coming after her because she’s a black woman. She says people are upset that she won the 2022 election fair and square.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Pamela Price \u003c/strong>[00:12:25] We are trying to interrupt the cycles of violence and victimization. It takes time. It cannot be done in a month. This system was not broken in six months. There is no way I could have fixed it in six months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:12:47] Coming up, we’ll talk about the recall campaign against Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and what these two elections have in common. Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:05] Alex Hall I want to bring you in here. Voters in Oakland will have to decide whether or not they want to recall Pamela Price. But they will also have another recall to decide on with Mayor Sheng Thao. Remind us who Sheng Thao is and who she sort of was as a candidate when she ran for mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:13:25] Yeah. So like Price, Sheng Thao was elected in 2022. She came into office having been on the city council for four years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Sheng Thao \u003c/strong>[00:13:33] I am a progressive. I am a progressive in the sense that I want to move the city forward for working families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:13:38] She had a lot of backing, including financially from labor unions, and she campaigned on a platform of being kind of like a bridge builder, someone who could bring siloed groups in Oakland together to the negotiating table, business and labor unions, for example. And she also talked a lot about her personal experiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Sheng Thao \u003c/strong>[00:13:57] So when I ran for my city council seat. It was a lot of community who really pushed me to really run for that seat. And I’ll be very honest, you my response was, well, I don’t have any I don’t come from money and I don’t look like how politicians look.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:14:12] You know, being the daughter of Hmong refugees from Stockton, having fled an abusive relationship, you know, at one point living in her car with her infant son and sleeping on people’s couches, you know, she was really able to excel and go to community college and eventually UC Berkeley and started interning and eventually working for At-Large Council member Rebecca Kaplan. And so she you know, she talked about how that would really help her connect with middle and working class voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:14:44] As sort of similar to price actually as sort of these candidates who are bringing their personal experience into the job that they’re hoping to get. I do remember, though, Sheng Thao did not win in a landslide necessarily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:14:58] Correct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:14:58] What was the reaction at the time to her win?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:15:01] So Oakland uses ranked choice voting, which means that people are able to vote for their first, second, third choices when they vote, not just one candidate. And Thao actually did not receive as many first choice votes as her opponent, Loren Taylor, eventually because of ranked choice voting. She did win, but it was she won by a very slim margin, something like just under 700 votes. And on and also, you know, she came in as a progressive city council member after moderate mayor. She her opponent was a moderate. And so, you know, I think there was this expectation of like, what is she going to do?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:15:42] So how eventually then did the effort to recall Mayor Sheng Tao come about?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:15:49] So the recall was officially launched in January and in June oust Oakland United to recall Shang. Tao said it qualified for the November ballot. The leader of the recall was Brenda Harbin-Forte who is a retired Alameda County Superior Court judge. She definitely clashed with Thao, specifically over the firing of former Oakland police chief LaRonne Armstrong. Brenda Harbin-Forte is actually no longer leading the recall effort, and she’s now running for Oakland City attorney. So now her sisters in charge, Gail Harbin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Gail Harbin \u003c/strong>[00:16:24] And so the reason I got involved is because I saw all the harm it was doing to Oakland. Oakland looked like a ghost town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:16:32] There were other issues that came up that Harbin-Forte and Seneca Scott, who is the campaign spokesperson for Oust, were very critical of, namely Oakland’s failure to meet the deadline to apply for a state grant that would have given Oakland millions of dollars to fight retail theft. And, you know, I just said that, you know, Thao’s leadership had created a public safety crisis that, you know, wasn’t just dangerous for residents, but it was driving businesses out of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Seneca Scott \u003c/strong>[00:17:04] We’ve never seen anything like this in Oakland before. And people are trying to act like it’s just happening because we’ve always had it coming. None of our surrounding cities are dealing with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:17:13] In-n-out shut down, the Hilton Hotel shut down, and basically Thaos, as they described it, incompetence had really hurt Oakland financially and continues to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Seneca Scott \u003c/strong>[00:17:25] This progressive movement has failed. None of their policies have worked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:17:31] I’ve asked voters at the town halls that she’s been having, you know, how do you feel about the recall? And a lot of people are like, well, I’m upset. I’m unhappy about X, Y, Z. That’s happening in Oakland, but do I know exactly how city government works? Do I know that that is actually Mayor Thao’s fault or what choices are actually made in the room at City Hall? I don’t know. And so I’m trying to figure that out. I think for the recall, the response that I’ve received is more it doesn’t matter because she is the captain of the ship and anything that happens in Oakland is her responsibility because she is the mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:18:08] Sort of a series of catalyzing events. It sounds like two. And I know another one is the FBI raid on Thao’s home. Tell me about that and what role that is sort of playing in the recall campaign now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:18:24] So the FBI executed search warrants on Mayor Thao’s home, but also on the homes of members of the Duong family who own California Waste Solutions, which is the recycling provider for the city of Oakland. The FBI has not said a single word publicly about what they were looking for, about what they are investigating. Thao has said that she’s innocent. She’s not been charged with a crime, and it’s really unclear at this point what’s going to happen with that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:18:52] But obviously, I have to imagine for supporters of the recall is sort of just another thing that’s raising eyebrows and maybe adds just like another reason to move forward with recalling her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:19:07] 100%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:19:13] And then who is coming out in support of Mayor Sheng Tao?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:19:16] So that’s an interesting question. I think that Thao was a little silent on the recall for most of this year. It seemed at that point that her strategy was really to show up to her job. She was hosting these town halls throughout Oakland and showing up alongside the city’s new police chief, the fire chief, and basically just saying, like, we’re here for you. We’re doing what we can. We hear you. We know that there are serious problems in Oakland. And, you know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:19:47] We’re working here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:19:48] We’re working here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Sheng Thao \u003c/strong>[00:19:51] It’s a warm day today. We are out here because we know how important this fight is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:19:55] And then it wasn’t maybe less than two weeks ago that Oaklanders defending democracy Tao’s anti recall committee hired a spokesperson, held a press conference and actually came out and said, here we are, we are launching a campaign to fight this recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Igor Tregub \u003c/strong>[00:20:11] Mayor Thao has been a champion for housing, justice, transportation, justice, climate justice…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:20:19] The people who has come out in defense of Sheng Thao is Igor Tregub, who is a Berkeley City Council member and also the chair of the Alameda County Democratic Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Igor Tregub \u003c/strong>[00:20:30] Our Alameda County Democratic Party stands in solidarity with Mayor Thao and against this wasteful recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:20:43] Jean Quan has been really present and visible and vocal about how she experienced when she was mayor, an attempt to recall her. And so she has really been strongly supporting Mayor Thao.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Jean Quan \u003c/strong>[00:20:57] We have to stop this trend. So whether you love Sheng or not, you have to give her a fair chance to do good work. And she’s done some very good work for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:21:11] I mean, how has Mayor Thao herself responded to this campaign to recall her?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:21:16] The mayor has really stressed that a lot of the problems that Oakland is facing, she inherited them as mayor and that the recall would essentially take Oakland backwards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Sheng Thao \u003c/strong>[00:21:27] We met them head on, applied the solutions and the data shows the data shows that we are on the right track. Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:21:36] And she’s also really strongly emphasized that crime is down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Sheng Thao \u003c/strong>[00:21:40] We are on track this year for less than 100 homicides in Oakland, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:21:46] Another thing that she talks a lot about is Philip Dreyfuss, the hedge fund manager who has footed a lot of the bill for the recall campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Sheng Thao \u003c/strong>[00:21:56] Now, let’s be clear about this recall. It got started shortly after I was sworn into office just about a year ago. The recall is funded by one hedge fund manager who doesn’t live in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:22:11] Calling him, you know, a Piedmont billionaire. You know, he’s this guy who doesn’t even live here. Speculation about his motives being some nefarious plot. You know, he doesn’t care about Oakland and Oakland isn’t for sale. And to be clear, Dreyfuss has not spoken publicly. I mean, trust me, we would have talked to him if he was willing to. He has not said anything about why he has been funding the recalls. And you know, we love to know. Philip, please call us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:22:47] Annelise, kind of coming back to you and bringing you back in here. What is the crossover that you see between these two recalls? Like how should voters, I guess, make sense of these concurrent recall efforts?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:23:01] So another thing to note about these recalls is they are getting money from a lot of the same people. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voters in Alameda County and the city of Oakland could recall District Attorney Pamela Price and Mayor Sheng Thao in November. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price and Thao are progressives who some residents blame for issues like crime, homelessness, and drug use. Opponents say the recalls are undemocratic and unfairly target two women of color who took office less than 2 years ago.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr />\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC2043674944&light=true\" 0=\"width="100%"/iframe\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:00:00] I’m Ericka Cruz Guevara and welcome to The Bay. Local news to keep you rooted. It seems like crime and public safety are on just about everyone’s minds in the East Bay, and those issues are taking center stage there this November, when voters will decide whether to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:00:29] I think we’re seeing voters really question can the East Bay as kind of progressive bent, deliver the types of results on things like public safety, housing, homelessness, drug use? Can these progressive vision deliver these results or not?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:00:45] Today, KQED reporters Annalise Finney and Alex Hall explain the choice before voters and what this says about life in the East Bay right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:05] So we’re talking about two different recalls here. But there is, of course, some overlap and sort of the backdrop. So, Annelise, I want to start with you and sort of the broader context here. What has been going on in Alameda County in the last couple of years that’s relevant to both of these recall attempts?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:01:25] A big part of both of these recalls are concerns about public safety. Crime in the East Bay has been a big topic of conversation over the last few years. 2023 was a particularly bad year. Now, since then, that has sort of began to decrease, particularly among violent crimes. But there’s still this narrative over the last few years that has shaped a lot of voters approach to this coming election and these recalls. And a lot of that has to do with the reality of crime and also a fear of crime that sometimes is somewhat separate from those statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:58] Alex I feel like that feeling these fears around crime have been especially the case in Oakland, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:02:07] Definitely. That’s what the organizers of the recall talk about a lot. Illegal dumping, all kinds of stuff. Neighborhood blight in Oakland that it was never like this before that this is different and that, you know someone should be held accountable for that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:02:24] I do hear that idea a lot, that it’s never been this bad before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:02:29] I think it’s worth pointing out that and actually in Oakland, it has been worse than this before. What we’re seeing now is an uptick from recent years. But in the 1970s, 80s. What we’re seeing now isn’t that bad, but it still feels really bad to a lot of people now, and it is worse than recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:02:43] We want to dive in then first to the D.A. recall. And Annelise, I want to start with you here. Before everyone knew who Pamela Price was, right before she was D.A. So remind us, when she first ran, who she was as sort of a candidate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:03:01] So Pamela Price is a Yale and U.C. Berkeley educated lawyer for a long time, 30 years, she ran a civil rights practice in Oakland. And in that world, she did a lot of work defending people who had experienced sexual harassment and racial discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Pamela Price \u003c/strong>[00:03:16] Certainly for communities of color. We understand how the criminal justice system has had such a devastating impact on all of our lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:03:25] When she was on the campaign trail, she talked a lot about her personal story. She talked about growing up in Ohio, being a survivor of the foster care system and the Ohio juvenile justice system. She then talked about her life in Alameda County and said that she’d been a survivor of domestic abuse and as part of that, had actually been prosecuted by the Alameda County D.A.. So she represented herself as somebody who both had experience the criminal justice system, as somebody who was being prosecuted and somebody on the other side seeking justice for victims, whether that’s of sexual harassment or racial discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Pamela Price \u003c/strong>[00:03:57] Change is hard. It’s exciting. It’s a good thing for Alameda County. The reason why I ran was because I know how broken the system is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:04:10] So in 2022, she ran as a kind of progressive alternative to what the Alameda County D.A. had been. And she ultimately won with 53% of the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:20] And when she won, it was kind of a big surprise, if I remember that correctly. Can you remind us what was the reaction to her win?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:04:28] Yeah, I think a lot of people saw it as this kind of huge progressive win. It was part of this wave of progressive prosecutors across the country, also in Alameda County for a long time. There had never been somebody as head D.A. who hadn’t come from inside the office. There was this long term pattern of the incumbent deciding they were going to retire, retiring before the election, appointing somebody as their interim, and then that person ran essentially as an incumbent already. So when Pryce came into office, it represented a really big change in that office. She had things she wanted to change, like not charging young people as adults, like not charging special enhancements on crimes, which is this way to kind of lengthen a sentence later down the line when a case is at the sentencing stage in criminal court. But it was also this big change, just sort of internally and administratively in the office, but somebody coming from outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:24] And because of this change that she was promising, I do remember even early on, almost as soon as she won, people were already talking about recalling Pamela Price right? But then how did this turn and morph into an actual recall effort that qualified for the ballot?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:05:48] Within a few months, there was this change.org Recall petition going around. It really got off the ground when two people that’s Brenda Grisham, who’s a victim’s rights advocate from East Oakland, and Carl Chan, who is a political leader in Oakland’s Chinatown, got together and started an official recall campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Brenda Grisham \u003c/strong>[00:06:06] So we’re just not standing up for one community. We’re standing up for all of them with safe. It means safety for everybody. It means justice for everybody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:06:16] They filed their paperwork with the county in July. So that’s about six months after Price began her work. And they said her progressive policies, these ideas like, you know, like I said, cutting down on sentencing enhancements, not charging young people as adults. They said that policies like that were contributing to crime in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Carl Chan \u003c/strong>[00:06:34] Her ideology and her way to empower the criminals, especially those who are serious killers, hurting every one of us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:06:45] And they had the support of some victim advocates and also victims and their families who said that, you know what, they had experience working with the DA’s office felt disrespectful. They said there was a lack of communication. They said they weren’t seeing the types of case outcomes they wanted. They also said that they felt there was a fair amount of disorganization in the office, and that’s been a theme throughout the recall panel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Carl Chan \u003c/strong>[00:07:07] Price is incapable, incompetent, and she’s not qualified to be the district attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:07:14] So a lot of people sort of coalesced around this frustration with the DA’s office, and they ultimately were able to qualify a recall for the ballot. And that’s what we’ll be voting on this November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:24] And who since has also sort of come out in support of recalling Pamela Price?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:07:31] Well, as I mentioned, there are victims family members who are part of this, and that group of people has sort of continued to grow. At first it was just a smattering. And now there’s a real handful of victims advocates and victims family members who are frustrated. There’s also some elected officials who are beginning to voice support for the recall, most notably a few weeks ago, U.S. Congressman Eric Swalwell, who represents kind of the southeastern part of the county, said he supported the Price recall. And then we’re also seeing a lot of support from real estate investors. And that’s a big part of where the money for this recall has come from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:08] Over the past year, D.A. Price’s office has dealt with a wave of bad press. Last fall, at a press conference, Price and some of her deputies banned a reporter from the Berkeley scanner, a website focused on crime news. There was also a dustup with Governor Gavin Newsom, who withdrew an offer to support Price’s office with drug prosecutions because of alleged dysfunction at the DA’s office. For her part, Price has said she’s received a lot of unfair media coverage and that news outlets don’t understand the role of district attorney. Then late last week, another news bombshell broke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:54] Things did get even more messy, if you could imagine. Last week with these accusations of extortion against the district attorney. Can you explain what that is all about?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:09:08] Last week, a man filed some court paperwork alleging that D.A. Price had asked him for $25,000 as a contribution to her recall campaign. When he said no. He says that she allegedly made a kind of vague threat that he’d be hearing from her office just a few weeks later. These criminal charges arrived, charging him with something that happened about a year and a half before the charges were actually filed. This man is named Mario Juarez. He’s an East bay politico. He’s been on the political scene for a long time. He donates to campaigns and he’s run for office locally. Now, like I said, all of these are allegations and the man on trial is a long time nemesis of D.A. Price. They’ve both done different things at different times to try and disadvantage each other in political campaigns. But it paints a picture of this kind of back door political dealing that really doesn’t look good for price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:10:03] And how has Price responded to the extortion accusations?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:10:08] Price’s office says they don’t comment on pending cases and they’re going to respond in court. But her campaign against the recall says Juarez just isn’t reliable. They released a very short statement that was just DA Price denies these claims. Do your own research. Mario Juarez is not a credible source.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:10:25] Who has been coming out in support of D.A. Price, basically who’s saying no to the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:10:33] There is a coalition of people who support Price. One of them is Stewart Chen. He’s the president of the Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Stewart Chen \u003c/strong>[00:10:41] The false narrative because of the crime rate, they’re going to push for this recall. That’s a bunch of baloney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:10:51] And what he and other supporters say is that reform is hard turning around a steamship of an office takes a really long time. And Price has been in office for less than two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Stewart Chen \u003c/strong>[00:11:02] Did they give them enough time to do the promises they set out to the policies that they’re going to do for us? These are sour grapes, guys. We have to stand together, united, together. This is undemocratic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:11:17] They also say that this recall is funded by billionaires who they say are trying to change the outcome of the 2022 election. Congresswoman Barbara Lee said that she’s against recalls on principle. State Senator Nancy Skinner said essentially the same thing. She echoed Barbara Lee in a post on X. County Supervisor keith Carson has said that he also is against the recalls and supports price. And then the coalition that I mentioned that Stewart Chen is part of also includes the Oakland based Latino Task Force and a handful of other kind of church and Democratic clubs throughout Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:11:51] How has Price herself responded to just this entire attempt to recall her just overall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:11:58] When DA Price defends herself against the recall she has sort of a laundry list of things she says are contributing to the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Pamela Price \u003c/strong>[00:12:03] We are living in an age of the politics of exploitation, where we see people with a political agenda exploiting people’s pain, weaponizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:12:14] She says people are blaming her for everything in Oakland. She says they’re coming after her because she’s a black woman. She says people are upset that she won the 2022 election fair and square.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Pamela Price \u003c/strong>[00:12:25] We are trying to interrupt the cycles of violence and victimization. It takes time. It cannot be done in a month. This system was not broken in six months. There is no way I could have fixed it in six months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:12:47] Coming up, we’ll talk about the recall campaign against Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and what these two elections have in common. Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:05] Alex Hall I want to bring you in here. Voters in Oakland will have to decide whether or not they want to recall Pamela Price. But they will also have another recall to decide on with Mayor Sheng Thao. Remind us who Sheng Thao is and who she sort of was as a candidate when she ran for mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:13:25] Yeah. So like Price, Sheng Thao was elected in 2022. She came into office having been on the city council for four years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Sheng Thao \u003c/strong>[00:13:33] I am a progressive. I am a progressive in the sense that I want to move the city forward for working families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:13:38] She had a lot of backing, including financially from labor unions, and she campaigned on a platform of being kind of like a bridge builder, someone who could bring siloed groups in Oakland together to the negotiating table, business and labor unions, for example. And she also talked a lot about her personal experiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Sheng Thao \u003c/strong>[00:13:57] So when I ran for my city council seat. It was a lot of community who really pushed me to really run for that seat. And I’ll be very honest, you my response was, well, I don’t have any I don’t come from money and I don’t look like how politicians look.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:14:12] You know, being the daughter of Hmong refugees from Stockton, having fled an abusive relationship, you know, at one point living in her car with her infant son and sleeping on people’s couches, you know, she was really able to excel and go to community college and eventually UC Berkeley and started interning and eventually working for At-Large Council member Rebecca Kaplan. And so she you know, she talked about how that would really help her connect with middle and working class voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:14:44] As sort of similar to price actually as sort of these candidates who are bringing their personal experience into the job that they’re hoping to get. I do remember, though, Sheng Thao did not win in a landslide necessarily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:14:58] Correct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:14:58] What was the reaction at the time to her win?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:15:01] So Oakland uses ranked choice voting, which means that people are able to vote for their first, second, third choices when they vote, not just one candidate. And Thao actually did not receive as many first choice votes as her opponent, Loren Taylor, eventually because of ranked choice voting. She did win, but it was she won by a very slim margin, something like just under 700 votes. And on and also, you know, she came in as a progressive city council member after moderate mayor. She her opponent was a moderate. And so, you know, I think there was this expectation of like, what is she going to do?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:15:42] So how eventually then did the effort to recall Mayor Sheng Tao come about?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:15:49] So the recall was officially launched in January and in June oust Oakland United to recall Shang. Tao said it qualified for the November ballot. The leader of the recall was Brenda Harbin-Forte who is a retired Alameda County Superior Court judge. She definitely clashed with Thao, specifically over the firing of former Oakland police chief LaRonne Armstrong. Brenda Harbin-Forte is actually no longer leading the recall effort, and she’s now running for Oakland City attorney. So now her sisters in charge, Gail Harbin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Gail Harbin \u003c/strong>[00:16:24] And so the reason I got involved is because I saw all the harm it was doing to Oakland. Oakland looked like a ghost town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:16:32] There were other issues that came up that Harbin-Forte and Seneca Scott, who is the campaign spokesperson for Oust, were very critical of, namely Oakland’s failure to meet the deadline to apply for a state grant that would have given Oakland millions of dollars to fight retail theft. And, you know, I just said that, you know, Thao’s leadership had created a public safety crisis that, you know, wasn’t just dangerous for residents, but it was driving businesses out of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Seneca Scott \u003c/strong>[00:17:04] We’ve never seen anything like this in Oakland before. And people are trying to act like it’s just happening because we’ve always had it coming. None of our surrounding cities are dealing with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:17:13] In-n-out shut down, the Hilton Hotel shut down, and basically Thaos, as they described it, incompetence had really hurt Oakland financially and continues to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Seneca Scott \u003c/strong>[00:17:25] This progressive movement has failed. None of their policies have worked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:17:31] I’ve asked voters at the town halls that she’s been having, you know, how do you feel about the recall? And a lot of people are like, well, I’m upset. I’m unhappy about X, Y, Z. That’s happening in Oakland, but do I know exactly how city government works? Do I know that that is actually Mayor Thao’s fault or what choices are actually made in the room at City Hall? I don’t know. And so I’m trying to figure that out. I think for the recall, the response that I’ve received is more it doesn’t matter because she is the captain of the ship and anything that happens in Oakland is her responsibility because she is the mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:18:08] Sort of a series of catalyzing events. It sounds like two. And I know another one is the FBI raid on Thao’s home. Tell me about that and what role that is sort of playing in the recall campaign now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:18:24] So the FBI executed search warrants on Mayor Thao’s home, but also on the homes of members of the Duong family who own California Waste Solutions, which is the recycling provider for the city of Oakland. The FBI has not said a single word publicly about what they were looking for, about what they are investigating. Thao has said that she’s innocent. She’s not been charged with a crime, and it’s really unclear at this point what’s going to happen with that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:18:52] But obviously, I have to imagine for supporters of the recall is sort of just another thing that’s raising eyebrows and maybe adds just like another reason to move forward with recalling her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:19:07] 100%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:19:13] And then who is coming out in support of Mayor Sheng Tao?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:19:16] So that’s an interesting question. I think that Thao was a little silent on the recall for most of this year. It seemed at that point that her strategy was really to show up to her job. She was hosting these town halls throughout Oakland and showing up alongside the city’s new police chief, the fire chief, and basically just saying, like, we’re here for you. We’re doing what we can. We hear you. We know that there are serious problems in Oakland. And, you know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:19:47] We’re working here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:19:48] We’re working here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Sheng Thao \u003c/strong>[00:19:51] It’s a warm day today. We are out here because we know how important this fight is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:19:55] And then it wasn’t maybe less than two weeks ago that Oaklanders defending democracy Tao’s anti recall committee hired a spokesperson, held a press conference and actually came out and said, here we are, we are launching a campaign to fight this recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Igor Tregub \u003c/strong>[00:20:11] Mayor Thao has been a champion for housing, justice, transportation, justice, climate justice…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:20:19] The people who has come out in defense of Sheng Thao is Igor Tregub, who is a Berkeley City Council member and also the chair of the Alameda County Democratic Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Igor Tregub \u003c/strong>[00:20:30] Our Alameda County Democratic Party stands in solidarity with Mayor Thao and against this wasteful recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:20:43] Jean Quan has been really present and visible and vocal about how she experienced when she was mayor, an attempt to recall her. And so she has really been strongly supporting Mayor Thao.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Jean Quan \u003c/strong>[00:20:57] We have to stop this trend. So whether you love Sheng or not, you have to give her a fair chance to do good work. And she’s done some very good work for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:21:11] I mean, how has Mayor Thao herself responded to this campaign to recall her?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:21:16] The mayor has really stressed that a lot of the problems that Oakland is facing, she inherited them as mayor and that the recall would essentially take Oakland backwards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Sheng Thao \u003c/strong>[00:21:27] We met them head on, applied the solutions and the data shows the data shows that we are on the right track. Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:21:36] And she’s also really strongly emphasized that crime is down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Sheng Thao \u003c/strong>[00:21:40] We are on track this year for less than 100 homicides in Oakland, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:21:46] Another thing that she talks a lot about is Philip Dreyfuss, the hedge fund manager who has footed a lot of the bill for the recall campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Sheng Thao \u003c/strong>[00:21:56] Now, let’s be clear about this recall. It got started shortly after I was sworn into office just about a year ago. The recall is funded by one hedge fund manager who doesn’t live in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:22:11] Calling him, you know, a Piedmont billionaire. You know, he’s this guy who doesn’t even live here. Speculation about his motives being some nefarious plot. You know, he doesn’t care about Oakland and Oakland isn’t for sale. And to be clear, Dreyfuss has not spoken publicly. I mean, trust me, we would have talked to him if he was willing to. He has not said anything about why he has been funding the recalls. And you know, we love to know. Philip, please call us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:22:47] Annelise, kind of coming back to you and bringing you back in here. What is the crossover that you see between these two recalls? Like how should voters, I guess, make sense of these concurrent recall efforts?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Annelise Finney \u003c/strong>[00:23:01] So another thing to note about these recalls is they are getting money from a lot of the same people. Those people are often embedded in investments, especially in real estate in the East Bay. And they include people like Philip Dreyfuss and another investor named Isaac Abid. I think it’s worth noting that Dreyfuss not only has donated to both of these recalls, but has donated to a slate of moderate candidates in Oakland and across the East Bay. You know, it’s interesting. I think as Alex and I have both said, public safety has been really at the heart of this. But as Alex noted, public safety has been a big issue in Oakland and across the East Bay for a really long time. And I think what people are really looking for across both these recalls are solutions and much quicker solutions to the problems that people in the East Bay face every day. But it’s interesting. I mean, I think we’re seeing voters really question can the East Bay is kind of progressive bent deliver the types of results on things like public safety, housing, homelessness, drug use. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>So when I ran for my City Council seat, it was a lot of community who really pushed me to really run for that seat. And I'll be very honest with you, my response was, 'Well, I don't come from money and I don't look like how politicians look, and I don't talk like them.' But it took the community to really allow me to see that's why I was needed. And that they would help and support. And then I threw my name in the hat, saying, like, 'OK, well, if you're willing to support me and if you feel like I can be best fit in this position, then I will try it.'\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now I have grown into this politician role, and it's not about a look at all. The problem was that we didn't have enough people with my life experience that look like me or that have you in these positions. And it's important to make sure that we have that diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You were really seen as the progressive candidate in this race. You got a lot of labor support. What does that title mean to you, and what do you think it means to the people who supported you as you enter this office? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, I am a progressive. And I think that over many years, somehow being a progressive has been kind of looked down on just because of what people are ascribing to it. But I am a progressive in the sense that I want to move the city forward for working families. I do believe that if we support those who are on the margins, then we all can have a better quality of life. So lifting from the bottom up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What does that mean in terms of policies?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what did that mean in regards to policy is renter protections. So I'm a strong advocate of passing strong renter protections and ensuring that renters can have access and pathways to homeownership. We know that's intergenerational wealth. So it's taking down some of those barriers. What that also looks like is making sure our school system is accessible and that they're doing their part in regards to delivering what our students need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so it's really about looking at those who are most on the margins to see what resources they need and then making sure that you are delivering those resources. I see all of this as the ecosystem, they're all interconnected. If our kids are safe and kept busy and money in their pockets, then we, for public safety, would be better off for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So how do you think about public safety in Oakland and your relationship with police? Will you keep the police chief? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I am going to keep the police chief. Chief LeRonne Armstrong and I have a pretty strong relationship. Even as a council president pro tem, I was able to really champion and author policies that we are seeing that are actually getting us to the numbers that we need to be at. We are funded for 752 officers and for the first time ever, because of the policies that I authored, we're at 700 officers. For me, I think it's a comprehensive approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you talk about public safety, you have to talk about investments directly to communities and investment directly to our youth. I just came out of a meeting where we talked about year-round youth paid jobs. That's also public safety. But the response to me is also incredibly important, being a victim of crime myself, where they broke into my home, saw my son, and they didn't care. They just went forward. It was traumatizing for my son. He's 16 now and he's still traumatized. So the response of feeling like government will respond to things that are traumatic like that is incredibly important to me as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You are going to be following Mayor Libby Schaaf, who's leaving. She did not endorse you. What are your thoughts of her mayoralty? What did she do right? What did she do wrong? And most importantly, what will you do differently? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a hard question, right? Because until you're in the hot seat, you don't know all the nuances that goes on. And there are a lot of nuances. What I can say that I would be different is around our unhoused community. Being a single mom, I know that I wouldn't feel comfortable if I went to a park and it was full of tents. And so for me, it's like we need to have dignified housing. We need to make sure that we are bringing the services to our own house. And that means opening up our public parcels and getting them off our streets, out of the parks and onto these parcels with pallet shelters and electricity. Bring them the services they need so that we can have a safe space for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then at the same time, we have to build, build, build, right? That's affordable housing, deeply affordable housing, social housing, workforce housing and moderate rate housing. And so I'm a champion right now as a legislator for the safety, which is a way that we would be able to fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I know you and most of the council are committed to keeping the A's in Oakland, that you want this waterfront ballpark. And you've said you don't want to use public money. Is that a red line? Like, would you consider any general fund money? And what are the financing options if taxpayers don't step up?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, right now we have so many grant dollars that have already been secured at the Senate level, Assembly level. And so I am a huge proponent of moving forward with keeping the A's rooted here in Oakland. But again, it is a hard line in regards to taxpayers' dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I will not be OK with using taxpayers' dollars for building out of the stadium. There's going to be grant funding that are already coming in and secured. Hopefully, there will be more secure grant funding in the future. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6:25 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebecca Kaplan released a statement congratulating Oakland Mayor-elect Libby Schaaf Wednesday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Mayor-elect Schaaf and I share a deep and profound commitment to making Oakland stronger, safer and more prosperous,\" Kaplan said in the statement. \"I'm excited to partner with her on a wide variety of ways to improve the city that she and I both love.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At last count, Kaplan was in third place behind incumbent Jean Quan and Schaaf. Quan conceded earlier today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County plans to update election results Thursday at 5 p.m. However, none of the 14 other official Oakland mayoral candidates are expected to overtake Schaaf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quan and Schaaf plan to hold a joint news conference Thursday morning to talk about collaboration the transition of Oakland's executive office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the race for mayor of Oakland, City Councilwoman Libby Schaaf has claimed that she is the winner. Her fellow Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan in second place. Mayor Jean Quan, who finished third, has conceded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It certainly felt like a victory party last night as Schaaf spoke at her campaign headquarters, “Oakland is a city that has frequently missed the bus when opportunity has come to knock on our door… and doesn’t this feel like it is Oakland’s time finally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday morning Schaaf's campaign released a statement claiming victory:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\"I am honored by the tonight’s results and want to thank the people of Oakland for the trust they have placed in me. The people have made it clear that they are looking for progressive leadership and a new direction for Oakland.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Schaaf’s confidence seemed to be rewarded Tuesday night. The registrar posted the ranked choice election results with Schaaf garnering 62.8 percent of the vote, and Kaplan in second place with 37.2 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaplan had been the consistent leader in the polls in this race for weeks. And her campaign manager Jason Overman, was by no means ready to concede this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not going to speculate an outcome that we don’t know yet,” said Overman. “It would be premature for any candidate to declare anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10347101\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10347101 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/libby-1440x1080.jpeg\" alt=\"Libby Schaaf thanked supporters as she maintains her lead in a field of 15. 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Those votes could radically change the results under the ranked choice voting system, in which as candidates with the lowest number of first place votes are eliminated, their supporters’ second and third choices are moved to candidates still in the running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf benefitted from a pair of high-powered endorsements late in the race from Gov. Jerry Brown and U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The endorsements were great,” said Schaaf’s campaign manager Peggy Moore. “But we’ve had a very strong team of volunteers who have been very disciplined and very focused to do the outreach to the voters of Oakland just to introduce them to Libby. And we believed all along that the people who met Libby would like Libby.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile incumbent Mayor Jean Quan told reporters last night that she came from behind in 2010 to beat the frontrunner State Senator Don Perata, and she could do it again. Quan was in third place until the final round of ranked choice counting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Quan also sounded philosophical about what might be the end of her first and only term as mayor, one marked by turmoil and voter disenchantment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been through some incredibly tough times, and every time something happens where one door closes, the next one opens,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alameda County registrar has said it will take until Thursday or Friday to complete the count of all the mail-in ballots dropped off at polling places on Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public safety was the top issue for most voters, and the candidates all proposed ways to reduce crime, boost police effectiveness and staffing, and maintain gang intervention programs like Ceasefire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10347098\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10347098\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/kaplan-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"Rebecca Kaplan dances at her election night party. 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Mayor Jean Quan, who finished third, has conceded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It certainly felt like a victory party last night as Schaaf spoke at her campaign headquarters, “Oakland is a city that has frequently missed the bus when opportunity has come to knock on our door… and doesn’t this feel like it is Oakland’s time finally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday morning Schaaf's campaign released a statement claiming victory:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\"I am honored by the tonight’s results and want to thank the people of Oakland for the trust they have placed in me. The people have made it clear that they are looking for progressive leadership and a new direction for Oakland.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Schaaf’s confidence seemed to be rewarded Tuesday night. The registrar posted the ranked choice election results with Schaaf garnering 62.8 percent of the vote, and Kaplan in second place with 37.2 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaplan had been the consistent leader in the polls in this race for weeks. And her campaign manager Jason Overman, was by no means ready to concede this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not going to speculate an outcome that we don’t know yet,” said Overman. “It would be premature for any candidate to declare anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10347101\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10347101 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/libby-1440x1080.jpeg\" alt=\"Libby Schaaf thanked supporters as she maintains her lead in a field of 15. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:55 p.m.:\u003c/strong> It's official. Gov. Jerry Brown has endorsed City Councilmember Libby Schaaf for mayor. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor, a resident of Oakland as well as a former two-term mayor of the city, appeared at a press conference at Schaaf's campaign headquarters in the Grand Lake neighborhood to announce the endorsement. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’ve lived in different places,\" Brown said. \"I’ve lived in downtown, I lived in Jack London, I’ve lived up in the hills, and it’s all different, it’s all diverse, and it’s all good. And to keep it going and to make it even better, I know that Libby Schaaf will be a great mayor.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent polls, Schaaf has been running behind Rebecca Kaplan, a fellow councilmember, and incumbent Mayor Jean Quan. The Oakland Tribune said both of them declined comment on Brown's endorsement. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf has focused on public safety, the quality of leadership in the city and her lifelong ties to Oakland. Brown said he's confident she's well-positioned to overtake her opponents. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The campaign is going to be won by volunteers and people door-to-door talking among themselves about what Oakland needs,\" Brown said. \"So, Libby’s been around the city. She went to Skyline [High School]. ... There are a lot of good candidates. I’m not here to point fingers at one or another, other than to say I Know Libby; I think she could do a good job.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf said she was gratified at the governor's support. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Now I know that the governor and I share an incredible love, appreciation and fierce pride for the city of Oakland,\" she said. \"We know that this city is so ready to realize it’s incredible potential, but it needs some better leadership.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> Jerry Brown -- governor, former state attorney general, former mayor of Oakland, three-time presidential hopeful, former governor and former secretary of state -- is about to throw the weight of his resume behind one of the 15 candidates vying to be the next leader of the East Bay's largest city. Brown is scheduled to make an appearance with Councilmember Libby Schaaf early Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though there's been no official word, the assumption is that the ex-AG/mayor/governor will endorse Schaaf. KQED's Cy Musiker spoke to Schaaf campaign manager Peggy Moore early Monday, and she said she couldn't discuss the purpose of Brown's appearance. Could she confirm that the governor is going to endorse Schaaf -- \u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/my-town/ci_26672421/jerry-brown-endorse-schaaf-oakland-mayors-race\" target=\"_blank\">as the Oakland Tribune is reporting without attribution\u003c/a>? \"I can't do that,\" she told Musiker. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trib notes that Schaaf, whom \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_26560701/oakland-rebecca-kaplan-beats-jean-quan-latest-mayor\" target=\"_blank\">recent polls have shown trailing\u003c/a> Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan and incumbent mayor Jean Quan, has close ties to Brown:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>She served two years as a special assistant to Brown during his second term as Oakland mayor. And several people involved in her campaign have close ties to the governor, most notably Oakland developer John Protopappas, who serves as Schaaf's finance chairman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown's endorsement comes on the first day of early voting in Oakland and several weeks after two polls showed Kaplan handily defeating Quan with Schaaf finishing in third or fourth place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf has fared well when it comes to raising money. As of June, she had raised $351,166, which far outpaced the field. Schaaf's campaign on Monday reported having raised $404,547 as of the end of last month. Brown remains very popular in Oakland, but residents who look back fondly on his eight years as mayor haven't been quick to take his advice as to who should hold the office. In 2006, Brown endorsed Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente, who lost to Ron Dellums. Four years later, he endorsed Don Perata, who lost to Quan.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_148072\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12081_2014-07-11-19.00.50-lpr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-148072\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12081_2014-07-11-19.00.50-lpr-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"The Rev. Damita Davis Howard talks to people before leading them on a peace march. (Cyrus Musiker/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rev. Damita Davis Howard talks to people before leading them on a peace march. (Cyrus Musiker/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">On Nov. 4, Oakland voters will be ranking their top three choices from among 15 candidates running for mayor. \u003c/span>As part of our Election Watch 2014 coverage, we’re previewing issues on the minds of voters -- among them crime, gentrification and the economy. KQED’s Cyrus Musiker talked to some Oaklanders about what they want from their next mayor. Here are their profiles and comments.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Lorie lives in a house with a classic white picket fence in in lower Rockridge, a prosperous neighborhood within earshot of Highway 24 and a BART station. He’s also among the residents who raised funds for a private security patrol, one of many that have sprung up in Oakland, because the police department is stretched too thin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By their own admission they don’t have the resources to fully patrol the area,\" he said.\u003cbr>\n\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">And he told me why the security patrol was needed during a walk around his seemingly peaceful block.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“Right there is my neighbor who was mugged at gunpoint by three different people on the corner right by my house. Right here that three-plex is a renter who was mugged at gunpoint coming back from Trader Joe’s.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“An extremely important element of any vision for the mayor of Oakland has to be security and public safety,\" Lorie said. \"I would just like to hear that people [the candidates] are thinking about it and looking for creative solutions.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can hear those concerns echoed in the blue-collar Fruitvale district \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">in the words of Jose Dorado.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">He was born and raised in Oakland’s Jingletown neighborhood. And now he owns Dorado’s Tax and Bookkeeping Service, just off Fruitvale Boulevard, and chairs the Maxwell Park Neighborhood Council, a crime prevention group that also acts as a community liaison to the police force.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Dorado keeps a T-shirt hanging in his office bearing the words “Respect Our City,” which he dons when he helps patrol First Friday events.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">I asked him for the top issue he wants the next mayor to deal with.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“First and foremost, as has been the case for many years, is public safety,\" Dorado said. \u003c/span>“There are some merchants that tell me just flatly, 'Look, I look across the street to see when everybody is closing up, because that’s when I close up, because I'm not going to be here alone.'\u003cbr>\n\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“I know there would be more business attracted, if in fact we have less crime. And certainly here in the Fruitvale, there would be far more opportunities for businesses to thrive.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_148075\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12079_015-lpr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-148075 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12079_015-lpr-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jose Dorado says public safety is Oakland's most important issue. (Cyrus Musiker/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12079_015-lpr-300x300.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12079_015-lpr-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12079_015-lpr-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12079_015-lpr-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12079_015-lpr-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12079_015-lpr-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jose Dorado says public safety is Oakland's most important issue. (Cyrus Musiker/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s violent crime rate has fallen, but a recent poll and these interviews suggest that public safety remains the top issue for voters as they choose the next mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Bruce Nye thinks the next mayor should strive to achieve full staffing for the police force of 925 officers, as determined by former Police Chief Anthony Batts. Nye is a board member and co-founder of the group \u003ca href=\"http://oaktalk.com\" target=\"_blank\">Make Oakland Better Now.\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“There is one robbery and one burglary investigator assigned to each of the five policing districts in the city of Oakland,\" Nye said. \"So, what can you do with that? Obviously, not very much.”\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Nye was just as keen for the next mayor to close a terrible chapter in the city’s policing history. The Oakland Police Department has been under federal court supervision for 12 years because of the Riders scandal, at a cost of millions of dollars, as city officials have failed again and again to make good on reforms.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“We’ve been hearing for years that success is just around the corner, that we’re going to be out of this within a year,\" Nye said. \"That doesn’t happen. So we really need to have a strategy for the administration for how we end this.”\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Nye’s group is also worried about a budget deficit and unfunded pension liabilities predicted in a report by Oakland’s former city administrator, Deanna Santana. Nye said he wants to hear how the next mayor will bridge a budget gap totaling more than $1.5 billion.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“And this is a city with a total budget of about a billion dollars a year,\" Nye said. \"So that is an enormous, enormous number.”\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">But no mayor gets to focus on just one issue.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“Everybody says crime, crime, crime. But what really needs to happen is we need innovators and not dinosaurs in City Hall.”\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">These are the words of Konda Mason, the CEO and co-founder of \u003ca href=\"http://oakland.impacthub.net\" target=\"_blank\">Impact Hub Oakland,\u003c/a> a shared workspace and business incubator in a former auto showroom in Oakland’s booming Uptown neighborhood.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“Crime is just about the lack of hope, because resources are not there, because the economic disparity in this town is just huge,\" Mason said. \"And if we want to get to crime, what we need to get to is jobs. Closing that access gap. Given a good job, I can’t believe I’d pick up a gun and take your iPhone.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“We need to change the internal culture of City Hall to deal with the 21st century economy. There’s no innovation officer in Oakland. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">The infrastructure needs rehabilitating.”\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Mason is one of the voices of Oakland’s new economy. Mark Everton is a voice for an older set of businesses -- the city’s booming restaurant, hotel and tourism trade. Everton wears many hats. He’s general manager of the Waterfront Hotel in Jack London Square, chairs the board of the Oakland \u003ca href=\"http://www.oaklandchamber.com\" target=\"_blank\">Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce\u003c/a> and co-founded the Oakland Restaurant Association. He offers a very short agenda for the next mayor.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“Don’t muck with it. What we’ve got going is working. If that could be my mantra to whoever is coming into office. It’s working,\" Everton said.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“What we’re really looking for is for the incumbent mayor or for the incoming new mayor to keep that heat alive, to take the steps necessary to allow businesses to flourish and operate, get a handle on our public safety issues, and make sure that public safety is not a detriment to keeping that renaissance we’ve seen in the restaurant and the tourism scene from flourishing,\" he said.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">That renaissance and an influx of San Franciscans seeking lower rents has had a downside, though: gentrification.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">That’s one reason I talked to Jessamyn Sabbag, deputy director for \u003ca href=\"http://www.oaklandrising.org\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Rising,\u003c/a> a group working in the flatlands of East and West Oakland, areas that have missed out on Oakland’s economic boom.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">When people say Oakland is the new Brooklyn, she says, it often means low-income renters are losing their homes to better-paid workers. So Sabbag wants the next mayor to support a tenants rights measure stalled in the City Council, and the higher minimum wage on the fall ballot.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“For us here at Oakland Rising, the next mayor should be all about \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">providing programs and services and a vision for Oakland, particularly to keep low-income working-class immigrant communities of color who’ve been here for a long time in their homes. And in healthy and safe communities.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“And safe and healthy communities are far more than just cops on the streets, but there is sufficient funding for really good programs and services, ranging from libraries and parks and after-school programs to good economic development that provides living wage jobs so families can support themselves and really thrive. To good health care, to strong education and after-school programs.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“More resilient neighborhoods won’t produce as much crime,\" Sabbag said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This brings us back to public safety, in a neighborhood that’s seen little of downtown’s economic gains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every Friday evening for the past two years, the Rev. Damita Davis Howard has led a peace march through deep East Oakland, with its high rate of violent crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">On the Friday I attended, about 30 people had gathered from all over Oakland at a tiny church on 86th Avenue. After a prayer, Howard led the march through a neighborhood of iron gates and fierce dogs, and she told me her priority for the next mayor\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“There ought to be a kumbaya of all of the neighborhoods of Oakland. … And if you don’t get the harmony from North Oakland all the way to the San Leandro border, if you don’t think about each and every neighborhood, each and every family, then I think you do an injustice to the whole city,\" Howard said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_148074\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12080_2014-07-11-19.29.00-1-lpr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-148074\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12080_2014-07-11-19.29.00-1-lpr-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"A peace march goes through East Oakland every Friday evening. (Cyrus Musiker/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12080_2014-07-11-19.29.00-1-lpr-640x480.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12080_2014-07-11-19.29.00-1-lpr-1028x771.jpg 1028w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12080_2014-07-11-19.29.00-1-lpr-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12080_2014-07-11-19.29.00-1-lpr.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A peace march goes through East Oakland every Friday evening. (Cyrus Musiker/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_148072\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12081_2014-07-11-19.00.50-lpr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-148072\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12081_2014-07-11-19.00.50-lpr-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"The Rev. Damita Davis Howard talks to people before leading them on a peace march. (Cyrus Musiker/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rev. Damita Davis Howard talks to people before leading them on a peace march. (Cyrus Musiker/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">On Nov. 4, Oakland voters will be ranking their top three choices from among 15 candidates running for mayor. \u003c/span>As part of our Election Watch 2014 coverage, we’re previewing issues on the minds of voters -- among them crime, gentrification and the economy. KQED’s Cyrus Musiker talked to some Oaklanders about what they want from their next mayor. Here are their profiles and comments.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Lorie lives in a house with a classic white picket fence in in lower Rockridge, a prosperous neighborhood within earshot of Highway 24 and a BART station. He’s also among the residents who raised funds for a private security patrol, one of many that have sprung up in Oakland, because the police department is stretched too thin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By their own admission they don’t have the resources to fully patrol the area,\" he said.\u003cbr>\n\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">And he told me why the security patrol was needed during a walk around his seemingly peaceful block.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“Right there is my neighbor who was mugged at gunpoint by three different people on the corner right by my house. Right here that three-plex is a renter who was mugged at gunpoint coming back from Trader Joe’s.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“An extremely important element of any vision for the mayor of Oakland has to be security and public safety,\" Lorie said. \"I would just like to hear that people [the candidates] are thinking about it and looking for creative solutions.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can hear those concerns echoed in the blue-collar Fruitvale district \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">in the words of Jose Dorado.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">He was born and raised in Oakland’s Jingletown neighborhood. And now he owns Dorado’s Tax and Bookkeeping Service, just off Fruitvale Boulevard, and chairs the Maxwell Park Neighborhood Council, a crime prevention group that also acts as a community liaison to the police force.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Dorado keeps a T-shirt hanging in his office bearing the words “Respect Our City,” which he dons when he helps patrol First Friday events.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">I asked him for the top issue he wants the next mayor to deal with.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“First and foremost, as has been the case for many years, is public safety,\" Dorado said. \u003c/span>“There are some merchants that tell me just flatly, 'Look, I look across the street to see when everybody is closing up, because that’s when I close up, because I'm not going to be here alone.'\u003cbr>\n\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“I know there would be more business attracted, if in fact we have less crime. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Bruce Nye thinks the next mayor should strive to achieve full staffing for the police force of 925 officers, as determined by former Police Chief Anthony Batts. Nye is a board member and co-founder of the group \u003ca href=\"http://oaktalk.com\" target=\"_blank\">Make Oakland Better Now.\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“There is one robbery and one burglary investigator assigned to each of the five policing districts in the city of Oakland,\" Nye said. \"So, what can you do with that? Obviously, not very much.”\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Nye was just as keen for the next mayor to close a terrible chapter in the city’s policing history. The Oakland Police Department has been under federal court supervision for 12 years because of the Riders scandal, at a cost of millions of dollars, as city officials have failed again and again to make good on reforms.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“We’ve been hearing for years that success is just around the corner, that we’re going to be out of this within a year,\" Nye said. \"That doesn’t happen. So we really need to have a strategy for the administration for how we end this.”\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Nye’s group is also worried about a budget deficit and unfunded pension liabilities predicted in a report by Oakland’s former city administrator, Deanna Santana. Nye said he wants to hear how the next mayor will bridge a budget gap totaling more than $1.5 billion.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“And this is a city with a total budget of about a billion dollars a year,\" Nye said. \"So that is an enormous, enormous number.”\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">But no mayor gets to focus on just one issue.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“Everybody says crime, crime, crime. But what really needs to happen is we need innovators and not dinosaurs in City Hall.”\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">These are the words of Konda Mason, the CEO and co-founder of \u003ca href=\"http://oakland.impacthub.net\" target=\"_blank\">Impact Hub Oakland,\u003c/a> a shared workspace and business incubator in a former auto showroom in Oakland’s booming Uptown neighborhood.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“Crime is just about the lack of hope, because resources are not there, because the economic disparity in this town is just huge,\" Mason said. \"And if we want to get to crime, what we need to get to is jobs. Closing that access gap. Given a good job, I can’t believe I’d pick up a gun and take your iPhone.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“We need to change the internal culture of City Hall to deal with the 21st century economy. There’s no innovation officer in Oakland. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">The infrastructure needs rehabilitating.”\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Mason is one of the voices of Oakland’s new economy. Mark Everton is a voice for an older set of businesses -- the city’s booming restaurant, hotel and tourism trade. Everton wears many hats. He’s general manager of the Waterfront Hotel in Jack London Square, chairs the board of the Oakland \u003ca href=\"http://www.oaklandchamber.com\" target=\"_blank\">Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce\u003c/a> and co-founded the Oakland Restaurant Association. He offers a very short agenda for the next mayor.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“Don’t muck with it. What we’ve got going is working. If that could be my mantra to whoever is coming into office. It’s working,\" Everton said.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“What we’re really looking for is for the incumbent mayor or for the incoming new mayor to keep that heat alive, to take the steps necessary to allow businesses to flourish and operate, get a handle on our public safety issues, and make sure that public safety is not a detriment to keeping that renaissance we’ve seen in the restaurant and the tourism scene from flourishing,\" he said.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">That renaissance and an influx of San Franciscans seeking lower rents has had a downside, though: gentrification.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">That’s one reason I talked to Jessamyn Sabbag, deputy director for \u003ca href=\"http://www.oaklandrising.org\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Rising,\u003c/a> a group working in the flatlands of East and West Oakland, areas that have missed out on Oakland’s economic boom.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">When people say Oakland is the new Brooklyn, she says, it often means low-income renters are losing their homes to better-paid workers. So Sabbag wants the next mayor to support a tenants rights measure stalled in the City Council, and the higher minimum wage on the fall ballot.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“For us here at Oakland Rising, the next mayor should be all about \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">providing programs and services and a vision for Oakland, particularly to keep low-income working-class immigrant communities of color who’ve been here for a long time in their homes. And in healthy and safe communities.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“And safe and healthy communities are far more than just cops on the streets, but there is sufficient funding for really good programs and services, ranging from libraries and parks and after-school programs to good economic development that provides living wage jobs so families can support themselves and really thrive. To good health care, to strong education and after-school programs.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“More resilient neighborhoods won’t produce as much crime,\" Sabbag said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This brings us back to public safety, in a neighborhood that’s seen little of downtown’s economic gains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every Friday evening for the past two years, the Rev. Damita Davis Howard has led a peace march through deep East Oakland, with its high rate of violent crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">On the Friday I attended, about 30 people had gathered from all over Oakland at a tiny church on 86th Avenue. After a prayer, Howard led the march through a neighborhood of iron gates and fierce dogs, and she told me her priority for the next mayor\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“There ought to be a kumbaya of all of the neighborhoods of Oakland. … And if you don’t get the harmony from North Oakland all the way to the San Leandro border, if you don’t think about each and every neighborhood, each and every family, then I think you do an injustice to the whole city,\" Howard said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_148074\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12080_2014-07-11-19.29.00-1-lpr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-148074\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12080_2014-07-11-19.29.00-1-lpr-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"A peace march goes through East Oakland every Friday evening. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_147041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/OAKLAND-CITY-HALL.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-147041\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-640x420.jpg\" alt=\"Hundreds of Occupy Oakland activists were living in tents in front of Oakland City Hall in October 2011. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds of Occupy Oakland activists were living in tents in front of Oakland City Hall in October 2011. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A staggering number of \u003ca href=\"http://www.opendisclosure.io\" target=\"_blank\">candidates\u003c/a> hoping to become the next mayor of Oakland -- 15 to be exact -- are competing for voters' first, second and third \u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/rcv/faq.htm\" target=\"_blank\">ranked choices\u003c/a> at the ballot box in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seven of them sat shoulder to shoulder at a forum in West Oakland Thursday night and pitched their platforms for the future of the city while the state's two gubernatorial candidates \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/04/-brown-kashkari-clash-in-debate/\" target=\"_blank\">duked it out\u003c/a> in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candidates responded to questions on a range of topics -- including public safety, civil rights, race, education and the city's economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've been very proud to be the first woman and the first Asian-American mayor of Oakland,\" incumbent candidate Jean Quan said in her opening statement. \"I came in at a really tough time, and most of you know that we were tens of millions of dollars in debt.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quan said she had successfully moved development in the city, citing a project at the old \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2012/06/12/97371/oakland_moving_forward_on_redeveloping_oakland_army_base?category=economy\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Army Base\u003c/a> and a plan to build 10,000 new homes, one-quarter that will be below market rate, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quan is quick to point out, though, that she's often the subject of criticism. City Auditor Courtney Ruby was quick to oblige.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have the best city in the Bay Area, but we have the worst city government,\" Ruby said. \"Our leaders, they're certainly entitled to their own opinions, but they're not entitled to their own facts. And they have relied on their own facts and their own numbers that aren't based in reality.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen below to each candidate's five-minute opening statement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/49634724?secret_token=s-ox97h\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Public Safety\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland's crime rate and police department often dominate the city's politics. Just last month Oakland won a \u003ca href=\"http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/oakland-gets-2m-state-grant-reduce-recidivism-impr/ngzRH/\" target=\"_blank\">$2 million grant\u003c/a> for having the highest rate in three violent crime categories in the state. The city is struggling to hire more police to make up for a steep decline in ranks after dropping about 200 officers since 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We do need better policing, not just more police,\" City Councilwoman Libby Schaaf said. \"It’s intervention, prevention and root causes.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department also has yet to satisfy a negotiated settlement agreement that has kept it scrutinized under \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/01/95764/\" target=\"_blank\">federal monitoring\u003c/a> for over a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a disgrace to me that Oakland is the only city in the United States that's been under federal court oversight for 12 years,\" civil rights attorney Dan Siegel said. \"We have to turn that around.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quan said that, despite challenges, public safety has improved on her watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m really proud that in the last 15, almost 16 months now, an Oakland officer hasn’t even pulled a gun to shoot at anybody,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added there hadn't been a murder in Oakland in over a month, something that hasn't happened in 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candidates responded to a question about military equipment transferred to the police department and \u003ca href=\"https://www.urbanshield.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Urban Shield\u003c/a>, a regional emergency response exercise in Oakland this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco State University law professor Joe Tuman said the \"optics\" of the exercises look bad, but he wants to better define \"militarization\" before condemning equipment the department may need. He said police officers could face suspects with automatic rifles and armor piercing bullets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Are they supposed to take a service revolver into that situation?\" Tuman asked. \"Is it taking military weapons if that's what they need to defend themselves in that situation? I think we're oversimplifying if we say you can never have those sorts of things.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan said she was against the Urban Shield exercises coming to Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said Oakland police had used weapons during \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/occupy-oakland/\" target=\"_blank\">Occupy protests\u003c/a> that were supposedly banned for use in crowd control in the city 10 years ago, such as tear gas canisters fired from grenade launchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Under my administration, we would not hand the police the weapons they're not allowed to use and then be shocked when they use what we've handed them,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Racial and Economic Inequality\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than a quarter of Oakland residents identified as Hispanic or Latino in the \u003ca href=\"http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0653000.html\" target=\"_blank\">2010 census\u003c/a>, and 28 percent identified as African-American. According to data released by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.baycitizen.org/news/economy/oakland-child-poverty-skyrockets/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Census in 2011\u003c/a>, 28 percent of Oakland children live in poverty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This city is divided. It is full of unequal opportunities,\" said Bryan Parker, an Oakland port commissioner and private sector executive, \"This condition has led to deep-seated hopelessness in some of our communities. It's poverty, and we shouldn't be surprised that we have higher incidents of crime in these areas. And City Hall is not getting it done.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parker's platform includes leveraging Oakland's port for job creation and expanding health care and technology sector jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Siegel said he'd immediately introduce a measure to raise Oakland's minimum wage to $15 per hour. His second priority, he said, is creating universal preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That is the best way to level the playing field between children from low-income families and children from affluent families,\" Siegel said. \"Unless we can increase the graduation rate above 50 percent, which is what the number is for African-American and Latino children in Oakland, we're going to continue to have these problems, no matter how many people we put in jail.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen to the entire forum below. The audio has been slightly edited for time. Check back for more information on additional Oakland mayoral candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/166322629\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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And they have relied on their own facts and their own numbers that aren't based in reality.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen below to each candidate's five-minute opening statement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='450'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/49634724?secret_token=s-ox97h&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/49634724?secret_token=s-ox97h'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Public Safety\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland's crime rate and police department often dominate the city's politics. Just last month Oakland won a \u003ca href=\"http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/oakland-gets-2m-state-grant-reduce-recidivism-impr/ngzRH/\" target=\"_blank\">$2 million grant\u003c/a> for having the highest rate in three violent crime categories in the state. 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