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Manuel Courthouse in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12064167\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12064167\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/LaneyCollegeGetty3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/LaneyCollegeGetty3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/LaneyCollegeGetty3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/LaneyCollegeGetty3-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crime scene tape at Laney College in Oakland, California, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. The school was placed on lockdown after an individual was shot on campus, according to police. \u003ccite>(Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Beam, 66, spent decades coaching football in Oakland, where he led successful programs at both Skyline High School and Laney College. He and the Laney Eagles were featured in the fifth and final season of Netflix’s \u003cem>Last Chance U\u003c/em>, a docuseries that followed three junior college football programs across the country. In 2018, he guided the Eagles to a state championship and a No. 1 ranking in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Beam stepped down as Laney’s football coach but remained on staff as athletic director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Coach Beam’s legacy isn’t measured in championships or statistics,” Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said in a statement on Friday. “It’s measured in the thousands of young people he believed in, mentored, and refused to abandon, including my nephew, while at Skyline High School. He gave Oakland’s youth their best chance, and he never stopped fighting for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a Monday afternoon press conference, District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson also announced that her office would reinstitute a policy of seeking mandatory minimum sentences for gun possession convictions.[aside postID=news_12064112 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/LaneyCollegeGetty2.jpg']She said that policy was last in place under Nancy O’Malley, who led the office before Pamela Price, who was recalled last year. Price had run on a progressive platform that included reducing the use of sentencing enhancements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My goal is to try to make people aware that there is absolutely some accountability for carrying a gun in Oakland,” Jones Dickson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Laney College shooting was the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064018/oakland-violence-prevention-program-at-risk-as-skyline-high-shooting-renews-urgency\">second at an Oakland school\u003c/a> in two days. On Wednesday afternoon, a student was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063886/at-least-1-person-shot-at-oaklands-skyline-high-school\">shot and injured\u003c/a> at Skyline High, and two minors were arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we are having two shootings in one week, back to back, two days in a row, on campuses in Oakland, we need to start having a conversation about what safety looks like in schools,” Jones Dickson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Skyline students were on a field trip to Laney College the day that Beam was shot. That meant they were locked down for shootings on back-to-back days, Jones Dickson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s unacceptable that we have children in our community [for whom] now this is the norm, two days in a row, that they’re locked down for gun violence on a campus. I’m not good with that,” she said. “So, whatever it looks like, we need to start having those conversations; we should be doing that now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/shossaini\">\u003cem>Sara Hossaini\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>After a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063886/at-least-1-person-shot-at-oaklands-skyline-high-school\">student was shot at an Oakland high school this week\u003c/a>, school district leaders are calling for more violence-prevention resources on campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a key program aimed at reducing school-site violence could sunset this spring as city funding lapses and the Oakland Unified School District looks to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062643/oakland-unified-wins-budget-approval-but-faces-dire-warning-on-financial-future\">cut $100 million from its budget\u003c/a> amid a major fiscal crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Moments like this are when our school partners and our students expect us to show up,” said Joseph Griffin, the executive director of the nonprofit Youth ALIVE!, which has partnered with the Oakland Unified School District on its School Violence Intervention and Prevention program since 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only way we can show up is if we know we have the resources and the funding to keep these programs going,” he told KQED on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When gunfire shook Skyline High School’s campus on Wednesday afternoon, a violence interruptor was there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school-based staffers identify and proactively mediate conflicts between students and intervene when tensions escalate. They’ve been embedded at OUSD high schools since 2023 through a pilot program with the city’s Department of Violence Prevention, launched to reduce high rates of violence on the sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063888\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063888\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/006_Oakland_SkylineHSFootballPractice_02032021_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/006_Oakland_SkylineHSFootballPractice_02032021_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/006_Oakland_SkylineHSFootballPractice_02032021_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/006_Oakland_SkylineHSFootballPractice_02032021_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A football practice at Skyline High School on Feb. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the 2021-2022 school year, \u003ca href=\"https://oakland.granicus.com/player/clip/6096?view_id=2&redirect=true\">more than 670 OUSD high school students\u003c/a> were suspended for physical violence. In recent years, there have been at least six shootings at Oakland schools, including three on Skyline’s campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, three minors were arrested on assault and firearm charges in connection with another \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/alameda-county-da-charges-oakland-skyline-high-school-shooting/3319431/\">shooting at the school\u003c/a> that resulted in no injuries. The following year, three people were injured in a shooting \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987651/multiple-suspects-sought-after-shooting-injures-2-at-oakland-graduation\">just after the school’s graduation ceremony\u003c/a>. And on Wednesday, a student was shot in the bathroom of a building on campus, according to school board member Mike Hutchinson.[aside postID=news_12063886 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251112-SKYLINE-HIGH-SHOOTING-MD-01-KQED.jpg']The victim was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and two minors were taken into custody, according to Oakland Police. Police said two firearms were recovered at the scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The role that violence interrupters play is to focus on the time immediately before and after an incident of violence,” Griffin said. “We can understand when tensions are getting high and can get in front of that … and in the case when there is violence, we can be there in the immediate aftermath to try to bring down the tensions to make sure that retaliation doesn’t occur.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The School Violence Intervention and Prevention program evolved out of a partnership between the district, the city and local nonprofits to bring intervention and gender-based violence workers and life coaches into schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially, violence interrupters rotated across multiple campuses, but in fall of 2023, they were assigned at seven high schools and continuing schools throughout the district, and have expanded to more sites, including Skyline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the program’s first year, OUSD saw a \u003ca href=\"https://oakland.granicus.com/player/clip/6096?view_id=2&redirect=true\">10% reduction\u003c/a> in suspensions for physical violence across its high schools. In 2024, interrupters mediated more than 260 conflicts, according to Griffin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043210\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12043210\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250428-OUSD-OFFICE-FILE-MD-04_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250428-OUSD-OFFICE-FILE-MD-04_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250428-OUSD-OFFICE-FILE-MD-04_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250428-OUSD-OFFICE-FILE-MD-04_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Unified School District Offices in Oakland on April 28, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When violence occurs on campus, Griffin said, interrupters help ensure conflicts don’t lead to retaliation and identify whether it might spill off campus. He said in the hours after the shooting at Skyline on Wednesday, other Youth ALIVE! interruptors working throughout the city came to the school site to provide support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the moment where we could start to coordinate between our school-based programs and our community-based programs,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson said this week’s shooting underscores a need to expand the program — not let it expire when funding dries up this spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city allocated $5.4 million to the program in its 2023-2025 budget, and the district also received a nearly $1 million grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to fund three additional interrupters for three years.[aside postID=news_12059238 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250603-OUSD-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Additional funding has been allocated for 2025-2026, but there are no plans to continue funding the positions after this school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, Superintendent Denise Saddler \u003ca href=\"https://www.ousd.org/communications-public-affairs/newsroom/news/~board/ousd-news/post/a-difficult-conversation-about-our-budgetand-our-future\">warned of a dire budget crisis\u003c/a>, and next week, OUSD staff is expected to present scenarios that strip $100 million from the district’s budget next year to avoid insolvency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m worried that we can even continue them, let alone have the resources to expand those programs at Skyline, where there’s an obvious need for some sort of work to be done,” Hutchinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland teacher’s union president Kampala Taiz-Rancifer said the union has been advocating for the continuation of violence-prevention resources such as interrupters, along with on-site psychologists and other staff who help students feel safe and connected to campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is just a systemic disinvestment in resources in Oakland schools in general, but specifically at Skyline High School,” she said. “When staffing is cut, when mental health supports are inadequate, campuses are left without the resources that they need to help students do their best. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The victim was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and two minors were taken into custody, according to Oakland Police. Police said two firearms were recovered at the scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The role that violence interrupters play is to focus on the time immediately before and after an incident of violence,” Griffin said. “We can understand when tensions are getting high and can get in front of that … and in the case when there is violence, we can be there in the immediate aftermath to try to bring down the tensions to make sure that retaliation doesn’t occur.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The School Violence Intervention and Prevention program evolved out of a partnership between the district, the city and local nonprofits to bring intervention and gender-based violence workers and life coaches into schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially, violence interrupters rotated across multiple campuses, but in fall of 2023, they were assigned at seven high schools and continuing schools throughout the district, and have expanded to more sites, including Skyline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the program’s first year, OUSD saw a \u003ca href=\"https://oakland.granicus.com/player/clip/6096?view_id=2&redirect=true\">10% reduction\u003c/a> in suspensions for physical violence across its high schools. In 2024, interrupters mediated more than 260 conflicts, according to Griffin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043210\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12043210\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250428-OUSD-OFFICE-FILE-MD-04_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250428-OUSD-OFFICE-FILE-MD-04_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250428-OUSD-OFFICE-FILE-MD-04_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250428-OUSD-OFFICE-FILE-MD-04_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Unified School District Offices in Oakland on April 28, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When violence occurs on campus, Griffin said, interrupters help ensure conflicts don’t lead to retaliation and identify whether it might spill off campus. He said in the hours after the shooting at Skyline on Wednesday, other Youth ALIVE! interruptors working throughout the city came to the school site to provide support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the moment where we could start to coordinate between our school-based programs and our community-based programs,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson said this week’s shooting underscores a need to expand the program — not let it expire when funding dries up this spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city allocated $5.4 million to the program in its 2023-2025 budget, and the district also received a nearly $1 million grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to fund three additional interrupters for three years.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>John Beam, the Laney College athletic director and legendary football coach with decades of experience in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a>, died Friday morning after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064033/oakland-laney-college-shooting-sends-athletic-staff-member-to-hospital\">being shot on campus\u003c/a>, police said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cedric Irving, 27, was arrested at a BART station early Friday on suspicion of carrying out the shooting, police said in a noon news conference. A weapon has been recovered, and police plan to present the case to the Alameda County district attorney’s office on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to police, Beam and Irving knew each other but did not have a close relationship. Irving played high school football in Oakland, but not for Beam or Laney College, said interim Police Chief James Beere, who was named OPD’s temporary leader Friday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities did not disclose a motive for the shooting because Irving has not been charged yet, but they said it was a targeted incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the press conference, Piedmont Police Chief Frederick Shavies called Beam, 66, an “incredible human being” and mentor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I lost my father when I was in high school, and Coach has — since I was 15, 16, 17 years old — always been there for me, has always reached out to me,” he said. “And it’s not just me … [it’s also] hundreds of individuals that were there last night” at a hospital vigil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12064167\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12064167\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/LaneyCollegeGetty3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/LaneyCollegeGetty3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/LaneyCollegeGetty3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/LaneyCollegeGetty3-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crime scene tape at Laney College in Oakland, California, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. The school was placed on lockdown after an individual was shot on campus, according to police. \u003ccite>(Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2018, Beam guided the Laney Eagles to a state championship and a No. 1 ranking in the country. He gained national attention in season 5 of the Netflix docuseries \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXRJL52ZD8\">\u003cem>Last Chance U\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, released in 2020, which followed junior college football teams across the country for each season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Beam stepped down as football coach but remained at Laney College as athletic director. Before arriving at Laney in 2004, he coached at Skyline High School in the Oakland Hills for 17 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Coach Beam’s legacy isn’t measured in championships or statistics,” Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said in \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/BarbaraLee_CA/status/1989446798818349277\">a statement\u003c/a> Friday. “It’s measured in the thousands of young people he believed in, mentored, and refused to abandon, including my nephew, while at Skyline High School. He gave Oakland’s youth their best chance, and he never stopped fighting for them.”[aside postID=news_11996268 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1470234174-672x372.png']Beam was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064033/oakland-laney-college-shooting-sends-athletic-staff-member-to-hospital\">shot in the Laney Field House\u003c/a> on Thursday afternoon, leaving the campus on lockdown as police secured the scene and investigated. As news of the shooting spread, many of his former players gathered at Highland Hospital in Oakland, where he was admitted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Like many of you, I struggle to comprehend the tragic loss of someone with so much bravado, enthusiasm, and tenacity for life,” Chancellor Tammeil Gilkerson of the Peralta Community College District wrote in a message to the district community Friday afternoon. “John’s vibrancy could be felt in every space he entered, proudly wearing his passion for students, Laney College, and Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across his 45-year career at Skyline High and Laney College, Beam coached over 2,500 players, including more than 200 who reached NCAA Division I programs and more than 30 who went on to appear in the NFL, Gilkerson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, he was known just as much for developing players into successful young men off the field and in the classroom, providing mentorship and an “unwavering love for the City of Oakland,” Gilkerson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12064036\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12064036\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/LaneyCollegeGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/LaneyCollegeGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/LaneyCollegeGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/LaneyCollegeGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laney College on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in Oakland, California. \u003ccite>(David M. 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As news of the shooting spread, many of his former players gathered at Highland Hospital in Oakland, where he was admitted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Like many of you, I struggle to comprehend the tragic loss of someone with so much bravado, enthusiasm, and tenacity for life,” Chancellor Tammeil Gilkerson of the Peralta Community College District wrote in a message to the district community Friday afternoon. “John’s vibrancy could be felt in every space he entered, proudly wearing his passion for students, Laney College, and Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across his 45-year career at Skyline High and Laney College, Beam coached over 2,500 players, including more than 200 who reached NCAA Division I programs and more than 30 who went on to appear in the NFL, Gilkerson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, he was known just as much for developing players into successful young men off the field and in the classroom, providing mentorship and an “unwavering love for the City of Oakland,” Gilkerson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12064036\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12064036\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/LaneyCollegeGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/LaneyCollegeGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/LaneyCollegeGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/LaneyCollegeGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laney College on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in Oakland, California. \u003ccite>(David M. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>He also noted that Martin’s mental health crisis, history as a football player and or any drug or alcohol use that’s determined could have been factors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not usual for a person to be taken into custody for a burglary and dies shortly thereafter,” Burris said. “Doesn’t have to be the police officer’s fault … but these are the kinds of things they need to find out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin was born in Oakland and grew up in Stockton, where he became a star of the St. Mary’s High School football program before committing to attend Boise State University in 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After four seasons as one of the best running backs in school history, he was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2012, where he played six seasons. He appeared in two Pro Bowls and was a finalist for Offensive Rookie of the Year with the Bucs, but struggled to come back from a rocky 2016 season, during which he was suspended over Adderall use. The four-game suspension bled into the 2017 season, at the end of which he was released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his final season with the Raiders, he ran for his third-highest rushing yards after replacing an injured Marshawn Lynch in the starting lineup. He was re-signed in 2019, but retired quietly after an injury settlement before the season began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin’s family requested privacy to navigate the loss, and reaffirmed that an investigation is underway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is really a difficult situation and a tragic loss,” said Tony Franks, who coached Martin at St. Mary’s High School. “We need to look after one another. Sometimes people might be going through some challenges, and we have to be aware of that and reach out and take care of folks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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After being taken into custody, the individual became unresponsive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to OPD, paramedics provided medical aid to the person suspected of the break-in and took them to the hospital for further treatment, where they died. Police on Monday identified the person as Martin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/10/19/ex-nfl-running-back-doug-martin-dies-in-oakland-police-custody-sources-say/\">\u003cem>East Bay Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> first reported Sunday that the person who died was Martin, who grew up in Stockton and played seven seasons in the NFL, including with the then-Oakland Raiders, before retiring in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Per department policy, the officers involved have been placed on administrative leave while OPD, the Oakland Police Commission and the Alameda County district attorney’s office investigate the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12048969\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12048969\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/OaklandPoliceCar_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/OaklandPoliceCar_qed.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/OaklandPoliceCar_qed-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/OaklandPoliceCar_qed-1536x1078.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Oakland Police officer walks by patrol cars at the Oakland Police headquarters on Dec. 6, 2012, in Oakland, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The Oakland Police Department remains committed to transparency,” a spokesperson wrote in a statement. “However, to ensure the integrity of the investigation, the release of information must be limited at this time. Additional details will be shared as soon as the investigative process allows and in compliance with the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Civil rights attorney John Burris, who has overseen OPD reforms over the last two decades, said investigators should be assessing whether Martin was experiencing a mental health crisis and whether that contributed to his losing consciousness, as well as any drug or alcohol use, or the nature of the tussle he had with officers and the method they used to restrain him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not usual for a person to be taken into custody for a burglary and dies shortly thereafter,” Burris said. “Doesn’t have to be the police officer’s fault … but these are the kinds of things they need to find out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/gregauman/status/1980011309883113696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1980011309883113696%7Ctwgr%5E33afe68db54f26edf7be44feca68bb879598e55c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mensjournal.com%2Fsports%2Ffamily-of-doug-martin-issues-statement-on-sudden-death\">statement to Fox Sports reporter Greg Auman\u003c/a>, Martin’s family on Sunday confirmed his death and asked for privacy. The statement said Martin’s cause of death was unconfirmed.[aside postID=news_12060018 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00557-2_qed.jpg']“The Raider family was saddened to learn of the recent passing of Doug Martin,” the team, which relocated to Las Vegas after the 2019 season, said on social media. “Martin joined the Silver and Black in 2018 … and he led the Raiders with 723 rushing yards that season. The condolences of the entire Raider Nation are with Doug’s family at this time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin was born in Oakland and raised in Stockton, where he became a surprising star of the St. Mary’s High School football program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Franks, who coached him throughout his high school career, said the news of Martin’s death was “shocking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is really a difficult situation and a tragic loss,” he told KQED. “We need to look after one another. Sometimes people might be going through some challenges and we have to be aware of that and reach out and take care of folks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Franks described Martin, who arrived at St. Mary’s hoping to be a basketball player, as grateful, humble and hardworking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[He was] just a terrific young man to be around, had a smile that would light up a room,” Franks said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He told KQED that future football players at the school were inspired by Martin, who came to St. Mary’s without any football experience and was convinced by then-Athletic Director Jim Brusa to try out for the team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a story of arriving thinking you’re one thing and then discovering maybe you’re something else, and that’s kind of what high school is all about,” he said. “It was inspiring … and it was just all very exciting for our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After graduating from St. Mary’s in 2007, Martin played four seasons at Boise State University as \u003ca href=\"https://broncosports.com/news/2025/10/19/football-doug-martin-passes-away-at-36\">one of the school’s best running backs to date\u003c/a>. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2012 and spent six seasons with the team before returning to the Bay Area for a one-year contract with the Raiders in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are deeply saddened to learn of the sudden and unexpected passing of Doug Martin,” the Bucs \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Buccaneers/status/1980025290140381673\">wrote on social media on Sunday\u003c/a>. “From his record-setting rookie season in 2012 to his multiple Pro Bowl selections during his six seasons as a Buccaneer, Doug made a lasting impact on our franchise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the Buccaneers, Martin was a finalist for offensive rookie of the year during his first season and played in two Pro Bowl games. But he also weathered some rocky seasons throughout his career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He spent most of the 2013 season on injured reserve, and was suspended for four games in 2016 after testing positive for Adderall in violation of the NFL’s performance-enhancing drug policy. 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"content": "\u003cp>Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-police-department\">police\u003c/a> chief is stepping down, the city announced Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Floyd Mitchell, who was appointed police chief \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11980455/oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-appoints-floyd-mitchell-as-new-police-chief\">by then-Mayor Sheng Thao\u003c/a> last year and started the job that May, said he intends to resign Dec. 5. His departure, after a year and a half, marks at least the 10th leadership change in the department over the last decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It has been an honor to serve the Oakland community, and I am grateful for the support I’ve received from the residents,” Mitchell said in a statement. “I’m incredibly proud of the men and women of this Department and the collaborative working relationships forged with the community and business owners to reduce crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news comes on the heels of Mayor Barbara Lee’s first State of the City address on Tuesday night, where she praised Mitchell for steep drops in crime during his tenure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the first six months of this year, Oakland saw a 29% reduction in violent crimes compared with 2024, according to city data. Burglary dropped 19% and motor vehicle theft declined 45% in the same period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the work of Chief Mitchell and the [Oakland Police Department] officers, dispatchers, community ambassadors and violence prevention staff who put themselves on the line every single day,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055135\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055135\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250814-OaklandPushback-10_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250814-OaklandPushback-10_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250814-OaklandPushback-10_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250814-OaklandPushback-10_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Barbara Lee speaks during a press conference at Oakland City Hall in Oakland on Aug. 14, 2025, condemning President Trump’s recent remarks about Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The trend in Oakland mirrors cities \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/04/15/icymi-crime-dropped-significantly-last-year-according-to-early-data/\">across the state\u003c/a>, where violent crime rates are falling after a spike during the COVID-19 pandemic. Property crime rates have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996211/san-francisco-crime-is-down-significantly-but-its-not-clear-trend-will-last\">also dropped sharply\u003c/a> in San Francisco over the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996211/san-francisco-crime-is-down-significantly-but-its-not-clear-trend-will-last\">past two years\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear why Mitchell, whose contract was set to last three years, is choosing to resign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the announcement was abrupt, Oakland civil rights attorney John Burris, who has helped oversee OPD’s decades-long reform process, said it didn’t come as a surprise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I fully expected it to occur sooner than later,” he told KQED. “I never was under the impression that it was a job that he was comfortable with, and once the new mayor was appointed, I thought it might be time for him to move on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burris said Oakland’s chief has to respond to a lot of interests, including the mayor, city administrator, police commission and rank-and-file officers, creating a dynamic he said might have differed from Mitchell’s previous departments. Before leading OPD, Mitchell was chief in both Lubbock and Temple, Texas, and served as an officer for 25 years in Kansas City, Missouri.[aside postID=news_12057782 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg']“Not being fully in charge, I think, was problematic,” Burris said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like other chiefs who have come from out of state, Mitchell has also had to learn to navigate another invested party in OPD’s orbit: Northern California’s federal district court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2003, the department settled a federal police misconduct case with more than 100 people who sued after they were \u003ca href=\"https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=news/0F9586C71DA60209&f=basic\">beaten and kidnapped\u003c/a> by a group of officers known as the “Riders” years prior. Among the remedies they were awarded was a promise that the department would make a number of reforms it is still working to comply with today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burris, who brought the case and still helps oversee OPD’s progress toward achieving the reforms, said “it was not something that [Mitchell] was aggressively interested in working toward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t think he understood the significance of the various reforms that we had agreed to and why they were important,” Burris said. “I think he was something he dealt with because he had to do it, and so I didn’t think he’s a willing participant in that process, a reluctant participant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Police Officers’ Association said in a statement on Wednesday that its members were “deeply concerned” by Mitchell’s resignation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The rank-and-file members of this department are questioning whether certain anti-law enforcement factions of the community were ready or open to his honesty, dedication and support of public safety,” President Huy Nguyen said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city said that over the next few weeks, Mitchell will work closely with Lee and City Administrator Jestin Johnson to choose an interim chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ahall'\">\u003cem>Alex Hall\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The man accused of fatally shooting an Urban Alchemy street ambassador outside \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a>’s main library last week has been charged with murder, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edmund Bowen, 42, is accused of shooting Joey Alexander, 60, with a shotgun at close range after Alexander asked him not to use drugs in public. Alexander, who had worked for more than two years as an ambassador for the nonprofit contracted by the city to help improve safety and cleanliness on downtown streets, died Tuesday of his injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Urban Alchemy ambassadors work every day to provide safe passage for [the Tenderloin’s students], to make sure that families feel that there is somebody looking out for them as they move about this community,” Jenkins \u003ca href=\"https://www.ktvu.com/video/1718055?taid=68df37894406150001618cbb&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter\">told reporters on Thursday\u003c/a>. “To have one of those ambassadors who has come back into the community after once serving time in prison and now coming back to give back to the community, be hurt and be tragically killed in this way, of course, is very disheartening and alarming.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexander was manning his usual post outside San Francisco’s main library on Larkin Street just before 5 p.m. Friday when he approached Bowen, who was allegedly using drugs on the street, according to the nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Alexander asked him not to, Bowen pulled a shotgun out of his bag, said “F— Urban Alchemy” and shot Alexander, an Urban Alchemy spokesperson said. According to the district attorney’s office, Bowen was standing about 20 feet from Alexander when he fired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bowen was arrested shortly after the shooting and has remained in custody since. He also faces an assault charge after another nearby worker said they were injured by shrapnel from his shotgun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058454\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1499px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058454\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/URBAN-ALCHEMY-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1499\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/URBAN-ALCHEMY-02-KQED.jpg 1499w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/URBAN-ALCHEMY-02-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/URBAN-ALCHEMY-02-KQED-1151x1536.jpg 1151w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1499px) 100vw, 1499px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colleagues said Joey Alexander, left, was a beloved coworker and friend. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Urban Alchemy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alexander was rushed to the hospital, where doctors treated him for multiple days before he died Tuesday, according to Jess Montejano, a spokesperson for the nonprofit. He is at least the third Urban Alchemy employee to be shot on the job. Montejano said he believes Alexander is the first to die from related injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mr. Alexander was a beloved member of our team, and it’s a devastating loss,” Montejano said. “[He] was an exceptional employee, … loved his job, loved giving back and serving the community and doing his work. [He was] just beloved among everyone that worked with him and that knew him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many Urban Alchemy employees, Alexander had lived through some of the same challenging experiences — like homelessness, addiction and incarceration — as the people he aimed to serve, Montejano said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/prison-found-new-life-s-f-came-shotgun-blast-21078628.php\">\u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Alexander had previously spent 23 years in prison. An Oakland resident, Alexander worked for Urban Alchemy as a “street practitioner” for more than two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our entire team really shares a higher purpose of giving back to the community and serving these vulnerable populations because many of them share that same experience that these people in crisis are going through themselves,” Montejano said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many street practitioners can connect with people and manage crises situations based on their own life experience, Montejano said the employees, who do not have law enforcement training, are sometimes put in dangerous situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our practitioners serve some of the most tough neighborhoods impacted by addiction, poverty, homelessness and crime in San Francisco,” he said. “They are trained with their lived experience … to bring more peace, safety and cleanliness on the streets. It’s an unfortunate reality that, yes, we do experience hate and sometimes violence in the line of work that we do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins said Thursday that the shooting raises concerns about these workers’ safety, and she said the city should ensure police are in a position to “serve as a buffer” to protect them.[aside postID=news_12058145 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20231128-Muni-002-JY_qed.jpg']However, she said, the nonprofit’s model for patrolling the neighborhood is worthwhile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are people who make [Tenderloin residents] feel safer,” Jenkins said. “And what we do know is that we are over 500 [police] officers short, and so we have to do something as a city to supplement the shortage in police staffing who can also help us maintain our street conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shooting comes at an inflection point for Urban Alchemy, once heralded for its breakthrough community-centered approach to tackling homelessness and drug use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco first contracted with a predecessor of the nonprofit, Hunters Point Family, then \u003ca href=\"https://urban-alchemy.us/who-we-are/our-people/dr-lena-miller/\">led by Urban Alchemy’s Executive Director\u003c/a>, Dr. Lena Miller, in 2014. At the time, it was tasked with operating and cleaning public toilets throughout the city overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since its founding in 2018, Urban Alchemy’s responsibilities have steadily mounted, from stationing practitioners during daytime hours downtown to dissuade public drug use and clean up streets to operating \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.archive.sf.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Consent-Item-11.1-UA-Safe-Parking-@-Candlestick.pdf\">safe RV parking sites\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=5363341&GUID=0F3A493D-A9D0-4090-AED9-B465E2D61842\">homeless shelters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization has expanded to nine cities in six states, and received \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odRmLmrPEz8\">praise from former Mayor London Breed\u003c/a> and community activists in the Tenderloin. A 2024 \u003ca href=\"https://urban-alchemy.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Stanford-Data-Press-Release.pdf\">Stanford University study\u003c/a> found that when its practitioners are present on street corners, crime dropped significantly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s also struggled to live up to its lofty mission in recent years. Friday’s tragic incident comes as the nonprofit has faced backlash for overspending, management struggles and employee misconduct allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, Urban Alchemy lost contracts with Bay Area Rapid Transit to provide bathroom and elevator attendants at San Francisco stations and in August, the city placed it on a nonprofit “watch list,” citing serious fiscal or programmatic concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036369\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036369\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/019_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7872_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/019_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7872_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/019_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7872_qed-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/019_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7872_qed-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/019_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7872_qed-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/019_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7872_qed-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/019_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7872_qed-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The dormitory at the Embarcadero SAFE Navigation Center at the corner of Embarcadero and Beale Street in San Francisco on Jan. 30, 2020. San Francisco plans to expand a program pairing shelter beds at the Adante Hotel on Geary Street in Lower Nob Hill with access to addiction treatment, to intervene in the city’s drug crisis. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In September, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/urban-alchemy-gave-800k-in-bump-to-shelter-staff-21055295.php\">\u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle \u003c/em>reported\u003c/a> that the organization gave staff pay raises that overspent its contract to operate a shelter in Lower Nob Hill by about $800,000, despite warnings not to by city analysts. The nonprofit disputed the claim, saying it requested $800,000 in budget increases after being asked to run a larger operation but overspent by only $336,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of last month, Austin, Texas, opted not to renew contracts with the company to operate emergency centers after finding it misrepresented client exit data,\u003ca href=\"https://www.statesman.com/news/local/article/city-end-contracts-urban-alchemy-three-years-21051321.php\"> according to the \u003cem>Austin American-Statesman.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the city controller in Los Angeles, another of Urban Alchemy’s outposts, launched an investigation into the organization after a video circulated of an employee spraying water toward an unhoused person as they scrambled to collect their things on a sidewalk in the Skid Row neighborhood, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-23/after-worker-sprays-water-near-unhoused-person-l-a-city-controller-launches-investigation?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">\u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reported. Urban Alchemy denounced the incident at the time and said that it had fired the involved employee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last February, a man who had lived at a homeless encampment in Sausalito managed by Urban Alchemy \u003ca href=\"https://wraphome.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Filed-Scan-Arthur-Bruce-v-Urban-Alchemy-et-al.pdf\">filed a lawsuit\u003c/a> alleging that an employee assaulted him after raising concerns that the nonprofit’s staff had engaged in dealing methamphetamine and sexually exploited unhoused residents. Urban Alchemy said it is seeking to have the suit dismissed and noted the court has already dismissed multiple of the initial complaints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montejano said the nonprofit’s “community-based” safety models are proven and data-driven. He said he doesn’t expect Alexander’s death to mean any change in the way it operates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re doubling down on the mission and the model, and we’re making sure that Mr. Alexander’s death isn’t in vain,” he told KQED. “We always train our employees to be safe; we are not the police. But we’re going to continue to work on our mission, our model that we know is effective, and providing safety, cleanliness and connections to care and support, and housing in some instances, for the communities that we serve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexander was manning his usual post outside San Francisco’s main library on Larkin Street just before 5 p.m. Friday when he approached Bowen, who was allegedly using drugs on the street, according to the nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Alexander asked him not to, Bowen pulled a shotgun out of his bag, said “F— Urban Alchemy” and shot Alexander, an Urban Alchemy spokesperson said. According to the district attorney’s office, Bowen was standing about 20 feet from Alexander when he fired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bowen was arrested shortly after the shooting and has remained in custody since. He also faces an assault charge after another nearby worker said they were injured by shrapnel from his shotgun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058454\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1499px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058454\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/URBAN-ALCHEMY-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1499\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/URBAN-ALCHEMY-02-KQED.jpg 1499w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/URBAN-ALCHEMY-02-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/URBAN-ALCHEMY-02-KQED-1151x1536.jpg 1151w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1499px) 100vw, 1499px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colleagues said Joey Alexander, left, was a beloved coworker and friend. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Urban Alchemy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alexander was rushed to the hospital, where doctors treated him for multiple days before he died Tuesday, according to Jess Montejano, a spokesperson for the nonprofit. He is at least the third Urban Alchemy employee to be shot on the job. Montejano said he believes Alexander is the first to die from related injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mr. Alexander was a beloved member of our team, and it’s a devastating loss,” Montejano said. “[He] was an exceptional employee, … loved his job, loved giving back and serving the community and doing his work. [He was] just beloved among everyone that worked with him and that knew him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many Urban Alchemy employees, Alexander had lived through some of the same challenging experiences — like homelessness, addiction and incarceration — as the people he aimed to serve, Montejano said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/prison-found-new-life-s-f-came-shotgun-blast-21078628.php\">\u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Alexander had previously spent 23 years in prison. An Oakland resident, Alexander worked for Urban Alchemy as a “street practitioner” for more than two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our entire team really shares a higher purpose of giving back to the community and serving these vulnerable populations because many of them share that same experience that these people in crisis are going through themselves,” Montejano said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many street practitioners can connect with people and manage crises situations based on their own life experience, Montejano said the employees, who do not have law enforcement training, are sometimes put in dangerous situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our practitioners serve some of the most tough neighborhoods impacted by addiction, poverty, homelessness and crime in San Francisco,” he said. “They are trained with their lived experience … to bring more peace, safety and cleanliness on the streets. It’s an unfortunate reality that, yes, we do experience hate and sometimes violence in the line of work that we do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins said Thursday that the shooting raises concerns about these workers’ safety, and she said the city should ensure police are in a position to “serve as a buffer” to protect them.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>However, she said, the nonprofit’s model for patrolling the neighborhood is worthwhile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are people who make [Tenderloin residents] feel safer,” Jenkins said. “And what we do know is that we are over 500 [police] officers short, and so we have to do something as a city to supplement the shortage in police staffing who can also help us maintain our street conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shooting comes at an inflection point for Urban Alchemy, once heralded for its breakthrough community-centered approach to tackling homelessness and drug use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco first contracted with a predecessor of the nonprofit, Hunters Point Family, then \u003ca href=\"https://urban-alchemy.us/who-we-are/our-people/dr-lena-miller/\">led by Urban Alchemy’s Executive Director\u003c/a>, Dr. Lena Miller, in 2014. At the time, it was tasked with operating and cleaning public toilets throughout the city overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since its founding in 2018, Urban Alchemy’s responsibilities have steadily mounted, from stationing practitioners during daytime hours downtown to dissuade public drug use and clean up streets to operating \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.archive.sf.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Consent-Item-11.1-UA-Safe-Parking-@-Candlestick.pdf\">safe RV parking sites\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=5363341&GUID=0F3A493D-A9D0-4090-AED9-B465E2D61842\">homeless shelters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization has expanded to nine cities in six states, and received \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odRmLmrPEz8\">praise from former Mayor London Breed\u003c/a> and community activists in the Tenderloin. A 2024 \u003ca href=\"https://urban-alchemy.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Stanford-Data-Press-Release.pdf\">Stanford University study\u003c/a> found that when its practitioners are present on street corners, crime dropped significantly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s also struggled to live up to its lofty mission in recent years. Friday’s tragic incident comes as the nonprofit has faced backlash for overspending, management struggles and employee misconduct allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, Urban Alchemy lost contracts with Bay Area Rapid Transit to provide bathroom and elevator attendants at San Francisco stations and in August, the city placed it on a nonprofit “watch list,” citing serious fiscal or programmatic concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036369\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036369\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/019_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7872_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/019_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7872_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/019_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7872_qed-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/019_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7872_qed-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/019_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7872_qed-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/019_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7872_qed-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/019_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7872_qed-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The dormitory at the Embarcadero SAFE Navigation Center at the corner of Embarcadero and Beale Street in San Francisco on Jan. 30, 2020. San Francisco plans to expand a program pairing shelter beds at the Adante Hotel on Geary Street in Lower Nob Hill with access to addiction treatment, to intervene in the city’s drug crisis. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In September, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/urban-alchemy-gave-800k-in-bump-to-shelter-staff-21055295.php\">\u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle \u003c/em>reported\u003c/a> that the organization gave staff pay raises that overspent its contract to operate a shelter in Lower Nob Hill by about $800,000, despite warnings not to by city analysts. The nonprofit disputed the claim, saying it requested $800,000 in budget increases after being asked to run a larger operation but overspent by only $336,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of last month, Austin, Texas, opted not to renew contracts with the company to operate emergency centers after finding it misrepresented client exit data,\u003ca href=\"https://www.statesman.com/news/local/article/city-end-contracts-urban-alchemy-three-years-21051321.php\"> according to the \u003cem>Austin American-Statesman.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the city controller in Los Angeles, another of Urban Alchemy’s outposts, launched an investigation into the organization after a video circulated of an employee spraying water toward an unhoused person as they scrambled to collect their things on a sidewalk in the Skid Row neighborhood, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-23/after-worker-sprays-water-near-unhoused-person-l-a-city-controller-launches-investigation?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">\u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reported. Urban Alchemy denounced the incident at the time and said that it had fired the involved employee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last February, a man who had lived at a homeless encampment in Sausalito managed by Urban Alchemy \u003ca href=\"https://wraphome.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Filed-Scan-Arthur-Bruce-v-Urban-Alchemy-et-al.pdf\">filed a lawsuit\u003c/a> alleging that an employee assaulted him after raising concerns that the nonprofit’s staff had engaged in dealing methamphetamine and sexually exploited unhoused residents. Urban Alchemy said it is seeking to have the suit dismissed and noted the court has already dismissed multiple of the initial complaints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montejano said the nonprofit’s “community-based” safety models are proven and data-driven. 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"content": "\u003cp>Oakland’s Police Commission is loosening restrictions on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043904/oakland-watchdogs-say-chp-should-follow-opd-pursuit-policy-following-deadly-crash\">vehicle pursuits\u003c/a>, granting officers more leeway to chase suspects at high speeds despite safety concerns from residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The citizen-led commission voted unanimously Thursday evening to remove a special order that required \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-police-department\">Oakland Police Department\u003c/a> officers to gain special permission to continue chases once speeds reach 50 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the policy, officers must notify a supervising officer immediately after beginning a chase and seek permission to continue. All chases remain limited to situations in which officers have a “reasonable suspicion” that a violent crime has occurred or a suspect has a firearm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change comes after strong pressure from Police Chief Floyd Mitchell, who has been advocating for months to lift the restrictions put in place in 2022 after a series of deaths related to high-speed chases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mitchell said the special order has hampered his department’s ability to prevent crime, citing a nearly 50% increase in 2023 in the number of suspects fleeing by car without being chased, and an even further increase in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0478.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000600\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0478.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0478.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0478-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0478-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0478-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0478-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0478-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell (center) speaks at a news conference on Aug. 16, 2024. Mitchell has been advocating for months to lift the restrictions put in place in 2022 after a series of deaths related to high-speed chases. \u003ccite>(Brian Krans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom echoed Mitchell’s concerns, telling then-Mayor Sheng Thao, the City Council and the Police Commission \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/07/26/governor-newsom-urges-oakland-to-reconsider-policy-that-limits-police-pursuits/\">in a letter\u003c/a> that Oakland’s pursuit restrictions allowed criminals to flee “with impunity.” He urged the city to remove its special order, which was more restrictive than most California jurisdictions’ chase policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Newsom, California Highway Patrol officers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993611/newsom-to-quadruple-chp-deployment-in-oakland-ramping-up-states-policing-role\">he sent to Oakland\u003c/a> that spring to counter rising crime, sideshows and carjackings had reported that criminals were avoiding arrest by fleeing via specific routes where they knew OPD would discontinue pursuits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said that while he understood the policy aimed to protect bystanders during a pursuit, “there is also extreme danger to the public in allowing criminals to act with impunity, and the reckless driving associated with sideshows and other criminal acts is a significant threat to public safety.”[aside postID=news_12043904 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/CHP-Getty-1020x680.jpg']In May, Mitchell submitted a request to rescind the special order and change some language in the city’s pursuit policy. In August, he amended the request, tightening some of the changed language specifying when an officer must report that they have begun a high-speed pursuit based on feedback from the city attorney’s office, Police Commission and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the revisions, many speakers at Thursday’s commission meeting urged the body not to loosen chase rules, saying it could increase the number of police chase-related deaths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The current policy is restrictive, as it should be,” one man said during public comment, pointing to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2024/police-chases-database/\">research conducted by the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>\u003c/a> that found more than 25% of those killed in pursuits across the U.S. were bystanders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This doesn’t call in more justice; if anything it may lead to more grief,” he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man said he had previously worked with Marvin Boomer, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042539/after-fatal-chp-pursuit-crash-oakland-police-watchdog-says-systemic-changes-are-needed\">veteran Oakland teacher who was struck and killed\u003c/a> by a driver fleeing a police chase just days after Mitchell’s request in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boomer and his girlfriend \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042178/oakland-chp-pursuit-crash-kills-a-beloved-teacher-renewing-debate-over-police-chases\">were hit\u003c/a> while walking along a sidewalk in the Clinton-San Antonio neighborhood on May 28, after CHP officers chased 18-year-old Eric Scott Hernandez-Garcia, who was driving a vehicle they said was associated with a “felony evading incident.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CHP officers, who aren’t bound by Oakland’s stricter regulations, first initiated and discontinued a short chase, then picked it back up at a second location after Hernandez-Garcia briefly exited the car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seconds into the second chase, Hernandez-Garcia hit a minivan, causing minor injuries to its passengers, and the CHP again called off their pursuit. He continued to drive east, where he smashed into a fire hydrant and hit the couple on East 21st Street and 12th Avenue. Boomer was pronounced dead at the scene, and his girlfriend was taken to a hospital for treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, Cat Brooks, co-founder and executive director of the Anti-Police Terror Project, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043904/oakland-watchdogs-say-chp-should-follow-opd-pursuit-policy-following-deadly-crash'\">cautioned against loosening the OPD policy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Police high-speed chases kill more people every year than tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and lightning combined,” she said. “They do not prevent crime. They do not solve crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Oakland branch of the NAACP announced Monday that it is partnering with the city and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-police-department\">police department\u003c/a> to recruit new officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference alongside Councilmember Charlene Wang and representatives from Mayor Barbara Lee’s office, local NAACP leaders said volunteers will visit churches and community events to encourage residents to apply to join the force, which is still struggling to emerge from more than 20 years of federal \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/files/assets/city/v/1/police/documents/opd-policies-and-resources/police-conduct-report-and-reforms-2003/background-fact-sheet-on-negotiated-settlement-agreement.pdf\">oversight\u003c/a>. The department was placed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101891855/oakland-police-departments-brutality-corruption-and-cover-up-and-long-road-toward-reform\">under consent decree in 2003\u003c/a> after more than 100 Oakland citizens alleged sadistic beatings, evidence tampering and other abuses by a group of OPD officers known as the Riders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now, I know there are many people out there wondering why in the world is the NAACP partnering with OPD, given some of the negative and bad history of OPD in this community,” said retired Alameda County Superior Court Judge Brenda Harbin-Forte, a member of the NAACP executive committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harbin-Forte explained that most of the victims she saw while on the criminal court bench were African Americans and other people of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are partnering because our community needs the help, and the NAACP is a community organization.\u003cem>”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to OPD, the department currently has 644 sworn officers, including 511 available for full-duty, far below the 877, a recent city-commissioned \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/files/assets/city/v/1/inspector-general/documents/published-reports/pfm-opd-staffing-study.pdf\">study\u003c/a> said are needed. Last week, OPD \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/News-Releases/Police/OPD-Reassigns-Traffic-Officers-to-Strengthen-Patrol-Coverage?\">announced\u003c/a> it would reassign half a dozen traffic cops to patrol duty due to ongoing staffing challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027694\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Left to right) Kara Murray-Badal, Charlene Wang and Kanitha Matoury discuss issues facing voters as they run for a vacant City Council seat at a public forum hosted by Greenbelt Alliance, Housing Action Coalition and East Bay for Everyone, in downtown Oakland, California, on Feb. 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wang, who chairs the city’s Public Safety Committee, said those challenges feel personal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I still think about the three police officers that came to me in 2018 and saved my life,” she said, describing how she survived an incident of domestic violence. “We need hometown heroes … If you act with integrity, if you want to help us solve this crime, please sign up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee’s office said the recruitment push will draw from existing budget allocations, including funds for five police academies and marketing to fill them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mayor Lee is committed to getting to 700 officers as approved by voters under the NN Measure,” said Rev. Damita Davis-Howard, Lee’s public safety director.[aside postID=news_12053148 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250821-OAK-CHINATOWN-ROBBERIES-MD-01-KQED.jpg']Oakland’s NAACP is not completely alone in its decision to help lead a police recruiting campaign — a Baltimore County chapter made a similar \u003ca href=\"https://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/departments/police/news/baltimore-county-police-department-and-randallstown-naacp-launch-innovative\">commitment\u003c/a> in December. But the Bay Area group’s recent positions on public safety have drawn heat from other Black leaders in Oakland who have \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2023/09/20/oakland-naacp-hijacked-conservative-black-community-leaders/\">criticized \u003c/a>the NAACP for aligning with conservative political voices, spreading \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/06/24/nx-s1-5018077/black-activists-in-oakland-blame-the-local-naacp-branch-for-misinformation-on-crime\">misinformation \u003c/a>and deviating from the national NAACP’s traditional role as a police watchdog and advocate for reform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, the group \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/content/files/2023/07/oakland-naacp-op-ed-crime-7272023.pdf?\">called\u003c/a> for a “state of emergency” over rising crime, which members blamed on antipolice rhetoric and progressive politics. Harbin-Forte also led the recall effort against \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009524/two-big-recall-elections-in-the-east-bay\">former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao\u003c/a>, until she stepped down to run for Oakland city attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Carroll Fife is critical of Oakland’s NAACP leadership but said that she believes Lee “is doing exactly what she was elected to do” in bringing people together, even those with disparate voices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland NAACP President Cynthia Adams agreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are a nonpartisan organization,” she said. “We’re here to make sure that our city is safe for everyone. No more division in Oakland. It’s over as of this day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next police academy class begins Nov. 8, and city officials said they hope to fill all 40 seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sept. 26: A previous version of this story incorrectly said Harbin-Forte led the recall effort against former Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price. She led the recall campaign against former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, which was backed by the Oakland NAACP. The story has been edited to correct the inaccuracy.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Oakland branch of the NAACP announced Monday that it is partnering with the city and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-police-department\">police department\u003c/a> to recruit new officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference alongside Councilmember Charlene Wang and representatives from Mayor Barbara Lee’s office, local NAACP leaders said volunteers will visit churches and community events to encourage residents to apply to join the force, which is still struggling to emerge from more than 20 years of federal \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/files/assets/city/v/1/police/documents/opd-policies-and-resources/police-conduct-report-and-reforms-2003/background-fact-sheet-on-negotiated-settlement-agreement.pdf\">oversight\u003c/a>. The department was placed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101891855/oakland-police-departments-brutality-corruption-and-cover-up-and-long-road-toward-reform\">under consent decree in 2003\u003c/a> after more than 100 Oakland citizens alleged sadistic beatings, evidence tampering and other abuses by a group of OPD officers known as the Riders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now, I know there are many people out there wondering why in the world is the NAACP partnering with OPD, given some of the negative and bad history of OPD in this community,” said retired Alameda County Superior Court Judge Brenda Harbin-Forte, a member of the NAACP executive committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harbin-Forte explained that most of the victims she saw while on the criminal court bench were African Americans and other people of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are partnering because our community needs the help, and the NAACP is a community organization.\u003cem>”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to OPD, the department currently has 644 sworn officers, including 511 available for full-duty, far below the 877, a recent city-commissioned \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/files/assets/city/v/1/inspector-general/documents/published-reports/pfm-opd-staffing-study.pdf\">study\u003c/a> said are needed. Last week, OPD \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/News-Releases/Police/OPD-Reassigns-Traffic-Officers-to-Strengthen-Patrol-Coverage?\">announced\u003c/a> it would reassign half a dozen traffic cops to patrol duty due to ongoing staffing challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027694\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Left to right) Kara Murray-Badal, Charlene Wang and Kanitha Matoury discuss issues facing voters as they run for a vacant City Council seat at a public forum hosted by Greenbelt Alliance, Housing Action Coalition and East Bay for Everyone, in downtown Oakland, California, on Feb. 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wang, who chairs the city’s Public Safety Committee, said those challenges feel personal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I still think about the three police officers that came to me in 2018 and saved my life,” she said, describing how she survived an incident of domestic violence. “We need hometown heroes … If you act with integrity, if you want to help us solve this crime, please sign up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee’s office said the recruitment push will draw from existing budget allocations, including funds for five police academies and marketing to fill them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mayor Lee is committed to getting to 700 officers as approved by voters under the NN Measure,” said Rev. Damita Davis-Howard, Lee’s public safety director.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Oakland’s NAACP is not completely alone in its decision to help lead a police recruiting campaign — a Baltimore County chapter made a similar \u003ca href=\"https://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/departments/police/news/baltimore-county-police-department-and-randallstown-naacp-launch-innovative\">commitment\u003c/a> in December. But the Bay Area group’s recent positions on public safety have drawn heat from other Black leaders in Oakland who have \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2023/09/20/oakland-naacp-hijacked-conservative-black-community-leaders/\">criticized \u003c/a>the NAACP for aligning with conservative political voices, spreading \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/06/24/nx-s1-5018077/black-activists-in-oakland-blame-the-local-naacp-branch-for-misinformation-on-crime\">misinformation \u003c/a>and deviating from the national NAACP’s traditional role as a police watchdog and advocate for reform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, the group \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/content/files/2023/07/oakland-naacp-op-ed-crime-7272023.pdf?\">called\u003c/a> for a “state of emergency” over rising crime, which members blamed on antipolice rhetoric and progressive politics. Harbin-Forte also led the recall effort against \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009524/two-big-recall-elections-in-the-east-bay\">former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao\u003c/a>, until she stepped down to run for Oakland city attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Carroll Fife is critical of Oakland’s NAACP leadership but said that she believes Lee “is doing exactly what she was elected to do” in bringing people together, even those with disparate voices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland NAACP President Cynthia Adams agreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are a nonpartisan organization,” she said. “We’re here to make sure that our city is safe for everyone. No more division in Oakland. It’s over as of this day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next police academy class begins Nov. 8, and city officials said they hope to fill all 40 seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sept. 26: A previous version of this story incorrectly said Harbin-Forte led the recall effort against former Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price. She led the recall campaign against former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, which was backed by the Oakland NAACP. The story has been edited to correct the inaccuracy.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Two months after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a>’s city auditor identified over $1.6 million in excess overtime, the city has continued the payments as it attempts to locate documents that show they are authorized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028114/audit-finds-overtime-waste-in-oakland-suggesting-a-widespread-spending-problem\">city auditor\u003c/a>’s investigation, which was prompted by a July 2023 anonymous whistleblower complaint, found the city overpaid dozens of employees in the departments of transportation and public works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandauditor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250202_FLSA-Investigation-Report_FINAL.pdf\">a report released Feb. 20\u003c/a>, the investigation reviewed payroll records dating back to 2018 and found the city used formulas for calculating overtime that exceeded federal guidelines established by the Fair Labor Standards Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report cited one example of an employee whose annual salary was $127,691.20, and who received $3,885.16 in payment for a one-week period as opposed to the $538.32 required by the FLSA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At an April 22 meeting of the Oakland City Council’s Finance and Management Committee, city officials responded to the auditor’s investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’ve programmed does not align with the federal standard, but it is not illegal and it’s not inappropriate as long as it’s been duly authorized,” Oakland Finance Director Erin Roseman told the committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10920662\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10920662 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/oakland1920a.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland aerial view.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/oakland1920a.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/oakland1920a-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/oakland1920a-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/oakland1920a-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/oakland1920a-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of Oakland. \u003ccite>(James Daisa/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roseman said city officials were attempting to review a multitude of documents, including legal settlements, side letters and MOUs with labor unions, to ensure the payments comply with city agreements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Staff are going through paper files and emails because the 2023 ransomware attack on the city’s computer systems had cut off access to certain documents, Roseman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the auditor’s review of MOUs, Oakland’s city charter, municipal code and city ordinances did not find justification for the payments, the report states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody is arguing that cities can’t be more generous than what the law requires,” Michael Houston, Oakland’s City Auditor, told KQED in an interview. “The problem is that — well, one problem is that there’s no basis on which they are paying in such excess of what the law requires.”[aside postID=news_12037649 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-02_qed-1020x680.jpg']“It would need to be approved. Any kind of overtime pay would have had to have been approved by the City Council or part of the labor negotiations,” he added. “You can’t just decide; a process needs to be followed. Otherwise, it’s a gift of public funds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Houston said his office consulted the city attorney’s office throughout the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We investigated this matter for over a year and requested authorizing documents, and didn’t receive any. If there were such documents, I would have hoped that they would have found them over the course of the year,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city auditor’s office plans to present the findings of its investigation to the full city council on May 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, the city is facing an $87 million shortfall in this year’s budget and a $265 million deficit projected over the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins was expected to release a proposed FY 2025-27 budget today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in a press release Wednesday evening, the city announced it was pushing the date back four days to, “allow for the briefing and input of incoming elected officials and other key stakeholders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is legally required to pass a balanced budget by June 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland City Administrator Jestin Johnson said at the April 22 meeting that Oakland pays city employees more than the minimum required, and that rates are driven by the city’s agreements with labor unions. He said the city was consulting an outside expert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When this item first came up, we worked very closely with the office of the city attorney, who identified an external resource that can actually help us parse through the real answer to the question, is if, whether or not the calculations are correct,” Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for the city attorney’s office confirmed that it is contracting with the employment and labor relations law firm Liebert Cassidy Whitmore to advise the city on the auditor’s report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038313\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038313\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/001_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/001_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/001_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/001_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/001_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/001_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/001_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland City Council Member Janani Ramachandran in Oakland on June 26, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The spokesperson declined to describe exactly what the firm is looking into, citing attorney-client privilege and the city administrator’s ability to act in the best interest of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear how much the city is paying the law firm. Oakland’s city administrator has the authority to spend under $250,000 without approval from the City Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know why we would need to verify information from an independent auditor that the city already has and pays for and that voters elect,” City Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, who chairs the Finance and Management Committee, said in an interview. “It’s like questioning the independence and veracity of what he’s doing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramachandran and Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan asked during the meeting whether the city was still using the same formulas two months after the city auditor identified them as unauthorized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roseman said the city is waiting to hear from the outside law firm before making any changes.[aside postID=news_12038227 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OUSD-OFFICE-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg']“My jaw dropped,” Ramachandran said. “Why on Earth are we not moving forward with rectifying the problem immediately? That just blew my mind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the auditor’s report, the city made the payments to 158 employees in the city’s Department of Transportation and 368 employees in the Public Works Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Houston said his office had no reason to believe the problem was limited to just the two departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s what we were able to absolutely confirm,” but he noted, “The calculation applies citywide, and it could be a much bigger number.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramachandran said she was interested in expanding the investigation of overtime pay formulas to the city’s other departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee said she was alarmed by the findings of the city auditor’s investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Under no circumstances should taxpayer dollars be spent improperly, without oversight, or in a manner that lacks transparency and accountability,” Lee said. “As Mayor, I will work closely with City administration and other City leaders to strengthen oversight, and push for the formal adoption of an authoritative overtime pay calculation — and make City payroll, spending systems, and formulas more transparent to the public across all departments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036986\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036986\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee holds a press conference in Oakland on April 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The report recommends a citywide review of overtime formulas, but Houston said his office does not have the capacity to conduct such a review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Zac Unger requested that Johnson ask the law firm to look into overtime formulas for sworn employees, such as police and fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city attorney’s office spokesperson declined to say whether or not that was a possibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m very concerned because we don’t have a single penny to waste,” Ramachandran said. “And every dollar means something, regardless of how much it is. This is an example of mismanagement of taxpayer dollars, and it needs to be rectified as soon as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Oakland City Administrator Dan Lindheim said any potential waste is likely to be a political issue rather than a financial one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If people believe you’re wasting public money, they’re not going to vote for a sales tax or a parcel tax,” he said. “So it’s really an issue of trust rather than the actual dollar amount in this particular case. But if this goes much further. If there’s miscalculations of overtime in [Oakland Police Department], then that could be a big number.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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