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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. 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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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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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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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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\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.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“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.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“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>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The arraignment of a man accused of punching an Oakland police officer in an unprovoked attack last week was called off after he refused to appear in court on Wednesday for the reading of his charges, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/alameda-county\">Alameda County\u003c/a> district attorney’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawrence Holley, 48, was arrested Friday afternoon near 104th Avenue and International Boulevard on suspicion of assaulting an Oakland police officer, who was sitting in his patrol vehicle when Holley came up to his window and began repeatedly punching him, prosecutors say. Holley was taken to Santa Rita Jail with bail set at $150,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holley, who was on felony probation at the time of the attack, is charged with felony assault likely to cause great bodily injury, resisting a police officer and causing injury, according to Alameda County \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024318/alameda-countys-next-da-will-be-named-today-heres-what-to-know\">District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson\u003c/a> — charges that drew praise from the Oakland police officers union. His arraignment was rescheduled for Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we are asking the police to protect us, then we must also protect them when they are the victim of an unprovoked assault,” Jones Dickson, who campaigned on a promise to improve public safety, said in a statement on Tuesday. “Today, we have filed felony assault charges that reflect the outrageous nature and seriousness of the case.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huy Nguyen, president of the Oakland Police Officers Association, said Jones Dickson is showing people that “there is a new district attorney in the county.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027613\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12027613 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-07.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-07-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-07-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-07-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-07-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-07-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson speaks during a press conference at the René C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland on Feb. 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The attack reveals some of the more serious safety concerns facing law enforcement in the city, Nguyen said. The Oakland Police Department is understaffed and lacks sufficient support from city leaders, he noted, adding that the relationship between OPD and Oakland residents is strained because the city is not investing in public safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of Oakland is facing a $130 million budget deficit, and efforts to mitigate the shortfall have resulted in sweeping cuts to city services, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017244/oaklands-budget-crisis-forcing-police-fire-cuts-more-will-be-needed\">Police Department\u003c/a>. Last year, the city announced that it would be laying off several non-sworn Police Department employees, curbing overtime spending and closing two police academies for the remainder of the fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OPD has contracted from more than 800 officers a few years ago to 675, and because more than 100 officers are out on leave, the number that can actually respond to calls for service is much lower, Nguyen said.[aside postID=news_12033381 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00156_qed-1020x680.jpg']“The Police Department continues to shrink, and it creates a much more challenging work environment for our officers,” he said. “We’re unable to respond to calls from community members. That’s an issue that we need to fix, especially if we want to gain their trust.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When officers fail to respond to calls or respond too late, the tension between residents and officers only gets worse, Nguyen said, adding that last week’s attack suggests that people are less concerned about being held accountable for their actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The situation is dire for both residents and officers who might be targeted amid mounting frustrations, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s violent crime rate, which includes homicide, aggravated assault, rape and robbery, was nearly 20% lower last year than the year prior, falling from 7,900 violent crimes to 6,361, according to OPD’s \u003ca href=\"https://cityofoakland2.app.box.com/s/sjiq7usfy27gy9dfe51hp8arz5l1ixad/file/1743494392012\">end-of-year crime report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Nguyen said that comparing crime rates to record highs is not an indicator that public safety is improving. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“The Police Department continues to shrink, and it creates a much more challenging work environment for our officers,” he said. “We’re unable to respond to calls from community members. That’s an issue that we need to fix, especially if we want to gain their trust.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When officers fail to respond to calls or respond too late, the tension between residents and officers only gets worse, Nguyen said, adding that last week’s attack suggests that people are less concerned about being held accountable for their actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The situation is dire for both residents and officers who might be targeted amid mounting frustrations, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s violent crime rate, which includes homicide, aggravated assault, rape and robbery, was nearly 20% lower last year than the year prior, falling from 7,900 violent crimes to 6,361, according to OPD’s \u003ca href=\"https://cityofoakland2.app.box.com/s/sjiq7usfy27gy9dfe51hp8arz5l1ixad/file/1743494392012\">end-of-year crime report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Nguyen said that comparing crime rates to record highs is not an indicator that public safety is improving. The focus instead should be on making Oakland a place where people feel safe and comfortable, and that is not the case, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our community members don’t see what our officers are facing, but we also understand the challenges our community members are facing,” Nguyen said. “I understand the frustration when they call, and we don’t respond in a timely manner.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/bkrans\">\u003cem>Brian Krans\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Early results show former Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/alameda/oakland#city-council-member-at-large\">behind in his bid for City Council\u003c/a>, trailing Rowena Brown by just over 9 percentage points in a ranked choice matchup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alameda County Registrar of Voters told KQED that less than 25% of votes have been counted. Results are expected to be updated by the end of Thursday, and certification could take two to three weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been here before and patience will be needed as many more ballots need to be counted,” Brown, the legislative director for Assemblymember Mia Bonta, posted on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DCCLlX2v4v0/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&img_index=1\">social media\u003c/a> on Wednesday morning. “Looking nationally, let’s hold our heads high and know that our collective power will move us through the next four years. We are warriors and we got this. We will rest in this moment, but let’s be ready in 2025.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the first round of ranked choice voting, Brown led Armstrong by about half a point, 28.3% to 27.8%. Charlene Wang, a former Biden-Harris official with an environmentalist background, came in third with 20% of first-choice votes in early returns. As candidates were eliminated in subsequent rounds of the ranked choice instant runoff, a large portion of Wang’s votes went to Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candidates were running for a seat left vacant by Rebecca Kaplan, the incumbent who chose not to run for reelection. The at-large seat has no special powers compared to the other City Council members. However, unlike the seven district seats, the at-large member represents the entire city of Oakland. This elected official has the leeway to take a broad view of the city’s daunting challenges, which may include recalls of the mayor and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price.[aside label=\"Live 2024 Election Results\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/bayarea,Learn about the results for every single race and measure across the nine Bay Area counties' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/10/Aside-Results-Bay-Area-2024-Primary-Election-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campaign to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao gained steam with her decision to fire Armstrong, a lifelong Oaklander who steadily rose up the police department’s ranks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Armstrong was raised in West Oakland and appointed police chief in 2021 by former Mayor Libby Schaaf. At the time, he was welcomed as a homegrown success story who could bring reform and stability to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11940412/oaklands-police-chief-and-the-long-road-to-police-reform\">the long-embattled department\u003c/a>. In 2023, then-newly appointed Mayor Thao fired Armstrong over his response to an investigation into officer misconduct. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11961636/report-recommends-oakland-mayor-consider-reinstating-former-police-chief-leronne-armstrong\">An arbiter later largely cleared Armstrong\u003c/a> of wrongdoing, and he \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11974985/former-oakland-police-chief-leronne-armstrong-sues-city-for-wrongful-termination\">sued the city\u003c/a>, alleging he was fired illegally. That case is ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If anyone is wrong in any way, they should advocate for themselves and seek vindication. And that’s what I’m doing with my lawsuit,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987400/former-oakland-police-chief-announces-run-for-city-council\">Armstrong told KQED in May\u003c/a>. “I don’t think that has any impact on my ability to serve the city of Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to her website, Brown is an East Bay native and a “Black and Queer woman who lost both of her parents by the age of 17.” Before joining Bonta’s office, which represents Alameda and Oakland in Sacramento, Brown worked as a staffer for former Councilmember Loren Taylor and as an 8th-grade teacher. Brown earned endorsements from both Bonta and her husband, the state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta, as well as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012363/lateefah-simon-leads-race-to-succeed-barbara-lee-in-californias-12th-congressional-district\">Lateefah Simon\u003c/a>, who is leading the race for the 12th District congressional seat formerly held by Rep. Barbara Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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A few turned violent, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101857514/after-trump-victory-protest-conflict-at-bay-area-schools\">including at some schools across the region\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a lot of vandalism, destruction, things set on fire, things like that,” said Huy Nguyen, president of the Oakland Police Officers’ Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Law enforcement agencies are calling for peaceful demonstrations this week should there be similar unrest as election results roll in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our officers are out there to help make sure that every resident out there has the opportunity to express their First Amendment right, the freedom of speech,” Nguyen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12012625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12012625\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/161109_OaklandProtest_bhs08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/161109_OaklandProtest_bhs08.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/161109_OaklandProtest_bhs08-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/161109_OaklandProtest_bhs08-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/161109_OaklandProtest_bhs08-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/161109_OaklandProtest_bhs08-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of people attended the anti-Trump protest in Oakland, California, on Nov. 9, 2016 \u003ccite>(Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Police Department, which \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/donald-trump-protest-oakland-protests/1599421/\">dealt with vandalism, Molotov cocktails and fires\u003c/a> in 2016, said it plans to provide extra staffing this year “to facilitate people’s rights to peaceful gatherings and to address any crime-related incidents.” The department also said it’s coordinating with law enforcement agencies in other cities, “enabling a regional response if needed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some buildings in downtown Oakland were reportedly boarded up Monday night, and Oakland police headquarters was surrounded by barricades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley Police Department declined to share its plans to address potential civil unrest, but a spokesperson said the department is unaware of any specific threats or large-scale events related to the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the police department said its stations are fully staffed and prepared to respond to emergencies on the day and night of Tuesday’s election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are welcome to exercise their First Amendment rights. We will not tolerate acts of violence nor the destruction of property,” a spokesperson for SFPD said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/SanJosePD/status/1851388772535132217\">In a statement on social media platform X\u003c/a>, the San José Police Department said it won’t be sending officers to polling locations but that it’s in close contact with the registrar of voters to ensure a safe voting environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Bay Area schools are also preparing for potential demonstrations in the coming days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"From the 2024 Voter Guide\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/president,Learn about the U.S. Presidential Election' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/09/Aside-Presidential-2024-General-Election-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Sonoma State University, school staff and campus police officers recently participated in a preparation exercise with local and state agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some states have \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/02/us/washington-oregon-nevada-national-guard-election/index.html\">National Guard troops on standby\u003c/a>, including Washington and Oregon, where officials say \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011898/after-ballot-box-fires-elsewhere-bay-area-elections-officials-urge-trust-in-the-vote\">hundreds of ballots were damaged\u003c/a> or destroyed after three ballot boxes were set on fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, Gov. 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Understand what precautions have been put in place, understand that location in terms of exits and where you will be situated,” said Stephanie Cyr, faculty lecturer of personal defense at San Francisco State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re out there, she said, stay aware and use your internal alarm system, as things can change quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Listen to your gut. Take a look around. Always, even when you’re relaxed and alert, you should be scanning your environment,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a protest turns violent, Cyr’s advice is simple: run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Walker allegedly told them he was an OPD officer driving home after getting off from work. During field sobriety tests, law enforcement observed “red and watery eyes, slow and slurred speech, and a noticeable odor of alcohol emanating from his breath and person,” according to court documents. His blood alcohol was recorded at 0.28%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following month, he was stopped again — this time while driving a patrol vehicle — and again failed field and blood-alcohol level tests, according to Price’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='pamela-price']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her letter to Chief Floyd Mitchell, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11980455/oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-appoints-floyd-mitchell-as-new-police-chief\">hired\u003c/a> in the spring after more than a yearlong search, and Acting Chief James Beere, who is temporarily leading the department while Mitchell completes state-mandated training, Price said she wants them to develop and implement clear policies related to on- and off-duty intoxication, citing OPD’s “documented history of mishandling disciplinary matters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As you know, my office cannot act to hold officers appropriately accountable if the responsible agency does not conduct a prompt and thorough investigation of the officers’ behavior,” Price said. “Having police officers intoxicated while on or off-duty represents a clear and present danger to the officer and the public.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, in the latest chapter of OPD’s more than 20-year struggle to emerge from federal oversight following a police misconduct settlement in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11910447/from-scandal-to-scrutiny-how-vigilant-citizen-oversight-helped-reshape-oaklands-police-force\">Riders case\u003c/a>, a court ordered the chief of police to personally oversee the department’s investigations into OPD officers. 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OPD still has yet to complete the last two of 55 court-ordered reforms related to the internal affairs investigations of officers suspected of on-the-job misconduct and ensuring that officers are disciplined consistently regardless of their race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Price has said tension with the county’s police unions stems from her bringing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009076/mario-gonzalez-supporters-call-das-error-a-shame-as-2-officers-avoid-charges\">criminal charges against law enforcement officers\u003c/a> who killed civilians in the line of duty, something Price’s predecessor Nancy O’Malley did once during her nearly 14 years in office. Police unions have accused her of failing to hold criminals accountable for their actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, an OPD spokesperson said neither Chief Mitchell nor Assistant Chief Beere had received the letter from the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. The department said it’s aware of the allegations made against its members and is cooperating with our outside law enforcement agencies on each case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The employees in question were placed on administrative leave in June of 2023 and October of 2023, and the matters are under investigation,” the statement read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Police Officers Association did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Court records show Harley is due in court on Oct. 31 for arraignment. Walker next appears on Nov. 8 for a pretrial hearing related to his two DUIs, which have been consolidated into one case.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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