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Advocates, long seeking funding, hope its new historic designation will spur action before it’s too late.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I am ecstatic,” said Feleciai Favroth, treasurer of the Oakland Heritage Alliance, which submitted the station’s nomination.“ This could be the key to make the station a viable rehab project.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond recognition, the listing makes the station eligible for a 20% federal income tax credit for restoration costs. Similar incentives have helped revive \u003ca href=\"https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=29847\">Bay Area landmarks\u003c/a> such as Oakland’s Fox Theater and Richmond’s Ford Assembly Plant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024827\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12024827 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/004_KQED_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/004_KQED_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/004_KQED_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/004_KQED_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/004_KQED_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/004_KQED_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/004_KQED_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weeds grow through cracks in the pavement near the 16th Street Station Signal Tower in West Oakland on Feb.16, 2022. From its website: The Signal Tower, which is still on site, served as the train traffic controller. It was built in 1913 and was twice the size of most signal towers of its age. The base is made of concrete rather than wood, another unusual feature. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“ The bottom line of the tax credit is it just makes things much more financially feasible and attractive for developers,” said Kara Brunzell, an architectural historian who worked on the nomination for the station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although this is a moment to celebrate, Favroth acknowledges the challenge remains: securing funding for the station’s $50 million seismic retrofit and restoration costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ Just because we’re on the registry doesn’t mean the station is saved,” Favroth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11910890 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/16thStreetStationOakland_02162022-qut-672x372.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite multiple owners over the decades, none have secured the funds necessary to restore the station. The current owner, City Ventures, has a pending application with the city of Oakland to build a 77-unit townhome-style development, “Signal House,” around the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under review since May 2023, the proposal excludes station rehabilitation. 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"content": "\u003cp>Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, who was recalled from office in the November election, has been charged with eight counts of conspiracy and bribery. Last week, federal officials unsealed an indictment which includes Thao, her longtime romantic partner, and two prominent businessmen affiliated with the city’s recycling contractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC9450016544\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:29] So seeing a headline like the former mayor of Oakland has been indicted and charged, I mean, that’s a huge, huge deal. What happened here, Alex?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:01:48] Last week on Thursday, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that Thao had been indicted, citing an unnamed source.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:57] Alex Hall is a reporter for KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:02:00] Roughly the same time, we received notification from the U.S. Attorney’s office that they were planning to make an announcement about a significant law enforcement action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Patrick Robbins \u003c/strong>[00:02:11] Good morning. My name is Patrick Robbins. I’m the first assistant U.S. attorney here in the northern district of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:02:18] So last Friday, we went to the press conference, which took place at the federal building in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Patrick Robbins \u003c/strong>[00:02:26] Before I describe the details of the indictment, I want to emphasize one thing. What I’m about to describe are just allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:02:34] And the announcement that they made was that they were unsealing an eight count indictment charging former Mayor Thao, her longtime boyfriend, Andre Jones, and two businessman, father and son, David and Andy Duong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Patrick Robbins \u003c/strong>[00:02:47] The indictment returned by the grand jury, describes a corrupt scheme in which the defendants used bribes, mail fraud, wire fraud and other illegal practices to manipulate and corruptly influence the levers of local government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:03:02] They said that the investigation had been going on for years and that it started with a tip from the Oakland Ethics Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:03:14] So let’s talk about the indictment itself, Alex. What does it accuse former Mayor Sheng Thao of? Specifically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:03:21] The indictment describes an alleged corruption scheme in which the feds say that Thao agreed to take certain actions as mayor that would benefit the Huang’s if she were elected, and in exchange that Duong allegedly funded negative campaign mailers targeting her opponents. And Jones was allegedly paid tens of thousands of dollars for a no show job with the promise of even more money that prosecutors say would benefit Jones And how? The feds allege that this so-called pay to play scheme started in the lead up to the 2022 mayoral election, and that Towle promised to do a number of things once she was in office. One was committing the city of Oakland to use public money to purchase housing units from the Duongs housing Company. Another was extending the city of Oakland’s contract with the Duong recycling company, California Waste Solutions. She also allegedly agreed to appoint city officials selected by the drawings and an unnamed coconspirator in the indictment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:34] There are several people who are being charged here. Let’s start with Andre Jones, her longtime partner. What exactly is he being accused of?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:04:45] Jones alleged involvement in this so called pay to play scheme was receiving money from the Duongs and an unnamed coconspirator in the indictment for a no show job. Basically, it’s a paid position that requires an individual to perform duties for which no work or attendance is actually expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:09] And who exactly are the Duongs? Alex Because we’ve been talking about them a lot here. Tell us a little bit more about them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:05:19] Yeah. So the Duong family owns California Waste Solutions, which is Oakland’s curbside recycling provider. The company’s CEO is David Duong and he runs the company with other members of his family. The Duongs are major political donors. They regularly donate to candidates at the local, state and federal level. David Duong son Andy Duong is kind of a flashy guy. If you look at his Instagram account, he has a lot of photos of himself posing with big name politicians and living this kind of lavish lifestyle. There’s a photo of him on a yacht with the caption, Another day, another yacht, him posing in a limo with the Bontas, photos with Gavin Newsom. Xavier Becerra, Barbara Lee, the Duongs, David and Andy Duong in this indictment are accused of bribery and many of the same charges that Thao and Jones are accused of. With the exception that Andy Duong is also accused of making false statements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:30] I mean, Alex, you. You’ve just painted. I feel like a mean a very shocking picture of a mayor who it sounds like is being accused of essentially abusing her political power. What has Thao said so far in response to what is in the indictment?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:06:51] I mean, I think it is important to point out these are just allegations. She herself hasn’t said anything publicly, but her attorney did address the media following her arraignment in Oakland on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Jeff Tsai \u003c/strong>[00:07:02] Name is Jeff Tsai. I am counsel on behalf of Mayor Thao. We just have a short statement. Today’s indictment and the press conference that was held by the government earlier this morning was successful in grabbing headlines. But what it did not do was serve the ends of justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:07:18] Tsai also questioned the timing of the indictment, but it has amplified how politicized this case may be being perceived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Jeff Tsai \u003c/strong>[00:07:26] In this case. The case is built on allegations from an unknown coconspirator that we believe, when the evidence is revealed, will show that my client has committed no crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:07:39] He also mentioned the Justice manual and how the government is obligated to be careful in how they when they’re prosecuting a case so as not to influence the outcome of an election. And that’s something that we heard quite a bit from Thao herself last year as she was on the campaign trail fighting the recall effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:05] Of course, this is just the beginning. And as you mentioned, there’s a whole process that needs to unfold. All these folks who will have their day in court. But what would the consequences be if Thao and Jones and the Duongs are, in fact, found guilty here? Like what could prison time look like for these these folks?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:08:25] I mean, it depends. Any one of the defendants could decide to work out a plea deal and admit to some or all of the charges in order to avoid going to trial. Each of the six counts that Thao is charged with carries a maximum possible sentence of five, 10 or 20 years. So technically, if she were convicted on all counts, she could face a sentence of decades in prison. But, you know, it’s hard to say how realistic that is or whether it would actually happen. You know, maybe she could pay a fine or face a different type of penalty. At this point, it’s really early in the process to predict what’s at the end of that road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:09:16] I mean, what’s the reaction been so far?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:09:30] Well, this city has been pretty quiet. I reached out to a couple of people in the mayor’s office who declined to comment. I reached out to all members of the city council. Didn’t hear back from really anyone except for council member Janani Ramachandran, who said that, you know, this is a blow to public trust at a time when trust is already low. Oakland is getting ready to choose a new mayor in a few months in an April special election. And candidates who are running for mayor to fill those shoes were pretty vocal following this announcement on Friday. You know, and in the indictment, it talks about how the Duongs and Thao allegedly conspired to print these mailers to target Thao’s opponents. One of those individuals was Loren Taylor, former city council member, who, if you remember, very narrowly lost to Thao in the 2022 mayoral election. When I talked to him, he said that, you know, this really reinforces the distrust that a lot of people in Oakland already have about local government. And he said that it’s going to take a lot to restore that trust. Recently retired East Bay Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who recently announced she’s entering the race, sent out an emailed statement in which she called the allegations devastating. 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I’m the first assistant U.S. attorney here in the northern district of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:02:18] So last Friday, we went to the press conference, which took place at the federal building in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Patrick Robbins \u003c/strong>[00:02:26] Before I describe the details of the indictment, I want to emphasize one thing. What I’m about to describe are just allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:02:34] And the announcement that they made was that they were unsealing an eight count indictment charging former Mayor Thao, her longtime boyfriend, Andre Jones, and two businessman, father and son, David and Andy Duong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Patrick Robbins \u003c/strong>[00:02:47] The indictment returned by the grand jury, describes a corrupt scheme in which the defendants used bribes, mail fraud, wire fraud and other illegal practices to manipulate and corruptly influence the levers of local government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:03:02] They said that the investigation had been going on for years and that it started with a tip from the Oakland Ethics Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:03:14] So let’s talk about the indictment itself, Alex. What does it accuse former Mayor Sheng Thao of? Specifically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:03:21] The indictment describes an alleged corruption scheme in which the feds say that Thao agreed to take certain actions as mayor that would benefit the Huang’s if she were elected, and in exchange that Duong allegedly funded negative campaign mailers targeting her opponents. And Jones was allegedly paid tens of thousands of dollars for a no show job with the promise of even more money that prosecutors say would benefit Jones And how? The feds allege that this so-called pay to play scheme started in the lead up to the 2022 mayoral election, and that Towle promised to do a number of things once she was in office. One was committing the city of Oakland to use public money to purchase housing units from the Duongs housing Company. 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Basically, it’s a paid position that requires an individual to perform duties for which no work or attendance is actually expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:09] And who exactly are the Duongs? Alex Because we’ve been talking about them a lot here. Tell us a little bit more about them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:05:19] Yeah. So the Duong family owns California Waste Solutions, which is Oakland’s curbside recycling provider. The company’s CEO is David Duong and he runs the company with other members of his family. The Duongs are major political donors. They regularly donate to candidates at the local, state and federal level. David Duong son Andy Duong is kind of a flashy guy. If you look at his Instagram account, he has a lot of photos of himself posing with big name politicians and living this kind of lavish lifestyle. There’s a photo of him on a yacht with the caption, Another day, another yacht, him posing in a limo with the Bontas, photos with Gavin Newsom. Xavier Becerra, Barbara Lee, the Duongs, David and Andy Duong in this indictment are accused of bribery and many of the same charges that Thao and Jones are accused of. With the exception that Andy Duong is also accused of making false statements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:30] I mean, Alex, you. You’ve just painted. I feel like a mean a very shocking picture of a mayor who it sounds like is being accused of essentially abusing her political power. What has Thao said so far in response to what is in the indictment?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:06:51] I mean, I think it is important to point out these are just allegations. She herself hasn’t said anything publicly, but her attorney did address the media following her arraignment in Oakland on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Jeff Tsai \u003c/strong>[00:07:02] Name is Jeff Tsai. I am counsel on behalf of Mayor Thao. We just have a short statement. Today’s indictment and the press conference that was held by the government earlier this morning was successful in grabbing headlines. But what it did not do was serve the ends of justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:07:18] Tsai also questioned the timing of the indictment, but it has amplified how politicized this case may be being perceived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Jeff Tsai \u003c/strong>[00:07:26] In this case. The case is built on allegations from an unknown coconspirator that we believe, when the evidence is revealed, will show that my client has committed no crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:07:39] He also mentioned the Justice manual and how the government is obligated to be careful in how they when they’re prosecuting a case so as not to influence the outcome of an election. And that’s something that we heard quite a bit from Thao herself last year as she was on the campaign trail fighting the recall effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:05] Of course, this is just the beginning. And as you mentioned, there’s a whole process that needs to unfold. All these folks who will have their day in court. But what would the consequences be if Thao and Jones and the Duongs are, in fact, found guilty here? Like what could prison time look like for these these folks?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:08:25] I mean, it depends. Any one of the defendants could decide to work out a plea deal and admit to some or all of the charges in order to avoid going to trial. Each of the six counts that Thao is charged with carries a maximum possible sentence of five, 10 or 20 years. So technically, if she were convicted on all counts, she could face a sentence of decades in prison. But, you know, it’s hard to say how realistic that is or whether it would actually happen. You know, maybe she could pay a fine or face a different type of penalty. At this point, it’s really early in the process to predict what’s at the end of that road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:09:16] I mean, what’s the reaction been so far?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:09:30] Well, this city has been pretty quiet. I reached out to a couple of people in the mayor’s office who declined to comment. I reached out to all members of the city council. Didn’t hear back from really anyone except for council member Janani Ramachandran, who said that, you know, this is a blow to public trust at a time when trust is already low. Oakland is getting ready to choose a new mayor in a few months in an April special election. And candidates who are running for mayor to fill those shoes were pretty vocal following this announcement on Friday. You know, and in the indictment, it talks about how the Duongs and Thao allegedly conspired to print these mailers to target Thao’s opponents. One of those individuals was Loren Taylor, former city council member, who, if you remember, very narrowly lost to Thao in the 2022 mayoral election. When I talked to him, he said that, you know, this really reinforces the distrust that a lot of people in Oakland already have about local government. And he said that it’s going to take a lot to restore that trust. Recently retired East Bay Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who recently announced she’s entering the race, sent out an emailed statement in which she called the allegations devastating. She said there should be no tolerance whatsoever for secret pay to play schemes that local government and our political system must be beyond reproach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Renia Webb \u003c/strong>[00:11:01] I was subpoenaed to testify in front of the grand jury last month, and so that’s why I had an idea that the charges would be forthcoming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:11:09] I also talked to Renia Webb, who was Thao’s chief of staff when she was on the city council, and who continued to work for Thao after she won in 2022 and was kind of transitioning into the mayor’s office. And she when she heard the announcement about the charges, she was really quite emotional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Renia Webb \u003c/strong>[00:11:28] I’m just extremely proud of Oakland. You know, we as a city stood up and said enough is enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:11:36] She said that, you know, there’s this light at the end of the tunnel and, you know, it’s time to move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Renia Webb \u003c/strong>[00:11:42] We voted for the recall and today is confirmation that we did the right thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:11:54] Do you think we can expect a lot more to come out from here? Like maybe more shoes to drop even beyond Sheng Thao?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Alex Hall \u003c/strong>[00:12:03] Personally, I think that the city of Oakland and potentially other parts of the East Bay are going to be feeling the impact of this for some time. And that’s for a number of reasons. One is that federal officials said that the investigation is ongoing. There could be more indictments. Just last week, the FBI raided San Leandro City council members home. So this could be one of several indictments that come out. We really don’t know. Another reason is that the allegations that are described in the indictment, the time period that that they’re talking about, was really recent, as recent as early last year. So some of the employees and topics that are described are still active in city government today. California Waste Solutions still has a contract with the city of Oakland through 2035. And then another reason that I think that this is going to continue to reverberate is that looking at the subpoenas, there were a lot of topics and people that the feds appeared to be interested in that were not mentioned in this indictment. 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"content": "\u003cp>With \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump\u003c/a> continuing to call for mass deportations and his administration threatening recalcitrant state and local leaders with federal prosecution, officials in sanctuary cities like Oakland and San Francisco are preparing for the worst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only a few hours after entering the Oval Office on Monday, Trump signed several executive orders on immigration, including one that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023126/california-leaders-to-sue-trump-over-birthright-citizenship-border-policies\">threatens to end birthright citizenship\u003c/a> for children whose parents are living in the U.S. without permanent legal status. Meanwhile, fears of federal raids and deportations have gripped immigrant communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite pressure from the Trump administration, officials in Oakland and San Francisco said they are committed to shielding members of the immigrant community, including those without legal status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whatever Trump says or threatens, we are a sanctuary city, and we are a sanctuary state,” state Sen. Jesse Arreguín (D–Berkeley) said Wednesday in Oakland, where officials discussed new initiatives and protections for immigrant families. “We are ready to protect our immigrant families. That’s what Oakland does as a proud sanctuary city and a place of refuge for decades, and the state of California is a committed partner in this work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arreguín pointed to bills being \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023345/california-legislatures-special-session-fire-aid-trump-lawsuits-faces-1st-test\">considered in a special legislative session\u003c/a> to allocate $25 million to funding litigation against the Trump administration and another $25 million for nonprofit legal aid providers assisting Californians at risk of deportation or detention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12023544 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Jesse Arreguín speaks during a press conference with leaders from community groups throughout Alameda County in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland on Jan. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The efforts come amid reports of \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25501043-memorandum-from-the-acting-deputy-attorney-general-01/?mode=document\">a Justice Department memorandum\u003c/a> sent Tuesday directing the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces to take part in the enforcement of the president’s directives and instructing U.S. attorneys to \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/22/donald-trump-justice-department-immigration-005783\">pursue prosecutions and legal action\u003c/a> against state and local officials who resist the beefed-up immigration protocol — a veiled threat against states such as California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials passed several sanctuary laws during Trump’s first administration and frequently \u003ca href=\"https://kqed.org/news/12023094/california-has-sued-trump-123-times-heres-where-it-won-and-lost\">pushed back\u003c/a> against the president’s anti-immigrant policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023252 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpJanuary6PardonsGetty-1020x686.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joaquín Torres, the elected assessor-recorder in San Francisco, said city officials there are also prepared to defend undocumented residents against the Trump administration’s hostile policies regardless of what federal officials threaten to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco is working with community organizations to educate people on their rights and the protections they’re guaranteed through the city’s sanctuary laws, Torres said. He noted that San Francisco County has an \u003ca href=\"https://immigrants.sf.gov/help/rapid-response\">emergency hotline for immigrants\u003c/a> that is monitored 24/7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have been preparing and getting information out to communities so that they can know their rights no matter what actions are taken by the federal government,” Torres said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He continued: “We’re not going to fall prey to scare tactics. We are not going to allow fear to divide our communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023542\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-13-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-13-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-13-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-13-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-13-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-13-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-13-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monique Berlanga, Executive Director for Centro Legal de La Raza, speaks during a press conference with leaders from community groups throughout Alameda County in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland on Jan. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>East Bay officials will also revive a rapid response hotline that residents can use to report Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity or to access legal assistance, they said at Wednesday’s press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hotline will be run by a coalition of community organizations headed by the legal nonprofit Centro Legal de la Raza. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joaquín Torres, the elected assessor-recorder in San Francisco, said city officials there are also prepared to defend undocumented residents against the Trump administration’s hostile policies regardless of what federal officials threaten to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco is working with community organizations to educate people on their rights and the protections they’re guaranteed through the city’s sanctuary laws, Torres said. He noted that San Francisco County has an \u003ca href=\"https://immigrants.sf.gov/help/rapid-response\">emergency hotline for immigrants\u003c/a> that is monitored 24/7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have been preparing and getting information out to communities so that they can know their rights no matter what actions are taken by the federal government,” Torres said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He continued: “We’re not going to fall prey to scare tactics. We are not going to allow fear to divide our communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023542\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-13-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-13-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-13-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-13-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-13-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-13-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-13-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monique Berlanga, Executive Director for Centro Legal de La Raza, speaks during a press conference with leaders from community groups throughout Alameda County in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland on Jan. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>East Bay officials will also revive a rapid response hotline that residents can use to report Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity or to access legal assistance, they said at Wednesday’s press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hotline will be run by a coalition of community organizations headed by the legal nonprofit Centro Legal de la Raza. According to Monique Berlanga, executive director of the group, the emergency line will be active for the next three years and will cost around $4.5 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County Supervisor Nikki Fortunato Bas said at the press conference that the Board of Supervisors has created a committee that specifically focuses on protecting immigrant communities in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to make sure that we uphold our collective vision to ensure that everyone, whether you are an immigrant, a resident, undocumented or not, that you are able to go to school safely, able to seek health care services safely and able to go about your daily routine without fear,” Bas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/rcooke\">Riley Cooke\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:39 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s school district will run out of money as soon as next fall if it doesn’t make significant budget changes, the head of the Alameda County Office of Education said in a new letter that lays out in stark terms the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017719/oaklands-school-merger-plan-stalled-districts-huge-deficit-remains\">fiscal crisis gripping the district\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-unified-school-district\">Oakland Unified School District\u003c/a>, while facing a $152 million budget shortfall this year, is putting off difficult but consequential decisions, according to the letter sent to the district on Tuesday and obtained by KQED. The letter went on to say OUSD could be out of cash by November and unable to meet its financial obligations if it doesn’t approve long-delayed cost-saving measures — most significantly by possibly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014397/parents-teachers-say-oakland-school-mergers-could-hurt-students-in-the-flatlands\">closing and merging schools\u003c/a> — in the next six months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the Board does not make decisions now, it will rapidly lose the ability to make them at all,” Alameda County Superintendent Alysse Castro wrote in the letter, raising the specter of the total loss of local control if the district needs another bankruptcy loan from the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Castro’s office is also stepping up its oversight of the beleaguered district, a move that was automatically triggered by the district’s negative budget certification in its first fiscal review of the year. The Alameda County Office of Education will assign a fiscal adviser to guide OUSD through the next six months as it rolls out its latest budget-balancing plan, passed in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a last opportunity to provide additional intervention to support the Board in their decision-making efforts,” Castro wrote in the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12017853\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12017853\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-029.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-029-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-029-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-029-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-029-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-029-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naija Garg, 8, attends the Oakland Unified School District Board Meeting at La Escuelita Elementary School in Oakland on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. 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Despite the standing-room-only crowd of emotional parents, students and staff, no representative made a motion to vote on the plan, leaving it stalled indefinitely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former board president Sam Davis, who opted not to run for re-election, cautioned against kicking the can further down the road, since it would only mean making larger cuts later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did my best this year as your president to carry us through the AB 1912 [consolidation] process,” he said before the meeting closed. “Yet here we are in December without a decision to move forward with the school closures and consolidations that we all know are inevitable given the rising cost of living that is pushing families out of Oakland and declining enrollment overall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12021883 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/02172023_ksuzuki_tkprogress-010_qed-1020x679.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OUSD has backed off of plans to close schools twice since 2021, when a plan to shutter 11 schools led to widespread anger from families and a hunger strike by two staff members. That proposal passed, but it was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937906/oakland-school-board-halts-controversial-closure-plan-sparing-5-elementary-schools\">reversed\u003c/a> when a new board took office in January 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last fall, the mergers were proposed after a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013739/oakland-school-board-spurns-campus-closures-plans-merge-some-schools-instead\">larger list of schools\u003c/a> to shutter was floated to board members by OUSD Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell but didn’t receive enough support, Davis told KQED at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FCMAT, the financial company tasked with assisting the district and county with financial management, said the district has repeatedly failed to use its tools to develop a “coherent” fiscal solvency plan, according to the Alameda County letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of using these resources, the district has created multiple alternative plans, which it continues to alter or bypass when faced with difficult decisions,” FCMAT’s review said. “As a result, the district board defers necessary decisions, and when made, they are either rescinded or their implementation is delayed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The budget crisis isn’t new — OUSD has been in state receivership since 2003 and is currently set to regain full financial control in 2026 after making its final loan payment to the state — but it has been exacerbated by declining enrollment and significant increases in compensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the COVID-19 pandemic, OUSD was able to lean on one-time relief funds, especially as its number of students declined, but those have now dried up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12017854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12017854\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-016.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-016-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-016-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-016-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-016-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-016-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students, families, educators and community members attend the Oakland Unified School District Board Meeting at La Escuelita Elementary School in Oakland on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In June 2023, the board voted to give teachers a 10% raise after they went on a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11949458/oakland-teachers-strike-ends-as-union-reaches-agreement-with-school-district\">seven-day strike\u003c/a>, but without making necessary budget adjustments elsewhere, it’s been spending beyond its means to cover these new wages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While enrollment dropped in the early 2000s, OUSD opened \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11726682/why-does-oakland-have-so-many-small-schools\">more than 40 new small campuses\u003c/a> as part of a movement meant to improve equity for students in Oakland’s lower-income neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lisa Grant-Dawson, the district’s chief budget officer, said that in the past, declining enrollment was something “almost not accepted” by the district. For years, they’ve pushed off restructuring and scraped by by making mid-year cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been decades of not dealing with systemic issues and ultimately asking the superintendent … and the staff to make it work for the year with some commitment that ‘We’ll do something in the future,’” she told KQED. “That doesn’t happen and we just reach the place where we’ve run out of space for us to be able to make amends as we have historically.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current budget-balancing process — known as the Re-Envision, Redesign, and Restructure plan — includes reviewing the district’s footprint, which could mean closing or merging schools and restructuring its staffing formula, business and operations, and school site allocations. The board will also examine equity and student outcomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It will add to the cost savings the budget team identifies in the 2025-2026 spending plan after the board approved more than two dozen budget-balancing solutions for district staff last month. These include centralizing contracts with community agencies and supply manufacturers and reducing school site discretionary funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new board seems less amenable to school consolidations than the last without Davis, but Castro warned that officials have reached the “fork in the road” she’s warned about for the last year of the budget discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One path leads back to full local control: paying off the loan, exiting trusteeship, and embarking on a new era of sustainable community schools. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Castro’s office is also stepping up its oversight of the beleaguered district, a move that was automatically triggered by the district’s negative budget certification in its first fiscal review of the year. The Alameda County Office of Education will assign a fiscal adviser to guide OUSD through the next six months as it rolls out its latest budget-balancing plan, passed in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a last opportunity to provide additional intervention to support the Board in their decision-making efforts,” Castro wrote in the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12017853\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12017853\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-029.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-029-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-029-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-029-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-029-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-029-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naija Garg, 8, attends the Oakland Unified School District Board Meeting at La Escuelita Elementary School in Oakland on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. The School Board took public comment on a proposed merger of 10 different schools. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The warning comes on the heels of a tense final \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017719/oaklands-school-merger-plan-stalled-districts-huge-deficit-remains\">school board meeting in December\u003c/a>, where board members were expected to vote on a proposal to merge 10 small schools that are co-located on five campuses. Despite the standing-room-only crowd of emotional parents, students and staff, no representative made a motion to vote on the plan, leaving it stalled indefinitely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former board president Sam Davis, who opted not to run for re-election, cautioned against kicking the can further down the road, since it would only mean making larger cuts later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did my best this year as your president to carry us through the AB 1912 [consolidation] process,” he said before the meeting closed. “Yet here we are in December without a decision to move forward with the school closures and consolidations that we all know are inevitable given the rising cost of living that is pushing families out of Oakland and declining enrollment overall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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That proposal passed, but it was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937906/oakland-school-board-halts-controversial-closure-plan-sparing-5-elementary-schools\">reversed\u003c/a> when a new board took office in January 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last fall, the mergers were proposed after a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013739/oakland-school-board-spurns-campus-closures-plans-merge-some-schools-instead\">larger list of schools\u003c/a> to shutter was floated to board members by OUSD Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell but didn’t receive enough support, Davis told KQED at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FCMAT, the financial company tasked with assisting the district and county with financial management, said the district has repeatedly failed to use its tools to develop a “coherent” fiscal solvency plan, according to the Alameda County letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of using these resources, the district has created multiple alternative plans, which it continues to alter or bypass when faced with difficult decisions,” FCMAT’s review said. “As a result, the district board defers necessary decisions, and when made, they are either rescinded or their implementation is delayed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The budget crisis isn’t new — OUSD has been in state receivership since 2003 and is currently set to regain full financial control in 2026 after making its final loan payment to the state — but it has been exacerbated by declining enrollment and significant increases in compensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the COVID-19 pandemic, OUSD was able to lean on one-time relief funds, especially as its number of students declined, but those have now dried up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12017854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12017854\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-016.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-016-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-016-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-016-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-016-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-016-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students, families, educators and community members attend the Oakland Unified School District Board Meeting at La Escuelita Elementary School in Oakland on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In June 2023, the board voted to give teachers a 10% raise after they went on a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11949458/oakland-teachers-strike-ends-as-union-reaches-agreement-with-school-district\">seven-day strike\u003c/a>, but without making necessary budget adjustments elsewhere, it’s been spending beyond its means to cover these new wages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While enrollment dropped in the early 2000s, OUSD opened \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11726682/why-does-oakland-have-so-many-small-schools\">more than 40 new small campuses\u003c/a> as part of a movement meant to improve equity for students in Oakland’s lower-income neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lisa Grant-Dawson, the district’s chief budget officer, said that in the past, declining enrollment was something “almost not accepted” by the district. For years, they’ve pushed off restructuring and scraped by by making mid-year cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been decades of not dealing with systemic issues and ultimately asking the superintendent … and the staff to make it work for the year with some commitment that ‘We’ll do something in the future,’” she told KQED. “That doesn’t happen and we just reach the place where we’ve run out of space for us to be able to make amends as we have historically.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current budget-balancing process — known as the Re-Envision, Redesign, and Restructure plan — includes reviewing the district’s footprint, which could mean closing or merging schools and restructuring its staffing formula, business and operations, and school site allocations. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:41 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County residents had a chance to hear from the seven finalists \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021827/alameda-county-leaders-soon-pick-next-da-after-pamela-price-recall\">still in the running\u003c/a> for the vacant district attorney seat on Tuesday, two months after progressive prosecutor\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pamela-price\"> Pamela Price\u003c/a> was recalled from office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the Board of Supervisors publicly interviewed the candidates in an afternoon meeting, and will announce their selection on Jan. 28. The newly appointed district attorney is scheduled to be sworn in early next month and, according to the county charter, will serve until the next general election in 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board asked candidates about their stances on immigration, racial bias and holistic crime reduction. They were also asked about their positions on Proposition 36, a ballot measure that allows prosecutors to pursue felony charges against repeat offenders of non-violent crimes. The candidates unanimously said they voted in favor of the proposition last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The finalists who were interviewed include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Annie Esposito\u003c/strong>, assistant district attorney in Contra Costa County and former senior assistant district attorney in Alameda County.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Venus Johnson\u003c/strong>, chief deputy attorney general in the California Department of Justice and former director of public safety in Oakland.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Ursula Jones Dickson\u003c/strong>, Alameda County Superior Court judge and former deputy district attorney in Alameda County.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Elgin Lowe\u003c/strong>, senior deputy district attorney in Alameda County.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jimmie Wilson\u003c/strong>, deputy district attorney in Alameda County.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Yibin Shen\u003c/strong>, city attorney in the City of Alameda.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Latricia Louis\u003c/strong>, deputy county counsel in Alameda County and former assistant district attorney in Alameda County.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Price, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013442/alameda-county-voters-recall-district-attorney-pamela-price\">recalled by voters\u003c/a> less than two years into her term, faced heavy criticism over rising crime rates in Alameda County and disorganization within her office. The group that led the recall campaign — Save Alameda For Everyone, or SAFE — recommended Esposito and Jones Dickson for the opening. The recommendation was also signed by law enforcement unions in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to address the divisions in the office,” said Jones Dickson during the meeting on Tuesday. “We need to have a less politicized DA’s office and a more balanced DA’s Office.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Jones Dickson, she plans on making it easier for prosecutors to charge cases and also seeks to bring Alameda County up to compliance with race-blind charging policies. Jones Dickson said she also wants to work with victims’ advocates to rebuild support systems that have been neglected by the office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones Dickson said she would continue working with Esposito, who is a prosecutor in Contra Costa County, but did not elaborate on how a collaboration would work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12011912\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12011912\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-OaklandPDDrunkDriving-06-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A middle-aged Black woman in a suit jacket speaks at a podium, with a 'Alameda County District Attorney's Office banner behind her.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-OaklandPDDrunkDriving-06-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-OaklandPDDrunkDriving-06-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-OaklandPDDrunkDriving-06-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-OaklandPDDrunkDriving-06-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-OaklandPDDrunkDriving-06-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-OaklandPDDrunkDriving-06-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price speaks to reporters during a briefing in Oakland on Oct. 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“My philosophy is persevere, strive for excellence and fairness and maintain your compassion,” Esposito said during the meeting. “This is the philosophy that I will bring back to the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. It may seem very simple but we know it’s going to be a lot more work. Restore public trust. Restore public safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson, meanwhile, received support from several high-profile leaders with East Bay roots, including California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who previously served on the Alameda City Council and represented the area in the State Assembly; San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, who grew up in Union City and was appointed to lead her office after Chesa Boudin’s recall in 2022; and newly elected Rep. Lateefah Simon (D–Oakland).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My character and my credentials send a message of stability,” Johnson told KQED. “I’ve had over … 20 years of law enforcement experience at the local level and at the state level. I’m looking to bring all of my experience home in order to create a more safe and just Alameda County for everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12022900 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00001-1020x681.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson said her priority as district attorney would be to create a system of accountability for people who commit violent offenses. However, Johnson said she also recognizes the importance of non-punitive and rehabilitative methods of reducing crime and would look to foster that as district attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda City Attorney Shen echoed the sentiment and said he stands behind the Care First, Jails Last policy as a guideline for taking holistic approaches to crime reduction. Shen has the support of several officials in the city of Alameda, including Mayor Marilyn Ashcraft and the Alameda City Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not going to rely on mass incarceration alone because history has shown that that alone does not achieve community safety,” Shen said. “My vision for Alameda County is that it’s safe but through a just and equitable enforcement of the law and with an approach that’s consistent with the county’s values of accountability and restorative justice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a special Board of Supervisors meeting last week, several attendees also spoke in favor of Senior Deputy District Attorney Lowe, praising him for his decades of experience as a prosecutor and his commitment to the role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s received recommendations from officials in Hayward, including Mayor Mark Salinas, and said he aims to rebuild trust between the District Attorney’s Office and the community through transparency and accountability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Accountability means we will take a holistic approach to determine what justice means in each individual case,” Lowe said. “Justice does not mean the same thing in every case. You have to look at the facts, the law and the defendant’s criminal history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deputy District Attorney Wilson is another finalist currently serving as a prosecutor in Alameda County. Wilson said in his application to the Board of Supervisors that his goals are to work with local organizations to reduce crime, such as gang violence and human trafficking, while also creating a support system for victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need a prosecutor who’s going to address crime in our community,” Wilson said. “I come from a family of community activists so I believe in reform. I believe we can do both. I believe we can keep people safe and we can give them a second chance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson ran unsuccessfully against Price in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deputy County Counsel Louis, or L.D., was one of the last candidates to be selected as a finalist, in addition to Shen. She previously served on the Alameda County Mental Health Advisory Board and said she wants to address the backlog of uncharged cases and cases awaiting trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland is the canary in the coal mine and indicative of a systemic problem confronting the entire country,” Wilson said in her application. “The Office of the District Attorney must get back to basics and focus on the core mission of a professional prosecutors office, which is to prosecute public offenses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson also said during the meeting that she is committed to implementing several crime reduction tactics that go beyond prosecution including mental health services and addiction recovery programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The seven finalists unanimously confirmed that they would also be running for district attorney in 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ahall\">Alex Hall\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Just after 1 a.m. Wednesday, Adrienne Bracks was awoken by a call from her neighbor in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021911/oakland-hills-burned-before-la-fires-have-many-terrified-it-will-happen-again\">Oakland Hills\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He called us and said, ‘Get up. The house is on fire next to you,’” she recalled, standing outside the charred ruins of the building two days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With her husband, Anthony, and dogs in tow, she hurried out to the street, where neighbors were already connecting their garden hoses, throwing water on the pavement and checking their watches, waiting for firefighters to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crew didn’t arrive for more than 10 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It wasn’t sinking in,” Bracks, who has lived in her home on Lochard Street for 27 years, told KQED. “I helped get our hose hooked up so that we could put water here. Within 10 minutes, it was just up in flames.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lochard Street is in the Chabot Park neighborhood, less than one mile from Oakland’s Fire Station 28, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020393/2-oakland-fire-stations-close-amid-budget-crisis-more-could-follow\">shuttered along with another station\u003c/a> in the Oakland Hills on Jan. 6 to cut costs amid the city’s budget crisis. Fire officials have warned that the closures would hinder their \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021147/la-fire-chief-warned-budget-cuts-would-hurt-in-a-disaster-oakland-has-heard-similar\">ability to respond to emergency calls\u003c/a> quickly and could be dangerous for residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chabot Park, Sequoia, Noland Park, Joaquin Miller, Oakmoor, Skyline, Grass Valley, Woodminster, Lincoln Highlands and Crestmont — hear this clearly: if you live in any of those neighborhoods, be aware that you’ll be waiting a very long time for help,” firefighters union chief Seth Olyer said at a press conference when the closures began last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You will not quickly have firefighter paramedics to help you or your family, and what could have been a small blaze or a small fire near your house will become a conflagration, leaving tragedy in its wake,” he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday’s fire, though it did not cause any injuries, underscored those warnings, said Olyer, who has pointed out that usual response times are four minutes or less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze was “a clear indication that this is a matter of life and death,” Olyer said.[aside postID=news_12021911 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01810_qed.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Station 28 and Station 25, near Joaquin Miller Park, shuttered along with another station that was already closed as part of $130 million in spending cuts Oakland is making in the face of a massive budget shortfall. Unless new funding becomes available in the next few weeks, four more stations will shutter in February, leaving seven of the city’s 28 firehouses out of commission through the end of the fiscal year in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Donohoe, who lives on the other side of the home destroyed by Wednesday’s fire, said his neighbors are now worried about the six months ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re up here on any other day, the wind comes through here, sometimes it feels like a fricking hurricane,” he said, looking out at Chabot Park, which created a wind tunnel behind his hillside house. “If there had been wind, for sure my house would be gone. And I think probably this whole community would still be on fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fearful Oakland Hills residents have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021911/oakland-hills-burned-before-la-fires-have-many-terrified-it-will-happen-again\">spent decades hardening their homes\u003c/a>, improving vegetation management and fighting for city funding since the Tunnel Fire destroyed more than two miles of residential neighborhoods and killed 25 people in 1991. But the area’s high winds, tightly nestled houses and routine fluctuation between rainy and bone-dry has inherent risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s so many fallen trees,” Donohoe said, pointing at a tangle of chopped eucalyptus trees and dead brush about 300 yards from his house. “Even though we’ve had a lot of rain and there’s a lot of green, underneath that green, there’s a lot of dried pine needles, et cetera. There’s a lot of fuel here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the community is anxious over the closed stations, especially as he and neighbors watch the Eaton and Palisades fires devastate similar neighborhoods in the Los Angeles area in recent weeks. Many are now worried about losing insurance coverage, or are frantically looking for a new provider after being dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that if we were going to lose our home, it would be a devastating financial loss,” Donohoe said. Even though he has insurance, he said it wouldn’t cover the cost to rebuild. “We’re both high school teachers, so we don’t make a whole bunch of money. We’re good, but when we think of retirement, that’s our nest egg.”[aside postID=news_12021505 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Council members have said they are working to restore fire services and prevent more cuts, but those decisions are largely in the hands of city staff. The budget that the council approved in July included a contingency that was triggered when the sale of Oakland’s stake in the Coliseum was delayed in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That sale was stalled for months as the developers seeking to buy the stadium worked with Alameda County to purchase the other 50% stake from the A’s, but a vote on Tuesday \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022106/alameda-county-moves-closer-to-oakland-coliseum-sale-final-vote-expected-in-30-days\">committed the body to reaching a deal\u003c/a> within a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the first available funding from Oakland’s sale is earmarked to reopen the fire stations, it will still be tied up in escrow until closing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It has been our argument and a number of elected officials’ argument with the city administrator and the budget director that waiting for the money to show up in a Brinks truck before any actions are taken and before any sort of firehouses are opened is not the way to run a city that is currently hurting and in need of public safety,” Olyer said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Former and current Oakland officials expressed a combination of shock, hope and cynicism at the announcement Friday that the city’s recently recalled mayor was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022612/ex-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-3-others-charged-with-bribery-sprawling-corruption-probe\">indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges\u003c/a>, with four who are campaigning to replace her promising a brighter future for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The news that we got this morning was absolutely a blow to public trust at a time where trust is already so marginally slim,” said Oakland City Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, adding that she was disappointed but not completely surprised.\u003cbr>\n“Unfortunately, this is probably not the first time we’ve seen corruption at city hall and pay-to-play politics really define some of our leadership here in the city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sheng-thao\">Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao\u003c/a>, her longtime romantic partner Andre Jones, and David and Andy Duong, the father and son of a politically-connected East Bay family that owns the city’s recycling provider, California Waste Solutions, were charged Jan. 9 in an eight-count indictment that federal authorities announced publicly Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal prosecutors allege Thao and Jones were engaged in a corruption scandal with the Duongs that involved promises of extending the city’s contract with California Waste Solutions; committing the city of Oakland to purchase housing units from the Duongs’ company; and appointing city officials selected by the Duongs, in exchange for monetary compensation and paying for negative mailers targeting Thao’s opponents in the 2022 mayoral election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors charged Thao and Jones each with six counts of conspiracy, bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud and honest services wire fraud, honest services mail fraud and honest services wire fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David and Andy Duong were each charged with five counts of conspiracy, bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud and honest services wire fraud, honest services mail fraud and honest services wire fraud. Andy Duong was charged with giving a false statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials with the FBI, U.S. Attorney’s Office, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and IRS Criminal Investigation announced the charges in a Friday press conference in San Francisco.[aside postID=news_12022612 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00005.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thao and the other defendants appeared for arraignment before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kandice A. Westmoore at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in downtown Oakland. All four pleaded not guilty and were released on bond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thao’s attorney, Jeffrey Tsai, speaking to reporters outside the courthouse afterwards, said the indictment did not serve the ends of justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The indictment itself is chock-full of allegations, but it is not chock-full of evidence and that is what we are going to prove in the course of our defense in this case,” Tsai said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones appeared in court alongside attorney Walter Riley, who said Jones plans to request an attorney be appointed for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for David and Andy Duong denied the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have kept quiet despite the media frenzy of the past months in the hope that the government would correctly come to see through objective investigation that the allegations are baseless, and being fanned by nothing more than gossip and supposition stitched together by the fabrications and delusions of those who lack all fundamental credibility,” said Winston Chan, Doug Sprague and Erik Babcock, lawyers representing Andy Duong, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ed Swanson and August Gugelmann, said their client, David Duong, will vigorously defend the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He looks forward to prevailing in this case and continuing his decades of service, philanthropy and devotion to our community and the Bay Area,” they said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Renia Webb, Thao’s former chief of staff while she was on the Oakland City Council and who worked for her during her transition to mayor, told KQED she testified before the federal grand jury in early December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just extremely proud of Oakland,” Webb said. “We as a city said enough is enough. We voted for the recall, and today is confirmation that we did the right thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We said we wanted different. Change. We want a different tomorrow for Oakland,” Webb, who is running for Oakland mayor, continued. “This is what today means. It’s like a rebirth and a reset for our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022808\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022808\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00006.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00006-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00006-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00006-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00006-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00006-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loren Taylor, a former District 6 Councilmember and current candidate for Oakland mayor, hugs a supporter outside of the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland on Jan. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the indictment brought to light a months-long FBI investigation of public corruption in Oakland, some said it confirmed why many Oakland residents have become distrustful and disillusioned with the city’s leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to take a lot to restore the trust so that we can start to rebuild, come together and get on top of these challenges,” said Loren Taylor, a former city council member and current candidate for mayor, standing outside the courthouse following Thao’s arraignment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland’s progress has been undermined by having leaders in place that are not focused on the priorities that Oaklanders have on improving quality of life here. And instead have been pursuing personal gain or supporting those who have backed them, either financially or politically.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an emailed statement, former East Bay Congresswoman Barbara Lee called the allegations “devastating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There should be no tolerance whatsoever for secret pay-to-play schemes that erode the public trust,” said Lee, who recently announced she is running for mayor. “We need a fresh start in Oakland. Our local governance and political system must be beyond reproach. Every Oaklander deserves no less.”[aside postID=news_12015215 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-24-BL-KQED-1.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayoral candidate Mindy Pechenuk was also at the courthouse Friday with campaign flyers. She said she was glad Thao was indicted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s about time we clean up the corruption that’s been decades in this city and actually get new leadership, which is why I’m running for mayor of Oakland,” Pechenuk said. “I was part of the recall effort right from the very beginning, from day one. Because I knew the corruption that existed. I knew her leadership was failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This city is suffering, it’s being destroyed because of pay-to-play, because of the leadership that has gone along with all these dirty deals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a Friday press conference, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who in the past received political donations from the Duongs, said Oakland was “obviously under some difficult times and challenges,” pointing to public safety and homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe that everyone should be following the law and that our elected officials certainly should be held to the highest standard,” Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/rob-bonta-viridis-oakland-19789139.php\">returned\u003c/a> some of those donations last year after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991426/oakland-fbi-raids-also-targeted-this-powerful-family-heres-what-we-know\">FBI raided the Duong family’s homes and business\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Former and current Oakland officials expressed a combination of shock, hope and cynicism at the announcement Friday that the city’s recently recalled mayor was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022612/ex-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-3-others-charged-with-bribery-sprawling-corruption-probe\">indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges\u003c/a>, with four who are campaigning to replace her promising a brighter future for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The news that we got this morning was absolutely a blow to public trust at a time where trust is already so marginally slim,” said Oakland City Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, adding that she was disappointed but not completely surprised.\u003cbr>\n“Unfortunately, this is probably not the first time we’ve seen corruption at city hall and pay-to-play politics really define some of our leadership here in the city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sheng-thao\">Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao\u003c/a>, her longtime romantic partner Andre Jones, and David and Andy Duong, the father and son of a politically-connected East Bay family that owns the city’s recycling provider, California Waste Solutions, were charged Jan. 9 in an eight-count indictment that federal authorities announced publicly Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal prosecutors allege Thao and Jones were engaged in a corruption scandal with the Duongs that involved promises of extending the city’s contract with California Waste Solutions; committing the city of Oakland to purchase housing units from the Duongs’ company; and appointing city officials selected by the Duongs, in exchange for monetary compensation and paying for negative mailers targeting Thao’s opponents in the 2022 mayoral election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors charged Thao and Jones each with six counts of conspiracy, bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud and honest services wire fraud, honest services mail fraud and honest services wire fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David and Andy Duong were each charged with five counts of conspiracy, bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud and honest services wire fraud, honest services mail fraud and honest services wire fraud. Andy Duong was charged with giving a false statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials with the FBI, U.S. Attorney’s Office, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and IRS Criminal Investigation announced the charges in a Friday press conference in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thao and the other defendants appeared for arraignment before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kandice A. Westmoore at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in downtown Oakland. All four pleaded not guilty and were released on bond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thao’s attorney, Jeffrey Tsai, speaking to reporters outside the courthouse afterwards, said the indictment did not serve the ends of justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The indictment itself is chock-full of allegations, but it is not chock-full of evidence and that is what we are going to prove in the course of our defense in this case,” Tsai said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones appeared in court alongside attorney Walter Riley, who said Jones plans to request an attorney be appointed for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for David and Andy Duong denied the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have kept quiet despite the media frenzy of the past months in the hope that the government would correctly come to see through objective investigation that the allegations are baseless, and being fanned by nothing more than gossip and supposition stitched together by the fabrications and delusions of those who lack all fundamental credibility,” said Winston Chan, Doug Sprague and Erik Babcock, lawyers representing Andy Duong, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ed Swanson and August Gugelmann, said their client, David Duong, will vigorously defend the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He looks forward to prevailing in this case and continuing his decades of service, philanthropy and devotion to our community and the Bay Area,” they said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Renia Webb, Thao’s former chief of staff while she was on the Oakland City Council and who worked for her during her transition to mayor, told KQED she testified before the federal grand jury in early December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just extremely proud of Oakland,” Webb said. “We as a city said enough is enough. We voted for the recall, and today is confirmation that we did the right thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We said we wanted different. Change. We want a different tomorrow for Oakland,” Webb, who is running for Oakland mayor, continued. “This is what today means. It’s like a rebirth and a reset for our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022808\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022808\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00006.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00006-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00006-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00006-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00006-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00006-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loren Taylor, a former District 6 Councilmember and current candidate for Oakland mayor, hugs a supporter outside of the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland on Jan. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the indictment brought to light a months-long FBI investigation of public corruption in Oakland, some said it confirmed why many Oakland residents have become distrustful and disillusioned with the city’s leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to take a lot to restore the trust so that we can start to rebuild, come together and get on top of these challenges,” said Loren Taylor, a former city council member and current candidate for mayor, standing outside the courthouse following Thao’s arraignment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland’s progress has been undermined by having leaders in place that are not focused on the priorities that Oaklanders have on improving quality of life here. And instead have been pursuing personal gain or supporting those who have backed them, either financially or politically.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an emailed statement, former East Bay Congresswoman Barbara Lee called the allegations “devastating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There should be no tolerance whatsoever for secret pay-to-play schemes that erode the public trust,” said Lee, who recently announced she is running for mayor. “We need a fresh start in Oakland. Our local governance and political system must be beyond reproach. Every Oaklander deserves no less.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayoral candidate Mindy Pechenuk was also at the courthouse Friday with campaign flyers. She said she was glad Thao was indicted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s about time we clean up the corruption that’s been decades in this city and actually get new leadership, which is why I’m running for mayor of Oakland,” Pechenuk said. “I was part of the recall effort right from the very beginning, from day one. Because I knew the corruption that existed. I knew her leadership was failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This city is suffering, it’s being destroyed because of pay-to-play, because of the leadership that has gone along with all these dirty deals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a Friday press conference, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who in the past received political donations from the Duongs, said Oakland was “obviously under some difficult times and challenges,” pointing to public safety and homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe that everyone should be following the law and that our elected officials certainly should be held to the highest standard,” Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/rob-bonta-viridis-oakland-19789139.php\">returned\u003c/a> some of those donations last year after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991426/oakland-fbi-raids-also-targeted-this-powerful-family-heres-what-we-know\">FBI raided the Duong family’s homes and business\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3:01 p.m. Friday \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Oakland Mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sheng-thao\">Sheng Thao\u003c/a> and three others were charged with eight counts of conspiracy and bribery in a federal courthouse in Oakland on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The arraignment followed the release of a bombshell federal indictment alleging a “pay-to-play” corruption scheme involving Thao, longtime romantic partner Andre Jones and two prominent businessmen affiliated with the city’s recycling contractor, Oakland-based company California Waste Solutions: David and his son Andy Duong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The indictment returned by the grand jury describes a corrupt scheme in which the defendants used bribes, mail fraud, wire fraud and other illegal practices to manipulate and corruptly influence the levers of local government,” First Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick D. Robbins said at a Friday morning press conference, where officials provided more details about their probe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All four defendants pleaded not guilty and were released on bond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fielding questions from the press and some jeering from Thao’s critics on the courthouse steps, Thao’s attorney criticized the role of an unnamed conspirator in the case, who he said provided the evidence central to the FBI’s case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The mayor looks forward to defending herself against these charges, showing that there is, in fact, no evidence to support these charges,” said Jeff Tsai, Thao’s counsel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022841\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00010.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00010-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00010-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00010-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00010-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00010-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andre Jones, longtime partner of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, leaves the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/indictment-PDF.pdf\">indictment (PDF)\u003c/a> alleges that Thao promised to take official actions as mayor to benefit the Duong family in exchange for benefits for her and Jones. This included a promise of a commitment by the city of Oakland to purchase housing units from the Duong family’s housing company, Evolutionary Homes, to extend contracts with the Duong family’s recycling company, and to appoint senior city officials selected by the Duongs and the unnamed co-conspirator, identified as “a local businessman.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In exchange, the Duongs promised to pay $75,000 to fund negative mailers targeting Thao’s opponents in the mayoral election and to make $300,000 in direct payments for no-show jobs to Jones, according to the indictment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It became clear that the FBI was investigating this network of relationships since the\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991242/fbi-agents-raid-home-of-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao\"> FBI raid of Thao’s home\u003c/a> in June, along with properties owned by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991426/oakland-fbi-raids-also-targeted-this-powerful-family-heres-what-we-know\">Duong family\u003c/a>. The Duongs have been the focus of a separate investigation by the Oakland Public Ethics Commission and California Fair Political Practices Commission into an alleged straw donor scheme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Financial records indicate that after Jones began receiving payments from the one unnamed conspirator, he began contributing to his and Thao’s monthly rent payments. Previously, Thao had paid these bills, the indictment said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11991432 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. postal inspectors check documents at a home tied to David Duong, one of the multiple properties searched by law enforcement that included residences to members of a politically connected family who run the city-contracted recycling company, California Waste Solutions, in Oakland on June 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for both David and Andy Duong said the father and son were innocent of all charges. Andy Duong’s attorney called the allegations “baseless” and stitched together by “gossip and supposition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Disappointingly, Andy instead is today the most recent in a long line of Asian Americans who unfairly are singled out and forced to pay a price for daring to be active in the political sphere,” Winston Chan, Andy Duong’s counsel, told KQED in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thao and Jones will make their next appearance in U.S. District Court on Feb. 6. Jones will return on Jan. 22 to resolve the question of whether he qualifies for appointed counsel after stating that he cannot afford a private attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thao, Jones and the Duongs face six counts, each carrying a maximum sentence of five to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Andy Duong also faces an additional charge of making a false statement to a government agency, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022786\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022786\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00001.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00001-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00001-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00001-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00001-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheng Thao stands outside of the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thao has repeatedly asserted her innocence and said that federal officials had told her attorney she was not \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991658/oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-to-make-first-public-comments-since-fbi-raids\">the focus of their investigation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thao’s short tenure as Oakland mayor ended with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012357/sheng-thao-accepts-defeat-in-contentious-oakland-mayoral-recall\">a recall in November\u003c/a>, decided by 65.3% of Oakland voters. Recall organizers blamed the city’s challenges — including crime, shuttering businesses and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009486/oaklands-finances-significant-risk-report-warns-coliseum-sale-raises-questions\">multimillion-dollar budget deficit\u003c/a> — on what they described as Thao’s incompetence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In August 2023, Thao led a 50-person delegation of Port of Oakland officials and East Bay political players, including the Duongs and San Leandro Councilmember Bryan Azevedo, to Vietnam. The trip was co-sponsored by the Vietnamese American Business Association, an organization founded by David Duong and headquartered in Oakland. The FBI raided Azevedo’s home on Wednesday, but he was not named as a defendant in the indictment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thao said their goal was to invest in the city’s trade relationship with Vietnam and reported meeting with the mayors of major port cities, Ho Chi Minh and Haiphong, along with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. In a press conference shortly after the trip, she reported that the port had signed a new memorandum of understanding with the Long An International Port.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11991412 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/OaklandMayorRaid01-1020x765.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I advocated for Oakland, for the benefits of partnering with our port and for the opportunities at our airport,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the trip was also met with scrutiny after reporting revealed it had \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991426/oakland-fbi-raids-also-targeted-this-powerful-family-heres-what-we-know\">cost about $12,000 per attendee\u003c/a> — including business class flights, five-star hotel stays and meals and transportation. The Duongs’ financial involvement is also questionable, considering their lucrative city contracts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far back as 2014, the Duongs have been accused of using political power to leverage business deals with the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Texas-based Waste Management sued the city of Oakland, alleging that the Duongs’ “long-term personal and political connections” with the City Council swayed its decision to award Cal Waste a $1 billion contract against city staff’s recommendations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council ultimately opted to give Waste Management the compost and trash contracts, while Cal Waste got the recycling deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The interim mayor’s office declined to provide a statement about the indictments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A special election to replace Thao will be held in Oakland in April. Leading candidates, including former U.S. Rep. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fielding questions from the press and some jeering from Thao’s critics on the courthouse steps, Thao’s attorney criticized the role of an unnamed conspirator in the case, who he said provided the evidence central to the FBI’s case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The mayor looks forward to defending herself against these charges, showing that there is, in fact, no evidence to support these charges,” said Jeff Tsai, Thao’s counsel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022841\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00010.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00010-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00010-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00010-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00010-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00010-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andre Jones, longtime partner of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, leaves the Ronald V. 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This included a promise of a commitment by the city of Oakland to purchase housing units from the Duong family’s housing company, Evolutionary Homes, to extend contracts with the Duong family’s recycling company, and to appoint senior city officials selected by the Duongs and the unnamed co-conspirator, identified as “a local businessman.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In exchange, the Duongs promised to pay $75,000 to fund negative mailers targeting Thao’s opponents in the mayoral election and to make $300,000 in direct payments for no-show jobs to Jones, according to the indictment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It became clear that the FBI was investigating this network of relationships since the\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991242/fbi-agents-raid-home-of-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao\"> FBI raid of Thao’s home\u003c/a> in June, along with properties owned by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991426/oakland-fbi-raids-also-targeted-this-powerful-family-heres-what-we-know\">Duong family\u003c/a>. The Duongs have been the focus of a separate investigation by the Oakland Public Ethics Commission and California Fair Political Practices Commission into an alleged straw donor scheme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Financial records indicate that after Jones began receiving payments from the one unnamed conspirator, he began contributing to his and Thao’s monthly rent payments. Previously, Thao had paid these bills, the indictment said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11991432 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. postal inspectors check documents at a home tied to David Duong, one of the multiple properties searched by law enforcement that included residences to members of a politically connected family who run the city-contracted recycling company, California Waste Solutions, in Oakland on June 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for both David and Andy Duong said the father and son were innocent of all charges. Andy Duong’s attorney called the allegations “baseless” and stitched together by “gossip and supposition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Disappointingly, Andy instead is today the most recent in a long line of Asian Americans who unfairly are singled out and forced to pay a price for daring to be active in the political sphere,” Winston Chan, Andy Duong’s counsel, told KQED in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thao and Jones will make their next appearance in U.S. District Court on Feb. 6. Jones will return on Jan. 22 to resolve the question of whether he qualifies for appointed counsel after stating that he cannot afford a private attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thao, Jones and the Duongs face six counts, each carrying a maximum sentence of five to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Andy Duong also faces an additional charge of making a false statement to a government agency, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022786\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022786\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00001.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00001-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00001-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00001-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00001-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheng Thao stands outside of the Ronald V. 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