The successful recall effort against left-wing Oakland Mayor Shen Tao has brought angry residents of the crime-ridden California city one step closer to holding the Democratic mayor accountable.
Mr Sheng Tao faces a historic recall election in November amid growing public anger over his failure to halt rising crime in Oakland.
The Democrat is the first mayor in the city’s history to be subject to recall, and a campaign to remove her from office garnered more than 40,000 signatures. Daily Mail Reports.
Oakland Mayor Shen Tao waves during a news conference announcing that the 2025 NBA All-Star Game will be held at Chase Center in San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
“In just a year, Tao’s incompetence and misconduct have accelerated Oakland’s decline, closing long-standing businesses and displacing generations of families,” the Oakland newspaper reported. United bring back Shen Tao (OUST) campaign website states:
The city’s 51st mayor has come under fire since he fired Oakland Police Chief LeRon Armstrong, who criticized “police budget cuts” and took a tough-on-crime stance.
As Breitbart News’ Pollack previously reported, organizers knew they had to be careful with the petitions as they worked to achieve their goal.
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The George Soros-backed recall effort against Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón was defeated in 2022 by county officials who claimed there were too many invalid signatures.
Oakland voters are already collecting the signatures needed to put Soros-backed Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price on the November ballot. Chronicle.
The recall movement by Oakland residents comes as the region has been rocked by violent crime in recent months, with murders soaring from 78 in 2019 to 126 last year.
Oakland’s only In-N-Out Burger location is still profitable. That’s not the problem.
The problem is, Oakland is run solely by Democrats, which means crime, and lots of it. https://t.co/o3mPDtqRoo
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In 2023, overall crime increased by 18%, property crime increased by 17% and violent crime increased by 21%. Post I will report.
And in the first four months of 2024, residential burglaries jumped 118 percent compared to the same period last year.
Shen Tao was elected Mayor of Auckland in 2022 and will begin his term in January 2023.
