President of the Oakland NAACP Cynthia Adams; Carl Chan, a Chinatown community leader; and Acts Full Gospel Church Senior Pastor Bishop Bob Jackson will be demanding that Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao demand a public safety state of emergency.
"This is a devastating blow to the citizens, and small businesses of Oakland, who have been clamoring for crime prevention measures, which could have been funded by the millions of dollars in grants offered by the state," the group said in a statement.
The group has bonded together before, calling for the recall of progressive DA Pamela Price and backing the ousted Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong. were given to cities and counties to fight organized retail theft – to those municipalities who applied for the money. The City of San Francisco outlined on Thursday how it plans to use a $17 million grant from the state to combat retail theft.
"One thing I will commit to, we'll take appropriate action, whatever that may be," he said. "We'll explore all of our options and see where things land, but at the end of the day, the responsibility lands with me, so I will take full responsibility."
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