Dozens of Oakland business owners who are fed up with crime in the city participated in a one-day strike to call attention to what they call lack of action from officials.
Business owners calling for a solution to rampant crime in neighborhoods like Oakland's Chinatown. Some businesses remained closed all day, while others just shut down for a two-hour window between 10 a.m. to noon.
Since the pandemic, Cheung says he has lost employees and had to close earlier in the day, now open until 4:30 p.m. daily. He wants to bring attention to the impact that crime has both to businesses from stolen property and building damage, but also car break-ins violating customers. "We've seen the Oakland Chinatown thrive but the last couple years it's gone down, we would like for it to come back," said Cheung."We want to be a safe area for everybody to walk in."
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