Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao will deliver her first State of the City address on Tuesday to outline her first nine months in office.
The mayor did not say exactly what she'll address but crime has been the root of Oakland's most problematic issues.
In her first year alone, she's fired the police chief, seen an increase in violent crime and homicides and watched many long-time small businesses close down.
"This remains my top priority, I think I have shown that by working with OPD, our Department of Violence Protection, we see we are getting the people who are creating the chaos and trauma, off our streets," Thao said. Oakland has been without a permanent police chief since February, and the Oakland Police Commission is behind the search in replacing him. And Oakland is expecting a budget shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars over the next two years.
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