SF Politics Sheng Thao’s Boyfriend Also Had Phone Seized in FBI Raid, Questions Swirl About His Role in Her Administration We’re learning that Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao's boyfriend also had his phone seized amidst last month’s stunning FBI raids, and while that doesn’t mean he’s a target of the investigation, he sure seems to have some nebulous but powerful role in her office.
SF News FBI’s Sheng Thao Raid Investigation Has Now Expanded to the Oakland Police Department It may just be a legal technicality, or it may be a sign that the FBI smells something fishy with the Oakland PD, as the latest federal subpoena in “Sheng Thao raid-gate” asks for a slew of records from the Oakland Police Department.
SF Politics Sheng Thao’s Romantic Partner Now Appears Ensnared In FBI Investigation, Too The Oakland City Attorney may have some insights into what’s being investigated after the FBI raid on the mayor’s home, and Sheng Thao’s partner has been named. Oh, and a karaoke club with alleged drug sales and human trafficking just entered the scandal.
SF Politics Alleged ‘Straw Donor’ in Sheng Thao Controversy Had His Home Shot At, and Was Allegedly Beaten Up A minor figure in the expanding political storm over the Sheng Thao FBI raid says he’s had some major harassment and violence directed at him, and shots were fired at his home just days before the raid.
SF Politics Scandal Believed to Be Behind FBI’s Sheng Thao Raid Had 93 Alleged Illegal Donations — Some May Be to Recall Backers Embattled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao may have received donations through a campaign money laundering scheme that could be the root of last week’s FBI raid of her home. But of the 93 alleged illegal donations, some may have gone to top Recall Sheng Thao backers too.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Attorney Says He's No Longer Representing Oakland Mayor Attorney Tony Brass has fired Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao as a client, after she decided to make some combative public statements Monday; the 30-year-old KlaasKids Foundation is shutting down; and you may hear some thunder around the Bay tonight.
SF Politics Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Gives Fiery Press Conference, Demands to Know Why the FBI Needed to Raid Her House Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao made her first public statements since last week's FBI raid on her home, offering some stern words for the agency and the proponents of the recall effort, though she did not take questions from the press.
SF News We’re Getting Clues On Why the FBI Raided Sheng Thao’s Home, and Other Oakland Politicians Might Be Worried Too Thursday’s FBI raid on Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s house appears to be part of a larger investigation of Oakland’s trash pick-up contractor, and this thing might be a Mohammed Nuru-caliber scandal that ensnares many more politicians in Oakland — and beyond.
SF News FBI Agents Raid Home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Not sure what's going on here, but hours after a shooting at Lake Merritt, and less than a day after signatures were verified in a recall campaign against her, the FBI raided the home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao.
SF Politics Effort To Recall Mayor Sheng Thao Qualifies for the November Oakland Ballot Recall-mania is back in 2024, as a group hoping to recall Mayor Sheng Thao has enough verified signatures to make the November 2024 ballot and possibly remove the embattled mayor.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Ron Conway Is a ‘Top Funder’ of the Recall Sheng Thao Campaign The CPUC approved yet another PG&E rate hike; we’re learning about more scary SFO plane equipment failures; and the Recall Sheng Thao campaign says Ron Conway is one of its “top funders.”
SF News Oakland Police Commission Still Playing Politics, Unveils Latest Slate of Four Candidates for Chief The Oakland Police Commission has taken over two months to present Mayor Sheng Thao with a new slate of candidates for the chief-of-police role after she rejected the last one and — guess what! — one of the latest candidates was one of the rejects from the earlier slate.
SF News Supporters of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Push Back on Recall Campaigners, Comparing Them to 'Right-Wingers' Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao held a press conference Wednesday to announce a state grant supporting a street-ambassador program, but protesters were on hand calling for Thao's recall, and the event turned into a shouting match.
SF News Gov. Newsom Sends 120 Extra State Police Officers to Oakland in Crime Crackdown Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he's increasing state police presence in Oakland and the East Bay by a whopping 900% in response to a crime surge.
SF Politics Very Predictably, Effort to Recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Now Afoot It’s unclear whether this is a real grassroots movement, or just sour grapes from defeated candidates in the last mayoral election, but the signature gathering is underway to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao.
SF Politics Oakland City Councilmember Pushing Mayor to Declare State of Emergency, Push Aside Police Commission Tensions are mounting in Oakland over the nearly yearlong selection process that has still not resulted in a satisfactory nominee to be the city's next chief of police. And following the on-duty death of a police officer last week, one city council member is urging the mayor to take decisive action.
SF News Fired Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong Was One of Three Candidates for Chief That Mayor Thao Rejected The latest drama in the long fight between the mayor and the police commission came with the mayor's rejection of a slate of three finalist candidates for the next chief of police that the commission sent to her desk earlier this month.
SF Politics Oakland Police Chief Search Down to Three Candidates, Still Mired in Controversy The search for a new Oakland Police Department Chief has now dragged into its tenth month, and is apparently down to three final candidates, but it’s unclear if fired former chief LeRonne Armstrong is one of them.
SF News Could LeRonne Armstrong Get Reinstated as Oakland Police Chief? Arbitrator Clears Him of Wrongdoing There's a new wrinkle in the story about the Oakland Police Commission's search process for a new police chief, and one that may explain why they've been slow-walking the search and annoying Mayor Sheng Thao.
SF Politics Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Threatens to Declare ‘State of Emergency’ Over Lack of City Police Chief The city of Oakland has now gone seven months without a proper police chief while crime is spiking. Mayor Sheng Thao says the police commission is dragging its feet, so she’s threatening to declare a state of emergency over the matter.
Bay Area Sports Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Had Secret Meeting With MLB Commissioner To Keep The A’s, But Struck Out Swinging Tuesday night’s MLB All-Star Game heard A’s fans chanting “Sell the team!,” but we’re also now learning of a secret meeting between Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred before the game, though Manfred balked at Thao’s case.
SF Politics Oakland Mayor Perpetuates Idea That Homeless Are Coming From Elsewhere, Wants to Charge Other Cities Oakland's mayor of five months Sheng Thao has now made some controversial statements about addressing the city's homelessness crisis, perpetuating an often-shared misconception that homeless people are moving to the Bay Area for its better homeless services.
SF News Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Fires Police Chief Over the Handling of Officer Investigations Citing evidence that Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong's actions and statements reflected "systemic issues" within the police department, Mayor Sheng Thao made the decision to fire him Wednesday.
SF Politics Sheng Thao Declares Victory as Oakland’s New Mayor, Opponent Loren Taylor Has Conceded It took two weeks of vote-counting, but Oakland City Councilmember Sheng Thao has eked out a razor-thin, 682-vote victory as of Monday night over fellow Councilmember Loren Taylor, and ranked-choice voting tabulations eventually handed her the victory.