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1. www.courthousenews.com › oakland-to-vote-on-recallOakland to vote on recall of controversial mayor, district ...

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   1 day ago · OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Over accusations that crime, homelessness and local government are out of control in their jurisdictions, the mayor of Oakland and district attorney of its encompassing county each face a recall vote in this November's election. If successful, it would be the first time either position has been recalled in the county ...

2. www.sfchronicle.com › eastbay › articleOakland mayor to face recall November vote after signatures ...

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   Jun 18, 2024 · Oakland voters will weigh in on whether to remove Mayor Sheng Thao from office less than two years into her tenure, barring any legal changes.

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3. www.sfchronicle.com › eastbay › articleWhat happens if Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is recalled: A primer

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   Sep 8, 2024 · Voters in Oakland will decide in November whether to recall Mayor Sheng Thao. The last time a mayoral recall vote occurred in the city was in 1917, and it was unsuccessful. Lea Suzuki/The...

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4. www.mercurynews.com › 2024/06/18 › recall-effortOakland Mayor Sheng Thao to face recall in November election

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   Jun 18, 2024 · OAKLAND — Efforts to remove Mayor Sheng Thao from office are likely headed to the November election after city officials confirmed Tuesday that a recall campaign against the mayor gathered ...

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5. oaklandside.org › 2024/09/30 › an-expert-qa-on-theAn expert Q&A on the history, power, and pitfalls of recall ...

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   Sep 30, 2024 · Oakland voters will decide on two recalls in November. The Oaklandside sat down with expert Joshua Spivak to talk about this constitutional power.

6. www.kqed.org › news › 12005081Here's Why a Recall of Oakland's Mayor Is on the Ballot and ...

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   Sep 17, 2024 · Why are Oakland voters deciding whether to recall Mayor Sheng Thao this November? Thao has faced criticism since she beat former City Councilmember Loren Taylor by a razor-thin margin in the 2022 election.

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   Why is a new mayor important for Oakland?

   • The Thao recall group blames her for crime rates in the city and for the Oakland A’s leaving the city. “With businesses closing daily, Oakland is effectively under siege,” the group’s website says. “A new mayor is crucial for our city’s recovery.”

   Oakland mayor to face recall November vote after signatures verified

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   Will a Thao recall be the first vote on a mayor?

   • Joshua Spivak, an elections expert who wrote a book about the history of recalls, said he believed it would be the first recall vote on a big city mayor in the United States since 2011. The Thao recall group blames her for crime rates in the city and for the Oakland A’s leaving the city.

   Oakland mayor to face recall November vote after signatures verified

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   Did Oakland have a more embattled mayor than Sheng Thao?

   • Voters will decide in November. Two days later, local TV channels and social media sites were saturated with images of FBI agents carrying boxes out of the mayor’s home. It’s hard to argue that Oakland’s had a more embattled mayor than Sheng Thao, at least in recent memory.

   Where did it go wrong for Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao? - The Oaklandsi…

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   How many signatures have been verified for Oakland recall?

   • In an email to recall organizers sent Tuesday, a representative from Oakland’s clerk’s office said more than 40,000 signatures for the effort had been verified, well over the 25,000 threshold for the recall to be certified. The Alameda County registrar of voters signed off on the effort, it said.

   Oakland mayor to face recall November vote after signatures verified

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   Are Oakland's problems a result of a fleeting leader?

   • But in the grand scheme of Oakland history, most of the city’s beauty, potential, problems, and perils aren’t the result of one fleeting leader. Harris said his street, Sequoyah Road, hasn’t been paved once since he moved there in 1987. “That is not the mayor’s fault,” he said, then paused. “Well, it’s all of the mayors’ faults.”

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   Why is Oakland's crime declining?

   • Thao has also pointed to her revival of the Ceasefire strategy, an anti-violence program in Oakland that slowed during the pandemic, as the cause behind the recent decline in crime. Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao speaks during the Golden State Valkyries block party at Thrive City in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, May 18, 2024.

   Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao to face recall in November election

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8. oaklandside.org › 2024/07/08 › oakland-mayor-shengWhere did it go wrong for Sheng Thao? - The Oaklandside

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   Jul 8, 2024 · An attempt to recall Thao qualified for the ballot last month—the first such event in Oakland history. Voters will decide in November. Two days later, local TV channels and social media sites were saturated with images of FBI agents carrying boxes out of the mayor’s home.