Candidate for Oakland City Mayor in 2026 California General Election.
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Get StartedHire 1,000 Officers: Grow OPD from 714 to 1,000 by 2027, funded by 30 million in federal COPS grants and reallocated budgets from failed programs. Also, this program will ensure the police academies are open and stay open. Learn more
End Federal Oversight: Terminate OPD’s federal monitor, saving millions of dollars, and also ensuring our police officers freedom to do their duties. Also reorganize the police commission. I will work with the OPD and the officers directly to allow our OPD to be a shining example and create a safe Oakland. Learn more
Repeal Restrictive Ordinances, for example: Eliminate OMC 2.45 (Police Commission), OMC9.52 (sanctuary limits on felony arrests), DGO J-4 (50 mph pursuit cap), and OMC 2.29(excessive force reporting), empowering officers to dismantle drug markets and clear encampments. Learn more
Close programs like MACRO which are costing the taxpayers millions of dollars and are not accomplishing what is needed to aide our police in helping our mentally ill and Oaklanders being destroyed by drugs. Learn more
Instead of MACRO, we will create treatment centers for existing drug users, as well as competent centers for those who need mental health. We do not have enough of those facilities today. Learn more
It is time to stop the flood of money to nonprofits, NGOs and others who are putting our tax dollars in their back pockets with projects that do nothing and are responsible for many of the problems that are destroying Oakland. Learn more
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