The effort to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is now in the hands of voters, less than two years since she assumed office.
Thao's term has been buffeted by well-publicized incidents of street crime and retail theft, the controversial firing of Oakland 's former police chief, the loss of the Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball team, a looming budget deficit and a political scandal involving an FBI raid on her home.
Thao was also criticized for the 13 months it took to find a new police chief. By then, Gov. Gavin Newsom had deployed California Highway Patrol officers to stem a surge of crime and a growing list of businesses had decided to leave the city over public safety fears.Opponents of the recall say statistics show crime has fallen since Thao assumed office and her administration should be allowed the time for its policies to fully develop and resolve problems decades in the making.
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