City Councilwoman Sheng Thao is set to become Oakand's next mayor after the registrar of voters announced that the final remaining ballots would not be sufficient to change the outcome of the hotly contested race.
The new mayor-elect will inherit a city with rising crime and rampant homelessness.
"Things weren't going in the right direction," says Gerry Mogg, owner of Modigliani Cafe near the Grand Theater.
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