The group behind efforts to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao says they've collected more than the required number of signatures to get the recall on the November ballot.
The group behind efforts to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao it says they've collected more than the required number of signatures to move forward.The effort to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is moving forward. The group behind it says they've collected more than the required number of signatures to get the recall on the November ballot.
"She is toast, we say, Thao is toast," Brenda Harbin-Forte, a retired Alameda County judge and President of OUST said. The group behind the recall effort known as OUST, or Oakland United to Recall Sheng Thao, says they've collected more than 30,000 signatures in the past three months.Chaos erupts at Oakland news conference as Mayor Thao announces new grant"This recall is happening, it is going to be on the November ballot and voters in Oakland will be able to let the mayor know, that we are not pleased with her leadership," Harbin-Forte said.
"She literally just got into office," McCants said. "It just didn't come out of thin air, it's been past administrations going back eight years that have really neglected the city, and haven't really set the city up for a sustainable future.""Given what we call, the deck of cards that she has been given, I think she's doing an awesome job," he said. "So some of the positive things, she has secured $2.
If the recall moves forward, the city council would have 120 days to set a special election for a new mayor.
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