Supporters of the effort to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao said they have collected more than 30,000 signatures on their way to getting the question placed on the November ballot.
Representatives from the group Oakland United to Recall Sheng Thao said Friday they need 25,000 valid signatures from Oakland voters and have until July 22 to turn their petition in to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters.'This recall is happening,' said Brenda Harbin-Forte, the group's president and a former member of the Oakland Police Commission who Thao removed from the commission last year.
Thao ultimately prevailed over nine other candidates with 57,206 votes in the final round, outlasting the second-highest-vote-getter Loren Taylor, who had 56,529. Recall organizer Seneca Scott was among the other candidates.
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