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Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County DA Pamela Price, the targets of recalls, will soon learn whether they'll keep their jobs. Thao has touted a sharp drop in homicides and a successful reboot of the "Ceasefire" anti-violence program as some of the reasons why the city is on the right track and why she shouldn't be removed from office.But critics say Thao is to blame for business closures, sports teams leaving - and the perception that crime is spiraling out of control.
Her policies have prompted many prosecutors to join other DA's offices, including a longtime veteran whom she had charged with a crime until the case was dismissed."There needs to be a change," said Sgt. Huy Nguyen, president of the Oakland Police Officers Association. "I think that we have swung so far left, the meter, that we need to make sure that at some point there's gotta be some reasonableness to make sure that we can sustain these challenges.
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