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Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao addresses the ongoing FBI investigation, recall efforts against her and potential city budget cuts.
City leaders spent years working on a deal to move a recycling plant owned by California Waste Solutions out of a West ...
Last year, Oakland voters recalled Mayor Barbara Lee’s predecessor, Sheng Thao, in large part over boiling frustrations about ...
Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is facing up to 95 years in prison after pleading not guilty to federal bribery charges. Three others have also been indicted following a corruption investigation.
The federal corruption charges against former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao did not come as a surprise to many of her political opponents and even a former ally, who had long voiced concerns over her ...
FBI agents conducted an early-morning raid on the home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Thursday morning, one of several raids on other properties in the city.
News about Sheng Thao, who was elected mayor of Oakland in 2022.
The decision by Thao to sidestep the vote comes amid a last-minute change in how Oakland plans to pay for security guards at city-owned buildings.
Sheng Thao, the daughter of refugees, will become the most prominent Hmong American politician when she leads the California city of 440,000 residents.
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao on Monday got emotional as she spoke publicly for the first time since the FBI searched her home last Thursday, saying in short that she’s done nothing wrong.