Nearly 14K abandoned cars reportedly dumped in Oakland over 6 months

[@bricology]

Why do you keep calling them "abandoned"?! They're *STOLEN!*

[@vladnickul]

he should visit the bottom of the ocean and stay there.

[@Qrayon]

They are stolen, sometimes used to commit crimes, stripped, then they are abandoned by the thieves.

[@bricology]

@@Qrayon -- clearly, but that does not make them "abandoned". If your suitcase was stolen from you at the airport, the thief took it a mile away, removed any valuables and left the rest there, would your suitcase be "abandoned"? No, because the only person who has the agency necessary to abandon something is its _owner._

[@babayaga2977]

Cause it sounds like it's OUR fault that way. It's like calling them newcomers instead of ILLEGAL INVADERS!!!

[@CihttiBabbuu-dt9qw]

Cuz is racist 👨🏿‍🎓🤡them Indian students keep stealing cars in black communities 👨🏿‍🎓how rude of them 🤡

[@marko1781]

14k car stolen in 6 months? that's almost 80 stolen cars a day.

[@crambo000]

Jobless black people

[@deesnoots]

Yup. Shits real. After their joyrides they just literally leave it damn near in the middle of the streets here. Then they loot it and set it on fire

[@JorJorCrelatto]

@@deesnootsI assume they set it on fire to destroy evidence of their crime?

[@deesnoots]

@@JorJorCrelatto yeah and insurance scamming

[@JorJorCrelatto]

@@deesnoots Ah, I see.

[@winexprt]

Oakland looking like a third world country. It's as if no one is in charge here...

[@bellagirlgirl8827]

the gangs are in charge??!!

[@UncleFjester]

*1/2 of the town is from, or a direct descendent of a 3rd world country!*

[@aaronbradwell989]

It's like Haiti

[@Canecorso14]

@@UncleFjesterwhere Africa

[@mjb0183]

It’s a liberal black government structure. White girl cries for equality for all. Wahhhhhhh! 😂😂😂

[@howardboyd7764]

Can you imagine.... A scumbag steals your car and you get stuck with a $500 fee to get back what was (stolen) from you in the 1st place.....

[@jpwillm5252]

It seems to me that in France the owner of the stolen vehicle must recover it. Then he makes arrangements with his insurer...

[@elonever.2.071]

So now you are the criminal if someone steals your car. And still they love their liberal handlers.

[@vozdemando1111]

500×14000= 7,000,000😮

[@vozdemando1111]

It's business, after all. The city pays a million , so they still make profit

[@soccerpro2060]

Can't blame insurance companies wanting to get out on California

[@Truelib99Hobbes]

Crime costs so much money. I'm sick of activists saying that crime is no big deal or victimless. It costs the community money and quality of life.

[@dudeonbike800]

I hope you lay the responsibility where it lies: Ronald Reagan. Thanks to him, we're now watching end-stage capitalism reveal its true nature: working Americans who've always struggled are now giving up. They've seen their jobs get worse and worse and worse. All to pad corporate profits just that much more. Time to reap what you sow: bootstraps don't work very well for society. They work for a few lucky people, but not the vast majority of society. This explains countries like South Africa and Columbia that suffer endemic crime and poverty. Shanty towns are the norm. All while the few lavish in obscene wealth. This is what the soon-to-be trillionaires in the US are creating. But the "fiscal responsible" crowd still wants to imprison people for $80k per year instead of educate them well for $40k per year. 18 years of good school costs society $720,000. 45 years of a life sentence costs society $3,600,000. Do the math.

[@hurtighansen1]

Who say that ? noone do. Only them there makes money. Rest do not

[@TheBigBigSean]

@@hurtighansen1 Democrats do. This is what they wanted.

[@YoDaddyObama]

@@TheBigBigSean Blame trump.

[@992001jeffr]

Or “Crime is down”, blah blah blah

[@AnthonyC-vk5ig]

Stolen not abandoned. The softening of words is a plague on society.

[@Hurileno]

They literally told "Stolen weeks or many months ago" 0:40

[@andrewjohnson5188]

@@Hurileno the thumbnail caption, says abandoned

[@Hurileno]

@@andrewjohnson5188 if I told you “after I wrote I stored my pen at your drawer” do you say “you placed it in the drawer” or “you wrote with it” It’s trying to be more focused on the fact it was abandoned after it was stolen, not the fact it was stolen. Otherwise, nobody should ever base opinion on news titles than content

[@Kelliebelle44]

I read the headline to my husband and he said the same thing, “Not abandoned! Stolen!”

[@DAndyLord]

The cars have been stolen, then abandoned. They said stolen almost a dozen times in the article.

[@Jaycee3]

China's president should visit, so this will get all cleaned up like they did in SF.

[@christopheryoung2874]

hahaha!

[@Deflow91]

Lol it doesn't matter. Cause after that event was over, the problems came right back.

[@gregj831]

@@Deflow91 Total f**king insanity. Dumb people keep voting for Progressive Democrats.

[@thefourhorsemen91]

Exactly!

[@Trump2024-z7t]

Lol. Xi would rather attack Taiwan. Even Xi is not that stupi.d

[@WhiTEwaLL_GamINg]

KZbin HATES IT when you say that criminals deserve consequences!

[@X-Prime123]

Ikr.

[@kbtube8125]

youtube hates freedom and America.

[@danchamberlain6069]

You Tube doesn't want to hear the truth !

[@kbtube8125]

youtube hates truth and freedom of speech. they have become communist right before our eyes.

[@justinlkriner]

Yes they totally hate it when these local news channels get tons of views and get shared all over, that's why they keep recommending the video, because they hate it. Makes total sense

[@zepm7184]

14000 cars X $500 in scrap value is $7M for the city of Oakland. Problem solved.

[@uwillnevahno6837]

The abandoned cars aren't the problem Oakland is the problem.

[@beeenn649]

Democrats are the problem.

[@BarbaraKelly-r9z]

You mean the people in Oakland.

[@0004612]

You mean the government of Oakland?

[@RT-qd8yl]

California is the problem.

[@jonez652]

You mean both?

[@geoflo5143]

Abandoned cars? Naw, they are stolen cars that can't be picked up due to the police not being able to process them. And really Gallo? "...... we only deal with violent crime." Prior to saying that you told the news crew to put the camera's down because they are known gang members and you where told that they are violent from the many witnesses that was interviewed.

[@tedmich]

I guess they're only violent when anyone trys to stop them?

[@jamesbuckingham8073]

Gallo is a long term do nothing tool looking for TV time in his Yellow Safety vest looking for sympathy. Sympathy falls in between shit and syphilis Quick to blame game except Gallo

[@diegojines-us9pc]

funny how this all happen after the covid checks stopped, and the payments were late.

[@thomaskauser8978]

And the news readers apparent joy to learn that the buck passed to a Herculean training program completing in several months? 100 vehicles a day by June with this news?

[@Beenhereawhile1001]

Something could be done about it but people don’t have the stomach for it and virtue signaling is easier than what it would take. I’m afraid this will last for a long long time.

[@ScottParisi]

Looks like a post apocalyptic city. Escape from Oakland is a ready made movie set.

[@marcspence1905]

Time to go do some filming for a zombie movie.

[@inthendwealldie]

Escape From New York 🎥? Nah, Escape From Oakland 😂 for real

[@jimjones-pz1tt]

It IS post apocalypic. Only criminals and idiot Democrat woke liberals are left in Oakland.

[@KanjoNights]

Think we could get Kurt Russell back to reprise his role?

[@ScottParisi]

That's my hope....

[@rongeorge574]

instead of wasting $1million/year renting lots, the city could auction off the cars and be making millions a year, which they can use to arrest the car thieves

[@karnubawax]

That would require "work"...

[@ictrlaltdeleteu]

Not our priority, we only go after violent crimes... Thats saying they wait for crime to happen then show up, they dont want to prevent it. Useless.

[@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane]

This is an auto theft problem, not an abandonment problem.

[@AuroraBoarder1]

It's both.

[@tabbott429]

If people and businesses keep buying stolen parts the market for stolen cars will continue. Tesla has success in being least stolen car due to its GPS system. Not easy to steal or hide when your on camera and the owner is notified with the app.

[@chrisrhodes2081]

It's a Democrat problem and these people deserve what they continue to vote for

[@YBM2007]

Or environmental and possibly organized crime. Wild to see cops so passive like that

[@atenrok]

​@@tabbott429I don't think those guys are going to be hiding. No one is looking for them

[@aleski4090]

Meanwhile I had my car towed for “blocking a driveway” and had to pay multiple agencies just to find out where it was. Then the tow bill made it a total loss. The entire system is criminal

[@quademasters249]

My advice is don't block driveways....

[@aleski4090]

My advice is: don’t go to Oakland

[@aleski4090]

My advice is: don’t go to Oakland

[@joseph_the_human]

Well, If you go steal one to make up for it obviously you won't get busted

[@mrsleep0000]

You did not have to pay multiple agencies, stop making things up.

[@stevegonzales527]

14k “abandoned” cars more like stolen by future astronauts

[@nightlightabcd]

What?!!

[@KK-pm7ud]

People think prisons are more expensive than this BS?

[@jimmyjames8377]

Stupid leadership makes a stupid city..

[@mason5540]

and stupid citizens

[@ge2623]

And stupid people elect them. Garbage in, garbage out.

[@Charles-d4e3b]

Stupid city elects stupid leadership. Identify your problem please

[@kirkmooneyham]

I haven't lived in NorCal in well over a decade...and Oakland was noted for being terrible back then. I can't even imagine how bad it is now, though.

[@paleocon777]

Typical Democrat run city

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

Residents are fed up but they won't vote out the officials who've allowed this to happen.

[@gazagovana3291]

No official can stop this, it's upto the people.

[@duffbaker9554]

Yep, limousine liberals and the OrangeManBad brigade. Oh, and illegals.

[@martinr8278]

People can’t stop this, officials regulate laws etc. looks like they enjoy this lifestyle now. Low standard pig pen that people enjoy..ahhhhhh

[@MKIVRoller]

​@@gazagovana3291bingo, it's the people in the community

[@ajx1994]

If the officials were forced to live in those communities, I bet they would find a way to stop it.

[@williammay5532]

So someone got their car stolen and you give them a ticket? Unbelievable.

[@GaiaMiranda]

But that is California for you that's the mentality

[@yahussain39]

Yup

[@itogrande4022]

Yes it happens in every city here in California

[@jessicah3782]

Please do a report on Vallejo abandoned cars. They currently have over 20,000 reports and only 1 part time officer working on these cases. On my neighborhood block (across from a school no less) are abandoned looking cars with no license plate or expired tags. Guaranteed at least 1 is stolen. It’s so crazy/annoying.

[@longmayurun58]

Last time I was in Oakland, I thought I was in Haiti.

[@ekop1778]

HEY NEED A FREE JACK OR DOOR? FREE! ALL FREE!

[@christinet6336]

Wow…😢

[@philliphall5198]

I agree it’s worse than old Mexico dump ground

[@manimalworks7424]

Haiti is better

[@kpdvw]

when forced to travel on I 80 through Oakland do NOT get off the freeway.....!

[@sfneurosurgeon]

As a council member since 2013 what has Noel Gallo been doing to solve this issue? Looks like he is now complaining about the mess he helped create.

[@OneOfDaKine82]

The state should start opening those lots as a junk yard make money for the city 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Riceman-o1p]

You sound like another useless Republican who can't do jack shit other than blame Democrats. Thanks for your commentary, loser. Go back to your Fox News programming and enjoy your delirious life.

[@Deflow91]

He's a Democrat. That's what they do. Make a mess, and act like it wasn't their fault.

[@fogtown3027]

Every time i see that guy he’s doing nothing but complaining on TV 😂

[@jamesbuckingham8073]

Y'all got to ask the residents why they keep electing the same do nothing politicians year after year?@@fogtown3027

[@richatlarge462]

If only there were a way to prevent criminals from leaving Oakland, then we could turn it into a free-range prison.

[@djdave9598]

New York Maximum Security Prison established in John Carpenter's 1981 "Escape from New York" ...... the same wall could be built around OAK and all CA criminals sent there to have at it.

[@MrEricmopar]

@@djdave9598There wouldn't be enough room in Oakland, virtually the whole population are gangs and have been for decades. The only exception is people on the hill like in Mont Clair.

[@DwightStJohn-w1l]

@@MrEricmopar We'll give you........Vancouver Island. It's full of politicians so they're fit right in.

[@ruds2600]

Her next story. The number of stolen cars has gone down in the city.

[@Alex-sm1mb]

Oakland, have you considered auctioning off abandoned cars? Like, what’s the deal. Do we need to sign a petition or something?

[@Mattius08]

Oakland looks like a fourth world apocalyptic city.

[@BobWing-x1m]

"Escape from LA"!

[@MichaelKurse]

Darkseid is in charge.🤔🤔🤔

[@CP-nl2zb]

Democrats will do that to a city

[@gshell2520]

Thank your local democrat🤡

[@1940limited]

Run by democrats!

[@munkeescrotum]

What a joke

[@Qrayon]

Not a very funny joke.

[@duffbaker9554]

Yep, that'd be Jokeland.

[@duffbaker9554]

@@4TwentyFour20 In where else but Wokeland.

[@martinr8278]

Did you say Biden? 😂

[@rkzooplays]

@@martinr8278 lmaoo

[@Jdigger4130]

what a sanctuary our leaders have created FOR FELONS...

[@workingclassperson2124]

Exactly

[@atomicwedgie8176]

Haul the cars to Sacramento... that's where all the problems originate.

[@william2william]

A lot of the parts from these stolen cars are going out of the area, some overseas and some across country. Arrest the buyers and the problem will be solved.

[@HopSkipRun22]

Stolen, not just abandoned

[@a_beary_hiker]

Unbelievable. A city and society completely lost.

[@EnergeticWaves]

no, a country

[@theamateurbackyardgardener543]

Store cars with gasoline and flammable materials under a highway. Still not learning.

[@bellagirlgirl8827]

exactly

[@lesliegaskill650]

Look up the scam where tow companies drain the fuel and sell it. Insurance companies making bank. Equity for insurance companies too

[@SOLDOZER]

Noel Gallo is part of the problem.

[@aldoaranda4222]

Oakland is a sh….hole; and the mayor just got a rise.😢

[@carlosjauregui7951]

Abanded cars are getting picked up and abanded again. Kinda like kicking everything under your bed and calling it clean. Idiots.

[@JR-hf5bd]

Your city is a joke, fix it, or are you too scared of hurting someone's feelings.

[@jameslee8765]

As a business owner in Oakland, I had the 5th stolen car towed dumped on my property yesterday.

[@MrXXY-yx8qr]

Oakland is a dump

[@usualsuspectsfor1k]

What do they charge you to remove it?

[@tonyalston4838]

@@usualsuspectsfor1k I would also like to know

[@SI0AX]

​@@usualsuspectsfor1k I'd get a battery cutting tool and turn it into portable scrap. I'm not gonna pay for that BS!

[@ekop1778]

SORRY SIR! AND NEWSOME IS SMILING AT YOU!

[@okamisan3642]

I called the cops in my neighborhood and I told them we have several vehicles with no license plates. They come out and talk to your owner who claims to be selling the vehicles so they leave. They don’t bother asking him what he’s doing with cars with no license plates in a residential neighborhood. It’s bullshit.

[@joshm3342]

In my city in Southern Calif, if they spot a vehicle with even EXPIRED registration, they tow it immediately. Oakland is a city in name only. Sadly, I don't know what to call it. I feel sorry for the residents who are just trying to live their lives.

[@MrEricmopar]

It's because the cops are corrupt and covering up for the gangs. Anyone with common sense would check the vins etc and find out they are stolen.

[@THEMarcusAurelius1]

Police are not your friends. Police are not there to help. Police are only there to their job as they see their job is to be done.

[@Nitrous2OH]

People tend to dump things in a dump. That's what Oakland has turned into.

[@misfitlife1866]

Yeah I didn’t abandon shit in Oakland but my car did get stolen

[@wckvn]

Ten or twelve years ago, I donated my car to "Cars for Kids," and it ended up in Oakland for five or six months.

[@zmansushi]

But according to lawmakers. Today Crime and theft is at an all time low. 🤔🤔🤔

[@TheBigBigSean]

Biden and his administration at work! Dems voted for this!

[@originalkingalpha5116]

Beijing Biden.

[@randymack2222]

That's only because officially the law enforcement has stopped accepting reports of crime, that results in less crime!

[@TheHuckster100]

@@originalkingalpha5116What are your thoughts on Trump accepting over 5 million dollars from China, while in office? Anything?

[@originalkingalpha5116]

@@TheHuckster100 Not nearly as much thought as to Biden sending over that last check of $60 BILLION to Ukraine.

[@blkcoupequattro]

The Chop Shop is alive, and well in Oakland.....

[@beelikemizu604]

Shhhhhhhh... Mayor says crime is down

[@doughaven-rf8id]

It's just the number of CONVICTIONS that is down. Crime is climbing like an F16.

[@beelikemizu604]

@@doughaven-rf8id 🤣👍

[@mikimiki195]

residents are fed up 🤣🤣🤣 But they keep voting for same people

[@scottlehmann9085]

STOLEN, then abandoned after the needed parts are stripped. How about check the VIN and contact the insurance or owner?

[@youtubecarspottersguide1]

don't wear a bright yellow and orange safety vest if you don't want to be spotted

[@motofish312]

ASK NEWSOME! THE STATE IS IN GREAT SHAPE! NO CRIME, NO DRUGS, NO HOMELESS, PLENTY OF HOUSING, NO PROBLEM!!!!

[@ralphee7487]

Is that Oakland or Haiti?

[@louclawges9069]

Haiti is probably a paradice compared to Oakland

[@michaelalan1270]

blame the liberal politicians who run Oakland. Blame the DA and the courts for turning all the criminals loose. Blame the voters who keep electing these clowns.

[@unjustwin186]

yeah republicans are way better they are just as bad we need new blood in every office not old coots who have been running things by greed

[@miketaylor8323]

When the vehicles are recovered they usually go to an impound lot and the owner is notified and they then notify their insurance company,that’s what happens in most cities so why not California

[@michaelcariola8891]

If the police check the VIN numbers and they come back stolen they should go to an auction so insurance companies can try to recoup losses. If they are totally stripped down send them to a recycler. It doesn't make any sense to leave them on the street and pay to store any of them.

[@terry_willis]

At 1:43 - - Did you catch when she said: at the ride along "with a security guard"? The Council member needs a SECURITY GUARD to ride in his own city!!!! What does that say??

[@daboiikev6955]

Watchu think?

[@neomonk5668]

California: Find yourself here. Oakland: Find your car here.

[@JayArr]

Oakland and SF PD will tow your vehicle it it's parked in a no tow zone, but the city will not clean its own streets of loitered stolen and abandoned cars

[@jimfesta8981]

Good point

[@WhiTEwaLL_GamINg]

It’s all of the stolen cars that have been used in crimes!!! 🤬

[@OneOfDaKine82]

The state should start opening those lots as a junk yard make money for the city 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@longiusaescius2537]

Yup

[@joseph_the_human]

How about giving the money back to the people that got their cars stolen instead

[@Malama_Ki]

They voted their way into this mess; they’ll have to shoot their way out…

[@louclawges9069]

I worked in Oakland for an alarm company in the mid 80's. What a toilet that place was. At night the vampires were out, you had to lock your doors driving around. Can't even imagine what that place is like now. N. Korea would be a better place to live.

[@joseph_the_human]

It's exciting for a skateboarding graffiti kid

[@LakeShow323-zz4tw]

Had my car stolen back in the day then found and charged me for towing expenses straight criminal shit

[@altgenesis]

Why should the city pay for towing? Make sure your insurance pays or find another insurance company.

[@1bluensx]

They hired 15 employees to get rid of 15,000 cars. Yea. That makes sense

[@ltdees2362]

🤣and those 15 employees are stealing more cars...

[@kikeruiz539]

The governor needs to put the California National Guard in Oakland

[@kirkmooneyham]

The Governor of California certainly will NOT be doing that, he's a huge part of the problem. He'd rather disarm law-abiding Californians than do anything about violent crime. When Jerry Brown got elected governor, I saw the writing on the wall, and time has proven my worst fears correct. So glad I left there after my military career was completed.

[@ericsimonson8540]

LOL, yeah like Newsome would do anything to help the citizens…

[@RobertEdits]

This shit look like fallout 4 😂😂

[@shane99ca]

How's that "sanctuary city" working out for you, guys??

[@SpecialBlanket]

It has nothing to do with that. My business has caught many people in the act of vehicle theft and they have overwhelmingly not been hispanic.

[@shane99ca]

@@SpecialBlanket And how would you know that? Iberian-descended Hispanics are Caucasian, you know, and not listed separately in the statistics I consulted. Do you actually interview the suspects, or just have grainy security camera video to go by? And how can you say "It has nothing to do with that" when those cities that specifically made a point of woke policies (many notably on the Left Coast) so rapidly turned into high-crime shitholes? For exactly the same reason they did back in the 70s?

[@jonbatchelder5288]

Not well.

[@chainsawcharl1e677]

Car theft is a violent crime. Horse theft was a capital crime and car theft should be, too.

[@sar4x474]

Oaklanders are in a bizarre transition period where normal people are dealing with the dystopia that they don’t realize is actually upon them.

[@DIVISIONINCISION]

"Normal people". No. You're lower income or maybe middle if you live there. Anyone with wealth would not be living anywhere near Oakland.

[@romanf5061]

not true - some very affluent areas in oakland. but those people are too passive to say or do anything @@DIVISIONINCISION

[@romanf5061]

I've been saying this for a few years - like the proverbial frog in boiling water

[@DIVISIONINCISION]

@@romanf5061 Why would anyone with wealth live there? The crime alone is a deterrent.

[@DavidVanHelden1]

So now they're gonna pile up flammable objects underneath the freeway over passes again..... What in the hell is wrong with these people....

[@Strange_Shadow214]

And here I am buying parts full price...

[@hectorpalomar4533]

100k a month to store cars? Shit bring them to my lot

[@justinp85]

Is Oakland a real city?? How do people live here??

[@markg2631]

this is what happens when you defund the Police

[@ltdees2362]

So yeah, just put out a notice..." To All Auto Thieves " please leave your stolen vehicle at the nearest residence..." If'n " the city ever gets around to towing it, just charge the homeowner...problem solved! A perfect new revenue source and a never ending supply train...spread the wealth...Make Oakland a better place 🤣

[@myotherusernamerules]

Police in Oakland were never defunded.

[@DamienKross20]

The police weren’t defunded

[@unjustwin186]

​@@ltdees2362you think they honestly care its exactly as you said another revenue source

[@unjustwin186]

​@DamienKross20 and yes large parts of police across the us have been defunded or reduced drastically

[@truegrit7697]

What a dump!

[@mason5540]

literally

[@originalkingalpha5116]

The whole city is a salvage yard.

[@Qrayon]

A lot of stolen cars wound up on a narrow avenue in my old neighborhood in Oakland. If you reported an abandoned car blocking a driveway or a crosswalk, it could take a month or more before the car would get ticketed and towed. According to this video, the situation is even worse now.

[@7c8f9x]

I SAW WHERE ONE NEIGHBOR GOT PISSED AND SET THE CAR ON FIRE IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE, EVEN THEN THEY DIDN'T COME TO TOW IT AWAY FOR 6 MONTHS, I BET THAT RAISED THE PROPERTY VALUE OF HIS HOME REALLY HIGH.

[@Qrayon]

@@7c8f9x Oh, yes! He can get top dollar for it now!

[@MrWolfSnack]

All you have to do is rent a front end loader and pick it up and put it right in the middle of the freeway. guarantee it will be picked up.

[@Qrayon]

@@MrWolfSnack Yeah, that's one way to do it.

[@guyolive1071]

So they’re not abandoned, they’re stolen cars. So why are there 14000 stolen cars in Oakland? What’s going on there? Maybe no policing leads to lawlessness and sacrifice of personal property. Action, meet consequence

[@towbozz3022]

That city needs to reach out to the towing community. We can resolve that in 1 day. Clean streets real quick at no cost to the city. Not sure why they continue to be ignorant on the issue.

[@justachipn3039]

Guy could make a lot of money to pick them up and drop them in a shredder. POOF, gone !!! Good money in scrap.

[@bigbossimmotal]

They are stolen cars. No one is going to leave a car that they own there. If someone owned it, they would have scrapped it themselves.

[@Jimmyxsx]

Some can be salvaged and sold in public auctions too

[@thomasgentry6201]

Demorats could part out for millions and Fund more Police? Demorats want to assist there Tax Base or ensure they Stay the same Voting Blue!

[@mpwaterhouse]

@@Jimmyxsx All of that take a ton of paperwork to backtrack the insurance/theft reports to clear out all tags associated with the VIN/License especially to ensure they don't have sticky violations, liens etc.

[@justachipn3039]

@@bigbossimmotal To lazy... they just get rid of them. Cops have the ID # if any. Insurance company's just right them off before or after they are found and don't G,A,S afterword's... they don't clean up trashed cars. People with no Insurance get screwed...

[@VR6NAVYVW]

When it comes down to it. COPS DONT DO SHIT. And the criminals know it.

[@doughaven-rf8id]

An LEO friend of mine told me the other day that they don't bother with tickets and arrests unless it's a violent crime because the judges/courts just dismiss everything anyway.

[@danyespina5969]

@@doughaven-rf8id and the city council passes those laws. Not sure if those members get elected or selected.

[@ToddClemmer]

Oakland has City leaders?

[@davidnewman2541]

No wonder insurance companies are pulling out of California!

[@jamesocker5235]

Wait til those “ stored cars catch fire”. When you don’t prosecute this is what happens

[@warriorj8658]

I don’t step foot in Oakland anymore

[@MrEricmopar]

Yeah, it's so bad, it's even dangerous to drive through on the Nimitz and 680.

[@Steve65065]

They should be patrolling every few hours. People want their stolen cars back. My stolen car could be in that mess but no one will check. Tow all of them today and let the owners know. This is just sheer laziness and incompetence.

[@warriorklan8444]

Exactly recall this useless city council and mayor enough of this crap.

[@p-dub7422]

This is another embarrassing situation for Oakland! If they are stolen and dumped pick them up so the owners can either get it back or have it totaled with their insurance. If parts are being sold to yards in the area hold them accountable to remove that incentive. Also do a survalence to get information. Oakland city officials act helpless and clueless like nothing can be done.

[@CuriousMess61]

This is what happens as a consequence of people screaming DEFUND THE POLICE!!!!! and then screaming "MUH TAXES!!!" Agencies don't have enough money to be properly staffed and equipped.

[@jimjones-pz1tt]

And where do you impound 14,000 cars? Nancy Pelosi's driveway!

[@7c8f9x]

WHERE WILL U PUT 80K CARS?

[@jafaryali25]

14k cars in Oakland abandoned!!!!!!!! Unbelievable

[@papamaanbeerVideo]

i hear alot about mopping the wet floor nothing about shutting off the open faucet

[@-.-_123]

Insurance should pay for tow charge if the car is stolen.

[@MMWorkz]

This is so stupid, they don’t think the crime is connected, violent crime and stealing cars might be the same people. They need to holistically stop all crime. Otherwise they would just game the system like they are doing now, no fear.

[@CL-rm6sb]

They need to just bring in the military and take the place back by force. The inmates run the asylum right now.

[@Falconlibrary]

Oakland PD is completely dysfunctional. The department needs to be taken over and reorganized by an outside entity.

[@matticus11]

A lot of the owners of these stolen cars don't have the funds to pay off the extortionary lot fees. Really being robbed twice

[@benbazy9238]

This is a moot point since the car is stripped to a shell of nothing, why would they want it back?

[@MrWolfSnack]

they don;t know the condition their car is in until they see it dumbazzz @@benbazy9238

[@prodigalson1500]

Oakland is just an example of what happens when you have poor leadership. This is unacceptable and intolerable.

[@Snuper325]

You have to pay because you have something to loose and the thief does not.

[@UtahDelaCruz]

If the cars are stolen, why can't they be returned to their owners?

[@123-o8u1j]

Dam that's getto. Forget going into that state it's dead. Fence it off and call it escape from California.

[@laopang91362]

Haiti ?

[@leegardner5429]

DANG, No Wonder the A's are Moving to Las Vegas!

[@mihneaciupagea3362]

Are insurance companies paying claims for these stolen vehicles? If so, they now own them and should pick them up or get charged a storage fee. Good thing Oakland defunded the police

[@richiemartinez3364]

How is it not possible to stake out these areas of constant activity. Make it harder for them to continue. As the city makes room, there should be police watching.

[@ferociousfrankie]

The real story is the $1M per year for renting the lot. Sounds like a racket.