Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao talks 911 calling crisis, state deadline, HR fallout

[@Mike__B]

Blame your city council who decided that defunding the police was a wise course of action in a city like Oakland of all places.

[@miket4234]

she was part of defund the popo. now she try to walk it back like she was never for aint .. what a clown

[@Marcia-k7g]

That was her campaign motto!

[@davidb190]

A deer in the headlights. She's way in over her head. Has not a clue what she's doing or saying. Yet another embarrassment for Oakland.

[@MrRevelation2012]

Oakland has been crime-ridden for the last 50 years. It's always been that way. It's the culture and mentality. You can vote her out, but nothing will change until the people of Oakland changes who they are. Remember at least 50 years and she's only been in office for a year. You can blame her all you want but it's been that way before mayor thao was born.

[@davidjackson7281]

@@MrRevelation2012 lol

[@saminusprime2746]

The more i hear her talk, yet having little to no results, the more i understand why she needs to be voted out asap.

[@Aireck174]

Shes just a symptom of the voters. If the voters have learned nothing, they will elect another progressive democrats with the same policies.

[@Marcia-k7g]

In California your vote is blue! When you recall one of them....they somehow have the votes to stay in even when in acutality they don't.

[@Aireck174]

@user-mv4kn7wu6m I believe they do have the votes. When Californians move to a red state, they turn those states blue. There are large numbers of people who continue to vote against their own interests. In the past there was cycles but now dems realized they can keep blue states blue by increasing the number of unmarried female voters and turn red state blue from their fleeing voters.

[@saminusprime2746]

@@Marcia-k7g ok

[@BoRaiChoWins]

Just resign. You clearly are not up for for the job.

[@MoonDog991]

Guess who voted her to office?

[@MrRevelation2012]

Oakland has been crime-ridden for the last 50 years. It's always been that way. It's the culture and mentality. You can vote her out, but nothing will change until the people of Oakland changes who they are. Remember at least 50 years and she's only been in office for a year. You can blame her all you want but it's been that way before mayor thao was born.

[@barista8311]

Vote for the recall!

[@Marcia-k7g]

Up for the job....she had people who ran against her, better qualified and the bote was rigged...the blue way to place her there to take down Oakland.

[@ZG630]

@@Marcia-k7g One person cannot control the whole city, obviously. However, if everybody down the ranks do their part and the people also do their part discipline their children, there won't be as much crime and the 911 would be easily handled. As the saying goes, "evil wins when good people do nothing." Additionally, she belongs to an ethnicity that was slave to the Chinese way back then, and the Vietnamese were also her ethnicity's enemies back in the day of Vietnam War when her ethnicity was helping the Americans fight the Vietnamese to protect democracy and freedom. If Thao fails then the people don't deserve peace, they can all go to hell for all I care. Her father was probably saving the American downed pilots when their planes were shot down by the NVA, Vietnamese Army. Just saying. The Vietnamese and Chinese in Oakland and San Francisco area probably hate her only because they think they are the ones who should be mayor since they were her ancestors' masters. Black people should support her because they too were slaves. Let's team up with Thao and rebuild Oakland into a better city into the future.

[@mastershredder2002]

Buncha talk and no action. Recall her.

[@Marcia-k7g]

Look what got her in there, it wasn't votes.

[@Adriana-in3yf]

Oakland bay area native here. Please do not wait for the Gov't to protect or support you. I would not live in Oakland if you paid me due to car jackings, robberies and deaths. How many stories do we hear of Oakland missing paperwork deadlines or just not taking action on staffing. It is mind blowing that NBC even interviewed the Mayor with these questions. Are we going to make a deadline is the lamest question. These are the questions that should be asked : 1) Are you aware of the violent crimes and deaths in Oakland 2) What do you think is the root cause of the heart breaking situation in Oakland 3) When will you resign.

[@p-dub7422]

Good points! If you notice she never answered the questions. Oakland is a city that needs an experienced and exceptional person in the Mayor's position. By the time she learns the job it will be too late and too much damage will have happened on top of what has already happened. Former Mayor Brown wasted time in that position and it wasn't until he did his time he understood that their were "dedicated criminals in Oakland." This is just one of many issues and examples of poor leadership in Oakland. I could name Mayor's in Oakland for the last 25 years or more has wasted time and were poor leaders in Oakland.

[@davidjackson7281]

@@p-dub7422 50 years

[@danlove12k]

The mayor is responsible for getting rid of in and out only restaurant in Oakland.

[@Khultan]

Bay area Democrat voters are to blame entirely for that.

[@teeconsigliano7631]

Thao and Price recalls can't come soon enough

[@adrianmalonejr.2692]

Like asap! Get them out now

[@MrRevelation2012]

Oakland has been crime-ridden for the last 50 years. It's always been that way. It's the culture and mentality. You can vote her out, but nothing will change until the people of Oakland changes who they are. Remember at least 50 years and she's only been in office for a year. You can blame her all you want but it's been that way before mayor thao was born.

[@teeconsigliano7631]

@MrRevelation2012 Another Thao political lackey. many cities have had crime problems for decades and many had a renaissance from the 90s to COVID. that renaissance is gone under Thao. not paying her to be incompetent.

[@amartinez589]

Was this woman elected? If so it says a lot about the Oakland voters

[@kyshac81]

She actually wasn’t elected. She won because of this stupid Rank Choice voting. Where she got the votes of the people who got less votes than she did, to beat out the person who had the most votes.

[@selanryn5849]

We aren't really sure that she really won.

[@johnbuckles1344]

Loren Taylor won the first round of voting. Back in normal times he would have been our mayor, and he would have been a better one than this kid we are stuck with. "Rank(ed) choice" voting brings this bs. Avoid allowing it in your community, it is a disaster. People throw their votes away on fringy candidates who don't stand a chance of winning, then these very same voters whine and complain that 'their voices aren't being heard'.

[@michaelbailey5257]

No, it's the woke Oakland voters. It doesn't matter if it's Loren Taylor or Shen Thao. If it's that blackass, Oakland would still be the same, without the scrutiny.

[@michaelbailey5257]

Also, look at Ron Dellums. That mayor practically took a 4 year vacation as Mayor of Oakland.

[@richismymiddlename]

Some call them reasons, some call them excuses. After two years, it's now a conspiracy. What a disgrace...

[@anafesyverson3505]

Get rid of of her she no good

[@sappysuds4545]

Oakland is so dysfunctional.

[@taliafuller8427]

Oakland is a freaking circus

[@richismymiddlename]

She sounds like a teen pageant contestant.

[@8630733]

I moved out of Oakland in November after living there for two years. Best decision ever.

[@kyshac81]

2:46 only one of the city council members exposed that the HR department was sitting on 100s of job applications for 911 dispatchers positions, for over 1 year. So the mayor is lying. They were supposed to interview these people over a year ago. Over a year ago she was the Mayor. So I don’t want to hear it. Oakland is being ran piss poorly. The Mayor, The City Council none of these people have the Competency to govern and actually run a city. And it’s a lot of corruption going on down there, especially within the police department, that Federal Monitor, and the Mayors office. That’s the only explanation as to why the city is being ran so poorly.

[@tommyboy1653]

Let's blame everyone but the criminals.

[@chasingsunsets87]

​@@tommyboy1653you can't hold criminals accountable if you don't have reliable system in place

[@michaelbailey5257]

@@tommyboy1653 kyshac81 is a criminal. That person probably voted for a long line of terrible mayors like Ron Dellums that ran Oakland to the ground. You can't expect Shen Thao to fix anything when the city is beyond fixing.

[@michaelbailey5257]

@@chasingsunsets87 The only reliable system is to stop people like kyshac81 from electing a long line of terrible mayors like Ron Dellumns.

[@oftenlucid]

Didn't Thao miss out on Millions in State money to combat retail theft and they have not had a Chief of Police for a year now. . . This is just gross mismanagement. I miss Oakland. It used to be a great place to visit, with the Paramount and Fox theaters, Jack London Square, all the cool little breweries that were opening up there in the Down Town.

[@w4r7]

Exactomundo! Sadly going to these venues and locations risk you and your property from bad actors.

[@mikelfrance-l6x]

If you had fewer crimes you would have fewer 911 calls. Maybe try to reduce THE CRIMES?

[@sappysuds4545]

She's so frustrating. She can't fix one issue. She just gives lip service and sound bytes.

[@JoeRogansGutBiome]

Fun fact. She is BFF with Libby Schaaf, so she learned from the best

[@Khultan]

100%

[@crambo000]

She’s always pointing fingers at somebody else

[@SnuggleFits]

I bet 911 Dispatch in some places like Oakland is not an easy job. You have to be at your top game for 12 hours straight if that's your schedule, whether you are on day, swing, or graveyard. You're the key to knowing who to send and when to send, watching multiple screens, typing quick and accurate while working the radio, and taking calls. Just sayin...

[@khpickleball]

Good and humanizing perspective for the emergency workers.

[@middleguy1776]

She's a failure and will never fix anything

[@mussim2919]

Who’s good then? Explain please!

[@middleguy1776]

@@mussim2919 anyone not progressive would be an amazing start. Also she's obviously not very intelligent and has no clue about the business aspect needed to understand basic economics. She also has dragged her feet on the police chief while crime increases rapidly and businesses close daily. She also lost the A's because she was dumb enough to think Oakland is actually a destination people want to go to. It's the least thing from it. So either she's delusional and needs mental help or she's a complete moron. Or both.

[@davidjackson7281]

@@mussim2919 lol

[@JM-pf8gu]

Keep criminals in jail, maybe we wont have to call 911. Worthless politicians

[@mw-sl9vo]

lol so she claims she called 911 a year and a half ago and got a buzy signal. fast forward until now it still gives busy signal. so what has she done?

[@Bwh-rm3py]

I can tell within 30 seconds of listening to her that she’s clueless

[@StephenDavis-vh4oc]

The mayor is a funny person.

[@Jnthncrrll]

OH YOU SHUT UP, STEPHEN THE TRUMPSTER FREAK!!!!! BECAUSE OAKLAND MAYOR SHENG THAO IS NOT A FUNNY PERSON AND SHE IS NOT A COMEDIAN!!!!!

[@miket4234]

like clown funny right? not comedian

[@johnnyartillery]

who would of thought she was too busy money laundering to fix issues

[@davidjackson7281]

me from the start

[@RacerX1971]

Actually works for Tsing Tao cuz if you dont answer less emergency calls, less police response..now your numbers look better😂😂😂

[@taliafuller8427]

A neighbor of mine, who just got fired from his ex-lawyer job because he was sleeping with a victim/minor took drugs and was drinking. He was harassing a bunch of people in my apartment complex for no reason. If you existed, he would threat to beat you up. I was helping my mom sort through makeup for homeless teens,mothers and women. He saw me and charged straight at me 3 times. Well long story short. It took 10 people including myself to call the police they came in 2 hours. And didn’t even arrest the guy and he was making threats to unalive me and other stuff when the police were right in front of his apartment complex plus his son was wandering the neighborhood with no clothes and looking beaten up. I was shocked how the police wouldn’t do anything just a warning?! When this man said he was gonna unalive me for no reason all they told me was to file a restraining order. 🤦🏽‍♀️ the guy lives right next door to me how the f is that gonna help? Oakland is a freaking circus of a city that doesn’t care if your SAed, Robbed, Murdered or whatever. If you need things done you better arm yourself or move out of here.

[@tommyboy1653]

Oakland will need curfews and militaty police,you can thank the criminals or try to blame everyone else.

[@mattheweng4679]

3:37 I had this experience as a prospective dispatcher. Applied and simply heard back that the listing was cancelled

[@cleogirl82]

this lady is not answering the questions. she dances around the questions

[@Seaborg-m7h]

Duo RECALL 📝✍️ & 📝✍️ in 2024 : Criminal Co-conspirator PRICE & INCOMPETENT Mayor Shao !

[@kaiarevalo2952]

I loath GOP but Sheng Tao level of shamelessness is just mind boggling. May be people of Oakland deserve her for not doing anything to recall her.

[@EASYED27]

Oakland needs a strong, charismatic leader. Thao is too weak and incompetent.

[@pacz8114]

That's the mayor? For gosh sakes -- she sounds like a fast food manager (swing shift).

[@kyshac81]

Going down to Oakland Planning and Permit department, the fact that they have literally only inexperienced mostly Asians and white folks working down there explains a lot. No diversity in the hiring anymore. And the department is being ran poorly. Everyone is damn near under the age of 33 years old, and nobody is ever at work. And none of them know what the hell they are doing. Prior to the pandemic, it was A LOT of people working down there, and you can get things done same day. They have literally got rid of almost all the black folks that used to work down there. Oakland is the only city in the Bay Area that’s not being operated and open for business Monday through Friday 9am-5pm. They got all of these weird days and hours that they are available. You can’t get anything done down there after 12 noon. It’s the mostly ridiculous shyt I’ve ever seen.

[@michaelbailey5257]

I ride BART enough to see black people from Fruitvale taking BART to the City at 2pm. GOOD MORNING BLACK AMERICA!

[@teeconsigliano7631]

mayor and council are full of BS when they claim to support diversity. on the other hand, there's not enough diversity in the criminals from what i see :)

[@blackchewy8435]

@@michaelbailey5257 Oh Michael…

[@ereal4850]

RECALL MAYOR SHENG THAO AND THE ALAMEDA DA!!!!!!!! The city of Oakland did not look at dispatcher applications in 2023!!!??? 😅😅😅😅

[@gavindaly5731]

She's obviously in WAY over her head .The place is synonymous with decline . She should do the right thing and step aside , and she should probably give back any wages that she has received .

[@BINHNGUYEN-gj9di]

They need to pay more to attract more dispatchers.

[@warriorklan8444]

They lost 1,000 applications for dispatcher job lol total mess at city hall.

[@mrcpaddler]

Libby Schaaf was worse. Supporting defunding police, did nothing about homeless camps.

[@interamerica6027]

When you compare against the worst to make yourself look good.

[@its-all-good]

Libby was against the defund. The current mayor voted in favors of a 50% defund along with nearly every current council member when she was a council member. The defund did not take place.

[@yummm8775]

Watch as Oakland will replace a Democrat with another Democrat. It's like replacing a flat tire with another flat tire.

[@AGP510]

An interesting point In the let’s was the callss would be rerouted, this would create a time bbee😊 between the dispatcher contacting an out of area PD

[@stopdoingthat.hereletmedoi7320]

Some politicians feel like they worked hard to win the office and the public owes them more than the measly govt. salary.

[@Khultan]

*RECALL MAYOR SHENG THAU RIGHT NOW*

[@nguday2003]

Maybe stop paying cops 100k in overtime to afford equally important roles.

[@_m_K_.]

Oakland 911 has been this way for years, many, many years. If you try to call on a weekend night, good luck.

[@NarutoPHC]

911 worst call time is because of technology?? Seriously? Do you think we are stupid?

[@jojos7523]

AGAIN! BLAME THE DA PRICE! All of this was caused by her wrongdoing! Not persecuting crime!

[@AnythingJW]

what do you expect when Oakland has a mayor like her!?

[@JoeRogansGutBiome]

No Beeeeccchh. You have to do better. Not us. You are refusing to spend money and not hire and imorove infustructure.

[@MrRevelation2012]

Oakland has been crime-ridden for the last 50 years. It's always been that way. It's the culture and mentality. You can vote her out, but nothing will change until the people of Oakland changes who they are. Remember at least 50 years and she's only been in office for a year. You can blame her all you want but it's been that way before mayor thao was born.

[@davidjackson7281]

lol

[@calsmith7902]

The mayor should resign ...

[@stevenashairline3701]

From what i observe, this is a voter problem. People keep voting for this then cry when things turned out not the way they want.

[@pg-ud6pf]

I am not sure she should run a PTA never mind a troubled city. Oakland is spinning the drain under her tenure.

[@watchland3361]

“DEAR IN THE HEADLIGHTS”

[@davidjackson7281]

deer

[@Bob-mn7ob]

Where has all the tax money, federal grants gone? Can you spell “corruption”?

[@YangPao-l6n]

If you can not handle your JOB'S please resign the post a.s.a.p,... Oakland deserve better for those who care and get the JOB'S done correctly & not corrupted..

[@hemaccabe4292]

I hope every Oakland voter gets an up close and personal experience of the lawlessness they voted for.

[@davetruong7775]

Every one in oakland in trouble can't depend on 911

[@KhawmTiti]

She's an Asian woman from the jungle of Vietnam and the mayor is also from the jungle of laos... why can she be a little nicer to her

[@davidjackson7281]

???

[@wellthatgotweird]

How did she get that job?

[@ree3262]

she has no clue what she’s doing…smh 🤦🏽‍♀️ recall her.

[@Hellohnl1702]

Sheng Thao had no solutions, let’s vote her out because can’t do the job

[@ericanderson3534]

Voting has consequences

[@sayulitalyfe5299]

Vote blue no matter who 💙 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂you get what you vote for. Democrats love china

[@Rosie5blue]

Who wants to be a cop in oakland

[@hubaldotorres4841]

Sheng Thao has intellectual insecurities. All talk, no results.

[@chadakoin1]

Oakland has a mayor???

[@p-dub7422]

Evaise responses! Another horror show in Oakland!

[@Victor-it6bv]

Miss Piggy 🐷 got to go.

[@_ac_7649]

Sheng Thao totally incompetent

[@12y3mambo]

She’s not good enough for Oakland

[@aggu5477]

what a failure.

[@TheTaoofEternalWar]

She has scientific studies that PROVE she is right about everything. LOL. She seriously makes me laugh.

[@Bwh-rm3py]

Keep voting for the dem

[@meganh4166]

Uhh. Sheng Thao, please stop disgracing Asians that you are not able to do the job as a leader. Step down with dignity, stop blaming.

[@caxcan9438]

Another horrible mayor

[@adrianmalonejr.2692]

Just stealing the money!

[@phoso1]

That's a Tiffany Henyard. You know there is no good black run city in US.

[@eldebtor6973]

what a fluff piece.

[@GreatValueBleach]

Defund the police 😂

[@sloth1996]

Keep voting democrat.

[@ChrisYonts-q7y]

LADY IN RED....

[@MasafumiKiuchi-ge4oi]

Love Oakland

[@davidjackson7281]

lol

[@MasafumiKiuchi-ge4oi]

Oakland is a great city

[@davidjackson7281]

lol

[@khockhong]

HUMAN OAKLAND GOT THERE WISH THEY ARE SO HAPPY IN HEAVENS

[@lexxieb787]

Typical Democrat