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she/her I tweet about Politics & Bravo. Formerly @DanielLurie , @lorenmtaylor , @BeraForCongress @VADemocrats , @SriPKulkarni . 💸💻 @CloverCommerce

Oakland, CA

Joined November 2011

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

4 months

In Oakland, 500 more city employees moved into the $300k-700k total compensation bracket between 2018 and 2022. These folks are largely unaffected by the proposed budget. Meanwhile 430,000 Oakland residents are being shortchanged when it comes to public safety, roads, parks,

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Trishala Vinnakota

10 months

It’s weird to be complaining about rising housing costs and then block housing being built. 60% of that site would be kept as open space for a park after the apartments are built. What would you like UC Berkeley to do?

@JovankaBeckles

Jovanka Beckles For State Senate🌹

@JovankaBeckles

10 months

When UC Berkeley is the largest landlord in the city, it's no secret which corporate interests this move will be serving. I stand with People's Park!

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@roshanpateI I think it's weird to not give this person the privacy of blacking out her picture. Can you please do that? @roshanpateI

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6 months

I spit out what I was drinking reading “common sense” and “pro-housing”. This is some quality gaslighting.😯

@priforce

Kalimah Priforce

6 months

Just three Bay Area blokes shirking the status quo. Great to see common sense leadership take the helm on both sides of the Bay that can be pro-housing and pro-neighborhoods. I endorse @AaronPeskin for mayor of #SanFrancisco . #Aaron2024

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Trishala Vinnakota

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@MayorShengThao Have you no shame? YOU KNOW FOR A FACT that crime reporting is broken and the current case counts get updated retrospectively weeks and months after. And @sfchronicle reported on this:

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Oakland has been publishing misleading crime data for years

Officials have touted Oakland’s declining crime rates. But a Chronicle review of...

www.sfchronicle.com

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1 year

This is why Oakland can't have nice things. Doesn't understand how a business needs to make some profit to run, grow, invest, and expand. Doesn't understand that Target brings economic activity to a local area by means of foot traffic for mom-and-pop businesses. 👎

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Trishala Vinnakota

2 months

Oakland Police Officers Association have called on Sheng to resign. It is hard to read when they describe the reality of what residents are faced with in Oakland and yet there were missed opportunities to make it better. "Every day you are in office, Oakland is less safe."

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Trishala Vinnakota

8 months

Tell me you’re on a PIP without telling me you’re on a PIP. PIP = Performance Improvement Plan

@MayorShengThao

Mayor Sheng Thao 盛桃

@MayorShengThao

8 months

Our ongoing partnership with the @CAgovernor 's office is focused on Oakland's top priorities: public safety, a cleaner city, getting people off the streets, and supporting Oakland's neighborhoods and businesses. Thank you Governor Newsom for your continued support in making

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Trishala Vinnakota

10 months

@DecoryanW Please teach me in very specific terms about cause and effect as it relates to this park.

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Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

Councilmember @Janani4Oakland put forth a proposal for an OPD grant writer and Sheng and her voting bloc on council shot her down because they did not want this grant writer to be only OPD focused. They did not want Janani to have a win. It did not make sense for them to shoot

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SaveOaklandParks

@oaklanddogtown

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Why do we question leadership? 👀video 🔊🔊 @MayorShengThao breaks tie vote with NO to grant writer for @oaklandpoliceca $$$ Crime is out of control and they vote no?!?!? Long video at 2mins, but worth a watch considering the 6/26/23 Oakland council meeting was ~8 hours

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Trishala Vinnakota

2 years

@abc7newsbayarea @elonmusk This is an incredibly poor comparison because SF residents aren’t claiming that crime is worst that other cities—- they are saying it’s the worst that they have ever seen in SF. This graphic downplays and distracts from what historical violent crime data might point to. Can you

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Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

@DeanPreston @KentBeck I love that he keeps repeating the premise to make it make more sense

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Trishala Vinnakota

6 months

Oakland reporters are talking among themselves about how there IS a good chance Floyd Mitchell did not sign his contract. Normally, this would be newsworthy. It’s not this morning. This city will die in darkness because of the crater that exists in place of impartial local

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

2 years

@StopFundingHate @Norton @Norton why are you advertising with the Sun?

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Trishala Vinnakota

4 months

Now we know definitively that @MayorShengThao and Andy Duong coordinated with Mario Juarez to mail 168,000 Oakland homes racist ads in the 3 days leading up to the 2022 election. And Mario came back in the March 2024 primary and got funneled more money and did it again. And

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Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

@DeanPreston 's tweet today is an absolute gift for @GrowSF . Makes their case for them without having to put any spend behind it. donate:

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Dump Dean Preston

30 Reasons to Dump Dean Preston. Together, we can defeat him in 2024.

@GrowSF

GrowSF

1 year

People have asked us: "Why focus so much on Dean?" Well... Dean's tweet is a better answer than we could have ever given.

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Trishala Vinnakota

5 months

Allegedly, the recorded video was shut off during the Life Enrichment Committee meeting today when @carroll_fife was being lit up for corruption. The City's website shows a "network error" message. Conveniently, only the 5/28 LEC meeting video shows this error.

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Trishala Vinnakota

4 months

It’s frustrating when even the California Governor’s office isn’t reporting crime data right. @GavinNewsom , please stop gaslighting Oakland residents. Two OPD reports below, notice the undercount for the exact same week of 2023 between them. Cases are added well after the

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@CAgovernor

California Governor

4 months

Crime is down 33% in Oakland - this includes crimes like homicide, assault, robbery, burglary, car theft, larceny, and arson. @CHP_HQ has helped recover 887 stolen vehicles, seized 47 crime-linked firearms, and arrested 440 suspects. We'll continue these partnerships to keep

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Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

There are bad actors at the @Oaklandside . Oaklandside said they had no other recent photos of Seneca and firmly stood by their decision. Leading with that photo was a calculated, unfair attack. It's adding to a long list of choices that lack journalistic integrity.

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Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

@RebeccaForBART @Scott_Wiener I disagree with creating revenue for a service that is failing to attract ridership by putting the burden on another segment of the population that is simply trying to get between their jobs and homes. Taxation is not the answer for services and institutions that are failing.

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

10 months

I truly forgot this happened. @Nikkiforallofus : “ @PPrice_Cares is the only candidate…I trust to make innovative changes in how victims are supported and perpetrators are successfully prosecuted.”

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Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

I have no idea who Dr. Tyfahra Milele is but what a baller for trying to hold our Mayor accountable to her actions. 👏🏽 Taking a look at the some of the terrible moves @MayorShengThao ’s has taken to piss off the police commission: — Firing LeRonne Armstrong because she was mad

@OakPoliceComm

Oakland Police Commission

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Public Statement by Dr. Tyfahra Milele, Chair of the Oakland Police Commission on September 12, 2023:

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Trishala Vinnakota

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Gavin’s first 100 Days as Oakland’s Mayor 👏

@CAgovernor

California Governor

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. @CHP_HQ has recovered over 400 stolen vehicles, made 181 arrests, and recovered over 30 crime-linked firearms in Oakland in the last 8 weeks. We'll continue supporting local law enforcement to combat criminal activity & hold perpetrators accountable.

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Trishala Vinnakota

10 months

We understand @carroll_fife and @Kaplan4Oakland it is incredibly embarrassing to have a freshman councilmember @Janani4Oakland discover through staff reports and public records requests she requested that not a single 911 dispatcher application was processed for an entire year,

@carroll_fife

Carroll Fife

11 months

Thank you for lifting up the facts CM Kaplan. It’s clear that a false narrative is being promoted and all the media outlets misinforming the public should be corrected.

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Trishala Vinnakota

2 years

@KevinJenkinsoak @ZavalaA @MiaBonta Missing the mark entirely here. Ethics is not having a long track record of it. Ethics by def are the moral principles that guide behavior & decisions .. one basic ethical principle is recusing yourself in work/gov when you have a direct & predictable effect on your spouse's work

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Trishala Vinnakota

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@meghaverma_art You are disgusting.

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Trishala Vinnakota

10 months

This is probably a good time to plug a rational candidate running against @JovankaBeckles . We don’t need any more resistance to housing at all levels because we are in crisis and it’s directly a result of us not building more units as quickly as we can. Donate and support

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Trishala Vinnakota

3 months

This is the kind of honesty we deserve from our elected officials on the tough and difficult road ahead for Oakland. great job @Janani4Oakland 👏

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Opinion: Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and my council colleagues’ fiscal recklessness

Councilmember Janani Ramachandran says leaders’ self-serving budget reliance on Coliseum sale will drive city deeper into deficit.

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Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

Oakland gets $0. @MayorShengThao 's Oakland’s Economic and Workforce Development Department did not complete the application.

@LondonBreed

London Breed

1 year

Thank you @GavinNewsom for supporting efforts to stop retail theft. This funding will support @SFPD investigations and give DA @BrookeJenkins more staff to prosecute those who steal from our businesses.

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Trishala Vinnakota

4 months

The amount of shade in this piece for @reidforoakland , @Janani4Oakland , and @NoelGallo5 was unnecessary and unearned given the disaster Sheng and the council majority are responsible for. Has the Oaklandside (& @EliWolfe4 ) just completely given up on hiding their bias?

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Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

Instead of figuring out how to support the abysmally high numbers of Oakland kids who are not reading and doing math at grade level, @OaklandEA decided to insert themselves into the present conflict in the most inflammatory way possible. I hope Jorge Lerma wins next Tuesday.

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Trishala Vinnakota

7 months

Fun fact: Oakland has paid almost exactly the same amount in settlements for people injured on its roads due to lack of paving over the last 10 years.

@DarwinBondGraha

Darwin BondGraham

@DarwinBondGraha

7 months

Noteworthy: the Oakland City Attorney recently tabulated all of the lawsuits the city has faced over a 10 year period for police misconduct. The result was $35M in settlements.

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Trishala Vinnakota

8 years

@amyschumer I'm so sorry we've done this to you at Outside Lands #OSL #amydeservesbetter

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Trishala Vinnakota

4 months

You couldn’t even make it up if you wanted to.

@MaggieAngst

Maggie Angst

4 months

I’m outside the home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, where FBI agents are on site.

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Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

@henrykleeKTVU @oaklandpoliceca @CitizenApp do we know who this man is? Can we raise money for him?

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Trishala Vinnakota

4 months

Gosh I wish we had quality local journalism to actually inform people of how nuts this all is.

@justinberton

Justin Berton

4 months

It's bonkers the #Oakland City Council is even considering passing a budget that relies on the sale of the Coliseum, an *assumption* $63 million will come in. If the deal doesn't close, the City hits a financial cliff and massive cuts to all services. A crazy, high stakes gamble.

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

I don’t know who this crusty white boy is but this should never be said about women or anyone in general. This does not belong in our political discourse. We are better than this.

@JamesNeutron415

Dr. Brock Purdy MD

@JamesNeutron415

1 year

San Francisco is broke but @LondonBreed isn’t skipping meals!

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Trishala Vinnakota

10 months

@Nikkiforallofus @DanKalb @NoelGallo5 @oaklandpoliceca @Oakland @MayorShengThao

@zachb

Zach Blume

10 months

@Nikkiforallofus you’re complicit in how out of control this has become

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Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

It’s stunning to see the celebration of OPD not being able to use license plate scanners. Instead of asking Q’s that enable us to understand what OPD needs to get ALPR running so that they can aide investigations, @Oaklandside is like “look at them haha they’re failing 👉🏽” 🙄

@DarwinBondGraha

Darwin BondGraham

@DarwinBondGraha

1 year

Tip of the hat to @hyphy_republic for first reporting this: Oakland leaders are clamoring for license plate scanner surveillance cameras and the state is giving them some. But OPD isn't even using its existing system.

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Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

Public Safety is so deeply important for so many Oakland businesses and residents right now. And Sheng has been nailed on various missteps over the last few weeks about it (ie Chief Armstrong, Police Commission, Retail Grant, 911 dispatch taken over by state). There is no

@ChaneyTurner

Authentically Oakland

1 year

Today, I stood alongside community leaders to urge the NAACP National Headquarters to cut ties with individuals representing the Oakland Chapter who are aligned with aligned with right wing groups spreading anti-Black hate, misleading information, homophobia & misogynoir.

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Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

Hilariously cringy. @Kaplan4Oakland 's response to @eb4everyone 's thank you to her is commenting on it by pulling out a quote about herself thanking herself.

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Trishala Vinnakota

4 months

@smiththought 300/700 are police and fire. The other 400 are not.

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Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

@Bleacherdave @SenecaSpeaks21 @care4community1 @sassmasterdeane “the right-wing” in east Oakland

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Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

@rajmathai @Athletics @MLB @nbcbayarea Did you challenge him on why Vegas is the “best chance to build”… every objective fact seems to suggest otherwise.

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

4 months

@MayorShengThao : I'm not okay with the "small group of billionaires from Piedmont and San Francisco that are funding my recall campaign"... but I'm okay with selling a 100-year old piece of real estate at the bidding of outside groups seeking to save their comp raises and driving

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

Huh? @liz_suk you know that @AsmMiaBonta @MiaBonta @KevinJenkinsoak @Nate_Miley are also attending and speaking at the 9/9 Solidarity for Solutions Rally. Don’t be a schoolyard bully trying to single out @lorenmtaylor just because it fits your fake narrative. #gurlbye

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Trishala Vinnakota

10 months

They will always collect. Afterall, SEIU did spend $600,000 as an IE to support @MayorShengThao . Working Families for a Better Oakland raised and spent 50% of the total pie Sheng had at her disposal (1.3 million).

@LoveCodeTrade

Boom 💥

10 months

In Oakland, the mayor runs ads for the SEIU. The SEIU represents city employees and negotiates against the taxpayers. Taxpayers: do you feel comfortable with your representative running ads for those attempting to squeeze you?

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

10 months

Why were they still not processed until April 2023? Why are we still short on 911 dispatchers and can't hire them quick enough? More importantly-- Why did we not know about this until December 2023?

@MayorShengThao

Mayor Sheng Thao 盛桃

@MayorShengThao

10 months

Community safety is a top priority for my office, which is why we were disappointed to find that 9-1-1 dispatcher applications were not processed in 2022 and my Administration immediately worked to correct the process. Hiring for this critical position and improving emergency

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

This is one of the better Oakland City budget perspectives I have read.

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Bay Area Financial Crisis: Oakland

Like San Francisco, the Bay Area City of Oakland is facing major budget woes. Mayor Sheng Thao’s proposed budget for 2023-25 released last month reveals the city is facing a $360 million shortfall,...

californiapolicycenter.org

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

It’s a nice sunset in #Oakland today.

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Trishala Vinnakota

11 months

Let's just remind ourselves that a slate of @PPrice_Cares and @MayorShengThao are running a DCCC slate in the coming March primary. They might as well just brand themselves now with: "We will infringe on 1st amendment freedom of press rights as long as it helps us hide from

@BerkeleyScanner

The Berkeley Scanner

@BerkeleyScanner

11 months

I was just turned away from an announced press conference with elected @AlamedaCountyDA Pamela Price. Every other member of the media who came was let in without any checking of credentials. @FACoalition @rcfp @SPJ_NorCal

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Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

“Taylor, a moderate, didn't give a fiery speech encouraging people to topple the city government. He was measured and factual, and even if I don’t agree with his ideas, I respected his approach.” I thought last Saturday was one of @lorenmtaylor ’s best speeches calling for

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

@OakConcerned Liz Suk and Oakland Rising be like: All Corporations are bad. Bad bad bad. They're leaving town because of policies we've supported and created (ie progressive business tax)? Let's paint them as bad so we can cover up our handy work.

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

8 months

Two elections, two days before the election. And we are to believe this guy acted alone without financial backing, endorsements, or support from anyone.

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Mud flies in obscure but influential East Bay political campaign

A small race in Alameda County that could have large implications is heating up following an attack ad that its targets say is racist. Da Lin reports. (3-3-24)

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Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

If there were two words to sum up what our reality will be for the next few years: "At odds"

@rajmathai

Raj Mathai

1 year

I’ve covered Oakland politics for 25 years (Riders Trial, @Raiders departure, deadly protests). This is among the low points. @MayorShengThao at odds w/ fired Police Chief, City Administrator, @NAACP , Police Commission + many community leaders. @nbcbayarea 1/4

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Trishala Vinnakota

2 years

the crazy train has left the station in Oakland. what’s crazier than an elected official condoning violence is the Mayor of Emeryville and a Berkeley Councilmember liking this post. are my eyes working ok 😧pls confirm

@carroll_fife

Carroll Fife

2 years

Aggression and harassment masquerading as “free speech” is a justification for violence. Know the difference.

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Trishala Vinnakota

2 years

@joegarofoli Why stop with Chief Armstrong? Why not fire the officers directly and tangibly responsible for the misconduct? Not clearing house is a clear indication that it was never about the misconduct in the first place. This was entirely opportunistic.

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Trishala Vinnakota

2 years

why advocate strongly for civilian oversight over police if they are just a pretty face for when campaign season rolls around and you're digging around in your bag for fake progressive rhetoric

@ShomikMukherjee

Shomik Mukherjee

@ShomikMukherjee

2 years

When one of the country’s most powerful civilian-led police oversight groups met Wednesday night to discuss the Oakland chief’s job status, it found itself not having much to do. Right before the meeting, the mayor abruptly announced she was firing him:

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

9 months

Some Olympics-level gymnastics being played courtesy of @JustMrPhillips to produce an argument about inn-n-out that makes zero sense

@hooleil

soleil ho/acc

9 months

Remember, In-N-Out isn't some benevolent institution. It’s a fast food chain driven by profit goals. If In-N-Out’s primary concern is the well-being of the communities it serves, it wouldn’t be leaving.

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Trishala Vinnakota

2 years

@lorenmtaylor @Oakland I find the voicemails absolutely despicable. There is no place for hate and I stand against it. I, however, do not understand the absolutely cruel response after Loren extended his empathy. “This all began with lies from people associated with you”??

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Trishala Vinnakota

5 months

“It’s not hard to see why the Oakland NAACP needs Armstrong. The group has always valued political influence, and with Armstrong on the city council, they would have it.” @OaklandNAACP , which until recently was a dormant chapter, is apparently executing on a devious plan to

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

7 months

Just like his record, @MarkFarrellSF hopes you don’t look closely at @lihanlihan 's article. On Mark's watch police staffing was down ⬇️ and the police union said he obstructed recruitment & retention. How many chances does one get in this town?

@MarkFarrellSF

Mark Farrell 🥥🌴

7 months

I am glad that the public now knows that my opponents don't support fully funding the maximum amount of police academies to grow back our police force, my plan to clear the unnecessary recruit background check backlog, or providing incentives for 100's of officers to come back.

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Trishala Vinnakota

8 months

@DarwinBondGraha Good to see you’re lifting this up @DarwinBondGraha . Is this news worthy for the @Oaklandside to cover it? … especially given the repeated unmistakable racist pattern between 2022 and 2024 and the fact that mario has an outstanding judgement

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Trishala Vinnakota

3 months

why folks really just need to stay the hell out of local races:

@sfchronicle

San Francisco Chronicle

3 months

JUST IN: Nancy Pelosi endorses Supervisor Dean Preston in his re-election campaign. Preston, the sole Democratic Socialist on the Board of Supervisors, is running against two moderate candidates.

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Trishala Vinnakota

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When it serves them, elected officials and the press have pointed to misleading crime data to support their narratives. Crime reporting in Oakland is undercounted and takes time to backfill. We owe it to @tgardner44 for correcting the record and continuing to put forth the

@susieneilson

Susie Neilson

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Oakland has been publishing misleading crime data for years. Elected officials have used this data to tout their administrations and claim crime is down. Important accountability story from @rachelswan and @dkopf

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Trishala Vinnakota

10 months

Hearing that @MayorShengThao is bailing on this event. Is that correct, @welcometomannys ? Running list of meetings she has not shown up to because she's afraid to answer questions from the public: 1. @OaklandOba 's meeting 2. @sfchronicle endorsement interview

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

2 years

@hyphy_republic the propaganda you spew will also not be of critical importance for 4-8 years too

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Trishala Vinnakota

4 months

On @KQEDForum yesterday, Dan Lindheim aptly called out “It’s difficult to take back money from the very people who were the reason why you ( @MayorShengThao ) got elected.” For months, the administration and council ignored calls to renegotiate with unions. So now we are cutting

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KQED Forum

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🎙️ ON AIR: @DarwinBondGraha , @sharkfinney & @UCBerkeley policy scholar Dan Lindheim are talking about the controversies Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is facing & what the FBI raid could mean. ❓What do you think of Mayor Thao’s performance so far? 📻 Listen:

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

2 years

I’m not sure how else a group could express in the strongest possible language that they don’t condone @MayorShengThao cutting them off at their knees hours before they had the chance to collectively make this decision— one that she clearly wasn’t going to like.

@OakPoliceComm

Oakland Police Commission

2 years

Oakland Police Commission Chair Dr. Tyfahra Milele issued the following statement:

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

4 months

@thomashawk @JTLonsdale @andrewrsorkin @CNBC @JoeSquawk This was quite possibly the most frightening answer to listen to… the very opposite of “brilliant”. What are we talking about. Jesus Christ.

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

Sheng said she won't declare a state of emergency because there were no concrete asks. Good thing there is a written resolution with the concrete asks she is asking for:

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

2 years

I met @0liviajulianna yesterday. Chatting with her made me realize.. our future might be okay y’all. Gen Z will save us. ☝🏽

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

Fantastic reporting by @JakobRodgers on @PPrice_Cares hiring her boyfriend to work in her office. It was fair and balanced. It covered similar conflicts of interest arising in Nancy O’Malley’s office.

Alameda DA’s office hired Pamela Price’s boyfriend, raising nepotism concerns

The couple’s relationship has been an open secret at work, raising the eyebrows of colleagues. And his time in Richmond has brought its own concerns.

www.mercurynews.com

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

7 months

Spending $2 million dollars and coming in 4th 😮 I’m so impressed by Dan.

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Trishala Vinnakota

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@gaganbiyani They might be inexperienced but they sure knew about it since 2021 because they commissioned the report themselves. Yet, @MayorShengThao pretends it was all a massive surprise. Probably part of the same right wing conspiracy against her.

@Tokhuah

Tokhuah

4 months

The structural deficit in Oakland has been known since 2021. The current administration leaned all the way into the collapse and actually accelerated it.

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

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Holy crap. I’m so goddamn happy for Jorge Lerma. We can breathe a tiny bit easier knowing there will more maybe more reasonable, measured heads on how ⁦OUSD will improve literacy, math achievement, fiscal solvency for Oakland schools. Eat your heart out @OaklandEA ⁩.

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Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

@SenTedCruz why is it so hard to acknowledge the significance to African Americans, the most important fact you conveniently left out

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

@WarrenMobility Nooooo!

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

5 months

@carroll_fife Update: It's up now. It hasn't been up for the last 30 mins.

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

🧵 Sheng on KQED with @alexismadrigal : @MayorShengThao said she will declare a state of emergency if the @OakPoliceComm does not make progress on a search for a Chief so that she can hire without needing the Oakland Police Commission.

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

10 months

@Kaplan4Oakland @carroll_fife @Janani4Oakland @Kaplan4Oakland you have been in office for 14 years. This is the first time light has been shed on this issue because it had been cleverly covered up. Sheng took office January 2023. Every month for the last 12 months people have been ringing the alarm about 911 calls being

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

2 years

The question I have @tasneemraja is how journalistic integrity is met when the national elections expert is a ACDEM delegate who voted to endorse Sheng. How could @Oaklandside have answered the RCV question in a balanced way if this is the case?

@tasneemraja

Tasneem Raja

2 years

After losing the Oakland mayor's race, council member Loren Taylor shaded the use of ranked-choice voting in this election, saying it amounted to a form of "voter suppression." We asked a national elections expert based in Oakland to weigh in.

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

2 years

@carroll_fife @lorenmtaylor @Oakland @carroll_fife I am so sorry about the hateful things that have been directed at you. No one deserves that. Loren is also not deserving of the delirious accusations you are making. Eliminating hate of any kind in our communities starts with being good to each other.

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

So confused how Oakland City Council spent 20 mins in January during a city council meeting passing a resolution in support of Iranian women but none have bothered to say anything about the escalating conflict in the Middle East. Everyone from Pelosi to Gavin to Breed have

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

What if I stood outside of this event like the #dudewithasign and let @DanKalb know he forgot to attach a spreadsheet with his most recently published budget amendments-- failing to show how they will balance. "FINISH YOUR BUDGET HOMEWORK BEFORE YOUR FUNDRAISER, DAN." smh (3/3)

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

8 months

It’s actually quite surprising when you read in print what’s going on behind the doors in @PPrice_Cares ’s office and it matches the fictional-VEEP-type sitcom you made up in your mind.

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DA Pamela Price hit with discrimination, retaliation claims

Patti Lee says Price often made anti-Asian remarks and that the DA's office illegally withheld records about The Scanner's exclusion from a press event.

www.berkeleyscanner.com

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

You know when you've spoken the truth when someone takes the time to tell me I'm spouting misleading information. No one does that when it's a ridiculous claim. PR and Comms consultants will tell you to ignore it. But because it's true, it's frightening and therefore you

@ChaneyTurner

Authentically Oakland

1 year

@trishala Instead of posting misleading information let’s stick to the facts about what this press conference was about, condemning the Oakland NAACP’s association with right-wing, homophobes, something your former boss refuses to do.

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

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accusation: Pamela Price’s professional experience has been centered on civil not criminal cases @PPrice_Cares : accepts the accusation with a small caveat that she’s had one criminal trial

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

Two weeks ago at the D1 Public Safety meeting, I guess I scooped @DanKalb 's endorsement from @MayorShengThao . Today, Dan Kalb sent an email to his CA State Senate supporters that he earned her endorsement. (1/2)

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

@Bleacherdave @SenecaSpeaks21 @care4community1 @sassmasterdeane @Bleacherdave these clowns tweeted that NTO brought out the “Right” to East Oakland right. This was moments after I personally acknowledged the potential false information about them being in the Church and took down my tweets. They have an utter lack of integrity. Smh.

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

@alexismadrigal @MayorShengThao @OakPoliceComm @alexismadrigal pushed back and asked why she wouldn't declare a state of emergency for the demands asked last weekend at the rally

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

@IamKeishaKeisha you keep doing you @IamKeishaKeisha 👏

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

5 months

Who is writing these tweets at the @sfchronicle ?

@sfchronicle

San Francisco Chronicle

5 months

San Franciscans would be right to be skeptical of Ulukaya, who has no apparent connection to our city or to craft beer. Especially since he said he “didn’t know Anchor existed” until last summer.

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

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@carroll_fife @NikkofromtheBay @WarrenMobility @carroll_fife yes your handy work is also all over the one where you didn’t let paving happen for 18 months. Good job 👏🏽

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Oakland Report | Substack

Oakland Report provides reasoned, evidence-based analyses and critiques of the policies, actions, and inactions of our city, county, and state governments. Click to read Oakland Report, a Substack...

www.oaklandreport.org

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

5 months

@JudgeJudyPovich @carroll_fife That's not true. Reporters from NBCUni, CBS, and another local outlet confirmed Chief Mitchell did not sign his employment contract until after the department wide email went out trying to calm folks down. That department wide email was the origin source. It is absolutely true

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

@care4community1 Thank you for providing that. I have taken my tweet because I see that it’s false information.

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

1 year

I speak on behalf of everyone when I say we're all surprised that horse trades happen. (2/3)

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Trishala Vinnakota

4 months

@DarwinBondGraha @reidforoakland @Janani4Oakland @NoelGallo5 @EliWolfe4 sharing all of my notes on the unfair characterizations, omissions, and dropped balls, @DarwinBondGraha :

Oakland passes budget_Notes for Darwin

https://oaklandside.org/2024/07/02/oakland-passes-budget-big-cuts-are-still-on-the-table/ Shade Meter Janani, Reid, Ramachandran: “Despite their objections to the budget, Reid and Ramachandran both...

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@trishala

Trishala Vinnakota

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@Nikkiforallofus The comment section has overexceed anything I was going to say. We’ll have to see how much labor puts in to buy this race for you.

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