Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf on How the City is Faring in a Pandemic

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🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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The pandemic has been tough on Oakland. Just one month into the new year the city has seen 13 homicides and a recent spate of car-jackings and robberies. The city has also made deep budget cuts to offset a $62 million shortfall from declines in tax revenue and police overtime pay. We'll talk with Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf about housing, homelessness, the economy, and what the city can do to help its citizens in these hard times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.7	Coming up on forum, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff joins us to talk about the easing of some coronavirus restrictions and the virus's toll on the city's economy.
1:08.9	And so while I am excited to go out and get a haircut, I caution everyone that we cannot take this
1:15.8	for granted. We have got to double down. We want this to be the last absolute shutdown so that
1:22.0	we can get back to our lives as this vaccine is getting out. And we'll also check in with
1:27.4	Mayor Schaff on the homelessness crisis to search for a new police
1:30.5	chief and reopening schools, and she'll take your questions.
1:33.6	Oakland Mayor Libby Shaff next, right out to this news.
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