{"id":2036335,"date":"2023-09-18T17:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T21:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-liberal-city-wanted-millions-in-grant-funding-to-fight-retail-crime-it-missed-the-application-deadline\/"},"modified":"2023-09-18T18:00:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T22:00:50","slug":"this-liberal-city-wanted-millions-in-grant-funding-to-fight-retail-crime-it-missed-the-application-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-liberal-city-wanted-millions-in-grant-funding-to-fight-retail-crime-it-missed-the-application-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal city seeks grant funding to combat retail crime, but misses deadline."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthis-liberal-city-wanted-millions-in-grant-funding-to-fight-retail-crime-it-missed-the-application-deadline%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2036335&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>Frustration \u200bgrows in crime-ridden Oakland as\u200c residents blast \u200bcity&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-happening-in-afghanistan\/\" title=\"What\u2019s Happening In Afghanistan?\">left-wing leaders<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>(Getty \u2062Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>Crime-ridden Oakland missed \u200dout on millions of \u2062dollars\u200d in grant funding \u2062meant \u2063to address rising retail thefts because its liberal leaders failed\u200b to meet the \u2062grant&#8217;s application deadline, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-decision-puts-pressure-on-biden-to-reignite-gas-stove-war\/\" title=\"Court Decision Puts Pressure on Biden to Reignite Gas Stove War\">prompting intense pushback<\/a> from the \u200ddeep-blue city&#8217;s\u200c residents.<\/p>\n<p>When\u2063 California last week announced the recipients of $267 million \u200cin\u2063 state funds to \u2064help cities and counties fight organized retail \u200ccrime, Oakland was not included on the list. That&#8217;s because\u200b the city&#8217;s government, led by self-described progressive mayor Sheng Thao,\u2063 missed the deadline to submit its \u2064application. While Thao&#8217;s government in a Thursday statement vowed to review &#8220;everything that happened&#8221; and &#8220;take appropriate action,&#8221; the city&#8217;s residents \u2062did\u200c not respond kindly to the mistake.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone \u200celse turned\u2063 their homework in on time but, \u200dwhen it gets to Oakland, the excuse\u200b is,\u2062 metaphorically, \u2064the\u2062 dog ate our homework,&#8221; \u2064community leader Seneca\u2063 Scott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/oakland-residents-blast-city-organized-retail-theft-grant-application-snafu\/\">told<\/a> \u2064the city&#8217;s\u2062 CBS \u2063affiliate. &#8220;It&#8217;s \u200bnot a joking matter. We are \u2064in a very dangerous and precarious time for Oakland neighbors and business. \u2026 This is\u200b an inexcusable missed opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The city government&#8217;s snafu comes as Oakland <a href=\"https:\/\/cityofoakland2.app.box.com\/s\/sjiq7usfy27gy9dfe51hp8arz5l1ixad\/folder\/126124766075\">experiences<\/a> a rise in theft, burglaries,\u2062 robberies,\u200d and violent crime. The crisis has prompted some popular businesses, including \u2063one downtown restaurant that\u2064 served \u200dOakland residents for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/popular-oakland-restaurant-closing-at-the-end-of-september-says-crime-is-to-blame\/\">nearly four\u2063 decades<\/a>, to leave the\u200b city. Oakland&#8217;s NAACP chapter, meanwhile, is\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2023\/07\/28\/oakland-naacp-calls-for-emergency-over-crime\/\">calling for a state\u200b of emergency<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-former-ag-barr-initiated-spying-program-on-americans-back-in-1992\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Former AG Barr Initiated Spying Program on Americans Back in 1992\">combat violent crime<\/a>, arguing \u200dthat local leaders such as Thao and George Soros-backed district attorney Pamela Price have created a &#8220;heyday for\u2064 Oakland criminals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Residents \u2062now know that help will not come when\u2062 danger confronts\u200c them,&#8221; the \u200cchapter \u200csaid in a July letter. &#8220;Worse, criminals know that too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Oakland&#8217;s mayoral office did not return a\u2063 request for comment. As of July,\u200b homicides in the\u2064 city\u200d are up 37 percent compared with \u200b2019,\u2063 while robberies and car break-ins are \u200dup\u2062 30 percent and 40 percent,\u2063 respectively, \u200baccording to the\u2063 <em>San Francisco Chronicle<\/em>. Vehicle thefts have also\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/oakland-bay-area-rates-18259788.php#:~:text=The%20Chronicle%20compared%20Oakland's%20violent,crimes%20for%20every%20100%2C000%20residents.\">more than doubled<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing\u2064 crisis led many Oakland business owners and community leaders \u2064to condemn the city&#8217;s failure to take advantage of crime-fighting grant money. 7-Eleven franchisee Ravi Kakkar, whose store \u200dwas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/oakland-bay-area-rates-18259788.php#:~:text=The%20Chronicle%20compared%20Oakland's%20violent,crimes%20for%20every%20100%2C000%20residents.\">robbed\u200b three times<\/a> \u2062in less than a month, urged Thao and other liberal leaders to <strong>take a stronger action<\/strong>.\u2063 Bishop\u2064 Bob\u200c Jackson, senior\u2062 pastor\u2062 at\u2062 Oakland&#8217;s Acts Full \u2062Gospel Church, \u2062had a harsher message.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You just had to do\u200d it in a timely manner,&#8221; Jackson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12526549\/Oakland-retail-theft-grant-application-deadline.html\">said<\/a>. &#8220;And because \u2063public \u2063safety \u200ddoes not seem \u2062to \u200dbe a priority for the leaders in this city, it was not done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Price, who has presided over Oakland&#8217;s crime surge since 2022\u2062 after <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/california\/soros-d-a-hires-boyfriend\/\">taking<\/a> $130,000 \u2064in campaign \u2062cash from Soros four years \u2062prior, is \u2064not\u200c the only Soros-backed prosecutor in California\u200b who&#8217;s taking heat\u2064 for rising \u2064retail crime. Los \u200cAngeles\u200d County \u2062district attorney George \u2062Gasc\u00f3n is also <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/california\/los-angeles-robbery-cashless-bail\/\">facing criticism<\/a> from fellow\u2062 liberals\u2062 as repeat offenders commit viral smash-and-grab robberies at high-end \u200dretailers across \u2063the area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are\u200b f\u2014ing terrified because\u2064 these start out as low-level \u2063crimes, but\u2062 it has gradually exploded,&#8221; one former Gasc\u00f3n supporter <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/14\/liberals-turn-their-backs-on-los-angeles-da-george-gascon\/\">told<\/a> the <em>New York Post<\/em>. \u2062&#8221;These\u2063 criminals are not getting prosecuted and they know it. \u200dIt&#8217;s off the rails.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How has the missed opportunity to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-liberal-city-wanted-millions-in-grant-funding-to-fight-retail-crime-it-missed-the-application-deadline\/\" title=\"Liberal city seeks grant funding to combat retail crime, but misses deadline.\">secure grant \u2062funding \u200baffected \u2064residents&#8217; perception<\/a> of\u2064 Oakland&#8217;s left-wing leaders?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  >Frustration\u2064 \u200bgrows in crime-ridden\u2062 Oakland\u2063 as\u200c\u200c residents blast \u200bcity&#8217;s\u2063 left-wing leaders<\/p>\n<p>Crime-ridden Oakland recently suffered another blow as\u2062 it missed out on millions of \u200cdollars in grant \u200bfunding meant\u2064 to address rising retail thefts. The reason \u2064for this missed opportunity? \u2064The city&#8217;s \u2062liberal leaders failed to meet the grant&#8217;s application deadline, \u200dfueling intense pushback from the residents\u200b of this \u2064deep-blue city.<\/p>\n<p>Last\u200b week, when California\u200c announced the recipients of $267 million in state funds to \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-retail-ceos-call-on-congress-to-curb-online-sale-of-stolen-goods-amid-national-looting-sprees\/\" title=\"Top Retail CEOs Call on Congress to Curb Online Sale of Stolen Goods amid National Looting Sprees\">combat organized retail crime<\/a>, Oakland was\u200c conspicuously absent from the \u200dlist. \u2062The city&#8217;s government, led by self-described progressive mayor Sheng Thao, had \u2062missed the deadline to submit the application. Although \u200dThao&#8217;s government expressed \u200dintentions to review the situation and \u200ctake appropriate action, the\u200b residents of\u200d Oakland \u2063did not take the news well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s disheartening to see that Oakland&#8217;s leaders failed to meet the application deadline while others responsibly turned in their applications on time. This\u200d is not a laughing matter, as we find ourselves in a very dangerous and precarious time for Oakland neighbors and businesses,&#8221; said community \u2062leader Seneca Scott in an interview with the city&#8217;s CBS affiliate. &#8220;This missed opportunity is inexcusable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The city government&#8217;s mishap occurred amidst\u200c a rise in theft, burglaries, robberies, and violent crime in Oakland.\u200d The situation has already forced\u200b some\u2062 popular businesses, such as a \u2064downtown restaurant that had served Oakland residents for \u2062nearly four decades, to \u200dclose their doors. The local chapter of the NAACP in Oakland \u200dhas even\u2064 gone so far\u200b as to call \u2064for a state\u200d of emergency to combat violent crime. They argue that local leaders, including\u2062 Mayor Thao and district attorney Pamela Price, who has received \u2064support from George Soros, have inadvertently created an environment that emboldens\u200d criminals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The residents of \u200cOakland\u200c now understand that\u200d help\u2064 will not arrive promptly when danger confronts them,&#8221; stated a \u200dletter released by the NAACP chapter in July. &#8220;Even worse, \u200bthis \u2064sense of \u200bimpunity has \u2063also empowered \u2063the \u200dcriminals in our city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite these concerns and\u200c criticisms, Oakland&#8217;s mayoral office has declined to comment on the matter.\u200d As of July, the city has seen a 37 percent\u200d increase \u200din homicides compared to 2019, \u200dwith robberies and car break-ins up by 30 \u200dpercent and\u2062 40 percent, respectively, according to the \u2063San Francisco Chronicle. Additionally, vehicle thefts have also surged in\u2063 the area.<\/p>\n<p>The frustration felt by residents of crime-ridden Oakland is palpable. It is \u200bclear that urgent action is needed to\u2064 address the growing crime problem in the city, and residents are starting\u200d to question the effectiveness of their left-wing leaders. As \u200bOakland grapples with these challenges, it remains to be seen how the city&#8217;s\u200d government will respond and whether they can \u2062regain the trust of their disillusioned \u200cconstituents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frustration mounts in crime-ridden Oakland as residents criticize left-wing leaders for missing grant deadline. The city, plagued by crime, lost out on millions of dollars in funding to combat retail thefts due to the liberal leaders&#8217; failure to meet the application deadline. 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