Dozens of businesses in Oakland held a one-day strike to protest crime and city’s response to public safety.
closed their stores and restaurants to demand more support
Nigel Jones said his Jamaican restaurant, Kingston 11, was broken into two weeks ago. He said it was the third time in roughly the past year. He and others joined the strike from 10am to noon and took a brief hit to their bottom line. Business owners are calling for more resources like an increase of 1,000 Oakland police officers, more support from city, county, state, and federal governments, and for Oakland to declare a state of emergency. It comes as Oakland recently failed to get millions of dollars in state funds to target retail theft because officials missed the deadline to apply.
"Even though they may get caught, they don't get prosecuted," Wong said. "It's a battle to figure out how we get in touch with these criminals to get them to stop."
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