The Oakland Public Ethics Commission is investigating a complaint from a former staffer who claims Councilmember Sheng Thao required employees to work on her mayoral campaign while on city time.
Simon Russell, the acting enforcement officer for the commission said it is also investigating allegations Thao "may have induced or coerced" members of her City Council staff to help with her mayoral campaign as a condition of their employment.But Powell said the lines were blurred and pressure was applied to work for both the city and Thao’s campaign simultaneously.
It is investigating if Thao "used one of more members of her City Council staff to work or volunteer for her 2022 mayoral campaign while those staffers were on City time and receiving City salaries." "Ever since a poll was released showing Council member Thao in the lead in the race for Oakland Mayor, her opponents have been ramping up their attacks," the statement read in part. "We are neither surprised nor concerned. These charges are baseless, disgruntled, and politically motivated."with the UC Hastings College of the Law said the timing is questionable, but that ethics rules need to be policed and enforced.
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