Oakland mayor Sheng Thao hopes to bring big changes to her city. She discussed her personal story and her top priorities with KPIX reporter Da Lin.
OAKLAND -- Oakland's new mayor Sheng Thao kicked off her administration in the new year. Aside from filling key positions in her office, she'll have to hire a city administrator as well. The previous city administrator resigned last month.The topic of homelessness is a personal one for her.
After being named class valedictorian at Merritt, she enrolled and graduated from UC Berkeley. Thao has life experience few mayors preceding her can relate to. "We have to provide resources to really help families so they're not on the streets. It saves the city more dollars if we preserve the home that they are currently in right now ... That's one step. Another step is: build, build, build. We have to build deeply affordable ... housing," Thao said.
Oakland recorded 120 homicides in 2022. Even though that's a decrease compared to the previous year, Oakland still recorded more homicides than San Jose and San Francisco combined.
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