California state law guards the confidentiality of records and proceedings when peace officers face disciplinary investigations.
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Signature-gathering on a petition to recall Oakland Mayor Jean Quan is set to get under way.The city clerk certified the petition on Wednesday. Backers now have until May 14 to collect roughly 20,000 valid signatures of registered Oakland voters to qualify a recall measure for a future ballot.
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Oakland police made 32 arrests during a predawn raid of an anti-Wall Street protest encampment in the city hall plaza.Police Chief Howard Jordan says the operation to break up the camp Monday went peacefully, with no reported injury to officers or protesters.
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In meetings with protesters over the past week, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan discussed the possibility of relocating the Occupy Oakland encampment that has occupied Frank Ogawa Plaza for most of the last month, according to Mayor's office officials."The city's ban against public parks remains," said Sue Piper, special assistant to Quan. Piper said that some protesters suggested public and private sites that the encampment could voluntarily move to.
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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan today called on Occupy Oakland protesters to designate official representatives to negotiate with the city and take steps to limit violence at future protests.
Quan issued a statement today saying that the encampment, which city officials say now includes around 180 tents, is hurting local businesses and stretching an already tight city budget.
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He’s got a major occupation in one of San Francisco’s prime-time parks, he’s getting hammered in attack ads by his rivals, and some of his campaign workers are dredging up daily headlines for their high jinks.
So why is San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee smiling these days? For the simple reason that he’s not running Oakland.
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In response to a group of Oakland residents that is seeking to recall her from office, Mayor Jean Quan says, "Oakland is on the move and we are making progress together."In a statement filed with the Oakland City Clerk shortly before 5 p.m. on Monday, Quan said, "The last thing we need is a divisive and expensive recall election."
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The head of the union that represents Oakland’s police officers said today that officers are “very confused” about what he said are mixed messages from the city’s leaders about the Occupy Oakland encampment in front of City Hall.“Someone needs to step up and lead the city,” said Sgt. Dom Arotzarena, of the Oakland Police Officers Association.
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Occupy Oakland has big plans for its general strike Wednesday, hoping to completely shut down the city for the day with anti-capitalist rallies and a march to the Port of Oakland. Calling for people to “occupy everywhere,” Oakland demonstration organizers are calling for students to walk out of school, employees to leave work, and banks and other corporations to shut down for the day to show the nation’s wealthiest that the people can shut down a major American city.
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Oakland city officials say they plan to return first aid and medical supplies taken from the Occupy Oakland encampment by police last week.
A spokeswoman for Mayor Jean Quan said Sunday evening that the city had located the supplies and planned to return them to the camp Monday morning.
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