Oakland mayor's former chief of staff describes a pay-to-play administration
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- A former chief of staff for Oakland mayor Sheng Thao believes she should resign following the FBI raid at her home. Da Lin reports. (6-22-24)
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"Pay to play" - that is classic corruption.
That's all politics, she just allegedly got involved with it. She's a rookie, she was supposed to get a lackey to do the dirty work.
Shes just one that got caught. carrer politicians are all doing this
Yup. It's an on going culture of illicit unethical abuse of power. Public and private abuse and
Same thing in NY w/ Adams!! Question, why are these people paid such high salaries? Term Limits, Yearly Audit of Jobs/Monies and tax return.Lower salaries, no pensions or perks. We have the power as Citizens/Taxpayers and they are our civil servants.
@@stevelouie5928 She did get a lackey! Her boyfriend!
She didn't pay the big guy his 10%
😂😂😂
Well said and probably true.
Doung family is connected to the Biden's
And who is the big guy. Name names. Provide sources of proof.
@@celebrityrogjust google 10% for the big guy and figure it out
The last thing Oakland needs is an ineffective mayor, who is in over her head. Thao should resign from the office. The recall on her is moving forward anyway.
Someone isn't happy that why FBI raid mayor sheng Thao’s home. Don't trust anyone's.
You pretty much just described every mayor Oakland has had in the past 2 decades. Ineffective and incompetent.
"who is in over her head"? Is that code speak for doing very well planned fraud?
@@AerialEscapeBeat me to it! They have all been ineffective.
She's not " over her head" she knew exactly what she was doing. Then someone told the truth
Renia Webb is totally honest for an ex-chief of staff. Good for her for resigning & coming forward with her side of the story. 👍🏻
having a democrat black woman who has legit corruption evidence is scary for a fellow dirty democrat. the dirty democrat can't use the race card or Trump card in this case.
Yeah I known her for years 👍🏿
Y’all is racist
Some Ting Hmong
@@NiechZyjePolska48 y’all “are” racist… And why are using the word y’all? Southern Cultural appropriation. 😂
@@taym510Oak Really?
I didn’t know that you were supposed to tell the person that you’re going to RAID their home ahead of time. What a bunch of idiots..
Haha. nah nah sista, that's part of the game too. the whole house is under surveilance, that's why they telling this to see her reaction after hearing that. People start destroying evidences you kno my sista
They did with Hunter!
@@andrewczski1969
And his daddy
Dem rules….
Obviously, you’ve never received one of the FBI’s courtesy notices, warning you to “make sure nothing illegal is going on tomorrow between 10 and 2.”
I have nothing to hide so says that the mayor who is in hiding.
She's a psychopath
She went from renting a place to owning multiple properties just in the span of a couple years after becoming mayor. Are we really shocked?
She is like Tiffany Henyard in Dalton. Corruption and Crime sure does pay!
She has not been a mayor a year yet. What you talking about?
@@Tierone1337 even more so then. So she accumulated all that in under a year then
The FBI doesn't call the subject for consent or to make an appointment to conduct a raid, Mr. Brass.
He has been a comically bad spokesperson for her.
Yea, agree, what an idiot. If they were told in advance, everyone would just destroy evidence. The whole point of a raid is to suprise them to get the evidence they need to prosecute.
🤣
Anyone, who thinks there is such a thing as an honest politician is naive.
Exactly. In the wise words of my Dad, "They *all* are. You *have* to be crooked to be in it."
At best
I would say they are stupid to believe whatever the Media and our educational system tell them about our system of government. We don't have a "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" type of government, never have.
I don't know. I still believe in JFK, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, Truman, in being honest in the sense of putting the public ahead of profit for themselves.
@@stevenmitchell1 JFK was only elected because his father bought the election in Illinois that put him over the top; don't know about Teddy Roosevelt; FDR was a socialist who put a lot of communists in his administration that worked for Stalin; Truman, when he was president, helped cover up the corruption that was taking place in New York so the voters would not vote out the Dems and cause the Dems, especially him, to lose the next election. You need to look behind the curtain and see the truth.
When a lawyer says "it was my assumption" then it is not a good sign.
Look like Oakland is on fire .
😂😂😂
Tony Brass looks like he woke up in a ditch, all though he claims "it was [his] assumption" it was a Motel 6
A 'Chief of Staff' in a mayor's office made $200K? I find that absurd.
That gives her so much credibility. Why would she leave that job unless she viewed the pay wouldn't out way the risk. Doesn't look good for the Mayor.
High government positions are very well paid. It's a racket -- a license to steal.
That's really not much if the job is being done. And it's a major municipality in California.
What your mad about is, you have sold yourself cheap and constantly talk yourself out of blossoming.
I think you need to look at the stats for chief of staffs across American cities, they are generally well compensated and that 200k amount is competitive with what you see especially in large cities. The number isn’t what’s shocking here, but the fact that she would speak out knowing that spreading the word like this against her boss will be the absolute end of her career in politics, that’s the point that shocks and thus gives her tremendous credibility
@@dignityputnam6641 Yeah, either way it indicates that she left on bad and seemingly abrupt terms with the mayor. But she seems to like her and regards her boyfriend negatively. The story is not unlike the recent South Korean President's who was removed from office and sent to prison largely because of their trust in a corrupt friend and associate.
The FBI does not do these type of raids without a hard paper trail evidence ahead of time.
Exactly. When that former Chief of staff complained, the investigation began. Quietly.
Unless Trump or Trump supporters
print is dead, you mean electronic evidence.
@@petercolpack573 You are being pedantic, but these words have entered the general lexicon regardless if they are accurate to their original meaning.
lol You trust the FBI do you?
Ok, Renia Webb should be running for Mayor. If you are someone of integrity that would actually resign because of a personal code of ethics, you are the type of person we NEED in leadership
I was thinking the same thing. We need more honest and moral people in government. She seems like a great person.
She’s too smart for that ish.
Untrustworthy person on the planet. When she is the mice in the black hole
They will try to break her for not playing with criminals
Oakland voters need to be more careful about who they pick...find someone tough on crime, drugs
Anyone who has a Xmas wreath and a JOY sign in June is suspect 😅
It shows a really lazy person.
that struck me as odd, too. it's like Xmas lights still up in June.
My neighbor is very old. She never took hers off the porch roof. Though the JO fell down, now we're left with the Y.
She's busy😂
Or folks that leave their Xmas lights up until April 😂
A lady comes to the news and says its pay to play. Instead of investigating, they ask for evidence, and then drop it
This tells me the WHOLE city Council should resign. Everyone.
There is no news. Only propaganda.
Well she didn't have the complexion for belief.. unfortunately..
If you understand the way the law works, that's not unusual at all... an accusation has to have corroborating evidence. You can't convict on allegations alone, anyone can make an accusation. I personally believe Ms Webb but her being told by others they were promised positions isn't proof. If Ms Webb provides the names of those people who told her that & those people can testify then you've got a case
She's in for unending IRS audits from now on for revenge.
If the claims are true that she claimed the woman had mental health issues, then this is standard operating procedure for these kinds of people and she’s gotten guidance from somewhere else. This is huge.
The newest excuse "mental health issues" for every crime imaginable. The old one "rasim and poverty made me do it" became tiresome.
I didn’t know that you were supposed to tell the person that you’re going to RAID their home ahead of time. What a bunch of idiots.. I bet the husband is doing all the wheeling and dealing.
Like hunter where his daddy gave him a heads-up about the raid at his home?
She seems very credible. Not a good look for the mayor.
She is, but her claiming that it really is all her boyfriend’s fault is deflecting for her; the likelihood she didn’t have at least an inkling is minute
except for when she said she does not care about the money.
When you take an oath lying is a crime.
I am here because I saw video not too long ago about old people being put out on the streets in Oakland-black folks who had lived in their places for a long time, getting by and, the way it was described, covid caused a bunch of back rent to add up (I start getting upset here) and now they're supposed to pay it and actually being put out of their homes. Elders!!! When I was growing up, in the 60's and 70's my dad was always taking me to Oakland to shop on the way to or from the airport and we were always the palest people there, which I think my dad loved. We swam in a sea of rich dark faces (we were stared at too, which makes me smile to picture it). ANYWAY, when I saw those older folks being kicked out of their houses because they were renters and covid shenanigans happened to us, was forced upon us, I wondered what corrupt greed was going on in Oakland these days, chasing out black people like they did to the Latinos in their San Francisco neighborhood. If they had owned, the property taxes were probably raised to the point of the elderly not being able to keep their own property where they raised their family and wanted to grow old and die in. That happened up here in Seattle decades ago--the best views, placement, whatever those people had their taxes raised to the point they lost their homes. Our world is shameless right now. Put all of these people in jail and look out for your old people! They are treasure, go find out!
They used Covid to force gentrification on people. Run the elders out of their homes and wealthy LLC’s can come in, buy up the properties and dump a bunch of money into them. Then they rent them at a high rate and push the property values up so much that those who would’ve been able to afford to buy there can’t anymore. Democrats have made their agenda clear. You’ll own nothing and be happy. Except you won’t be happy. It’s already shady as hell that they force you to pay taxes on your own land.
Oakland mayor's former chief of staff sounds credible 100%. Go Ms.!
I think you mean she sounds 100% incredible, she is that for sure.
Disgruntled because she wasn’t given a post in the new administration
@@smokyo7855actually I was officially offered the position of COS making 176k. And signed official documents to accept. Learn the truth.
If you read this Tao you better snitch on Newsom and Bonta before you do time
Thank you for having integrity, maybe this will change who you support
Who in their right mind would want to be mayor of Oakland???????
The corrupt kind.
People who want to to have access to and control of the taxpayers monies for their own purposes.
Democrats endorsed by Planned Parenthood looks like.
Mayor McCheese.
@@timbaldwin6283another DEI hire of incompetence and corruption being exposed like big fani cash G, DA of Fulton county ga. I'm here for it and have my popcorn 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
No matter who you put in office as mayor in Oakland that city can’t be help.
I disagree there are way better leaders that can do better than her at least.
@@waynefoote3781 Nah. It's Oakland. No saving that dump.
@@waynefoote3781 what happen to the last 3 mayor that was in office? That city is a dump. Policy is weak. The rich is eating that city alive and while the poor are running the street.
I pray for America!
Praying never helps anything although it does make the person praying feel good about themselves.
@@scottyoung1489 FYI, when people say this, they aren't trying to convert you to Christianity or anything, they're simply expressing their frustration with the situation that is the topic. In other words, you virtue signaling to try to make yourself out to be oh so much better has backfired and you're too young to notice. You're welcome.
@@google_is_a_criminal Thank you for sharing your opinion, that is what free speech is all about.
Corrupt politicians in Oakland hard to believe such a safe beautiful well run city she got the crime rate down to 175% higher than the national average she's an angel
remember Ignacio De la fuente?
Oakland be Oakland
Yeah but your mayor won the ugly dog contest😅
@@ProJoe-xb5ie she entered your mom?
😂😂😂 sounds like the only angel is Ms Web
How embarrassing, she better move.
I remember multiple meeting and multiple mayors saying Oakland is a pay to play city.
what does that mean?
This is going on all across the country. Politicians lining the pockets of family and friends at the expense of taxpayers.
You can tell which ones they are: they wrap themselves in left ideology as a cover.
She has nothing to hide except for herself. This lawyer is dumb and ignorant.
She's probably guilty as hell so her lawyer doesn't have much to work with.
You're dumb and ignorant for doing your job just like the lawyer .
This is lawyering 101, homie.
Lawyer saying his client dah mayor had no idea why her home was raided but would have cooperated if asked when accusations had previously on-the-record made🤦♂️😂🤣😜
FBI doesn’t do these raids unless they’re 100% certain they have a case won. They don’t like to lose.
Thao should resign. Ignorance of the law is no excuse and she was involved, period.
Did you take the same stance when Hillary deleted hard drives or when Joe Biden took classified documents? Probably not. But ya know, orange man bad! Lol
@@pau1b However, Joe Biden willingly returned them, Mike Pence willingly returned them. Donald Trump at first said he didn't have them. And then he adamantly refused to return them. That's the difference.
💯
@@pau1b Orange Man lied about classified documents. Claimed in writing to have returned everything when in fact he hadn't. And he conspired with Nauta to hide the rest before the FBI came. Big difference, Biden and Pence returned everything. Did the missing Top Secret documents from the empty folder ever turn up?
If she had ETHICS she would have known better..she knew and her accounts grew!
DEI voters and DEI leaders.
(D)idn't (E)arn (I)t.
Wow. CZcams put a link to translate what you said into English. 😂
San Francisco is not much better honestly. I wouldn't be surprised if you know who, got raided.
San Francisco is not ANY better.
Scam Francisco is likely behind it all. That place is like Chicago
Did you really think they call before coming lol
Gives a three month heads up!
I had a corrupt boss at my former company who used to take kickbacks from subcontractors for helping them get contract projects 😮
Then everyone wonders why it costs $3M for one swing set at the local park. Your boss was probably donating to someone's campaign. That's why the private sector is more efficient than gov. run anything. UPS or FedEx would never survive being run like USPS.
"We raided 4 of her houses, but there's no indication she was the target"
Uh huh
the other 3 are not hers
What honest politician can afford 4 homes in northern California?
@@scooby7531 It's doable with the right connections also there's always low end properties.
We're seeing a pattern of this by these mayors across the country
I don’t doubt that Webb’s allegations are true.
This is going on all around usa city councils. There are just not enough people complaining. Thai made so many enemies so fast that ppl looked into her, and many cried to the police. That's why this is happening.
Mark my words on this, Thao will blame her crooked ways on her boyfriend and play up the “I’m a victim of my boyfriends actions” & “he made me do it” just like that criminal Elizabeth Holmes. WATCH AND SEE THIS PLAY OUT!!
She is a loser.
Apparently, that's actually the truth. At least according to Ms.Webb, (here: 3:08) who seems pretty credible to me. That said, I've been wrong before....
@@einnAnnie Even if it's true she is the mayor, the buck stops with her and she is ultimately responsible for the actions she takes while she is in office. If a boyfriend, relative or whoever can do corrupt things for your office and you just sit back and let him do that and play the victim when you are caught, you are not fit for office.
"He was doing this behind my back"...this is going to get fun watching it all play out.
Next up: "Dr." Jill!
Pay to play.? What the hell. Isn't that what Newsom has done. Donate to his campaign and you get a break with minimum wage and that just the recent one but how many before he was governor and since
So if you have evidence on that take it to the FBI. Otherwise sit on it and spin.
@@cynthiawilson4500 Woman the evidence is already right in front of you. Unlike Trump. Remember Panera bread
It sounds like an escort slogan
@@chimeramon2765 In a way isn't it. Most of them are just prostitutes selling themselves out to the highest bidders in those back rooms. But it's really us that's getting F@$ked, can you feel it sucka ?
Of course they didn't warn her. "Oh, please hide or destroy all the information we believe incriminates you!"
She's a target.
Yeah, her lawyer is full of it. They don’t ask you to drop off the evidence when you get the chance.
They were probably thinking "If it was good enough for Hillary... why not us?"
Her last name isn't Biden.
@@walte153 : You taking jizzle..E-mails. Hilary doesn't hold a candle to orange pubah.
@@robintemple7651 : Get deprogrammed.
Not surprised at all
Why is this a surprise it's Oakland 😅
I remember a friend of mine 20 years ago lived in Oakland a while and he used to say "my house is made of poop", lol
So sad. Corrupt. Jail time required for everyone involved.
**oh snap that tea and that popcorn**
Blame it on the boyfriend who's not actually the person in power. Yeah come on, its all Sheng
Yeah, sure...😂
That’s part!!! Maybe he hypnotized her with that chrome dome 🤣🤣🤣.
She wasn't "the target "....her house and documents in it were!
Exactly. A search warrant is issued for a specific address or facility - not for a person.
AI, tracking, facial recognition, Ring Doorbell ID, GPS face readers in populated areas, and they can't find her?
I don't buy it.
It's a cover-up and the rats are scrambling.
Thank you Da Lin for that infornative, first person interview with the catalyst of this story. Renia Webb is a very strong and brave woman. Be careful of retalition from the Progressive Crime Mob.
Da Lin is one of my favorite reporters!
Recall! Perfect timing
Just one crook going after another crook
Pay to play. So they turned Oakland in a mobile game? Damn time to uninstall Oakland.
Probably not possible to be mayor of Oakland without a certain level of corruption.
I think most folks accept a little. The FBI raiding you, that’s not good.
I suppose if civil improvement and crime reduction are not achievable then corruption and $elf-enrichment are the way to go!
How would you get anything done there if you didn't play the game ? I guess this is proof, she didn't pay somebody off.
Just another day in the dump known as Oakland.
Her lawyer parted ways with the mayor as soon as she disregarded his considered legal advice and chose to hold a press conference claiming she's a victim for not being rich
Sounds like Webb should be the mayor, we need honest people like her running things!
Raid Price next, then Newsom and finally Joe Biden!
Like they did trump 😂😂😂 u but t hurt
Raid Price for what?
I have no reason to believe that sunshine and transparency won't expose the truth !!
She has retained an Attorney. He has been on the news speaking.
I wonder what was whispered in her ear during her speech, must of been important..
Seems those two actually get along very well unless it's a public persona. He gave her a 'note' while she was on the microphone and she smiled and don't break step-- perfect fit.
Politics is corrupt no matter where you go.
If every local state and federal government was invesrigated, I guarandamntee ya this same thing is going on in nearly all of them.
Surprised? Shes the whistleblower
Ay baby...i told ma cousin he can be yo publicissss.😂
The people of Oakland have the government they deserve.
Unfortunately people are leaving the state because it’s all the losers they send to Sacramento. Newsom is a gas lighting corrupt sack of horse manure
I vote red. My eyes are open.
Ugh, I don't know about that. Ever been to Oakland City Hall to get anything done ?
Nobody's in a hurry to help anybody with anything, and the attitude !
HORRIBLE place to try to do business or buy a house.
@google_is_a_criminal - That atrocious attitude is the result of government taking away from citizens' self-reliance and being responsible for their own livelihoods and those of their families.
Again, the citizens elected that government.
Someone wasn't getting their cut.
They probably knew they, if they even gave her a little knowledge, she would have destroyed everything they were wanting to find. She knows what they’re looking for.
She had no knowledge? Well she does now. How do you cooperate with an investigation that has nothing to do with you?
We should also just really quickly indict all the mayors of california and the governor, even maybe
Andre promised me Cambodian egg rolls, Swisher Sweets, and some Popeyes Chicken
SF also has been in trouble for the pay for play from contractors to city staff
It happens way more in SF though, lol.
What do you expect? When the president himself is known for kickbacks.
"Joe Biden is the smartest man I know."
-- Joe Biden probably
No those are bribes. Bribes are paid before, kickbacks are paid after. That's why he's Joe Briben. Didn't you have a class on corruption in HS?
Got any proof of that?
Oh my gosh this is unbelievable she better get witness protection
Who doesn’t do that in both parties
Throw her in jail.
this former chief of staff person would be well advised to keep her mouth shut, she is likely in legal jeopardy
Recall Thao now! Then investigate, prosecute and trial in court.
Thao's defense will be to deny knowing anything and to throw him under the bus
They'll just vote her in again.
Not necessarily. We change mayors frequently. She is not the type to have a long tenure.
@@GH-oi2jf The faces change but the batsh*t crazy ideology stays the same.
Why hidden when she said she innocent!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It's interesting that the local media didn't run with the story originally. I'm not saying they were wrong, if they said "she doesn't have evidence, so we're not going to run with the story," that may be reasonable. But it's interesting.
Amazing how the word DEMOCRAT is rarely mentioned.
Why would the mayor expect that the FBI would come to her first? Law enforcement doesn't contact people before the search warrants are issued.
That's just the lawyer bullshitting.
“Andre..her boyfriend”
Diversity is America's Achilles heel.
Achilles heel is a flaw in the human body DEI is a malfunction is some humans brains. It's linked to the same malfunction that causes them to be Democrats.
And white folks are immune from corruption. You must be a bot.
This country has always had diversity. The problem has always been the system and these institutions have always been full of it. It is just people are finally waking up to that reality. Study the true history of this country. The institutions are designed for this corruption.
You are absolutely correct, we need to bring back cloning !
Roger Stone Didn't get a call!
Webb will be running as mayor next, as an" HONEST POLITICIAN."
You know she got the heads up which means she will come out clean.
Your assumption? What a joke mainstream media is.
She said media circus which make her a performer 😂
AKA "clown".
If the City Council ignored Webb’s complaint of Pay to Play they are complicit and equally guilty of any criminality.
The Oakland City Council has long been an ineffectual basket case.
Sounds like corruption through the Port. About the port of Oakland. That does not sound good. Drugs?
What makes you think it involves the port?
Evil mayor.
Make an example of her and put her in prison for life.
Sounds like standard operating procedures, sadly.
Is this another, "My wife did it (or the car, or the mouse, or the tree that fell on the house...)" with a twist? They work together, as he would not know what appointments to offer, among other things, all most likely pre-approved.
Anyone surprised?
No one is supprized...
Very amateur sounding news casters, actually sound childish....
Whos surprised 🤔