The wage law was just the straw that broke the camel’s back. There’s far far too much crime and violence and dangerous population in Oakland - and people come into the stores and shoplift almost at will. Any police response is usually very slow - mostly just arriving to write brief report for insurance. And if you’re trying to live there and have to call police for burgulars or rapists breaking into your home — you can pretty much forget it. Very sad. It used to be quite a nice town.
The Wal-Mart in my town seems to be a crime magnet; it is outside of the residential area, in a swamp between Newark & Jersey City. Newark residents have tried to fill carts and just walk right out.
I believe it will stay open, but I think they are changing it from 24 hours to a more profitable (or “policeable”) schedule.