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Posted on 08/12/2026 3:52:39 AM PDT by Libloather
A bitter battle has erupted over one of California’s wealthiest enclaves, with activists from neighboring Oakland calling for the predominantly white city of Piedmont to be “canceled.”
Oakland resident Jesse Rosemoore is behind the provocative “Cancel Piedmont” campaign targeting the 1.7-square-mile city of roughly 11,000 people that is surrounded by Oakland but maintains its own schools, police, parks and tax base, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Rosemoore, 44, began handing out “CANCEL PIEDMONT” stickers and selling $10 T-shirts bearing the slogan 14 months ago.
The professional transit planner now regards the campaign as a way to tackle the sharp racial and economic divide between Piedmont and the rest of the city.
“It really is ridiculous that a place like Piedmont even exists,” Rosemoore told the outlet. “I felt like someone needed to bring even more attention to it, because what’s going on there says a lot about our society as a whole.”
The median price of homes in Piedmont is almost $2.6 million, which is more than three-and-a-half times that of Oakland’s.
Census data cited by the outlet shows Piedmont is roughly 70% white and around 1% black, while about one in five Oakland residents is black.
In some places, the divide comes down to a property line, with neighboring households potentially having access to different school districts and police departments depending on which side of the Piedmont-Oakland boundary they fall on.
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Democrats are always about destruction and tearing down.
Yeah, some folks can afford to live on the other side of the tracks. Others lack the wit, wisdom and the drive to get off their ass and make an effort.
It’s just SO unfair...
And now you know why Oakland sucks.
Talk about crabs dragging down other crabs in a bucket.
This is a perfect example of Rush Limbaugh’s postulate that leftism brings equal misery.
They get no benefit of destroying Piedmont except the cessation their own envy.
Seriously? A desirable majority white enclave "should not exist?" The only reason anyone has a problem with this is because this area is thriving. This appears similar to the St. George area of Baton Rouge which seceded to form its own separate town. If it were poor and run down, no one would care.
Democrats...bringing mau mau to a neighborhood near you. Actually, to your neighbood.
It is terrible that those people can decide their own political fate.
And for this reporter it has to be about race. It wasn't in quotes so apparently she had to do the research to find out it is a majority White city and melanin deficient.
That this city has been able to stave off the Oakland annexation wrecking ball and keep their tax money for their own benefit just infuriates this Socialist dweeb.
How dare that citizens establish their own town!
Jesse Rosemoore - Capital Planning Specialist - LinkedIn
After getting a Master's in Urban Planning and residing in Berlin, Germany for seven years, I repatriated to my home state of California in October 2014.
He had to go to college to learn how to make everyone in a city equally miserable.
You would have been much happier in the Socialist Republic of Germany,
“It really is ridiculous that a place like Oakland even exists,” Taxpayers told the outlet. “I felt like someone needed to bring even more attention to it, because what’s going on there says a lot about our society as a whole.”
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How does Piedmont vote? Normally I would have sympathy for them and say their city shouldn’t be “cancelled” which we all know is code for incorporated into Oakland so that the socialists there can bleed them dry.
But if they’re leftists who vote for open borders, Gaia Worship, the Tranny agenda and every other Leftist cause, then by all means, yes. Do cancel Piedmont. Make them live in the sewer they’ve created for everyone else.
One Tin Soldier rides away............
In California they tax CO2 and redistribute the wealth to disadvantaged communities.
They overrode some local zoning to allow multiple homes on a single family lot.
They allow buying in an established single family neighborhood, tearing down
A house and building apartments.
And they made it illegal to ask for ID when voting.
What percentage of people in California are foreign born?
Grok:
Approximately 27.6%–28% of California’s population is foreign-born, based on the most recent detailed data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2024 American Community Survey (ACS).
There were about 10.9 million foreign-born residents in a total population of roughly 39.4 million.
The real problem is Piedmont provides a stark contrast to Oakland and they don’t like it. Also, they eye any successful area as one to be milked for taxes.
Everything you want to know about Piedmont, and more:
Demographics and election results for Piedmont, CA
Quick answer for 2024: Harris 86%, Trump 11%.
For comparison, Oakland was Harris 85%, Trump 9%.
While pitying the few good people who live in each city, this is an intramural issue between 2 groups of ultra-liberals, and they can go right ahead and destroy each other. Please.
What percentage of Piedmont, California are foreign born?
Grok:
Approximately 11.5% of Piedmont, California’s population is foreign-born.
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