Oakland's 4 biggest employers are spending $10M on joint effort to combat crime

SF Gate ^ | March 29, 2024 | By Madilynne Medina

[Does so]

You’re going to be fighting a great many lawyers!

[metmom]

No doubt. But it’s really the only solution.

It’s the ONLY way to protect society.

[mo]

might be cheaper to move

[Lockbox]

Since when is its taxpayers responsible to personally setup a private law enforcement effort to address crimes not prevented by the legally appointed, publicly funded law enforcement? Can they get a refund on their taxes since service were not provided by the government?

[Lockbox]

If I was a shareholder I might think of suing for the waste of business funds for a non business expense.

[hal ogen]

Don’t these businesses pay taxes? Aren’t the bureaucrats and fellow travelers in government expected to provide various services including police, courts and prisons? If the incompetent, arrogant loser bureaucrats can’t provide the services, shouldn’t they be canned?

[VanShuyten]

“ I guarantee you that Deep State has a far different definition.”

Re-education camps are just a few elections away.

[bobbo666]

PG&E is not HQ’d in Oakland. I worked for them and KPermante — the latter in Oakland.
Scary place, even over a decade ago. Now, it is no man’s land. Coppers still tell folks to avoid the nearby BART stop if you want to survive the walk to your car.

[ridesthemiles]

CHEAPER TO JUST MOVE

[Elsie]

Homeless - long ago...

https://youtu.be/YX07XXKvGTI

2:35

[Texas resident]

I flew out of Oakland about a month ago. I have flown into and out of lots of US airports, but this one was crazy. The security was the most intense I have ever been through.