They said it: Former Oakland mayor back’s successor’s recall

“I am voting to recall Mayor Thao because Oakland can’t afford another two years of continued damage to our fiscal solvency and our public safety.”

— Libby Schaaf, Oakland’s former mayor, on supporting the voter-qualified effort on the Nov. 5 ballot to recall her successor, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, from the office to which she was elected in Nov. 2022.