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Opinion: After Sheng Thao, the last thing Oakland needs is a strong mayor

City’s hand-picked charter reform panel proposal would only worsen dysfunction, transparency and potential corruption

Thirteen months ago, we launched the Oakland Charter Reform Project by publishing an op-ed in this newspaper, “Broken Oakland needs more than a new mayor.” In that piece, we laid out the four fundamental flaws that contribute to so much of the dysfun… [3935 chars]

Source: The Mercury News | Published: 2026-02-06T11:45:06Z

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