.votebox-results-metadata { As a city we must overcome our monumental crises of violent crime and lawlessness. .widget-img { .widget-row.Libertarian { The deputies arrested Liu and booked him into jail. Are there work plans involved? .votebox-results-cell--number { by The Oaklandside October 5, 2022 Seneca Scott. z-index:100; } width: 90%; font-size: 20px; According to Scott, they were attempting to steal a water heater from a community garden he manages. Neighborhood activist Seneca Scott faces misdemeanor charges after he was arrested in October 2021 for allegedly pulling a gun on two people who were outside a community garden he runs in West. Sign up for The Oaklandsides free daily newsletter. .results_text { padding-left: 16px; | 63% of Oaklanders are unhappy with city government | | Get tickets to Culture Makers, {{#label}}{{label}}: {{/label}}{{message}}. padding-left: 10px; Round 7 Is that an alley-oop for me? padding-left: 10px; You know I hate to use the word reimagine because its been beaten in the head, but [we need to] reimagine the way that we use these spaces because its just not going to be a school if you dont have the money to keep them open, keep the education quality high, keep teachers from high levels of attrition.

   @media screen and (max-width: 411px) { Thats not how thats supposed to be used. Los Angeles doesnt deal with that.        .rcvvotebox, h5.rcvrace_header, .rcvresults_text, .rcvresults_table_container, .rcvvotebox_legend { 	.inner_percentage.Democratic { 		background-color: #6db24f; Im on the Oakland Builders Alliance board. "I have been fighting since day one to protect and . Credit: Amir Aziz. OAKLAND, Calif. - The. 	.race_header.libertarian { Thats why I joined the Oakland Builders Alliance. .key-messages li {margin-bottom: 10px;} You want to stop it?        text-align: center; 		left: 0;  Ten candidates will be on the November ballot for Oakland, California's mayoral race. OAKLAND, CALIF.Gov.That was the year Gerald Ford was president, Steve Jobs helped found Apple and the original "Rocky" movie was playing in theaters.of 10 during the 6A swimming and diving championship meet at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center at the . He referred us to this San Francisco Chronicle story as well as our own coverage of a project in West Oakland.]. And I give most of my time back to my community. You need to actually have a 30-to-60-day approach.        font-size: 0.9em; if (l > 1){ if (this.value == '3'){        margin: 0; Thank you for supporting The Oaklandside and being a part of our community. So just to be clear, are you saying you feel like the police department financially hasnt been supported enough, and you would provide more support? 	background-color: #003388;    } Reporters asked the FBI and the police department. The charges are still pending, and Scott is scheduled to appear in court in November. p.survey-question {font-weight:bold;}        z-index:1; To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update. More than 35% of her contributions are from Oakland. div.survey-scrollbox {  height:400px;  overflow:scroll;  margin:20px;  padding:10px;  border:1px solid gray; } 		font-size: 2em;    }        font-size: 16px; }. 	padding-left: 10px;     } He holds a doctorate in sociology from UC Santa Barbara and was the co-recipient of the George Polk Award for local reporting in 2017. I can tell you our neighborhood has become significantly safer [due to this event]. 		top: -1px;        font-size: 12px;        border-bottom: 1px solid grey;    } 		}         margin-right: 10px; 		position: relative; Oakland is thousands of units short in meeting the region and states affordable housing goals, the so-called RHNA goals. Oakland police have urged the public not to try to take matters into their own hands by arming themselves. 		jQuery( ".votebox" ).each(function( index ) { RELATED: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf wins re-election. Sep. 4, 2022 6 UPDATE: Mayors Libby Schaaf and London Breed have picked a candidate in the Oakland mayor's race. 	font-weight: bold; Were going to have to do that again.  Oakland has the benefit of having both a port, a perfect Mediterranean climate, and a year-round growing season. $("#round640055b707964").change(function(){        font-size: 12px; 	} Second choice: Loren Taylor.        margin-top: 0px;        top: -1px; How to vote | Or is it a faith community?    }  Seneca Scott: An Appreciation When Seneca Scott announced for Mayor, few Oaklanders had ever heard of him. Yeah. So were going to need to build on all levels. 	}        font-weight: 100;    .contact_office { margin-top: 0.3em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} And was there anything left out of that budget that you feel should have been included? div.oneoff-scrollbox.regular {  height:400px;  overflow:scroll;  margin:20px;  padding:10px;  border:1px solid gray; } Its to the point now that studies of Appalachia and poor white areas are showing equal amounts of single parent households and drug addiction.  Cutting the arts to Oaklands high schools is a reason why youre creating a new root cause every day, where you lose your children, right, who dont have anything to do to express themselves, and they start to express themselves in ways that are unhealthy and desperate cries for help. Seneca Scott, another mayoral candidate who recently came under fire after news emerged he was arrested last year for allegedly brandishing a gun, said he "chose to focus on talking with as. Seneca Scott. to continue reforming our Police Department by instilling a culture of integrity and fairness at every level and achieve constitutional policing without federal oversight. $('#candidate-connection-twitter-150698').on('click', () => { ga('send', 'event', 'surveycta', 'surveycta-click-twitter'); }); Please try again later. Round 6 Community Activist and Advocate Seneca Scott is running for Mayor of Oakland CA.James Lott Jr chats with him about his platform.        text-align: center; $(".collapse-all").on('click', () => { Explaining our support for Seneca Scott. Registrar of Voters  1225 Fallon Street, Rm. 			display: block;        padding-top: 3px; 		position: absolute; 	width: 250px;   And I can go on. Oakland mayoral candidates, from left to right: Ignacio De La Fuente, Treva Reid, Gregory Hodge, Loren Taylor, Allyssa Victory Villanueva, Sheng Thao, Seneca Scott, and Peter Liu. The ranked-choice voting election was won by  Carroll Fife in round 3  . I would say dark horse, its more apropos.        text-align: left;    } 		.votebox {    } They may be leasing it to a barber college, I heard, but we urgently need those stores and we need to have produce come from our local gardens in our communities. We need to implement Accela. There are encampments at every single one of those areas.        padding-left: 0; She won in the general election on November 8, 2022. Something went wrong.        margin-bottom: -2px !important; 		font-weight: bold;        position: relative;    .external_links_table { width: auto !important; } 		height: 22px; 	width: 100%; } Thats not enough for them.        width: 90%; 	margin: auto; And I thought that was a bad deal for her because she didnt get it done. I'm Seneca Scott, founder of OakHella Music Festival, Neighbors Together Oakland, and 2022 Oakland Mayoral Candidate. This is an unacceptable state of affairs to inflict on our neighbors and businesses.    .image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper { If you value what you get from The Oaklandside, please join us with a tax-deductible donation today so we can continue doing the local reporting that matters to you. We did not find any criminal cases involving any other candidates running for mayor this year. 				max-height: 580px; I chatted with Seneca, who's 42 years old, recently. Oakland right now is not a place where businesses want to come and invest anything.  p.survey-response {white-space: pre-line;} Long Beach doesnt deal with that. var s = "640055b6cc5e4"; He truly seems to be aiming at the MAGA crowd. The two most pressing issues facing Oakland (and the reasons why we started the Coalition) are homelessness and an underfunded, harassed Oakland .  	font-weight: bold; .widget-value { The numbers are always changing and I dont want to use outdated numbers, but a good chunk of [weapons] now are found to be ghost guns. I dont think its served us well.    } Its not a business-friendly environment. Ill speak specifically to the police.    .mw-body #mw-content-text th.votebox-results-cell--text { Theres nothing wrong with that if youre being a good neighbor. Right now, we need to use every asset. Were going to have to deal with issues of major lawsuits on the horizon that can impact the citys budget and ability to do business. She better get us off that NSA, which she didnt for eight years. Click here to contact our editorial staff, and click here to report an error.        display: inline-block; .clearfix { He moved to Oakland in 2012 while working for the labor union SEIU 1021 and lives in the Lower Bottoms neighborhood. Click here to contact us for media inquiries, and please donate here to support our continued expansion. 3,716 votes (2.98%) My choice.        color: #888; And if housing is not something that you want, you just should know youre not going to be here in 60 days. How would they fix Oaklands potholes? Seneca Scott, a cousin of Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife, Coretta Scott King, criticized the newly unveiled statue of her family members in Boston. 		width: 100%;        width: 100% !important; We amplify community voices, share information resources, and investigate systems, not just symptoms.  		position: relative; 		setTimeout(function() { defer() }, 500);  We like to take our toys and drive em around real fast, right? If you go back to that report, the footage of people shooting up vehicles with assault rifles and setting them on fire, my neighbors sent me that. We have the OakHella festival on 8th Street between Campbell Village and Acorn, a street thats been one of the most bloody streets in Oakland when you count just how many people have died on it. Are we kidding ourselves now?    .inner_percentage.CrossFiled { According to The Oaklandside, Seneca Scott was arrested in October of last year and was charged with a misdemeanor after pulling a gun on two individuals..    } Housing projects and socialized housing absolutely positively need to be on the books soon, considering we have the great unwashed 2.0 playing out before our very eyes. It also helps your family, friends and Oakland neighbors have access to reliable, independent reporting. $('.hideResponses').on('click', () => { $('.hideResponses').hide(); 	.inner_percentage.Libertarian {        text-align: left !important; 		padding-left: 8px;  }else if (this.value > 1){ .widget-row.heading { This was night time, I held multiple squatters at gunpoint, called 911.        overflow-y: hidden;  If so, what concrete steps would you take to do that? We know that public schools in Oakland are run by the Oakland Unified School District and charter school organizations, but Mayor Libby Schaaf has made education a big component of her tenure, spearheading efforts like Oakland Undivided, Oakland Promise, and the Oakland Teacher Residency Program. 	} Weve got some City of Dodge stuff going on in Oakland and once again theres escape-avoidance behavior and normalcy bias.    } 		width: 100% !important; Thats why theyre always so late to report. 19.        background-color: #dac113; $('#candidate-connection-twitter-92743').on('click', () => { ga('send', 'event', 'surveycta', 'surveycta-click-twitter'); }); 	background-color: #f9f9f9; You have to let the Department of Violence Prevention show that theyre not wasting the money. People are desperate. If youre going to keep disrespecting the person you pay, youre going to keep an adversarial relationship with law enforcement. 	word-wrap: break-word; 	} Last year, Seneca Scott lost the Oakland mayoral election. 	 Well send a clear message that youre not going to be driving like a crazy person through the streets of Oakland. var x = '%7B%223%22%3A%7B%22votes%22%3A30194%7D%2C%222%22%3A%7B%22votes%22%3A30489%7D%2C%221%22%3A%7B%22votes%22%3A30408%7D%7D'; 	clear: both; So we need to be honest.        height: 50px; 		max-width: 600px; The issue is, are you a good neighbor, or are you not? The City of Oakland's Negotiated Settlement Agreement (NSA) dates from January 22, 2003, when the City of Oakland and the Oakland Police Department entered into an agreement resolving allegations of police misconduct raised by private plaintiffs in the civil lawsuit, Delphine Allen, et al., v. Its not safe. 	.electionsectionheading { As we explained at the start of this series, weve invited nine of the 10 people running to be the next mayor of Oakland to sit down with us for in-depth interviews, asking them mostly the same questions, such as, how many police officers does the Oakland Police Department need? Just after 10 p.m. on Oct. 30, 2021, Oakland police officers were flagged down by a man at the corner of Peralta and 8th streets in West Oakland.       /* Show the tooltip text when you mouse over the tooltip container */ p.survey-question {font-weight:bold;} Seneca Scott, an independent candidate for mayor in Oakland, Calif., said two policies have fueled homelessness in his state during an appearance on Hill.TV's "Rising" on Wednesday. Too few. 	.race_header.democratic { My experience on Oct 30, 2021 is one of the reasons I decided to run for mayor and completely integral to our campaigns message. 	.image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper .image-candidate-thumbnail { $('#emessage640055b6cc5e4').html('  through round ' + this.value + ': ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString()); Accessible. Small Business Owner. Im talking about reckless driving, the unsafe traffic violence that were seeing frequently through the streets of Oakland. $('.showResponses').hide();    } 		padding-bottom: 5px; According to a sheriffs report, Liu called 911 and complained that there were trespassers on property he said he owned. $('#' + this.value + s).show(); DeSantis coming to CA as new poll shows him leading Trump, Ice flies off SUV, smashing windshield: 'You could kill somebody'. $("#round640055b6cc5e4").change(function(){ $(window).unload(function(){$("#round640055b707964").val($("#round640055b707964").children('option').length).change(); Heres the big issue in Oaklands city structureand its been this way since 1998 with the passing of Measure X, which created a hybrid system of government where the mayor has the power to hire the [city administrator] while the city council maintains power to pass legislation and ultimately the budget. Its your job to stop the illegal dumpers, drug dealers, and sex traffickers from preying on us. The man told the officers that he and another person had been confronted on the sidewalk by a third person, Scott, who had brandished a handgun at them, according to a police report. And we need to hold that number.    } You have to start confiscating vehicles. The results have been certified. How will you work with those areas councilmembers to create more grocery stores with better, healthier options? What we dont need is doing it in residential neighborhoods when people have guns, shooting them in the air, and then its just a bunch of crazy stuff. "We need better-trained police and we need more of them," said Seneca Scott. Again, do you spend that money on OPD or do you let it go to the Department of Violence Prevention? Seneca Scott, Oakhella & Bottoms-Up Community Garden Loren Taylor, Oakland City Council, District 6 Sheng Thao, Oakland City Council District 4 All qualified candidates at the close of the City of Oakland filing deadline on August 12 will be invited to participate.        max-height: 355px; School districts | Along the way, hes gained endorsement from pro-police groups like the Coalition for Better Oakland. This is an illegal encampment under the Encampment Management Policy. Seneca Scott for Oakland City Council District 3 | Oakland CA Youve got to get it back. Scott faces these charges while campaigning on the need to improve public safety in Oakland.  			} But the problems are back. Thank you. const abcde =JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(x));         padding-left: 8px; Incumbents are bolded and underlined. $('#emessage640055b6cc5e4').html(' Total : ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString()); In response to this threat, I revealed a firearm. The number by formula is 1100. 		margin-bottom: .75em; p.survey-response {white-space: pre-line;}    } 	background-color: #f9f9f9;    } Counties | } 	font-weight: bold; 	.votebox-scroll-container { Theres just no comparison to other cities. 	} 		border: 1px solid #999;    } The fact that OUSD district teachers get paid 35% less than teachers in surrounding areas leads to a high level of attrition and a low talent pool. var s = "640055b6cc5e4"; Seneca Scott. }        margin-bottom: .75em;        height: 22px;    .inner_percentage.Democratic { Care Court may change that. 4. Why not use those physical spaces for that if not anything else? var l = '9' He says residents in the unhoused community cannot be evicted without offers of housing.        padding-top: 8px;    .mw-content-ltr td.votebox-results-cell--text, 	} If he can't control himself well enough to avoid dumb-ass comments like that, he's too undisciplined to be mayor. Its been how many years and $5 million [spent by the city] and they still havent on-boarded fire or the department of transportation [data into Accela]. Theres a law enforcement angle to this. Do you guys know what Accela is? "My concern is the efficiency of which we're spending that money and the priorities," Scott said.        letter-spacing: 0.03em;  		display: block;        .contact_office { font-size: 0.8 em; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;}          width: 100%; 		font-size: 12px;  We need to build, baby, build. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.        display:none; So we need to stop that. $('.hideResponses').show(); Ranked choice voting has been debated in Oakland for years. The results of Round  are displayed below.    } When you talk about waste, 40-50% of our food ends up in there. Sounds like you would continue that involvement that Mayor Schaaf has shown in public schools.  Seneca Scott is a member of the NAACP and was a candidate for mayor who didn't make it past the third round of vote tabulations. Info. Its a combination of waste and corruption if you ask me. 		margin-top: 0px; We must be able to rely on our public safety officers to deter crime and enforce the law, so that I and other neighbors do not feel the weight of violence day in and day out. The ghost guns completely changed the game. 	width: 150px;    .rcvresults_table_container { Oakland spends a few million dollars a year on arts and culture through the city budget. Im not talking about expired tags. $('#' + "9" + s).show(); 	} 		text-align: left !important; But at the end of the day, these are private investments. If I get elected mayor were getting that charter amendment passed. $('#selected_round640055b707964').html(this.value); 
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 		text-align: left; Source. | $(document).ready(function(){ $('.pastResponses').hide(); Because some would argue that since the police department consumes more than 40% of the citys general fund, theres not enough money left over for root-cause programs. He says he'll be tackling issues like homelessness and crime.    .votebox-results-metadata { Consequently I received two misdemeanor gun charges. $('.pastResponses').show(); $('.showResponses').on('click', () => { 		color: #0645ad; His donors include developers, architecture companies, realtors and real estate brokers. They make a central place where people can drag race and do all the car stuff, honkytonks, and all that good old stuff. We deserve better. It has to be about things connecting us, and I think an investment in that is paramount right now. .expand-all:hover, .collapse-all:hover {cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;} var t = '30408'; }) G-1, Oakland, CA 94612  TEL (510) 272-6973  FAX (510) 272-6982  TDD (510) 208-4967 [Editors note: we asked Scott to provide us with information about these cases, and well post them here if he responds.]. Seneca Scott, housing activist; Loren Taylor, city councilor from the 6th district Interns wanted: Get paid to help ensure that every voter has unbiased election information. 		border-radius: 50%;      .rcvtooltip span { Because its a very common occurrence. Also, included, special guest, former Fremont Mayor Bill Harrison. var s = "640055b707964"; 		font-size: 16px;        background: #4c4c4c; 		} 		background-color: #f9d334;  $('.hideResponses').show();   $(".results_table640055b707964").hide(); The officer was flagged down, and the man who pulled the knife fled the scene with our stolen property before the officers could stop him. 		max-width: 75px;    .votebox_legend { If the As move to Howard Terminal, what do you envision for the future of the Coliseum/Arena site?  [Editors note: we asked Scott to email us studies showing the effectiveness of license plate readers in stopping crime, and well post them here if he responds.]. Tasneem Raja, editor-in-chief, The Oaklandside. So its just dangerous. }  } It's just another example of Seneca Scott being completely unfit for office. Check the latest city audit that shows $69 million was spent on housing people, and [the city didnt] track any of that.  He negotiated contracts for city . People travel from states over to come to Oakland sideshows to document it, for Youtube documentaries that get tens of millions of hits.  They should be ashamed of themselves. That shows that the predators are amongst us because they know that we have low response times with our police, and we have to prioritize violence, so you are able to get away with virtually any nonviolent property crimes right now. Seneca Scott did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey. But also, when you say mass surveillance, at the same time, you push for laws where you want to know each and every facet of someones relationship with their tenant, the financial relationship between a property owner and their tenant, right? When people cant compete financially, they compete for moral superiority. U.S. President |    .rcvresults_text { In a phone interview with the Bay Area Reporter Wednesday, Scott said he would not wear the sandwich board again.    .inner_percentage.Republican { 		overflow: hidden; Look at East Oakland and Coach Drew. 	.inner_percentage.Republican {    } Weve crossed that rubicon now. } Undeniably.  Oakland mayoral candidate: Seneca Scott. When contacted by The Oaklandside today, Scott provided the following written statement: Early evening on October 30, 2021, just hours after one of my immediate neighbors was shot in the face in his home while holding his infant, and still processing those emotions, I had received a report that two men were inside our community garden attempting to steal our water heater.        top: 0px;        left: 0; $('.pastResponses').hide(); Round 3 })     Were journalists for Oakland. [Editors note: the Care Court could compel people with untreated and severe mental illnesses into housing and treatment.]. $('#' + this.value + s).show(); And this is complicated because Libby spent her first day with OPD. Liu immigrated to the United States when he was seven years old. Thats important to me. If you value what you get from The Oaklandside, please join us with a tax-deductible donation today so we can continue doing the local reporting that matters to you. 		text-align: center; Which brings me back to Seneca Scott. We need a pre-approval process for people who are developing.         display: inline; Everyone has a personal responsibility to be a good neighbor, housed or unhoused. Its bringing neighbors together and increasing community safety. 	.inner_percentage.Green { I could email you. How do you stop people from killing each other with ghost guns? 	} If youre not at the farmers market, you lose up to 30% of the nutritionin even the highest quality produce you buy in a Whole Foods or Berkeley Bowljust due to the time that [produce has] been off the vine or uprooted. 	.mw-content-ltr td.votebox-results-cell--text, Second, we need more California Highway Patrol.         position: relative;    } 	.mw-body #mw-content-text .votebox .race_header h5.votebox-header-election-type { One of the squatters had a baby in a crib and the rest of the squatters accused me of child endangerment and the Alameda County Sheriff claimed they cant verify me to be owner at the time and told me they have to take someone into jail and theyve decided to take me instead for child endangerment. Phase one is clean it up and start working with local neighbors and businesses, and the unhoused. And how would market-rate development and or social housing fit into this plan? That boogeyman, that victimhood mentality, its defeatist. According to a 2020 USA Today analysis of U.S. cities with a population of 65,000 and above, Oakland has 235 law enforcement employees (officers and civilian staff) per every 100,000 residents (ranking it 176th highest out of 634 cities), and Oaklands violent crime rate was 19th highest out of all these cities.]. (KGO) -- Community activist Seneca Scott is the founder of grass roots organization that sued the City of Oakland over its homelessness policies. The officers arrested him for carrying a concealed gun and exhibiting the weapon in a threatening manner. MACRO took a long time to set up and they established it without [taking calls from 911] dispatch. But heres the reason why you need so many. State executives | Sheng Thao is a daughter of refugees who has lived in Oakland her entire adult life.  Its not ok. And we deserve better, an ability to walk and bike across our streets. Sheng Thao is the Mayor of Oakland in California. Im a member of Safe 8th Street, where we used speed trap cameras to get roundabouts, which everyone thought was impossible, but Tim Courtney [an 8th Street resident] is such a badass; he made it happen because he was relentless in his advocacy for traffic calming measures. margin-bottom:0px; It was a unanimous vote from City Council. 		background-color: #db0000; 	font-weight: bold; 		color:white; Candidate Peter Liu was also arrested on a gun charge last year. [I use] accessible housing because what will a homeless person with a drug or mental health problem be able to afford? We speak now. 	.results_table { How would they help the City Council and the city administration work together better? Seneca Scott, the cousin of Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife, Coretta Scott King, has slammed the newly unveiled statue of his family members in Boston. 	} }else{ $('#candidate-connection-email-92743').on('click', () => { ga('send', 'event', 'surveycta', 'surveycta-click-email'); }); But its obvious. $('#' + "3" + s).show();  Seneca Scott - Candidate for Oakland Mayor (@Seneca4Mayor) June 30, 2022 The allegations weren't the topic of public discussion again until Abraham released his video interview with Powell, which was posted to Youtube on Oct. 25. We can now make [guns] like Legos in the trailers and encampments. Union organizer and negotiator. if(document.getElementsByClassName("reference").length==0) if(document.getElementById('Footnotes')!==null) document.getElementById('Footnotes').parentNode.style.display = 'none'; What's on my ballot?    }  }); function defer() { Its proof of concept that these things bring neighbors together in ways that matter. 	text-align: center; The Oaklandside relies on reader support to remain free for everyone in our community. Taylor, elected four years ago, represents much of .    .non_result_row { Recently it was made law that you need to give at least 30-days notice [to clean or close an encampment], thankfully, because it was inhumane to keep giving people short notice and then not following through like the MLK and Grand encampment, where theyve told them every day for the last six months theyre going to evict them and it never actually happens. Can Oakland become a filmmaking hub? Despite the Silesian Voivodeship's name, most of the historic .    } What I felt was left out was accountability. This is just not an honest conversation [happening currently] about the nuances of homelessness, about the new face of homelessness, [the] 24% growth during an eviction moratorium [from 2019 to 2022], that suggests that now youre importing people.        border: 1px solid #999; I said, Can you just not take their advice and use them and do whats right? He said, I guess., [Editors note: in February the City Council approved using surveillance cameras to catch illegal dumpers, but the program is limited to a few specific areas. .large-date { text-align: center; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600;}    .rcvrace_header.Republican { 		float: left; Like, come on, are you kidding me? He says the city has allocated $3.5 billion over the next years with a focus on housing, but has one concern. 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