Oakland Restaurant Owners Are Split on Mayor Sheng Thao’s Efforts to Combat Crime | Eater SF

"Jeffrey Wright says his downtown pie shop, Edith’s Pie, has managed to avoid break-ins in the year since it opened, but he describes it as an anomaly on a block where neighboring businesses have been frequently targeted; Wright is frustrated by a lack of positive media coverage for city events like the first Lunar New Year parade in 50 years and concerts at Fairyland, and he says interactions with city hall have produced nothing beyond taxes and permitting and lack the collaboration small businesses need." - Dianne de Guzman