Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao chose not to break a tie vote on a lucrative security contract with a company whose CEO has close ties to a target of the FBI’s ongoing corruption probe. The mayor's decision allows her to avoid green-lighting a multi-million dollar contract and sends the issue back to the City Council.
Oakland mayor Sheng Thao enters the room during a press conference at Oakland City Hall in Oakland , Calif., on Monday, June 24, 2024. This was the mayor’s first public appearance since her home was raided by the FBI two days ago. of having to break the stalemate on a lucrative security contract with a company whose CEO has close ties to a target of the FBI’s ongoing corruption probe.
As recently as 2021, for example, Juarez claimed to represent one of Chretien’s companies while securing a lucrative loan that’s since come under investigation by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. In another instance, Chretien appeared to become CEO of a company that Juarez started — one closely involved in a land deal bordering one of Chretien’s properties in Napa County.
City money for the company dried up months before the company’s contract ended in June 30, 2024, leaving it to rack up nearly $1.6 million in bills that the city must now pay. It also has continued to patrol city property since that contract expired over the summer, at the cost of an additional $1.6 million.
City officials plan to open up the city’s security guard contract to bids from new companies in the coming months, ahead of the 2025-26 budget cycle.
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