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In June of 2023, Oakland City Council passed an ordinance making it a misdemeanor to organize, facilitate or promote sideshows. If found guilty, persons convicted under the law could receive up to a six month sentence in the Alameda county jail or a fine of $1,000 to $5,000, with increased fines for repeat violations.
Sideshows were reported in three Bay Area cities on Saturday night including Oakland, Vallejo and San Francisco.
A Juneteenth celebration in Oakland, California, turned violent when several people were shot, police said. ... until a sideshow involving “motorbikes and vehicles” took place around 8:15 p.m ...
These operations were enacted to put a stop to organized criminal behavior, gun violence, gang activity, fentanyl and other illegal drugs, and sideshows and street racing in Oakland, San Francisco ...
Jerry Brown, governor of California and former Mayor of Oakland stated: "Instead of an omnibus crime bill, you have to deal with shootings in Ghost Town in West Oakland and sideshows in East Oakland." [7] Brown made attempts to turn around the blighted West Oakland neighborhood after 60 Minutes featured it in a television profile. [5]
[7] [3] His lyrics often deal with themes of trauma, hustling, fatherhood, and his experiences growing up in Oakland, including references to the city's culture of sideshows, parties, and sex work. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 4 ] Sams cites Cash Money Records artists like Lil Wayne and Juvenile as major influences, along with E-40 , 3XKrazy , and classic ...
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In 1998, the Oakland City Council renamed City Hall Plaza as "Frank H. Ogawa Plaza" [10] in honor of Frank H. Ogawa, a civil rights leader [11] and the first Japanese American to serve on the Oakland City Council. [10] Ogawa served on the Council from 1966 until his death in 1994. [12] The plaza displays a bronze bust of Ogawa.