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‘Oakland has to love us back': Business owners fed up with crime call on city leaders to take action

Aug 14, 2023
The frustration is growing for Bay Area businesses fed up with crime. 

In Oakland, some business owners now say spikes in robberies, car thefts, and burglaries are all making it extremely hard to even convince people to come to the city. 

“It is getting worse by the minute, you have to something and you have to do something now,” said Chef Michele McQueen of the Town Fare Cafe at the Oakland Museum.
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