So why are they still in Oakland, if it isn't safe? Kaiser tells workers to avoid going out for lunch in downtown Oakland due to crime risk
Why are they still in Oakland? Because they own the buildings they're in.
Kaiser Permanente owns multiple buidlings in Oakland and employs thousands of workers. A company memo to downtown workers recommended they bring their own food or have it delivered. Robberies of Kaiser workers apparently led to the alert.
The city bureaucrats are doing what bureaucrats do, saying that all is well.
The office of Mayor Sheng Thao released a statement that read in part "Oakland is making progress in addressing community safety in our business districts where many of Kaiser's facilities are located. There are more police officers and safety ambassadors on the street than anytime in the past two years. At the end of last year, Oakland experienced significant reductions in property crime in business districts across the city."
Translation: Crime was off the hook 2 years ago, but it is slightly better now. We are not saying that it is safe, just that things are better. Please don't abandon our crime-ridden city for suburbia.
Click thru for details, including some neighborhoods that were not on the list, and what Kaiser is suggesting employees do instead of going out for lunch.
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