Carroll Fife and Sheng Thao, two members of the Oakland City Council’s far left woke wing, are looking to dramatically increase property taxes in Oakland, in order to build affordable housing.

Today’s news that “San Francisco police officers stepped up street enforcement in significant ways after District Attorney Chesa Boudin was recalled” comes as a reassuring breath of fresh air. San Franciscans fed up with vandalism, illegal dumping, trespassing and people camping on sidewalks finally have a District Attorney, Brooke Jenkins, who will fight for them by supporting cops, instead of filing charges against them.

It’s not too early, I think, to begin considering what our political agenda ought to be after the election is over. After all, we’ll have a new Mayor and a new City Council, although we have no idea who the winners will be.

There’s only one week to go before Election Day. Many if not most Oakland voters have already voted by mail. So who knows if the allegation that Sheng Thao broke election laws will have any impact on the vote?

Here’s how Lux, an avowedly socialist online magazine, in a wide-ranging interview, describes Cat Brooks’ latest dilemma: “Cat Brooks fights for police abolition in Oakland as the defund backlash sets in.” The interview, published this month, was by a journalist, Piper French, a leftwing writer from Los Angeles. French set out to craft a rather adoring profile of Brooks: in a tweet touting her interview, French wrote, “This piece explores the political dimensions of grief - how injustice can materialize as the loss of those you love most - and the work of people trying to keep others from that pain.” French’s implication is that Brooks has suffered a great deal of “pain” and “grief” in her life, and this accounts for her efforts to defund, if not actually abolish, the Oakland Police Department.