The signature gathering required to bring Thao’s recall before voters was bankrolled by a single Piedmont resident, Farallon Capital hedge-fund manager Philip Dreyfuss, who poured at least $1.9 million into the Alameda County elections this past year.

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao says she has no regrets after being overwhelmingly being recalled by voters. With 100% of the precincts reporting, voters approved her ouster 65 -35%. “I know there’s a lot of frustration in regards to crime being on the rise because of the pandemic,

KRON4's Lezla Gooden spoke to Mayor Sheng Thao https://www.kron4.com/news/your-local-election-hq/oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-recall-results/ The first set of rankings for the inaugural 12-team playoff will be released on Tuesday. Both players ended up getting technicals in Nuggets-Timberwolves.