'When we're hearing other cities are getting millions and millions of dollars, and we missed out? Are you kidding me?' said Carl Chan, president of Oakland Chinatown's Chamber of Commerce.
The City of Oakland has lost the chance to receive millions of dollars to help fight retail crime because city officials missed the deadline to apply.The City of Oakland has lost the chance to receive millions of dollars to help fight retail crime in the city. The reason why? Because city officials missed a deadline to apply for a special state grant.
"We need every nickel and dime that we can get. But by us not applying - I can't believe we would miss that opportunity," said Noel Gallo.The worst, he says, he's ever seen in his lifetime. "By the city administration making excuses that we didn't apply on time or submit the proper paperwork - that's just an excuse that the residents and businesses are not going to accept," Gallo said.Gov. Gavin Newsom to invest $267 million in several dozen cities to combat organized retail theftA spokesperson for the city says they are reviewing everything that went wrong to try and prevent something like this from happening again.
Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas says they're also actively exploring other grants and partnerships. "We are incredibly committed to getting the resources that we need. And we do have a strong proposal that we can shop around to other partners to get the resources that Oakland's business community needs," she said."It is very frustrating, upsetting. Especially during this very difficult time for our small businesses," said Carl Chan.
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