"Vandalizing our downtown gives Donald Trump the images he wants and the justification he seeks to send federal troops into American cities," Mayor Libby Schaaf said.
The Oakland City Council rejected a proposal to take $2.75 million in funding from the police department, which has already seen its budget cut by $14.3 million this year.
Executions have been on hold in California since 2006, stalled by a series of legal challenges; but COVID-19 is proving a lethal presence on San Quentin’s death row.