From The San Francisco Standard, September 26:
Oakland businesses are holding a shutdown strike Tuesday to demand action on rising crime.
Store owners are demanding direct assistance to businesses and lower crime rates to prevent closures, according to a flyer about the strike, organized by the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce president Carl Chan.
The strike comes after the owners of Oakland Vietnamese restaurant Le Cheval announced it would close its Clay Street location on Saturday and plan to reopen elsewhere. Owner Son Tran told CBS that crime is the driving force behind the restaurant’s closure, particularly car break-ins nearby and even customers being robbed inside the restaurant.
A flyer for the strike said 200 businesses were involved. Chan told The Standard a complete list of striking businesses would be made available at a later date....
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