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FILE - In this April 10, 2020, file photo, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf speaks at a news conference in Oakland, Calif. Mayor Schaaf on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, announced a privately funded program that will give low-income families of color $500 per month with no rules on how they can spend it. The program in Oakland is the latest example of &quot;guaranteed income,&quot; an idea that giving poor people a set amount of money each month will ease the stresses of poverty that contribute to poor health and hinder their ability to find full-time work. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Oakland launches guaranteed pay plan for low-income people

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf smiles during a media conference on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Libby Schaaf, Oakland mayor, home targeted by masked vandals

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Oakland mayor home vandalized, spray-painted

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In this March 7, 2018, file photo, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf gestures during a news conference in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, file)

Libby Schaaf, Oakland mayor: ‘I did the right thing’ alerting illegal immigrants of ICE raid

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this March 7, 2018, file photo, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf gestures during a news conference in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, file)

Oakland mayor: Police won’t ask applicants about sex assualt

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Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf was essentially acting as a "gang lookout" tipping off lawbreakers when police came through their neighborhood, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Associated Press/File)

Sanctuary officials could get 5 years in prison under ‘Libby Schaaf Act’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. Advocacy groups said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are rounding up people in large numbers around the country, with roundups in Southern California being especially heavy-handed, as part of stepped-up enforcement under President Donald Trump. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

Illegal immigrants alerted of raids by Libby Schaaf, Oakland mayor, committed new crimes: ICE chief

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf was essentially acting as a "gang lookout" tipping off lawbreakers when police came through their neighborhood, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Associated Press/File)

Trump says Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf being probed for immigration warning

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Demonstrators block traffic in front of the hotel where U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was speaking to the California Peace Officers Association meeting, Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. California Gov. Jerry Brown denounced Sessions for coming to the state to speak about a lawsuit targeting policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, saying Wednesday it was unprecedented for him to &quot;act more like Fox News than a law enforcement officer.&quot; (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper)

The Latest: Oakland mayor now asks Sessions: ‘How dare you?’

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Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf stood by her warnings to illegal immigrants of an impending enforcement sweep. "I do not regret sharing this information," Ms. Schaaf said. "It is Oakland's legal right to be a sanctuary city and we have not broken any laws. We believe our community is safer when families stay together." (Associated Press)

Justice Department looking into bringing charges against Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 13, 2016 file photo, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, left, speaks beside then-Oakland Chief of Police Sean Whent in Oakland, Calif. The teenage daughter of a police dispatcher at the center of a Northern California sexual misconduct scandal involving two dozen officers has filed suit against one of the law enforcement agencies, her attorney announced Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. The 19-year-old filed the federal lawsuit in San Francisco Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. Whent was forced to resign in June 2016 and the department cycled through two other chiefs in less than a month before the city's top administrator took over management of the police. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Libby Schaaf, Oakland mayor, says warning of immigration raids was ‘the right thing,’ ‘legal’

By Jay LeBlanc - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 13, 2016 file photo, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, speaks at a news conference in Oakland, Calif. A federal immigration official says about 800 people living in Northern California were able to avoid arrest because of a warning by Schaaf. Thomas Homan, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief, told &quot;Fox and Friends&quot; Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, that what Schaaf did was &quot;no better than a gang lookout yelling 'police' when a police cruiser comes in the neighborhood.&quot; (AP Photo/Ben Margot, FIle)

Trump-California feud escalates to all-out warfare

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf during a news conference at City Hall Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. Schaaf removed the interim police chief Wednesday after appointing him less than a week ago amid a widening sex scandal involving several officers. The mayor said new information led her to lose confidence in Ben Fairow after she named him to lead the beleaguered department. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Libby Schaaf, Oakland mayor, helped criminal illegal immigrants escape, ICE chief says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

As for the Oakland mayor, Libby Schaaf has every right to engage in civil disobedience by protecting transgressors of federal law because she doesn't agree with the law. But she should have to pay the penalty for such disobedience. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Libby Schaaf in jail for Oakland’s sanctuary rules will Make America Great Again

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 15, 2016, file photo Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf answers questions during a news conference at City Hall in Oakland, Calif. Schaaf warned over the weekend of Feb, 24, 2018, that federal agents were planning immigration raids across the San Francisco Bay Area. Though no major immigration sweeps have materialized, Schaaf said it was her &quot;ethical obligation&quot; to issue the warning. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

The Latest: Mayor’s immigration alert prompts angry calls

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Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, center, discusses California's growing homeless crisis during a news conference, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Libby Schaaf, Oakland mayor, underscores why Democrats are nuts

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, Kimberly Gregory looks at a memorial for her daughter Michela, inside Michela's room, in South San Francisco, Calif. Michela died along with her boyfriend Alex Vega a year ago during a fire at the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland, Calif. The one-year anniversary of the deadliest building fire in the U.S. in more than a decade is bringing back painful memories for victims' families. It's also refocusing attention on Oakland, California, where the blaze occurred. Some critics say the beleaguered city hasn't moved quickly enough to prevent a similar tragedy. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Warehouse fire anniversary focuses attention on city efforts

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

The Latest: Mayor: deadly fire distracted from sex scandal

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In this March 25, 2017 photo, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf gestures during a rally at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif. Schaaf announced a run for reelection Monday, April 17, 2017, and that she plans to seek a second term as mayor. Schaaf became Oakland's 50th mayor in January 2015 after serving one term as a city council member. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Oakland mayor, facing sharp criticism, to seek second term

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