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Oct 16, 2026
Steven ClarkSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
What they're trying to convey is that in order to make Sheng Tao happy, you needed to make Andre Jones happy, and that goes to the heart of the conspiracy for bribery allegations here.
Gloria RodriguezCORRESPONDENT
Former Oakland City Council member, Lauren Taylor, showed up to attend the trial.
Gloria RodriguezCORRESPONDENT
Tao defeated Taylor in a tight mayoral race in 2022.
Gloria RodriguezCORRESPONDENT
Prosecutors allege the Duongs funded a $75,000 negative mailer campaign, with some of the mailers targeted at Taylor.
Randy WangHOST
[laughs] For a look into some of the evidence that's going to be presented at the trial, and oh boy, we also just saw the witness lists coming out today.
Randy WangHOST
There are a lot of current and former members of the Oakland City Council, Alameda County Board of Supervisors, even some special surprises coming out to testify in this case, and yet they still haven't pleaded guilty and made a deal.
Randy WangHOST
It's gonna be a real fun one.
Randy WangHOST
Let's get an update on some of the evidence and more unreleased Sheng Tao phone calls.
6 MINS LATER
speaker_9SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We have former city council member who is now a county supervisor, Nikki Fortuna Bas.
Randy WangHOST
And that's an interesting one.
Randy WangHOST
When you talk about some of the former members of the Oakland City Council, like the ones that voted on this California Waste Solutions contract in 2015, that on tape Mario Juarez says everyone got bribed with a duffle bag full of money.
Randy WangHOST
You gotta wonder why Nikki Bas isn't being charged, why Rebecca Kaplan isn't being charged, or some of the other current members of the city council, like Kevin Jenkins, who Andy Dong wanted to have a yacht party for, or Carol Fife.
Randy WangHOST
[laughs] For a look into some of the evidence that's going to be presented at the trial, and oh boy, we also just saw the witness list coming out today.
Randy WangHOST
There are a lot of current and former members of the Oakland City Council, Alameda County Board of Supervisors, even some special surprises coming out to testify in this case, and yet they still haven't pleaded guilty and made a deal.
Randy WangHOST
It's gonna be a real fun one.
Randy WangHOST
Let's get an update on some of the evidence and more unreleased Sheng Tao phone calls.
6 MINS LATER
Candace WindCORRESPONDENT
We have former city council member who is now a county supervisor, Nikki Fortunato Bas.
Randy WangHOST
And that's an interesting one.
Randy WangHOST
When you talk about some of the former members of the Oakland City Council, like the ones that voted on this California Waste Solutions contract in 2015, that on tape Mario Juarez says everyone got bribed with a duffle bag full of money, you gotta wonder why Nikki Bas isn't being charged, why Rebecca Kaplan isn't being charged, or some of the other current members of the city council, like Kevin Jenkins, who Andy Dong wanted to have a yacht party for, or Carol Fife.
Candace WindCORRESPONDENT
As well on this list, former city council member Ke-
John PhillipsHOST
I think her best defense is that she's slow.
Randy WangHOST
There was a closed session meeting of the Oakland City Council to discuss the allegations that California Waste Solutions was overcharging customers, which in a small way led to the illegal dumping crisis that we see in Oakland today, and Sheng Thao leaked all the details of that to the Duongs in a call that Andy Duong recorded-
John PhillipsHOST
[laughs]
Randy WangHOST
... and implicates a whole bunch of other people, including Rebecca Kaplan.
Andy DuongSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Andy, what's up, brother?
speaker_3CORRESPONDENT
Exhibit I is Andy Duong calling City Council Member Kevin Jenkins, and-
Randy WangHOST
And by the way, Kevin Jenkins is currently the president of the Oakland City Council.
John PhillipsHOST
And not that it means anything, because it's anything goes in this state, it's not legal to record a telephone conversation in California unless you have express permission.
John PhillipsHOST
I think her best defense is that she's slow.
Randy WangHOST
There was a closed session meeting of the Oakland City Council to discuss the allegations that California Waste Solutions was overcharging customers, which in a small way led to the illegal dumping crisis that we see in Oakland today, and Sheng Thao leaked all the details of that to the Duongs in a call that Andy Duong recorded-
John PhillipsHOST
[laughs]
Randy WangHOST
... and implicates a whole bunch of other people, including Rebecca Kaplan.
Andy DuongSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Andy, what's up, brother?
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Exhibit I is Andy Duong calling City Council Member Kevin Jenkins in-
Randy WangHOST
And by the way, Kevin Jenkins is currently the president of the Oakland City Council.
John PhillipsHOST
And not that it means anything because it's anything goes in this state, it's not legal to record a telephone conversation in California unless you have express permission.
John PhillipsHOST
I think her best defense is that she's slow.
Randy WangHOST
There was a closed session meeting of the Oakland City Council to discuss the allegations that California Waste Solutions was overcharging customers, which in a small way led to the illegal dumping crisis that we see in Oakland today.
Randy WangHOST
And Shang Tao leaked all the details of that to the Dongs in a call that Andy Dong recorded.
Randy WangHOST
and implicates a whole bunch of other people, including
Dan NoyesCORRESPONDENT
And by the way, Kevin Jenkins is currently the president
Randy WangHOST
of
John PhillipsHOST
the Oakland City Council.
John PhillipsHOST
And not that it means anything because it's anything goes in this state.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
We are talking about major cities with organized opposition and real legal capacity.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
Oakland City Council just voted seven to zero for a forty-five day pause on a downtown data center conversion.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
Raleigh voted seven to one for a six-month moratorium.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
West Seneca, New York voted unanimously for a full one year pause.
Natalia NavarroCORRESPONDENT
Other Bay Area cities have enacted similar moratoriums on new data centers, citing environmental concerns, as well as safety and ethical issues surrounding artificial intelligence.
Natalia NavarroCORRESPONDENT
Richmond enacted a 45-day ban last month, and Oakland City Council is scheduled to vote on one this afternoon.
Natalia NavarroCORRESPONDENT
Advocates today are calling for the resignation of a San Jose School Board member after he made anti-Muslim comments.
Natalia NavarroCORRESPONDENT
The Bay Area's Council on American Islamic Relations said in a statement that school board member Mark Cooper's remarks about the 9/11 attacks associate Muslim students' faith with terrorism.
DarleneAUDIENCE
And and hopefully, you know, policies begin to change.
DarleneAUDIENCE
And this has been a program that's been supported by the Oakland City Council.
DarleneAUDIENCE
It's been supported by the former chief of police.
DarleneAUDIENCE
And the funding has ended.
Andy DuongSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Right, right.
Alex HallCORRESPONDENT
There's also a call between Andy Duong and Oakland City Council member Kevin Jenkins.
Alex HallCORRESPONDENT
And there's another call between Andy Duong and Alameda County Supervisor Nikki Fortunato-Bass, who was Oakland City Council president at the time.
Natalia NavarroCORRESPONDENT
What are the potential consequences of these recordings in the case against Howe?
Alex HallCORRESPONDENT
Well, we don't know exactly what evidence prosecutors will present at trial.
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