Rebecca Kaplan
Interim Member of the Oakland City CouncilWikipedia
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Search complete. 13 mentions across 8 episodes found for "Rebecca Kaplan".
Oct 20, 2026
Seneca Scott On The Oakland Corruption Trial
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13:38Seneca ScottGUEST
Carol Fife does not appear on the witness list.
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13:41Seneca ScottGUEST
How come she's all wrapped up in Evolutionary Homes, and every single other person who had anything to do with Evolutionary Homes is a witness, but not Carol Fife or Rebecca Kaplan, who mentored Andre, who mentored Sheng Tao, who mentored Betsy Lake, who all three of who either are defend- are, are actual co-defendants on trial or are witnesses? Again, make it make sense.
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14:08Randy WangHOST
Wow.
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14:09Randy WangHOST
Uh, thank you so much for sharing that presentation with us.
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16:42Seneca ScottGUEST
I keep laying out what I know without being able to subpoena anything or being privy to all of the information that the FBI has.
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16:49Seneca ScottGUEST
Remember, the judge is only allowing 500 of over 1,700 individual pieces of evidence, which I haven't seen and the public hasn't seen.
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17:00Seneca ScottGUEST
So just because I have a few sources, and I pay attention, and I have a good memory, I'm able to connect the dots between Carol Fife, and Rebecca Kaplan, and other criminals in Oakland who are still in, in power.
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17:16Seneca ScottGUEST
What I've been told from very trusted sources close to this trial, that I will reveal when it's all safe, is that they're not interested in deals anymore because they need to find Tao guilty so that the other people who they're going to prosecute in the city of Oakland, they plead out because they already have seen what happened, and they're not gonna want to go through the same process.
Seneca Scott On The Oakland Corruption Trial
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14:07Seneca ScottGUEST
Carol Fife does not appear on the witness list.
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14:10Seneca ScottGUEST
How come she's all wrapped up in evolutionary homes and every single other person who had anything to do with evolutionary homes is a witness? but not Carol Fife or Rebecca Kaplan, who mentored Andre, who mentored Cheng Tao, who mentored Betsy Lake, all three of who either are actual co-defendants on trial or witnesses.
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14:31Seneca ScottGUEST
Again, make it make sense.
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14:37Randy WangHOST
Wow.
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17:11Seneca ScottGUEST
I keep laying out what I know without being able to subpoena anything or being privy to all of the information that the FBI has.
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17:18Seneca ScottGUEST
Remember, the judge is only allowing 500 of over 1,700 individual pieces of evidence, which I haven't seen or the public has to see.
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17:29Seneca ScottGUEST
So just because I have a few sources and I pay attention and I have a good memory, I'm able to connect the dots between Carol Fife and Rebecca Kaplan and other criminals in Oakland who are still in power.
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17:45Seneca ScottGUEST
What I've been told from various trusted sources close to this trial that I will reveal when it's all safe, is that they're not interested in deals anymore because they need to find thou guilty so that the other people who they're going to prosecute in the city of oakland they plead out because they already have seen what happened and they're not going to want to go through the same process and so no it doesn't end here that is why right now we're taking this opportunity to start an organization the oakland watch dedicated on identifying and eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse in Oakland, California, and exposing the rot of corruption that still persists inside of City Hall.
Oakland Corruption Trial Hits Close to Home
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45:16Steve TavaresHOST
yeah
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45:16Trishala VinnakotaHOST
yeah so still very so high key suspicious that rebecca kaplan's name has not come up in any of these documents
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45:25Steve TavaresHOST
there's been name drops several times for but nothing like specific at all but mostly like in terms of that's who um i mean everybody like there's like multiple people that have connections that work for rebecca kaplan they were in this
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45:39Trishala VinnakotaHOST
That are part of the witness list.
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45:40Trishala VinnakotaHOST
Julie Wedge worked for Evolutionary
Jon Fleischman's Voter Guide Part 2
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32:03Randy 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.
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32:17Randy 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.
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32:32speaker_9SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
As well on this list, former city council member Ke-
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32:34Randy WangHOST
Do you think Seneca's, uh, hanging out in the j- in the courtroom today?
Jon Fleischman's Voter Guide Part 2
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31:39Randy WangHOST
And that's an interesting one.
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31:40Randy 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.
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32:09Candace WindCORRESPONDENT
As well on this list, former city council member Ke-
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32:12Randy WangHOST
Do you think Seneca's, uh, hanging out in the j- in the courtroom today?
Shengy's Trial Gets Underway
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7:46Sheng ThaoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Noelle feels like there should be a refund of some sort.
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7:49Sheng ThaoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This is where Rebecca got caught up, because she didn't have an answer for it.
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7:54Randy WangHOST
[laughs]
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7:54Sheng ThaoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So do you guys have an answer for it, right?
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8:10Randy 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-
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8:32John PhillipsHOST
[laughs]
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8:33Randy WangHOST
... and implicates a whole bunch of other people, including Rebecca Kaplan.
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8:38speaker_3CORRESPONDENT
Duong set up a meeting to discuss strategy, but she was unhappy with the location.
Shengy's Trial Gets Underway
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8:47John PhillipsHOST
[laughs]
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8:49Randy WangHOST
... and implicates a whole bunch of other people, including Rebecca Kaplan.
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8:53speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Duong set up a meeting to discuss strategy, but she was unhappy with the location.
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8:58speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The restaurant was normally too crowded, she said.
Shengy's Trial Gets Underway
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7:47speaker_5UNKNOWN
Noelle feels like there should be a refund of some sort.
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7:50speaker_5UNKNOWN
This is where Rebecca got caught up because she didn't have an answer for it.
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7:55speaker_5UNKNOWN
So you guys have an answer for it, right?
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7:58Randy WangHOST
Tao and There's our girl.
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8:27Randy WangHOST
And Shang Tao leaked all the details of that to the Dongs in a call that Andy Dong recorded.
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8:34Randy WangHOST
and implicates a whole bunch of other people, including
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8:37Dan NoyesCORRESPONDENT
Rebecca Kaplan.
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8:39Dan NoyesCORRESPONDENT
Duong set up a meeting to discuss strategy, but she was unhappy with the location.