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Selika Thomas Is Running For Rebecca Kaplan's Oakland City Council At-Large Seat For 2024 - Oaknews

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Selika Thomas Is Running For Rebecca Kaplan's Oakland City Council At-Large Seat For 2024

Each Oakland Election Cycle brings new faces to Oakland's political family. This cycle for the 2024 Election brings a fresh face: Selika Thomas , who's running for the Oakland City Council At-Large Seat currently held by Rebecca Kaplan (who's not filed for re-election, but it's early at this point). But who is Selika Thomas ? Selika Thomas' website at SelikaThomasForCityCouncil.com says this about the candidate, and person. Fair warning because its not a pretty story, but it is an Oakland story: Selika was born and raised in East Oakland. After graduating from Fremont High in Oakland, she earned an AA degree in Science & Cosmetology from Laney College. Selika started her business installing sewn weaves for clients with hair loss. Selika faces struggles common to Oakland residents at her East Oakland flat lands home - home and car break-ins, abandon cars, piles of trash, car chase, and homeless people living on her street. Selika decided to fight back by becoming block captain of her neighborhood and has resolved neighborhood problems directly with local city agencies, school administrators, and school board. In 2018, Selika lost her little sister to gun violence in Oakland and now raises her 11-year-old nephew. In 2022, she lost her brother's dad and the man who helped raise her, Army Veteran Rodney Davis, to a senseless gun violence in Oakland that made headline news. As a result, Selika advocates for cameras to be attached to shot spotters. These have reduced crime by 43% in Chicago. Selika will do whatever it takes to get the job done right. Believe in her. That is who Ms. Thomas is on web; eventually we will get to meet her. Stay tuned.
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