what did ethic commission go after? they not only go after me, ellen lee zhou about drug traffic and --penalize $185 thousand and when i finished my case i have no where to go and harass a volunteer paul taylor and still continue to go after him. he came here with a crew, group of people and telling you, this department , it's facing a lawsuit and it is coming. i'm urging you in here the people in here, i'm not targeting anybody, just letting you know what happened to my life, just because i'm a conservative mother and immigrant, chinese. thank you. >> thank you. acting chair salahi, we have one call er in the remote queue with their hand up. welcome caller, your three minutes begin when you start speaking. caller in the queue, if you would like to speak, you can do so now. caller, trying for a third time. would you like to speak, you can do so now. >> my name is olivia lou, am i allowed to speak now? >> yes. >> thank you very much. my name is olivia lou and serve on the advisory board in a different county, and i just

what did ethic commission go after?y not only go after me, ellen lee zhou about drug traffic and --penalize $185 thousand and when i finished my case i have no where to go and harass a volunteer paul taylor and still continue to go after him. he came here with a crew, group of people and telling you, this department , it's facing a lawsuit and it is coming. i'm urging you in here the people in here, i'm not targeting anybody, just letting you know what happened to my life, just because i'm a conservative mother and immigrant, chinese. thank you. >> thank you. acting chair salahi, we have one call er in the remote queue with their hand up. welcome caller, your three minutes begin when you start speaking. caller in the queue, if you would like to speak, you can do so now. caller, trying for a third time. would you like to speak, you can do so now. >> my name is olivia lou, am i allowed to speak now? >> yes. >> thank you very much. my name is olivia lou and serve on the advisory board in a different county, and i just want

one wonders whether the ethics commission has gotten some cooperation in there. there were a number of figures who had been fighting this for years, who have now since the cases have been dropped against them. so we don't know what's going on now. we just know that the case is still ongoing, that the ethics commission investigation has not been resolved, investigations still happening right now. jackson. thank you. pete, i want to turn back to you now because, you know, all of this is happening in as we just learned that, you know, a lot of people want to recall mayor sheng thao, do we have any responserom the mayor tonight? yeah, i did reach out to the mayor's office tonight. they are not commenting on this. in fact, they're forwarding all inquiries to the fbi at this time. all right, pete and jackson, thank you so much for the very latest on the mayor's home search. we'll see you again later tonight. all right. our other developing story tonight. gunfire after a juneteenth celebration in oakland. police now say at least 15 people were shot as the event was wrap

it's unknown if the fbi is investigating the same thing as oakland's public ethics commission. but it's so political. analysts say the fbi's involvement kicks this to a new level to one thing. if the campaign finance violation. >> but where the fbi comes involved that more than just a campaign finance violation. there is some nexus, 2, 2, public integrity of public corruption that they're trying. they're trying to the court doesn't mean that it exists doesn't mean that it's there, but the but they're clearly looking for. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> american canyon high school's principal has been charged for failing to report an alleged child molestation incident that happened earlier this year in april. pe teacher brad rau was arrested after being accused of sexually abusing a student. according to the napa district attorney's office principal andrew goff was notified of a suspected relationship between a student and raul. in san francisco, 2 teenagers accused of robbing a business in the mission district. >> have been charged with multiple felonies. officials say the 19 year-

commission sent to us i must say i have not loved this process it would be nice the ethics commissionured out the rules how this works ahead of time and given us that information and passed on that didn't a cross reference another part of code that drawing out and explaining i asked do ethic and policy director do do things differently next time but satisfied with the response and i like to make a motion to table this item i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> if anyone is still confused. >> thank you supervisor ronen tabled by supervisor ronen seconded by supervisor walton colleagues you without objection the item taebld (gavel) madam clerk will i go to committee reports item number 18 was recommended as committee report. report. report. report. of consistency with the general plan and the eight priority policies of planning code, section 101.1. >> seeing no names on the roster we'll take that item. >> same house, same call. the ordinance is passed on first reading that will take us to the. >> special order 2:30 p.m. - recognition of commendations. and it is 2029 so

thank you so then with that, we will go towards, ethics commission. madam chair, members of the committee, recommendations for the ethics commission are summarized on page 128 of our report. our reductions for fiscal year 2425 total $150,222 and recommended reductions as they are all ongoing savings, they would still allow we in our report, we say it would still allow an increase of about 7 million. but there is a distinguished point, which we did not clarify in a report between their operating fund and i think an electoral fund that's just a pass through. so the actual amount of increase in their operating fund is less, my understanding. so we have, five recommendations for the ethics commission. they're all related to positions. and i believe we don't have agreement on, on any. but the department may have further updates on, on where they stand. so i'll just briefly summarize them. so recommendation one and two are on page 129 of our report, these are proposed upward substitutions of 1822 administrative analysts and 1824 principal and administrative

i like to take a minute to address the concerns raised by staff at the ethic commission and point out i believe important factors. the ethic commissions requested a clause be added to this charter amendment that would explicitly state this new inspector general not be able to investigate the two sets of laws enforced by the ethics commission, political form act and campaign conduct code. the problem is it would scale back the current authority provided to the controller, even more then the charter currently has. the reality and this is specifically called out, the charter currently and very intentionally does not wall off ethics and district attorney or the city attorney. they have overlapping authority now, and depend on effective cooperation to function. this is how it would continue to function with empowered inspector general in the controller office and exactly how the works in the other model jurisdictions we closely looked at. there is always some overlapping authority and always up to ininvestigative and enforcement agencies to cooperate and collaborate. the charter already gi

thank you so then with that, we will go towards, ethics commission. chair, members of the committee, recommendations for the ethics commission are summarized on page 128 of our report. our reductions for fiscal year 2425 total $150,222 and recommended reductions as they are all ongoing savings, they would still allow we in our report, we say it would still allow an increase of about 7 million. but there is a distinguished point, which we did not clarify in a report between their operating fund and i think an electoral fund that's just a pass through. so the actual amount of increase in their operating fund is less, my understanding. so we have, five recommendations for the ethics commission. they're all related to positions. and i believe we don't have agreement on, on any. but the department may have further updates on, on where they stand. so i'll just briefly summarize them. so recommendation one and two are on page 129 of our report, these are proposed upward substitutions of 1822 administrative analysts and 1824 principal and administrative analy

the ethics commission sent a follow-up email requesting evidence, but webb could not produce physicalvidence. so that mplat wenthere. bb said thao at the time denied all the accusations telling others webb was disgruntled, had mees. >> what sense would it make that i would help her win an election, run her transition team and all of a sudden i jus lose my mind? >> reporter: the fbi contacted webb and interviewed her for 2 1/2 hours on february 3rd, 2023. she says agents asked a lot of questions about thao's campaign funding. >> it was about campaign contributions, about some of the appointments, you know, like to the court. >> reporter: webb said fbi agents did not offer specifics at the time and doesn't know if theis related to the pay-to-play allegation. the fbi remains tight-lipped about the raid at thao's home. while the fbi has not accused thao of jones of any wrongdoing, webb believes thao should resign. >> i texted her and told her i'm praying for her, but we still have to deal with the consequences of our behaviors. i just hope she gets the help that she needs. >> reporter: we

it's unknown if the fbi is investigating the same thing as oakland's public ethics commission. say the fbi's involvement kicks this to a new level to one thing. if the campaign finance violation. >> but where the fbi comes involved that it's more than just a campaign finance violation. there is some nexus, 2, 2, public integrity of public corruption that they're trying to they're trying to the court doesn't mean that it exists doesn't mean that it's there, but the but they're clearly looking for. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> boeing is revealing some new details tonight on its investigation into the mid air door blowout on board an alaska airlines flight. the company says missing paperwork are to blame. this is video from inside that flight back in january. you remember boeing executive says a work order to install missing bolts on the plane was never issued. and the plane left the factory without the proper parts. the plane flew for about 2 months until the door plug finally failed. that revelation has boeing and hot water with federal regulators. the national transportation saf

the duong's have also been the subject of an investigation by the city's public ethics commission since 2020, and that investigation centers around allegations of campaign donation violations. so let's go and bring in our investigative reporter, jaxon van derbeken jackson. you've been talking to your sources all day. what else are you learning? well, we know that these two houses belong to people who own this waste solutions firm. a father and a son. and they were indeed embroiled and still are in this wide ranging ethics investigation related to campaign contributions that the ethics commission say violate this, the campaign finance law, namely, that they were using allegedly, straw man donors to get around rules and basically give money without being accountable and being named. so that's the investigation. it's being hindered. it's been going on since 2020. and it's been back and forth in court over people's willingness to assist in the investigation. yeah, definitely a number of violations there. jackson, that you mentioned, i'm wondering, you mentioned straw people. who are these s

this concludes the june 14, 2024 meeting of the san francisco ethic commission. [gavel] [meeting adjourned] [singing] [cheers] >> i was sitting down. i thought i was going to be able to watch the show. welcome to the kick-off for san francisco pride! and i want to thank the freedom band, the lgbtq freedom band, the official band of san francisco! [applause] thank you to the san francisco gay mans chorus. thank you to the pride board and our department heads of commissioners, our king and queen and the royal court and i mean, everybody is here. if you are not here, fomo. your problem. but let me tell you, there is nothing like pride in san francisco. the thing we do when we are at our best, is we celebrate, we have fun, we come together and what we are experiencing now in raising the flag is pure joy and excitement about what this means for all the amazing events, activities, fun, and i'll let scott wiener talk about the real a serious stuff in just a few moments. but, we have come a long way and i'm really proud of san francisco. we continue to set the stage for

she says in early 2023 she complained to the city council and the public ethics commission about theay-to-play allegation. she says the council ignored her complaint. the ethics commission sent a follow-up email requesting evidence, but webb could not produce physical evidence, so that complaint went nowhere. webb says thao at the time denied all the accusations, telling others webb was disgruntled, had mental health issues, and made up lies. >> what sense would it make that i would help her win an election, run her transition team, and then all of a sudden, i just lose my mind. >> reporter: the fbi contacted webb and interviewed her for two and a half hours on february 3, 2023. she says agents asked a lot of questions about thao's campaign funding. >> it was about campaign contributions, about some of the appointments, you know, like to the port. >> reporter: webb says the fbi agents did not offer specifics about their investigation at the time and she doesn't know if the fbi raid is related to the pay-to-play allegation. the fbi remains tight lipped about the raid at thao's home. w

she says in early 2023 she complained to the city council and the public ethics commission about the pay-to-play allegation. she says the council ignored her complaint. the ethics commission sent a follow-up email requesting evidence but webb could not prodouse physical evidence, so that complaint went nowhere. webb says thao at the time denied all the accusations, telling others webb was disgruntled, had mental health issues, and made up lies. >> what sense would it make that i would help her win an election, run her transition team, and then all of a sudden i just lose my mind? >> reporter: the fbi contacted webb and interviewed her for two and a half hours on february 3, 2023. she says agents asked a lot of questions about thao's campaign funding. >> it was about campaign contributions, about some of the appointments, you know, like to the port. >> reporter: webb says the fbi agents did not offer specifics about their investigation at the time, and she doesn't know if the fbi raid is related to the pay-to-play allegation. the fbi remains tight lipped about the raid at thao's home.

according to people involved, complained to the ethics commission, and they started an investigation 2019. 2020 time frame. however for a number of the players in this has have flatly refused and have filed legal challenges to the authority to seize documents and even give statements to the ethics commission. so basically, the investigation had slowed to a crawl and some. stay with us for the latest out of oakland. we are, of course, hoping to learn more on this story tomorrow. you can stay on top of any new developments by going to our website, nbcbayarea.com. just click on the link in the trending bar. also tonight the break is over. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is tracking a big warm up as we head into the weekend. is going to get hot again. it is. we're going to be kind of flirting with the 100 degree mark there as we head into part of the weekend. now, today it really wasn't all that bad. you can see our temperatures compare to those averages. we got up to 79 in santa rosa. the average 83, livermore 80 with that average at 84. now the thing that's going to change it for us t

she says in early 2023 she complained to the city council and the public ethics commission about theplay allegation. she says the council ignored her complaint. the ethics commission sent a follow-up email requesting evidence but webb could not prodouse physical evidence, so that complaint went nowhere. webb says thao at the time denied all the accusations, telling others webb was disgruntled, had mental health issues, and made up lies. >> what sense would it make that i would help her win an election, run her transition team, and then all of a sudden i just lose my mind? >> reporter: the fbi contacted webb and interviewed her for two and a half hours on february 3, 2023. she says agents asked a lot of questions about thao's campaign funding. >> it was about campaign contributions, about some of the appointments, you know, like to the port. >> reporter: webb says the fbi agents did not offer specifics about their investigation at the time, and she doesn't know if the fbi raid is related to the pay-to-play allegation. the fbi remains tight lipped about the raid at thao's home. whole t

according to people involved, complained to the ethics commission, and they started an investigation back in 2019. 2020 time frame. however for a number of the players in this has have flatly refused and have filed legal challenges to the authority to seize documents and even give statements to the ethics commission. so basically, the investigation had slowed to a crawl and some. stay with us for the latest out of oakland. we are, of course, hoping to learn more on this story tomorrow. you can stay on top of any new developments by going to our website, nbcbayarea.com. just click on the link in the trending bar. also tonight the break is over. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is tracking a big warm up as we head into the weekend. is going to get hot again. it is. we're going to be kind of flirting with the 100 degree mark there as we head into part of the weekend. now, today it really wasn't all that bad. you can see our temperatures compare to those averages. we got up to 79 in santa rosa. the average 83, livermore 80 with that average at 84. now the thing that's going to change it

it's unknown if the fbi is investigating the same thing as oakland's public ethics commission. but it's so political. analysts say the fbi's involvement kicks this to a new level to one thing. if the campaign finance violation. but where the fbi comes involved it more than just a campaign finance violation. there is some nexus. >> to 2 public integrity of public corruption that they're trying. they're trying to the court doesn't mean that it exists doesn't mean that it's there, but the but they're clearly looking for. >> dan kerman kron, 4 news. all right. well, in the east bay, a terrifying ordeal, a mother and her children carjacked in a quiet alameda neighborhood. yeah. and they have made an arrest after the so the vehicle crashed. it covers gayle ong has more. >> this is citizen video of san francisco police in pursuit of a stolen suv in the area ran in and the barca darrow wednesday afternoon. moments later, a female suspect is taken into custody. but the incident started an hour earlier in the 2800 block of central avenue in alameda where police say a woman and her family

it's unknown if the fbi is investigating the same thing as oakland's public ethics commission. but it's so political. analysts say the fbi's involvement kicks this to a new level to one thing. if the campaign finance violation. >> but where the fbi comes involved that it's more than just a campaign finance violation. there is some nexus to 2 public integrity of public corruption that they're trying. they're trying to the court doesn't mean that it exists doesn't mean that it's there, but the but they're clearly looking for. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> american canyon high school's principal is charged with failing to report an alleged child molestation incident that happened earlier this year in april, a pe teacher name brad rau was arrested. he's being accused of sexually abusing a student. and according to the napa district attorneys office, the principal andrew golf had been notified of a suspected relationship between rao and a student but did not report that. so golf. the principal now faces 6 months in jail and $1000. fine. as for the teacher, he's currently being held on

it's unknown if the fbi is investigating the same thing as oakland's public ethics commission.s so political. analysts say the fbi's involvement kicks this to a new level to one thing. if the campaign finance violation. >> but where the fbi comes involved that more than just a campaign finance violation. there is some nexus to 2 public integrity of public corruption that they're trying. they're trying the court doesn't mean that it exists doesn't mean that it's there, but the but they're clearly looking for. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> in the east bay, 3 suspects behind bars after police say those suspects carjacked a mother at gunpoint who was in that car with her to kill with her 2 children. now the citizen video app shows police arrested arrested. one of the suspects is san francisco. the carjacking happening in alameda yesterday morning on central avenue near versailles avenue. police say the suspects forced the woman and the children out of the car before they took off with it. one resident tells us this does not surprise her because of something similar. she says happenin

and the next we have the ethics commission. thank you. chair chan, members of the committee. know you have a lot ahead you today, so i'll try and make this as brief as i can, i'm patrick ford, the executive director at the ethics commission, our mission as an agency is to promote the highest standards of ethical conduct in city government and to ensure transparency into campaign finance and lobbying activities. we do this primarily through three major program areas our conflict of interest program, which includes ethics rules, and the form 700 disclosure program. our campaign finance program, which includes statements filed by campaign committees as well as the city's public financing programs, we have also the lobbyist disclosure program for lobbyists to register and report their conduct. i want to highlight four major budget priorities that we focused on through this process, first and foremost was to build an effective and sustainable audit program. secondly, to continue ongoing improvements to our enforcement program, to deepen our engagement with city agencies and other

it's unknown if the fbi is investigating the same thing as oakland's public ethics commission.analysts say the fbi's involvement kicks this to a new level to one thing. if the campaign finance violation. >> but where the fbi comes involved that it's more than just a campaign finance violation. there is some nexus to 2 public integrity of public corruption that they're trying to they're trying to the court doesn't mean that it exists doesn't mean that it's there, but the but they're clearly looking for. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> well, if more than a million people expected in san francisco this weekend for pride, local businesses are preparing for a big financial boost. cole was rob nesbitt reports on the money. the pride is expected to bring into town. >> san francisco has been known for decades as a city that welcomes everyone. it's why more than a million people will be coming to town this weekend for pride celebrations. san francisco travel spends money and time marking san francisco pride and other cities. and it works. according spokesperson cassandra costello. if we loo

it's unknown if the fbi is investigating the same thing as oakland's public ethics commission. but it's so political. analysts say the fbi's involvement kicks this to a new level to one thing. if the campaign finance violation. >> but where the fbi comes involved that more than just a campaign finance violation. there is some nexus to 2 public integrity of public corruption that they're trying. they're trying to the court doesn't mean that it exists doesn't mean that it's there, but the but they're clearly looking for. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> it's 607, american canyon. high school's principal is charged with failing to report an alleged child molestation incident that happened earlier this year in april. the p e teacher named brad role was arrested and accused of sexually abusing a student the nap. but district attorney's office says the principal andrew golf was notified of a suspected relationship between a student and raul. and goff now faces 6 months in prison as well as $1000. fine. the alleged abuser is currently being held $100,000 bail. he faces 3 felony counts. >>

it's unknown if the fbi is investigating the same thing as oakland's public ethics commission. but it's so political. analysts say the fbi's involvement kicks this to a new level to one thing. if the campaign finance violation. but where the fbi comes involved that it's more than just a campaign finance violation. >> there is some nexus to 2 public integrity of public corruption that they're trying to they're trying to the court doesn't mean that it exists doesn't mean that it's there, but the but they're clearly looking for. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> let's talk about our forecast now as we take a live look outside at the city of san francisco. looking so beautiful out there under the sunshine at 12. 0, 8 this afternoon. let's turn now to kron 4 meteorologist kyla grogan. she joins us live from the great outdoors in santa clara this afternoon from the side of the special olympics, northern california summer games. kyle, it's great to see you out there. >> hey, it's so great to be out here in santa clara, out at a steven stadium where we're going to have 690 special olympics.

it's unknown if the fbi is investigating the same thing as oakland's public ethics commission. but it's so political. analysts say the fbi's involvement kicks this to a new level to one thing. if the campaign finance violation. >> but where the fbi comes involved that more than just a campaign finance violation. there is some nexus to 2 public integrity of public corruption that they're trying to they're trying to the court doesn't mean that it exists doesn't mean that it's there, but the but they're clearly looking for. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> hot dog vendor selling without a permit outside oracle park are being given a warning in san francisco. there are currently signs posted outside the stadium warning unpermitted hot dog vendors that their food may be confiscated. kron 4 reached out to the san francisco department of public health. they say they did not put up the signs but they are reminding the public that permits are required to sell food to limit cross contamination illnesses. the city also offers a program for vendors to get free permits for a year. and happening

she says in early 2023, she complained to the city council and the public ethics commission about thellegation. she says the council ignored her complaint . the ethics commission sent a follow-up email requesting evidence, but webb cannot produce physical evidence , so that complaint went nowhere. webb said thao at the time denied the accusations, telling others webb was disgruntled, had mental health issues and made up lies . >> what sense would it make that i would help her win the election , reed her transition team, and all the sudden i just lose my mind . >> reporter: the fbi contacted webb and interviewed her for two and half hours on february 3rd, 2023. she said agents asked a lot of questions about thao's campaign funding. >> it was about campaign contributions . about some of the appointments , to the port. >> reporter: webb said the fbi agents did not offer specifics about their investigation at the time. and she does not know if the fbi raid is related to the pay to play allegation. the fbi men's tight-lipped about the raid at thao some. while the fbi has not increased thao

she says in early 2023 she complained to the city council and the public ethics commission about the pay to play allegation. she says the council ignored her complaint. the ethics commission sent a follow-up email requesting evidence, but webb could not produce physical evidence, so that complaint went nowhere. webb says thao at the time denied all the accusation, telling others webb was disgruntled, had mental health issues, and made up lies. >> what sense would it make that i would help her win an election, run her transition team, and then all of a sudden i just lose my mind? >> reporter: the fbi contacted webb and interviewed her for two and a half hours on february 3, 2023. agents asked a lot of questions about thao's campaign funding. >> it was about campaign contributions, about some of the appointments, you know, like to the port. >> reporter: webb says the fbi agents did not offer specifics about their investigation at the time and she doesn't know if the fbi raid is related to the pay to play allegation. the fbi remains tight lipped about the raid at thao's home. while the

more news , the ethics commission of the state of texas, usa , required social media influencers to report the money they received for political ads. to announce according to randall urban, the head of this commission, this decision was taken in line with the improvement of laws and people's attention to their responsibilities in the digital age and virtual space. american legislators have declared that in this era, influencers have a larger audience than traditional media, and for this reason, political campaigns attract them and use their large number of followers for their factional purposes. based on this, a lot of money is paid to influencers or influencers to provide advertisements, so it should be on their political advertisements. iran's victory against america in volleyball league of nations in the third week of this competition , iran's national volleyball team managed to get a three-d lead in a close match against the united states and get its first win in this period of the league of nations . the iranian team won the second, third and fifth hands respectively with 25, 23, 25,

medina [music] welcome to the ethic's commission introduction to gift rules. discuss why the city and county of san francisco and the state of california have rules regarding give and accepting giftss an employee or officer. as city officers and employees we serve the public. everyone who lives, works or plays in san francisco trusts us with important decisions every day. this trust is honored boy making decision for the public good. if someone gives you i gift than i miexpect manage in return. if you accept i gift you mifeel pressureed give something. even if you don't feel pressured, members of public could perceive it different low. creates the appearance of i conflict of interest real or perceived. to foster an environment gentleman decisions are fair and in the based on person interests tr are restrictions on giving and receiving gifts employs well wellace reporting requirements. these may include refusing gifts the people you serve or those doing business with your agency. only accepting gifts below a certain value or public low disclosing the gift you r

visit the website to learn more, for questions contact the ethic's commission at 415-252-3100 or ethics commission @sfgov.org. thank you for watching and for doing your part to serve with effectiveness, transparency and integrity. >> in case there is is a >> good afternoon everyone. ladies and gentlemen, welcome. i am miriam, the chief of city and county of san francisco, and it is my absolute honor to extend our heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you for being here with us as we commemorate the endureing 45 years between san francisco and shanghai. welcome to mayor gong and his entire delegation from shanghai. we are so thrilled to have you here in san francisco. we have a tight program here for you, and very exciting one, so without further ado, it is my pleasure to welcome our one and only mayor london breed.

they were both under investigation by the public ethics commission for funneling money through straw donors to council members. a story first reported by oaklandside in 2020. shengtao allegedly received some of that money. she also traveled with the duong brothers, who funded the trade mission to vietnam last summer. after the fbi left tao's home, mayor tao's partner, andre jones was seen arriving at tao's home with a dog. he came out later with a bag and refused to comment. before leaving. tao was nowhere to be seen. live in studio. lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you lena new this morning, oakland's naacp is calling on mayor shengtao to resign immediately. they sent a statement saying in part, oaklanders deserve a mayor who's not distracted, fully committed and able to lead the city. the mayor should resign and give the city an opportunity to heal and move forward. the organization says the mayor will be unable to focus on the needs of oakland residents as she, while she is under investigation. abc seven news insider phil matier was there when the raids started. yesterday mo

and the public ethics commission about the pay to play allegation.s the council ignored her complaints and the ethics commission sent a follow-up email requesting evidence butwebb couldn't produce physical evidence. that complaint went nowhere. webb says thao at the time denied all the accusations telling others webb was disgruntled and had mental health issues and would make up lies. >> what sense would it make that i would help her win the election and all of a sudden i just lose my mind. >> reporter: the fbi contacted webb and interviewed her for two and a half hours on february 3rd, 2023. she says agents asked a lot of questions about thao's campaign funding. >> it was -- about campaign contributions. about some of the appointments, you know. like to the port. >> reporter: webb says the fbi agents did not offer specifics about their investigation at the time. and she doesn't know if the fbi raid is related to the pay to play allegation. the fbi remains tight-lipped about the raid at thao's home. while the fbi has not accused thao or jones of any

and what happened, according to people involved, complained to the ethics commission and they started an investigation back in 2019. 2020 time frame. however for a number of the players in this have flatly refused and have filed legal challenges to the authority to seize documents and even give statements to the ethics commission. so basically, the investigation had slowed to a crawl. now, again, we do not know if that ethics complaint in 2020 has anything to do with these searches or the investigations. now we have reached out to the mayor's office and they have directed our inquiries to the fbi. we'll see. we'll wait and we'll wait and see if mayor sheng thao will issue any sort of statement regarding this today. but for now, in oakland, ginger conejero saab, today in the bay, certainly a lot of people want to hear what she has to say from from her side. thank you so much, ginger. and make sure you stay with us with the latest out of oakland. of course, we're hoping to learn more throughout the day. you can stay on top of any of those developments by going to our website, nbcbayarea

. >> as i reported last friday, the oakland public ethics commission continues its investigation of the vietnamese chamber of commerce and tran's father, who continues to serve as a director at the organization he's accused of helping andy duong launder money to politicians, including mayor tao, by using straw donors. i'm asking if you knew about your father's activities with the duong's. >> i do not. i, like many people, my relationship with my father does not include every single person that he speaks to. so no, i did not know. >> you currently are the president of the vietnamese chamber of commerce. yes. given the ongoing investigation into your organization by the ethics commission and you running for this seat, is it a good idea for you to remain as the president? should you remove yourself from that role, given the ongoing investigation? >> i think that as long as we are transparent and able to answer questions and serving the people, there's no need to even to consider that question. >> a records check shows that the wongs have not donated to tran's competitor for congress, latee

they were both under investigation by the public ethics commission for funneling money through strawa story first reported by oaklandside in 2020. xiang tao allegedly received some of that money. she also traveled with the duong brothers, who funded the trade mission to vietnam. last summer. after the fbi left, mayor tao's partner andre jones was seen arriving at tao's home with a dog. he came out later with a bag and refused to comment. before he left, tao was nowhere to be seen. live in studio. lena howland abc seven news. >> lena, thank you and new this morning, oakland's naacp is calling on mayor shengtao to resign immediately. they sent a statement saying in part, oaklanders deserve a mayor who is not distracted fully committed and able to lead the city. the mayor should resign and give the city an opportunity to heal and move forward. the organization says the mayor will be unable to focus on the needs of oakland residents while she is under investigation. >> abc seven news insider phil matier was there when the raids began yesterday morning, and he joined our news team to talk

yes, given the ongoing investigation into your organization by the ethics commission and you running for this seat, is it a good idea for you to remain as the president? should you remove yourself from that role, given the ongoing investigation? >> i think that as long as we are transparent and able to answer questions and serving the people, there's no need to even to consider that question. >> a records check shows that the wongs have not donated to tran's competitor for congress, lateefah simon, a two part question number one how much have the huangs donated to your campaign for this election cycle? and two, will you return it? >> the duong family, not the family. individuals in the family him, his wife and his business? yes, not the business. >> i'm asking you all told their business? yes. all their family members. how much have they donated to your campaign? >> the duong i have received four individual contributions from the duong family. >> the grand total. how much money? >> 3300. >> our check of the records show a total of $13,200 from the duong's. we can quibble over the num

according to people involved, complained to the ethics commission, and they started an investigationk in 2019. 2020 time frame. however over a number of the players in this have flatly refused and have filed legal challenges to the authority to seize documents and even give statements to the ethics commission. so basically, the investigation had slowed to a crawl. now, again, we do not know if that 2020 ethics complaint has anything to do with this search. these searches we have reached out to the mayor's office. they have directed inquiries about the search to the fbi in oakland, ginger conejero saab, today in the bay. thank you. ginger so as ginger just mentioned, that recall effort does continue. and joining us now is cal state east bay ethnic studies professor doctor jennifer kim on tran. thank you so much for joining us. so what will a federal investigation like this one now mean for that recall effort in your opinion? good morning. thank you for that question. it's as we continue to have very limited information to go upon. this fbi raid has definitely fueled more questions and

well, hope i looked into the oakland public ethics commission. they launched an investigation back in 2019 0 k. on on indeed this is that the recently and they obviously couldn't talk about it. but they have been following this for quite some time. and what i did here is that it's an open investigation. so right, well, what will happen is they'll take you saw them take all those boxes out of the house, all the car. and you saw the number of people that were there. they're now going to go through. they're going to vet those cartons of information. they're going to be talking to people. and i guarantee you that they will talk to people and say, all right, what do you have? because we have enough to arrest you. and if we rush to your face and next number of years, didn't it shattered up with they're going to see if bill fan the next 4 or someone roll over. that's standard operating procedure for the feds take sort of start low low hanging fruit. michael mention. innocent until proven guilty. and yet the mayor hasn't spoken. she showed wise to do tha

well, there were an investigation was launched earlier, a couple of years back by the city's ethics commission alleging that possibly members of the duong family, possibly, laundered or used straw people to make contributions to local officials. >> that was one allegation. so it is still been on quite a bit. yes this this it's an ongoing investigation. but no, i can't recall anything like this in oakland. >> right. what else can you tell us about the headlines that the family, the duong's and callaway solutions have been in a part of? >> well, first of all, there was the question of the bid itself. they are a minority owned contract. it was a big push at city hall to get it awarded. they are an innovative company. they are most very well thought of. they not a lot of complaints about them. there are back and forth, like i said, between some people who felt that they were getting overcharged and the courts did side with them, but it's not. we haven't had labor troubles with them or anything like that. okay, phil, don't go away because i want to talk to you more about the political ramifications

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commission, confirms to me that the duong's are still under investigation for a money laundering scheme, court documents i've received alleged that andy duong arranged contributions to candidates including shengtao, using straw donors. some of the phony donors allegedly came from phuc tran, president of the vietnamese chamber of commerce. in response , phuc tran said he wouldn't cooperate in the investigation. based on his fifth amendment right to be free from being compelled to incriminate himself. webb tells me the end for her as chief of staff came on the day tao was sworn in, and that the mayor's partner, andre jones, tried to bring his ex-wife into the ceremony. >> and finally, i was like, andre, i don't know what's wrong with you, but you got to get the hell out of here. i was like, this is too much. i don't know what's going on. shang was all crying. she was like, why would you do this to me on my day? like, this is crazy. >> webb tells me she texted shengtao during the raid to say she's praying for the mayor. >> she has a good heart and she came in this wanting to do it. but som

we also know that the duong and mayor tao have been the subject of an oakland political ethics commission investigation for alleged campaign contribution violations. jennifer tran acknowledges her father has been questioned as part of that probe, and that her congressional campaign has received a $3,300 campaign contribution from david wong. she says she hopes the federal probe leads to accountability and transparency. i think that anyone, including the wong's, you know, including the donors of other elected, a lot of other campaigns need to definitely be assessed. but also given a fair trial in oakland, jodi hernandez, nbc, bay area news. joining us now is our political analyst, larry gerston. larry, thanks so much for being with us. federal agents aren't saying what the search warrants are for, but we know the agencies involved, including the fbi and irs. what do you make of that? what do you make of that? the fbi, the irs, the postal service? that's an interesting combination. janelle oftentimes they're looking at things like mail fraud, money laundering, things like that. and those ar

the company was started by david and victor duong, who were under investigation by the public ethics commission for funneling money through straw donors to council members, a story first reported by oaklandside in 2020. xiang tao allegedly received some of that money. she also traveled with the duong brothers, who funded the trade mission to vietnam last summer. dan noyes, abc seven news the duong family's business, california waste solutions, released this statement. >> it reads california waste solutions is fully aware that federal agents executed search warrants at a number of locations in oakland and related to aws. >> it goes on. the company is fully cooperating with the government's investigation and is confident that government officials will conclude that aws was not involved in any unlawful or improper activities. end of the statement. well, it has certainly been a rough 24 hours for the oakland mayor. >> yesterday, the recall petition was allowed to move forward and there was the shooting over by lake merritt. now, the fbi paid a visit to her home. we haven't seen or heard