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Four Police Officers Fired, Seven Others Suspended in Police Sex Crime Scandal

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September 9, 2016

The City of Oakland this week concluded its administrative investigation of the sex crime scandal involving over a dozen Oakland Police Department (OPD) officers, which led to the removal of three police chiefs in one week this year.

The city intends to terminate four police officers and suspend another seven officers without pay, according to Mayor Libby Schaaf, City Administrator Sabrina Landreth and Deputy Police Chief John Lois, who spoke at a City Hall news conference Wednesday afternoon.

“I am deeply sorry for the harm that this scandal has caused, particularly to community trust, which for many was already so tenuous,” said Mayor Schaaf.

The mayor and the city administrator said the proposed discipline marks the end of the city’s review of police misconduct involving an underage girl, known by the name of Celeste Guap.

Of the four officers who were fired, several have already resigned. Whether or not criminal charges will be filed against any of the officers is up to the office of District Attorney Nancy O’Malley, who is still investigating the case.

According to reports, Guap says she had sexual relations with two-dozen current and former officers in several Bay Area departments including 14 Oakland officers and investigators in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office.

Guap, a resident of Richmond and the daughter of an Oakland police dispatcher, said she had sexual contact with at least three officers before she turned 18 last year.

The punishment of the 12 Oakland officers is not final until officers go through due process and grievance procedures, which includes an arbitration process that has frequently overturned or reduced police discipline.

Speakers at the press conference did not reveal the names of officers who were disciplined. State law prohibits the release of names of the officers and specific details of individual findings.

The four terminated officers were found to have committed one or more of a list of offenses, including attempted sexual assault, assisting in the crime of prostitution, engaging in lewd conduct in public and accessing law enforcement databases for personal gain.

“This was an exhaustive and expansive case,” according OPD Deputy Chief Lois, who headed the city’s investigation. He said the investigation involved hundreds of hours of interviews with 50 witnesses and 11 OPD interviews with Guap.

Over 78,000 pages of social media accounts and 28,000 text messages were reviewed by the investigative team, which was made up of five members of the OPD Internal Affairs Unit and two members of the City Attorney’s Office, he said.

Speaking after the news conference, civil rights attorney John Burris said the district attorney should bring charges against the officers.

“They should be prosecuted,” he said. “We are talking about men who are police officers having sex with a minor.”

Burris said, however, that he was “not optimistic” that charges will be fled, “since members of the district attorney’s office were involved.”

Referring to the mayor’s conduct during the investigation, Post publisher Paul Cobb said, “The mayor should also apologize for previously citing the race of Black officers for their alleged racist texts, while failing to cite the race of the officers who were allegedly involved with the statutory rape crimes.

“In addition, she is apparently attempting to unseat council members and punish those who were critical of her refusal to fund the Department of Race and Equity.”

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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO STATE OF CALIFORNIA PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ENGINEERING DIVISION NOTICE TO BIDDERS FOR ANNUAL STREET OVERLAY/REHABILITATION 2019-21 – PHASE III

WORK DESCRIPTION: The work to be done consists of roadway paving, base cement stabilization, concrete curb ramps, driveways, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, traffic detection loops and pavement striping, and doing all appurtenant work in place and ready for use, all as shown on the plans and described in the specifications with the title indicated in Paragraph 1 above, and on file in the office of the City Engineer. Reference to said plans and specifications is hereby made for further particulars.

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PROJECT NO. 2020.0050

BID NO. 25-26.011

BID OPENING: The bidder shall complete the “Proposal to the City of San Leandro” form contained in the Contract Book. The proposal shall be submitted in its entirety. Incomplete proposals will be considered non-responsive. Sealed bids containing the completed Proposal Section subject to the conditions named herein and in the specifications for ANNUAL STREET OVERLAY/REHABILITATION 2019-21 – PHASE III/PROJECT NO. 2020.0050 addressed to the City of San Leandro will be received at City Hall, 835 East 14^th Street, 2^nd Floor San Leandro at the office of the City Clerk up to 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at which time they will be publicly opened and read.
WORK DESCRIPTION: The work to be done consists of roadway paving, base cement stabilization, concrete curb ramps, driveways, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, traffic detection loops and pavement striping, and doing all appurtenant work in place and ready for use, all as shown on the plans and described in the specifications with the title indicated in Paragraph 1 above, and on file in the office of the City Engineer. Reference to said plans and specifications is hereby made for further particulars.
OBTAINING THE PROJECT PLANS AND CONTRACT BOOK: The project plans and Contract Book may be obtained free of charge from the City’s website at:https://www.sanleandro.org/Bids.aspx Bidders who download the plans are encouraged to contact the City of San Leandro Public Works Department Engineering division at 510-577-3428 to be placed on the project planholder’s list to receive courtesy notifications of addenda and other project information. Project addenda, if any, will be posted on the website. A bidder who fails to address all project addenda in its proposal may be deemed non-responsive.Bidders may also purchase the Project Plans and Contract Book from East Bay Blueprint & Supply Co., at 1745 14^th Street, Oakland, CA 94606; Phone Number: (510) 261-2990 or email: ebbp@eastbayblueprint.com.
PRE-BID CONFERENCE: A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 2:00 PM and on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at 10:00 AM as follows:
Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 2:00 PM
Zoom Meeting ID: 883 8752 6074
Passcode: 502955
Zoom Link: https://sanleandro-org.zoom.us/j/88387526074?pwd=hZ5rjB8AWdLAUem3CtByFiZxqKarHj.1
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Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at 10:00 AM
Zoom Meeting ID: 898 2672 0472
Passcode: 091848
Zoom Link: https://sanleandro-org.zoom.us/j/89826720472?pwd=JgZX2nXMpLSRM5xDPr7EJUxl7QIznr.1The information presented at the conferences will be identical, all bidders must attend one of the pre-bid conference and sign the attendance sheet. A firm that didn’t attend the pre-bid conference isn’t qualified to bid on the project.Questions regarding the plans and specifications may be submitted in writing to the project engineer until 5:00 p.m. five (5) days before, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays, bids must be received by the City. The City will not respond to oral questions outside of the pre-bid conference. The response, if any, will be by written addendum only. Oral responses do not constitute a revision to these plans or specifications.
VALUE OF WORK: The Engineer has estimated that the value of work is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.
SAN LEANDRO BUSINESS PREFERENCE AND PARTICIPATION GOALS: The work performed under this contract is subject to Section 1-6-225 of the San Leandro Municipal Code regarding local business preference and participation. A list of companies that hold a San Leandro business license is located on the City webpage under the finance department, here: https://www.sanleandro.org/340/Business-License
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