OAKLAND, Calif. – With unanimous passage May 21 of a resolution urging an independent performance and financial audit of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office headed by Sheriff Gregory Ahern, the Oakland City Council has joined a rising chorus of demands by human rights and racial justice organizations and family members of inmates who have lost their lives or experienced abuse.
The neighboring Berkeley City Council, and area state Senator Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, had earlier joined in calling for the audit.
