Oakland Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan officially jumped into the mayor’s race today, citing job creation for Oakland residents, improving public safety, and reforming city government as her top priorities should she win election. Kaplan also used her official candidacy announcement at an art gallery in downtown Oakland to strongly criticize the California prison guard’s union for financing two hit-pieces in the past week that targeted her and Councilwoman Jean Quan, who is also running for mayor. Kaplan, visibly perturbed, labeled the hit-pieces “lying, deceptive mailers.”
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