Daetz and im dan ashley. Thanks for joining us. Now by missing this deadline, the city of oakland missed out on the chance to get money from a 15 million grant to fight retail theft. So what happened and whats being done to make sure it doesnt happen again . Abc seven News Reporter lena howland has the details. Absent leadership and a lack of any grants, management policy, thats what a new 37 page audit released this week says contributed to the city of oakland missing out on more than 15 million worth of state Grant Funding to help fight retail theft. There was no one who made sure that deadlines are met, that the specific task were completed at specific times. Michael houston is the acting city auditor for oakland and the author of the report. He started working on it after the community demanded answers, asking the city auditor to look into what was obviously a lack of coordination. Obviously a lack of leadership. Houston found that ultimately the city of oakland prepared, but did n
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