Common sense vs. crazy chaos!

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Oakland mayoral candidate Mindy Pechenuk today sharply rebuked City Councilmember Charlene Wang’s push for a new real estate transfer tax, calling it a harmful and counterproductive “tax grab” as the city grapples with a growing bond crisis and chronic financial mismanagement.

“We need real leadership — not more ways to punish property owners and scare off businesses while this city’s finances spiral out of control,” Pechenuk declared.

Pechenuk criticized the city’s leadership, including Councilmember Wang, Mayor Barbara Lee, and all other city officials, who are relying on higher taxes instead of sound economics.

“The way out of an economic and financial mess is to grow your economy — not slap residents and businesses with higher taxes,” she said. “You don’t tax your way to prosperity.”

Pechenuk is demanding open City Council hearings on the proposed real estate transfer tax to ensure full transparency and allow Oakland residents a genuine public debate before any action is taken.

Pechenuk’s No-Nonsense Plan: 

Rebuild Oakland Without Raising Taxes.

Pechenuk outlined her aggressive, pro-growth agenda to rescue Oakland:

1) Bring businesses back by slashing red tape and making Oakland competitive again.

2) Create real apprentice jobs for youth, the unemployed, and homeless residents through partnerships in trades, construction, and manufacturing.

3) Revive manufacturing to restore blue-collar opportunity and economic strength.

4) No new taxes. Period. End the tax addiction and grow the economy instead of squeezing residents and property owners.

“Oakland doesn’t need more taxes — it needs results,” Pechenuk said. “While the current crowd keeps fighting among themselves and dreaming up new tax schemes, I’m focused on putting Oaklanders to work, fixing our finances, and restoring pride in our city.

The tax-and-spend experiment has failed spectacularly.

“It’s time to get tough, get smart, and get Oakland working again.” Go to Mindy's website Electmindy

Mindy Pechenuk, your candidate for Mayor, will deliver real change — safer streets, stronger jobs, fiscal sanity, and an end to the dysfunction.

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"Pechenuk drops the hammer: AB 2624 isn’t protecting immigrants - it’s Mia Bonta & CHIRLA protecting fraud and criminal activity that is destroying Oakland and California.  Why would you want to stop exposing the fraud.

CHIRLA boss Angelica Salas exposed their real agenda in typical “progressive” hyterical fearmongering testimony: 'AB 2624 is necessary... due to unrelenting anti-immigrant rhetoric from the Trump administration... being targeted by Trump loyalists and Trump-supporting social media influencers.'

Pechenuk says: “This is not about being a Democrat or Republican, as the supporters of AB2624 are insisting. The issue is do you want to stop the horrendous fraud that is sucking the life out of our Californians or let it continue?I call on other community and political leaders to join me in stopping AB2624.

Check out CHIRLA’s funding of over $100 million in California taxpayer dollars — mostly massive grants from the Department of Social Services.  

AB2624 does only one thing, it guts the First Amendment and silences reporters exposing potential fraud, imposes fines and possible imprisonment.

While Oakland drowns in crime, homelessness, and deficits, Bonta and CHIRLA want to criminalize taxpayers checking how their money is spent.

Call Mia Bonta’s Office today-510 286-1670. Call your own Assemblymember.

As a lifelong advocate for Oakland's working families and a candidate for Mayor in 2026, I stand firmly against all new taxes, including the proposed parcel tax hikes in Oakland and the statewide Billionaire Wealth Tax! Time to take a stand and I am taking that stand.

These aren't solutions—they're destroying our Oakland and in many cases killing our people. They chase jobs, businesses, and families straight out of Oakland. They leave our streets with crime, drugs and homelessness.

Real leadership rebuilds!

• Bring back manufacturing and business.
• Upgrade our ports and infrastructure.
• Rebuild East and West Oakland.
• Rebuild Chinatown and Oakland’s downtown.
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Build Baby Build! This means families grow, seniors are safe, and all Oaklanders have a future.

Turn Oakland into a growth engine where companies thrive and hire.

This is my vision, I am asking you to join my campaign.

Mindy Pechenuk call to action: Unite every neighborhood and rescue the city from collapse.

“We’ve gone too far down the road of rampant drugs and societal degeneration,” Pechenuk declared. It’s time for Oaklanders to reject division, stand together, and rebuild a safe, prosperous, and vibrant city. Our kids deserve a future free from drugs, crime, homelessness, and illiteracy.” Pechenuk redefined “affordability” the American way: massive supply, real ownership, and opportunity for all. She blasted Oakland’s current crisis—sky-high prices for housing almost no one can afford—as the result of decades of restrictive zoning and policies that have choked off new construction.

This is in sharp contrast to the nonprofit-driven community safety and violence prevention approaches linked to Councilmember Carroll Fife and her husband Earl Harper—criticized by opponents running many levels of fraud and scams through her nonprofits, which include housing.
Pechenuk vows to unleash market-driven abundance and personal opportunity

As mayor, she enthusiastically backs President Trump’s aggressive plan to deliver up to 12 million new homes in 10 years through cutting-edge companies like BOXABL’s revolutionary modular construction, slashing outrageous zoning rules, and crushing high interest rates—so young families can own homes again before age 40.

Pechenuk will also utilize the federal Opportunity Zones, converting empty and illegal cannabis warehouses into thriving machine tool shops, 3D printing centers, and modern manufacturing hubs—bringing good jobs and genuine revival to East and West Oakland.

With 2026 marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Pechenuk says the moment is perfect to reignite America’s core principles: liberty, self-reliance, and opportunity for every citizen.
 

Together, we can make Oakland great again. www.electmindy.com

October 24, 2025 Oakland. CA- 

Pechenuk: Calls Out the Big Lie

Mindy Pechenuk testified today, Thursday, October 23, 2025 to the hearing on the Coal Terminal lawsuit.  Pechenuk stated clearly Mayor Barbara Lee and the Oakland City Council are  responsible for losing the city not only tens of millions of dollars in legal fees, but combined with billions of dollars of losses in skilled productive jobs and economic development for all of the residents of Oakland." 

 "All of the money wasted in this lawsuit should have gone into stopping Fentanyl and other illegal drugs that have destroyed the children and the people of Oakland." 

Pechenuk says, " I hold Mayor Barbara Lee accountable for this failure, along with City officials Rowena Brown, Carol Fife, Noel Gallo, Charlene Wang, and Ryan Richardson, who signed the "No Coal Pledge" and promoted the misleading "No Coal Campaign"."

The Big Lie

The "No Coal" campaign relied on the claim that coal would increase asthma rates or worsen existing conditions among West Oakland children, relying on fear-mongering tactics. Besides, there will be other bulk items shipped through this terminal, for example agricultural products.

Think about this: we allow fentanyl to dominate our streets, open air drug markets all over East Oakland which are destroying and killing the lives of our Oaklanders of all ages, but we do not allow for  good jobs and industry to grow in our Oakland, like the Coal Terminal.

The truth is, the coal that would be shipped to the Oakland terminal originates from Utah and Wyoming, often referred to in the industry as "clean coal", as I recently discussed with Congressional staffers in Washington, D.C.

Pechenuk's message is clear: "Never Again" will these "Progressive Fakers" be allowed to lie to the people of Oakland and leave the city bankrupt and the people of Oakland desperate.

Let's start on the Road to a Real Recovery.

Get the drug cartels and open air drug markets off our streets and bring the productive jobs, such as the Coal Terminal can do.
 

September 30, 2025 Oakland, CA-  A shocking new report from WalletHub’s 2025 Best- and Worst-Run Cities in America, released in June 2025, ranks Oakland, California, as the third worst city in the nation. With dismal scores in safety (141st), economy (123rd), financial stability (97th), and infrastructure (94th), the city’s decline is undeniable. Oakland’s theft rate is over 2.5 times the national average, and assaults are nine times higher, while its downtown struggles to recover, with even the iconic Tribune Tower now in loan default.

Mindy has long warned of Oakland’s downward spiral. She points to decades of failed policies under now Mayor Barbara Lee, a 25-year congresswoman, whose support for “woke” progressive Democratic policies, including the job-killing Green New Deal, has left Oakland’s families and economy in tatters. 

As the first announced candidate for mayor in 2026, Pechenuk is outlining a bold vision to restore Oakland’s greatness:

1. Crack Down on Crime: Dismantle the drug cartel strangling Oakland’s streets to restore safety and security.
2. Fully Fund the Police: Increase police staffing from the current 500 officers to the needed 800 to protect communities effectively. A remove Oakland ordinances and oversight that is hindering our police from carrying out their duties.
3. Revive the Economy: Liberate the Port of Oakland from restrictive Green New Deal policies, unleashing thousands of new manufacturing and productive jobs to uplift families and strengthen the city.

“Oakland’s collapse is the result of failed leadership,” Pechenuk said. “I’m running to clean up crime, restore our police force, and bring back real jobs. It’s time to make Oakland the best city in America.”
 

Oakland, CA – In a bold and unapologetic stand for the future of Oakland, Mindy Pechenuk, ecandidate for Mayor in 2026, today unveiled a transformative vision to restore safety, dignity, and hope to the city’s embattled streets. With a clarion call to end the scourge of drugs, homelessness, and human trafficking, Pechenuk is sounding the alarm on decades of failed leadership that have left Oakland’s residents vulnerable and its communities in disarray. Her campaign, rooted in accountability and compassion, promises to prioritize Oaklanders and reclaim the city from the grip of chaos.

“For too long, Oakland has been held hostage by devastating drugs, unchecked homelessness, and the horrors of human trafficking,” declared Pechenuk. “Under the Biden Administration, a staggering 274,224 Americans were left to languish on the streets in a single night—far too many of them in our own city. Over 450,000 children are missing, ensnared in the nightmare of human trafficking. Since 2018, fentanyl alone has claimed 250,000 American lives, including countless Oaklanders. These are not mere statistics—they are our neighbors, our families, our future. This ends now. Oaklanders come first, and human life is non-negotiable.”

Pechenuk endorsed President Donald J. Trump’s groundbreaking executive order, “End Crime and Disorder on American Streets,” hailed it as a historic turning point in the fight to clean up Oakland’s streets. 

• The order redirects critical funding to move individuals suffering from severe mental illness or addiction into treatment centers, assisted outpatient programs, or other facilities—ensuring they receive the care they need rather than being abandoned to the dangers of street life.
• It decisively bans discretionary grants from supporting drug injection sites or illicit drug use, protecting vulnerable communities from further harm. 
• The order also prioritizes the safety of children by prohibiting sex offenders from being housed alongside them in homelessness programs and establishes programs to exclusively shelter women and children, shielding them from exploitation.

“As a candidate for Mayor, I am rejecting the catastrophic policies of Oakland’s so-called ‘ultra-progressive’ leaders, who have allowed our city to descend into chaos,”
Pechenuk stated. “President Trump’s executive order is a lifeline for cities like ours—a bold framework to end the devastation of homelessness and drugs once and for all.

I call on every Oaklander to join me in this fight to reclaim our streets, protect our children, and rebuild a city where safety and opportunity thrive. Together, we will make Oakland a beacon of hope and renewal.”

Oakland comes first. This is not about Republican, Democrat or NPP.