More than 200 businesses in Oakland, California, shut their doors in protest on Sept. 26—with some closing for hours and others for the day—to object to policies that they say are allowing criminal activity to impact their livelihood and the community’s safety.
Organizers held a news conference on the same day in front of La Cheval, a renowned Vietnamese restaurant with a storied, 38-year history in the city that planned to shut its doors on Sept. 30 because of high crime, according to speakers.
