oakland is in the  east bay '' part of the bay area.
what part of the bay area is oakland?
`` east bay ''
statistics regarding crime rates in the bay area generally fall into two categories: violent crime and property crime. historically, violent crime has been concentrated in a few cities in the east bay, namely oakland, richmond, and antioch, but also east palo alto in the peninsula, vallejo in the north bay, and san francisco. nationally, oakland's murder rate ranked 18th among cities with over 100,000 residents, and third for violent crimes per capita. according to a 2015 federal bureau of investigation report, oakland was also the source of the most violent crime in the bay area, with 16.9 reported incidents per thousand people. vallejo came in second, at 8.7 incidents per thousand people, while san pablo, antioch, and san francisco rounded out the top five. east palo alto, which used to have the bay area's highest murder rate, saw violent crime incidents drop 65% between 2013 and 2014, while oakland saw violent crime incidents drop 15%. meanwhile, san jose, which was one of the safest large cities in the united states in the early 2000s, has seen its violent crime rates trend upwards. cities with the lowest rate of violent crime include the peninsula cities of los altos and foster city, east bay cities of san ramon and danville, and south bay cities of saratoga and cupertino. in 2015, 45 bay area cities counted zero homicides, the largest of which was daly city.
san francisco bay area
even as the growth of the technology sector transformed the region's economy, progressive politics continued to guide the region's political environment. by the turn of the millennium, non-hispanic whites, the largest ethnic group in the united states, were only half of the population in the bay area as immigration among minority groups accelerated. during this time, the bay area was the center of the lgbt rights movement: in 2004, san francisco began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, a first in the united states, and four years later, a majority of voters in the bay area rejected california proposition 8, which sought to constitutionally restrict marriage to opposite-sex couples but ultimately passed statewide. the bay area was also the center of contentious protests concerning racial and economic inequality. in 2009, an african american man named oscar grant was fatally shot by bay area rapid transit police officers, precipitating widespread protests across the region and even riots in oakland, and whose name was symbolically tied to the occupy oakland protests two years later that sought to fight against social and economic inequality. following the inauguration of donald trump as president of the united states in 2017, the bay area became a center of resistance to his administration, beginning with widespread protests in concert with the nationwide women's march a day later, followed by frequent public feuds between trump and various bay area political, cultural, and business figures over issues of race and immigration, among others.
san francisco bay area