text:  and we want them to listen to us because nobody should live in Oakland under these horrible circumstances. Tao's defenders don't dispute Oakland has struggles, but they say it's unfair to hold the mayor accountable only a year and a half into her first four-year term. Here's Tao supporter, community organizer Sabir Lockett. Come on now, where's the grace for elected officials to rewrite the wrongs of previous administrations?