They've posted a copy of the subpoena itself, the interesting bits start on page 3.
According to a copy of the subpoena obtained by The Oaklandside, federal prosecutors and the FBI are seeking records of communications between city officials and staff and California Waste Solutions, Oakland’s recycling contractor. The government also wants records and communications involving David Duong, the man who founded CWS, and members of his family, including Andy, Kristina, Victor, and Michael.
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The subpoena also seeks records and communications concerning Evolutionary Homes, a company the Duongs helped create in 2022 to manufacture and sell shipping container homes. The company has advertised these modular structures as a solution for the homelessness crisis.One of the principals involved in Evolutionary Homes was Mario Juarez, an Oakland businessman, former political candidate, and activist. Juarez is currently facing felony charges for allegedly passing bad checks to a mailing company to produce attack ads against Councilmember Loren Taylor during the 2022 mayoral election. The subpoena also requests documents related to the mayoral election, including communications and records concerning political mailers, advertisements, independent expenditures, and campaign contributions.
The grand jury subpoena is also after information concerning Thao’s long-term partner, Andre Jones. Jones works as an assistant chief for the State Bureau of Cannabis Control. From 2008 to 2016 he was chief of staff for Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan where he worked alongside Thao. The subpoena also seeks Jones’ appointment calendar from June 1, 2022 to the present, along with Thao’s.
Federal prosecutors and the FBI are also seeking records about the former Oakland Army Base. The base was decommissioned in 1999 and handed back to the city, which has spent the past two decades trying to develop the land for new industrial and other uses.
In a request that might be related to the army base, the subpoena also asks for documents and communications related to any declarations of a local emergency on homelessness that were considered or approved by council between January and December 2023. For years, Oakland has had a significant population of unhoused residents and too few shelter beds or transitional homes to accommodate all of them.
Prosecutors and the FBI are also demanding records related to appointments of city officials and commissioners. The subpoena specifically mentions posts related to the Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners, the Department of Public Works, Planning and Building Department, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the City Administrator’s Office.
