OUT WITH THE OLD...

SEIU LOCAL 1021 — the city workers’ union backed Thao’s 2022 run and gave $50,000 to fight her recall. Her first hire as mayor, Zach Goldman, came straight from SEIU’s payroll.

IFPTE LOCAL 21 — The city professionals’ union; $20,000 against the recall.

CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION — Endorsed Sheng Thao for mayor. Its counterpart, NUHW gave to fight her recall.

ALAMEDA LABOR COUNCIL — Building trades, carpenters, firefighters - listed under “Our $” in the “kitchen cabinet” notes of Thao’s own chief of staff, released by the city.

QUINN DELANEY & AKONADI — Piedmont mega-donor; “Akonadi/Quinn 501c4” appears in the same notes.

OAKLAND RISING & APEN (ASIAN PACIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK) — The nonprofits noted as “credible messengers” to defend Thao in the Black community.

OAKPAC & THE OAKLAND METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — “Chamber” sits in the notes too. The Machine controls both sides of the table.

THE DUONG FAMILY — Feds say the owners of California Waste Solutions paid for $75,000 in secretly funded hit mailers against Thao’s opponents, plus roughly $9,900 in alleged straw-donor money into her 2018 council race.

ROB BONTA & MIA BONTA — Attorney general Rob Bonta was the “architect” of Thao’s mayoral campaign. He and his wife Mia, an assemblywoman, endorsed Thao.