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(AP) \u2014 Federal authorities raided a home belonging to Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao early Thursday as part of a California investigation that included a search of at least two other houses, officials said. <\/p>\n<p>FBI agents carried boxes out of 80 Maiden Lane, a four-bedroom home that property records link to the first-term mayor, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/crime\/article\/fbi-raids-home-of-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-19523532.php\">San Francisco Chronicle<\/a> reported. Thao&#8217;s spokesperson Francis Zamora referred inquiries to the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI conducted court-authorized law enforcement activity on Maiden Lane in Oakland this morning. We are unable to provide additional information at this time,\u201d a bureau statement said. <\/p>\n<p>Agents also conducted searches about three miles to the south at two homes owned by members of the politically influential Duong family that owns the recycling company Cal Waste Solutions, the Chronicle said. The firm has been <a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2020\/09\/15\/accusations-of-political-money-laundering-under-investigation-in-oakland\/\">investigated<\/a> over campaign contributions to Thao and other elected city officials, the local news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2020\/09\/15\/accusations-of-political-money-laundering-under-investigation-in-oakland\/\">Oaklandside<\/a> reported in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>One of the properties is owned by Andy Duong and the other is connected to David and Linda Duong, according to records cited by the Chronicle. <\/p>\n<p>Phone messages and emails seeking comment on the raid from Cal Waste Solutions officials were not immediately returned. Personal phone numbers for members of the Duong family could not be found. <\/p>\n<p>Thao, 38, assumed office in January 2023 after a stint on the Oakland City Council. <\/p>\n<p>            <\/block><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":25,"protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[36,1121],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FBI raids homes in Oakland, California, including one belonging to the city&#039;s mayor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"OAKLAND, Calif. 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