 OAKLAND, Calif. (KCBS) -- Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums hopes to reduce violence by nudging more young people into jobs. A job fair in Oakland over the weekend drew crowds of youth looking for employment.
”Any kind of job, construction work on a house, or working at Safeway, anything just to get some money in my pocket,” said Martice Anderson, a job fair visitor.
The theory is, that the more people who have steady jobs, and their own income, the fewer who are likely to steal, or sell drugs to make a living.
”We really want to put people on that path, not only towards employment and a career, but towards home ownership,” said Paula Simmons of Youth Uprising in East Oakland.
Prospective employers included the City, and Port of Oakland, Kaiser Permanente and several trade unions.
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KCBS' Tim Ryan reports
