Hundreds gathered in Monday night to weigh in on a plan to ship millions of tons of coal through Oakland, a plan that was exposed in a KPIX 5 investigation earlier this year.
Multiple sources said his company, California Capital and Investment Group, paid for the yellow shirts coal supporters were wearing.
Many of them were laborers on the clock who told us they were bused in, and those who were bused didn’t even know why they were here.
No decision is expected Monday night, but it’s unclear whether the council has the power to prohibit coal exports. The city signed an agreement that essentially leaves the council out of the decision making process.
