Bio
Selika is fearless and she is determined to help her city. She is passionate about cleaning up Oakland and making it safe for children to play outside again. She wants to fix up and turn abandoned buildings into shelters, create affordable housing & childcare, power wash streets, remove graffiti, paint, fill potholes, provide felons to wo
Selika is fearless and she is determined to help her city. She is passionate about cleaning up Oakland and making it safe for children to play outside again. She wants to fix up and turn abandoned buildings into shelters, create affordable housing & childcare, power wash streets, remove graffiti, paint, fill potholes, provide felons to work programs,
and create pathways for the unemployed and homeless.
Selika was born and raised in East Oakland. After graduating from Fremont High in Oakland, she earned an AA degree in Science & Cosmetology from Laney College. Selika started her business installing sewn weaves for clients with hair loss.
Selika faces struggles common to Oakland residents at her East Oakland flat lands home - home and car break-ins, abandoned cars, piles of trash, car chases, and homeless people living on her street. Selika decided to fight back by becoming block captain of her neighborhood and has resolved neighborhood problems directly with local city agencies, school administrators, and school board.
In 2018, Selika lost her little sister to gun violence in Oakland and now raises her 11-year-old nephew. In 2022, she lost her brother's dad and the man who helped raise her, Army Veteran Rodney Davis, to a senseless gun violence in Oakland that made headline news. As a result, Selika advocates for cameras to be attached to shot spotters. These have reduced crime by 43% in Chicago.
Selika will do whatever it takes to get the job done right. Believe in her.
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Selika Thomas For City Council
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