AND A LOT OF STUDENTS BUT IT AL TURNED OUT OKAY! I GRADUATED TW YEARS LATER FROM OAKLAND HIGH I 1998. THESE WERE PHOTOS TAKEN FOR MY GRADUATION. >> SHE HAS NOT AGED AT ALL! OAKLAND IS DEALING WITH LEGAL SIDESHOWS THAT HAVE TURNED VIOLENT. >>> PEOPLE IN ATVs AND DIRT BIKES TOOK OFF AND TURNED AWAY. ANOTHER VIDEO SHOWED A MAN TRYING TO STOP A SIDESHOW BEFOR HE WAS VICIOUSLY BEATEN AND STOMPED ON BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE WE ARE NOT SHOWING THAT VIDEO HERE TONIGHT. ANDREA NAKANO ONC SPOKE TO A MAN WHO WAS THINKING ABOUT RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF OAKLAND BUT IS NOW THINKING ABOUT PACKING UP AND LEAVING. >> Reporter: IT IS NOT JUST WEEKLY SIDESHOWS THAT OAKLANDER ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. IT IS THE SHOOTINGS, ROBBERIES AND THEFT AND OTHER CRIMES THAT RATTLE THEIR SENSE OF SAFETY. ONE MAN WE TALKED WITH SAID THAT IT HAS GOTTEN SO BAD THAT HE MIGHT JUS LEAVE THE CITY HE LOVES. >> IT IS A WAR ZONE! IT IS SCARY. >> I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT LIKE THIS BEFORE. IT IS LIKE THE WILD, WILD WEST. >> Reporter: THIS IS ONE OF THE SIDESHOWS CAPTURED. YOU CAN SEE AN OAKLAND POLICE PATROL CAR DRIVING THROUGH THE CHAOS OF TH SIDESHOW. HOUSTON SAYS THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH OAKLAND TODAY. >> THERE IS NO AUTHORITY ANY LONGER. IT IS NOT LIKE WHERE I GREW UP. YOU WOULD BE SCARED OF YOUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR. YOU WOULD BE SCARED OF POLICE OFFICERS. NOW THERE IS NO FEAR THEY FLY BY THEM GOING 50 MILES PER HOUR IN A 20 MILE PER HOUR ZONE WHERE KIDS WALK. WE HAVE T BRING BACK SOME FEAR AND RESPECT. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE T DO. >> Reporter: MAYOR SHENG THAO RELEASED A STATEMENT REGARDING THE VIOLENCE AND SIDESHOWS. SHE SAID MY OFFICE IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON A ROBUST AN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO IMPLEMEN STING OPERATIONS SO THAT WE CAN CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL SIDESHOWS THAT CONTINUE TO PUT OUR RESIDENTS IN HARMS WAY. HOUSTON FEARS THAT UNLESS THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FROM THE LEGAL SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE COMMITTING THESE CRIMES, NOTHING WILL CHANGE. >> I DON'T SEE ANY HOPE ANY LONGER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY ANY LONGER, BECAUSE IT IS OUT O CONTROL. YOU HAVE TO PUNISH PEOPLE. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO DO PUNISHMENT SOMETIMES, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO A PUNISHMENT! YOU HAVE TO TEACH AND PUNISH! >> Reporter: WITH THE ONGOING VIOLENCE, HOUSTON IS NOW CONTEMPLATING A MOVE THAT HE HOPED HE WOULD NEVER HAVE TO MAKE. >> IF IT DOESN'T CHANGE IN THE NEXT 24 MONTHS, I'M LEAVING. >> Reporter: IN THE MERRILL PROPOSED BUDGET THERE IS A
