A high-ranking city official who was fired in November has filed a legal claim against Oakland, accusing city leaders of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, defamation, emotional distress, and other wrongdoing.
Sherry Denham-Jackson was Oakland’s revenue and tax administrator, responsible for overseeing the city’s collection of various taxes and other sources of money that are crucial to the budget. She left the city last November as Oakland scrambled to patch a multimillion-dollar deficit caused by rising spending and stagnating revenues.
In a legal claim filed on April 1, Denham-Jackson alleges her termination was illegal. She is demanding $5 million in economic damages, $3 million due to emotional stress, and general damages of $2 million…