For nearly a decade, Osvaldo Sanchez has weathered break-in after break-in at his restaurant, Agave Uptown, in Oakland. Between 2016 and 2024, the business has been targeted 22 times.
“We changed the locks,” Sanchez said, noting it’s been about a year since the last incident. “But it’s not because crime has changed, it’s because we changed the locks.”
Each break-in costs Sanchez thousands of dollars, replacing shattered windows and doors, not to mention the hit to customer traffic and morale…