I don't understand why the police shouldn't make plans for how to deal with potential, likely outcomes.

@CC: Any planning that avoids Oakland—which nobody in the city, even critics, says they want—is a damn smart thing.

The phrase that stood out most from Randy's statement was "and that's not good for creating jobs."

I'm probably badly out of touch, but how many members of the downtown business association are complaining that they won't be able to create all the jobs they were planning on?