OAKLAND, Calif. – A former aide to Oakland City Councilwoman Desley Brooks sued her and the city on Monday for at least $3 million, alleging that she instructed him to illegally deliver vendor fees from a farmer’s market to her sister’s boyfriend and shoved him at a public event.
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