Along with large splotches of paint thrown across Schaaf’s garage door and a nearby retaining wall, the vandals left countless graffiti messages condemning the mayor and apparently voicing support for the Black Lives Matter movement. According to police, fireworks were also set off in the street during the incident – some fired at the mayor’s house – which is believed to have occurred around 2am on Tuesday morning.

“An attack at the home of a publicly elected official does not advance democracy,” the mayor’s office said in a statement, noting that “vandals shot projectiles at the mayor’s home, set off fireworks and graffitied her home with paint.”

This attack, designed to intimidate the mayor and strike fear into her family, will not stop her from advocating for the policies she believes are in the best long-term interests of her beloved hometown. Like all Oaklanders, she supports passionate protest but does not support tactics meant to harm and terrorize others.

Oakland Police are now investigating the incident, the aftermath of which was seen in photos shared on social media.

Though the mayor has come out in favor of the BLM movement – approving of a massive street mural created to celebrate the group and forcefully speaking out against police brutality on a number of occasions in recent weeks – her not-radical-enough stance on police funding is at odds with activists’ growing calls to slash department budgets or abolish them outright.