[10] Opponents of the injunctions argued that they would lead to increased racial profiling and intimidation of minorities by police.
In May 2011 John Russo announced his resignation from city attorney, effective in June, in large part due to Quan's lack of support for the injunctions.
Russo accused Quan of trying to make him the face of the gang injunctions because he was white instead of police chief Anthony Batts, who is black.
[16] By 2015, Oakland had a new mayor (Libby Schaaf), a new city attorney (Barbara Parker), and a new police chief (Sean Whent).
On March 5, Parker announced that she would dismiss the injunctions with the support of Whent, citing changing policies and strategy.
[6][7] The move was cited as part of a greater decline of the use of gang injunctions in California due to strong community criticism and issues of legality.