check it out. i feel that i don t have full control of the oakland police department. reporter: yeah. he says he doesn t have full control but he does have full accountability. and that is not adding up for him. the conditions he has been dealing with, the layoff of about 150 officers and threats that the department could be put under federal control because of a civil rights lawsuit settlement from back in 2003. but the latest and perhaps sharpest jab is the mayor opposing a curfew for teenagers which batts wanted as well as an anti-loitering ordinance and expanded gang injunctions while the city s murder rate reached 90 so far this year. a lot of people in oakland blame the mayor for being plainly out of touch. just holding a press conference the day after that happens or the day that it happens to say how sad it is and a vigil and this and that, let s see some action. reporter: the mayor still needs to name an interim chief. that person has a tall order work on the
off before, it s even better. these are things you should learn from. man, it s been nice out. what a nice afternoon yesterday, seeing that sunshine out there. coming into work today nice and clear. warm, too. looking good. folks, temperatures will heat up starting today mid-80s into antioch, 58 santa rosa. san francisco plenty of sunshine and about 73. patchy fog at the coast but even that s expected to clear. we ll talk about more on your sunshine in just a moment. right now, how about the roads with elizabeth? just your overnight roadwork to slow you down so far this morning. live look at 880 past the coliseum. there are lanes blocked between fruitvale and broadway this morning. we have more roadwork at the bay bridge, the dumbarton bridge. we ll show you all the slow spots coming up in a little bit. thank you. limited control but full accountability. that s a major reason anthony batts is resigning as the chief of oakland police. anne makovec is in oakla
and the mud. reporter: relation have been frosty. the body language was tense between the mayor and the chief. the strength between the two visible. it was jean quan s vote two weeks ago that tabled a crime crackdown that the police chief had publicly supported. quan herself would not answer questions today lashing out at one reporter for asking about her anticurfew antigang injunction vote. you re incorrect. had i know the voted yet, it would have died. reporter: some say it is this community that will suffer after batts resigns. it was a surprise. i think it was a surprise to all of us that he resigned. reporter: with a department that s been slashed by 20% and a murder rate that could be 100 by the end of the year, morale is low among officers and citizens alike. i think morale, our officers are doing the best they can in a very difficult situation. reporter: chief batts stressing he accomplished a lot here and it s time to move on. he may be accepting a posi