Oakland plan to replace police with mental health workers in disarray FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Richard (left) and Zenobia Breaux listen as Oakland City Council Member Loren Taylor visits with members of the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force in Oakland in October.Yalonda M. James / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less 2of6 Jamie Almanza is executive director of Bay Area Community Services, which has pulled out of competition for an Oakland contract to replace police officers with mental health workers.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less 3of6 4of6 Oakland police Officers Bryant Ocampo and Daniel Cornejo-Valdivia patrol downtown in December.Paul Kuroda / Special to The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less