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Libby Schaaf's first act as Oakland Mayor? Honoring Pet Food Express for its contributions to California's K-9 cops. The East Oakland company has spent more than $600,000 on vests and medical kits for police canines, donating "hundreds of bullet-proof vests to California police dogs" and three of Oakland's six law-enforcement shepherds, the Chronicle reports. Before the donation, only half of police dogs had vests.[SF Chronicle]