OAKLAND — Ignacio De La Fuente, the gruff, straight-talking influential former Oakland councilman, is returning to the limelight, this time as a member of the Coliseum authority board at what is perhaps its most critical time in two decades.
His return comes as the Raiders are packing for Las Vegas and the Warriors are headed across the bay to San Francisco. It’s also an opportunity for redemption for the man who helped orchestrate the Raiders’ return to Oakland in 1995, a deal that brought the NFL franchise back but saddled the city and county with millions in debt.