Oakland leaders may soon settle a lawsuit claiming ex-Mayor Sheng Thao — who was recalled in November and now faces federal bribery charges — was ineligible for the 2022 mayoral election that ...

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Oakland’s incoming mayor announced a transition team Friday that includes a former Oakland city attorney, a former Alameda County supervisor, a Lawrence Berkeley National Lab scientist and at ...

Lee must go further. She must own this budget. Lee was elected to fill the remainder of recalled Mayor Sheng Thao’s term, which runs through 2026. So this budget could cover the entirety of the ...

Two weeks ago, Lee won a special election to replace recalled Mayor Sheng Thao, leaving her with the task of unifying a fractured city government and addressing urgent challenges including crime ...

Lee will replace Jenkins, who is standing in for former mayor Sheng Thao, who was ousted in a November recall election. Wang will replace former councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas, who was elected ...

Lee, who won a special April 15 election to replace ousted former mayor Sheng Thao, said she has formed a transition committee to help implement her agenda in the first 100 days of her administration.

and Sheng Thao, a Hmong newcomer who vaulted to City Hall after a stunningly brief political career. Now it has made another Oakland-style decision: It has chosen as mayor Democrat Barbara Lee ...