Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao said she is not endorsing Prop. 36, the statewide ballot measure that would strengthen penalties for certain theft and drug crimes.

Former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf has announced she is supporting a recall effort targeting her successor, Sheng Thao. Schaaf criticized Thao in an interview Friday with KQED, saying that over the ...

Borenstein: Mayor-elect Barbara Lee can’t fix Oakland until she fixes the budget With crime high, police staffing short, bond rating sliding and a massive structural deficit, layoffs seem inevitable ...

Thao added that she wishes the city had enough funds to hire up to 1,000 police officers but Oakland lacks the revenue. She said she’s trying to fix this problem by focusing on revenue ...

After Oakland voters recalled Thao in the November 5 election, and Trump won the presidency, progressives began talking about Lee as a mayoral candidate. There is precedent for such a move. The late ...

Bas also noted that during Lee's time in Congress, she brought money back to Oakland and the East Bay. According to a mailer Lee sent to constituents just before she left Congress, she secured $47.5 ...