Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara ... is the official author, he says he has had daily conversations with Lee, who won’t be sworn in until mid-May. And Lee says she will propose changes she thinks ...

“People don’t want a mayor who is beating up on the city,” Ross said. “People might be frustrated, but they’re resilient and optimistic.” As she ... “Oakland has always been a place ...

The Mayor-elect called the city of Oakland “deeply divided,” and she plans to “unite” the community. Lee, 78, is a trailblazer who represented the city in Congress for over two decades ...

Lee, whose term is set to begin in mid-May, will be Oakland’s first Black woman mayor. She inherits a city in financial and political turmoil, and marked by sharp economic and geographic divides. “I ...