Miya Saika Chen, a former staffer for Nikki Fortunato Bas, will be Lee’s right-hand person in the mayor’s office.

Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee has chosen a local progressive leader with experience in the Obama administration as her chief of staff, the first official hire in her office that signals how Lee will ...

Oakland’s incoming mayor announced a transition team Friday that includes a former Oakland city attorney, a former Alameda ...

A group protested gentrification in Oakland on Saturday. The 10th annual “510 Day Protest Party” focused on gentrification this year. Organizers set up at Lake Merritt hoping to garner support for ...

In her first sit-down interview since winning the Oakland mayoral election, Mayor-elect Barbara Lee speaks with KTVU ...

Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee on Friday announced members of a transition team of politicians, business leaders, ...

Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee unveiled her transition team of business leaders, philanthropists, politicians and a Gen Z ...

Leaders from labor, business, and nonprofit groups will help Lee get her footing when she steps into the Oakland mayor’s ...

Oakland mayor-elect Barbara Lee said she’s ready for the next chapter of her political career. In her first sit-down since ...

With crime high, police staffing short, bond rating sliding and a massive structural deficit, layoffs seem inevitable.

Oakland mayor-elect Barbara Lee said she’s ready for the next chapter of her political career, while being clear-eyed about ...