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Jenkins called illegal dumping and the high number of unsheltered residents “a moral crisis” facing the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee convened a transition team co-chaired by Oakland residents, including Alameda County labor leader Keith Brown and Barbara Leslie, president and CEO of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce, who stood beside her at the conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Voters of Oakland, regardless of who they voted for, have spoken loudly and they want our government to work better,” Leslie said. “Oaklanders have chosen Congresswoman Lee, Mayor-elect Lee, as a leader who can steady our city, one who can collaborate with business and labor and community on behalf of all of Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown emphasized Lee’s commitment to workers and acknowledged widespread public dissatisfaction with the city’s status quo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people of Oakland have placed their trust in Mayor-elect Lee to stabilize the city,” Brown said. “This is a new beginning — let’s get to work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12036555 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without using names, Lee thanked the other candidates in the race, including her main contender, former Oakland Councilmember \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/loren-taylor\">Loren Taylor\u003c/a>. 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Taylor conceded Saturday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor and Lee topped the field of 10 candidates running to complete the term of former Mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sheng-thao\">Sheng Thao\u003c/a>, who was recalled in November. In 2022, Taylor led the race for mayor for more than a week after Election Day before Thao emerged as the winner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee has captured 53% of the vote, compared to 47% for Taylor. The totals include voters who picked Lee or Taylor as an alternate preference on their ranked-choice ballot. Taylor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035332/polls-close-in-oakland-with-some-voters-conflicted-over-choice-for-mayor\">held a narrow advantage\u003c/a> after the initial results were released Tuesday. Against Lee, however, Taylor struggled to gain traction in neighborhoods below Interstate 580.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oakland's mayor's race results by precinct \" aria-label=\"Map\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-3yZRg\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/3yZRg/1/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"800\" height=\"870\" data-external=\"1\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County’s Registrar of Voters has until May 15 to certify the results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Lee, 78, becoming mayor is the latest chapter in a decades-long political career, including roles as a legislator in California and a member of Congress. In 2001, Lee made national headlines as the lone vote against a Congressional bill authorizing the Iraq War.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city faces a looming $129 million \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015103/oakland-is-at-risk-of-financial-insolvency-is-bankruptcy-on-the-table\">budget shortfall\u003c/a>, and by June 30 must eliminate an additional $280 million deficit projected over the next two years. The long-awaited \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036060/oakland-pushes-coliseum-sale-next-year-delaying-funds-again\">Oakland Coliseum\u003c/a> sale, announced as a budget remedy by Thao, has been delayed until 2026, leaving questions about local leaders’ commitments to East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036985\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12036985 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayor-Elect Barbara Lee greets supporters following a press conference in Oakland on April 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And the city is still \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022612/ex-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-3-others-charged-with-bribery-sprawling-corruption-probe\">reeling from a political scandal\u003c/a> that ensnared Thao and others, and a crisis of confidence over public safety, which led to the recalls of Thao and former Alameda County District Attorney \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pamela-price\">Pamela Price\u003c/a> last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her speech, Lee also positioned the city as a liberal bastion against policies by President Donald Trump that threaten immigrants and the city’s LGBT+ community, while noting she would work with the administration when necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that we stay unified in pushing back and resisting what’s going to be devastating for Oakland,” Lee said. “That’s going to be up to us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/vrancano\">\u003cem>Vanessa Rancaño\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this story\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3:41 p.m. Monday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area priests are calling on the more than 1 million Catholics in the region, mourning \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13970248/pope-francis-new-autobiography-hope-review-conclave-random-house\">Pope Francis,\u003c/a> to carry on his legacy of mercy and compassion after his death early Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Francis, a progressive voice for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/catholic-church\">Roman Catholic Church\u003c/a> who spent his time in the Vatican advocating for migrants and the marginalized, died at 88 after a yearslong battle with his health. He was the first Latin American and first Jesuit priest to lead the church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was unique among popes. One of a kind. He will be forever known as ‘the Pope of Mercy,’” Oakland Bishop Michael Barber said, recalling the pope’s declaration of a Holy Year of Mercy in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Francis called on Catholics to value compassion for the marginalized and to reach out to people who might have been forgotten or felt pushed out by the church’s teachings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barber pointed to Francis’ final public address on Easter Sunday, just hours before his death, during which he called for mercy for migrants amid a wave of anti-immigration policy and sentiment, including from the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized, and migrants,” Francis said. “On this day, I would like all of us to hope anew and to revive our trust in others, including those who are different than ourselves, or who come from distant lands, bringing unfamiliar customs, ways of life and ideas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036958\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036958\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-PopeReax-09-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-PopeReax-09-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-PopeReax-09-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-PopeReax-09-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-PopeReax-09-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-PopeReax-09-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-PopeReax-09-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An altar for Pope Francis at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco on April 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2016, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2016/02/18/467229313/pope-says-trump-is-not-christian\">during a visit to Mexico\u003c/a> near the U.S. border, Francis said, “A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian.” He said at the time that the comment was not directed specifically toward President Donald Trump, who was in the midst of his first campaign, a pillar of which was building a U.S.-Mexico border wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Francis’] messages for peace, for consideration of the marginalized, those on the peripheries, immigrants, those that have no home — that will all go down in history and be remembered, and that will be carried on,” Barber said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those messages were certainly on the minds of the few dozen Catholics like Doreen Landry who attended a midday Mass honoring the pope in Oakland on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You felt drawn in by his compassion, his sensitivity to the poor and the migrants to this country,” Landry, a social worker, said on her way into the Cathedral of Christ the Light. “In fact, he spoke to JD Vance allegedly about the unlawful deportation of migrants, which I am strongly against.”[aside postID=news_12035610 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-72_qed-1020x680.jpg']Christina Fernandez, who said she grew in her relationship with her faith during Francis’ papacy, connected with, “in the political climate that we’re in, [his] speaking out against the oppression of people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“His humanity, his love for people,” she said through tears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Francis was also an outspoken advocate for the environment. In his second papal letter, sent to bishops across the world in 2015, Francis called on Catholics to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/60616/pope-francis-climate-change-a-principal-challenge-for-humanity\">take urgent action to slow climate change\u003c/a> and criticized the consumerism and economic development that have exacerbated it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Perhaps his most distinctive leadership will be his historic commitment to addressing the climate crisis,” Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic, said Monday in a statement reflecting on Francis’ leadership. “In his ground-breaking encyclical,\u003cem> Laudato Si\u003c/em>, Pope Francis writes with beauty and clarity, with moral force and fierce urgency to call on all of us to be good stewards of God’s Creation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom also commended the pope’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984407/the-politics-and-policy-around-newsoms-vatican-climate-summit-trip\">commitment to fighting climate change\u003c/a> and his efforts to uplift the voices of the poor and vulnerable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“His papacy was characterized by moral courage, a profound respect for all creation, and a deep conviction in the transformative power of love to heal and unite,” Newsom said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, in a statement to his diocese on Monday, urged Catholics to “take inspiration from his words and example and put that inspiration into action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036946\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/PopeFrancisAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1453\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/PopeFrancisAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/PopeFrancisAP-800x581.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/PopeFrancisAP-1020x741.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/PopeFrancisAP-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/PopeFrancisAP-1536x1116.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/PopeFrancisAP-1920x1395.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pope Francis speaks to journalists during the papal flight direct to Rio de Janeiro on July 22, 2013. \u003ccite>(Luca Zennaro/Pool Photo via AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That is the greatest tribute we could give to him,” Cordileone said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barber said Francis’ 2016 proclamation of a Holy Year of Mercy “inspired an outpouring of charitable works and led to the reconciliation of thousands of Catholics with the Lord.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He tried to reconcile those who were estranged from God and from the church, and there was a great resolve,” Barber told KQED. “A lot of people came back to the church, a lot went to confession. There was just a whole lot of positive influence from that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barber recalled traveling to Rome a few years ago, where he hoped to attend Francis’ private morning Mass, as many bishops do when they are close to the Vatican. But he was told the service was full — Francis “was inviting all the janitors in the Vatican to come to the Mass,” Barber said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought, ‘Wow, that’s great, better than me [being there]. Who’s ever thought of the janitors?’” Barber said. “And he’s done the same for street sweepers and others that he saw at the periphery, that were overlooked. I think that’s one of his greatest tributes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/shossaini\">\u003cem>Sara Hossaini\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Christina Fernandez, who said she grew in her relationship with her faith during Francis’ papacy, connected with, “in the political climate that we’re in, [his] speaking out against the oppression of people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“His humanity, his love for people,” she said through tears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Francis was also an outspoken advocate for the environment. In his second papal letter, sent to bishops across the world in 2015, Francis called on Catholics to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/60616/pope-francis-climate-change-a-principal-challenge-for-humanity\">take urgent action to slow climate change\u003c/a> and criticized the consumerism and economic development that have exacerbated it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Perhaps his most distinctive leadership will be his historic commitment to addressing the climate crisis,” Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic, said Monday in a statement reflecting on Francis’ leadership. “In his ground-breaking encyclical,\u003cem> Laudato Si\u003c/em>, Pope Francis writes with beauty and clarity, with moral force and fierce urgency to call on all of us to be good stewards of God’s Creation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom also commended the pope’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984407/the-politics-and-policy-around-newsoms-vatican-climate-summit-trip\">commitment to fighting climate change\u003c/a> and his efforts to uplift the voices of the poor and vulnerable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“His papacy was characterized by moral courage, a profound respect for all creation, and a deep conviction in the transformative power of love to heal and unite,” Newsom said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, in a statement to his diocese on Monday, urged Catholics to “take inspiration from his words and example and put that inspiration into action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036946\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/PopeFrancisAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1453\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/PopeFrancisAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/PopeFrancisAP-800x581.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/PopeFrancisAP-1020x741.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/PopeFrancisAP-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/PopeFrancisAP-1536x1116.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/PopeFrancisAP-1920x1395.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pope Francis speaks to journalists during the papal flight direct to Rio de Janeiro on July 22, 2013. \u003ccite>(Luca Zennaro/Pool Photo via AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That is the greatest tribute we could give to him,” Cordileone said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barber said Francis’ 2016 proclamation of a Holy Year of Mercy “inspired an outpouring of charitable works and led to the reconciliation of thousands of Catholics with the Lord.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He tried to reconcile those who were estranged from God and from the church, and there was a great resolve,” Barber told KQED. “A lot of people came back to the church, a lot went to confession. There was just a whole lot of positive influence from that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barber recalled traveling to Rome a few years ago, where he hoped to attend Francis’ private morning Mass, as many bishops do when they are close to the Vatican. But he was told the service was full — Francis “was inviting all the janitors in the Vatican to come to the Mass,” Barber said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought, ‘Wow, that’s great, better than me [being there]. Who’s ever thought of the janitors?’” Barber said. “And he’s done the same for street sweepers and others that he saw at the periphery, that were overlooked. I think that’s one of his greatest tributes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/shossaini\">\u003cem>Sara Hossaini\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Updated at 4 p.m. Saturday\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The special election for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> mayor saw a dramatic swing on Friday, as new results released by Alameda County election officials propelled former U.S. Rep. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/barbara-lee\">Barbara Lee\u003c/a> into an insurmountable lead over former Oakland Councilmember \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/loren-taylor\">Loren Taylor\u003c/a>, who conceded Saturday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, who served in Congress for almost three decades, will be Oakland’s next mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Making a brief appearance at an Easter carnival at the Arroyo Viejo Recreation Center on the city’s east side, Lee thanked Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins for his leadership, saying the transition would be “a moment of hope,” and praised what she called a high turnout for a special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that’s what I call democracy working. That’s the voice of the people,” said Lee, who was joined by Jenkins, Councilmembers Rowena Brown and Ken Houston, and Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett from Texas. “We have to bring people here who understand the beauty and opportunities in Oakland and who will work with us to help us move this beautiful city forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036865\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036865\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-2048x682.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1920x640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barbara Lee, Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins, U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Councilmembers Rowena Brown and Ken Houston, and supporters at the Arroyo Viejo Recreation Center in Oakland on Saturday, April 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Brian Krans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In his concession statement, Loren Taylor congratulated Lee and emphasized the need for unity going forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This morning I called Congresswoman Barbara Lee to congratulate her on becoming the next Mayor of Oakland,” Taylor wrote. “I pray that Mayor-Elect Lee fulfills her commitment to unify Oakland by authentically engaging the 47% of Oaklanders who voted for me and who want pragmatic results-driven leadership.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee has captured 53% of the vote, compared to 47% for Taylor. The totals include voters who picked Lee or Taylor as an alternate preference on their ranked choice ballot. Taylor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035332/polls-close-in-oakland-with-some-voters-conflicted-over-choice-for-mayor\">held a narrow advantage\u003c/a> after the initial results were released Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins said at the Easter event Saturday that he was “thrilled to have Barbara Lee come in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It seems like voters have decided that Congresswoman Barbara Lee will be the mayor elect,” said Jenkins. “I believe she’s going to be a unifier. She’s going to be the person that gets us our desperately needed charter changes that we need in our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Rowena Brown said Saturday that Lee was a “unifying factor” and that it was a “big victory” for Oakland. Councilmember Ken Houston said, “The flat land spoke, and we going to keep speaking. We going to keep voting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oakland's mayor's race results by precinct \" aria-label=\"Map\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-3yZRg\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/3yZRg/1/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"800\" height=\"870\" data-external=\"1\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland said we going to make for a \u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\">real \u003c/i>good Friday, and we are going to send a message that we are going to rise up in this time of darkness,” said U.S. Rep Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) on Saturday. “So as you go into Easter Sunday, just remember that you have a lot to celebrate because you got a real one that’s going to be running this city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friday’s update of 45,851 votes leaves only around 300 ballots which the registrar has flagged for issues with voter signatures. Those ballots can still be resolved and counted up to two days before the registrar certifies the election. And ballots postmarked by Election Day can still be counted if they are received by the Alameda County Registrar of Voters office by April 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new results reflect ballots mailed or dropped off on or before Election Day and leave turnout at nearly 38%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though the race tightened and suggested an upset was possible, Barbara Lee’s name recognition and popularity were simply too much to overcome,” said Justin Berton, an Oakland media strategist and former director of communications for Mayor Libby Schaaf. “It’s still a city divided electorally — and quite literally on a map — but now she’s won the opportunity to govern and galvanize residents, and unify Oakland as promised.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor and Lee topped the field of 10 candidates running to complete the term of former Mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sheng-thao\">Sheng Thao\u003c/a>, who was recalled in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12031370 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_OAKLAND-MAYOR_DB_00039-KQED.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the city’s ranked choice voting system, voters were able to rank up to five candidates for mayor. In the instant runoff, candidates receiving the fewest votes are eliminated, and voters who ranked those candidates first have their vote moved to their second choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County’s Registrar of Voters has until May 15 to certify the results. In 2022, Taylor led the race for mayor for more than a week after Election Day before Thao emerged as the winner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Against Lee, Taylor struggled to gain traction in neighborhoods below Interstate 580. Most of the precincts where Taylor is leading are in the Oakland hills, from Montclair to Chabot Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other races on the ballot appear easier to decipher. Measure A, a 0.5% increase in Oakland’s sales tax, appears headed to victory with 65% of the vote. Charlene Wang holds a wide lead in a special election for the District 2 seat on the City Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Brian Krans contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the city’s ranked choice voting system, voters were able to rank up to five candidates for mayor. In the instant runoff, candidates receiving the fewest votes are eliminated, and voters who ranked those candidates first have their vote moved to their second choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County’s Registrar of Voters has until May 15 to certify the results. In 2022, Taylor led the race for mayor for more than a week after Election Day before Thao emerged as the winner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Against Lee, Taylor struggled to gain traction in neighborhoods below Interstate 580. Most of the precincts where Taylor is leading are in the Oakland hills, from Montclair to Chabot Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other races on the ballot appear easier to decipher. Measure A, a 0.5% increase in Oakland’s sales tax, appears headed to victory with 65% of the vote. Charlene Wang holds a wide lead in a special election for the District 2 seat on the City Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Brian Krans contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a>’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006538/oaklands-top-ethics-investigator-is-resigning-citing-a-chronic-lack-of-resources\">under-resourced public watchdog\u003c/a> group, which has investigated high-profile ethics allegations against the likes of former Mayor Sheng Thao and others, is losing its second top official in less than a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicolas Heidorn, the executive director of the city’s Public Ethics Commission, announced Thursday that he will resign in July, forcing the commission to launch a search for his replacement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency aided in a campaign finance probe that federal investigators credit with spurring their own probe — and the eventual \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022612/ex-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-3-others-charged-with-bribery-sprawling-corruption-probe\">indictment of Thao\u003c/a> and members of the family that runs the city’s recycling contractor — but it has been underfunded for years and faces a growing backlog of uninvestigated complaints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The PEC has just a two-person enforcement team — one investigator and a chief — to cover over 170 open cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heidorn, who has held the executive director post for two years, said he is leaving the commission to pursue another role outside the city, not specifically because of the commission’s struggles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, he said the problem of limited resources, which has persisted since leading former enforcement chief Simon Russell to resign in September, is significant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The commission has consistently shown that it works very hard to promote honest and transparent government in Oakland, and the main challenges that we face right now are resource constraints,” Heidorn told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Heidorn, a fully staffed commission would require two additional investigators plus a staff attorney for the enforcement team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12006538 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/04052023_downtownoaklandreactivation-181_qed-1020x679.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before he officially steps down as director, Heidorn said he hopes to increase funding for the commission in the city’s next budget, which will be presented next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of my main goals in [my] remaining months is to ensure the PEC has the staffing and resources necessary to perform its role as an anti-corruption watchdog agency,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What that spending plan could look like is unclear — it will have been developed during a chaotic year for Oakland, during which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-mayor\">four people\u003c/a> will have held the top post in the mayor’s office and as the city entered a fiscal crisis after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010521/oaklands-fiscal-crisis-budget-cuts-coming-even-with-coliseum-sale\">current budget went awry\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two-year budget being developed now will need to balance an even larger \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031370/oakland-voters-want-to-know-how-next-mayor-would-fix-citys-finances\">$265 million shortfall\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Due to its lack of funds, the city has paused most spending, including on a new public campaign financing program called Democracy Dollars. The program, which was passed by voters in 2022, aimed to give more residents the ability to buy into local politics by awarding them $100 vouchers to contribute to local campaigns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PEC Chair Francis Upton IV said the delay of that program could have been a factor in Heidorn’s decision to leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the things Director Heidorn was very excited about in joining the commission was to work on [Democracy Dollars],” he told KQED. But now, “the earliest that we will implement this is likely in 2028.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also pointed to the commission’s financial constraints and chronic understaffing, which have hamstrung its ability to work effectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/alameda/measures#measure-oo\">Measure OO\u003c/a>, which passed in November, will require the commission to gain another full-time investigator beginning in the 2026–27 fiscal year, but like Heidorn, Upton believes the real requirement should be three.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still advocating that we get even one more just to allow us to make progress on our backlog,” Upton said. “Some of these cases are very serious and very complicated … and they’ve languished for years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those cases is the commission’s probe into alleged “straw donations” given to local campaigns, including Sheng Thao’s in 2022, on behalf of other people. That investigation has been ongoing since at least 2019. Any investigation by the ethics commission into Thao has yet to be presented to the commissioners, Upton said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simon, the former enforcement chief who stepped down last year, said in his resignation letter that he had worked long, often unpaid hours, trying to uncover corruption and bribery. 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The preliminary hearing — an early finding of fact that usually only takes hours or a few days to complete — stretched out over 18 months, with the defendants held on millions of dollars of bond as prosecutors alleged they were all part of a murder-for-hire plot against Kauffman over some petty thefts from Carson’s property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of the preliminary hearing, Judge Barbara Zuniga said it was “not difficult” to dismiss murder charges against Georgia DeFilippo, Carson’s wife, and accessory to murder charges against Christina DeFilippo, Carson’s stepdaughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference on Thursday in Oakland, Georgia DeFilippo said the whole ordeal devastated her family, causing them to lose their business and home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We lost our faith in the system and our faith in the people of the county,” she said. “It just broke our hearts, broke our spirit, and it’s just something I don’t think I’m ever going to get over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036474\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036474\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-LAWYER-SETTLEMENT-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-LAWYER-SETTLEMENT-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-LAWYER-SETTLEMENT-MD-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-LAWYER-SETTLEMENT-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-LAWYER-SETTLEMENT-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-LAWYER-SETTLEMENT-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-LAWYER-SETTLEMENT-MD-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The offices of Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli & Brewer in Oakland on April 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Carson and brothers Daljit Atwal and Baljit Athwa were tried beginning in April 2018. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:20 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaders of the union representing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-unified-school-district\">Oakland\u003c/a> teachers called for a strike authorization vote Wednesday, claiming the district has failed to provide transparent and timely \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023461/ousd-on-track-run-out-of-cash-after-avoiding-hard-decisions-scathing-letter-says\">financial information\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If more than half of the union’s 3,000 members vote in favor, they will be authorized to hold a one-day walkout set for May 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union is currently bargaining with Oakland Unified School District leadership after it triggered escalated fiscal oversight in December and\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029001/oakland-school-board-approves-over-100-layoffs-a-day-after-similar-vote-in-sf\"> voted \u003c/a>to approve layoffs to help address a\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023461/ousd-on-track-run-out-of-cash-after-avoiding-hard-decisions-scathing-letter-says\"> $95 million budget deficit\u003c/a> in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve attempted to gather information all year. OUSD’s response to those requests has been delayed,” union president Kampala Taiz-Rancifer said. “They have cut members’ jobs, and we have to … understand what are the resources in the school district, along with whether or not the job losses are actually necessary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that union leaders’ recent discussions with the county superintendent and OUSD’s chief business officer seeking answers to budget questions have been unproductive and contributed to the call for a strike authorization vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029338\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Unified School District Board listens to public comment during a meeting at La Escuelita Elementary School in Oakland, California, on Dec. 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the meetings, Taiz-Rancifer said the union was given “data dumps” that were difficult to understand and parse through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those are meant to confuse, meant to delay,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district said it is committed to transparency and open communication with the union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are hopeful that we can work together to find solutions and ensure a strong finish to the school year for all Oakland students,” a spokesperson said in a statement.[aside postID=news_12035005 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS26222_IMG_2896-qut-1180x787.jpg']The move comes after Oakland’s school board certified a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027158/how-oakland-and-sf-ended-up-among-7-ca-school-districts-who-cant-pay-their-bills\">negative budget\u003c/a> — meaning it doesn’t have the funds to pay its bills over the next two years — but quickly reversed course last month. The union has called the move misleading and accused the district of “manufacturing” a $95 million budget deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“OUSD has a pattern of saying that they do not have resources, and then at the end of the school year, they are operating with a surplus,” Taiz-Rancifer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its second interim report released last month, the district’s deficit shrank to $12 million, and it pulled back the negative status. The significant improvement followed the school board’s approval of a laundry list of “budget balancing solutions” in December and hundreds of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029001/oakland-school-board-approves-over-100-layoffs-a-day-after-similar-vote-in-sf\">possible layoffs\u003c/a> in February, which could cost about 100 full-time positions and exclude some summer work for even more — resulting in a pay loss for many employees, according to union leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the union does strike, it will be the fourth time since 2019. Just two years ago, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11949458/oakland-teachers-strike-ends-as-union-reaches-agreement-with-school-district\">work stoppage paused instruction\u003c/a> for more than a week, only ending after the district agreed to a retroactive 10% raise and continued salary increase between 11% and 23% for staffers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11726890\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11726890\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS34714_20190118-30-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland teachers march during an unsanctioned 'sick out' on Jan. 18, 2019. On Saturday, the teachers union announced that the teachers would go on strike starting Thursday, Jan. 21.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS34714_20190118-30-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS34714_20190118-30-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS34714_20190118-30-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS34714_20190118-30-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS34714_20190118-30-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland teachers march during an unsanctioned “sickout” on Jan. 18, 2019. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In recent budget conversations, the district has cited those costs as part of the reason for its current financial struggle. The raises were paid for in part with one-time COVID-19 relief funds that have now dried up, and OUSD has been hesitant to make cuts elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separately, Oakland educators — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025440/schools-face-cuts-california-teachers-unions-band-together-demands\">in alignment with unions across the state\u003c/a> — kicked off contract negotiations with the district in February, demanding smaller class sizes, more resources and better wages and benefits for teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union members will have until April 25 to vote on the strike authorization, after which the organization will decide whether to stage a walkout. 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"content": "\u003cp>Oakland residents woke up Wednesday morning to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035332/polls-close-in-oakland-with-some-voters-conflicted-over-choice-for-mayor\">razor-thin margin\u003c/a> in the city’s race for mayor, with a resolution days or even weeks away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former City Councilmember \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034326/mayoral-candidate-loren-taylor-on-why-hes-the-best-choice-to-lead-oakland\">Loren Taylor\u003c/a> narrowly leads longtime U.S. Rep. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035444/barbara-lee-says-shell-set-oakland-on-a-path-to-success\">Barbara Lee\u003c/a>, both in first-choice votes and in the instant runoff that factors in voters’ alternate choices under the city’s ranked-choice system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The runoff margin between Taylor and Lee is just 1,118 votes, with slightly more than 49,000 ballots counted. However, an estimated 42,000 additional ballots still need to be processed, according to Alameda County Registrar of Voters Tim Dupuis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The frenetic three-month campaign now decelerates to a glacial routine of vote-counting and results-watching. The next update from the Alameda County Registrar of Voters’ Office is expected on Friday. After that, it could be another week before additional totals are released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing was clear from Tuesday’s results: Taylor had turned what had seemed just months ago like a coronation of Lee into a true contest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036488\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12036488 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-03-KQED-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-03-KQED-4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-03-KQED-4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-03-KQED-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-03-KQED-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-03-KQED-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-03-KQED-4-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayoral Candidate Loren Taylor greets attendees at his campaign’s election results party in Oakland on April 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020556/barbara-lee-launches-campaign-for-oakland-mayor-after-contentious-recall\">Lee entered the race\u003c/a> with decades of electoral success in the East Bay and a phalanx of notable endorsements. But Taylor was able to draw on voter frustration with crime, homelessness and city management, and turn out the Oakland voters and donors who have traditionally supported more centrist candidates and causes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was just honestly surprised at how close the race has become,” state Sen. Jesse Arreguin, who represents Oakland and supported Lee, told KQED. “In reality, it shouldn’t be that close, but I think Mr. Taylor has run a really strong campaign, and it’s a testament to his dedication.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For all his efforts, Taylor may still come up short. Both campaigns went into election day expecting later-arriving ballots to break for Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday’s results largely reflected mail ballots cast before Election Day. Alameda County election officials will continue to process mail ballots as they arrive, while they work to confirm the eligibility of voters who registered as they cast a ballot in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12035636 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/GettyImages-2209401664-1020x718.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, voters whose ballot envelope signature did not match their voter file will be contacted by election officials and given time to confirm their vote, a process known as “ballot curing.” Taylor’s campaign hinted late Tuesday that they would pursue a campaign to contact likely supporters whose ballots require curing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This won’t be Taylor’s first rodeo with the torturous vote-watching process. In 2022, he led the race for mayor for more than a week after Election Day, until late-arriving ballots lifted Sheng Thao to victory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not sure how it’s going to end up,” Taylor told supporters on Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because things look good now, but we have been here before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, Taylor warned voters that a “broken” city could not be fixed by a candidate supported by the political establishment. And he aligned himself with Matt Mahan and Daniel Lurie, the neighboring mayors of San José and San Francisco, who won on pledges to bring outside perspectives and steely focus to City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Political strategist Dan Newman said the initial results in Oakland fit with this “broader Bay Area dynamic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036276\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-06-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036276\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-06-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-06-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-06-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barbara Lee takes the stage at her election night party on April 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It is somewhat shocking that someone as revered as Barbara Lee could struggle to win,” Newman said. “She’s truly a beloved icon and universally respected, titanic leader.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But right now, these cities run by Democrats are acknowledging that they are facing big challenges,” Newman added. “And they are looking for people who are almost post-partisan in their single-minded focus on outcomes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor also aimed to tap into the wide popularity of the recall campaigns that ousted Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price from office last November — efforts Lee opposed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029096/barbara-lee-loren-taylor-square-off-in-oakland-mayoral-forum\">early weeks of the campaign\u003c/a>, it was unclear whether the big money that supported the recall would coalesce behind Taylor. As the election neared, the cavalry arrived. Outside groups spent more than half a million dollars to boost Taylor, with some of the largest spending coming from pro-recall groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Taylor’s financial edge could not turn this race into a clear referendum on the recall. Instead, the early returns reflect some of Oakland’s traditional geographic divides, with the moderate candidate, in this case Taylor, drawing the bulk of his support from voters in the hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023847 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00001-1020x681.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The recall vote and the Taylor vote did not align perfectly,” said Shawn Lee, a board member for the East Bay Young Democrats. “You have lots of precincts voting for Lee in Deep East Oakland and in the north. The north voted against the recall and the east didn’t, but both are going for Lee now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drawing upon decades of goodwill and voter support in the East Bay, Lee pledged to unify the city after the divisive recall campaigns. And she remains the region’s strongest connection to its proud activist past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking to supporters on Tuesday night, Lee recalled her first Oakland race, in 1973, when she helped raise money for the campaigns of Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale for mayor and Elaine Brown for city council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During that campaign, it was all about the power of the people, right?” Lee said. “In this campaign, what you all have done is you’ve reminded our great city that it’s a people’s movement, that it is the voice of the people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just then, Lee spotted Elaine Brown in the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Good to see you, my sister,” Lee said. “We’re gonna have a street named after Elaine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036211\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036211\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters clap for Oakland mayoral candidate Barbara Lee during an election night party on April 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Outside of a West Oakland voting location, Renee Hayes told KQED that she supported the Thao recall, but backed Lee in this race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know more about her than anybody,” Hayes said. “I think she’d be good for helping us get some things we need in Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Lee and Taylor made the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031370/oakland-voters-want-to-know-how-next-mayor-would-fix-citys-finances\">teetering city budget\u003c/a> a priority in their campaigns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a drawn-out vote count could reduce the impact either candidate has on next year’s spending plan — which the mayor is expected to submit to the council by May 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I voted because the city is facing a major budget shortfall and it’s kind of in chaos — it’s hard to get any services,” said Eugene Hecht, a voter in West Oakland. “I voted for Loren Taylor, but that said, I don’t know that he could do a better job than Barbara Lee could or any of these other people. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The frenetic three-month campaign now decelerates to a glacial routine of vote-counting and results-watching. The next update from the Alameda County Registrar of Voters’ Office is expected on Friday. After that, it could be another week before additional totals are released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing was clear from Tuesday’s results: Taylor had turned what had seemed just months ago like a coronation of Lee into a true contest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036488\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12036488 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-03-KQED-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-03-KQED-4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-03-KQED-4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-03-KQED-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-03-KQED-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-03-KQED-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-03-KQED-4-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayoral Candidate Loren Taylor greets attendees at his campaign’s election results party in Oakland on April 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020556/barbara-lee-launches-campaign-for-oakland-mayor-after-contentious-recall\">Lee entered the race\u003c/a> with decades of electoral success in the East Bay and a phalanx of notable endorsements. But Taylor was able to draw on voter frustration with crime, homelessness and city management, and turn out the Oakland voters and donors who have traditionally supported more centrist candidates and causes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was just honestly surprised at how close the race has become,” state Sen. Jesse Arreguin, who represents Oakland and supported Lee, told KQED. “In reality, it shouldn’t be that close, but I think Mr. Taylor has run a really strong campaign, and it’s a testament to his dedication.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For all his efforts, Taylor may still come up short. Both campaigns went into election day expecting later-arriving ballots to break for Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday’s results largely reflected mail ballots cast before Election Day. Alameda County election officials will continue to process mail ballots as they arrive, while they work to confirm the eligibility of voters who registered as they cast a ballot in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, voters whose ballot envelope signature did not match their voter file will be contacted by election officials and given time to confirm their vote, a process known as “ballot curing.” Taylor’s campaign hinted late Tuesday that they would pursue a campaign to contact likely supporters whose ballots require curing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This won’t be Taylor’s first rodeo with the torturous vote-watching process. In 2022, he led the race for mayor for more than a week after Election Day, until late-arriving ballots lifted Sheng Thao to victory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not sure how it’s going to end up,” Taylor told supporters on Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because things look good now, but we have been here before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, Taylor warned voters that a “broken” city could not be fixed by a candidate supported by the political establishment. And he aligned himself with Matt Mahan and Daniel Lurie, the neighboring mayors of San José and San Francisco, who won on pledges to bring outside perspectives and steely focus to City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Political strategist Dan Newman said the initial results in Oakland fit with this “broader Bay Area dynamic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036276\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-06-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036276\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-06-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-06-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-06-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barbara Lee takes the stage at her election night party on April 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It is somewhat shocking that someone as revered as Barbara Lee could struggle to win,” Newman said. “She’s truly a beloved icon and universally respected, titanic leader.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But right now, these cities run by Democrats are acknowledging that they are facing big challenges,” Newman added. “And they are looking for people who are almost post-partisan in their single-minded focus on outcomes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor also aimed to tap into the wide popularity of the recall campaigns that ousted Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price from office last November — efforts Lee opposed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029096/barbara-lee-loren-taylor-square-off-in-oakland-mayoral-forum\">early weeks of the campaign\u003c/a>, it was unclear whether the big money that supported the recall would coalesce behind Taylor. As the election neared, the cavalry arrived. Outside groups spent more than half a million dollars to boost Taylor, with some of the largest spending coming from pro-recall groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Taylor’s financial edge could not turn this race into a clear referendum on the recall. Instead, the early returns reflect some of Oakland’s traditional geographic divides, with the moderate candidate, in this case Taylor, drawing the bulk of his support from voters in the hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 10:05 a.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Oakland City Councilmember \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/loren-taylor\">Loren Taylor\u003c/a> holds a narrow lead over former U.S. Rep. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/barbara-lee\">Barbara Lee\u003c/a> in initial results from Tuesday’s special election for Oakland mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor is ahead of Lee, 48%-46% in first-choice votes. When voters’ additional choices were included in a ranked-choice runoff, Taylor gained a 51%-49% advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those results will hold until at least Friday, when the Alameda County Registrar of Voters is expected to release its next update.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor’s early lead mirrors the one he had in the 2022 mayor’s race, which he ultimately lost to Sheng Thao once all the votes were counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a speech to supporters, Taylor called his run against Lee, who represented the East Bay in Congress for nearly three decades, “a true David and Goliath story.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036195\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-02-KQED-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-02-KQED-3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-02-KQED-3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-02-KQED-3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-02-KQED-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-02-KQED-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-02-KQED-3-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland mayoral candidate Loren Taylor takes a photo with a supporter at his campaign’s election results party in Oakland on April 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We may not know the outcome of this race tonight, we may not know this week,” Taylor said. “But what we do know is that it is important that we count every vote, that everyone’s voice is heard. Democracy must prevail in Oakland and beyond.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vote-counting will continue for weeks, and another update is not expected from the Alameda County Registrar of Voters until Friday. Any ballot postmarked by Tuesday and received by the Registrar of Voters before April 22 can be counted. Election officials will also spend the next few weeks confirming the eligibility of voters who registered on Election Day, and others whose ballot signature did not match their registration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010512/how-does-ranked-choice-voting-work\">city’s ranked choice system\u003c/a>, voters were able to rank up to five candidates in order of preference. Candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated in an instant runoff, and votes are redistributed until one candidate reaches a majority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Taylor’s election night gathering at a former Kaiser Permanente office tower downtown, more than a hundred supporters cheered and hugged when they learned of the initial results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036210\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12036210 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-02-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-02-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-02-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland mayoral candidate Barbara Lee takes the stage during her election night party on April 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Just blocks away, Lee supporters swayed underneath a disco ball as a band played on a stage adorned by yellow and green balloons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee urged supporters to enjoy themselves as they await further results from what she described as a “tough campaign.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is going to be a long week, but we’re doing very well,” Lee said. “We have to really be very vigilant right now with these votes as they come in, because we know that people just mailed them today, yesterday.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12033381 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00156_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The winner of the mayoral election will finish out the remainder of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s term after she was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012357/sheng-thao-accepts-defeat-in-contentious-oakland-mayoral-recall\">recalled last year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an election for the District 2 City Council seat, Charlene Wang leads Kara Murray-Badal, 50%–26% in first-choice votes and 66% – 34% in the ranked-choice runoff. The seat, which includes neighborhoods around Lake Merritt, was vacated after Nikki Fortunato Bas was elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters appeared to embrace a sales tax increase, Measure A. Both Taylor and Lee agreed that Measure A would be crucial to fixing Oakland’s structural budget deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure A was passing with 64% of the vote in initial returns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a key component that anybody who is going to expect to do anything in the city is going to need going forward,” said Seth Olyer, president of the Oakland Firefighters union, Local 55.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036211\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036211\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters clap for Oakland mayoral candidate Barbara Lee during an election night party on April 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since Thao was recalled, Oakland has had two interim mayors. City Council President Kevin Jenkins has served in the role since January, but he did not throw his hat in the ring to stay in the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor, who in 2022 lost to Thao by less than 700 votes, ran a campaign focused on fixing “broken” Oakland, pitching himself to voters as a professional problem solver. He laid out ideas for tackling Oakland’s financial crisis at a granular level, while calling for a course correction from the decisions of the previous administration under Thao.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José Mayor Matt Mahan came out in support of Taylor, as did organizers of the recalls of Thao and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014858/alameda-county-da-pamela-price-concedes-recall-defeat-after-long-holdout\">former Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price\u003c/a>, several members of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and other current and former local elected officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020556/barbara-lee-launches-campaign-for-oakland-mayor-after-contentious-recall\">entered the race\u003c/a> in early January after weeks of speculation and after a group of elected officials, business owners and other community leaders \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@oaklandneedsbarbaralee/oakland-needs-barbara-lee-1ee21c4e3ae6\">urged her to run\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_12031370 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00061-1020x680.jpg']She ran on a platform of unity. Touting her track record of \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/677831d7ee817b16ccf67e54/t/67bf802dc7f7d80e6d1f5116/1740603438063/BillionsFactSheet.BLEE.2.25.pdf\">bringing billions in federal funding\u003c/a> to Oakland during her years in Congress, Lee told voters she would unite the city’s fractured sectors and use her experience and contacts to attract outside investment through public-private partnerships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee earned the endorsement of several of the city’s major labor unions and nearly all members of the Oakland City Council, leading some to predict she would be better positioned than Taylor to execute her agenda as mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lee also faced questions about her decision to oppose the Thao recall and whether her experience in Congress would easily translate to that of mayor, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021907/can-barbara-lee-avoid-mentors-missteps-run-oakland-mayor\">comparing her to the late Ron Dellums\u003c/a>, who was also urged to run for Oakland mayor after a storied career in Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor’s campaign spent nearly $400,000 through March 29, while Lee’s campaign spent slightly less, around $372,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036201\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036201\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guests mingle at Loren Taylor’s election results party in Oakland on April 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Political groups operating independently from the campaigns also spent big money on mailers and online ads attacking each of the candidates, along with billboards and other campaign materials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of April 11, Taylor had benefited from $517,300 in outside spending from four groups — including a committee funded by fast-food franchise owners and another receiving money from Revitalize East Bay, which last year was a major backer of the recall of Price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other contributions came from Science Corporation CEO Max Hodak ($70,000), Lafayette real estate developer Ronald Nahas ($50,000) and Marty Glick, an advisor to the Golden State Warriors ($20,000).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside spending for Lee totalled $379,507 through April 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Nurses Association PAC contributed $200,000 to independent groups supporting Lee, with other major donations coming from the CEO of Kaiser Permanente and union-sponsored PACs like IFPTE Local 21 TJ Anthony PAC Fund, SEIU Local 1021 Candidate PAC and International Association of Firefighters Local 55 Political Action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036213\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036213\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-05-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-05-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-05-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland mayoral candidate Barbara Lee participates in a media interview during her election party in Oakland on April 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A week and a half after Lee announced her candidacy in January, federal prosecutors announced that Thao, her boyfriend Andre Jones, David Duong, the CEO of Oakland’s recycling contractor, California Waste Solutions, and his son, Andy Duong, were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022900/oakland-officials-react-to-indictment-of-former-mayor-thao-in-corruption-case\">indicted on bribery and fraud charges\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scandal, coupled with the city’s looming financial troubles, hung like a cloud over the race, with both Taylor and Lee distancing themselves from Thao and proposing transparency and accountability reforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both candidates said they would order an audit of the city’s finances. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 10:05 a.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Oakland City Councilmember \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/loren-taylor\">Loren Taylor\u003c/a> holds a narrow lead over former U.S. Rep. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/barbara-lee\">Barbara Lee\u003c/a> in initial results from Tuesday’s special election for Oakland mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor is ahead of Lee, 48%-46% in first-choice votes. When voters’ additional choices were included in a ranked-choice runoff, Taylor gained a 51%-49% advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those results will hold until at least Friday, when the Alameda County Registrar of Voters is expected to release its next update.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor’s early lead mirrors the one he had in the 2022 mayor’s race, which he ultimately lost to Sheng Thao once all the votes were counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a speech to supporters, Taylor called his run against Lee, who represented the East Bay in Congress for nearly three decades, “a true David and Goliath story.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036195\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-02-KQED-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-02-KQED-3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-02-KQED-3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-02-KQED-3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-02-KQED-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-02-KQED-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-02-KQED-3-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland mayoral candidate Loren Taylor takes a photo with a supporter at his campaign’s election results party in Oakland on April 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We may not know the outcome of this race tonight, we may not know this week,” Taylor said. “But what we do know is that it is important that we count every vote, that everyone’s voice is heard. Democracy must prevail in Oakland and beyond.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vote-counting will continue for weeks, and another update is not expected from the Alameda County Registrar of Voters until Friday. Any ballot postmarked by Tuesday and received by the Registrar of Voters before April 22 can be counted. Election officials will also spend the next few weeks confirming the eligibility of voters who registered on Election Day, and others whose ballot signature did not match their registration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010512/how-does-ranked-choice-voting-work\">city’s ranked choice system\u003c/a>, voters were able to rank up to five candidates in order of preference. Candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated in an instant runoff, and votes are redistributed until one candidate reaches a majority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Taylor’s election night gathering at a former Kaiser Permanente office tower downtown, more than a hundred supporters cheered and hugged when they learned of the initial results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036210\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12036210 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-02-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-02-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-02-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland mayoral candidate Barbara Lee takes the stage during her election night party on April 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Just blocks away, Lee supporters swayed underneath a disco ball as a band played on a stage adorned by yellow and green balloons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee urged supporters to enjoy themselves as they await further results from what she described as a “tough campaign.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is going to be a long week, but we’re doing very well,” Lee said. “We have to really be very vigilant right now with these votes as they come in, because we know that people just mailed them today, yesterday.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The winner of the mayoral election will finish out the remainder of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s term after she was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012357/sheng-thao-accepts-defeat-in-contentious-oakland-mayoral-recall\">recalled last year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an election for the District 2 City Council seat, Charlene Wang leads Kara Murray-Badal, 50%–26% in first-choice votes and 66% – 34% in the ranked-choice runoff. The seat, which includes neighborhoods around Lake Merritt, was vacated after Nikki Fortunato Bas was elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters appeared to embrace a sales tax increase, Measure A. Both Taylor and Lee agreed that Measure A would be crucial to fixing Oakland’s structural budget deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure A was passing with 64% of the vote in initial returns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a key component that anybody who is going to expect to do anything in the city is going to need going forward,” said Seth Olyer, president of the Oakland Firefighters union, Local 55.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036211\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036211\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-AC-03-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters clap for Oakland mayoral candidate Barbara Lee during an election night party on April 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since Thao was recalled, Oakland has had two interim mayors. City Council President Kevin Jenkins has served in the role since January, but he did not throw his hat in the ring to stay in the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor, who in 2022 lost to Thao by less than 700 votes, ran a campaign focused on fixing “broken” Oakland, pitching himself to voters as a professional problem solver. He laid out ideas for tackling Oakland’s financial crisis at a granular level, while calling for a course correction from the decisions of the previous administration under Thao.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José Mayor Matt Mahan came out in support of Taylor, as did organizers of the recalls of Thao and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014858/alameda-county-da-pamela-price-concedes-recall-defeat-after-long-holdout\">former Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price\u003c/a>, several members of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and other current and former local elected officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020556/barbara-lee-launches-campaign-for-oakland-mayor-after-contentious-recall\">entered the race\u003c/a> in early January after weeks of speculation and after a group of elected officials, business owners and other community leaders \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@oaklandneedsbarbaralee/oakland-needs-barbara-lee-1ee21c4e3ae6\">urged her to run\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>She ran on a platform of unity. Touting her track record of \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/677831d7ee817b16ccf67e54/t/67bf802dc7f7d80e6d1f5116/1740603438063/BillionsFactSheet.BLEE.2.25.pdf\">bringing billions in federal funding\u003c/a> to Oakland during her years in Congress, Lee told voters she would unite the city’s fractured sectors and use her experience and contacts to attract outside investment through public-private partnerships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee earned the endorsement of several of the city’s major labor unions and nearly all members of the Oakland City Council, leading some to predict she would be better positioned than Taylor to execute her agenda as mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lee also faced questions about her decision to oppose the Thao recall and whether her experience in Congress would easily translate to that of mayor, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021907/can-barbara-lee-avoid-mentors-missteps-run-oakland-mayor\">comparing her to the late Ron Dellums\u003c/a>, who was also urged to run for Oakland mayor after a storied career in Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor’s campaign spent nearly $400,000 through March 29, while Lee’s campaign spent slightly less, around $372,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036201\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036201\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-RESULTS-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, 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receiving money from Revitalize East Bay, which last year was a major backer of the recall of Price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other contributions came from Science Corporation CEO Max Hodak ($70,000), Lafayette real estate developer Ronald Nahas ($50,000) and Marty Glick, an advisor to the Golden State Warriors ($20,000).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside spending for Lee totalled $379,507 through April 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Nurses Association PAC contributed $200,000 to independent groups supporting Lee, with other major donations coming from the CEO of Kaiser Permanente and union-sponsored PACs like IFPTE Local 21 TJ Anthony PAC Fund, SEIU Local 1021 Candidate PAC and International Association of Firefighters Local 55 Political Action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036213\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036213\" 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participates in a media interview during her election party in Oakland on April 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A week and a half after Lee announced her candidacy in January, federal prosecutors announced that Thao, her boyfriend Andre Jones, David Duong, the CEO of Oakland’s recycling contractor, California Waste Solutions, and his son, Andy Duong, were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022900/oakland-officials-react-to-indictment-of-former-mayor-thao-in-corruption-case\">indicted on bribery and fraud charges\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scandal, coupled with the city’s looming financial troubles, hung like a cloud over the race, with both Taylor and Lee distancing themselves from Thao and proposing transparency and accountability reforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both candidates said they would order an audit of the city’s finances. 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"content": "\u003cp>Whoever becomes Oakland’s new mayor after Tuesday’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035862/oaklands-mayoral-hopefuls-make-final-push-as-special-election-turnout-lags\">special election\u003c/a> will inherit the deal that keeps getting delayed: the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-coliseum\">Coliseum sale\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After earlier revisions to the deal pushed back payments and triggered a trimmed-down city budget, the Oakland City Council voted Monday to postpone closing on the sale to a developers’ group until 2026. The latest delay was an effort to align the timeline with a separate Alameda County deal for the other 50% stake in the site, city officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county sold its stake to the A’s in 2019, but the deal has been paid in installments, and the title doesn’t officially transfer until next spring, when long-standing bonds tied to the site will be defeased or paid off. That means Alameda County has to sign off on the team’s sale of its stake to the African American Sports and Entertainment Group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group of Oakland-based investors has agreed to pay $125 million for each 50% stake in the Coliseum site, with plans to develop the space into homes, jobs and retail and revitalize East Oakland — a welcome prospect in the area after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008909/100-million-is-coming-to-deep-east-oakland\">decades of disinvestment\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006211/sad-devastated-bittersweet-oakland-as-fans-process-feelings-during-teams-final-week-of-home-games\">loss of the A’s\u003c/a> last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Alameda County’s talks to replace the A’s with AASEG as the new title holders come next spring \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030157/supervisors-aim-to-finalize-coliseum-sale-offering-hope-for-oaklands-budget-woes\">have been protracted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000665\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A young kid stands with back to camera with an green Oakland jacket. The green of the baseball field can be seen in the background.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 4-year-old watches the final Battle of the Bay game, between the A’s and the Giants, at the Oakland Coliseum on August 18, 2024.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Financially, it wouldn’t make sense for AASEG to pay such a steep price for the city’s stake in the land without knowing it would also get the A’s stake, city property asset manager Brendan Moriarty said, since each entity owns half of each square inch of the property — not a lump half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Until you control the whole property, you really can’t manage effectively, activate it and begin development,” Moriarty said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the sale delayed again, Oakland will be left without a payout until at least the next fiscal year as a rotating mayor’s office tries to develop a budget that can close a budget gap of more than $200 million over the next two years.[aside postID=news_12035862 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-MD-1020x680.jpg']The delays underscore criticism that the deal drew after it was announced in part as a\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992883/oakland-city-council-passes-budget-amid-concerns-over-pending-coliseum-sale\"> budget remedy\u003c/a> by former Mayor Sheng Thao. Some council members worried that using $60 million in elusive sale revenue to cover some of the city’s expenses could backfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That happened last fall when the deal was revised for the first time, pushing payments into the new year and triggering a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009486/oaklands-finances-significant-risk-report-warns-coliseum-sale-raises-questions\">contingency budget\u003c/a> that required police cuts, layoffs and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026938/oakland-leaders-propose-plan-reopen-fire-stations-budget-crisis-threatens-more-closures\">closure of multiple fire stations\u003c/a> in the Oakland Hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Monday’s City Council meeting, Alameda County Board of Supervisors President David Haubert said the county and AASEG were very close to finalizing deal terms but wouldn’t have them complete by May, when the city had planned to close its sale, or by the end of the fiscal year in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We haven’t taken any steps backward, but it will take time, and it’s very clear that it will take past the June 2025 timeframe,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ray Bobbitt, the managing partner of AASEG, told KQED that the funding and group are still fully committed to developing the site and that the new deal is more standard than the initial one AASEG made with the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11359776\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11359776\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Bobbitt-e1744749695448.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ray Bobbitt, a managing partner of AASEG, on March 12, 2017. Bobbit told KQED the group and its funding remain fully committed to developing the Coliseum site and that the new deal is more standard than AASEG’s initial agreement with the city. \u003ccite>(Nina Thorsen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But questions still remain. Chief among them: What happens if May 2026 rolls around and the A’s become the in-name owners of the other half of the land?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who knows what could happen then,” Haubert said to City Council members during Monday’s meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vanessa Riles with the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy said the tumult that’s surrounded the deal has been hard on Oaklanders, who are left to wonder about their budget and their local leaders’ intentions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My concern is: Where did the county timeline come from? To whom did they express it?” Riles asked. “As far as the whole county of Alameda knows, we’re waiting with bated breath any second for them to decide to vote on the reassignment. So what is actually happening that is causing that delay, and what has caused the city to [say] ‘We’re going to align with you?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said confusion is especially frustrating in East Oakland — where residents were first asked for input on what investment they’d like to see in the neighborhood when the city was working on the Coliseum Area Specific Plan ten years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To this date, none of it has happened,” she said. “The people of East Oakland have been let down over and over and over again. So to continue to delay the potential for development that will involve real community benefits and community engagement feels like a slight against people who have been slighted by their government forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The delays underscore criticism that the deal drew after it was announced in part as a\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992883/oakland-city-council-passes-budget-amid-concerns-over-pending-coliseum-sale\"> budget remedy\u003c/a> by former Mayor Sheng Thao. Some council members worried that using $60 million in elusive sale revenue to cover some of the city’s expenses could backfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That happened last fall when the deal was revised for the first time, pushing payments into the new year and triggering a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009486/oaklands-finances-significant-risk-report-warns-coliseum-sale-raises-questions\">contingency budget\u003c/a> that required police cuts, layoffs and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026938/oakland-leaders-propose-plan-reopen-fire-stations-budget-crisis-threatens-more-closures\">closure of multiple fire stations\u003c/a> in the Oakland Hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Monday’s City Council meeting, Alameda County Board of Supervisors President David Haubert said the county and AASEG were very close to finalizing deal terms but wouldn’t have them complete by May, when the city had planned to close its sale, or by the end of the fiscal year in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We haven’t taken any steps backward, but it will take time, and it’s very clear that it will take past the June 2025 timeframe,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ray Bobbitt, the managing partner of AASEG, told KQED that the funding and group are still fully committed to developing the site and that the new deal is more standard than the initial one AASEG made with the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11359776\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11359776\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Bobbitt-e1744749695448.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ray Bobbitt, a managing partner of AASEG, on March 12, 2017. Bobbit told KQED the group and its funding remain fully committed to developing the Coliseum site and that the new deal is more standard than AASEG’s initial agreement with the city. \u003ccite>(Nina Thorsen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But questions still remain. Chief among them: What happens if May 2026 rolls around and the A’s become the in-name owners of the other half of the land?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who knows what could happen then,” Haubert said to City Council members during Monday’s meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vanessa Riles with the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy said the tumult that’s surrounded the deal has been hard on Oaklanders, who are left to wonder about their budget and their local leaders’ intentions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My concern is: Where did the county timeline come from? To whom did they express it?” Riles asked. “As far as the whole county of Alameda knows, we’re waiting with bated breath any second for them to decide to vote on the reassignment. So what is actually happening that is causing that delay, and what has caused the city to [say] ‘We’re going to align with you?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said confusion is especially frustrating in East Oakland — where residents were first asked for input on what investment they’d like to see in the neighborhood when the city was working on the Coliseum Area Specific Plan ten years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To this date, none of it has happened,” she said. “The people of East Oakland have been let down over and over and over again. So to continue to delay the potential for development that will involve real community benefits and community engagement feels like a slight against people who have been slighted by their government forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 1:25 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032042/oakland-special-election-candidate-guide-and-how-to-vote\">Special election\u003c/a> day voting is underway in Oakland, and people waiting to cast their votes on 14th Street were split on the mayoral race, which appears to be tighter than expected between the two front-runners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s Barbara Lee versus Loren Taylor, basically, and I’m kind of conflicted on both of them,” Laurence Miotto said, echoing the sentiment of many Oaklanders outside the library polling place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s ranking Lee first, he said, but doesn’t mind Taylor. Miotto’s barometer for mayor: “He’s not insane or anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is reeling from the recall of two high-profile progressive leaders in November — former Mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sheng-thao\">Sheng Thao\u003c/a>, who was indicted on bribery and fraud charges earlier this year, and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Oakland voters will decide if they are still willing to back left-wing voices like Lee, who spent decades in Congress, or go the way of San Francisco and San José and elect a more centrist Democrat in Taylor, a former City Council member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035864\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035864\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_02227_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_02227_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_02227_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_02227_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_02227_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_02227_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_02227_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland mayoral candidates Barbara Lee, Loren Taylor and Renia Webb attend a public forum hosted by Greenbelt Alliance, Housing Action Coalition, and East Bay for Everyone in downtown Oakland, California, on Feb. 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the leaders of the effort to recall Thao, Seneca Scott, was outside the polling place with Jason Byrnes, a fellow recall supporter and vocal Thao critic on social media platform X. They both said they voted for Taylor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t let Barbara Lee, with her grifting history, take control of Oakland right now,” Byrnes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Housing activist Nicole Deane was excited to vote for Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She believes housing is a human right,” Deane told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But others going to the polls were less sure.[aside postID=news_12032042 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/14772659073_f7e7f00d0a_k_qed-1020x765.jpg']“I won’t tell you who I’m going to vote [for] because I don’t know myself,” said Carmelita LaRoche, who has been in Oakland for 55 years. Tony Ford told KQED he’d tried to make the best decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The front-running candidates took to the streets over the weekend to make the final case for their candidacy and get people to the polls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had hundreds of people out canvassing and knocking, myself included,” Lee said. “This is a push for every vote to be cast. We’re hoping that people don’t forget and that they haven’t lost hope in our electoral system because your vote is your voice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All registered voters in Oakland were sent mail-in ballots, which can be dropped off at \u003ca href=\"https://alamedacountyca.gov/rovapps/maps/ballotdropbox_map.htm\">one of 16 drop boxes\u003c/a> throughout the city or mailed postage-free. Mailed ballots will be counted as long as they are postmarked by Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents can also cast their votes in person at \u003ca href=\"https://alamedacountyca.gov/rov_app/vcalist?electionid=257\">1 of 9 voting centers\u003c/a> in the city or at the Alameda County Registrar of Voters’ Office. Voting ends at 8 p.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to registrar’s office spokesperson Tim Dupuis, 21% of ballots were returned by the end of Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were knocking on doors in neighborhoods, not leaving any stone unturned,” Taylor said. “It’s on track to be a very low turnout as most special elections are, and that’s unfortunate given that democracy is stronger when we have more people participating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s at stake?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The battleground election comes after what’s been a contentious few months for city leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland residents last year ousted Thao from the mayor’s office \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012357/sheng-thao-accepts-defeat-in-contentious-oakland-mayoral-recall\">in a recall election\u003c/a> that shed light on allegations of corruption unearthed by a federal investigation that eventually \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022612/ex-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-3-others-charged-with-bribery-sprawling-corruption-probe\">led to Thao’s indictment\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recall also underscored Oaklanders’ frustrations with what some residents said was the city’s inadequate response to high crime rates and a catastrophic budget deficit, issues that Oakland’s next mayor will need to address immediately upon entering office.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The front-runners’ proposals\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lee previously told KQED that she would alleviate the city’s financial troubles by securing outside investments through public and private partnerships, leveraging state and federal resources and auditing city spending to look for possible reductions ahead of the next fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also pledged to address public safety concerns by increasing the number of Oakland police officers as well as funding for community organizations that provide mental health services and youth engagement programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031714\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_OAKLAND-MAYOR_DB_00060-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_OAKLAND-MAYOR_DB_00060-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_OAKLAND-MAYOR_DB_00060-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_OAKLAND-MAYOR_DB_00060-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_OAKLAND-MAYOR_DB_00060-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_OAKLAND-MAYOR_DB_00060-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_OAKLAND-MAYOR_DB_00060-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland mayoral candidate Barbara Lee, center, addresses the crowd at a public forum organized by the League of Women Voters of Oakland at Oakland City Hall on March 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“My experience in leadership and my fighting for people here in Oakland is an example of how I want to work as mayor to deliver core services, to help steady the ship, to help adjust our budget challenges and to bring different points of view together,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor proposed similar plans for addressing Oakland’s problems. His ideas for reducing the city’s deficit include securing concessions from large companies operating in the city, facilitating outside partnerships and funding streams and assessing the revenue potential of Oakland’s vacant buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034443\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250403-LOREN-TAYLOR-ON-PB-MD-06-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034443\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250403-LOREN-TAYLOR-ON-PB-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250403-LOREN-TAYLOR-ON-PB-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250403-LOREN-TAYLOR-ON-PB-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250403-LOREN-TAYLOR-ON-PB-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250403-LOREN-TAYLOR-ON-PB-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250403-LOREN-TAYLOR-ON-PB-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250403-LOREN-TAYLOR-ON-PB-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayoral Candidate Loren Taylor at KQED headquarters in San Francisco on April 3, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With regard to public safety, Taylor previously said he would increase the city’s police force by hundreds of officers and fund violence-prevention programs that show proven results. He said he would also work to improve 911 response times and would reopen \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029499/oakland-halts-plan-close-4-fire-stations-amid-budget-crisis\">Oakland’s closed fire stations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have an urgency at the moment now that we have seen how bad things can get,” Taylor said. “Voters are hungry for a change. Voters are ready for something different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s on the ballot?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Seven other candidates are also in the running, and whoever is chosen will serve as mayor until the next election in 2026. Voters will also decide on a replacement in District 2 for former Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016605/oakland-special-election-mess-after-mayoral-recall-heres-why\">elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors\u003c/a>, and on Measure A, which would increase Oakland’s sales tax by 0.5%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayoral race will be determined by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010512/how-does-ranked-choice-voting-work\">ranked choice\u003c/a>. Voters can select up to five candidates and rank them by preference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a single candidate receives more than 50% of first-choice votes, they win outright. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is reeling from the recall of two high-profile progressive leaders in November — former Mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sheng-thao\">Sheng Thao\u003c/a>, who was indicted on bribery and fraud charges earlier this year, and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Oakland voters will decide if they are still willing to back left-wing voices like Lee, who spent decades in Congress, or go the way of San Francisco and San José and elect a more centrist Democrat in Taylor, a former City Council member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035864\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035864\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_02227_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_02227_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_02227_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_02227_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_02227_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_02227_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_02227_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland mayoral candidates Barbara Lee, Loren Taylor and Renia Webb attend a public forum hosted by Greenbelt Alliance, Housing Action Coalition, and East Bay for Everyone in downtown Oakland, California, on Feb. 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the leaders of the effort to recall Thao, Seneca Scott, was outside the polling place with Jason Byrnes, a fellow recall supporter and vocal Thao critic on social media platform X. They both said they voted for Taylor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t let Barbara Lee, with her grifting history, take control of Oakland right now,” Byrnes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Housing activist Nicole Deane was excited to vote for Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She believes housing is a human right,” Deane told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But others going to the polls were less sure.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“I won’t tell you who I’m going to vote [for] because I don’t know myself,” said Carmelita LaRoche, who has been in Oakland for 55 years. Tony Ford told KQED he’d tried to make the best decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The front-running candidates took to the streets over the weekend to make the final case for their candidacy and get people to the polls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had hundreds of people out canvassing and knocking, myself included,” Lee said. “This is a push for every vote to be cast. We’re hoping that people don’t forget and that they haven’t lost hope in our electoral system because your vote is your voice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All registered voters in Oakland were sent mail-in ballots, which can be dropped off at \u003ca href=\"https://alamedacountyca.gov/rovapps/maps/ballotdropbox_map.htm\">one of 16 drop boxes\u003c/a> throughout the city or mailed postage-free. Mailed ballots will be counted as long as they are postmarked by Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents can also cast their votes in person at \u003ca href=\"https://alamedacountyca.gov/rov_app/vcalist?electionid=257\">1 of 9 voting centers\u003c/a> in the city or at the Alameda County Registrar of Voters’ Office. Voting ends at 8 p.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to registrar’s office spokesperson Tim Dupuis, 21% of ballots were returned by the end of Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were knocking on doors in neighborhoods, not leaving any stone unturned,” Taylor said. “It’s on track to be a very low turnout as most special elections are, and that’s unfortunate given that democracy is stronger when we have more people participating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s at stake?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The battleground election comes after what’s been a contentious few months for city leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland residents last year ousted Thao from the mayor’s office \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012357/sheng-thao-accepts-defeat-in-contentious-oakland-mayoral-recall\">in a recall election\u003c/a> that shed light on allegations of corruption unearthed by a federal investigation that eventually \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022612/ex-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-3-others-charged-with-bribery-sprawling-corruption-probe\">led to Thao’s indictment\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recall also underscored Oaklanders’ frustrations with what some residents said was the city’s inadequate response to high crime rates and a catastrophic budget deficit, issues that Oakland’s next mayor will need to address immediately upon entering office.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The front-runners’ proposals\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lee previously told KQED that she would alleviate the city’s financial troubles by securing outside investments through public and private partnerships, leveraging state and federal resources and auditing city spending to look for possible reductions ahead of the next fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also pledged to address public safety concerns by increasing the number of Oakland police officers as well as funding for community organizations that provide mental health services and youth engagement programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031714\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_OAKLAND-MAYOR_DB_00060-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_OAKLAND-MAYOR_DB_00060-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_OAKLAND-MAYOR_DB_00060-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_OAKLAND-MAYOR_DB_00060-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_OAKLAND-MAYOR_DB_00060-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_OAKLAND-MAYOR_DB_00060-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250315_OAKLAND-MAYOR_DB_00060-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland mayoral candidate Barbara Lee, center, addresses the crowd at a public forum organized by the League of Women Voters of Oakland at Oakland City Hall on March 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“My experience in leadership and my fighting for people here in Oakland is an example of how I want to work as mayor to deliver core services, to help steady the ship, to help adjust our budget challenges and to bring different points of view together,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor proposed similar plans for addressing Oakland’s problems. His ideas for reducing the city’s deficit include securing concessions from large companies operating in the city, facilitating outside partnerships and funding streams and assessing the revenue potential of Oakland’s vacant buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034443\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250403-LOREN-TAYLOR-ON-PB-MD-06-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034443\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250403-LOREN-TAYLOR-ON-PB-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250403-LOREN-TAYLOR-ON-PB-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250403-LOREN-TAYLOR-ON-PB-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250403-LOREN-TAYLOR-ON-PB-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250403-LOREN-TAYLOR-ON-PB-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250403-LOREN-TAYLOR-ON-PB-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250403-LOREN-TAYLOR-ON-PB-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayoral Candidate Loren Taylor at KQED headquarters in San Francisco on April 3, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With regard to public safety, Taylor previously said he would increase the city’s police force by hundreds of officers and fund violence-prevention programs that show proven results. He said he would also work to improve 911 response times and would reopen \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029499/oakland-halts-plan-close-4-fire-stations-amid-budget-crisis\">Oakland’s closed fire stations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have an urgency at the moment now that we have seen how bad things can get,” Taylor said. “Voters are hungry for a change. Voters are ready for something different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s on the ballot?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Seven other candidates are also in the running, and whoever is chosen will serve as mayor until the next election in 2026. Voters will also decide on a replacement in District 2 for former Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016605/oakland-special-election-mess-after-mayoral-recall-heres-why\">elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors\u003c/a>, and on Measure A, which would increase Oakland’s sales tax by 0.5%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayoral race will be determined by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010512/how-does-ranked-choice-voting-work\">ranked choice\u003c/a>. Voters can select up to five candidates and rank them by preference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a single candidate receives more than 50% of first-choice votes, they win outright. 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"content": "\u003cp>If you’re an Oakland resident, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032042/oakland-special-election-candidate-guide-and-how-to-vote\">Tuesday is your last day to vote for a new mayor\u003c/a>, new city council member and whether to approve \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032042/oakland-special-election-candidate-guide-and-how-to-vote\">Measure A\u003c/a>, which would increase the city’s sales tax by 0.5%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your ballot for the special election will use a system known as “ranked choice voting” for the mayoral and city council races.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But how does ranked choice voting work in elections like these? Do you have to rank \u003ci>every \u003c/i>candidate in a race? And what happens if you rank your first choice multiple times?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what you need to know about ranked choice voting. 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