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

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

While Jenkins is the official author, he says he has had daily conversations with Lee, who won’t be sworn in until mid-May. And Lee says she will propose changes she thinks are necessary.

Oakland’s police officers want the mayor gone. At a press conference in the police officers’ union hall today, OPOA leaders laid the blame for many of Oakland’s problems—especially crime ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul said she won’t remove Mayor Eric Adams from office Thursday – but also wants guardrails to ensure he’s not compromised by President Trump. A fiery Hochul announced a spate ...

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

Hochul unveiled a new plan that would expand Albany’s oversight of the mayor’s office. But lawmakers would have to approve it.

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

Former congressmember Barbara Lee told a crowd of supporters that she's ready to lead Oakland as her mayoral campaign kicked off its headquarters opening over the weekend.