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

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

Former Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) was projected to win a special election to become the next mayor of Oakland, according to Decision Desk HQ, in what became a closer-than-expected race amid ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Progressive icon and former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee declared victory Saturday as the new mayor of troubled Oakland, a San Francisco Bay Area city reeling from economic stagnation ...

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

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