Last year, Oakland voters recalled Mayor Barbara Lee’s predecessor, Sheng Thao, in large part over boiling frustrations about sprawling homeless camps that have taken root across the city. Now the ...

Oakland city leaders are touting a recent decline in violent crime as evidence that their Ceasefire program is making an ...

The city will make a "historic investment" over the next 25 years to ensure streets and sidewalks are more accessible to ...

On Tuesday, July 22, Council Member Carroll Fife and Mayor Barbara Lee shared a proposal to restore the city's Cultural ...

Around 80% of Measure W revenue will go to homelessness. The rest of the newly released funds are for other “essential ...

In her first public statements about the bill’s deep cuts to health care and food aid, Lee explains why she stayed quiet until now and what she’s been doing behind the scenes to protect Oaklanders.

Oakland voters consider giving the mayor's job to progressive icon Barbara Lee, despite her progressive politics. Lee addresses public safety and homelessness.

In Oakland, Lee and Taylor agree the Oakland Police Department needs 800 officers, up from the under 700 it has now. Taylor says he has a plan to get to 800 in three years, while Lee says it will ...

(Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s sons Craig Lee and Tony Lee, from left, acknowledge the crowd as she introduces them during the Mayoral Community Inauguration at ...

Loren Taylor, right, answers a question next to fellow Oakland mayoral candidate Barbara Lee during a debate Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. Credit: AP/Godofredo A. Vásquez.