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kqed.org | Alex Hall |Alexandra Hall
May 1Failed to save articlePlease try againOakland City Hall in Oakland on April 28, 2025. Oakland is still issuing excess, unauthorized overtime payments — two months after the city auditor flagged $1.6 million — while officials await legal advice and try to locate documents that show they are justified.
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kqed.org | Guy Marzorati |Alex Hall
Apr 18Failed to save articlePlease try againBarbara Lee takes the stage at her election night party on April 15, 2025. Results released on Friday propelled the former East Bay representative ahead in the special election. (Aryk Copley for KQED)Under the city’s ranked choice voting system, voters were able to rank up to five candidates for mayor.
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kqed.org | Scott Shafer |Marisa Lagos |Guy Marzorati |Alex Hall
Scott ShaferMarisa LagosGuy MarzoratiAlex HallApr 18Failed to save articlePlease try againOakland mayoral candidate Loren Taylor speaks with his family beside him at his election night party in Oakland on April 15, 2025. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)After weeks of trying to make nice with the president, Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta head to court, saying Trump’s unilateral tariffs are messing up California’s trade-dependent economy.
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kqed.org | Guy Marzorati |Alex Hall |Samantha Lim
Failed to save articlePlease try againSupporters of Oakland mayoral candidate Barbara Lee dance to a live band on election night in Oakland on April 15, 2025. Loren Taylor holds a slight lead over Barbara Lee, but an estimated 42,000 ballots remain to be counted. Oakland residents woke up Wednesday morning to a razor thin margin in the city’s race for mayor, with a resolution days or even weeks away. Former city councilmember Loren Taylor narrowly leads longtime U.S. Rep.
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kqed.org | Alex Hall |Alexandra Hall
Failed to save articlePlease try againBarbara Lee addresses the room, as Loren Taylor (right) listens, at a public forum hosted by Greenbelt Alliance, Housing Action Coalition, and East Bay for Everyone, in downtown Oakland, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. Barbara Lee and Loren Taylor are among the candidates running in the special election called after the recall of former Mayor Sheng Thao.
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Apr 7Failed to save articlePlease try againInterim Mayor Kevin Jenkins addresses Oakland residents at an educational workshop about Oakland’s biennial budget process at the Main Library on March 11, 2025. On Monday, Jenkins announced that most of his office staff will be let go following the firing of his chief of staff over a note referring to Black people as “tokens.” (David M.
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kqed.org | Alex Hall |Alexandra Hall
Mar 28Failed to save articlePlease try againLoren Taylor is interviewed by the media at a public forum hosted by Greenbelt Alliance, Housing Action Coalition and East Bay for Everyone, in downtown Oakland, California, on Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. Independent expenditure groups and the campaign of Taylor have funded recent ads. Taylor also appeared on KQED’s Forum on Thursday. (David M.
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kqed.org | Ericka Cruz Guevarra |Alex Hall |Jessica Kariisa |Mel Velasquez
Ericka Cruz GuevarraAlex HallJessica KariisaMel VelasquezAlan MontecilloMar 26Failed to save articlePlease try againMembers of the public attend a forum for Oakland Mayoral Candidates organized by the League of Women Voters of Oakland at Oakland City Hall on March 15, 2025. (David M. Barreda/KQED)It’s time for Oakland voters to pick a new mayor. Voting is underway in Oakland’s special election until April 15.
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kqed.org | Alex Hall |Alexandra Hall
Mar 20Failed to save articlePlease try againA view of Oakland City Hall from June 28, 2016. Nine candidates are vying to be mayor of Oakland, after the previous mayor was recalled and as the city faces a major budget deficit. (Mike Linksvayer via Flickr)Voting is underway in Oakland between now and April 15 as voters choose a new mayor and city council member. They are also voting on whether to approve Measure A, which would increase Oakland’s sales tax by 0.5%. How did we get here?
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kqed.org | Alex Hall |Alexandra Hall
Failed to save articlePlease try againOakland residents attend an educational workshop about Oakland’s biennial budget process at the Main Library on March 11, 2025. The evening program was the city's second event aimed at gathering public input for its two-year budget, set to begin on July 1. On a recent Tuesday night, at least 80 people crowded into a small room in the basement of Oakland’s main library for a workshop about the city’s biennial budget process.
