Loren Taylor’s backers outspending Barbara Lee’s support in final days Oakland mayor’s chief of staff fired over note with racist reference Sheng Thao considered using Oakland’s funds for ...

In January 2025, federal prosecutors indicted former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her romantic partner Andre Jones and David and Andy Duong, the father-and-son duo who run the city’s contracted ...

OAKLAND — The city has reversed course on what remained of a plan to dramatically speed up the sale of its Oakland Coliseum share, placing the deal back onto a “more conventional” timeline ...

The payment had been part of former Mayor Sheng Thao’s plan to expedite the massive land sale so that the revenue could help plug a crippling budget deficit facing the city government.

The election was scheduled after former mayor Sheng Thao lost a recall election in November. RELATED: Oakland mayoral election: Top candidates share vision for city, crime and more with ABC7 Lee ...

Vásquez) Oakland had a sudden vacancy at the top after voters ousted former Mayor Sheng Thao in November ... She was the nation’s first mayor of a major city to be voted out of office midterm ...

Oakland mayoral race: Loren Taylor’s backers outspending Barbara Lee’s support in final days Oakland mayor cleans house, fires all remaining staff from former Thao administration Sheng Thao co ...

This summary is reviewed by TRD Staff. Oakland City Council has extended the deadline for the African American Sports and Entertainment Group (AASEG) to close a $125 million deal to purchase the ...