I accept your choice with a deep sense of responsibility, humility and love,' Lee said in her victory statement.

OAKLAND — Barbara Lee ... in turn, painted Taylor as a “City Hall insider” partially to blame for the city’s perilous budget deficit. Taylor, who served a four-year council term until ...

Barbara Lee, the retired congresswoman seen as a stabilizing force for a city in a crisis of leadership, has been elected ...

OAKLAND, California — Former Rep. Barbara Lee will be Oakland’s next mayor, taking over a city she represented for decades at a time of deep political turmoil and economic uncertainty.

OAKLAND — Election night results showed former ... specter of Thao’s ongoing felony corruption case that looms over City Hall. Taylor made clear his intent to run again for mayor well before ...

Plenty of factors are to blame, and chief among them are crime, homelessness, shuttering businesses and an $87 million budget deficit that city hall is still scrambling to fix. “Oakland has some real ...

Report commissioned by the Oakland City Council says police staffing is 199 officers below recommended baseline The report determined that OPD could use additional officers to manage its workload.

Former Oakland City Councilman Loren Taylor trails former Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) by about 5,000 votes, according to the latest election results posted Friday by the Alameda County Elections Office.