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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Councilmember Carroll Fife helped to restore the city’s top cultural affairs role, and a $600,000 "emergency pooled fund" ...

The city points to years of research and data that has determined Ceasefire to be what they call, "the most successful gun ...

OAKLAND, California — Barbara Lee's homecoming run for Oakland mayor had all the markings of a blowout: Political power players swiftly united behind Lee, a progressive icon in her staunchly ...

(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 ...

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