Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee Signals She’ll Run for Full Term in November ^44.7%

KQED - By Izzy Bloom, Brian Watt - 5/20/2026, 11:54 PM

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One year after taking office, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee signaled that she would seek another bid for a full term and laid out an ambitious plan to rework city government, even as her administration navigates a recent personnel crisis. “We’re doing the work that Oaklanders deserve,” Lee told KQED on Wednesday. “But we have a lot more to... more