Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee has chosen a local progressive leader with experience in the Obama administration as her chief of staff, the first official hire in her office that signals how Lee will ...

AFTER 32 YEARS, Alameda County’s Board of Supervisors will have a new District 5 representative as two experienced politicians are running to replace Supervisor Keith Carson, who is retiring.

Saika Chen is an Oakland native and a political insider having served as a senion advisor in the Obama administration and as chief of staff to former city councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas.

Interim Oakland Mayor Kevin Jenkins announced Wednesday that he will be submitting his budget proposal four days late.

Oaklanders will also vote on a tax measure. District 2 residents will vote for a new council member after Nikki Fortunato Bas was elected to serve as an Alameda County Supervisor. On Saturday ...

District 2 residents will vote for a new council member after Nikki Fortunato Bas was elected to serve as an Alameda County supervisor. There are a total of six candidates running for the open ...

Public-employee labor unions such as SEIU 1021 and IFPTE Local 21 often spend big on the city’s elections, but the money has gained particular attention this time around as Oakland’s leaders weigh the ...

Nikki Fortunato Bas spent the last 12 years leading the Partnership for Working Families network - the past 4 years as Executive Director of Partnership for Working Families and 8 years as Executive ...

We’ll speak with Nikki Fortunato-Bas, the Alameda County District 5 Supervisor and a former District 2 Oakland City Councilmember, as well as Chaney Turner, the Integrated Voter Engagement Director ...