Oakland mayoral candidates share positions on gun violence, leadership, climate at forum

by Keith Burbank, Bay City News November 3, 2022November 1, 2022

Crosses representing the number of people slain in the city of Oakland this year are planted outside St. Columba Catholic Church, which hosted an Oct. 28 forum for candidates running for mayor. The crosses will be retired at a New Year's Eve ceremony traditionally attended by the mayor. (Photo by Keith Burbank/Bay City News)

Nine of 10 Oakland mayoral candidates sought to sway the public’s conscience at a forum held less than two weeks from Election Day.

Attending the Oct. 28 event at St. Columba Catholic Church were civil rights attorney Allyssa Victory Villanueva, nonprofit executive Gregory Hodge, former City Councilmember Ignacio De La Fuente, small business owner Seneca Scott, City Councilmember Loren Taylor, entertainer Peter Liu, retired carpenter John Reimann, City Council President Pro Tem Sheng Thao and City Councilmember Treva Reid.

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Keith Burbank, Bay City News

Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.

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