Mayor-elect Barbara Lee’s transition team a Who’s Who of Oakland community leaders

by Kiley Russell, Bay City News May 3, 2025May 2, 2025

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and City Hall. (Photo illustration by Glenn Gehlke/Local News Matters. File images via Bay City News)

Incoming Oakland mayor Barbara Lee on Friday announced her transition team will be composed of more than a dozen well-known local political, labor, business and nonprofit leaders.

Lee, who won a special April 15 election to replace ousted former mayor Sheng Thao, said she has formed a transition committee to help implement her agenda in the first 100 days of her administration.

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Kiley Russell, Bay City News

Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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