Barbara Lee Sworn in as Oakland Mayor

Rebecca Kaplan ends her 17-year tenure on Oakland City Council

Rebecca Kaplan ends her 17-year tenure on Oakland City Council Oakland officials and residents lamented the loss of one of their most experienced legislators.

Oakland Swears in New Mayor

YouTube @ KRON 4 Oakland officially has its new mayor.  Barbara Lee was sworn in Tuesday as the city’s 52nd mayor. Lee told supporters Tuesday she’s ready to get to work for all city residents and make Oakland something they all can be proud of.  Lee enters office as Oakland stares down a roughly 270 million dollar budget deficit over the next two years.

Barbara Lee sworn in as Oakland mayor

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- Former Rep. Barbara Lee was sworn in Tuesday as Oakland's 52nd mayor. Lee, 78, took her oath of office at the City Council chambers in Oakland City Hall. She delivered her first official remarks as mayor to a "packed room of family members, friends, elected leaders, and members of her Transition Committee," according to a news release from Lee's office. In the address, Lee "reiterated her commitment to govern in a new w…

Barbara Lee sworn in as Oakland's 1st Black woman mayor

Oakland officially got a new mayor Tuesday as Barbara Lee was sworn in after the city council formally announced the results of March's special election.

Barbara Lee, Sworn In as Oakland’s Mayor, Says ‘Today Marks a New Era’

The former congresswoman faces no shortage of challenges as Oakland’s mayor, including a budget crisis, stubbornly high rates of crime and homelessness, and insufficient housing.

Barbara Lee, sworn in as Oakland’s mayor, promises a ‘government you can trust’

OAKLAND — The room fell silent Tuesday when Barbara Lee was sworn in as the city’s mayor. After a rousing standing ovation, it quieted once again when Lee acknowledged a personal significance of the moment. The Bible she had placed her hand on during the Oakland City Hall ceremony, Lee explained, had belonged to her grandfather — who was born two years after Juneteenth, 1865, when slaves in Texas found out they had been freed. Lee ran through mo…