Oakland City Council | |
---|---|
Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
President | |
President Pro Tem | |
Vice Mayor | |
Structure | |
Seats | 8 |
Political groups | Officially nonpartisan
|
Length of term | 4 Years |
Elections | |
instant-runoff voting (all seats)
| |
Last election | November 8, 2022 |
Next election | November 5, 2024 |
Meeting place | |
Oakland City Hall 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612 |
The Oakland City Council is an elected governing body representing the City of Oakland, California.
Since 1998, Oakland has had a mayor-council government. The mayor is elected for a four-year term. The Oakland City Council has eight council members representing seven districts in Oakland with one member elected at-large; council members serve staggered four-year terms, and are all elected using instant-runoff voting. The mayor appoints a city administrator, subject to the confirmation by the city council, who is the chief administrative officer of the city. Other city officers include: city attorney (elected), city auditor (elected), and city clerk (appointed by city administrator). [1] Oakland's mayor is subject to a tenure limited to two terms. [2] There are no term limits for the city council.
District | Councilmember | Party (officially nonpartisan) | First elected |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dan Kalb (President Pro Tem) | Democratic | 2012 |
2 | Nikki Fortunato Bas (Council President) | Democratic | 2018 |
3 | Carroll Fife | Democratic | 2020 |
4 | Janani Ramachandran | Democratic | 2022 |
5 | Noel Gallo | Democratic | 2012 |
6 | Kevin Jenkins | Democratic | 2022 |
7 | Treva Reid | Democratic | 2020 |
At-large | Rebecca Kaplan | Democratic | 2008 [3] |
Frank Ogawa, also Japanese American, served twenty-eight years on the Oakland City CouncilForeword by Kevin Starr
Oakland school board member Kerry Hamill faces AC Transit board member Rebecca Kaplan ... to replace incumbent Councilman Henry Chang Jr., who served 14 years in the citywide seat.
Oakland City Council | |
---|---|
Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
President | |
President Pro Tem | |
Vice Mayor | |
Structure | |
Seats | 8 |
Political groups | Officially nonpartisan
|
Length of term | 4 Years |
Elections | |
instant-runoff voting (all seats)
| |
Last election | November 8, 2022 |
Next election | November 5, 2024 |
Meeting place | |
Oakland City Hall 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612 |
The Oakland City Council is an elected governing body representing the City of Oakland, California.
Since 1998, Oakland has had a mayor-council government. The mayor is elected for a four-year term. The Oakland City Council has eight council members representing seven districts in Oakland with one member elected at-large; council members serve staggered four-year terms, and are all elected using instant-runoff voting. The mayor appoints a city administrator, subject to the confirmation by the city council, who is the chief administrative officer of the city. Other city officers include: city attorney (elected), city auditor (elected), and city clerk (appointed by city administrator). [1] Oakland's mayor is subject to a tenure limited to two terms. [2] There are no term limits for the city council.
District | Councilmember | Party (officially nonpartisan) | First elected |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dan Kalb (President Pro Tem) | Democratic | 2012 |
2 | Nikki Fortunato Bas (Council President) | Democratic | 2018 |
3 | Carroll Fife | Democratic | 2020 |
4 | Janani Ramachandran | Democratic | 2022 |
5 | Noel Gallo | Democratic | 2012 |
6 | Kevin Jenkins | Democratic | 2022 |
7 | Treva Reid | Democratic | 2020 |
At-large | Rebecca Kaplan | Democratic | 2008 [3] |
Frank Ogawa, also Japanese American, served twenty-eight years on the Oakland City CouncilForeword by Kevin Starr
Oakland school board member Kerry Hamill faces AC Transit board member Rebecca Kaplan ... to replace incumbent Councilman Henry Chang Jr., who served 14 years in the citywide seat.