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The Oakland City Council is an elected governing body representing the City of Oakland, California. ... District 5 – Noel Gallo (elected in 2012, 2016)
The 2025 Oakland mayoral special election will be held on April 15, 2025, to elect the next mayor of Oakland, California, following the recall of mayor Sheng Thao in November 2024. City Council president Nikki Fortunato Bas served as interim mayor until January 6, 2025, when she resigned to take a seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors .
In 2021, Gallo voted to redirect $17.4 million of a $27 million budget increase from the Oakland Police Department to the Department of Violence Prevention. [5] In 1992 he was the first Hispanic elected to the Oakland School Board [6] on which he also served as President. [7] Gallo grew up in the Fruitvale district, [8] which he now represents. [9]
Ignacio De La Fuente, former city councilor from the 5th district and candidate for mayor in 1998 and 2006 [5] Greg Hodge, former school board member [6] Tyron Jordan, paralegal [7] Peter Liu, entrepreneur and perennial candidate [7] Treva Reid, city councilor from the 7th district [7] John Reimann, retired carpenter and Carpenters Local 713 ...
The more affluent neighborhoods are located in the hills along the northeast side of the city, while neighborhoods are generally less prosperous the nearer they are located to San Francisco Bay. Downtown and West Oakland are located entirely in the flatlands, while North and East Oakland incorporate lower hills and flatlands neighborhoods.
FBI raids in Oakland — including at the home of Mayor Sheng Thao — have cast a spotlight on a years-long probe into the political influence of the Duong family and California Waste Solutions.
Adams Point is a neighborhood of Oakland, California. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Merritt, directly adjacent to Downtown Oakland and the Grand Lake district. It is a triangle bounded by Grand Avenue on the south, Harrison Street on the northwest, and the MacArthur Freeway on the northeast. It lies at an elevation of 79 feet (24 m).
Ferris remains one of the truly mysterious figures among all Oakland mayors. He was listed in 1869 and 1870 Oakland city directories as "banker, Wilcox Block," as a "capitalist" in the 1871 and 1872-3 directories, and as president of the First National Gold Bank of Oakland in 1875 and 1876.