High-ranking Oakland official who spoke to feds about ex-mayor leaves for another East Bay city

Duffey is in line to be the new city manager in Brentwood, an eastern Contra Costa County city with about 67,000 residents — ...
Vallejo Times Herald

Docs seized by feds reveal inner workings of ex-Mayor Sheng Thao’s orbit

OAKLAND — Long before the FBI raids last summer that sent Mayor Sheng Thao’s career into a nightmarish spiral, an army of staffers appeared hard at work getting her governing plans for Oakland off ...
AOL

Oakland mayor’s chief of staff fired after referring to black people as ‘tokens’ in resurfaced note: reports

A high-ranking city official in Oakland, California, has been fired over a resurfaced note that showed her referring to black people as “tokens,” according to reports. Chief of staff Leigh Hanson was ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Once homeless, daughter of refugees, Sheng Thao addresses Oakland; To become city's 51st mayor

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Oakland City Council Member Sheng Thao will become Oakland's 51st mayor, beating out City Council Member Loren Taylor by less than 700 votes in ranked choice voting. "We ...
Vallejo Times Herald

Thao considered using Oakland’s funds to cover her campaign debt, new documents suggest

OAKLAND – Nearly six months after Sheng Thao took office, she still owed tens of thousands of dollars to the campaign manager who had helped deliver her a victory. Long-established state law ...