Berkeley is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County,California,United States. It is named after the 18th-century Anglo-Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emeryville to the south and the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington to the north. Its eastern border with Contra Costa County generally follows the ridge of the Berkeley Hills. The 2020 census recorded a population of 124,321.
Shirley Ann Dean,considered moderate in Berkeley politics,is an American politician who served as the Mayor of Berkeley,California (1994-2002). Before serving two terms as Berkeley's Mayor,Dean served on the Berkeley City Council for 15 years (1975–94) and was a leader of the Berkeley Democratic Club.
Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County,with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major West Coast port,Oakland is the most populous city in the East Bay,the third most populous city in the Bay Area,and the eighth most populous city in California. It serves as the Bay Area's trade center:the Port of Oakland is the busiest port in Northern California,and the fifth- or sixth-busiest in the United States. A charter city,Oakland was incorporated on May 4,1852,in the wake of the state's increasing population due to the California gold rush.
Alameda County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census,the population was 1,682,353,making it the 7th-most populous county in the state and 21st most populous nationally. The county seat is Oakland. Alameda County is in the San Francisco Bay Area,occupying much of the East Bay region.
Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. is an American lawyer,author,and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he was elected secretary of state of California in 1970;Brown later served as mayor of Oakland from 1999 to 2007 and attorney general of California from 2007 to 2011. He was both the oldest and sixth-youngest governor of California due to the 28-year gap between his second and third terms. Upon completing his fourth term in office,Brown became the fourth longest-serving governor in U.S. history,serving 16 years and 5 days in office.
Ronald Vernie Dellums was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oakland from 2007 to 2011. He had previously served thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 9th congressional district,in office from 1971 to 1998,after which he worked as a lobbyist in Washington,D.C.
Nancy Nadel is a U.S. politician,businesswoman,and former four-term member of the Oakland City Council. After two terms on the Board of the East Bay Municipal Utility District,Nadel was elected to the District Three Downtown-West Oakland City Council seat in 1996. In 2006,Nadel ran unsuccessfully for Mayor. In 2008,Nadel was re-elected to her fourth consecutive term on Oakland's City Council in a contentious race with two other candidates. She retired from the Oakland City Council in 2012;her seat is currently held by Lynette Gibson McElhaney. Nadel is the founder of a chocolate business.
Daniel Mark Siegel is a civil-rights attorney at the Oakland-based law firm Siegel,Yee,Brunner &Mehta,former legal adviser to Oakland Mayor Jean Quan,and candidate in the 2014 Oakland mayoral race. He specializes in employment and labor law.
Ignacio De La Fuente is a former Oakland City Councilmember. He was also the President of Oakland's City Council until January 2009,when he became vice mayor of Oakland. De La Fuente was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Oakland in 1998,2006,and 2022.
Lai Jean Quan is an American politician who served the 49th mayor of Oakland,California from 2011 to 2015. She previously served as City Council member for Oakland's 4th District. Upon inauguration on January 3,2011,she became Oakland's first female mayor. Quan ran an unsuccessful campaign for reelection in 2014,losing the mayoral race to Libby Schaaf,a member of the Oakland City Council.
Crime in Oakland,California began to rise during the late 1960s after the King assassination riots,and by the end of the 1970s Oakland's per capita murder rate had risen to twice that of San Francisco or New York City. In 1983,the National Journal referred to Oakland as the "1983 crime capital" of the San Francisco Bay Area. Crime continued to escalate during the 1980s and 1990s,and during the first decade of the 21st century Oakland has consistently been listed as one of the most dangerous large cities in the United States.
Occupy Oakland refers to a collaboration and series of demonstrations in Oakland,California,that started in October 2011. As part of the Occupy movement,protesters have staged occupations,most notably at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in front of Oakland City Hall.
Desley Brooks is a politician in Oakland,California. She served as a Councilmember on the Oakland City Council from 2002 to 2018. In January 2011,Brooks was also inaugurated as the vice mayor of Oakland.
The Oakland City Council is an elected governing body representing the City of Oakland,California.
Patricia (Pat) Kernighan,a politician and a lawyer,was a District 2 city council member in Oakland,California until 2014,noted for her advocacy of instant run-off voting in city elections.
Barbara Parker is city attorney of Oakland,California.
Michael Patrick Sweeney is an American Democratic Party politician who most recently served as mayor of Hayward,California,from 2006 to 2014. He served on the City Council starting in 1982,was reelected in 1986,and elected mayor for the first time in 1990.
In 2010,due to escalating gang activity and high crime rates in Oakland,California,the Oakland city attorney's office under John Russo sought gang injunctions in Oakland against multiple gangs,with the first coming into effect in May of that year. A second injunction was sought from 2010 to 2012,with a preliminary injunction approved in June 2011 and the full injunction approved in February 2012. A gang injunction is a court-issued restraining order that prohibits named gang members from participating in a variety of specified activities. The injunctions were controversial,with opponents citing concerns about their high costs and the possibility of civil rights violations,while proponents felt that the city had not adequately supported the injunctions. In 2015,city attorney Barbara Parker dismissed both injunctions.
Dan Kalb is an American politician. He represents District 1 on the Oakland City Council,a position he has held since January 2013.
The 2014 Oakland mayoral election was held on November 4,2014 to elect the mayor of Oakland,California. It saw the election of Libby Schaaf,who unseated incumbent mayor Jean Quan.
