She oversaw the city as it dealt with tragedy when the Ghost Ship fire killed 36 people at a warehouse party. Schaaf spent her entire first day as mayor in 2015 at the Oakland Police Department, demonstrating tone-deafness to the people at a time when thousands of Oaklanders were in the streets protesting OPD shootings of Black folks. Some of the highest vacancy rates are in key city functions about 30% of jobs in the building department are open and nearly a third of positions in the transportation department are open. Brown endorses candidate in Oakland mayor's race", "Sen. 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It also lays out her political achievements and failures as the citys 50th mayor for the past eight years. Rep. Katie Porter of Orange County announces she'll run for the Senate seat held by Dianne Feinstein, who at 89 is not expected to seek reelection in 2024. In the citys housing element from 2015 to 2023, which lays out how a city will plan for new homes, Oakland reached 174% of its goal for above-moderate-rate housing. Still, she acknowledged, its not enough. As Schaaf, a moderate, leaves office, the progressive Sheng Thao is preparing to take over. The first enforcement of this ban was on May 21, during a #SayHerName[29] march, a nationwide coordinated march focused on ending state violence against black women and girls in the US. [37], Schaaf is Jewish. Sarah Ravani covers Oakland and the East Bay at The San Francisco Chronicle. That dissatisfaction also extended to the citys leadership 42% of the polls respondents rated Schaafs performance poorly. In addition to repaving, Schaaf created a Department of Transportation and a 311 system that residents can call to report potholes and damaged roads. While Schaaf ushered in a building boom, Lindheim said the housing crisis in Oakland is worse than ever., They grossly under-performed targets of moderate housing and they greatly over-performed targets of market rate housing, Lindheim said. After the rally, demonstrators began to march onto the street. We achieved OPD's long-sought compliance with court-ordered reforms with our new Police Commission. But, some say, the last few years of her administration, particularly throughout the pandemic, were less successful. People tend to be remembered by the end of their administration and if that Oakland Chamber of Commerce poll is any indication, shes not being well-remembered, said Dan Lindheim, a former city administrator and current professor at UC Berkeleys Goldman School of Public Policy. In any big city, the key to successful policymaking begins with effective politicking. $5 million for each longtime Black resident? Schaaf said the biggest challenges from her time in office are the problems she inherited from previous administrations from deteriorating roads with no plans to fix them to a non-existent response to homelessness. Those times also include overseeing a police department plagued with a sex scandal and once cycled through three police chiefs in just nine days in 2016. Ask Amy: I'm young and hot, and I just got two of my older clients pregnant, Harriette Cole: My husband can't remember what he did on New Year's Eve, and I can't forget, The Bay Area's 10 best new bakeries, from Los Gatos to Danville to Emeryville, Dear Abby: It makes me queasy when my boyfriend sends roses to my office for no reason, Miss Manners: These two moms tried to shame me for cutting in the supermarket line, Dear Abby: Because of a patio heater, we've been dragged into their messy divorce, Harriette Cole: I'm hurt by my best friend's surprising behavior. Schaaf also built and ran the first centralized volunteer program for Oakland public schools at theMarcus Foster Institute. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". By nearly every metric, she has decreased community safety and increased human suffering of those already most marginalized. she exclaimed. Stop criminalizing and dehumanizing our unhoused neighbors. She instituted one of the nations largest guaranteed income programs for low-income residents and launched a widely lauded program called Keep Oakland Housed, which provides rent checks and legal representation for residents at risk of homelessness. S.F. [2][3] Schaaf won re-election in 2018 with a 27% margin. And with the passage of Measure U, an $850 million bond measure that Schaaf co-wrote with council President Nikki Fortunato Bas, the city will have more money to put toward creating affordable housing. Dan Borenstein is an award-winning columnist for the Bay Area News Group and editorial page editor of the East Bay Times. Come January, Thao, as the new mayor, and her labor allies on the council will no longer be able to use Schaaf as their political foil to hide their own failures to address the citys problems. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf (left) and her assistant, Sun Kwong Sze, wave to honking motorists as they stand at the intersection of 82nd and Bancroft avenues during a Ceasefire Night Walk in 2020. His candidacy was always a longshot, especially given his troubled two-decade tenure on the council, but it sucked up more than $500,000 of outside spending that could have helped Taylor counter more than $700,000 of independent expenditures for Thao. Rather they split between progressives. Before winning the mayors seat, Schaaf served on the City Council for one term, representing part of the Oakland Hills. Oakland is a challenging city to govern, said Doug Linney, a political consultant in the East Bay. However, she doesnt only do social works to gain peoples trust. The programs success is mixed. Outside the Oakland Mayor's office, there is a photo gallery of all the bearded, stern-faced men who have served in the past 168 years. Executive director of EveryOne Home Chelsea Andrews (left) and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf walk together as they count homeless people around Lake Merritt in February. Bas said council members regularly hear from residents about their frustration with the lack of services trash, illegal dumping and sanitation and said its been a significant problem. OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf says the city is working to deal with a spike in homicides with more than a dozen seen this year so far. Indeed, shes a millionaire. He has worked for the Times and its affiliated newspapers since 1980, including previous assignments as political editor, Sacramento bureau editor, projects editor and assistant metro editor. A mayor who serves all of Oakland, not just the wealthy few, someone with the courage to undo the Schaaf painful legacy and allow Oakland to heal. 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We created Oakland's first Department of Transportation, 311 Call Center, Infrastructure Bond Program, and Equity-driven Paving Plan, which delivered Oakland's all-time record for roads replaced 100 miles in 3 years! And respondents were overwhelmingly concerned with gun violence 97% said its an extremely or very serious problem, and 88% said the same about crime. We tackled the unsexy basics like finances and POTHOLES. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Weve had to respond to the crisis while building a whole new system that did not exist in City Hall just six years ago.. John Ramos accidentally launched a lifelong career in journalism when he began drawing editorial cartoons and writing smart-alecky satire pieces for the Bakersfield High School newspaper. This tool lets you decide, Two major shifts sparked mental health crisis for California's LGBTQ youth, Heres everything you can bid on as the Twitter auction begins, Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). If we follow her actions, we think we can feel she loves what she does. Californians approved billions for new water storage. I hope people appreciated that I was focusing my attention on addressing Oaklands challenges, not building a political pipeline. She and her followers are now paying a huge price for that nave thinking. Its a humanitarian crisis, Schaaf said. ICEs acting director Thomas Homan stated that ICE failed to arrest around 800 people because of the alert. Political experts say that while Oakland is grappling with major issues the housing and homelessness crises and violent crime Schaaf deserves credit for leading the city through some of its toughest times, including the pandemic. built in 1966 and renovated in 1996, has been plagued by noted sewage issues over recent years, lighting problems and low attendance. Since Schaaf took office, the number of unhoused Oaklanders has increased by 130%. The cabin community idea was really unheard of at the time, said Moss, who also served as Schaafs chief of staff for the first two years of her mayoralty. Polling showed Schaaf was widely popular in 2015, the year after her first mayoral election. The department is tantalizing close to ending nearly 20 years under federal oversight in May, if it can continue to comply with court-mandated reforms. [32][33] She responded, "I was sharing information in a way that was legal and was not obstructing justice, and it was an opportunity to ensure that people were aware of their rights." Libby Schaaf hosts her final news conference as Oakland mayor this month. Here Are Four Ways to Spot Greenwashing, The School Board Queen Endorsed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, The School Board Queen: How a Florida Mom Is Shaking Up US Education, The Idea of Parental Rights in Education Goes Back to the 1950s, Ryan Salame Invested Big In ASmall Town, Now Its Tangled Up In FTXs Fallout(Podcast), Fight to Regulate Crypto atCrossroads as Ripple Ruling Looms. Schaaf has also been a strong advocate for locating a ballpark for the A's at Howard Terminal in the Port of Oakland. Which Bay Area city is best for you? She worked extensively on Oakland Police Department reform, hiring more civilian staff and pushing through a plan to coordinate the Oakland Police Department with the Alameda County Sheriff's Department, to increase the number of officers patrolling Oakland. Then theyll need to lift us up. On her very first day in office, Schaaf was awakened by protestors at her home, and she was later criticized for touring the city with police officers. In addition to repaving, Schaaf created a Department of Transportation and a 311 system that residents can call to report potholes and damaged roads. Is that fair for an overall eight year period? in political science from Rollins College and a J.D. Street paving plans are held up by a shortage of 63 staff positions in the Department of Transportation. She has provided coverage on wildfires, mass shootings, the fatal shooting of police officers and massive floods in the North Bay. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions. The number of units the city was supposed to build is greater than the number of unhoused people, while the Town spends 10 times as much on police as it does on housing. Nearly 5,000 new apartments were built in Oakland's downtown area between 2018 and 2020, but less than 4% of those units were below market rate. Libby Schaaf will go down as one of the worst mayors in Oakland's history. The persistent level of vacancies that Oakland has had in key departments, like public works, planning and building, has really impacted Oaklands ability to provide the basic services, Bas said. As Schaaf, a moderate, leaves office, the progressive Sheng Thao is preparing to take over. Harriette Cole: How do I confront my mom about what I heard? That is an increase from 93 the year she took office. As she comes to the end of her eight-year term, the Oakland native said her passion has always been about helping kids. After 22 years with the City of Oakland, I believe more than ever in the power and promise of local government. Unless the two groups can somehow coalesce, labor leaders will continue to fill the political vacuum. We cannot afford another year of the Schaaf neoliberal nightmare. Funding for the Department of Transportation came from many public resources, including Measure BB,[27] a sales tax approved in November 2014 to fund transportation projects in Alameda County. While market rate housing is constructed for new residents, Oakland has become the third most expensive city in the country for renters, and Black Oaklanders especially face overwhelming displacement pressures. 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People tend to be remembered by the end of their administration and if that Oakland Chamber of Commerce poll is any indication, shes not being well remembered, said Dan Lindheim, a former city administrator and current professor at UC Berkeleys Goldman School of Public Policy. As Schaaf exits on Jan. 2, she leaves behind a crime-ridden city with inadequate police staffing, unfunded retirement liabilities that have grown from about $2.4 billion a decade ago to $3. The outcomes and conditions in the city arent as positive as anybody would like. Her style was that of a practical progressive; vocal on social justice issues, but also determined to deal with real-world problems. Moss said shes eager to see how Schaafs legacy will live on from her investments in education for Oakland children to implementing Ceasefire, the citys flagship anti-violence program. Why hasnt it She failed to save her daughter from fentanyls grip. Schaaf failed to expand MACRO, a model for mental health emergency support to Oaklanders that does not lead with law enforcement, and which could free up officers to handle actual crime. We built and strengthened enduring PARTNERSHIPS to tackle our most vexing problems. gallery owner who sprayed homeless woman in viral video apologizes. I have seen true heroism in the public servants who Ive had the honor of serving with and learning from -- especially those magical, brilliant professionals who made up the Mayors Office, aka Team MLS. Heres what Sheng Thao plans to do first, Is Oakland more progressive than San Francisco? Residents are mostly split in their opinions of Schaaf. The cabin community idea was really unheard of at the time, said Moss, who also served as Schaafs chief of staff for the first two years of her mayoralty. It's been the honor of a lifetime to serve as Oakland's 50th Mayor during the eventful years of 2015-2022. And the new candidates Schaaf backed often entered the races late, lacked sufficient funding and were unprepared, inexperienced and/or poorly vetted. However, her house in Oakland, where she resides with her family, came to the attention of many after itwas vandalized as the threatof federal troops looms back in July. 311 is an easy-to-remember telephone number that connects you with highly trained City of Oakland Call Center representatives who are ready to help you with requests for non-emergency City services. Foster Educational Institute in 1995, creating and running a new volunteer program for the Oakland Unified School District. Official Website for the City of Oakland | Mayor Sheng Thao. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". And the pandemic has undercut the growth in business migration to Oakland that was so promising just a few years ago. She tied the knot with her husband,Salvatore Fahey. An estimated 60% or more are Black. Oakland Police Officers' Association Meanwhile, with Schaaf gone, more politically moderate residents who once backed her and this year subscribed to Taylors pragmatic progressive approach have almost no representation or political organization to fall back on. When it came to the mayoral race this year, Schaafs popularity was so tarnished that business leaders who shared her concern about a labor takeover of city government failed to unify behind a candidate, and some dismissed Taylors candidacy because he was endorsed by Schaaf. This is the gem of Oakland and its completely trashed, the woman said pointing to the people sleeping on the street. At best, her tenure has been mixed, said Jim Ross, a political consultant based in Oakland. Most famously, she sparred with former President Trump after alerting residents that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could conduct a raid. Its been the honor of a lifetime to serve as Oaklands 50th Mayor during the eventful years of 2015-2022. Before starting her political career, Schaaf was an attorney in Oakland at the law firm of Reed Smith LLP. Even the United Nations condemned Schaafs treatment of the unhoused, saying it constitutes cruel and inhuman treatment and is a violation of multiple human rights, including the rights to life, housing, health and water and sanitation.. Moreover, she never capitalized on her early popularity and the bully pulpit of the mayoral post to build an effective fund-raising and grassroots political operation that could be mobilized in support of political allies. An Oakland Chamber of Commerce poll released in October shows that voters are largely dissatisfied with the city 64% of the polls respondents said they felt the city was headed in the wrong direction. Mayor Libby Schaaf's Final Report Dearest Oaklanders, Born and raised in Oakland, I've always felt such pride in our beautiful, diverse city. Cat Brooks is an award-winning actress, playwright, the executive director of the Justice Teams Network, the co-founder of the Anti Police-Terror Project and the host of "Law & Disorder" on KPFA. [41], Schaaf co-founded the nonprofit Oakland Cares, which organized and implemented hundreds of volunteer community improvement projects across the city. Email him at dborenstein@ bayareanewsgroup.com. In addition to that, she's a former member of the Oakland City Council. Skelton: California has lots of catching up to do on flood management, Opinion: How facial recognition will transform airport security. By clicking Accept, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. Required fields are marked *. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Some political experts say Oakland is a tough city to be in charge of balancing the different interests of residents. A city audit found that nearly half of the participants returned to homelessness. Oakland is a challenging city to govern, said Doug Linney, a political consultant in the East Bay. [1], Schaaf won the November 4, 2014 Oakland mayoral election in the 14th round in ranked choice voting with 62.79% of the vote. Most famously, she sparred with former President Trump after alerting residents that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could conduct a raid. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. While controversial, she said she considers that an accomplishment that will one day be realized. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Further, she is the mayor of Oakland, California, as of 2020. Oakland politics do not divide between Democrats and Republicans, or liberals and conservatives. Oakland is one of those cities on that cusp and Mayor Libby Schaaf is a great leader and inspiring Mayor who is determined to see that happen. She joined The Chronicle in 2016 after graduating from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. There is no doubt with a million worth fortune; she holds several lavish properties; however, nothing official has been released on this topic. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. 1965. [38][39][40] She lives in Oakland with her husband Salvatore Fahey. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf was a target of HBO's Bill Maher on Friday night over her handling of a controversy surrounding supposed nooses found at Lake Merritt. All housing helps the homeless crisis and all housing at all income levels has helped slow gentrification and displacement of Oaklanders, Schaaf said in a recent interview with The Chronicle. Libby Schaaf is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. Schaaf hired Matt Nichols as her Policy Director[22][28] for Transportation and Infrastructure in March 2015. And while crime in Oakland dipped to some of its lowest levels early in Schaafs tenure, the spike in violent crime is at an all-time high for the first time in nearly a decade. Elizabeth Beckman Schaaf (born November 12, 1965) is an American politician who has been Mayor of Oakland, California since 2015. Sarah Ravani is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. [14], During her tenure on the city council, Schaaf fought to raise the minimum wage,[15] voicing her support for Measure FF,[16][17] also known as Lift Up Oakland, a $12.25 minimum wage ballot initiative which passed in a landslide on November 4, 2014. While Schaaf ushered in a building boom, Lindheim said the housing crisis in Oakland is worse than ever., They grossly underperformed targets of moderate housing and they greatly over-performed targets of market rate housing, Lindheim said. That is the only pathway to a safe and healthy Oakland where all of us can thrive. So the council, which shifted from roughly evenly split to labor dominance during Schaafs tenure, has had the final word on the citys budget and the votes to stymie the mayors police-staffing goals. Despite those advances, some city leaders criticized Schaafs administration for failing to deliver basic city services. I did not feel he had a path to victory, no matter how much money was spent.. The Just Recovery Budget totals more than $3.85 billion over the next two years, as shown in the table below: "As the City begins to recover from the devastating impact of the COVID pandemic, this Just . There was a lot of criticism around the type of cabin, but the fact of the matter is she was thinking about interim housing before most jurisdictions in the region were thinking about it.. In 2010, Schaaf was elected to represent her home district, District 4, on the Oakland City Council. She serves on the Leadership Council at Kiva, a non-profit organization that allows people to lend money via the Internet to low-income entrepreneurs and students in over 80 countries. Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "aa3057ff4a6384c2650cf5ffbff11b7e" );document.getElementById("afe063943e").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 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To be sure, Schaaf shouldered more blame than she deserved for the citys homelessness, rising gun violence and troubled municipal finances. Officers say theyre overwhelmed by call volume, and data shows the majority of these calls are for noncriminal events such as issues related to homelessness and mental health. Miss Manners: Must I resist my urge when I'm told to have a blessed day? But homelessness experts say its a quick and cost effective way to get people indoors. Duluth Boy Scout has slept outside for 1,000 days and counting, Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida dubbed the most beautiful woman in the world dies at age 95, Pain and prison, then peace: How a Denver shooter and victim reconciled two decades after the shot was fired, RBonney Gabriels Miss Universe win dogged by rigging allegations, Lisa Marie Presley leaves behind a lucrative Graceland and a complicated financial legacy, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Some leaders have pointed to Schaafs tenuous relationships with city unions, who have protested long hours and understaffing during tense contract negotiations, as a reason for the vacancies. Your email address will not be published. This is out of control.. Rain finally came to California. Since 2015, the first year of Schaafs mayoral tenure, Oakland residents have become increasingly pessimistic about the city. Schaaf said if she could go back in time to 2015, when she first took office, she would give herself one piece of advice: That homelessness would explode the way that it did and that its not just the countys responsibility, its everyones responsibility, Schaaf said. As Schaaf exits on Jan. 2, she leaves behind a crime-ridden city with inadequate police staffing, unfunded retirement liabilities that have grown from about $2.4 billion a decade ago to $3 billion in 2021, and general fund budget shortfalls projected to reach more than $100 million in each of the next two fiscal years. As an Oakland native, the town is a road map of Schaafs life history: Its where she grew up as the daughter of a shoe salesman and a flight attendant, where she graduated from Skyline High School and where she raised her two kids. Schaaf has been mayor here for a year, a surprising victor who used an endorsement from Governor Jerry Brown to vault herself to a decisive 63 percent victory. They are literally the antithesis of everything we say we stand for. She could have given speeches decrying the "defund" movement as the lie it was, and calling out the likes of . Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. 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