Overview

• Barbara Lee, Oakland's mayor-elect, has announced a 16-member transition team composed of political, business, nonprofit, and philanthropic leaders.
• The transition team will focus on implementing Lee's 10-point, 100-day agenda, which prioritizes public safety, homelessness, economic development, and government accountability.
• Key members of the transition team include Fred Blackwell, Keith Carson, Quinn Delaney, and Carrie Owen Plietz, with former city officials Danny Wan, Barbara Parker, and Ben Rosenfeld serving as advisors.
• Lee's plan includes forming working groups to address housing, public-private partnerships, labor issues, and charter modernization to improve city governance.
• Lee awaits vote certification and City Council approval before her mid-May swearing-in, following her victory in the April 15 special election.