Elizabeth Beckman " Libby " Schaaf (born November 12, 1965) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. He is the mayor of Oakland, California and a former member of Oakland City Council. Schaaf won the Oakland mayoral election on November 4, 2014, in the 14th round of voting voting votes with 62.79% of the vote.
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Initial career
Before starting his political career, Schaaf was a lawyer in Oakland at law firm Reed Smith LLP. He later became program director for the Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute in 1995, creating and running a new volunteer program for the Oakland Unified School District.
Schaaf first involves himself in the local government as a legislative assistant to Oakland city councilor Ignacio De La Fuente before becoming a special assistant to Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown.
In 2006, Schaaf joined Port of Oakland as Director of Public Affairs, helping secure state and federal funding for the city of Oakland, and direct all strategic communications to the port. In 2009, Schaaf graduated from Emerge California, a training program for women who want to find elected offices.
Prior to joining the Oakland City Council in 2010, Schaaf served as Economic Policy Advisor for the board for one year.
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Oakland City Council
In 2010, Schaaf was elected to represent his home district, District 4, at Oakland City Council.
During his tenure at the city council, Schaaf struggled to raise the minimum wage, voicing his support for Measuring FF, also known as Lifting Oakland, a $ 12.25 minimum wage bill initiative enacted on 4 November 2014. Schaaf also seeks to improve transparency and efficiency of government, build safer cities, and strengthen the Oakland environment in time at city councils. He worked extensively on reforms of the Oakland Police Department, hired more civilian staff and pushed through a plan to coordinate the Oakland Police Department with the Alameda County Sheriff's Department, to increase the number of officers patrolling Oakland.
Oakland Mayor
In the race for the mayor of Oakland, Schaaf is supported by California Governor Jerry Brown and US Senator Barbara Boxer.
Department of Transport
In June 2015, Mayor Schaaf announced the creation of Oakland's first Transport Department. The Department of Transportation takes on several responsibilities previously held by Oakland Public Works, such as road design, resurfacing and maintenance. In his announcement, Mayor Schaaf said that the focus was, "a sustainable strategy that can bring the necessary changes quickly into the streets of the city."
The Department of Transportation comprises 300 employees, who previously worked at the Department of Public Works and the Oakland Police Department's Parking Control operation.
Funding for the Department of Transportation comes from many public resources, including Measure BB, a sales tax approved in November 2014 to fund a transportation project in Alameda County. Schaaf hired Matt Nichols as Director of Policy for Transport and Infrastructure in March 2015. Jeff Tumlin was appointed Director of Interim department in June 2016.
Controversy over freedom of assembly
In May 2015, Mayor Schaaf imposed an unauthorized parade ban on public roads in Oakland, citing existing city policies. The first enforcement of the ban was on May 21, during the #SayHerName march, a national coordinated march focused on ending state violence against black women and girls in the United States. Demonstrators met at Frank Ogawa Plaza before sunset for a rally. After the rally, demonstrators began marching to the streets. Police officers told them to stay on the sidewalk, and to quote California Vehicle Code Section 2800, making it an irresistible attack to disobey police orders.
The enforcement of this policy brings with it harsh criticism and allegations of illegality from some constitutional lawyers, including civil rights lawyers and co-author of Crowd Control and Crowd Management Policy from Oakland Police, Rachel Lederman: "My general impression is that the police take a less aggressive approach which not only violated their own policy of mass control, but also the First Amendment... This is an unreasonable intervention with demonstrations provided that no serious crimes are committed. "Other legal experts point to similar policies in cities such as New York, which has been conquered by the constitution.
ICE warning
Schaaf warned city residents to immediately conduct Immigration and Customs Raids (ICE) in February 2018, getting criticism from some federal authorities. He replied, "I share information in a legal way and do not obstruct justice, and it is an opportunity to ensure that people are aware of their rights."
Personal life
Schaaf was born in Oakland, California, on November 12, 1965. Growing up in Oakland's District 4, Schaaf attended School Head-Royce and Skyline High School, both in Oakland. He holds the B.A. in political science from Rollins College and J.D. from Loyola Law School.
Schaaf is a Jew. She lives in Oakland with her husband, Salvatore Fahey, an employee of Gatan, Inc., an electronics company in Pleasanton. They have two children, Dominic and Lena.
Charity Jobs
Schaaf co-founded Oakland Cares nonprofit, which organizes and implements hundreds of community improvement projects across the city. He also built and operated the first centralized volunteer program for the Oakland public school in Marcus Foster Institute. She serves on the Leadership Board at Kiva, a nonprofit organization that allows people to lend money through the Internet to low-income entrepreneurs and students in over 80 countries.
See also
- List of mayors from the 50 largest US cities
References
External links
- Bio at Oakland City Council
- Biographical materials in SmartVoter
- Articles about Schaaf at East Bay Express, Oakland Local, Oakland North, and Oakland Post
- Appearance in C-SPAN
- Libby Schaaf on Twitter
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