US EditionOakland's new mayor Barbara Lee fights high crime and tells federal law enforcement to stay away
Mayor Lee rejects federal intervention amid Oakland's violent crime, citing a 32% murder decline in 2024 and promoting local violence prevention programs.
- Last week, Barbara Lee consoled friends and family after Coach John Beam was shot, then spent an hour with The Associated Press at her downtown Oakland office the next day.
- With local crime far above the national average, Oakland has prepared for possible federal intervention as murders fell 32% between 2023 and 2024, credited partly to Oakland's Department of Violence Prevention.
- A 27-year-old man was charged with murder and weapons offenses after the midday shooting at Laney College athletic field where Coach Beam was shot; he had been profiled in Last Chance U.
- Last month, the White House halted plans to send federal forces to the Bay Area after talks with San Francisco's mayor and tech CEOs, and Lee said she is ready to peacefully resist federal authorities in her city of about 436,000.
- Lee is determined to woo investment, from tech to HBCUs, while redevelopment advances with a $125 million Coliseum deal and Samuel Merritt University opening a downtown campus next year.
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Oakland’s new mayor Barbara Lee fights city’s high crime, tells federal law enforcement to stay away
Oakland’s new mayor, Barbara Lee, told The Associated Press that she consoled with the friends and family of 66-year-old football Coach John Beam, who was shot and killed by a mentally ill 27-year-old man.
Oakland's new mayor Barbara Lee fights high crime and tells federal law enforcement to stay away
Barbara Lee has been Oakland’s mayor for half a year. This month she found herself consoling the friends and family of a beloved community college football coach who taught thousands. A veteran congresswoman and first-term mayor, Lee sat with The…
Oakland's new mayor Barbara Lee fights high crime and tells federal law enforcement to stay away
Barbara Lee has been Oakland’s mayor for half a year. This month she found herself consoling the friends and family of a beloved community college football coach who taught thousands. A veteran congresswoman and first-term mayor, Lee sat with The…
Oakland's new mayor Barbara Lee fights high crime and tells federal law enforcement to stay away
Barbara Lee has been Oakland’s mayor for half a year. This month she found herself consoling the friends and family of a beloved community college football coach who taught thousands. A veteran congresswoman and first-term mayor, Lee sat with The…
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