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Barbara Lee (Democratic) has been Mayor of Oakland since 20 May 2025. The unemployment rate stood at 5.2% of the labour force in Aug 2026, 0.7 percentage points higher than when Barbara Lee took office in May 2025; California's moved −0.3 percentage points over the same months. On pay growth Oakland is 7th of the 116 cities, on the fall in unemployment 109th of 117. Over Sheng Thao's tenure, 2023 to 2025, the unemployment rate moved +1.3 percentage points. Violent crime rate: 1,475 per 100,000 residents in Dec 2025, −296 per 100,000 since day zero.
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