Libby Schaaf











































Libby Schaaf
Oakland City Council member Libby Schaaf commemorating the centennial of women gaining the right to vote in California.jpg
50th Mayor of Oakland
Incumbent

Assumed office
January 5, 2015
Preceded by Jean Quan
Member of the Oakland City Council
from District 4

In office
2011 – January 2015
Preceded by Jean Quan

Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Beckman Schaaf


(1965-11-12) November 12, 1965 (age 53)
Oakland, California, U.S.
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Alma mater
Rollins College (BA)
Loyola Law School (JD)
Website Mayor of Oakland

Elizabeth Beckman "Libby" Schaaf (born November 12, 1965) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. She is the mayor of Oakland, California and a former member of the Oakland City Council.[1] Schaaf won the November 4, 2014, Oakland mayoral election in the 14th round in ranked choice voting with 62.79% of the vote.[2][3]


Schaaf won re-election in 2018.[4]




Contents






  • 1 Early career


  • 2 Oakland City Council


  • 3 Mayor of Oakland


    • 3.1 Department of Transportation


    • 3.2 Controversy over freedom of assembly


    • 3.3 ICE alert




  • 4 Personal life


    • 4.1 Charitable Work




  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Early career


Before starting her political career, Schaaf was an attorney in Oakland at the law firm of Reed Smith LLP.[5] She then became the program director[6] for the Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute in 1995, creating and running a new volunteer program for the Oakland Unified School District.


Schaaf first involved herself in local government as a legislative aide[7] for Oakland city council president Ignacio De La Fuente, before becoming a special assistant[8] to then-Mayor of Oakland Jerry Brown.


In 2006, Schaaf joined the Port of Oakland as the Director of Public Affairs,[9] helping to secure state and federal funding for the city of Oakland, as well as directing all strategic communications for the port. In 2009, Schaaf graduated from Emerge California, a training program for women who aspire to seek elected office.[10]


Before joining the Oakland City Council in 2010, Schaaf served as the Economic Policy Advisor for the council for a year.



Oakland City Council


In 2010, Schaaf was elected to represent her home district, District 4, on the Oakland City Council.[11]


During her tenure on the city council, Schaaf fought to raise the minimum wage,[12] voicing her support for Measure FF,[13][14] also known as Lift Up Oakland, a $12.25 minimum wage ballot initiative which passed in a landslide on November 4, 2014. Schaaf also strove to increase government transparency and efficiency, build a safer city, and strengthen Oakland neighborhoods in her time on city council. 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.[15]



Mayor of Oakland




Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf with California governor Jerry Brown at Schaaf's inaugural celebration (pictured with the art car, the Golden Mean).


In the race for Oakland mayor, Schaaf was endorsed by Governor of California Jerry Brown[16][17] and US Senator Barbara Boxer.[18]



Department of Transportation


In June 2015, Mayor Schaaf announced the formation of Oakland's first Department of Transportation. The Department of Transportation assumed some responsibilities formerly held by Oakland Public Works, such as road design, resurfacing and maintenance.[19][20][21] In her announcement,[22] Mayor Schaaf said that the focus will be on, "sustainable strategies that can bring needed change quickly to city streets."[22]


The Department of Transportation consists of 300 employees, previously working in the Department of Public Works and Oakland Police Department's Parking Enforcement operations.[23]


Funding for the Department of Transportation came from many public resources, including Measure BB,[24] a sales tax approved in November 2014 to fund transportation projects in Alameda County. Schaaf hired Matt Nichols as her Policy Director[19][25] for Transportation and Infrastructure in March 2015. Jeff Tumlin was named Interim Director[22] of the department in June 2016.



Controversy over freedom of assembly


In May 2015, Mayor Schaaf instituted a ban on nighttime marches without permits in public roadways in Oakland, citing existing city policies. The first enforcement of this ban was on May 21, during a #SayHerName[26] march, a nationwide coordinated march focused on ending state violence against black women and girls in the US. Demonstrators met at Frank Ogawa Plaza before sunset for a rally. After the rally, demonstrators began to march onto the street. Police officers told them to keep to the sidewalks, and cited California Vehicle Code Section 2800, making it an arrestable offense not to comply with the police order.[27]


Enactment of this policy brought harsh criticism and allegations of illegality from some constitutional lawyers, including civil rights attorney and one of the co-authors of Oakland Police Department's Crowd Control and Crowd Management Policy, Rachel Lederman: "My general impression is the police took an unduly aggressive approach that not only violated their own crowd control policy, but also the First Amendment... This was an unreasonable interference with the demonstration given that there had been no serious crimes committed." Other legal experts pointed to similar policies in cities like New York, which have been ruled constitutional.[28]



ICE alert


Schaaf alerted city residents to imminent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in February 2018, earning criticism from some federal authorities.[29][30] 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."[31]



Personal life


Schaaf was born in Oakland, California, on November 12, 1965. Her mother was a flight attendant.[32] Growing up in Oakland's District 4, Schaaf attended Head-Royce School and Skyline High School, both in Oakland. She holds a B.A. in political science from Rollins College and a J.D. from Loyola Law School.[33]


Schaaf is Jewish.[34][35] 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.[36]



Charitable Work


Schaaf co-founded the nonprofit Oakland Cares, which organized and implemented hundreds of volunteer community improvement projects across the city. She also built and ran the first centralized volunteer program for Oakland public schools at the Marcus Foster Institute. 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.[37]



See also


  • List of mayors of the 50 largest US cities


References





  1. ^ "Councilwoman Libby Schaaf files to run for Oakland mayor". KTVU. December 2, 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "2014 Mayoral Election Results". OaklandWiki. November 4, 2014.


  3. ^ "Mayor Libby Schaaf: Official Biodata". January 5, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2016.


  4. ^ "Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf wins re-election". ABC7 San Francisco. 2018-11-07. Retrieved 2018-11-07.


  5. ^ http://capitolweekly.net/oaklands-libby-schaaf-vs-feds/


  6. ^ "Libby Schaaf". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2016-08-04.


  7. ^ Schaaf, Libby. "Libby Schaaf for Mayor of Oakland". libbyformayor.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.


  8. ^ "Libby Schaaf profile". beta.oaklandca.gov. Retrieved 2016-08-04.


  9. ^ https://sfbay.ca/2014/12/26/mayor-elect-schaaf-now-is-oaklands-time/


  10. ^ Libby Schaaf. "Libby Schaaf profile". Emerge America. Emerge America. Retrieved August 3, 2016.


  11. ^ Schaaf, Libby. "Libby Schaaf for Mayor of Oakland". libbyformayor.com. Retrieved 2016-08-02.


  12. ^ "Vote Libby Schaaf for Mayor of Oakland". East Bay Express. Retrieved 2016-08-05.


  13. ^ ""Fair Wage Food Tastes Better": Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Talks Minimum Wage Hike". Retrieved 2016-08-05.


  14. ^ "Oakland voters approve two tax measures, minimum wage hike". Retrieved 2016-08-05.


  15. ^ http://www.smartvoter.org/2014/11/04/ca/alm/vote/schaaf_l/bio.html


  16. ^ "Gov. Jerry Brown lends support to ex-aide in Oakland mayor's race". Retrieved 2016-07-29.


  17. ^ Anthony, Laura (2014-10-06). "Gov. Brown endorses candidate in Oakland mayor's race". Retrieved 2016-07-29.


  18. ^ "Sen. Boxer endorses Schaaf in Oakland Mayoral Race". Retrieved December 6, 2016.


  19. ^ ab "Oakland Launches New Transportation Department". Retrieved December 6, 2016.


  20. ^ "City Of Oakland Starts New Transportation Department". Retrieved December 6, 2016.


  21. ^ "Advocates hope Oakland's new Department of Transportation will transform city's streets". Retrieved 2016-07-29.


  22. ^ abc "Media Advisory: Mayor Libby Schaaf Launches Oakland's First Transportation Department". Office of the Mayor Libby Schaaf. June 8, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.


  23. ^ Weeks, Allison; KRON (2016-06-09). "City of Oakland starts new transportation department". KRON4.com. Retrieved 2016-07-29.


  24. ^ "Measure BB: Alameda CTC". www.alamedactc.org. Retrieved 2016-07-29.


  25. ^ Levin, Sam. "Mayor Libby Schaaf Hires Oakland's First Transportation Policy Director". Retrieved 2016-07-29.


  26. ^ "News about #sayhername on Twitter". Twitter. 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2016-01-20.


  27. ^ Bond Graham, Darwin. "Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Institutes Ban On Nighttime Street Protests". East Bay Express. East Bay Express. Retrieved 2015-05-24.


  28. ^ Barnard, Cornell. "Protests held in Oakland over mayor's new ban on nighttime marches". ABC7 News Bay Area. ABC7. Retrieved 2015-05-24.


  29. ^ Julie Hirschfeld Davis (May 16, 2018). "Trump Calls Some Unauthorized Immigrants 'Animals' in Rant". NYT. Retrieved May 17, 2018.


  30. ^ David Nakamura and Jenna Johnson (May 16, 2018). "Trump suggests Justice Department investigate Oakland's Democratic mayor for tipping off immigrants". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved May 17, 2018.


  31. ^ "Oakland Mayor Criticized For Warning People Of Pending Immigration Sweeps". 26 February 2018.


  32. ^ "Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Is Our East Bay Person of the Year". www.oaklandmagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-08-17.


  33. ^ Tavares, Steven (January 8, 2016). "Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Is Our East Bay Person of the Year". Oakland Magazine. Retrieved August 27, 2017.


  34. ^ "California Councilwoman Libby Schaaf Targeted With Swastikas in Oakland". Forward.com. 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2016-01-20.


  35. ^ Griego, Michelle (2014-01-19). "Flyers Of Jewish Councilwoman With Swastika On Her Face Posted In Oakland". Sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com. Retrieved 2016-01-20.


  36. ^ "Councilmember Profile". Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2014.


  37. ^ "Leadership | Kiva". Kiva. Retrieved 2017-08-15.




External links



  • Bio at Oakland City Council


  • Biographical material at SmartVoter

  • Articles about Schaaf at East Bay Express, Oakland Local, Oakland North, and Oakland Post


  • Appearances on C-SPAN


  • Libby Schaaf on Twitter Edit this at Wikidata









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