{"id":266104,"date":"2026-04-13T20:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/266104\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T20:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:33:08","slug":"former-oakland-mayor-has-new-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/266104\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Oakland mayor has new job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/zaj4ojawpq3jcjwc.jpg\" alt=\"Former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf has new job\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">OAKLAND, Calif. &#8211; Former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf is returning to a prominent regional role as the head of a major Bay Area public policy advocacy organization.<\/p>\n<p>   Schaaf heads up Bay Area Council\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The Bay Area Council announced that its executive committee unanimously selected Schaaf to serve as the organization&#8217;s president and CEO. The appointment followed what leadership described as an &#8220;extensive and competitive&#8221; national search.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Schaaf expressed enthusiasm for the new position, stating she is honored to work alongside the council\u2019s business and civic leaders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">She noted that her focus will include addressing the region&#8217;s most pressing issues, specifically highlighting the need to restore housing affordability and improve public safety.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Schaaf is expected to officially start her new role on May 4.<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/alameda-county\/oakland\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OAKLAND, Calif. &#8211; Former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf is returning to a prominent regional role as the head&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[389,1184,100,143,145,144,1181],"class_list":["post-266104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-alameda-county","tag-ca","tag-news","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}