{"id":266757,"date":"2026-04-14T04:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T04:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/266757\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T04:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T04:59:13","slug":"former-oakland-mayor-has-new-job-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/266757\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Oakland mayor has new job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf is the new president and CEO of Bay Area Council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Schaaf 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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Schaaf is expected to officially start her new role on May 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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 <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Schaaf expressed enthusiasm for the new position, stating she is honored to work alongside the council\u2019s business and civic leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Schaaf is expected to officially start her new role on May 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf is the new president and CEO of Bay Area Council. Schaaf&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[14581,58652,143,145,144],"class_list":["post-266757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-bay-area-council","tag-libby-schaaf","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266757","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=266757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}