Barbara Lee on Year One as Oakland's Mayor, Decades of Federal Oversight May Be Over For Oakland Police

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Barbara Lee discussing her first year as Oakland's Mayor and the potential end of federal oversight for the Oakland Police.

This evening’s top news from the KQED newsroom with host Bianca Taylor. The Latest updates continuously — up to 19 times a day — to deliver you the freshest local news, whenever you’re ready to listen. Find us on the NPR app or Spotify for the best listening experience. If you’re on Apple Podcasts, please turn off automatic downloads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Bianca Taylor

Guest: Barbara Lee

Topics covered

• local news
• Oakland
• police oversight
• mayoral updates
• current events

Keywords

• Barbara Lee
• Oakland Mayor
• federal oversight
• Oakland Police
• local news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oakland Police

Places: Oakland

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