Mayor Barbara Lee and Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”
Episode description
Oaklandside City Hall reporters Eli Wolfe and Natalie Orenstein dissect how Oakland’s new mayor is responding to the wrecking ball of federal cuts heading for city and county programs. What do Barbara Lee’s decades in Congress mean for Oakland now?
And we explain how we’re covering the mayor’s first 100 days. Will she run again? Here’s what we know.
Darwin BondGraham and Tasneem Raja catch you up on more recent headlines from The Oaklandside: police scanner controversy, a key arts position gets cut, and more.
Plus: what’s your “third place” in Oakland? Not home, not work—we’re sharing famous and not-so-famous local gems beloved by Oaklanders, in their own words.
It’s the first episode! We’re experimenting with 10 episodes of a new weekly news show. This is a pilot—if we can keep this going, we will! Love it? Hate it? Want to sponsor it? Let us know: editors@oaklandside.org.