Election Results
City of Oakland
This election's results
How City of Oakland voted in other elections
Candidate Races
5
City Auditor
Courtney Ruby
65.4%
+30.8%
Courtney Ruby
65.4%
+30.8%
87,321
Brenda Roberts
34.6%
-30.8%
46,194
Mayor
Libby Schaaf
53.3%
+27.6%
Libby Schaaf
53.3%
+27.6%
84,314
Cat Brooks
$
25.7%
-27.6%
40,688
Pamela Price
$
13.1%
-40.2%
20,685
Saied Karamooz
1.9%
-51.4%
2,981
Ken Houston
1.7%
-51.6%
2,616
Marchon Tatmon
1.3%
-52.0%
2,087
Nancy Sidebotham
1.1%
-52.2%
1,733
Peter Yuan Liu
0.7%
-52.6%
1,156
Cedric A. Troupe
0.7%
-52.6%
1,116
Jesse A.J. Smith
0.5%
-52.8%
730
City Council – District 2
Nikki Fortunato Bas
53.9%
+14.2%
Nikki Fortunato Bas
53.9%
+14.2%
11,273
Abel Guillén
39.7%
-14.2%
8,291
Kenzie Donte Smith
6.4%
-47.5%
1,333
City Council – District 4
Sheng Thao
34.7%
+7.7%
Sheng Thao
34.7%
+7.7%
8,739
Pam Harris
27.0%
-7.7%
6,799
Nayeli Maxson
16.2%
-18.5%
4,077
Charlie Michelson
11.0%
-23.7%
2,778
Matt Hummel
4.5%
-30.2%
1,133
Joseph E. Simmons
3.7%
-31.0%
932
Joseph Tanios
2.8%
-31.9%
694
City Council – District 6
Loren Taylor
40.2%
+15.4%
Loren Taylor
40.2%
+15.4%
7,144
Desley Brooks
24.8%
-15.4%
4,412
Mya Whitaker
$
14.0%
-26.2%
2,489
Natasha Middleton
12.1%
-28.1%
2,157
Marlo Rodriguez
8.9%
-31.3%
1,583
Ballot Measures
6
Shall the measure amending Oakland’s Charter for the purposes of funding services to: expand access to early childhood and preschool education; improve high school and college graduation and career readiness; provide mentoring and college financial assistance; by establishing a $198, 30-year parcel tax for single family parcels and specified rates for other parcel types, raising approximately $25,000,000 – 30,000,000 annually, with citizen’s oversight, and exemptions for low-income households and others, be adopted?
Yes
62.5%
+25.0%
96,438
No
37.5%
-25.0%
57,938
Shall the Measure: (1) allowing cannabis businesses to pay business taxes quarterly; (2) allowing cannabis manufacturing and/or cultivation businesses to deduct the value of raw materials from gross receipts in calculating business taxes in the manner applicable to manufacturing businesses; and (3) authorizing the City Council, without returning to the voters, to amend medical or non-medical cannabis businesses taxes in any manner that does not increase the tax rate, be adopted?
Yes
79.8%
+59.6%
122,611
No
20.2%
-59.6%
31,003
Shall the Measure, to fund homeless services and resources to address illegal dumping, and discourage vacant properties, by enacting a Vacant Property Tax on parcels used less than 50 days per year, at annual rates of $6,000 per parcel, $3,000 for condominium units, and other specified rates; raising about $10,000,000 annually for 20 years; with community oversight and exemptions for very low income, low-income seniors and hardship, be adopted?
Yes
70.0%
+40.0%
109,488
No
30.0%
-40.0%
46,843
Shall the Measure graduating the real estate transfer tax as follows: 1% up to $300,000; 1.5% over $300,000 – 2,000,000; 1.75% over $2,000,000 – 5,000,000; and 2.5% over $5,000,000; a lower rate for low-moderate income first-time homebuyers; and reducing the tax up to 1/3 for seismic retrofit or solar energy work costs incurred by low-moderate income homebuyers; raising approximately $9,000,000 annually until repealed, be adopted?
Yes
69.5%
+39.0%
105,286
No
30.5%
-39.0%
46,249
Shall the Measure amending Oakland’s Just Yes Cause for Eviction Ordinance (“Ordinance”) to: (1) remove the exemption for owner occupied duplexes and triplexes; and (2) allow the City Council, without returning to the voters, to add limitations on a landlord’s right to evict under the Ordinance, be adopted?
Yes
58.4%
+16.8%
88,052
No
41.6%
-16.8%
62,811
Shall the measure amending Oakland’s Municipal Code to: (1) establish workplace protections and minimum hourly wage of $15 with benefits or $20 without benefits, increasing annually with inflation, for employees of Oakland hotels with 50 or more guest rooms; (2) authorize administrative enforcement of Oakland’s employment standards for hotel and non-hotel workers; and (3) create City department to administratively enforce Oakland’s employment standards for hotel and non-hotel workers, be adopted?
Yes
76.3%
+52.6%
116,962
No
23.7%
-52.6%
36,346