The Oakland NAACP held a press conference on April 7 where they initially planned to ask Jenkins to fire Hanson and another ...

The sweep at the mayor’s office appeared to follow public backlash toward Leigh Hanson, the former top Thao aide who was ...

Jenkins terminated Brandon Harami, the office’s community resilience director, Brooklyn Williams, who worked on public safety and education, and Joe Genolio, a policy director. The mayor’s ...

Oakland Mayor Kevin Jenkins has fired several top staff members including Brandon Harami, director of community resilience, and Chief of Staff Leigh Hanson. The terminations come ahead of the city ...

as well as constituent liaison Mary Olsen and Brandon Harami, a junior staffer who headed the mayor’s “community resilience” effort. Oakland corruption case: Attorneys push for more ...