Libby Schaaf
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Portrait of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf
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| 50th Mayor of Oakland | |
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Assumed office January 5, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Jean Quan |
| Member of the Oakland City Council from District 4 |
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In office 2011 – January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Jean Quan |
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Elizabeth Beckman Schaaf November 12, 1965 Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Alma mater |
Rollins College Loyola Law School |
| Website | Mayor of Oakland |
ElizabethBeckman "Libby" Schaaf (born November 12, 1965) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. She is the mayor of Oakland, California and a former member of the Oakland City Council. Schaaf won the November 4, 2014, Oakland mayoral election in the 14th round in ranked choice voting with 62.79% of the vote.
Before starting her political career, Schaaf was an attorney at the largest firm in Oakland at the time, Reed Smith LLP. She then became the program director for the Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute in 1995, creating and running a new volunteer program for the Oakland Unified School District.
Schaaf first involved herself in local government as a legislative aide for Oakland city council president Ignacio De La Fuente, before becoming a special assistant to then Mayor of Oakland Jerry Brown.
In 2006, Schaaf joined the Port of Oakland as the Director of Public Affairs, helping to secure state and federal funding for the city of Oakland, as well as directing all strategic communications for the port. In 2009, Schaaf graduated from Emerge California, an intensive training program for women who aspire to seek elected office.
Before joining the Oakland City Council in 2010, Schaaf served as the Economic Policy Advisor for the council for a year.
In 2010, Schaaf was elected to represent her home district, District 4, on the Oakland City Council.
During her tenure on the city council, Schaaf fought to raise the minimum wage, voicing her support for Measure FF, also known as Lift Up Oakland, a $12.25 minimum wage ballot initiative which passed in a landslide on November 4, 2014. Schaaf also strove to increase government transparency and efficiency, build a safer city, and strengthen Oakland neighborhoods in her time on city council. She worked extensively on Oakland Police Department reform, hiring more civilian staff and pushing through a plan to unite both the Alameda and Oakland Police Departments.
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