As your District 2 Councilmember, Nikki is delivering for our neighborhoods.

Check out Nikki's First Term Impact Report: Wins Towards An Oakland For All of Us. The report details her and her team’s achievements to support District 2 residents and Oaklanders over the course of her first term, from January 2019 through December 2022. It includes notable wins across policy and budget priority areas, as well as neighborhood-level successes throughout Chinatown / Downtown, San Antonio, Eastlake, and Grand Lake.

Also check out our Neighborhood Maps (click image to enlarge).

Eastlake

Chinatown and Downtown

San Antonio

Grand Lake

Garfield Elementary

City Council Accomplishments (2019 - 2022)

In my first term in office, I am so proud of what we have achieved together, including: 

• Passage of the strongest COVID-19 eviction moratorium in the State of California 
• Opening of a tiny homes program serving 80 unsheltered residents around Lake Merritt
• Creation of a $14 million fund to help low-income tenants purchase their homes with community land trusts to prevent displacement
• Launching a mobile crisis response program in the Fire Department to address mental health, nuisance and non-violent 911 calls
• Expanding violence prevention programs with neighborhood violence interrupters, outreach workers and community ambassadors
• Partnering with youth and education advocates to reauthorize the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth, investing millions each year
• Placing a progressive business tax on the November 2022 ballot to raise critical revenue for city services and provide relief to our small businesses
• Equitable development, including the renovation of the Kaiser Convention Center and production of more than 1,200 affordable housing units in the District 2 pipeline
• Numerous improvements to our parks and neighborhoods, like new public bathrooms at Astro Park (Lake Merritt) and Wilma Chan Park (formerly Madison Park in Chinatown) and resurfacing of the Athol Tennis Courts

Background

For two decades, prior to joining the City Council in 2019, I’ve been an advocate for working people, leading coalitions in the passage of policies in Oakland to create the building blocks for regional, state, and national change, including:

• Raising Oakland’s minimum wage with paid sick leave by passing Measure FF which won with 82% voter support.
  
  
• Securing a ground-breaking good jobs policy for the redevelopment of the former Oakland Army Base, which is putting Oaklanders to work, earning over $12.5 million in wages.
  
  
• Partnering with neighborhood and environmental groups on a Port of Oakland Clean Trucks Program to reduce diesel emissions and create healthier neighborhoods.
  
  

I am honored that my organizational leadership and professional work have been featured in the media; click here for Nikki in the News.