Ciudad de OaklandCandidato para Consejo MunicipalAt Large

For more than 25 years, Peggy has worked to empower communities across Oakland while fighting for social and economic justice. Peggy has launched and led several local LGBTQ and African-American organizations, served as Senior Advisor to Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf in charge of community engagement, and as California Political Director for the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama (2008, 2012) and Hillary Clinton (2016).

As a renter, Peggy appreciates firsthand that Oakland faces an affordability crisis. As a community organizer, Peggy also recognizes that Oakland's challenges are so big and complex that it will take all of us working together to solve them in a way that preserves our social and economic diversity.

If elected to the City Council, Peggy will partner with the Mayor, other Councilmembers and stakeholders across the city to develop solutions to our housing crisis and restore trust in public safety. Peggy also will leverage her local, state and federal relationships to attract new resources to the city that allow us to grow without displacing longstanding Oaklanders.

Peggy is proud to live and work in Oakland, and she is grateful to have had the opportunity to marry her incredible wife, Hope Wood, in the city she loves.

I am running for Oakland City Council At-Large to make Oakland more affordable, restore trust in public safety and uplift our diverse neighborhoods through engaged, collaborative governance.

Oakland is a dynamic city alive with opportunities, but we also face major challenges in finding ways to continue to grow while preserving our social and economic diversity. For too long, our leaders have failed to act with sufficient urgency, creativity and cooperation to address these challenges.

It’s time to change the way we do business on the Oakland City Council and across our government, and that starts by building the personal relationships and public will necessary to reach consensus on key issues.

If elected to the Council, I will partner with the Mayor, other Councilmembers and stakeholders across the city to find solutions that work for everyone. I will hold monthly meetings out in our communities to actively seek out the concerns and ideas of constituents. And I will leverage my local, state and federal relationships to attract new resources to Oakland that allow us to grow without displacing longtime residents.