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Oakland City Officials

#1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza  Oakland CA   94612
The city of Oakland's web site is http://www.oaklandnet.com
 
MAYOR Ron Dellums   3rd Floor
(510) 238-3141   Fax: (510) 238-4731
TDD: (5100 238-3724
Email:officeofthemayor@oaklandnet.com Website: www.mayorrondellums.org
 
Oaklanders' Assistance Center   1st Floor   Room 123
For information about City services
(510) 444-CITY (2489)   Fax: (510) 238-7420   TTY: (510) 238-6293
Email: oac@oaklandnet.com

CITY COUNCIL    2nd Floor
(510) 238-3266  TTY 839-6451
President: Ignacio De La Fuente  (510) 238-7005
Vice Mayor: Henry Chang  (510) 238-7008
The Council meets the 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesdays, 6:00 PM, City Hall Council Chambers.
Council Committees meet 2nd & 4th Tuesdays at various times;
check web site for agenda.
http://www.oaklandnet.com
District Name Phone Fax Email
1 Jane Brunner 238-7001 238- 6910 jbrunner@oaklandnet.com
2 Patricia Kernigan 238-7002 238-6910 pkernigan@oaklandnet.com
3 Nancy J. Nadel 238-7003 238-6129 nnadel@oaklandnet.com
4 Jean Quan 238-7004 986-2765 jquan@oaklandnet.com
5 Ignacio De La Fuente 238-7005 238-6129 idelafuente@oaklandnet.com
6 Desley Brooks 238-7006 238-6910 dbrooks@oaklandnet.com
7 Larry E. Reid 238-7007 238-6910 lreid@oaklandnet.com
At Large Henry Chang 238-7008 238-6938 cityochang@aol.com

City Attorney   John Russo   6th Floor
238-3601  Fax 238-6500   TTY 238-3254
Email: jrusso@oaklandcityattorney.org
Web: http://www.oaklandcityattorney.org
City Auditor    Courtney Ruby   4th Floor
238-3378    Fax: 238-7640   TDD 238-3254
Email: cruby@oaklandnet.com
Web: http://www.oaklandauditor.com

APPOINTED OFFICIALS
City Administrator   Deborah Edgerly  3rd Floor
238-3301   Fax: 238-2223   TTY: 238-3724
Email: cityadministrator@oaklandnet.com
City Clerk   LaTonda Simmons   2nd Floor
238-3612   Fax: 238-2228   TTY: 238-6451
Email: lsimmons@oaklandnet.com
Public Ethics Commission    4th Floor
Dan Purnell, Executive Director
238-3593    Fax: 238-3315   TTY 238-3724
Email: dpurnell@oaklandnet.com

OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Administration Building,  1025 2nd Avenue, 
Oakland CA  94606
879-8582   Fax: 879-1834
http://webportal.ousd.k12.ca.us
State Administrator:  Vincent C. Mathews
879-8200   Fax: 879-8800  
Vincent.Matthews@ousd.k12.ca.us
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Voice Mail: 879-8653   Fax: 879-8000   TTY: 879-8739
boe@ousd.k12.ca.us
The Board meets on an irregular schedule in the Board Room,
Administration Building, 1st floor. For meeting schedules,
check web site http://bex.ousd.k12.ca.us/CALENDAR.htm or call ahead. Agendas,
minutes and legislative files can be found at this web address also.
District Name Email
1 Kerry Hamill kerry.hamill@ousd.k12.ca.us
2 David Kakishiba david.kakishiba@ousd.k12.ca.us
3 Greg Hodge gregory.hodge@ousd.k12.ca.us
4 Gary Yee gary.yee@ousd.k12.ca.us
5 Noel Gallo noel.gallo@ousd.k12.ca.us
6 Christopher Dobbins christopher.dobbins@ousd.k12.ca.us
7 Alice Spearman alicespearman@ousd.k12.ca.us
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Alameda County

The Alameda County Official Website is http://www.acgov.org

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Admin. Bldg.,   1221 Oak St.,   Oakland, CA 94612
The Board meets Tuesdays, 9:30 AM in the Board Chambers Administration Building, 5th Floor. Call ahead.
Dist. Area Name Phone Fax Email
1 Livermore, Pleasanton, Central/S. Fremont, part of Sunol Scott Haggerty,
President
272-6691 208-3910 District1@acgov.org
2 Hayward,Mt. Eden,Newark,Union City,Niles, most of Sunol Gail Steele 272-6692 271-5115 District2@acgov.org
3 Oakland (Central, Chinatown, Fruitvale), Alameda, San Leandro, San Lorenzo Alice Lai-Bitker,
Vice President
272-6693 268-8004 District3@acgov.org
4 Oakland hills east of Thornhill Dr., East Oakland below High St., Castro Valley, Dublin, part of Ashland, Cherryland, Fairview Nathan A. Miley 272-6694 465-7628 District4@.acgov.org
5 Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland (W., No.), Piedmont Keith Carson 272-6695 271-5151 District5@acgov.org
   Clerk of the Board     Crystal Hishida Graff
   1221 Oak St., Rm 536, Oakland 94612
   272-6347   834-6754 TTY Crystal.Hishida@acgov.org

ALAMEDA COUNTY OFFICIALS
http://www.acgov.org
Administrator Susan Muranishi
1221 Oak St., 5th Fl., Oakland 94612
272-6984   272-3784 Fax
Assessor Ron Thomsen
1221 Oak St., Rm 145, Oakland 94612
272-3787   272-3803 Fax
County Counsel Richard Winnie
1221 Oak St., Rm 450, Oakland 94612
272-6700   272-5020 Fax
District Attorney Tom Orloff
1225 Fallon St., Rm 900, Oakland 94612
272-6222   271-5157 Fax
Clerk-Recorder Patrick O'Connell
1106 Madison St., Oakland 94607
272-6362
Registrar of Voters Dave Macdonald
1225 Fallon St., Rm. G-1, Oakland 94612
272-6973   272-6982 Fax
Tax Collector Donald R. White
1221 Oak St., Rm. 131, Oakland 94612
272-6800   268-5377 Fax

ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Professional Services Center
313 W. Winton Avenue, Rm. 150, Hayward 94544
http://www.acoe.k12.ca.us/  887-0152
The Board meets second and fourth Tuesday, 7:30 PM Room 142
Area 1 N. Oakland Jacki Fox Ruby 670-4145 Email: jfruby@acoe.k12.ca.us
Area 3 N.Central Oak. Dennis Chaconas 670-4145 Email: dchaconas@acoe.k12.ca.us
Area 2 West, East Gay Plair Cobb 670-4145 Email: gpcobb@acoe.k12.ca.us
   Schools Superintendent Sheila Jordan
   670-4140   670-4101 Fax
   Email: sheilaj@acoe.k12.ca.us
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Special Districts

PERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
http://www.peralta.edu
College of Alameda 555 Ralph Appezzato Ave., Alameda 94501 522-7221
Laney College 900 Fallon St., Oakland 94607 834-5740
Merritt College 12500 Campus Dr., Oakland 94619 531-4911
Berkeley City College 2050 Center Street, Berkeley 94704 981-2800
Chancellor Elihu Harris
333 E. 8th St., Oakland CA 94606
466-7202
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
466-7203   466-0604 Fax
The Board meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays, at 7 PM
333 E. 8th St., Board Room. Call Ahead.
Meetings broadcast on Cable Channel 28.
Area (*Part of the area falls within Oakland)
1* Bill Withrow bwithrow@peralta.edu
2* Marcie Hodge mhodge@peralta.edu
3* Linda Handy lhandy@peralta.cc.ca.us
4 Nicky Gonzalez Yuen ngonzalez@peralta.edu
5* Dr. William Riley wriley@peralta.edu
6* Cy Gulassa cgulassa@peralta.edu
7* Abel Guillen aguillen@peralta.edu

AC TRANSIT
1600 Franklin, Oakland 94612
891-4777    891-7157 Fax
http://www.actransit.org
General Mgr. Rick Fernandez 891-4753 891-4705 Fax Email: rfernande@actransit.org
AC TRANSIT DIRECTORS FOR OAKLAND    891-7284
The Board meets at 2 PM on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, in the 2nd floor Board Room.
Ward 2 Greg Harper 891-7145 520-8913 Fax Email: gharper@actransit.org
Ward 3 Elsa Ortiz 891-7211 891-4705 Fax Email: eortiz@actransit.org
At Large H. E. Christian Peeples
President
891-7151 658-1425 Fax Email: cpeeples@actransit.org
At Large Rebecca Kaplan
Vice President
891-7146 891-7157 Fax Email: rkaplan@actransit.org

BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT (BART)
800 Madison St., Oakland 94607    464-6000
http://www.BART.gov
BOARD OF DIRECTORS for OAKLAND    464-6095
The Board meets at 9 AM on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month January - October. Nov.-3rd Thurs, Dec-1st& 3rd.
District 3 Bob Franklin 464-6095 Email: BobFranklinBART@aol.com
District 4 Carole Ward Allen 464-6095  
District 7 Lynette Sweet 464-6095  

EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT (EBMUD)
375 11th Street Oakland CA 94607   287-0404
http://www.ebmud.com
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR OAKLAND
   287-0404   287-0555 Fax
The Board meets on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month at 1:15 PM in the second floor Board Room at 375 11th Street.
Ward 3 Katy Foulkes kfoulkes@ebmud.com
Ward 4 Andy Katz akatz@ebmud.com
Ward 5 Doug Linney dlinney@ebmud.com
Ward 6 William B. Patterson wpatters@ebmud.com

EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT
2950 Peralta Oaks Court   Oakland CA 94605
562-PARK (recorded info)   635-0135
http://www.ebparks.org
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR OAKLAND
544-2020    569-1417 Fax
The Board meets at 2 PM on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays in the Board Room at 2950 Peralta Oaks Court.
Ward 1 Nancy Skinner 883-0808 Email: nskinner@ebparks.org
Ward 2 John Sutter 530-3711 531-5420 Fax Email: jsutter@ebparks.org
Ward 4 Douglas Siden 523-8157 864-2943 Fax Email: dsiden@ebparks.org
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California

GOVERNOR Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)
State Capitol Sacramento CA 95814
(916) 445-2841 (916) 445-4633 Fax
http://www.govmail.ca.gov
 
SECRETARY OF STATE Debra Bowen (D)
1500 11th St, Sacramento CA 94814
(916) 653-6814
http://www.ss.ca.gov

STATE LEGISLATURE
Go to http://www.smartvoter.org, or call the Alameda County Registrar of Voters, 272-6973, to determine your district.
 
SENATE ASSEMBLY
Senate Post Office Assembly Post Office
State Capitol State Capitol
Sacramento CA 95814 Sacramento CA 94249
http://www.senate.ca.gov http://www.assembly.ca.gov
 
STATE SENATOR FOR OAKLAND   District 9   Don Perata (D)
Oakland Office: 1515 Clay Street, Suite 2202, 94612
(510) 286-1333     (510) 286-3885 Fax
Sacramento Office: (916) 445-6577    (916) 327-1997 Fax    Room 313
Email: senator.perata@sen.ca.gov
http://dist09.casen.govoffice.com
 
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS FOR OAKLAND
District 14* Loni Hancock (D)
*Includes Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Emeryville, Kensington, Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, Richmond, San Pablo, and part of Oakland (Rockridge and part of Montclair northwest of Thornhill Drive.)
712 El Cerrito Plaza, El Cerrito CA 94530
(510) 559-1406    (510) 559-1478 Fax
Sacramento Office: State Capitol, Room 4139
P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0014
(916) 319-2014    (916) 319-2114 Fax
Email: Assemblymember.Hancock@assembly.ca.gov
http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a14
District 16** Sandre Swanson (D)
**Includes Alameda; most of Oakland; and Piedmont 1515 Clay Street, # 2204, Oakland CA 94612
(510) 286-1670    (510) 286-1888 Fax
Sacramento Office: State Capitol, Room 3160
P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento,CA 94249-0016
(916) 319-2016    (916) 319-2116 Fax
Email: Assemblymember.Swanson@assembly.ca.gov
http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a16
District 18 *** Mary Hayashi (D)
*** Includes parts of East Oakland - east of Keller Ave. and the junction of 580 & MacArthur Blvd and northeast of MacArthur Blvd, and then Bancroft Ave.
22320 Foothill Blvd. Ste 540
Hayward CA 94541
(510) 583-8818    (510) 583-8800 Fax
Sacramento Office: State Capitol, Room 2188
P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0018
(916) 319-2018     (916) 319-2118 Fax
Email: Assemblymember.Hayashi@assembly.ca.gov
http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a18
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United States

President George W. Bush (R)
Email: president@whitehouse.gov
 
Vice President Dick Cheney (R)
Email: vice.president@whitehouse.gov
 
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20500
(202) 456-1414   (202) 456-2461 Fax   (202) 456-1111 Comments   (202) 456-6213 TTY
http://www.whitehouse.gov

THE CONGRESS (202) 224-3121
U.S. SENATE    http://www.senate.gov
Barbara Boxer (D)
1700 Montgomery St., Ste 240
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 403-01007 nbsp;   (415) 956-6701 Fax
Email: Use Web form at URL below
http://boxer.senate.gov
Washington office:
112 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-3553
Dianne Feinstein (D)
1 Post Street, Ste. 2450
San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 393-0707    (415) 393-0710 Fax
Email: Use Web form at URL below
http://feinstein.senate.gov
Washington office:
331 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-3841   TTY: (202) 224-2501 l   (202) 224-3954 Fax
 
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
http://www.house.gov
District 9 l   Barbara Lee (D)
Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont Oakland, Ashland, Castro Valley, Cherryland and Fairview
1301 Clay St., Ste 1000 N
Oakland CA 94612
(510) 763-0370 l   (510) 763-6538 Fax
Email: To Email Congresswoman Lee, go to her website, below
http://www.house.gov/lee
Washington office:
426 Cannon House Office Building
Washington DC 20515
(202) 225-2661 l   (202) 225-9817 Fax

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