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Oakland played a game of political musical chairs Monday with a new mayor, city attorney and shifting city council taking over on the same day.

In a complex leadership shuffle, Jenkins was elected council president and elevated to mayor, temporarily. Noel Gallo now ...

Jenkins was born and raised in East Oakland. He is the son of two Oakland Unified School District employees, a graduate of Oakland High School and was first elected to the council in 2022.

In an eventful and somewhat convoluted day in Oakland's civic life, Councilmember Kevin Jenkins is now interim mayor and Councilmember Noel Gallo is temporarily council president.

Three new Oakland city councilmembers will be sworn in, a new interim mayor will be appointed, and the council could vote to ...