Oakland Mayoral Hopeful Loren Taylor on Why Local Experience Matters

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🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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In a special election on April 15, Oakland voters will choose a candidate to finish the term of recalled mayor Sheng Thao. In the first of our interviews with the two frontrunners in the race, former Oakland councilmember Loren Taylor joins us to share his vision for the city and take your questions. He says he’s the only candidate in the race with the local government expertise needed to turn the city’s economic and crime problems around. But he’s facing a tough challenger in former Congresswoman Barbara Lee. Guests: Loren Taylor, mayoral candidate, Oakland; served on Oakland City Council from 2019-2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:08.7	From KQED. From KQED. From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:23.6	In a special election on April 15th, Oakland voters will choose a candidate to finish the term of recalled mayor Shangtow.
1:31.4	In the first of our interviews with the two frontrunners in the race, former Oakland City Council member Lauren Taylor joins us to share his vision for the city and to take your questions.
1:41.0	He says he's the only candidate in the race with the local government expertise
1:44.6	needed to turn the city's economic and crime problems around, but he's facing a tough
1:49.6	matchup against former longtime congresswoman Barbara Lee. Lauren Taylor's coming up next
1:54.4	right after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. This is a fraught moment for Oakland. These next few years are going to
2:19.9	require leadership. The city has huge budgetary issues. Our retail, restaurants, and nightlife were
2:26.0	staggered by the pandemic. And despite being voted, the best food seen in the country, places can
2:31.2	barely stay open. The commercial property market has been in free fall with
2:35.6	no AI boom to prop it up like in San Francisco, and yet the cost of living remains remarkably high,
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