Oakland – Rebecca Kaplan has retained her At Large seat on the Oakland City Council after a hard fought race that included $500K in independent expenditures from large corporate interests. Kaplan will be holding a Victory and Hanukkah Fundraiser including her longtime friend Congresswoman Barbara Lee among other Host Committee members.
The event will be held virtually on Thursday, December 3rd from 5:30PM – 6:30PM and the Congresswoman is expected to join the party at 6PM.
For more information or to attend the event please email kaplan4oakland@gmail.
Both Measure QQ, the youth vote initiative and Measure S1, police oversight, that Rebecca was honored to author also won and will be celebrated at the event as well. For more election results please visit the Alameda County Voter Registrar’s website.
Councilmember At-Large Rebecca Kaplan is an honors graduate from MIT, and holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School. Kaplan was elected in 2008 to serve as Oakland’s citywide Councilmember, she was re-elected in 2016, Rebecca is Oakland’s first openly LGBTQ+ elected official and she serves on the Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC).
Follow Council President Kaplan on Twitter @Kaplan4Oakland and Facebook.