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

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.

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Oakland is getting another change of leadership. On Monday, the city council voted to elect Kevin Jenkins as the new president, who will then take over as mayor until a ...

Oakland City Council voted unanimously to appoint Kevin Jenkins to be President and interim mayor, the city's third mayor in two months, after the recall of Sheng Thao. Three new council members were ...

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. The chair ...

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