Oakland Mayor’s Chief of Communications Resigns After Attorney’s Departure

The two leave just a day after the mayor’s public remarks about an FBI raid on her home last week.

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao speaks onstage at the TAAF Heritage Month Summit at The Glasshouse in New York City on May 2, 2024. JP Yim/Getty Images for The Asian American Foundation

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s chief communications officer resigned June 25, and her attorney left the same day, both leaving in the wake of an FBI raid on the mayor’s home last week.

The mayor made her first public remarks on the raid at a June 24 press conference and declared her innocence.