Oakland City Council

Oakland City Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
President	Nikki Fortunato Bas, Democratic
President Pro Tem	Dan Kalb, Democratic
Vice Mayor	Rebecca Kaplan, Democratic
Structure
Seats	8
Political groups	Officially nonpartisan   Democratic (8)
Length of term	4 Years
Elections
Voting system	instant-runoff voting (all seats) Single-member districts (7) At-large (1)
Last election	November 8, 2022
Next election	November 5, 2024
Meeting place
Oakland City Hall 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612

The Oakland City Council is an elected governing body representing the City of Oakland, California.

Since 1998, Oakland has had a mayor-council government. The mayor is elected for a four-year term. The Oakland City Council has eight council members representing seven districts in Oakland with one member elected at-large; council members serve staggered four-year terms, and are all elected using instant-runoff voting. The mayor appoints a city administrator, subject to the confirmation by the city council, who is the chief administrative officer of the city. Other city officers include: city attorney (elected), city auditor (elected), and city clerk (appointed by city administrator).^[1] Oakland's mayor is subject to a tenure limited to two terms.^[2] There are no term limits for the city council.