Barbara Lee
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Oct 29, 2026
Tavis SmileyHOST
I see what Miles did there.
Tavis SmileyHOST
A little Bay Area for a conversation with Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee here in just a second.
Tavis SmileyHOST
A little Sly Stone from the Bay Area.
Tavis SmileyHOST
I ain't mad at it.
Tavis SmileyHOST
He has turned his back on U.S. workers in so many ways.
Tavis SmileyHOST
I'm anxious to talk to Mr. Moran, the new head of the AFSCME union on the backside of this hour.
Tavis SmileyHOST
But in this hour, We kick off with the mayor of Oakland, Barbara Lee, my dear sister and longtime friend.
Tavis SmileyHOST
And I was actually, I kind of knew this, but I was sort of shocked.
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Tavis SmileyHOST
Barbara Lee in Oakland for joining us on our program today.
Tavis SmileyHOST
And now we pivot to a conversation with Patrick Moran.
Tavis SmileyHOST
He is the recently elected international president of AFSCME, the nation's largest public sector union at 1.4 million members strong.
Tavis SmileyHOST
Two conversations up first.
Tavis SmileyHOST
We'll travel to the Bay Area to talk to Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, who's standing for reelection next Tuesday on the B side of our tube.
Tavis SmileyHOST
A conversation with Patrick Moran, the recently elected international president of AFSCME, the nation's largest public sector union, 1.4 million members strong.
Tavis SmileyHOST
In our third hour, two more conversations.
Kate RhodesHOST
It will give the mayor the right to veto legislation put forward by city council.
Kate RhodesHOST
I like our mayor, okay? Barbara Lee is obviously like a legend, an icon.
Kate RhodesHOST
Yeah, but that changes
Maysoon WazwazHOST
it for everyone after her.
Kate RhodesHOST
vote yes on it i'm sorry that all these things are so confusing
Maysoon WazwazHOST
yeah
Kate RhodesHOST
then we got barbara lee for mayor whatever just go for barbara lee she's cool as fuck whatever
Maysoon WazwazHOST
wait wait wait this is where this is where you and i had a bet kate and i had two bets one was that barbara lee would win by 85 percent
PeterAUDIENCE
Um, and we've had mostly that black Panthers, uh, a couple of other woke types, Jerry Brown, who became our governor was mayor in the early two thousands, but the only opposition.
PeterAUDIENCE
the only Republican candidate running against Barbara Lee this term is, uh, a woman.
PeterAUDIENCE
I'm not going to say her name, but she is, uh, associated with the cult.
PeterAUDIENCE
And I won't explain this any further.
Randy WangHOST
So next month, either outright the Oakland City Council is going to approve moving to a $30 an hour minimum wage, or the voters are going to have to deal with that on yet another ballot.
Randy WangHOST
Johnny, remember when Barbara Lee Speaks for Me was running for Senate and she was campaigning on a $50 an hour minimum wage?
John PhillipsHOST
That's probably coming next.
John PhillipsHOST
Oh, boy.
Randy WangHOST
So next month, either outright the Oakland City Council is going to approve moving to a $30 an hour minimum wage, or the voters are going to have to deal with that on yet another ballot.
Randy WangHOST
Johnny, remember when Barbara Lee Speaks for Me was running for Senate and she was campaigning on a $50 an hour minimum wage?
John PhillipsHOST
That's probably coming next.
John PhillipsHOST
Oh, boy.
W. Kamau BellGUEST
I'd like her to be mayor of wherever I am.
W. Kamau BellGUEST
I mean, Barbara Lee's great here in Oklahoma.
W. Kamau BellGUEST
I would like Angie Nixon to be politically in charge of wherever I am.
W. Kamau BellGUEST
I'll trade one of our senators in California for Angie.
Michael NguyenGUEST
Thanks so much.
Michael NguyenGUEST
A couple of weeks ago, I was able to stand with Mayor Lurie and Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and firefighters and SEIU and community organizations who were all against Prop 43.
Michael NguyenGUEST
And I mentioned this because Prop 43 is also rejected by Governor Newsom and all 90 members of a Democratic California legislature.
Michael NguyenGUEST
So, Darshini, why are you still being endorsed by GrowSF and is there anything that a right-wing organization can do to move to the right that will actually make you disavow that endorsement?
speaker_15NARRATOR
The council could override a veto with six of eight votes.
speaker_15NARRATOR
Current Mayor Barbara Lee supports it.
speaker_15NARRATOR
Critics on the council called a power grab and worry it weakens their own oversight role.
The CouncilmanHOST
Well, surprise, the mayor likes the strong mayor initiative.
DaveHOST
It's supposed to be able to react quickly in a disaster, but those plans are supposed to be made slowly and methodically by the people that set policy for the city.
DaveHOST
And I think...
DaveHOST
I don't have a problem with Barbara Lee, and I don't think that she would use that power in a way that's detrimental to the people of the city, but when you think about this stuff, you have to think about, well, what if I... don't like the mayor do i want them do i want this happening and my answer to that is fuck no
The CouncilmanHOST
right uh former mayor of san jose once told me you know peter if you're my name here councilman councilman if you want a strong mayor you know vote for a strong mayor like you know elect someone who's a strong person right like uh it's political will and political power doesn't necessarily come from the policy.
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