Oakland City Hall
City or town hall in Oakland, CaliforniaWikipedia
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Oct 21, 2026
Alexis MadrigalSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
She had a rough childhood in Stockton, spending time homeless in her youth.
Alexis MadrigalSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But she forged ahead, found a home in Oakland City Hall, and began to move up the political ranks.
Alexis MadrigalSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Her rise culminated in a surprising mayoral win over Lauren Taylor by just some hundreds of votes, making her the first Hmong American mayor of a major U.S. city.
Alexis MadrigalSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
From the beginning, her administration faced major headwinds.
Alexis MadrigalHOST
She had a rough childhood in Stockton, spending time homeless in her youth.
Alexis MadrigalHOST
But she forged ahead, found a home in Oakland City Hall, and began to move up the political ranks.
Alexis MadrigalHOST
Her rise culminated in a surprising mayoral win over Lauren Taylor by just some hundreds of votes, making her the first Hmong American mayor of a major U.S. city.
Alexis MadrigalHOST
From the beginning, her administration faced major headwinds.
Eli WolfCORRESPONDENT
He's going to ruin my career, according to Hanson.
Sunni KhalidCORRESPONDENT
The federal government has not announced that this investigation into Oakland City Hall corruption is over.
Sunni KhalidCORRESPONDENT
And there are always rumors of a superseding indictment bringing more people in.
Sunni KhalidCORRESPONDENT
How does that figure as this trial goes forward?
Eli WolfCORRESPONDENT
He's going to ruin my career, according to Hansen.
Sunni KhalidCORRESPONDENT
The federal government has not announced that this investigation into Oakland City Hall corruption is over.
Sunni KhalidCORRESPONDENT
And there are always rumors of a superseding indictment bringing more people in.
Sunni KhalidCORRESPONDENT
How does that figure as this trial goes forward?
Randy WangHOST
This guy was trying to be the Rick Jacobs of Oakland when Shang Tao was in.
Randy WangHOST
And even though he had no official job and he had actually been fired from a pot commission years earlier and has no business being in Oakland City Hall, he was trying to run things.
Randy WangHOST
Don't forget, Johnny, at the inauguration party where Andre bought his ex-wife to kind of dance, Big time Shangi on her big night.
Randy WangHOST
He was the one going around to all of the donors asking what jobs they want, what appointments they want, what favors they want.
Randy WangHOST
This guy was trying to be the Rick Jacobs of Oakland when Shang Tao was in.
Randy WangHOST
And even though he had no official job, and he had actually been fired from a pot commission years earlier, and has no business being in Oakland City Hall, he was trying to run things.
Randy WangHOST
Don't forget, Johnny, at the inauguration party where Andre bought his ex-wife to kind of big-time Shanggy on her big night, he was the one going around to all of the donors asking what jobs they want, what appointments they want, what favors they want.
John PhillipsHOST
He was Santa Claus.
Steve TavaresHOST
Yeah.
Steve TavaresHOST
So so part of this here that we're talking about here was this first week was is Oakland City Hall for sale? And on Thursday, a lot of the testimony was about Andre Jones.
Steve TavaresHOST
It was by way of Lee Hansen.
Steve TavaresHOST
Obviously, her role here was specifically for Andre Jones to paint this picture.
Steve TavaresHOST
He was the unpaid... advisor to the mayor and he was all up in the business.
Steve TavaresHOST
You know
Trishala VinnakotaHOST
what's crazy? We have an entire federal trial happening in our city debating whether Oakland City Hall is up for sale and then in the meantime we have people screaming about billionaires buying public schools in Oakland.
Loren TaylorGUEST
The same ones who are supportive
Randy WangHOST
This guy was trying to be the Rick Jacobs of Oakland when Sheng Tao was in.
Randy WangHOST
And even though he had no official job, and he had actually been fired from a pot commission years earlier, and has no business being in Oakland City Hall, he was trying to run things.
Randy WangHOST
Don't forget, Johnny, at the inauguration party where Andre bought his ex-wife to kind of big-time Shengie on her big night, he was the one going around to all of the donors asking what jobs they want, what appointments they want, what favors they want.
John PhillipsHOST
He was Santa Claus.
Jacqueline Mates-MuchinGUEST
Um, and our...
Jacqueline Mates-MuchinGUEST
We had c- a couple of different locations, but our current sanctuary was finished the same year that Oakland City Hall was finished.
Jacqueline Mates-MuchinGUEST
So we really see ourselves as a part of the growth of Oakland over time, um, and have been a, a consistent presence here in, in Oakland.
Alexis MadrigalHOST
Oh, that's great.
23 MINS LATER
Michael WallaceGUEST
So I did start with the houses of worship, and then for the, uh, second part I partnered with my good friend and, uh, colleague and also good photographer, J. Michael Tucker, in taking the portraits.
Michael WallaceGUEST
And furthermore, we decided to start recording their, uh, oral histories.
Michael WallaceGUEST
And I was later, after doing a solo show, the Oakland City Hall offered, uh, the opportunity to exhibit in this empty commercial space, uh, 1500 Broadway.
Michael WallaceGUEST
Uh, it's a very large, over 2,000 square feet space-
Brian WattCORRESPONDENT
So why don't we start with Thao herself and how she got here?
Alex HallCORRESPONDENT
Yeah, so if you remember, Thao kind of worked her way up in the ranks at Oakland City Hall, and in 2022, she ran for mayor and, uh, narrowly won, becoming, uh, the first Hmong American woman to lead a major US city.
Brian WattCORRESPONDENT
And that wasn't easy.
Brian WattCORRESPONDENT
I certainly remember how close that narrow margin was.
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