OAKLAND — Three of the city’s eight incumbent council members will not run for re-election in November, leaving wide open the races for public office that could reshape Oakland’s political landscape.
Treva Reid, the councilmember representing East Oakland’s District 7, did not file paperwork by the late Friday afternoon deadline at City Hall — a last-minute revelation that caught two of her would-be challengers by surprise when they learned of Reid’s decision.
Reid joins two fellow council members who similarly are foregoing a re-election bid: at-large member Rebecca Kaplan, a tenured Oakland politician, and District 1’s Dan Kalb, who unsuccessfully ran earlier this year for an East Bay state senate seat.
Reid, the daughter of former longtime councilmember Larry Reid, did not immediately respond to a message asking why she would not seek to retain her seat.
This story will be updated.
