Nadel and Dellums for mayor of Oakland

The Sierra Club has endorsed both Ron Dellums and Nancy Nadel in the primary election for Oakland mayor.

Ron Dellums

An 8,000-signature grassroots draft movement has brought Ron Dellums out of private life and into the fray to be elected Oakland's mayor. First elected to Congress in opposition to the Vietnam War, for 28 years Dellums made the views of his Oakland/Berkeley constituents heard in Washington. A military-budget expert, Dellums led the successful termination of numerous nuclear weapons systems. A staunch environmentalist, Dellums received perfect voting ratings from key environmental groups, including the Sierra Club.

As mayor, Dellums envisions making Oakland a model for addressing the issues facing all urban areas: poverty, crime, schools, health care, affordable housing, public transit, pollution, aging infrastructure, clean waterways, even potholes. Dellums is committed to open, transparent government where all stakeholders have a seat at the decision-making table.

Nancy Nadel

For decades, through three terms on the Oakland City Council and before that two terms on the Board of the East Bay Municipal Utility District, Nancy Nadel has led on environmental issues.

She worked for a Zero Dioxin Resolution, a Green Building Ordinance, an ordinance to reduce construction and demolition debris going to the landfill, a Woodburning Fireplace Ordinance to reduce air pollution, and the Lake Merritt Master Plan, which led to Measure DD funding for lake improvements. She brought City Car Share to Oakland and helped catalyze the West Oakland transit village. Her platform includes continuing work to decrease air pollution; creating, preserving and maintaining open space; facilitating the development of environmental indicators in each neighborhood to track and enhance quality of life; and increasing access to and protection of the lake, creeks, and estuary.