OAKLAND INTERIM MAYOR ANNOUNCES MASS STAFF CHANGES

A day after it was revealed that his chief of staff was released, Oakland Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins announced Monday most of the mayor’s office remaining staff will be released Friday and will be on paid administrative leave until then.

Former Chief of Staff Leigh Hanson was released Sunday, and the only remaining staff in the Mayor's Office are Deputy Mayor Burt Jones, who will assume chief of staff duties; Deputy Mayor LaNiece Jones; and the office’s executive assistant and scheduler, the mayor's office said in a news advisory Monday.

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