Councilmember Jane Brunner is the President of the Oakland City Council. She represents North Oakland, District 1.
On the Council, Ms. Brunner has provided leadership in the areas of Public Safety, Sustainable Development, Job Training and Affordable Housing.
Additionally, Councilmember Brunner has led a campaign that has planted thousands of trees throughout Oakland.

In addition to her City Council responsibilities, Ms. Brunner is an attorney with Siegel & Yee specializing in employment issues. Previously she served as staff attorney with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 1245.

Ms. Brunner is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (BA) and University of California Hastings College of the Law (JD). She is a former public school special education teacher. Ms. Brunner is married and the mother of two children and has been a resident of Oakland for over thirty years.