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Carroll Fife
2021 - Present
2029
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Carroll Fife is a member of the Oakland City Council in California, representing District 3. She assumed office on January 4, 2021. Her current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Fife ran for re-election to the Oakland City Council to represent District 3 in California. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Fife completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Carroll Fife was born in Michigan. She earned a bachelor's degree from Holy Names University in 2012. Fife's career experience includes working as a politician and as a director with the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment. She has been affiliated with the Alameda County Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in Oakland, California (2024)
General election
General election for Oakland City Council District 3
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Carroll Fife in round 5 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.
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Total votes: 20,793 |
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Endorsements
To view Fife's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Fife in this election.
2020
See also: City elections in Oakland, California (2020)
General election
General election for Oakland City Council District 3
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Carroll Fife in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.
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Total votes: 30,408 |
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Endorsements
To view Fife's endorsements in the 2020 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Carroll Fife completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Fife's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Our coalition of mothers, faith leaders, neighbors, and local business owners secured voter approval for thousands of units of affordable housing; enacted the strongest tenant protections in California; launched Oakland’s Black New Deal and LGBTQ District; and invested in programs that attack the root causes of poverty: education, housing stability, quality jobs and a vibrant arts and culture sector. Trust, there is much more to do.
I'm proud of the big things we've accomplished like fighting to bring the Oakland Ballers to West Oakland and the Oakland Film Initiative to the entire city. I brought forward legislation in support of a Congressional resolution for a permanent Ceasefire in Gaza and expanded support to local schools, businesses, environmental protection efforts and cultural institutions. I advocated in Sacramento for investments in our parks through our Urban Forestry Program and included your voice in critical infrastructure plans like our Community-Led Traffic Safety Permit Pilot to ensure that we have safe, healthy water, air and streets.
I'm also proud of little wins like cleaning up our churches and youth centers; getting flashing lights for families walking through busy intersections and ensuring vulnerable neighbors have groceries.- I AM ADVANCING THE HUMAN RIGHT TO HOUSING: In 2024 alone, I've secured over $7 million for permanently supportive housing to address the crisis of homelessness. I'm working with the County of Alameda to vacant land and buildings for green social housing to reduce homelessness and create dense infill housing for working people near public transit. My work at the national and state levels between 2017 and 2020 laid the foundation for my local policy making today. Building on my 2018 Acquisition and Conversation of Affordable Housing work, we've transferred $10 million to the Housing Accelerator Fund to finance affordable housing acquisition and rehab with $30 million for permanent financing for these loans.
- I AM BOLSTERING ECONOMIC RESILIENCE IN OAKLAND: I've brought resources to key city departments to help decrease complex permitting processes and wait times; Created legislation for small businesses to activate outdoor space for dining and events; Brought forward the Oakland Film Initiative to create home-grown movies and attract productions to the Town, and begun the process to form an Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District to support housing development and economic support for Oakland businesses.
- I AM INCREASING COMMUNITY SAFETY through investments in 911 dispatch, youth jobs programs, space utilization backed by grants, small businesses and entrepreneurial programs; Support of Operation Ceasefire and Department of Violence Prevention's data-proven prevention measures, and investments in Privacy Advocacy Commission-approved safety technology.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
2020
Carroll Fife completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Fife's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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She has been involved in Oakland electoral politics for over a decade. She is an elected member of the Oakland NAACP's Executive Committee and serves as the housing chair of the organization. Since 2014, she has managed several campaigns, including Oakland's first ever slate of all Black women candidates for City Council and the OUSD Board. She was a 2016 and 2020 Platform Committee delegate for Senator Bernie Sanders and drafted an amendment for the 2020 Democratic National Convention Platform to make housing a human right.
Carroll's legislative and electoral accomplishments include the grassroots organizing energy behind Oakland's Department of Race and Equity, pushing for the Cannabis Equity Permit program, protecting the Coliseum area from gentrification, passing Oakland's emergency eviction moratoria and pandemic eviction ban, and most recently, pressuring the City Council to reopen the City budget in order to divest from Oakland's police department to invest in community serv- I will work to make housing accessible for ALL humans. It is a fundamental human right.
- I will advocate for divesting from policing in order to invest in systems of safety that nurture and protect ALL humans.
- I will strive to find new revenue sources to fund our city's most essential services so that we can help residents and small businesses rebuild post COVID.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Oakland City Council District 3 |
Officeholder Oakland City Council District 3 |
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by Lynette Gibson McElhaney |
Oakland City Council District 3 2021-Present |
Succeeded by - |
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