Candidate for Oakland City Council at-large seat Charlene Wang lost $1,000 in campaign cash after a homeless woman walked off with a donation bag and refused to give it back.

Oakland City Council candidate Charlene Wang said her donation bag containing about $1,000 was stolen by an unhoused woman during her campaign kick off event on Sunday. They called Oakland police ...

She has worked for the U.S. EPA on civil rights and environmental justice issues. Wang lost a November 2024 election for the at-large City Council seat to current Councilmember Rowena Brown.