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 ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Charlene Wang grew up spending weekends in Oakland 's Chinatown with her grandparents. Now, she's preparing to represent the area as Oakland's new District 2 city council member.

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.