# Jane Brunner

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**Jane Brunner** is a former member of the [Oakland City Council](/source/Oakland_City_Council), a position she held from 1996[1] to 2013. Brunner is a former president of the council, a post she held for two years. She was Chair of the Community and Economic Development Committee.

Brunner holds a [BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in [Philosophy](/source/Philosophy) from [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California,_Berkeley), and a JD from [University of California Hastings College of the Law](/source/University_of_California_Hastings_College_of_the_Law). She is an [attorney](/source/Lawyer) at [Siegel & Yee](/source/Dan_Siegel_(attorney)#Siegel_.26_Yee)[2] and has been a [civil rights](/source/Civil_rights_law) and [labor attorney](/source/Labor_law) in private practice for over twenty years, with extensive experience in [mediation](/source/Mediation) and negotiation resolving complex, multi-party issues.

She led in the fight to adopt Measure DD that raised $198 million for open space projects on the estuary waterfront, at [Lake Merritt](/source/Lake_Merritt), and along Oakland creeks.[3]

In 2011, Brunner marched with peaceful protestors as part of the [Oakland general strike](/source/2011_Oakland_general_strike).[4]

In the November 2012 election, she chose to run for Oakland city attorney. Brunner lost the election, receiving 32% of the votes to 68% for Barbara Parker, a political newcomer but highly regarded city attorney.[5] Seven others ran for the next Oakland City Council District 1 term,[6] won by [Dan Kalb](/source/Dan_Kalb).

## References

1. Berkeley Daily Planet (2008) ["Jane Brunner - The Teflon Incumbent"](http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2008-01-08/article/28891?headline=Commentary-Jane-Brunner-The-Teflon-Incumbent--By-Robert-Brokl)

1. [Biography](http://www.siegelyee.com/janebrunner.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120211135824/http://www.siegelyee.com/janebrunner.html) February 11, 2012 at the Wayback Machine at Siegel & Yee

1. City of Oakland CA ["Councilmember District 1"](http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/CityCouncil/o/District1/District1/projects/index.htm)

1. Bay Citizen (2011) ["How Occupy Oakland Shut Down Port"](http://www.baycitizen.org/occupy-movement/story/occupy-oakland-shut-down-port/)

1. Matthew Artz (November 8, 2012). ["de la Fuente and Brunner Big Losers"](http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_21949011/de-la-fuente-and-brunner-big-losers-oakland). Oakland Tribune.

1. Matthew Artz (August 17, 2012). ["Oakland field set for November elections"](http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_21337620/oakland-field-set-november-elections). Oakland Tribune.

## External links

- ["Jane Brunner campaign site"](http://www.janebrunner.com/), [archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130923185812/http://www.janebrunner.com/) 2013-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2014-06-20

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