YIMBY Action✓ Endorses“We're pleased to endorse Councilmember Charlene Wang again for Oakland D2.”
2026 Midterm Partner Endorsements
Charlene Wang
Oakland City Council, District 2 · Oakland, CA
Backed byYIMBY ActionHousing Action Coalition
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YIMBY Action✓ Endorses
Housing Action Coalition✓ EndorsesAbout Charlene Wang
Charlene Wang is the Oakland City Councilmember representing District 2, including Chinatown, Little Saigon, Eastlake, San Antonio, Bella Vista, Trestle Glen, Crocker Highlands, Lakeshore, and Jack London Square. Her commitment to public service is rooted in lived experience - growing up in the East Bay amid family violence and economic instability, spending weekends in her grandparents’ affordable housing in West Oakland, and riding the bus into Chinatown. Those experiences shaped her belief that government must work urgently and competently for people in crisis.
Charlene holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in Environmental Engineering from Columbia University and a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School. Her career spans local, state, and federal government, where she has led complex reforms across housing, homelessness, transportation, education, public safety, and environmental justice.