Federal Deployment in Bay Area
The City of Oakland is aware of media reports that federal agents are being deployed to the San Francisco Bay Area. Oakland remains a proud Sanctuary City committed to standing with our immigrant families. City leaders are actively monitoring this situation and are in touch with Oakland's state and federal delegation.
Mayor Lee Mourns Loss of Beloved Oakland Coach John Beam
Date: November 14, 2025
News from: Mayor's Office
Mayor Lee Mourns Loss of Beloved Oakland Coach John Beam
Mayor's Office Contact:
Justin Phillips
My deepest condolences go out to Coach John Beam's family and loved ones. They ask for privacy at this time.
Coach’s Beam’s legacy isn't measured in championships or statistics. It's measured in the thousands of young people he believed in, mentored, and refused to abandon, including my nephew, while at Skyline High school. He gave Oakland's youth their best chance, and he never stopped fighting for them.
Gun violence has stolen the life of a man who dedicated himself to building up the young people of this city. We cannot accept this. We cannot let guns continue flooding our streets and destroying the very people trying to save our community.
Coach Beam spent four decades lifting up Oakland and mentoring our young people.
Now we must honor his memory by continuing the hard work of ridding our community of gun violence. We owe it to every family shattered by this gun violence crisis.
- Mayor Barbara Lee