Jane Brunner

{{Short description|Oakland City Council member}}

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Jane Brunner is a former member of the Oakland City Council, a position she held from 1996Berkeley Daily Planet (2008) [http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2008-01-08/article/28891?headline=Commentary-Jane-Brunner-The-Teflon-Incumbent--By-Robert-Brokl "Jane Brunner - The Teflon Incumbent"] 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 in Philosophy from University of California, Berkeley, and a JD from University of California Hastings College of the Law. She is an attorney at Siegel & Yee[http://www.siegelyee.com/janebrunner.html Biography] at Siegel & Yee and has been a civil rights and labor attorney in private practice for over twenty years, with extensive experience in 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, and along Oakland creeks.City of Oakland CA [http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/CityCouncil/o/District1/District1/projects/index.htm "Councilmember District 1"]

In 2011, Brunner marched with peaceful protestors as part of the Oakland general strike.Bay Citizen (2011) [http://www.baycitizen.org/occupy-movement/story/occupy-oakland-shut-down-port/ "How Occupy Oakland Shut Down Port"]

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_21949011/de-la-fuente-and-brunner-big-losers-oakland|date=November 8, 2012|title=de la Fuente and Brunner Big Losers|author=Matthew Artz|publisher=Oakland Tribune}} Seven others ran for the next Oakland City Council District 1 term,{{cite web|url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_21337620/oakland-field-set-november-elections|date=August 17, 2012|title=Oakland field set for November elections|author=Matthew Artz|publisher=Oakland Tribune}} won by Dan Kalb.