Dan Siegel

photo CC BY-ND 2.0 by  zennie62Dan Siegel announcing his mayoral campaign on Jan. 9, 2014 at Frank Ogawa Plaza. [by @OKcouncil]

Dan Siegel is an Oakland-based lawyer and activist. "Siegel, a long-time friend of Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, served as her Legal Adviser until November 14, 2011, when he resigned in protest. Siegel subsequently announced, via Twitter: "No longer Mayor Quan's legal advisor. Resigned at 2 am. Support Occupy Oakland, not the 1% and its government facilitators." [from Wikipedia] He's also a former school board member.

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On Jan. 2nd, 2014, Dan Siegel announced his candidacy for mayor in the 2014 Mayoral Election.  He tweeted that his New Year's Resolution was to become Mayor.  View videos and statements of his political positions here. Siegel was eliminated in the 12th round.

He is using Left Coast Communications as his campaign consultant.

You can find him on twitter at:@DanMSiegel,Youtube Channel, Dan-Siegel-for-Oakland, flickr, siegelforoakland (Instagram)

View political positions here.

Campaign website: http://siegelforoakland.org/, Volunteer

Ballotpedia

Dan Siegel and Jean Quan were both student activists in 1967-1970 while attending UC Berkeley.

Dan Siegel was the recipient of the East Bay Express Most Progressive Oakland Mayoral Candidate Award in 2014.

Endorsements

• Complete list of endorsements here
• Supervisor Nate Miley (source)
• Former Councilmember Jane Brunner (source)
• National Union of Healthcare Workers (source)

• SF supervisor John Avalos  (source)

• former SF supervisor Angela Alioto  (source)

• former SF supervisor Matt Gonzales  (source)

• former SF supervisor Tony Hall  (source)

• John Burris (source)

• Dean Preston, executive director of Tenants Together (source)

• SEIU Local 1021 (source)

• Paul Cobb, Publisher, Post Newspaper Group

• John Burris, Esq.

• Paul Brekke-Miesner

• Sokhom Mao (source)

• Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club (2nd- source)

• Oakland Rising- 1st choice (source)

• League of Conservation Voters East Bay (3rd- source)
• East Bay Express (third with Kaplan- source)

News & External Links

• 2014-01-02: "Dan Siegel Joins Mayoral Race" Oakland Post
• Dan Siegel candidate information page on oakmayor2014.com 
• Dan Siegel on Wikipedia
• On December 27th 2013, Siegel told Oakland Blogger Zennie Abraham that he's running for Mayor of Oakland.
• 2014-01-07: "Oakland Progressive Dan Siegel to Formally Announce Run for Mayor." EBCitizen.com
• 2014-01-08: "Civil rights lawyer Dan Siegel to challenge Jean Quan for Oakland mayor." San Francisco Business Times

• 2014-01-08 "Can a Sixties Radical Turned Civil Rights Lawyer Become the Next Mayor of Oakland?" Daily Kos

• 2014-01-10 "Phil Matier: Dan Siegel Announces Campaign for Oakland Mayor." CBS

• 2014-01-14 "Left turn? Civil rights attorney Dan Siegel launches Oakland mayoral campaign." SFBG

• 2014-02-02 "Block Report: Plots, plans and the Dan Siegel campaign." San Francisco Bay View

• 2014-01-05 Dan Siegel On His Run For Mayor Of Oakland - Zennie62 On YouTube

• 2014-03-22 Oakland Mayor's Race Debate : Dan Siegel And Bryan Parker - Zennie62 On YouTube

• 2014-03-29 Dan Siegel Oakland Mayor's Race Party At Impact Hub Oakland - Zennie62 On YouTube

• 2014-04-02 Dan Siegel On Daryelle Preston Lawsuit vs City of Oakland - Zennie62 On YouTube

• 2014-05-21 Mayoral Candidate: Dan Siegel- Oakland North

• 2014-08-04 Oakland: Dan Siegel is union's top choice for mayor- Oakland Tribune