Sheng Thao Retains Controversial Aide Brandon Harami Focus Of Powell And Webb Complants

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Sheng Thao Retains Controversial Aide Brandon Harami Focus Of Powell And Webb Complants

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao released a statement on her new hires. Among them one name stuck out: Brandon Harami.

This is what Thao’s office wrote:

Brandon Harami, Policy Director

Brandon is continuing his service for Mayor Thao after spending 4 years working as her Communications and then Policy Director in her Council Office. He is a native Californian who grew up just south of the Bay Area. Raised by is Gay dads and single mother, Brandon became active in politics at a young age. He learned leadership and community organizing as an officer in both his local 4-H club and his High School’s GSA.

But to LeAna Powell, who filed a complaint that is now an investigation by The Oakland Public Ethics Commission, Brandon was a key player in an environment that she says was bullying. Powell shares that Harami and Chief of Staff Renia Webb were the ones who tried to get her to work on Sheng’s campaign for Mayor of Oakland.

Then Renia Webb herself quit and then complained in an email seen by most city employees that she was abused physically and verbally. While Harami was not the person she blamed, Webb did later point a finger at Brandon’s office actions claiming that he made her sick. Powell advanced a similar complaint.

On the flip side and before the campaign, Brandon was a top flight professional for Sheng. But given the complaints logged against him by Powell and Webb, it’s fair to wonder what kind of aide he’s going to be moving forward.

Stay tuned.

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