Filipina American Is Interim Mayor of Oakland, CA

Filipino American Nikki Fortunato Bas, a lifelong community organizer and defender of worker rights, is the interim mayor of this most populous city on the eastern rim of San Francisco Bay. Then on Jan. 6, Bas will be taking on yet another unprecedented role for a Filipino American in Alameda County or in any of the eight other Bay Area counties when she swears into the Board of Supervisors(See Inquirer.net for story).