Editing Oakley, California (section)

==Government==
The City of Oakley is a [[General-law municipality|general-law city]], as opposed to a [[charter city]], formed under state legislative statutes and governed by a body of laws in the state Constitution. Oakley operates under a council-manager form of government. {{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}

The Oakley City Council consists of five non-partisan council members elected by district. Oakley's city council members are considered part-time because, aside from being council members, they have full-time jobs. This part-time nature of the council opens up opportunities for ordinary citizens who are working in the private sector to participate.{{Citation needed|date=August 2014}}

At the first council meeting in December, the mayor is selected by a majority of the city council from among currently serving council members. At this time a vice mayor is also selected.

===Politics===
In 2017, Oakley had 19,906 registered voters with 9,921 (49.8%) registered as Democrats, 4,705 (23.6%) registered as Republicans, and 4,371 (22%) [[Decline to State|decline to state]] voters.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2017/politicalsub.pdf | title=Report of Registration as of February 10, 2017 - Registration by Political Subdivision by County | access-date=2024-05-18 | website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov}}</ref> Records show that 662 Oakley voters are registered Independents, with an additional 55 registered Green Party members.<ref>{{cite web |title=California Elections Data |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2017/politicalsub.pdf |access-date=October 16, 2019}}</ref>