Who is running for mayor, city council and school board in your city, along with a number of interesting down ballot races this fall
Challengers for Alameda mayor say they support repeal of Costa-Hawkins, Mayor Spencer does not
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Nicholas Harvey’s unorthodox campaign strategy, however, is focused on unseating a potentially vulnerable AC Transit incumbent
We have to figure out how to get Muslims elected. It's kind of embarrassing.—Cheryl Sudduth, who is running for the West County Wastewater District board in Contra Costa County, at a Muslim candidates town hall in Fremont last Saturday lamenting about the lack of Muslim American elected officials in Bay Area government while other places like Michigan thrive.
Hayward landlords used coded racial language during a meeting in May, says the author, and the Hayward City Council ‘did not bat an eye’
Bonta’s AB 734 is expected to return to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday
"The federal government needs to stay out of our business"-Progressive East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee, in a fundraising email on Monday, making a states' rights argument typically used by conservatives, in reference to the Trump administration's opposition to California's cannabis laws.
Hayward City Council candidate Aisha Wahab turned heads two weeks ago by reporting a haul of campaign contributions […]
STEVE TAVARES IS ANGRY-Episode 3: Those times Eric Swalwell ran away from me
People often ask me, “Why do you hate Eric Swalwell?” I don’t hate him, but on Thursday’s Steve […]
STEVE TAVARES IS ANGRY-Episode 1: Hipsters and sanctuary city hypocrisy in San Leandro
The world premiere of the Steve Tavares Is Angry Podcast ponders the possibility of his neighborhood becoming gentrified, […]
Similar initiatives to limit health care charges to 15 percent of cost is coming to Palo Alto this, fall, and possibly Emeryville
Bonta’s recent endorsements have a unifying theme
Spencer only spent $10,325 in 2014 to register the biggest upset in the East Bay
Pending an appeal, Alameda’s rent stabilization charter amendment measure will appear on the ballot as approved by the council last March.
Fire Mueller and we fire you.—Rep. Eric Swalwell tweeting a response Wednesday to President Trump's earlier tweet saying U.S. Atty Gen. Jeff Sessions "should" fire Robert Mueller.
Oakland District 4 candidates who recently suspended his campaign, reported an impressive $113,000 in contributions
44 weighs in on AD15
Rep. Eric Swalwell is visiting Iowa this week and next, fueling more speculation that he’s potential eyeing a presidential primary run
I think democratic socialism will ultimately prevail in this country because it makes an enormous amount of sense. Rep. Ron Dellums quoted in an In These Times article from 1976. With the rise of Bernie Sanders and Social Democrats across the country, the statement today carries renewed meaning.
The Most Interesting Man in San Leandro readies another run for mayor
Dellums, one of the East Bay’s most influential public officials ever died Monday following a bout with prostate cancer.
Daysog filed his own lawsuit against the city last June to remove the council-approved ballot question for the landlord-backed rent stabilization charter amendment measure this fall.
