Up to 16 inmates from San Quentin State Prison have been hospitalized in Alameda County hospitals, Health Care Services Agency Director Coleen Chawla said on Tuesday. As of Monday, there were 8-9 of those who remain hospitalized following a major… Read More ›
The $106 million doesn’t exist.-Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan on why she voted Tuesday against a request by the Sheriffs Department for $106 million annually over three years to hire more deputies.
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the sale of its half of the Coliseum complex to the Oakland Athletics at a special meeting on Monday for $85 million paid over six years. The Board of Supervisors have for… Read More ›
During a re-election campaign in 2016 that, in hindsight, only appeared difficult, Alameda County Supervisor said he would likely not run again in 2020 for the District 4 seat he has securely held for nearly two decades. In an interview… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTYAlameda County’s likely fiscal year budget shortfall will be additionally impacted by the state’s decision to begin asking municipalities to shoulder more of the costs for in-home health services. Last week, Alameda County Administrator Susan Muranishi told the Board… Read More ›
A mailer from Pleasanton Families for Supervisor Nate Miley, an IE supporting his re-election. ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS | DISTRICT 4 |Earlier this month, a mysterious independent expenditures committee named “Pleasanton Families for Supervisor Nate Miley” surfaced without much funding… Read More ›
A mailer released Friday by Parker’s campaign charges Miley with a cozy relationship with Corizon, the county’s prison health care provider. ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS | DISTRICT 4 |Things just got real in Alameda County’s under-the-radar Board of Supervisors race… Read More ›
State Senate candidate Nancy Skinner raised more than $277,000 during the past six months. SD9 ALCOD4 CAMPAIGN FINANCE |Former Assemblymember Nancy Skinner of Berkeley reported that she has nearly $1.1 million in cash reserves in her state Senate campaign account,… Read More ›
ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS/Sept 29, 9:30 a.m.Surveillance upgrade; OK for chopper landing STINGRAY UPGRADE The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office is asking the Board of Supervisors to approve an allocation of $113,419 for an upgrade to its controversial Electronic Surveillance Telephone… Read More ›
Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley ALAMEDA COUNTY | Groups representing a number of pharmaceutical companies asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a 2012 ordinance passed by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors that calls for drug companies to pay for… Read More ›
COLISEUM AUTHORITY | The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority did not vote on a proposed 10-year lease scheduled for early Friday morning to keep the Athletics at their current location a following a move by Oakland City Council to… Read More ›
The amount of outstanding debt Warriors owner Joe Lacob owes Alameda County is almost the same as its fiscal budget shortfall. ALAMEDA COUNTY | BUDGET | Starting next week, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors will begin deliberations on a… Read More ›
Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern is running unopposed this June. PHOTO/Shane Bond ALAMEDA COUNTY | Patrick O’Connell — like most Alameda County politicians — has run unopposed each time he’s been up for reelection to his longtime post as county… Read More ›
Supervisor Keith Carson ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS | No other elected official in the East Bay comports himself in the manner of a statesman than Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson. He is pensive listener who typically responds with measured,… Read More ›
