Assemblymember Rob Bonta has used fiery rhetoric against President Trump in the past. ALAMEDA COUNTYAlameda County Democrats, led by Assemblymember Rob Bonta and State Sen. Bob Wieckowski, were in a festive holiday mood last week, except when it came to talk… Read More ›
Assemblymember Bill Quirk needs a signature legislative achievement and he needs it to happen soon. ELECTION 2018➤I think the burgeoning scandal in Sacramento with legislators meting out punishment in secret to colleagues accused of sexual harassment in the workplace is… Read More ›
CONGRESSBefore Rep. Ro Khanna dropped fellow Alameda County Rep. Barbara Lee‘s name today as a possible progressive challenge to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who announced Monday that she is running for re-election next year, the idea of such a run was… Read More ›
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS–MONEYBALL–It may be only August, but for federal, state and county races, the time for campaigns to raise money in advance of the June Primary is now. Based on mid-year campaign finance reports through June 30, several East… Read More ›
LEGISLATURE | BUDGET | Following Gov. Jerry Brown’s fiscal budget proposal this week seeking to balance the first state budget deficit since 2012 with $1.6 billion in cuts, local East Bay state legislators and the Alameda County Board of Supervisors weighed-in:… Read More ›
State Sen. Bob Wieckowski and Asm Rob Bonta ASSEMBLY | The East Bay’s legislative odd couple–Oakland Assemblymember Rob Bonta and Fremont State Sen. Bob Wieckowski–have traveled the world together in recent years. The duo has hobnobbed twice together on the beaches… Read More ›
Silicon Valley GOP congressional candidate Ron Cohen wants to make the South Bay great, again. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Seventeenth Congressional District Republican candidate Ron Cohen says he needs to differentiate himself from his opponents in the seven-person June… Read More ›
AD16 | Cheryl Cook-Kallio, the Democrat tasked with winning back the only red assembly district in the Bay Area, received some attention from Assembly speaker-elect Anthony Rendon. During his remarks before the California Democratic Party Convention’s general session Saturday, Rendon… Read More ›
State Sen. Bob Wieckowski and Assemblymember Rob Bonta both attended a special interests-paid junket in Hawaii. STATE LEGISLATURE | When visiting the Hawaiian Islands they say you’re always among family. It’s no different when the annual Hawaii junket, frequently derided… Read More ›
Former Assemblymember Nancy Skinner’s campaign for SD9 has support of a quarter of the State Senate. STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 9 | Less than nine months from a likely brutal June primary among three former state legislators in the East… Read More ›
Wieckowski aide Tim Orozco lost his San Jose City Council race Tuesday despite $232,000 in support from the South Bay AFL-CIO. Orozco loses in San Jose; Fernandez failed in Hayward STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 10 | Even with the pocket… Read More ›
State Sen. Bob Wieckowski at the Oro Loma Sanitary District waste water plant in April. Levying tax would be voluntary and fund conservation efforts STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 10 | With California in the midst of a worsening drought, Fremont… Read More ›
State Sen. Bob Wieckowski STATE SENATE | 10TH DISTRICT | When Tesla, the Fremont-based electric automobile maker announced last fall it would build an enormous battery plant not in California, but in Nevada, it represented a stinging economic blow to the… Read More ›
Alameda County supervisors approved a resolution favoring a controversial state senate bill opposed by anti-vaxxers. ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS | If you squinted your eyes at Tuesday’s Alameda County Board of Supervisors meeting, you just might have mistaken Supervisor Nate… Read More ›
Twenty-five state lawmakers, including Bonta and Wieckowski, attended the expense-paid junket in Maui last November. LEGISLATURE | Oakland Assemblymember Rob Bonta and East Bay State Sen. Bob Wieckowski both received a special interests-funded junket in Maui last November totaling around… Read More ›
STATE LEGISLATURE | State Sen. Bob Wieckowski will convene an informational hearing later this month on the preparation of state and local agencies for the effects of climate change. The announcement came on the heels of a package of legislation… Read More ›
State Sen. Loni Hancock STATE LEGISLATURE | The East Bay’s two state senators will be busy this session. State Sens. Loni Hancock and Bob Wieckowski will each chair a standing committee, Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de Leon announced Tuesday…. Read More ›
APRIL Joe Tuman speaks to an audience at Laney College in Oakland. >>>The first major gathering of Oakland’s quickly growing mayoral field meet at Temple Sinai to discuss one issue—likely the most vexing of the campaign—public safety. >>>With two months… Read More ›
Assemblymember Rob Bonta with his wife and father at Monday’s swearing-in. PHOTO/@RobBonta ASSEMBLY | STATE SENATE | Just like two years ago, Oakland Assemblymember Rob Bonta rocked traditional Filipino attire for his swearing-in Monday in Sacramento. Hayward Assemblymember Bill Quirk… Read More ›
Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski is almost a sure thing to win election Tuesday to the State Senate. ELECTION DAY ’14 | ANALYSIS | Election Day has become perverse. Big money is again flowing to Assembly races in East Bay just as they… Read More ›
Democrat Bob Wieckowski and Republican Peter Kuo. MEET THE CANDIDATES After serving two terms in the State Assembly’s 25th District, Bob Wieckowski is looking to take the next step to the upper house of the Legislature. The 10th District’s latest boundaries… Read More ›
ELECTION ’14 | I think absolutely no case has been made to replace Oakland Mayor Jean Quan. At one point, over 20 candidates were potentially in the race and over the past 16 months none of the remaining 14 have… Read More ›
Sen. Barbara Boxer backs Schaaf. OAKLAND MAYOR Councilmember Libby Schaaf received another high-profile endorsement Tuesday, this time, from U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer. Earlier this month, Schaaf’s former boss, Gov. Jerry Brown, backed her campaign…Meanwhile, on Sunday morning, Parker received the support… Read More ›
SD10 opponents Assemblymember Bob Wiekcowski and Peter Kuo STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 10 | In the months since the June primary Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski’s campaign has been virtually silent. With Republican challenger Peter Kuo also retreating to his corner of… Read More ›
Over a year ago, news reports and various pundits attached words like “epic” and “grudge match” to the 17th Congressional District race between Rep. Mike Honda and Ro Khanna. On the heels of Eric Swalwell’s intra-party upset of Pete Stark… Read More ›
Rebecca Kaplan with former aide, now campaign manager Jason Overman PHOTO/Steven Tavares OAKLAND | MAYOR | Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan may have circumvented campaign finance rules when she paid staffer for her 2010 mayoral run from a expenditure committee set… Read More ›
Jim Oddie ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | Earlier this month, East Bay Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski’s district director ran for the Hayward City Council and barely lost. As far back as last year, Assemblymember Bill Quirk’s former district director contemplated running for… Read More ›
JUNE PRIMARY | ROUNDUP | Voters in the East Bay and across the state skipped the June primary in droves last week. In Alameda County, less than one-quarter of registered voters cast ballots in the election. The results also indicated… Read More ›
ELLEN CORBETT Absolutely nobody predicted Corbett would finish behind the perfunctory Republican candidate in the 15th Congressional District. Few thought she could unseat Rep. Eric Swalwell in November, either, but now she won’t even have the chance. In hindsight, Corbett… Read More ›
Bob Wieckowski, Peter Kuo STATE SENATE | 10TH DISTRICT | A day after Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski cruised to an eight-point win in the June primary, his campaign was already picking a fight with his November opponent, Peter Kuo, while erroneously… Read More ›
