Oakland Council President Lynette Gibson McElhaney is becoming her own worst nightmare for re-election. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL |ELECTION 2016 |A much-anticipated fundraiser for New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker hosted by Rep. Barbara Lee was held Tuesday night at the Oakland… Read More ›
East Bay Express
East Bay State Senate candidate front runners dance to the left, to the left!
Former Assemblymembers Nancy Skinner, right, and Sandre Swanson in Alameda. STATE SENATE | 9TH DISTRICT |Regardless of how voters split hairs between the far left ideologies of the top two candidates running for California’s Senate District 9 seat — former… Read More ›
Ray McDonald, ex-49er on trial for sexual assault, spoke to Hayward students about self-discipline; parents upset
Former 49ers defensive end Ray McDonald HAYWARD SCHOOLS | Hayward parents are outraged that Ray McDonald, a former San Francisco 49ers defensive end who is scheduled to go on trial next month for allegedly raping an intoxicated woman, recently spoke… Read More ›
Bonta bill calls for transparency between ICE and local cops over deportations
Assemblymember Rob Bonta unveiling legislation Friday in Oakland that supports undocumented immigrants. PHOTO/Steven Tavares ASSEMBLY | 18TH DISTRICT | Pedro Figueroa’s story is well-known in Latino communities throughout the Bay Area. In December 2014, the undocumented immigrant from El Salvador went… Read More ›
Nancy Skinner nears $1.1 million in cash reserves; Nate Miley’s supervisorial campaign in the red
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 ›
Alameda’s ‘Landlord-In-Chief’ could lose real estate license following complaint
ALAMEDA | Don Lindsey, who is one of Alameda’s most powerful landlords and is a leader among property owners strongly opposed to rent control on the Island, is under investigation by the California Bureau of Real Estate for alleged financial… Read More ›
With gun control laws, Oakland City Council to ring in new year without a bang
Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb said part of the impetus for the proposed ordinances is inaction by Congress on gun control. OAKLAND | The Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee on Tuesday greenlighted three gun control measures that were proposed following… Read More ›
Alameda City Council may strike exploited loophole from rent moratorium
Renters at Bay View Apartments in Alameda last Saturday. Earlier this month, its new owners issued a 60-day eviction notice. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | A loophole in Alameda’s recently passed 65-day moratorium on rent hikes and evictions was quickly exploited by… Read More ›
Schaaf rebuts report she supports public funding Raiders stadium; A’s eye other sites in Oakland
Report says A’s owners are looking at other sites in Oakland. Could Howard Terminal be on the list? OAKLAND | STADIUMS | In a lengthy statement released Friday afternoon, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf pushed back against a news report suggesting… Read More ›
Oakland’s Noel Gallo was thinking about quitting his council seat next year
After initial reservations, Oakland Councilmember Noel Gallo says he’s now in it to win it in 2016. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | 2016 | One of the oddest pieces of political chatter over the past few months in Oakland went like… Read More ›
Jean Quan is thinking about a comeback
Jean Quan, right, as a council member in 2011 at a protest for Oscar Grant. Insiders says she’s thinking about a return to the council in 2016. OAKLAND | 2016 | Granted, it’s early. But Oakland’s 2016 election season is… Read More ›
Wilma Chan bows out state senate race
Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan said she did not believes her campaign could raise the needed $1.6 million in SD9. STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 9 | Alameda County Supervisor Wilma is abandoning her bid for next year’s open state Senate race… Read More ›
Hayward school board acknowledges altercation with superintendent;makes no move on his fate
HAYWARD SCHOOLS | Four members of the Hayward school board publicly acknowledged at special meeting Thursday night that Superintendent Stan “Data” Dobbs allegedly berated and cursed the board in a closed session meeting on September 16 and then made physical… Read More ›
Proposed term limits initiative for Alameda County supervisors is withdrawn
Alameda County supervisors with the NBA title trophy at a board meeting last June. ALAMEDA COUNTY | The leader of an effort to establish term limits for the Alameda County Board of Supervisors says he is withdrawing the initiative because… Read More ›
San Leandro unanimously approves first dispensary; angles for pot tax initiative
Harborside founder Steve DeAngelo was disparaged during Tuesday night’s council meeting. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | The long road toward medical cannabis in San Leandro ended after the city council on Tuesday night unanimously approved a permit for Oakland-based Harborside… Read More ›
Renters’ fears continue to rise in Alameda
One Alameda council member called testimony Tuesday from renters the most emotional in years. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | Alameda officials, who have long asked for hard data to gauge whether the island’s renters are being gouged by exorbitant rent increases and… Read More ›
Harborside receives recommendation for San Leandro’s lone dispensary permit
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | San Leandro’s first-ever pot dispensary will likely be operated by the nation’s largest collective. City staffers are recommending that the San Leandro City Council on Tuesday night select Oakland-based Harborside Health Center for the city’s… Read More ›
Inside San Leandro’s trippy ride to its first-ever pot dispensary
Former San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy, left, along with other council members at a town hall in January 2013 on medical cannabis dispensaries. PHOTO/Natalia Aldana SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | For years, San Leandro’s city leaders wanted absolutely no part… Read More ›
LISTEN! East Bay Citizen Show with special guests Robert Gammon; Dr. Death
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Oakland looking at ‘three-pronged path’ for new Raiders, Athletics stadiums
COLISEUM | With a Friday deadline for Coliseum City developer Floyd Kephart to present his final financial proposal to city and county leaders, Oakland’s point-person on the project, Assistant City Administrator Claudia Cappio signaled today that other options are also… Read More ›
Eden Township eyes potential parcel tax to prop up struggling hospitals
A potential parcel tax might split revenues between St. Rose and San Leandro Hospitals. Healthcare district looked at parcel tax in 2012 EDEN TOWNSHIP | Two struggling East Bay hospitals may need the help of voters next year with a… Read More ›
Court allows Eden Township to pay $19 mil in damages to Sutter over 10 years
Court will allow Eden Township Healthcare District to pay $19.7 million in damages to Sutter Health over the next 10 years rather than all at once. Chan wants Eden Township to provide hospital with additional financial help SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL… Read More ›
Ingredients for an Alameda political controversy: rice, hugging and clapping
Alameda Mayor Trish Spencer Mayor told Filipino sister city group her kids eat rice ALAMEDA | There was an audible gasp followed by quizzical looks from a crowd earlier this month when Alameda Mayor Trish Herrera Spencer welcomed dignitaries from… Read More ›
No longer a reason for East Bay pols to fear pension-buster Daniel Borenstein; he was wrong, you were right
BANG editorial writer Daniel Borenstein led the pension reform debate for years, but it failed to scare East Bay officials to join his calls for austerity. Prola: ‘I don’t respect him. I don’t respect his paper’ By Darwin BondGraham and Steven TavaresPENSION… Read More ›
Will the Eden Township District sacrifice itself for San Leandro Hospital, again?
Eden Township Healthcare District Board of Directors at a meeting last year. ETHD can pay $17m damages now; dissolveSAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | An old wound is being reopened in the years-long fight to keep San Leandro Hospital in operation. Alameda… Read More ›
Mayor leading effort to bring Raiders to Carson is accused of sexual harrasment
Carson Mayor Albert Robles’ attorney believes the lawsuit is timed to thwart the city’s effort to lure the Raiders and Chargers to a new stadium. RAIDERS | In his bid to lure the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers from… Read More ›
AC Transit GM resigns a day before meeting to discuss his job performance
AC Transit GM David Armijo offered his resignation Thursday, effective today. AC TRANSIT | AC Transit General Manager David Armijo abruptly resigned Thursday after leading the day-to-day operations of the East Bay transit authority for three years. A special meeting… Read More ›
SD7: East Bay voters take part in yet another rough and tumble election
14th District Assemblymember Susan Bonilla and former 16th District Assemblymember Joan Buchanan at a forum in January. STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | Last fall, voters in Contra Costa and Alameda counties endured one of the most aggressive, expensive, and odd… Read More ›
Gallo wants McElhaney to publicly address ethics allegations against her
Councilmember Noel Gallo wants Council President Lynette Gibson McElhaney to address newpaper’s allegations against her. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | At least one member of the Oakland City Council is willing to speak publicly on the multiple controversies surrounding council President… Read More ›
Report: Oakland councilmember used her office for personal gain
Council President Lynette Gibson McElhaney OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | Two thousand fifteen has not been pleasant for new Oakland City Council President Lynette McElhaney. First, a report in January found she may have been flipping homes in her West Oakland… Read More ›
