John Knox White is the first to officially enter the race for Alameda City Council. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL–ELECTION 2018–John Knox White, a well-known city activist and former Alameda Planning Board member, is the first to officially declare their candidacy for… Read More ›
ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILAs the clock inched toward 11 p.m. Tuesday night, Alameda councilmembers not only were concentrating on a decision whether to place a $95 million bond measure on the June ballot, they were also racing against time. The city’s… Read More ›
2017 YEAR IN EAST BAY POLITICSIt was not too early for a number of potential East Bay candidates to announce intentions to run next year, or, at least, begin to put out feelers. A number of statewide candidates from the… Read More ›
The Alameda City Council put on hold Tuesday a proposed 589-unit Encinal Terminals project on the Northern Waterfront. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILIn a city that has long resisted meeting minimum state standards for the creation of new housing, the Alameda Council Tuesday… Read More ›
ELECTION 2018 By the looks of it, Alameda Mayor Trishmight be running for re-election againstthe entire City Council. ➤I think after what the East Bay Times and columnist Daniel Borenstein pulled with the Alameda City Council and city manager interference story, you… Read More ›
A petitioner on Park Street in Alameda last July seeking a signature for a landlords- backed ballot measure. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILOver the past 18 months, Alameda has seen a number of rent-related ballot measures come and go. Some, like two… Read More ›
Sandre Swanson during an endorsement meeting last year for the 9th state Senate. ALAMEDAAn unsuccessful run for the state Senate last year proved Sandre Swanson is not done with public service. Swanson confirmed Friday that he had strong interest for… Read More ›
ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILThe Bay Area News Group’s Alameda Journal is basically three stories and a community calendar published once a week. It just got slimmer after losing a contract to the locally-owned Alameda Sun to print legal notices for the… Read More ›
Tony Daysog served on the Alameda City Council from 1996-2006 and 2012-2016. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILTony Daysog has won some and lost some during his time in Alameda politics. He’s run for mayor and even Congress two years ago in a… Read More ›
Supporters for Just Cause at an Alameda City Council meeting on Tuesday night. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILAlameda is the latest Bay Area city to add Just Cause protections that restrict landlords from evicting renters without a specific reason. The Alameda City… Read More ›
ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILAgainst the backdrop of two tragic and potentially avoidable building fires in Oakland, the Alameda City Council approved funding to reinstate a Fire Prevention Bureau that was gutted seven years ago due to budget constraints due to the… Read More ›
Various tenants’ groups rally for changes to Alameda’s rent ordinance at City Hall last Tuesday. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILJust over 48 hours since failing to gain a majority vote in favor of prohibiting Alameda landlords from evicting tenants without cause, a… Read More ›
ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILhttps://alameda.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1954&starttime=20928&stoptime=21224&autostart=0&embed=1 Any parent or police officer will tell you nothing good ever happens after midnight. In Alameda, council meetings like last Tuesday’s, which bled into the early morning hours, went seriously haywire. In this case, when Councilmember Jim… Read More ›
Alameda renters groups at a rally before Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILAlameda’s new progressive city council majority fell a vote short early Wednesday morning of banning evictions without cause, an issue hotly-debated by island voters during last… Read More ›
A resident offers support Tuesday night for the Alameda City Council’s resolution to impeach President Trump. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILAlameda’s sharp left turn on the political spectrum continued late Tuesday night with a resolution giving support to Rep. Barbara Lee for… Read More ›
Alameda uses Wells Fargo for its operating accounts and owns three securities. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILWells Fargo has been under fire from state legislatures, including California, and numerous cities, namely Seattle, for it role in a systemic bank account scandal affecting… Read More ›
A rally outside Alameda City Hall Tuesday in support of sanctuary city status attracted one protester displaying the photo of Kate Steinle, who was murdered by an undocumented immigrant last year in San Francisco. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL |Alameda is now a sanctuary city after… Read More ›
ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | With some sense of urgency, the Alameda City Council unanimously voted Tuesday night to move forward an early proposal to become a sanctuary city. Included in the council instruction is for city staff to prepare a… Read More ›
Alameda Councilmember Tony Daysog during the Dec. 6 council meeting. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL |Just weeks before Election Day, some Alameda voters received highly negative mailers against Councilmember Tony Daysog. However, the mailers equating Daysog to Donald Trump and accusing him… Read More ›
Alameda Councilmembers Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Frank Matarrese, Mayor Trish Spencer at a council meeting earlier this year. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL |An Alameda City Council meeting dripping with animosity and confusion reignited controversy over Mayor Trish Spencer’s decision to actively oppose… Read More ›
Alameda renters from the Bay View Apartments at a press conference Monday afternoon at City Hall to oppose the City Council’s rent initiative. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL |Alameda residents will have two rent-related ballot initiatives to ponder this November after the… Read More ›
Alameda Mayor Trish Spencer and Councilmember Tony Daysog at Tuesday night’s meeting. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL |Alameda’s rent control initiative now has a roommate on the November ballot after the city council voted unanimously Tuesday night to place a version of… Read More ›
Alameda Councilmembers Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Frank Matarrese and Mayor Trish Spencer during a hearing Tuesday on various rent measures. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL |Alameda Mayor Trish Spencer said Tuesday that she unequivocally opposes the tenant-driven rent control initiative now slated for… Read More ›
Jill Keimach’s four-year contract includes a $245,000 annual base salary. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | Alameda named its next city manager Tuesday night, but without the support of Mayor Trish Spencer. In an almost unprecedented move, Spencer was the lone vote… Read More ›
Alameda Councilmembers Jim Oddie and Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft meeting with residents last month at the Bay View Apartments in Alameda. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | A loophole exploited by an Alameda landlord in the days after an Alameda City Council approved a… Read More ›
Alameda Police Chief Paul Rolleri ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | When an Alameda police officer was accused three years ago of using excessive force that resulted in multiple arm fractures to a mentally ill man, footage from a body camera purchased… Read More ›
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 ›
Alameda Mayor Trish Spencer and Councilmember Jim Oddie had testy exchange Tuesday. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | On the same day the Alameda firefighters union criticized Mayor Trish Spencer for comments she made in private against them and other council colleagues,… Read More ›
Alameda Firefighters union says they obtained a recording of Mayor Trish Spencer speaking critical of them and two council colleagues. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | The day after the Alameda City Council approved new public safety contracts last month, Mayor Trish… Read More ›
ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | In an early defeat for her administration built upon a slow growth agenda, Mayor Trish Spencer’s proposal to repeal the Alameda City Council’s decision last month approving the Del Monte Warehouse project, a 380-unit housing and… Read More ›
