Fremont Mayor Bill Harrison is facing a challenge from first-term Councilmember Lily Mei. MEET THE CANDIDATESFremont Mayor BILL HARRISON was elected four years ago in a tough three-way race with Republican Steve Cho and his then-City Council colleague Anu Natarajan…. Read More ›
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EBCampaign: Did FREMONT’S MAYOR get left hanging? ALAMEDA COUNTY DEMS slam grand jury for racial bias
42 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY |Fremont’s City Hall chambers–not really much of a hall, really, nor a chambers–was packed Friday night to hear from mayoral candidates Mayor Bill Harrison and Vice Mayor Lily Mei. Growth, whether smart, dumb, or ravenous,… Read More ›
Khanna’s campaign manager resigns; Khanna served lawsuit at town hall
Ro Khanna addressing voters at a campaign town hall Thursday night in Fremont. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | ELECTION 2016 | Ro Khanna’s campaign manager Brian Parvizshahi has resigned following a lawsuit filed Thursday alleging he illegally accessed donor lists from… Read More ›
EAST BAY’S TOP 10 MOST INTRIGUING RACES THIS NOVEMBER
ELECTION 2016 | This year is a presidential election and all eyes will be on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. However, when it comes to down ballot races in the East Bay, this is not the most electrifying local election,… Read More ›
Rep. Mike Honda’s social security town hall raises some concerns, few benefits
Rep. Mike Honda at a town hall on social security Wednesday morning in Fremont. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT |For someone poised to introduce his third piece of social security legislation in the past few years, Rep. Mike Honda appeared flummoxed… Read More ›
Honda beats Khanna in celebrating Indian Independence Day.
CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | If there’s a portion of the South Bay’s 17th Congressional District that Rep. Mike Honda could pick up a few precious points this November, it’s in Fremont. So, why not start with Fremont’s large Indian… Read More ›
License plate readers and surveillance cameras now pervasive in the Tri Valley
Dublin and Danville in Contra Costa County approved license plate readers and other cameras this week. SECURITY | City and Town Council’s in Dublin and Danville voted this week to welcome the addition of automated license plate readers to their… Read More ›
Ro Khanna’s major upset over Mike Honda officially declared by the state
Ro Khanna beat Rep. Mike Honda by 4.5 percent in Alameda County, the northern portion of CA-17. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT |Ro Khanna’s upset primary victory over Rep. Mike Honda in the 17th Congressional District, was officially declared Thursday by… Read More ›
VIDEO: Honda-Khanna CA17 Candidate Forum
CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Rep. Mike Honda confronted Ro Khanna about appealing to Republican donors, two other candidates attacked Khanna instead of the incumbent Mike Honda and Republican Peter Kuo showed his green energy credentials by holding up his solar… Read More ›
Honda escapes forum unscathed, but the field of candidates, instead, attack Khanna
CA17 candidates Pierluigi Oliverio, Rep. Mike Honda and Ro Khanna at the League of Women Voters candidate forum in Fremont. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT |The candidates in the 17th Congressional District race were out for blood at a candidates forum… Read More ›
CA17’s only pre-primary forum will be staged without an audience
Supporters for Ro Khanna and Rep. Mike Honda get whipped up in a frenzy following a candidates forum in April 2014 in Fremont. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT |The only time candidates for the nationally-watched 17th Congressional District race featuring Democrats… Read More ›
CA17: Cohen receives blowback for supporting Trump
Donald Trump has the support of CA17 candidate Ron Cohen and feeling push back for the decision. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT |Republican Ron Cohen is catching heat from all sides after declaring support last month for Donald Trump, the party’s… Read More ›
Khanna to talk trash in Milpitas; Honda takes Silicon Valley jobs tour
Ro Khanna is dumpster diving for votes in Milpitas as part of a focus on local issues. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Politics in Milpitas sure does stink. Residents agree and South Bay congressional hopeful Ro Khanna thinks he can… Read More ›
CA17: GOP candidate says he’s backing Trump; interested in being his delegate
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 ›
South Bay Assemblymember proposes an end to daylight savings time
The time is right for California to get rid of daylight savings time, says Assmeblymember Kansen Chu. ASSEMBLY | 25TH DISTRICT | South Bay Assemblymember Kansen Chu wants to rid the phrase “spring forward and fall back” from the lexicon… Read More ›
Swalwell SOTU guest is a gun reformer, but also advocate of police surveillance
Rep. Swalwell says his guest to Tuesday’s State of the Union is a community leader in reducing gun violence. CONGRESS | 15TH DISTRICT |As Rep. Eric Swalwell’s guest to Tuesday’s State of the Union, Fremont Police Chief Richard Lucero is described as a regional… Read More ›
Honda receives support from four local mayors, including Fremont’s Harrison
CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Rep. Mike Honda rolled out a list of four South Bay mayors Monday pledging support for his campaign in next year’s intraparty rematch with Ro Khanna in the Seventeenth Congressional District. The endorsements cover cities… Read More ›
LISTEN! East Bay Citizen Show with guest Fremont Mayor Bill Harrison
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City Hall Insider: City Council notes from around the East Bay, Sept. 1
ALAMEDA/Sept 1, 7 p.m.Environmental protection; hotel appeal; new housing WETLAND MITIGATION Two areas at Alameda Point have been identified for a potential Wetland Mitigation Bank that could bring the city millions in new revenues, said a staff report. Nearly 158… Read More ›
LISTEN! East Bay Citizen Show with special guest Ro Khanna
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City Hall Insider: agenda notes from around the East Bay, July 14-16
FREMONT/July 14, 7 p.m.All eyes on Fremont’s surveillance cameras SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS APPROVAL Oakland residents fought hard against the type of surveillance the Fremont City Council is set to approval Tuesday night. But this isn’t Oakland. The council will be asked… Read More ›
Grand jury: Fremont defied spirit of transparency with email retention policy
Unsaved city emails are purged after just 30 days GRAND JURY REPORT | FREMONT | The Alameda County city government closest in proximity and ethos to Silicon Valley is apparently living in the technological dark ages when it comes to… Read More ›
City Hall Insider: Agenda notes from around the East Bay, June 15-17
OAKLAND/June 17, 5:30 p.m.Lake Merritt land deal returns to council E. 12TH ST, PART III It’s the Oakland public land deal that forced a shutdown of the City Council in May by protesters and nearly went down in flames two… Read More ›
Wieckowski proposes excise tax for excessive water use
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 ›
P.M. BRIEFING 5.12.15 (POLITICIANS POSING WITH MASCOTS WEEK)
Fremont Mayor Bill Harrison and Ronald McDonald LOCKYERS | Former California state treasurer and wife who hit the headlines over her ‘meth-fueled affair with man she met in rehab’ announce they are expecting a baby (UK Daily Mail) Basically sums… Read More ›
AGENDA NOTES: Alameda County to place restrictions on Alameda Health System’s $150 million county debt
Alameda County Board of Supervisors will place strict parameters over AHS and its loan debt. Alameda County Board of Supervisors1221 Oak Street, Oakland, fifth floorTuesday, May 5, 2015, 10:30 a.m.[FULL AGENDA HERE]Twitter hashtag: alcomtg COUNTY TO KEEP TABS ON AHS The issue… Read More ›
Tesla’s big announcement features the ‘Gigafactory’ Bob Wieckowski let getaway
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 ›
HONDA DECLARES VICTORY IN COSTLY CONGRESSIONAL RACE
CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Sounding triumphant, Rep. Mike Honda declared victory in the hard-fought and costly race in the 17th Congressional District. Although ballots in both Santa Clara and Alameda Counties remain to be counted, Honda’s roughly four percentage… Read More ›
Labor Group Calls on Khanna to Return Donations from Tech CEO Who Paid Some Workers $1.21/hr
Tech CEO Guy Gecht with Fremont Mayor Bill Harrison. Gecht was ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor to pay $40,000 in back wages to eight worker the company paid as little as $1.21 an hour. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT… Read More ›
Tesla’s Decision to Open Factory in Nevada Puts a Charge into SD10 Race
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 ›