Alameda Councilmember Jim Oddie ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL |Alameda may be the next Bay Area city to resist President-elect Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric by becoming a sanctuary city. Alameda Councilmember Jim Oddie will seek to kickstart a push on the island… 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 ›
Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern angered privacy activists late last year when he ignored their sentiment against purchasing a small unmanned aerial drone. San Jose city leaders are grappling with the potential use of drones, as is Berkeley. Bloomberg Businessweek… 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 ›
PHOTO/Shane Bond 2013 | YEAR-IN-REVIEW | The spoils of the 2012 election season were received from Congress to the State Legislature to city councils throughout the East Bay. Crime continues to be a problem in Oakland, along with how to… Read More ›
ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS | A resolution by Alameda County Supervisor Richard Valle discouraging the county sheriff from honoring request from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain undocumented residents in the county passed, 3-1, Tuesday afternoon despite the… Read More ›
State Sen. Ellen Corbett in Pleasanton last June. SUNDAY COLUMN | It seems like Rep. Eric Swalwell is settling in quite well during the first few months of his first-term in the 15th Congressional District and that should be disturbing… Read More ›
Model of a Predator drone outside Alameda County Administrative Building, Feb. 14. CONGRESS | Rep. Eric Swalwell told The Citizen recently that he “trusts the president,” and “fully supports him and doesn’t want to take away authority from him,” when it… Read More ›
PHOTO/Shane Bond ILLUSTRATION/Steven Tavares THE SUNDAY COLUMN | Oakland Civil Rights Attorney Michael Siegel stood before the Alameda County Board of Supervisors’ Public Protection Committee last Valentine’s Day and told them what he thought about a proposal by the Sheriff’s… Read More ›
PHOTO/Shane Bond ALAMEDA COUNTY BOS//DRONES | After months of contention and concern, the residents of Alameda County were finally afforded a public hearing Thursday afternoon to discuss the potential purchase of aerial drones by the county sheriff’s department. Activists, many wearing neon… Read More ›
//storify.com/eastbaycitizen/ebc-livetweeting-of-alcomtg-on-domestic-drones-in.js[View the story “EBC LiveTweet of #alcomtg on domestic drones in Alameda County” on Storify] EBC LiveTweet of #alcomtg on domestic drones in Alameda County Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern’s plan to purchase drones to aid in search and rescue… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY | The Alameda County Sheriff’s Department says strict guidelines will be used to ensure the use of drones for law enforcement purposes will not be used to violate the privacy of county residents. The sheriff’s department laid out… Read More ›
Linda Lye, attorney for ACLU in Oakland before Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS | The Alameda County Sheriff’s Department says the placement of an agenda item before the Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning requesting approval for… Read More ›
ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS | The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to remove a controversial request by its sheriff’s department to purchase an unmanned aerial aircraft at Tuesday’s meeting. The request is buried… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY//BUDGET | With Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern at the lectern before the Board of Supervisors last week like a pastor preaching to a chorus of adherents more than willing to fill his collection basket, the slender county top cop… Read More ›
BOS ROUNDUPFeb. 29, 2012 | A proposed Alameda County ordinance forcing drug companies to offer disposal of unwanted prescription medication passed its initial hurdle Tuesday before the county board of supervisors. The ordinance backed by Board of Supervisors President Nate Miley… Read More ›
Supervisors met Nov. 22 at DHS office in Dublin. Dec. 5, 2011 | The Alameda County Board of Supervisors will decide Tuesday whether to grant approval to the county sheriff to apply and accept over $3 million in grants from the Department… Read More ›
