The Uber building that never was. OAKLAND–OPPOSITION RESEARCH–In late 2015, it could be argued that Uber’s announced move to Downtown Oakland, based on its transformative potential (good and bad), was the biggest news story in Oakland that year. The purchase… Read More ›
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Jean Quan is mulling a comeback
Jean Quan OAKLAND As far as second or third acts go, this would be quite a stunner. Former Oakland Mayor Jean Quan is mulling a run for the open 15th Assembly District seat being vacated next year by Assemblymember Tony… Read More ›
McElhaney’s purge and the dud of an election season coming to Oakland
Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney is avoids a potentially bruising re-election after just a single challenger qualified for November. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | ELECTION 2016 |And then there was one. Oakland City Council President Lynette Gibson McElhaney appeared to most observers to… Read More ›
State political director for Hillary Clinton to run for Oakland’s at-large council seat
Peggy Moore filed an intention to run Wednesday for Oakland’s at-large council seat. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | AT-LARGE |Peggy Moore, one of the East Bay’s best and brightest political apparatchiks is poised to become highest-profile challenger yet for any of the… Read More ›
EBCAMPAIGN: BONTA REACHES THE INNER CIRCLE ; Swalwell raises alarm over token GOP challenge; QUAN’S HUSBAND DEFENDS HER HONOR
B80 DAYS TO PRIMARY DAY | Assemblymember Rob Bonta’s rise within the state’s Democratic power structure was only slightly tarnished when he was relieved by new Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon two weeks ago of his prime committee chairmanship. Bonta made… Read More ›
Quan won’t commit to run for Oakland City Council, but calls Kaplan lazy
Former Oakland Jean Quan and Oakland At-Large Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan. OAKLAND | Former Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has been keeping quite a high profile over the past six months or more. Since losing re-election to Libby Schaaf in November 2014,… Read More ›
CADEM NOTEBOOK: AD16 Dem Cook-Kallio gets a shout out from assembly speaker-elect
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 ›
Report: Raiders told NFL that Oakland, Alameda County officials lied to them
Raiders ownership reportedly told NFL execs that East Bay officials reneged on promises. OAKLAND | With the hopes of Raiders ownership flagging over the possibility NFL owners will approve their relocation bid to Los Angeles this week comes a report… Read More ›
EAST BAY POLITICAL YEAR-IN-REVIEW: July-September 2015
JULY Hayward city workers finally get a new contract. >>>With its political implications to be determined in the 2016 city council election next year, the City of Hayward and more than 300 city employees finally agree to a new contract…. Read More ›
More fodder suggesting Jean Quan is running for Oakland City Council
Jean Quan poses with a biker club in a photo featured last week in her email newsletter. OAKLAND | ELECTION16 | The question of whether former Oakland mayor Jean Quan is really serious about running for Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan’s at-large… Read More ›
LISTEN! East Bay Citizen Show with ALCO Democratic Party Co-Chair Mario Juarez
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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 ›
Oakland pays driver $15,000 in Jean Quan car accident
Former Oakland Mayor Jean Quan. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | In closed session Tuesday, the Oakland City Council voted to pay $15,000 to the driver involved in an automobile collision with former Mayor Jean Quan for injuries and lost wages. The… 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 ›
Coliseum JPA postpones vote on Raiders lease; Miley says some public money may be used for new stadium
COLISEUM AUTHORITY | The morning after the Oakland Raiders unveiled a surprise joint proposal with the San Diego Chargers to build a stadium in Southern California, the Oakland Coliseum Joint Powers Authority (JPA) postponed a decision to approve a one-year… Read More ›
Noel Gallo’s safety walks hope to highlight, limit crime on International Blvd
Residents walking the Fruitvale business corridor last December led by Councilman Noel Gallo. OAKLAND | On a rainy Friday night in December, Oakland Councilmember Noel Gallo addresses about 40 residents as they prepared to walk International Boulevard and promote public… Read More ›
Libby Schaaf woke up this morning to the reality of being Oakland mayor
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf. OAKLAND | Is Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf enjoying a free pass from the press that her predecessor Jean Quan never enjoyed? Yes. Example: the press scrum that followed Schaaf on a tour of Oakland schools earlier… Read More ›
Best East Bay Political Quotes of 2014
2014 YEAR-IN-REVIEW | Over the past five years, the annual East Bay Citizen collection of the best political quotes have shown a distinct pattern in odd years–notably, non-election years. The most unique utterance often leans toward the absurd. Last year,… Read More ›
EBC Year-In-Review, Apr-June: Dueling Negative Website; GOP Primary Surprises
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 ›
EBC Year-In-Review, Jan-Mar: Primary Races Heat Up; DAC Is Dumped
JANUARY Dan Siegel >>>With Bryan Parker, Joe Tuman and Libby Schaaf already in the race, civil right attorney Dan Siegel announces his candidacy for Oakland mayor while pledging to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and end the… Read More ›
During safety walk to highlight prostitution on International Blvd; Quan mistakenly hops into a stranger’s car
Volunteers walk the streets on International Boulevard in Oakland, Dec. 5, to highlight public safety. Mayor Jean Quan’s difficulties with personal transportation continued Friday night. OAKLAND | Oakland Councilmember Noel Gallo couldn’t help cracking wise. During a neighborhood safety walk… Read More ›
OAKLAND ELECTION NOTES: Schaaf Jockeyed Into Position For A Dominating Win; Kaplan For Council President?
OAKLAND | Once Oakland Mayor-elect Libby Schaaf finally got it going, there was really no stopping her campaign. In terms of sports analogies, campaigns are often labeled horse races, but in this case, it is apt. Her team huddled away… Read More ›
Schaaf, Quan Vow A Seamless Transition
Oakland Mayor-elect Libby Schaaf at press conference Thursday morning at City Hall with Mayor Jean Quan in the background. PHOTOS/Steven Tavares OAKLAND | MAYOR | Oakland’s current and future mayor addressed the media two days after Libby Schaaf’s surprisingly easy… Read More ›
Kaplan Concedes Mayor’s Race; Congratulates Schaaf
Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan OAKLAND | MAYOR | Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan has conceded victory Wednesday evening to Oakland Mayor-elect Libby Schaaf. In a statement that followed Mayor Jean Quan’s concession earlier in the day, Kaplan vowed to collaborate in the future… Read More ›
QUAN CONCEDES MAYORAL RACE
Mayor Jean Quan concedes following a disappointing third-place finish. OAKLAND | MAYOR | Mayor Jean Quan conceded victory Wednesday afternoon following a disappointing third-place finish in Tuesday’s ranked choice election. Her time in the mayor’s office will last just one… Read More ›
SCHAAF DOMINATES OAKLAND MAYORAL RACE
Mayor-elect Libby Schaaf OAKLAND | MAYOR | Councilmember Libby Schaaf built upon an early 11-point lead in Oakland’s mayoral race and never looked back Tuesday night. Although many ballots remain to be counting, ranked choice voting tabulations give Schaaf an… Read More ›
General Election Questions: What To Look For Tonight
ELECTION ’14 | The big race of the night is in Oakland and the identity of its next mayor will likely not be known until early Wednesday morning, at the earliest. The county registrar won’t run the ranked choice algorithm… Read More ›
OAKLAND MAYOR PREVIEW: A Winner By A Nose
Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan and Jean Quan with A’s co-owner Lew Wolff last summer. MEET THE CANDIDATES This time four years ago, Jean Quan was viewed as the underdog to Don Perata. She erased a nine-point margin after the first round… Read More ›
DOWN BALLOT: Nov. 3, 2014, 1 Day Until Election Day
ALCO REGISTRAR Alameda County Registrar of Voters Tim Dupuis appears to have a great sense of drama. He said Monday the ranked-choice voting algorithm used to tabulate races in Oakland, San Leandro and Berkeley will only be used after all… Read More ›
GOP Chair: Some Oakland Republicans Leaning Toward ‘Lovely Libby’
OAKLAND | MAYOR | Oakland mayoral candidate Joe Tuman has courted the chair of the Alameda County Republican Party over the past year. So has Bryan Parker and Courtney Ruby. The game of political footsie with the city’s small number… Read More ›