Lena Tam: The Alameda Medium? ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL |ELECTION 2016 |Alameda City Council hopeful Lena Tam has people dying to support her campaign this fall. Her campaign Web site’s endorsement list includes three people who have passed away in recent… Read More ›
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 ›
JULY Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday takes the oath of office in July. >>>Hayward’s Barbara Halliday is sworn-in as mayor. She will be the first of three female mayors elected in the Greater East Bay in 2014. >>>Eighteen Hayward residents apply… Read More ›
BART | AC TRANSIT | Incumbents in all four East Bay transportation races cruised to victory Tuesday night. BART District 4 board director Robert Raburn staved off a well-funded bid by Alameda Councilmember Lena Tam for the seat representing the… Read More ›
AC TRANSIT | AT-LARGE SEAT | Since 2011, AC Transit Board Director At-Large Joel Young has racked up a list of notable misdeeds unmatched in East Bay politics. Two years after being appointed to the seat, he began what was… Read More ›
In late June, just as Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan was beginning her mayoral campaign, there came news of a particularly damning article in the Oakland Tribune alleging campaign finance rules may have been broken by her mayoral campaigns, this year… Read More ›
The reasons why labor cleared the field for bad boy AC Transit board member Joel Young last month are still uncertain. The Alameda Labor Council appeared set to push Young’s endorsement through before members of SEIU Local 1021 intervened to… Read More ›
A graphic from 2012 contemplated Joel Young’s next move. It may be another four years at AC Transit. AC TRANSIT | AT-LARGE | The re-election of At-Large AC Transit board member Joel Young received a significant boost when two potential… Read More ›
AC Transit At-Large board member Joel Young and challengers Tyron Jordan and Igor Tregub. AC TRANSIT | Former Berkeley Rent Stabilization Commissioner Igor Tregub announced Tuesday morning he will challenge embattled AC Transit board member Joel Young for his at-large… Read More ›
Free Credit in San Leandro | Who Will Win In Hayward? | Swalwell’s First Political Consultant CHAPTER 17 | Here’s the thing about Bob Wieckowski. He’s not who you think he is and whatever you might think about him is probably… Read More ›
Mary Hayashi STATE SENATE | 10TH DISTRICT | The primary race for the titillating 10th State Senate District could get even uglier. An independent expenditure committee named, “Californians For Integrity In Government Opposed To Hayashi For Senate 2014, Sponsored By… Read More ›
Khanna Plays the Part | Battle Royale in Hayward | Joel Young’s Judge Up For Re-Election CHAPTER 4 | Love her or hate her, it’s difficult to get out from under the shadow of Mary Hayashi. While she has a… Read More ›
Anchorwoman: The Legend of Dana King | Quirk’s Opponent Wants Five Debates | Vulnerable Joel Young | Democratic Convention in Oakland? CHAPTER 2 | What occurred this week with Alameda Councilmember Stewart Chan may or may not have been a… Read More ›
April 2013 >>>San Leandro City Council approves the construction of a private 100-foot wind turbine on its shoreline and angers a group of homeowners at the neighboring Heron Bay housing development. The homeowners association sues the city and the story… Read More ›
SUNDAY COLUMN | Let me start by saying, I know more about AC Transit Board Director Joel Young than care to know. From covering his campaign last year for the State Assembly to his latest transgressions leading to his censure… Read More ›
Desley Brooks (PHOTO/Steven Tavares) OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL//CENSURE | Oakland City Council President Pat Kernighan says nagging questions about the alleged misconduct of Councilmember Desley Brooks needs to be dealt with more sooner than later. On Thursday, she called for a… Read More ›
AC TRANSIT | The AC Transit Board of Directors voted 5-0 last night to censure board member Joel Young for violating board policies concerning its code of ethics and improperly using district property for personal gain. Board director Mark Williams… Read More ›
AC TRANSIT | AC Transit At-Large Board Director Joel Young will receive his fate this week when the entire board deliberates over a resolution to censure him for misuse of district property for his own personal gain. The resolution posted in… Read More ›
SUNDAY COLUMN | Once upon a time a major media corporation believed hyperlocal was the key to journalism’s revival. AOL and then the Huffington Post put this belief in Patch. The idea was good, except Patch wasn’t hyperlocal, it was… Read More ›
Joel Young AC TRANSIT | Embattled AC Transit Board Director Joel Young may have further incriminated himself in his written response last week to the allegations detailed in a hard-hitting internal investigation released two weeks ago. The report alleges Young used confidential information found in legal… Read More ›
AC TRANSIT | The AC Transit Board of Directors is moving closer to formally reprimanding At-Large Board Director Joel Young over allegations he may have profited from confidential information gleaned from its legal files, along with his participation in the… Read More ›
SUNDAY COLUMN | On Saturday, Rep. Eric Swalwell opened an office in downtown Hayward. The bit of real estate is important to note. His battle for re-election next year runs right through the Heart of the Bay. But state Sen…. Read More ›
AC TRANSIT BOARD | AC Transit board member Joel Young may have used confidential legal information that he received from the transit district for his own personal gain and for that of his private employer, according to a hard-hitting report… Read More ›
“You just wait until my campaign is over. I’m going to find you and beat your (expletive) (expletive), you (expletive).” –Joel Young, former 18th Assembly candidate, to an aide for Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan at the Make Westing bar in Oakland,… Read More ›
04.12Eric Swalwell gets much-deserved attention for his poignantly retro reformulation of Pete Stark’s 1972 mini-debate with George P. Miller. Hoping to play off the end of an era theme Stark used 40 years ago, the mock-up cements the potent theme… Read More ›
ELECTION ‘12//ASSEMBY 18 PREVIEW | For Rob Bonta and Abel Guillen the road to the State Assembly runs through Oakland. It’s always about Oakland and it always will be. It’s the biggest, most influential city in the East Bay and its electoral… Read More ›
Dr. Jennifer Ong ELECTION ‘12//ASSEMBLY | Dr. Jennifer Ong, one of two Democrats facing each other in the 20th Assembly District next month, broke the half-million dollar mark in support from independent expenditures this week. Ong, who is facing former Hayward… Read More ›
ELECTION ‘12//ASSEMBLY 18 | Alameda Vice Mayor Rob Bonta produced a poll last month showing him the prohibitive favorite to win the Assembly’s 18th District seat. His fellow Democratic challenger, Abel Guillen released his own poll last week placing the Peralta… Read More ›
Bonta, Swanson ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 18 | A week that already included the all-important blessing of the California Democratic Party got even better for Rob Bonta Wednesday night as Assemblyman Sandre Swanson announced his endorsement of the Alameda Vice Mayor in the… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 18 | Alameda Vice Mayor Rob Bonta secured one of the biggest endorsements left to be had in the 18th Assembly District–the full backing of the California Democratic Party. Democratic party members Sunday afternoon tabbed the 40-year-old Bonta over Peralta Community College… Read More ›
