East Bay State Sen. Steve Glazer, with his mortician-like visage, does not exactly fit the stereotypical image of […]
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Assemblymember Bill Quirk wasn’t in the mood Tuesday to debate concealed guns. 20TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTRepublican gubernatorial candidate and […]
Assemblymember Bill Quirk 20TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTMaids and other hotel employees who find themselves alone in rooms with guests […]
THINGS I THINK1➤I think Rep. Eric Swalwell is the greatest salesman in America. Over the past two years […]
Assemblymember Rob Bonta hopes Trump continues to be the failure-in-chief. 18TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTAssemblymember Rob Bonta had some negative […]
Assemblymember Bill Quirk needs a signature legislative achievement and he needs it to happen soon. ELECTION 2018➤I think […]
LEGISLATURESmoking hot butts will still be found on California state beaches after Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill […]
Protesters in Berkeley last April. 9TH STATE SENATE DISTRICTBefore the events last week in Charlottesville brought national focus […]
18TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTPotential landmark legislation that would reform the state’s troubled money bail system was narrowly defeated Thursday […]
Assemblymember Rob Bonta says AB 22 was intended to clean-up language in state law long deemed unconstitutional. 18TH […]
Assemblymember Rob Bonta during a Public Safety Committee hearing in April. 18TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTA legislative analysis of East […]
THE WEEK OF APRIL 14-20Spring Break and Easter in the rearview window, East Bay government begins to heat […]
LEGISLATUREEast Bay State Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda) broke from his Senate Democratic Caucus Thursday after casting a no […]
15th District Assemblymember Tony Thurmond is running for state superintendent in 2018. 15TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTEast Bay Assemblymember Tony […]
THE WEEK OF MAR. 31-APRIL 6Saturday is April Fool’s Day. Sadly this first item isn’t a prank. The […]
PHOTO/Wikicommons 18TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTEast Bay Assemblymember Rob Bonta wants California to cease doing business with for-profit private prisons. […]
THE WEEK OF MARCH 24-30A quiet week in East Bay government is on the horizon, although, not surprising […]
Assemblymember Rob Bonta addressing the Alameda City Council last December. PHOTO/Zac Goldstein ASSEMBLY |East Bay Assemblymember Rob Bonta’s […]
State Sen. Nancy Skinner will also chair one other committee, serve on four others. LEGISLATURE | East Bay […]
Oakland Assemblymember Rob Bonta previewed legislation Monday to reform the state’s bail system and protect immigrants. ASSEMBLY | […]
Nancy Skinner won 60 percent of the vote Tuesday night in an impressive win over Sandre Swanson. STATE […]
EDEN HEALTH DISTRICT | Legislation that could be the first nail in the Eden Health District’s coffin was […]
Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | One of the most progressive and union-friendly officials in […]
Assemblymember Catharine Baker voted against an amendment to move four assault weapon bills for a vote in the […]
Former Assemblymembers Nancy Skinner, right, and Sandre Swanson in Alameda. STATE SENATE | 9TH DISTRICT |Regardless of how […]
State Sen. Bob Wieckowski and Asm Rob Bonta ASSEMBLY | The East Bay’s legislative odd couple–Oakland Assemblymember Rob […]
2015 YEAR-IN-REV15W | Over the past six years, the annual East Bay Citizen collection of the best political […]
State Sen. Bob Wieckowski and Assemblymember Rob Bonta both attended a special interests-paid junket in Hawaii. STATE LEGISLATURE […]
ELECTION16 | The rise of Republican Catharine Baker in the Tri Valley’s Sixteenth Assembly District as a competent […]
Former Assemblymember Nancy Skinner’s campaign for SD9 has support of a quarter of the State Senate. STATE SENATE […]
