FREMONT After the Fremont school board voted early Thursday morning to eliminate sex education for the district’s fourth through sixth graders, the controversial decision, which has roiled the city since March, is now attracting Rep. Ro Khanna on the side… Read More ›
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EBC AGENDA | MAR 30-APR 5 | ALAMEDA on pace to meet state housing requirement; BERKELEY wants to thwart data vendors working with ICE; AD15 forum
THE WEEK OF MAR 30-APR 5 –ALAMEDA– Regular council meeting, Tuesday, April 3, 7 p.m. [ENTIRE AGENDA HERE]–HOUSING ELEMENT REPORT– Alameda is on pace to satisfy the state’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation for building 1,723 units of housing by 2023, says city staff…. Read More ›
INSIDE THE EAST BAY: Kaplan pushes to keep her seat on Bay Area Air Quality board
◼Is Libby trying to give Kaplan the Schaaf?◼Fremont councilmember’s flippant defense ◼Assembly candidate could be risking union’s wrath ◼Ellen Corbett’s curiously busy lately. Before Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan gained a seat on the nine-county Bay Area Air Quality Management District… Read More ›
Fremont mayor, vice mayor, admit to violating state campaign finance rules
The FPPC will decide this week if Fremont Mayor Lily Mei will pay a $1,406 fine for violating campaign finance rules. FREMONT CITY COUNCIL Fremont Mayor Lily Mei violated state election law after failing to report almost $24,000 in late campaign… Read More ›
For Alameda County Democrats, not everybody loves Fremont’s Bacon
Fremont Councilmember Vinnie Bacon FREMONT CITY COUNCIL |When Fremont Councilmember Vinnie Bacon appeared to be gloating last week about the city’s most recent electoral results that flew under the banner of an insurgent call for slow-growth, Councilmember Raj Salwan couldn’t… Read More ›
Following deadlocked votes, Bonaccorsi wins appointment to Fremont City Council
Appointed Fremont Councilmember -elect David Bonaccorsi will be sworn-in on Feb. 7. FREMONT CITY COUNCIL |Before taking a vote on choosing its next member, Fremont Councilmember Vinnie Bacon mildly joked about flipping a coin in case of a tie among any… Read More ›
Fremont City Council pares lengthy list of possible council appointees down to 8
Fremont Planning Commissioner Roman Reed is one of eight possible candidates to fill Mayor Lily Mei’s council term. FREMONT CITY COUNCIL |Twenty-seven Fremont residents applied to fill out the remaining two years of Lily Mei’s council term, following her election… Read More ›
Fremont City Council gives itself a raise; mayor-elect rejects her own pay
FREMONT CITY COUNCIL | Fremont councilmembers will now earn $2,118 a month in salary, after approving an increase last week. In addition, the City Council approved bumping up the mayor’s monthly pay to $3,764. But Mayor-elect Lily Mei said she… Read More ›
Lily Mei is Fremont’s next mayor after upset over incumbent Bill Harrison
Fremont Councilmember Lily Mei registered one of the biggest electoral upsets in the East Bay. FREMONT | MAYOR |ELECTION 2016 |Using a deft campaign to highlight growing unease over development and traffic, Councilmember Lily Mei is Fremont’s next mayor. She… Read More ›
Lily Mei leads Fremont mayor’s race by nearly 1,200 votes over Bill Harrison
Fremont Mayor Bill Harrison trails Councilmember Lily Mei by 929 votes. FREMONT | MAYOR |ELECTION 2016 |With thousands of ballot still uncounted as of Friday morning, the Fremont mayor’s race remains too close to call with Councilmember Lily Mei maintaining… Read More ›
FREMONT MAYOR PREVIEW: Councilmember mounts a mayoral challenge to the status quo
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 ›
EBCampaign: GLAZER’s anti-union schtick spreads; ALAMEDA renters’ group needs cash; HONDA’s first ad
32 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY |State Sen. Steve Glazer‘s anti-BART strike rhetoric has created a cottage industry in the moderate to conservative Outer East Bay. Nevermind that the issue is more than two years in the rearview mirror and a… Read More ›
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 ›