THE WEEK OF APRIL 13-19 –ALAMEDA– Special closed session meeting, Monday, April 16, 5 p.m. [ENTIRE AGENDA HERE]–SCANDAL!– It’s been six months since the Alameda City Council hired an outside attorney to investigation claims by City Manager Jill Keimach that unnamed coucilmembers violated… Read More ›
Alameda County Democratic Party chair Robin Torello was re-elected to another two-year term. ALAMEDA COUNTY DEMOCRATS | Earlier this month, Alameda County Democrats reappointed long-time party chair Robin Torello. Although, her name may not be readily known outside county politics,… Read More ›
Hayward school board trustee Luis Reynoso says city and county leaders have done nothing to increase the minimum wage. HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD |After the Hayward school board unanimously approved a resolution giving its unrepresented employees a boost in wages to $15… Read More ›
SEPTEMBER Sen. Bernie Sanders >>>Progressive darling and former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders puts his imprint on the Berkeley mayoral race by endorsing Councilmember Jesse Arreguin. >>>San Leandro City Council moves to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, two… Read More ›
HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL |Elections have consequences. But curiously, in Hayward, those reeling from an Election Night loss last week weren’t even on the ballot. On Tuesday night, the Hayward City Council faced the music for its mixed attempt at remaking… Read More ›
San Leandro council candidate Bryan Azevedo holds a union placard, while his opponent Ed Hernandez sits. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL |ELECTION 2016 |Josie Camacho, the leader of the powerful Alameda Labor Council, asked fellow union members to rise in support… Read More ›
Union members and small business owners packed the San Leandro City Council chambers Tuesday night to discuss raising the minimum wage. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL |Union members gathered for a group photo in front of the council dais and chanted… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | The San Leandro City Council reaffirmed its goal of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020 Monday night, but in a reversal, removed a previously approved one-year exemption for small businesses. The… Read More ›
Alameda Mayor Trish Spencer may kick start the minimum wage conversation on the island. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | Oakland and Emeryville have moved to raise its citywide minimum wage in recent years. In addition, increases are expected soon for low-wage… Read More ›
San Leandro Mayor Pauline Cutter’s substitute motion will push passage of the city’s minimum wage ordinance to next September. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL |A successful substitute motion offered by San Leandro Mayor Pauline Cutter will give some small businesses an… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | San Leandro’s push to accelerate its path to a $15 an hour minimum wage quicker than the state’s mandate is also going to give a boost to its own city employees. The San Leandro City… Read More ›
Councilmember Jim Prola proposes raising San Leandro’s minimum wage to $15 by 2020. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL |The minimum wage in San Leandro could reach $15 an hour by 2020, the city council proposed Monday night. If approved at the… Read More ›
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San Leandro Councilmember Jim Prola wants the city’s minimum wage to rise to $12 by 2017. SAN LEANDRO | California’s minimum wage could rise to $10.50 by the end of this year, if a bill backed by Gov. Jerry Brown… Read More ›
70 DAYS UNTIL PRIMARY DAY |Earlier this year, I visited one of the six joint legislative town halls organized by Democratic State Sen. Steve Glazer and Republican Assemblymemer Catharine Baker. This particular town hall in Orinda, a city within the… Read More ›
SD9 | Nancy Skinner is apparently a very accomplished singer. Walking across the concourse at the San Jose Convention Center Friday afternoon, the Ninth State Senate District candidate broke into song. In fact, Skinner cut her own record in the… Read More ›
OAKLAND/Oct. 20, 5:30 p.m.Coal update; Schaaf’s State of the City Oct. 28 COAL’S SLOW BURN The promised Oct. 20 update on the lengthy list of questions and comments posed by residents will likely include something to effect of “We’re working… Read More ›
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, in background, at Tuesday’s unveiling of the Progressive Agenda in Washington, D.C. PHOTO/Progressive Caucus OAKLAND | Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf joined Rep. Barbara Lee as signers Tuesday to the Progressive Agenda to Combat Income Inequality. The… Read More ›
East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell, center, poses with law enforcement while wearing a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration cap. Last week, Swalwell urged for the nomination of a “progressive” DEA administrator. CA DROUGHT | Jerry Brown to water tunnel critics: ‘Shut up’… Read More ›
Bryan Parker, right, with fellow Oakland mayoral candidate Courtney Ruby at a candidates forum in August, is marking the anniversary of Occupy Oakland, not the movement , but the raid on it three years ago. PHOTO/Steven Tavares OAKLAND | MAYOR… Read More ›
Lena Tam ALAMEDA COUNTY | DEMOCRATS | BART Board of Director Robert Raburn often eschews driving automobiles for public transportation and his bicycle. But, when it comes to endorsing his re-election to the board following the divisive BART strike of… Read More ›
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | Just over an hour into Tuesday night’s Oakland City Council meeting, a man jumped on the desk and, at one point, attempted to leap onto the council dais. “Okie-dokie,” Council President Pat Kernighan calmly said as… Read More ›
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | An Oakland ordinance that would have gradually increased the citywide minimum wage over the next three years failed Tuesday night while bolstering the likelihood a more liberal ballot measure hoping to raise it to $12.25 will… Read More ›
Can you buy gold teef in Livermore? OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | During a meeting last week when some Oakland council members and their counterparts in the business community attempted to shade the citywide ballot measure raising the minimum wage to… Read More ›
Oakland voters might be asked to decide between two competing measures to raise the minimum wage. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | Three ballot initiatives were approved by the Oakland City Council Tuesday, one of which will ask voters to renew a… Read More ›
Rep. Barbara Lee CONGRESS | 13TH DISTRICT | During an exchange last week on CNN’s Crossfire, Rep. Barbara said she would support a $26 minimum wage in California . No such proposal exists in California, although some Bay Area cities… Read More ›
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | An Oakland City Council ordinance that would enact a citywide minimum wage of $10.20 was held in committee Tuesday while staff continues to study the issue. Meanwhile, a potential local initiative for the November ballot to… Read More ›
By Rob Bonta Bonta at a McDonald’s in Oakland. OPINION | Imagine being pick-pocketed every time you show up to work. For thousands of low-wage workers right here in the Bay Area, that’s the sad reality they face each day…. Read More ›
CONGRESS | 15TH DISTRICT | It’s too early to get nasty in the 15th Congressional District. Democrats Rep. Eric Swalwell, State Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett and Republican Hugh Bussell mostly spoke in generalities, while taking pains to avoid confrontation… Read More ›
ELECTION 2014 | ASSEMBLY | 16TH DISTRICT |It wasn’t too long ago that Contra Costa County’s wealthy 16th Assembly District was a pinkish shade of red. Termed out Assemblymember Joan Buchanan is credited for turning the Lamorinda district blue, but… Read More ›
