Including donations from attorney Joe Cotchett and his law firm, Alameda County DA Nancy O’Malley raised $27,200 in the past eight days. ALAMEDA COUNTY DA–ELECTION 2018–The powerful Burlingame law firm of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP filed a lawsuit on… Read More ›
Rep. Eric Swalwell on CNN earlier this year. 15TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTRussia this. Russia that. East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell has basked in the glow of television studio lights in recent months. He’s a fixture on CNN, MSNBC and sometimes Fox… Read More ›
Rep. Ro Khanna and his staff has been accused of misusing Daily Kos in the past. 17TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTRep. Ro Khanna has vowed to support a growing list of bedrock progressive principles since he was sworn-in to Congress last January…. Read More ›
Richmond Councilmember Jovanka Beckles says her campaign for the 15th Assembly District will not accept corporate donations. 15TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTWith 15th District Assemblymember Tony Thurmond running for state superintendent next year, Richmond Councilmember Jovanka Beckles is the first to officially… Read More ›
ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILhttps://alameda.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1954&starttime=20928&stoptime=21224&autostart=0&embed=1 Any parent or police officer will tell you nothing good ever happens after midnight. In Alameda, council meetings like last Tuesday’s, which bled into the early morning hours, went seriously haywire. In this case, when Councilmember Jim… Read More ›
WHEN A FEW DROPS OF BLOOD from a protesting renter hit the floor at City Hall in November 2015, something seemed to have changed in Alameda’s politics. A grassroots renters group flooded City Hall that night urging the council to… Read More ›
Rep. Eric Swalwell, right, posing with law enforcement while wearing a DEA cap. 15TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTDon’t call East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell a Republican or you will pay for it. After Swalwell tweeted a comment referring to his Republicans parents,… Read More ›
Rep. Ro Khanna 17TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTPresident Donald Trump’s nomination last week of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court will have debilitating consequence for the nation, Rep. Ro Khanna told India West. “If the Senate confirms Neil Gorsuch to… 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 ›
Rep. Mike Honda and fellow Democrat Ro Khanna meet again for a rematch of their 2014 campaigns. MEET THE CANDIDATESRep. MIKE HONDA has served the South Bay since 2001. Until 2014, his path toward re-election was clear every two years until… Read More ›
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Sandre Swanson and Nancy Skinner agree on most issues, but he’s hoping East Bay Democrats find him more principled in his approach. STATE SENATE | 9TH DISTRICT |In 2009, Sandre Swanson, then an assemblymember representing Oakland and Alameda, bucked his… Read More ›
//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4148923/height/300/width/450/theme/legacy/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/no-cache/true/ Berkeley Councilmember Jesse Arreguin EPISODE 18 | The East Bay Citizen Podcast heads to one of this year’s political hotspots–Berkeley–where Councilmember Jesse Arreguin is running for the city’s open mayoral seat. Like almost every Bay Area city, the lack… Read More ›
Assemblymember Bill Quirk said moderates like Steve Glazer vote to keep people in jail. LEGISLATURE | To the uninitiated, Hayward Assemblymember Bill Quirk may look like a standard-issue Hollywood curmudgeon, but the exterior often masks a warm, paternal manner. So,… Read More ›
Berkeley Councilmember Jesse Arreguin BERKELEY | MAYOR | His Facebook page may have spilled the beans earlier this week, but Berkeley Councilmember Jesse Arreguin made it official Thursday–he’s running for mayor. Arreguin, who represents District Four on the Berkeley City… Read More ›
San Leandro Councilmember Jim Prola sought a community workforce agreement during his first term, but the proposal failed by one vote. Pact sets $1 mil threshold for construction projects. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | For years, progressive members of the… Read More ›
