Civil right attorney Pamela Price is turning up the heat on Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley in recent weeks. ALAMEDA COUNTY DA–ELECTION 2018–Last week ,the campaign for Alameda County District Attorney candidate Pamela Price attempted to highlight a link… Read More ›
Richmond resident Kimberly Ellis narrowly lost Saturday’s race for California Democratic Party chair by only 60 votes. STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONThe race for the future of the California Democratic Party amounted to two choices: stick with the status quo that has… Read More ›
ELECTION 2016 | In the East Bay recently, two major campaigns felt the sting of similar negative television ads. Both used stand-ins to portray the challenger and both attempted to describe their alleged ties to powerful special interests groups. While… Read More ›
State Sen. Bob Wieckowski and Assemblymember Rob Bonta both attended a special interests-paid junket in Hawaii. STATE LEGISLATURE | When visiting the Hawaiian Islands they say you’re always among family. It’s no different when the annual Hawaii junket, frequently derided… Read More ›
A Hayward councilmember said last month he wants no “marijuana stores” in the city. City backs local control aspect of regulatory bill HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL | Medical marijuana dispensaries in Hayward have long been viewed by city leaders with great… Read More ›
Former State Senate Pro Tem Don Perata is making a good living in his second career as a lobbyist. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | Following Don Perata’s unsuccessful bid in 2010 to be Oakland’s next mayor, one of the East Bay’s… Read More ›
Gov. Jerry Brown’s fourth and last term as California’s governor begins today. Brown was sworn-in to office Monday morning and quickly offered an ambitious vision for continuing to wean the state off carbon-based fuels. From the Los Angeles Times: By… Read More ›
Rep. Eric Swalwell, State Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett and Hugh Bussell. THE CANDIDATES All you really know about Rep. Eric Swalwell’s first 18 months in Congress is he has compiled 350,000 frequent flier miles traveling from the East Bay… Read More ›
Assemblymember Rob Bonta takes a moment to collect his thoughts at a candidate’s forum Tuesday evening in Alameda. PHOTO/Steven Tavares ASSEMBLY | 18TH DISTRICT | During his 2012 campaign for the State Assembly, Rob Bonta often participated in a number… Read More ›
STATE SENATE | 10TH DISTRICT | A violent feud between the wife of a former East Bay state Assemblymember and the ex-chief of staff of a current one is raising questions about the use of taxpayer funds on what appears… Read More ›
Ro Khanna, Rep. Mike Honda CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | A Sacramento Superior Court judge ordered the removal Wednesday of one of the three Republican candidates in the 17th Congressional District race from the June 3 primary ballot after invalidating… Read More ›
ASSEMBLY | 18TH DISTRICT | EDUCATION | The Sacramento Bee’s Dan Walters says the City College of San Francisco is using friends in high places to get out from under threat of losing its accreditation. The City’s state senator has… Read More ›
Alameda Assistant City Manager Alex Nguyen lists the city’s state legislative agenda Tuesday before the Alameda City Council. PHOTO/Steven Tavares ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | Alameda is turning to one of the most notorious local politicians in recent memory to lobby… Read More ›
Asms. Rob Bonta and Bill Quirk. ASSEMBLY//CAMPAIGN FINANCE | East Bay Assemblymembers Rob Bonta and Bill Quirk both won election to the Legislature last year. While Bonta quickly moved to the top tier of Democratic legislators in the lower house, Quirk… Read More ›
Former Calif. State GOP Chair Tom Del Beccaro. PHOTO/Shane Bond CAGOP CONVENTION | On his next to last day as chair of the California Republican Party, Tom Del Beccaro was wistful. When he spoke to the gay sliver of the… Read More ›
ASSEMBLY | Assemblyman Bill Quirk has been relatively quiet in his first few months as a legislator, but in an interview last Sunday, he admits having some initial difficulties understanding how Sacramento works. There had been some talk among Democratic insiders… Read More ›
A headline in the June 2011 EBCitizen.com. ASSEMBLY 20 | Nobody epitomizes their surname better than Assemblyman-elect Bill Quirk. His personality and style sometime takes precedent over his actions, but the sketching of a stodgy patrician is often incorrect. In… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERVISOR | With Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi’s plans to run for the Alameda County Board of Supervisors this fall now a certainty, the convicted shoplifter is hoping contrary to what she told the Bay Area News Group this… 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 18May 17, 2012 | The cavernous Bal Theatre in San Leandro with its bright light glaring down on three candidates for the 18th Assembly District made it difficult to see the faces of their future constituents. For a… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 20//DEBATEMay 1, 2012 | With the sole Republican in the race for the 20th Assembly District not in attendance , the four candidates to the left attempted to make distinctions between themselves in a debate last week focusing… Read More ›
ASSEMBLY 18 April 9, 2012 | Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan is no stranger to the rigors of serving the East Bay in the State Assembly. Tucked between stints on the county board of supervisors, Chan was for the first… Read More ›
END OF REDEVELOPMENTHAYWARD | Jan. 11, 2012 | While councilmembers in San Leandro and Hayward moved swiftly, but quite reluctantly to take responsibility for the winding down of their respective redevelopment agencies this week, officials in Oakland took extra time… Read More ›
END OF REDEVELOPMENTALAMEDA COUNTYJan. 10, 2012 | A seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors is one of the safest seats in the East Bay. So, when a supervisors speaks on a controversial issue like the end of redevelopment… Read More ›
Asm Bob Wieckowski Jan. 3, 2012 | Fremont Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski announced Tuesday he will offer a resolution asking Congress to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s contentious Citizens United decision. The 2009 ruling found unlimited campaign financing by corporation amounted to… Read More ›
Dec. 29, 2011 | The Legislature giveth redevelopment agencies and the Legislature can taketh, ruled the State Supreme Court Thursday. The court’s ruling to maintain the legality of Gov. Jerry Brown’s controversial plan to end redevelopment agencies and divert property tax revenue… Read More ›
STATE SENATE 9 Asm. Sandre Swanson Dec. 13, 2011 | Termed-out Alameda assemblyman Sandre Swanson made official what many have expected–a primary challenge against fellow Democrat Loni Hancock for her seat in the state Senate. The Tribune Tuesday reported Swanson’s… Read More ›
ANALYSISNov 28, 2011 | Assembly candidate Abel Guillen made the political calculation many lawmakers will soon need to make: make changes to the system or risk being trampled by the 99 percent. Protesters Nov. 2 at Citibank on Broadway in Oakland…. Read More ›
Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi ANALYSISNov. 21, 2011 | I have never seen Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi looks so human. Granted, in nearly three years hopping around the East Bay political scene, I have only seen the woman derisively called “Scary Mary” on… Read More ›
Nov. 16, 2011 | On the heels of announcements last week of worsening receipts by the state’s controller, the state’s legislative analyst today said the prospects of triggering $2 billion in pre-approved budget cuts at the beginning of the year… Read More ›
