Davis Street Family Resource Center CEO Rose Padilla Johnson filed a complaint against San Leandro City Manager Chris Zapata on Dec. 8. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL The CEO of a prominent San Leandro non-profit, who last month issued a complaint… Read More ›
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Alameda County Supervisors retained outside counsel to investigate a workplace matter
ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORSActions taken by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors in closed session over the past few weeks point toward the existence of potential allegations of workplace misconduct at the county-level. Exactly where, though, is unclear. At the… Read More ›
Quirk co-authors bill requiring ‘panic buttons’ for hotel maids in danger of sexual harassment
Assemblymember Bill Quirk 20TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTMaids and other hotel employees who find themselves alone in rooms with guests in a daily basis often face high incidents of sexual harassment, surveys have found. And with the issue of sexual harassment casting… Read More ›
5 THINGS I THINK: THANKSGIVING EDITION
THINGS I THINK1➤I think Rep. Eric Swalwell is the greatest salesman in America. Over the past two years or more absolutely nobody, except for fellow Golden State Rep. Adam Schiff, has leveraged cable news and social media better to raise… Read More ›
5 THINGS I THINK ABOUT EAST BAY POLITICS
Assemblymember Bill Quirk needs a signature legislative achievement and he needs it to happen soon. ELECTION 2018➤I think the burgeoning scandal in Sacramento with legislators meting out punishment in secret to colleagues accused of sexual harassment in the workplace is… Read More ›
Mayor leading effort to bring Raiders to Carson is accused of sexual harrasment
Carson Mayor Albert Robles’ attorney believes the lawsuit is timed to thwart the city’s effort to lure the Raiders and Chargers to a new stadium. RAIDERS | In his bid to lure the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers from… Read More ›
Governor Signs Corbett’s Sexual Harassment Bill; Two Others Pass Assembly Committee
State Sen. Ellen Corbett LEGISLATURE | More bad news for San Diego Mayor Bob Filner. Gov. Jerry Brown, this week, signed a bill authored by State Sen. Ellen Corbett that clarifies existing law making sexual desire by alleged harassers in the… Read More ›
Lawsuit Alleges Haggerty Posed His Male Staff Questions Of Sexual Fantasy
ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS//GRAY LAWSUIT | The office of Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty was a den of masculine sexual bravado and hostility towards women, including against those who served with him on the Board of Supervisors, says his former chief… Read More ›