ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORSAn estimated 37,000 Alameda County residents may lose their health care insurance after the repeal last month of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, said the director of the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency. Low-income residents,… Read More ›
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Glazer resigns from committee chair at behest of Senate leader
State Sen. Steve Glazer was the only Democrat in the state Senate to vote against the $52 billion gas tax in April. 7TH STATE SENATE DISTRICTEast Bay State Sen. Steve Glazer offered his resignation as chair of the state Senate… Read More ›
Citing constituency, Steve Glazer is only Senate Dem to vote against transportation tax
LEGISLATUREEast Bay State Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda) broke from his Senate Democratic Caucus Thursday after casting a no vote against Gov. Jerry Brown’s $52 billion transportation bill. Senate Bill 1, backed by Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon and… Read More ›
CADEM16: Speaker Atkins: Tax credit for poor is a ‘Win, win, win’
State Controller Betty Yee, center, along with Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, far left, getting the word out about the state’s new Earned Income Tax Credit that could help 1.5 million low-earning Californians. Speaker Atkins, Controller Yee and Joseph Sanberg of… Read More ›
Quirky road signs in Hayward overshadow sobering economic news
There were no funny road signs at City Hall when a picketing city employee was nearly run over. HAYWARD | The new road signs around Cal State East Bay in Hayward are bringing loads of positive attention to the often… Read More ›
Report reveals Oakland Councilmember McElhaney’s hypocrisy over gentrification
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | One thing is clear from the report in the East Bay Express Wednesday on Oakland Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney—her personal finances are in shambles and it’s affecting her role as a steward of the city. In an… Read More ›
GOP Assembly Candidate Says Oakland City Council Meetings Are Like a Zoo
Assembly candidate David Erlich, right, during a forum last May, referenced the Oakland City Council as a zoo at another forum Oct. 8 in Alameda. PHOTO/Steven Tavares ASSEMBLY | DISTRICT 18 | San Leandro Assembly candidate David Erlich is an… Read More ›
San Leandro Approves Draft Ordinance Allowing Two Dispensaries
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL//DISPENSARIES | After much advocacy and derision regarding one of San Leandro’s most controversial topics, the City Council passed a draft ordinance that could allow up to two medical cannabis dispensaries in city boundaries following over three years of debate…. Read More ›
With Some Of The Most Outdated Libraries In The State, Hayward May Look To Voters To Fund $50M Project
Mockup of the proposed 58,000 sq. ft. Downtown Hayward library. HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL | Hayward’s public libraries are some of the most outdated in the entire state, according to a staff report this week, and the City Council believes residents… Read More ›
Hayward Poker Club Gets Approval For Expansion; Mayor Disagrees
The Palace on Mission Boulevard. HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL | The Palace Poker Casino has called Hayward home for nearly 60 years. Its current location at the end of Mission Boulevard near the bustling Jackson Street is too small for the… Read More ›
Northern California Tea Party Group Takes Lead In Growing IRS Non-Profit Scandal
TEA PARTY | The first of a likely long line of Tea Party organizations seeking relief from allegations the Internal Revenue Service targeted them and other conservative non-profit groups comes from Northern California. The NorCal Tea Party Patriots, centered in… Read More ›
Skinner Focuses on Energy Conservation and Taxes in Slew of New Bills
Asm. Nancy Skinner PHOTO/East Bay EDA ASSEMBLY//LEGISLATIVE UPDATE | Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner produced 20 new bills this month covering a wide swath of topics, but three ringed true to the Berkeley representative’s traditional focus on energy conservation and another three on taxes…. Read More ›
Wieckowski Launches Attempt For Another Alameda County Transportation Tax Measure
ASSEMBLY | Measure B1, the Alameda County initiative to fund transportation projects with a half-cent sales tax increase that failed last November by the slimmest of margins, may get another chance to go before voters. Fremont Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski is resurrecting… Read More ›
Recount For Measure B1 Is Short-Lived
MEASURE B1 | The Alameda County Registrar received notice Tuesday evening that backers of the Measure B1 decided to end the recount after the retabulation of 30,000 votes mustered only 7 additional yes votes for the half-cent transportation tax. Tuesday’s… Read More ›
Green Says Measure B1 Campaign Was ‘Poorly Run’
TRANSPORTATION//MEASURE B1 | The chair of the Alameda County Transportation Commission says the campaign for Measure B1, which narrowly missed out on a two-thirds majority last Election Day was “poorly-run” and county leaders need to quickly amass support for placing another… Read More ›
Lee All Over Cable News Circuit; Gaining Support For House Vice Chair Post
Rep. Barbara Lee CONGRESS | Rep. Barbara Lee made the rounds on the cable news television circuit Monday in move possibly designed to raise her public profile as she runs for the vice chair of the House Democratic caucus. Lee… Read More ›
Chan Makes A Run At Sutter’s Tax-Exempt Status; Hospital Responds With Full-Page Ad
SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan’s latest attempt to turn the legislative screws on Sutter Health and its likely attempt to shutter San Leandro Hospital may result in further scrutiny over the health care provider’s lucrative non-profit tax… Read More ›
Chan To Raise Issue Of Sutter’s Tax Exempt Status With San Leandro Hospital
SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan is again raising the question of Sutter Health’s non-profit tax exemption, as San Leandro and the county struggle to keep San Leandro Hospital in operation. Chan and Board of Equalization member Betty… Read More ›
Alameda County’s $88 Million Funding Gap Is Lowest In Four Years
ALAMEDA COUNTYApril 19, 2012 | Alameda County officials are preparing for another round of excruciating cuts to programs and services after the announcement Wednesday its $2.5 billion budget has a funding gap of $88.1 million for the next fiscal year–the lowest in… Read More ›
Lee Calls GOP Budget "A Roadmap To Ruin"; Stark Says Plan Will Gut Medicare
CONGRESSMar. 20, 2012 | Two of the East Bay’s most prominent lawmakers in Congress harshly criticized today a Republican budget proposal aiming to significantly cut spending over the next decade. The plan issued by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the chairman of the… Read More ›
San Leandro’s Undercover Conservative Mayor Fights To Raise Taxes, Lower Wages
ANALYSISMar. 6, 2012 | San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy is battling schizophrenia when it comes to taxes. He supports them sometimes, protests them other times. That’s the easy assessment. His uneven record on sales and parcel taxes are also exacerbated by a… Read More ›
Stark Skewers Gingrich With Medicare Loophole Bill
Jan. 31, 2012 | On the day of the Florida Republican primary, East Bay Rep. Pete Stark entered the fray with a bill intending to eliminate a tax loophole targeting Medicare payroll taxes and used by presidential candidate Newt Gingrich two years… Read More ›
Alameda County Supervisors Lay Into Dissolution of Redevelopment
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 ›
Treasurer Lockyer Shows Support For Oil Severance Tax
HAYWARD | Sept. 15, 2011 | State Treasurer Bill Lockyer voiced support Thursday for taxing oil companies drilling in California–the only state in the union that does not excise a severance tax on oil production. Speaking to students at Chabot College, Lockyer… Read More ›
Stark Praises President’s Job Bill For Focusing On His District’s Top Concerns
Sept. 8, 2011 | Rep. Pete Stark praised President Obama’s much-anticipated jobs bill unveiled Thursday evening for addressing his constituents’ top concern: job creation without cuts to popular entitlements. “Putting people to work–not gutting Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security–is the best way to reduce… Read More ›
Alameda County Officials Learn the Depth of Fiscal Problems at St. Rose Hospital
OAKLAND | Sept. 2, 2011 | Hayward’s St. Rose Hospital is borrowing from Peter to pay Paul as its increasingly dire financial situation becomes clearer to county officials already struggling to maintain its underfunded health care system. A preliminary fiscal and… Read More ›
UPDATE: Stark Gets IRS to Eliminate Two-Year Window Affecting ‘Innocent Spouse Relief’
After needling by Rep. Pete Stark and other taxpayer advocates, the Internal Revenue Service says it will eliminate the controversial two-year window for so-called “innocent spouses” to report the financial misdeeds of their significant other.Stark and about 50 lawmakers urged… Read More ›
Stark Pounds Boeing Executive Over Low Tax Rate
‘HOW MUCH LOWER A RATE DO YOU NEED TO SURVIVE?’ STARK ASKS BOEING EXECSome people find Rep. Pete Stark’s belittling line of questioning towards opponents in his East Bay district a bit distasteful, but when it’s directed towards a multi-nationally… Read More ›
Trio Of House Bills Hope To Legitimize Pot Business In East Bay
STARK’S BILL WOULD ALLOW FOR BUSINESS DEDUCTIONS FOR OWNERS OF POT DISPENSARIESBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter Although medical marijuana dispensaries are legal in California, good luck in accessing basic financial instruments provided by banks, who fear the businesses are… Read More ›
Tax Day Protesters In Oakland Tell Corporate America To Pay Their Share
Protesters rally Monday afternoon in Downtown Oakland in front of the Citibank branch on Broadway calling for America’s largest companies to pay corporate income tax. Rallies were also held at the Chevron headquarters in San Ramon and later in San… Read More ›
