San Leandro is about to take a higher profile in the East Bay’s issues with traffic and transportation. The Alameda County Transportation Commission named San Leandro Mayor Pauline Russo Cutter as it next chairperson on Thursday. Cutter served as vice… Read More ›
John Knox White is the first to officially enter the race for Alameda City Council. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL–ELECTION 2018–John Knox White, a well-known city activist and former Alameda Planning Board member, is the first to officially declare their candidacy for… Read More ›
Alameda Mayor Trish Herrera Spencer ALAMEDA CTC The nine-county regional ballot measure this June to raise an estimated $4.5 billion for local transportation projects, includes significant funding for Bay Area ferries, which are immensely popularity in places like Alameda. But when… Read More ›
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 ›
State Sen. Loni Hancock addressing the Assembly Transportation Committee on Monday. STATE SENATE | 9TH DISTRICT |It appears coal won’t be traveling through a port terminal in the East Bay for the foreseeable future and state Sen. Loni Hancock hopes… Read More ›
Mary King looking over a design for the new Bay Bridge span. PHOTO/MTC ALAMEDA COUNTY | OBIT | Trailblazing three-term Alameda County Supervisor Mary King died Sunday following a long illness. She was 69. In 1988, King became the first black… Read More ›
MTC chair said the decision to override its Executive Director Steve Heminger’s (pictured) plan is not a knock against the proposal. MTC-ABAG MERGER | Steve Heminger, the executive director of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) said his staff pleaded against… Read More ›
Alameda Mayor Trish Spencer and Councilmember Jim Oddie had testy exchange Tuesday. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | On the same day the Alameda firefighters union criticized Mayor Trish Spencer for comments she made in private against them and other council colleagues,… Read More ›
OAKLAND | BUDGET | Mayor Libby Schaaf hopes to close projected $18 million budget shortfalls over the next two years without many cuts to city services and staff, while also beginning to pay down unfunded liabilities. The two-year budget proposal… Read More ›
Nancy Skinner, right, is a likely candidate for the 9th State Senate District in 2016, as is Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan, right. PHOTO/Steven Tavares ASSEMBLY | Former East Bay Assemblymember Nancy Skinner has something to do while she contemplates… Read More ›
San Leandro Mayor Pauline Russo Cutter says the city will keep its promise to fix its roads with additional sales tax revenues. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | Last fall, San Leandro officials said the passage of Measure HH, a new… Read More ›
Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty PHOTO/Shane Bond ALAMEDA COUNTY | With passage last November of Measure BB, the 30-year, $8 billion half-cent sales tax increase for transportation in the East Bay, the first round of project are slated to begin… Read More ›
BART | AC TRANSIT | Incumbents in all four East Bay transportation races cruised to victory Tuesday night. BART District 4 board director Robert Raburn staved off a well-funded bid by Alameda Councilmember Lena Tam for the seat representing the… Read More ›
ALAMEDA | MAYOR | CITY COUNCIL |Alameda’s decade-long debate over development — especially the development of Alameda Point — is turning out to be the dominant issue in the city’s mayoral and council races this fall. And voters’ views on… Read More ›
Alameda school board member Trish Spencer, Mayor Marie Gilmore. ALAMEDA | MAYOR | Housing is a hot-button issue in many Bay Area communities. In Alameda, the traditionally insular island city, has a different variation on the topic—not only is the… Read More ›
Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty opening the campaign Tuesday for Measure BB. ALAMEDA COUNTY | TRANSPORTATION | The loss of Measure B, the Alameda County transportation sales tax measure defeated two years ago by a razor’s edge, was a problematic… Read More ›
Rebecca Kaplan with former aide, now campaign manager Jason Overman PHOTO/Steven Tavares OAKLAND | MAYOR | Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan may have circumvented campaign finance rules when she paid staffer for her 2010 mayoral run from a expenditure committee set… Read More ›
The amount of outstanding debt Warriors owner Joe Lacob owes Alameda County is almost the same as its fiscal budget shortfall. ALAMEDA COUNTY | BUDGET | Starting next week, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors will begin deliberations on a… Read More ›
Six of the candidates seeking two seats on the Hayward City Council. HAYWARD | CITY COUNCIL |The seven candidates for two open seats on the Hayward City Council may be secretly rooting against Councilmember Mark Salinas being elected mayor on… Read More ›
Oakland City Council Preview1 Frank Ogawa PlazaTuesday, Mar. 4, 5:30 p.m.[FULL AGENDA HERE]Twitter hashtag: #oakmtg >>> REASON TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER’S CARD Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney’s speech Feb. 18 against the DAC may have turned the tide against its… Read More ›
San Leandro City Council Preview835 East 14th Street, San LeandroMonday, Mar. 3, 2014, 7 p.m.[FULL AGENDA HERE]Twitter Hashtag: #slmtg >>> REASON TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER’S CARD Reconstructed Burrell Field in San Leandro. PACIFIC SPORTS COMPLEX AGREEMENT Four years ago, San… Read More ›
Alameda Health System received $88 million in tax revenue last year from Measure A. ELECTION 2014 | ALAMEDA COUNTY | Nearly every government agency seeking a ballot measure this election cycle characterizes its important in dire terms, but some come with… Read More ›
San Leandro may eye a road improvement tax next year. It has struggled in recent years to find money to repair its roads. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | With the coming mid-term election season just around the corner, voters in Alameda… Read More ›
Oakland Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney, Rep. Barbara Lee, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Phil Tagami and Port of Oakland Commissioner Ces Butler at Friday’s groundbreaking of the Oakland Global project. PHOTO/Steven Tavares OAKLAND//ARMY BASE PROJECT | Fourteen years after the closing… Read More ›
ASSEMBLY 25 | A tweak in the state law that would allow Alameda County and Contra Costa County to again consider a transportation tax measure next year was approved last week by the State Senate. The bill offered by Fremont Assemblymember… Read More ›
An opponent of Plan Bay Area speaks before the joint meeting of regional government bodies in charge of implementing the 30-year planning initiative approved Thursday night in Oakland. PHOTO/Steven Tavares PLAN BAY AREA | After years of discussion and fiery… Read More ›
AC TRANSIT | The AC Transit Board of Directors voted 5-0 last night to censure board member Joel Young for violating board policies concerning its code of ethics and improperly using district property for personal gain. Board director Mark Williams… Read More ›
SUNDAY COLUMN | Once upon a time a major media corporation believed hyperlocal was the key to journalism’s revival. AOL and then the Huffington Post put this belief in Patch. The idea was good, except Patch wasn’t hyperlocal, it was… Read More ›
AC TRANSIT BOARD | AC Transit board member Joel Young may have used confidential legal information that he received from the transit district for his own personal gain and for that of his private employer, according to a hard-hitting report… Read More ›
Chris Pareja and opponents of Plan Bay Area at a rally in Oakland before Friday’s MTC/ABAG hearing on Plan Bay Area. PHOTO/Steven Tavares PLAN BAY AREA | After three years and exactly 249 public meetings, a mash-up of regional commission’s may… Read More ›
