Two years ago, California Democrats flipped seven Republican seats in Congress. This month, Republicans are on the cusp of flipping back four of them, and leading former East Bay legislator Delaine Eastin to enter the upcoming campaign to lead the… Read More ›
The covid-19 election in the East Bay is in the books. There were some upsets and voters were clearly apprehensive about too much change during a year of uncertainty. But the election also revealed fissures within the local Alameda County… Read More ›
Updated to include Thursday night’s updated results. A countywide half-cent sales tax increase in Alameda County is toward victory, but not by much. Meanwhile, a bond measure to fund aging fire stations in unincorporated Alameda County is barely passing, as… Read More ›
As many as 200 voters casting ballots at an in-person polling location in Oakland were disenfranchised because volunteers were poorly trained by the Alameda County Registrar of Voter’s office, the ACLU of Northern California, other groups, said on Friday. In… Read More ›
Alameda County public health officials, amid rising cases of covid-19 in the state and county, struck an ominous tone on Thursday. The county, which had been successful in managing the number of new cases for the past two months, is… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY COVID-19 CASES BY CITIES (UPDATED – CLICK BELOW) •Confirmed total cases in Alameda County: 29,476. Deaths: 512, as of Nov. 30.
*Updated to include Tuesday night’s returns. Alameda Councilmember Malia Vella won re-election to a second term, but the winner of the second seat on the Alameda City Council is too close to call, as of Tuesday night. While Vella received… Read More ›
A day after Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty may have learned who will be his successor, the irascible retiring elected official tweeted a snarky message for the likely losing candidate. Dublin Mayor David Haubert appears poised to be the winner… Read More ›
Turnout in Alameda County is estimated to be 75 percent of all registered voters, the Registrar of Voters office said on Wednesday. Despite perceptions of an energized electorate in the East Bay after four years of the Trump presidency, the… Read More ›
If you first don’t succeed, try again. After losing the race for San Leandro’s District 2 council seat four years ago, Bryan Azevedo’s rematch with Councilmember Ed Hernandez had a different result. Azevedo received 53.58 percent of the vote, as… Read More ›
It’s Election Day! How will the night shakedown in Alameda County and the East Bay? We take a look at some of the races and offer insights and some bold predictions. Plus, a look ahead to 2022.
Just like everything, the local political prognostications game has been ruined by the pandemic. Face-to-face meetings and in-passing rumors and gossip is the typically the coin of the realm. Also, nothing beats seeing the body language of a candidate when… Read More ›
Before 2010, San Leandro voters had never seen a city council incumbent lose re-election. With the aid of ranked-choice voting that year, San Leandro Mayor Tony Santos was upset by Stephen Cassidy. Two years ago, Councilmember Lee Thomas was narrowly… Read More ›
Alameda County District 1 supervisorial candidate David Haubert shoveled in campaign cash like no other candidate this year, according to finance reports. Haubert’s haul was more than double the next highest fundraiser in any race in Alameda County. Oakland At-Large… Read More ›
With five days left in the fall election season, Sen. Bernie Sanders is backing Oakland At-Large Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan in her close fought re-election against the corporate-backed Derreck Johnson. Sanders made the announcement through former Berkeley Mayor Gus Newport, according… Read More ›
Let’s begin by mentioning Hayward, with a diverse population of roughly 140,000, needs district-based elections. Although this council is clearly diverse– three Latinos, one Afghan American, for example- there is little diversity of opinion. The Hayward City Council, despite being… Read More ›
The Fremont business owner who last month accused Alameda County supervisorial candidate Vinnie Bacon of sending him a threatening voicemail has now filed a police report alleging intimidation and harassment. Tejinder “T.J.” Dhami filed the report with the Fremont Police… Read More ›
Every campaign, it seems, is turning to the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) for some late momentum. In the Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 1 race, Dublin Mayor David Haubert has been hitting Fremont Councilmember Vinnie Bacon hard for… Read More ›
Oakland is following San Francisco and Portland in ending its relationship with the Joint Terror Task Force, an intelligence gathering arm of the FBI. The Oakland City Council unanimously approved the termination of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Joint… Read More ›
Fremont Councilmember Vinnie Bacon’s main attack line in his bid for the Alameda County Board of Supervisors in District 1 has been to label his opponent, Dublin Mayor David Haubert, as a former Republican in the deep blue East Bay…. Read More ›
Three upstart progressives running for the Hayward City Council have caught the eye of the most famous progressive in U.S. politics. Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders announced the endorsement of Lacei Amodei, Elisha Crader, and Nestor Castillo on… Read More ›
Oakland At-Large Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan wore two pins during a virtual press conference on Monday: One for her re-election campaign and another in opposition to Proposition 22, the statewide ballot measure funded by gig companies, such as Lyft, Uber, and… Read More ›
The Oakland Athletics finalized the purchase of Alameda County’s half of the Coliseum property for $85 million on Monday. The deal is another step toward the franchise’s plans to build a privately-financed ballpark at Howard Terminal, along with a future… Read More ›
With 3,000 nurses and health care workers at Alameda Health System hospitals less than 24 hours from a five-day strike, Alameda County supervisors attempted on Tuesday to move both sides toward a last-minute agreement. But after several hours of testimony,… Read More ›
Labor unions desperately want to defeat Oakland District 3 Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney this November and they have the receipts to show their discontent. An Independent Expenditure Committee (IE) backed the powerful Service Employees International (SEIU) Local 1021, Alameda Labor… Read More ›
More than nine years ago, a resolution by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors that called for national reconciliation and reparations due to centuries of slavery in the U.S. feels eerily prescient to the state of the country in 2020…. Read More ›
Earlier this month, Hayward Councilmember Elisa Marquez and Mark Salinas – two of three incumbents seeking re-election this November – flashed moments of anger and disdain toward their more progressive opponents when challenged about their respective records. In one exchange,… Read More ›
Union City Mayor Carol Dutra-Vernaci last week refuted assertions by her two mayoral challengers that the city she has led for the past eight years is on the brink of bankruptcy. Dutra-Vernaci said the statements about the city’s imminent insolvency… Read More ›
The Oakland Police Commission extended Interim Chief of Police Susan Manheimer’s contract to Dec. 8. The move comes after the commission was scheduled to provide Mayor Libby Schaaf with a short list of potential candidates by the end of this… Read More ›
The Alameda County Transportation Commission approved the transfer of $400 million in funding once earmarked for the failed BART to Livermore plan to ValleyLink, a proposed rail project that would connect the Tri-Valley to San Joaquin County. “It’s time to… Read More ›
