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Oakland News SF Bay Area By Zennie62Media Inc & Zennie Abraham
Buffy Wicks lands Alameda County Building And Construction Trades Council Endorsement for CA Assembly District 15 Race. The Building and Construction Trades Council of Alameda County, representing tens of thousands of local members, announced their endorsement of Buffy Wicks today to serve as the next California Assemblymember for District 15. “We are proud to endorse […]
Tetra Tech Responds to Rep. Nancy Pelosi: Says Clean-up Done to Navy Standards, But False Accusations, Fear Mongering By Plaintiffs Mislead Pelosi, Regulators, and Public Tetra Tech today said it was disappointed in comments by Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi regarding its clean-up of a portion of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. The congresswoman issued a news […]
On July 25, Sierra Club of California Director Kathryn Phillips announced the Sierra Club’s endorsement of Richmond Councilmember Jovanka Beckles’ candidacy for Assembly District 15. “Jovanka has more than proven her willingness and ability to work for the public interest and a safe, clean environment. She’s the real deal and Sierra Club is proud to […]
Mike Ramos focus of National Civil Rights Leaders, who want him fired as San Bernardino County District Attorney. Today, a coalition of leading national civil rights organizations, led by the national Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued a letter to San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos demanding the termination of Deputy District […]
Buffy Wicks new California Assemblymember Race News is that the received the endorsement of the Northern California Sheet Metal Workers Local 104 out of San Ramon, Ca. Here’s the details. The Northern California Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 104 announced their endorsement of Buffy Wicks today to serve as the next California Assemblymember for District 15. […]
The California Nurses Association announced its endorsement of Jovanka Beckles for election as District 15 Representative to the State Assembly in November’s election. The Association represents about 100,000 nurses across the state. CNA Co-President Malinda Markowitz stated, Jovanka Beckles has for many years been a stalwart defender of California’s nurses and healthcare workers and she […]
Dianne Feinstein lost to Kevin de León, Saturday. Yep. The California State Senate’s current President pro tempore beat the legendary, former San Francisco Mayor, current U.S. Senator, and connection back to some of San Francisco’s most incredible moments of progressive social action. The media mentions that Senator Feinstein is 85 – years old, as if […]
Buffy Wicks gets historic endorsement in CA AD 15 Race. Buffy Wicks earned Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and San Francisco Mayor London Breed endorsements of for her to serve as the next California Assemblymember for District 15. It is the first joint endorsement by the two officials in history. “The commitment Buffy Wicks has shown […]
Jovanka Beckles, the Richmond City Councilmember running against Buffy Wicks for the California Assembly District 15 Seat, continues to send Zennie62Media email press releases. Meanwhile, we have not received any updates from the Buffy Wicks campaign since Zennie Abraham’s interview of Ms. Wicks (which we thought was good). This is important to note, because our […]
News of a new San Leandro City Manager Chris Zapata Scandal. The city of San Leandro, California has quietly sent private letters to members of its city board and commissions that demand they sign a “non-disparagement” agreement regarding outgoing City Manager Chris Zapata or else they will be terminated from their city-appointed positions. Mr. Zapata […]
Oakland can get homeless funding, and end-run Alameda County. Here’s how. Oakland has officially forgot how to use government to solve its pressing problem of homelessness. We have the tools at our hands, but the current group of elected officials just can’t seem to collectively bring themselves to use them – let alone discover what […]
Jovanka Beckles staff issued this announcement six days ago, and it reports that she met with US Congressman Ro Khanna (17th District, California). Here are the details: Jovanka Beckles California State Assembly District 15 candidate met in Fremont, California this morning with US House Representative Ro Khanna (D-17) and discussed issues of common concern facing […]
Max’s City Center Oakland Restaurant is closed, and has been since just after the start of the year. This Oakland blogger has been away in Georgia keeping his Mom company, and yet maintaining a life in the real town of the Warriors. So, the news that Max’s City Center Oakland Restaurant closed came to me […]
The Oakland City Council’s Community and Economic Development Committee voted to advance an an ordinance to help tenant relocations last Tuesday, June 30 2018, and on to the full City Council for final passage July 10 2018. Under the ordinance proposed by Oakland Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney (District 3) and Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, (At […]
Pamela Harris? Oakland City Council? Who’s Pamela Harris? UPDATE: Pamela Harris Gets Nancy Skinner Endorsement for Oakland City Council District Four Seat. Well, Pamela Harris is one of the nine names of people who have thrown their hat into the ring for the seat that’s to be vacated by the incumbent Oakland City Councilmember Annie […]
Igor Tregub, who’s running for the Berkeley City Council District One seat, has been fighting the good fight in the East Bay and Berkeley for just about 10 years. Most of that time, he’s advocated for other people, most notably Barack Obama, during his historic Presidential campaign. But within that seemingly boundless enthusiam has been […]
Rebecca Kaplan, the Oakland At-Large Councilmember, would not have taken time to have a neat logo made that reads “Rebecca Kaplan for Mayor of Oakland” if she had no intention of running in the Oakland Mayoral Election for 2018. Originally, and about four weeks ago, Councilmember Kaplan was to have a kind of joint […]
Oakland, California has been a “union town” for as far back as I can remember, and I’ve been in Oakland since April 8th of 1974. You can’t build anything in Oakland, or have any hope of getting elected, without the backing and involvement of unions. And over time, even the City of Oakland’s own workers […]
Chris Young, who this blogger has known since the 2008 Obama For America campaign, threw his hat into the ring for the nine candidate (so far) 2018 Oakland City Council District 4 Race. His determination, out of the gate, earned him the endorsement of the incumbent District 4 Representative Annie Campbell Washington. UPDATE: Chris Young […]
Federal Judge William Alsup dismissed Oakland, San Francisco climate change lawsuit. The City of Oakland and City and County of San Francisco’s very misguided attempt to penalize oil companies for alleged damages tied to global warming was thrown out today by United States District Court for the Northern District of California Federal Judge William Alsup, […]
On Monday, Judge William Alsup made a ruling that shocked some, but was expected from the perspective of legal scholars. The San Francisco Federal Judge dismissed the climate change lawsuit brought by the City of Oakland and the City and County of San Francisco. Here’s the full text of that decision, below. Zennie62Media Has Entire […]
This blogger was personally informed today that The City of Oakland is still working with famed sports lawyer Jim Quinn on the paperwork associated with filing a lawsuit against the Oakland Raiders and the National Football League. A source too close to the matter to mention (and not with or part of any Oakland Raiders […]
UPDATE: Can Community Funds LLC be fined for evicting 92-year-old Lela Madison? The news brought to me by Richmond Councilmember and California Assembly District 15 Candidate Jovanka Beckles was horrifying: 92-Year-Old Lela Madison was locked out of her home she has owned since 1960. The organization responsible for the action, according to Mrs. Madison in […]
Yes, Oakland has lots of stadium problems and some teams are leaving our town. And, yes, there’s lots of blame to go around between the Raiders, A’s, and Golden State Warriors as well as the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority, The Alameda County Board of Supervisors and the Oakland City Council. While the Oakland A’s work […]
The race for California Assembly District 15 Seat is now down to two people: Jovanka Beckles vs Buffy Wicks, and Beckles comes out of the gate swinging a haymaker. A press release announcing a slew of endorsements, most notably the Mayor of Berkeley Jesse Arreguin. Here’s the full list: Jesse Arreguin, Mayor of Berkeley Vinnie […]
I met Buffy Wicks, who’s running for the California Assembly District 15 seat that was occupied by Tony Thurmond, today, at my favorite place to talk politics, Lakeshore Cafe at 3257 Lakeshore in Oakland. Since we’ve been friends for a long time, going back to the historic Obama 2008 campaign days, we had a lot […]
This November, residents in Oakland and other California cities and towns will have a chance to alter the market that’s created housing costs so high, the population of homeless people is larger than ever. The California Secretary of State’s office informed county registrars and backers and proponents of the California Affordable Housing Act that Michael […]
Oakland District Three Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney issued her newsletter for the week, and in it, pointed to the June 19th Oakland City Council Meeting as the first one where the mid-cycle review of the 2017-2019 Biennial Municipal Budget will be held. The 2017-2019 “Biennial Municipal Budget” is another way of referring to the two-year-budget […]
UPDATE: Oakland Coliseum JPA Meeting on Raiders Lease cancelled until July. Raiders remain without an agreement beyond 2018. A cat-and-mouse game and odessey that started last year when the National Football League granted the Oakland Raiders the right to officially relocate to Las Vegas, and after what the organization worked on allegedly behind the collective […]
London Breed is the new Mayor of San Francisco! After a roller-coaster-ride of voting lead-changes, Breed’s voting advantaged surged to the point where Mark Leno, who was for a few days last week considered the winner of the campaign, conceded the race. For the first time in its history, San Francisco’s mayor will be a […]
The Buffy Wicks For Assembly campaign sent this statement Monday morning. As of now, the former Obama Campaign Aide is the lead vote-getter in the California Assembly District 15 Race, and is awaiting the outcome of vote counts beween challengers Richmond Councilmember Jovanka Beckles and Oakland District 1 Councilmember, Dan Kalb. Beckles leads Kalb by […]
The Jovanka Beckles for for State Assembly District 15 campaign sent this statement Sunday evening. This, in the wake of Friday’s reports that put the Richmond Councilmember 284 votes over her challenger for the second position behind top-vote-getter Buffy Wicks in the top-two race, Oakland District One Councilmember Dan Kalb. Here’s the statement: Richmond City […]
In this update, Peter Liu tweets blacks who vote for Obama are “Low IQ”. I guess that includes this author. Just when the Oakland Mayoral Race was looking to be a bit less exciting after Oakland At-Large Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan backed away from running in a tag-team with Cat Brooks, by, instead, only announcing she […]
U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee had a pretty good week. It saw her easily win re-election to her post as 13th District Representative for California and much of the San Francisco East Bay. Then, it saw her beloved Golden State Warriors win the 2018 NBA Finals, and the team’s 3rd NBA Championship in four years. As […]
In a shocking turn of events that just brings to mind the saying “don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched”, Richmond City Councilmember Jovanka Beckles took the lead over Oakland City Councilmember Dan Kalb, and in a dramatic 284 vote swing. Now, the race for the number two place in the “top two” (behind lead […]
This CA Assembly District 15 Race Update is on June 8th, 2018, 3:34 pm pst. Note that time. The hotly contested, 12 candidate race for the 2018 California Assembly District 15 Seat that was vacated by the now-new State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, is still technically undecided. CA 15 is that because while […]
The “Jovanka Beckles for State Assembly District 15” sent over a press release which reads as follows: Richmond City Council member Jovanka Beckles, primary election candidate for State Assembly District 15, today stated that she looks forward to the continued tallying of drop-off and mail-in ballots. Votes are being counted on a continuing basis with […]
According to Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority Board Member Chris Dobbins, and on Zennie62 YouTube Live on Wednesday night, June 6th (the City of Oakland will not only file a lawsuit against the Oakland Raiders and the National Football League for not acting in good faith in the process leading to the league’s approval […]
It’s Gavin Newsom versus the out-of-nowhere political star that is John Cox, or “John H. Cox American Accountant” as he’s referred to on Google Trends. And that leads to the raison d’etre for this post: to determine if Google Trends got it wrong, or if this blogger, me, got Google Trends wrong, or something in […]
