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Editorial: Oakland changes election rules after ballots are counted
The Oakland City Council has suddenly declared that Mayor Libby Schaaf’s “Children’s Initiative” passed in last month’s election even though it failed to receive the required two-thirds voter approval....
View ArticleEditorial: Oakland Mayor Schaaf, council should end election deceit
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and the City Council are undermining their own credibility with their continuing attempt to overturn the November election results on a citywide parcel tax. Manipulation of...
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Editorial: Back Alameda wellness center; reject park subterfuge
Voters in Alameda’s upcoming special election should reject a ballot initiative from a group of residents trying to block a homeless care facility near Crab Cove. Backers of Measure B are trying to...
View ArticleEditorial: Schaaf’s outrageous push to collect disputed Oakland tax
It was bad enough that the Oakland City Council undermined the election process by moving the goal posts for an education initiative and declaring the measure passed. Now, collecting the tax called for...
View ArticleEditorial: Rebecca Kaplan’s reckless Oakland city budget plan
It’s amateur hour at the Oakland City Council. Two weeks ago, council President Rebecca Kaplan proposed an irresponsible two-year budget plan that threatened to upend years of slow but steady fiscal...
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Editorial: Brentwood should reject sprawl; vote no on Measure L
Brentwood voters are being asked in a special election Nov. 5 to expand the city’s growth boundary on its western border and approve construction of 2,400 new homes. This at a time when traffic on...
View ArticleEditorial: El Cerrito voters should reject tax plan, city propaganda
El Cerrito officials are once again spending public money to manipulate the election system and mislead voters about a proposed tax measure. This time, city leaders have spent tens of thousands of...
View ArticleOur endorsements for Brentwood, El Cerrito, Piedmont ballot measures
G – Piedmont school tax extension – Yes H – Piedmont new school tax – No H – El Cerrito parks parcel tax – No L – Brentwood growth limit line – No Click on the links to read the full editorials.
View ArticleEditorial: Piedmont voters should reject increase to record tax
We’re all for community support of education, but even in Piedmont there should be a limit. Voters in the special Nov. 5 election should approve Measure G, which would extend what district officials...
View ArticleEditorial: Heed D.A.’s call for disclosure in Alameda cronyism scandal
It’s time for Alameda city officials to stop covering up for two council members who committed malfeasance by violating city charter prohibitions against meddling in hiring decisions. In an...
View ArticleEditorial: Airbnb killings should prompt Orinda police review
When the shooting began at a Halloween party in Orinda that claimed five lives, both the city’s police officers on duty were in Oakland. It’s time for city officials to review the mutual aid policies...
View ArticleEditorial: Felony charge against Coliseum CEO should send warning
A felony conflict-of-interest charge filed against the former CEO of the Oakland Coliseum should serve as a warning to public officials: Using your government post for personal gain cannot be...
View ArticleEditorial: Reject nearly broke Contra Costa school district’s deceitful plan...
As West Contra Costa schools teeter on the brink of insolvency, district officials are seeking to raise taxes — not to address their budget crisis but rather to issue more bonds for an out-of-control...
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Editorial: Re-elect Glover and Burgis as Contra Costa supervisors
Two Contra Costa County supervisors, Federal Glover and Diane Burgis, are seeking new terms in the March 3 election. Voters should re-elect them. While neither is ideal, both are far superior to their...
View ArticleEditorial: Vote for 4 of 5 East Bay school bond, er, tax measures
Local school officials asking for voters’ permission to issue bonds just can’t bring themselves to utter the T-word. T as in tax. In seven East Bay districts, superintendents and elected board members...
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Editorial: Elect Elena Condes for Alameda Superior Court judge
Alameda County currently has 70 Superior Court judges. To retain their office, they must run every six years. But they’re seldom opposed. Which helps explain why there’s only one contested race this...
View ArticleEditorial: Doubling Contra Costa tax won’t ensure transportation fix
For decades, Bay Area transportation planners’ answer to the region’s traffic congestion has been more levies — property taxes, sales taxes, bridge tolls and higher transit fares. Yet the congestion...
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Editorial: Elect Childress, Cole to Alameda County education board
If you care about preserving charter school options in Alameda County, the March 3 elections of two trustees to the county Board of Education are important. After years of battles between California’s...
View ArticleEditorial: Contra Costa Judge Fenstermacher deserves a new term
Only one Contra Costa judge faces a challenge in the March 3 election – and even that challenge is meritless. Voters should elect Judge Susanne Fenstermacher to another term on the Superior Court...
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Editorial: Bacon, Carson for Alameda County Board of Supervisors
The seats of the three senior members of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, all of whom will have served at least two decades by the end of this year, will be decided in the March 3 election....
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