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Politics - Page 3

July 18, 2016
News & Commentary/Politics

School Board Member Christian Patz latest to declare Council Bid as Election Period officially begins

Today officially marks the first day Emeryville residents can submit paperwork with the City to declare candidacy for one of the three vacating Council seats.

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July 5, 2016
News & Commentary/Politics

SF Homeless Project forcing Bay Area to confront “one of the biggest humanitarian crises of our time”

More than 70 news organizations united last week to spotlight our growing homeless epidemic that is impacting not only San Francisco, but the entire

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June 10, 2016
News/News & Commentary/Politics

Subject of Dogtown Documentary, Alliance Recycling, set to close this August

Alliance Recycling Center in West Oakland will close its doors in August after a decades long battle with neighbors, forfeiting its Conditional Use Permit (CUP).

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May 31, 2016
News & Commentary/Politics

Bernie Sanders appearance at Hyatt House in Emeryville draws Crowds

Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders made a brief appearance at the Hyatt House on Shellmound to speak at a 10 a.m. news conference today. CHP, throngs

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May 19, 2016
News/News & Commentary/Politics

Emeryville’s population experiences highest 2015 percentage increase in the Bay Area

That increase in traffic? It’s not in your head. Buoyed by new high density developments that have gone online this year including Emme and

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May 9, 2016
Commentary/News & Commentary/Politics

Will Council make the Oakland/Emeryville Dog Park a priority? Sign our Petition

Over two years ago, while a member of the Park Avenue District Committee, I proposed transforming the dilapidated space under the 40th St./Shellmound bridge into a

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April 19, 2016
News & Commentary/Politics

Emeryville among eleven East Bay cities opposing transport of Coal to Oakland Terminal

Emeryville has jumped into a political battle involving the transport of Coal to an export terminal being built at the former West Oakland Army Base. A project being spearheaded by prominent Oakland developer

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April 12, 2016
Minimum Wage/News & Commentary/Politics

LA Times profiles Emeryville Minimum Wage as Governor Brown signs $15 state initiative into law

Just three months ago, Governor Jerry Brown voiced his opposition to a statewide $15 minimum wage stating “Raise the minimum wage too much and you put

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March 17, 2016
Arts & Culture/In the Neighborhood/News & Commentary/Politics

Emeryville lifts ban on Medical Marijuana delivery, paves way for legalization & dispensary permit

I guess it’s ironic that the “Rotten City” had become so, well prudish over the past few decades. Emeryville held a Special Study Session prior to

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February 22, 2016
News & Commentary/Politics

John Bauters officially declares candidacy as Emeryville Council Race warms up

2014 candidate John Bauters has officially thrown his hat back in the Emeryville political ring with the launch of a new website and twitter

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February 19, 2016
News & Commentary/Politics

2016 State of the City Address with Emeryville Mayor Dianne Martinez

Recently appointed Emeryville Mayor Dianne Martinez gave her 2016 State of the City Address at last Tuesday’s City Council Meeting. The twelve and a half-minute

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February 3, 2016
Commentary/News & Commentary/Politics

E’ville Voices: Emeryville Mayor Dianne Martinez goes to Washington

Our “E’ville Voices” guest blogger series was created to net a broader range of voices within our city in flux and initiate dialogue through opinion

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December 24, 2015
Crime & Public Safety/News & Commentary/Politics

APTP stokes AR-15 debate by hosting Public Forum in Emeryville

The Anti-Police Terror Project advocacy group returned to Emeryville on Sunday December 13th. APTP held a public forum at the National Union of Healthcare Workers Hall

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December 2, 2015
News & Commentary/Politics

City Council Meeting: Martinez Appointed Mayor, Cabaret Ordinance Action Delayed

In an eventful Council meeting and a packed Council chambers, action items including the appointing of a new Mayor, discussion of the hotly contested

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December 1, 2015
In the Neighborhood/News & Commentary/Politics/Restaurants

Can Council find a compromise between Trader Vic’s and Watergate residents?

It’s hard to imagine Emeryville without Trader Vic’s. For many including myself, their first association with Emeryville was either the mudflat sculptures or this fabled Tiki

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November 12, 2015
News & Commentary/Politics

Economic Development and Housing Manager Michelle De Guzman tenders resignation

The Small Business community lost probably its greatest ally with the loss of Economic Development and Housing Manager Michelle De Guzman who recently tendered her resignation. De

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September 4, 2015
Minimum Wage/News/News & Commentary/Politics

CNN video segment profiles Emeryville “The city with the highest minimum wage in America”

Two weeks ago the L.A. Times wrote a piece about us, this time the national media is taking note of little Emeryville. A three-minute video segment (with

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August 31, 2015
Community Voices/In the Neighborhood/Interviews/News & Commentary/Politics

An Exclusive Conversation with New Emeryville City Manager Carolyn Lehr

When it was announced that two-year Emeryville City Manager Sabrina Landreth was recruited back to Oakland by Mayor Libby Schaaf, it kicked off a national

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July 16, 2015
News & Commentary/Planning & Development/Politics

EPOA paints alternate view of Emery Go-Round’s future in PBID Rebuttal

The future of the Emery Go-Round is mired in uncertainty as the current funding framework called a PBID (Property & Business Improvement District) is set

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July 2, 2015
Minimum Wage/News & Commentary/Politics

Emeryville Minimum Wage Ordinance goes into effect today. Fast-Tracked Timeline Outlined

If you drop by your favorite establishment and notice that sandwich or burger is 20% more than you remembered, don’t blame them for being greedy (A

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June 25, 2015
News & Commentary/Planning & Development/Politics

Will residents vote to preserve the Emery Go-Round? Emeryville PBID Ballot Q&A with Mayor Atkin

If you received a mysterious envelope in your mailbox from the City of Emeryville, don’t throw it into the Shredder just yet. Despite vague language calling

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June 5, 2015
News & Commentary/Politics

Emeryville selects Carolyn Lehr as new City Manager. Michael Guina promoted to City Attorney

When Sabrina Landreth announced she would be leaving Emeryville back in February to join Libby Schaaf in Oakland (Berkeley’s City Manager Christine Daniel has since announced

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May 26, 2015
Minimum Wage/News & Commentary/Politics

Emeryville moves forward with Minimum Wage Ordinance amid “Out of Control” Tattler Editor Disruptions

The revised first reading of the contentious Minimum Wage ordinance that would give Emeryville the highest minimum wage in the nation was unanimously approved to move

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May 7, 2015
Minimum Wage/News & Commentary/Politics

Emeryville City Council charges forward with nations highest minimum wage increase

Mayor Ruth Atkin stated her desire for Emeryville to “make history” while in attendance with three other Councilmembers at a recent Berkeley “Fight for

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