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Alameda Vice Mayor Malia Vella trailed with 16% of the vote, while Stephen Slauson, an electrical engineer and the lone Republican in the race, was at 11% at night's end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta celebrated the returns on Tuesday night at her campaign headquarters in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood, alongside her husband Rob Bonta — California's newly appointed attorney general — and East Bay politicos including BART Board of Directors member Lateefah Simon and Oakland City Councilmember Dan Kalb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's been so amazing to have so many supporters come out and just give testament to this amazing movement we've been creating together, so it feels like a blessing,\" Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking ahead to the likely runoff with Ramachandran, Bonta said she would emphasize \"my experience, my connection to this district, the fact that I've been working in this district and with our community for over 20 years.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think the common issue of being progressive leaders is something that we're going to have to duke it out about,\" she said of her probable opponent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just east of Lake Merritt, Ramachandran gathered with friends as well as supporters from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union at her apartment, which has served as a makeshift campaign headquarters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This just shows to me that voters are excited for true progressive policies,\" she said. \"It shows to me that grassroots movements can win, that people power can win.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The special election campaign kicked off in late March after Rob Bonta, the district's five-term assemblyman, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11865953/newsom-names-east-bay-assemblyman-rob-bonta-as-californias-new-attorney-general\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appointed by Gov. 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All candidate forums were held virtually, although many of the campaigns conducted in-person door-knocking efforts across the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"Mia-Bonta\"]\"I've literally been door knocking every day since the start of this campaign,\" said Ramachandran. \"That's how we were able to get so far, because we've been out there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 18th Assembly District is one of the most liberal in the state (65% of voters are registered as Democrats), and the leading candidates have all vowed to be reliably progressive votes in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labor unions \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878253/organized-labor-flexes-power-in-east-bay-assembly-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">invested heavily in the race\u003c/a> — spreading endorsements between Bonta, Vella and Ramachandran, and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in support of Bonta and Vella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candidates did \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878950/east-bay-assembly-hopefuls-could-be-key-vote-on-contentious-housing-bills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">split in their approaches\u003c/a> to the vexing issue of housing development. Vella offered wholehearted support for two proposals in the state Legislature that would ease construction of duplexes and small apartment buildings, while Bonta and Ramachandran said they would push to amend the bills to add more affordable housing requirements before committing their support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879929\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11879929\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50200_009_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50200_009_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50200_009_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50200_009_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50200_009_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50200_009_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janani Ramachandran, candidate for state Assembly in the 18th District, takes a photo with campaign organizers in Oakland on June 26, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ramachandran also broke from Bonta and Vella in her opposition to the Oakland A's proposed development at the Port of Oakland's Howard Terminal, where the team hopes to build a new stadium along with housing and office and retail space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta was boosted in the race by her name ID and her consistent advantage in campaign spending: Her 2021 campaign committee reported $324,272 in expenditures, compared to $220,018 for Vella and $57,473 for Ramachandran.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, three independent super PACs, financed by groups representing teachers, school employees, and doctors and dentists, along with health insurers and card rooms, spent $398,620 to bolster Bonta's candidacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the race's front-runner from the moment \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11869066/mia-bonta-enters-race-to-replace-husband-rob-in-the-state-assembly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">she launched her campaign\u003c/a>, Bonta weathered attacks from her opponents, who said she was benefiting from her husband's name and was receiving donations from companies who wanted to influence the new attorney general.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879887\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11879887\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50124_004_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50124_004_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50124_004_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50124_004_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50124_004_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50124_004_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malia Vella, vice mayor of Alameda, on June 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At a candidate forum in late May, Vella alluded to her opponent benefiting from \"political patronage.\" And last week, Ramachandran launched a more direct broadside, charging Bonta with \"legalized corruption\" for accepting donations from companies who are pursuing future statewide ballot measures, for which the attorney general will write the title and summary seen by voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta denied any impropriety and described the race as an opportunity to introduce her own personal story to the district's residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The competitiveness of the campaign did not spur Alameda County voters to the polls, despite the continued expansion of mail-in voting. Every voter in the district was sent a ballot by default, and the county set up 21 drop boxes and 10 voting locations for residents to drop off their ballots or vote in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the last returns released on Tuesday showed just 43,900 ballots cast, a turnout of about 15%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's in line with two prior special elections for state Assembly this year that saw low voter interest. In April, just 21% of voters cast ballots in a special election held in San Diego's 79th Assembly District. Last month, only 14% of registered voters in Los Angeles' 54th Assembly District voted in a special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I feel like a lot of people are distracted and we're seeing really low turnout,\" said Vella, at her election night gathering in Alameda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if she remains out of the top two, Vella said the runoff would be a \"great opportunity\" for two female candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What I do know is that we're going to have more women in the state Legislature than ever before,\" she added. \"And we're going to have a woman of color.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Mia Bonta, the president of the Alameda Unified School District's Board of Education, opened up an early lead on Tuesday in a special election to fill her husband's seat in the state Assembly. But early returns from the 18th District, which includes most of Oakland, San Leandro and Alameda, showed Bonta falling short of the majority vote needed to avoid a runoff later this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta captured 37% of the vote in the last results of the evening, released by the Alameda County Registrar of Voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If no candidate receives a majority of votes, the top two finishers will face off in a runoff scheduled for Aug. 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Social justice attorney Janani Ramachandran, who stands in second place with 21% of the vote, appeared headed to join Bonta in the runoff. Alameda Vice Mayor Malia Vella trailed with 16% of the vote, while Stephen Slauson, an electrical engineer and the lone Republican in the race, was at 11% at night's end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta celebrated the returns on Tuesday night at her campaign headquarters in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood, alongside her husband Rob Bonta — California's newly appointed attorney general — and East Bay politicos including BART Board of Directors member Lateefah Simon and Oakland City Councilmember Dan Kalb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\"I've literally been door knocking every day since the start of this campaign,\" said Ramachandran. \"That's how we were able to get so far, because we've been out there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 18th Assembly District is one of the most liberal in the state (65% of voters are registered as Democrats), and the leading candidates have all vowed to be reliably progressive votes in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labor unions \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878253/organized-labor-flexes-power-in-east-bay-assembly-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">invested heavily in the race\u003c/a> — spreading endorsements between Bonta, Vella and Ramachandran, and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in support of Bonta and Vella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candidates did \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878950/east-bay-assembly-hopefuls-could-be-key-vote-on-contentious-housing-bills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">split in their approaches\u003c/a> to the vexing issue of housing development. Vella offered wholehearted support for two proposals in the state Legislature that would ease construction of duplexes and small apartment buildings, while Bonta and Ramachandran said they would push to amend the bills to add more affordable housing requirements before committing their support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879929\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11879929\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50200_009_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50200_009_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50200_009_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50200_009_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50200_009_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50200_009_Oakland_JananiRamachandran_06262021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janani Ramachandran, candidate for state Assembly in the 18th District, takes a photo with campaign organizers in Oakland on June 26, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ramachandran also broke from Bonta and Vella in her opposition to the Oakland A's proposed development at the Port of Oakland's Howard Terminal, where the team hopes to build a new stadium along with housing and office and retail space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta was boosted in the race by her name ID and her consistent advantage in campaign spending: Her 2021 campaign committee reported $324,272 in expenditures, compared to $220,018 for Vella and $57,473 for Ramachandran.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, three independent super PACs, financed by groups representing teachers, school employees, and doctors and dentists, along with health insurers and card rooms, spent $398,620 to bolster Bonta's candidacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the race's front-runner from the moment \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11869066/mia-bonta-enters-race-to-replace-husband-rob-in-the-state-assembly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">she launched her campaign\u003c/a>, Bonta weathered attacks from her opponents, who said she was benefiting from her husband's name and was receiving donations from companies who wanted to influence the new attorney general.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879887\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11879887\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50124_004_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50124_004_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50124_004_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50124_004_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50124_004_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50124_004_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malia Vella, vice mayor of Alameda, on June 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At a candidate forum in late May, Vella alluded to her opponent benefiting from \"political patronage.\" And last week, Ramachandran launched a more direct broadside, charging Bonta with \"legalized corruption\" for accepting donations from companies who are pursuing future statewide ballot measures, for which the attorney general will write the title and summary seen by voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta denied any impropriety and described the race as an opportunity to introduce her own personal story to the district's residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The competitiveness of the campaign did not spur Alameda County voters to the polls, despite the continued expansion of mail-in voting. 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"content": "\u003cp>Voters in Oakland, San Leandro and Alameda are choosing a new Assemblymember in a June 29 special election. The seat opened up when former Assemblymember Rob Bonta was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11865953/newsom-names-east-bay-assemblyman-rob-bonta-as-californias-new-attorney-general\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">picked by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> to be California’s Attorney General after Kamala Harris was elected vice president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eight candidates will appear on the special election ballot. A candidate receiving a majority of votes wins the election, and if no candidate crosses the 50% threshold, the top two finishers will compete in a runoff scheduled for August 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a guide on how to vote and who is on the ballot:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>How to Vote? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Every registered voter in the district was mailed a ballot by default, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11860552/state-legislature-votes-to-extend-universal-vote-by-mail-through-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">result of legislation\u003c/a> signed by Newsom earlier this year. Vote-by-mail dropboxes are \u003ca href=\"https://www.acgov.org/rovapps/maps/ballotdropbox_map.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">available across the district\u003c/a> for voters looking to return their completed ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those who prefer to cast a vote in person, Alameda County is opening ten voting locations, beginning on Saturday, June 26. Any voter in the district can drop off or cast a ballot at the locations from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 29.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/dpf2SsvsjPL3Adq86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Island High School\u003c/a>, 500 Pacific Drive, Alameda\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/83isNsuHZ11CJjYt6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Shore Center\u003c/a>, 2130 Otis Drive, Alameda\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/AQasZB3C8H24wfNN7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland High School\u003c/a>, 1023 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/2yUqELoez5iBga848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sequoia Elementary School (Gym)\u003c/a>, 3730 Lincoln Avenue, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/uZjcbfmL6co5TRvEA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Think College Now\u003c/a>, 2825 International Boulevard, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/9AZQpWmwckyqqBAV8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kapor Center (Annex Warehouse)\u003c/a>, 1901 Poplar Street, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/ZtjMycza6y67YuCd7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Allen Temple Baptist Church\u003c/a>, 8501 International Boulevard, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/FKJfzEGE7BGYybfVA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eastmont Mall (Upper Level)\u003c/a>, 7200 Bancroft Avenue, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/JLJvpsv7LGtArM6H7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Leandro Veterans Memorial Building\u003c/a>, 1105 Bancroft Avenue, San Leandro\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/yLvzZUvxXyBkj5eR9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barbara Lee Center for Health and Wellness\u003c/a>, 2251 Bancroft Avenue, San Leandro\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>The Top Candidates \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>(\u003cem>Top candidates have been actively campaigning and regularly appearing at candidate forums)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>James Aguilar\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879369\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 260px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11879369\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50137_51086357591_cb2e8121e3_o-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50137_51086357591_cb2e8121e3_o-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50137_51086357591_cb2e8121e3_o-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50137_51086357591_cb2e8121e3_o-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50137_51086357591_cb2e8121e3_o-qut-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50137_51086357591_cb2e8121e3_o-qut-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50137_51086357591_cb2e8121e3_o-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Aguilar, San Leandro Unified School District board trustee and candidate for state Assembly in the 18th district. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of James Aguilar campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Party: Democrat\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently: Board of Education Member, San Leandro Unified School District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closing Pitch: \u003cb>Generational change. \u003c/b>Call it the Alex Lee effect. Last year, the 24-year-old Lee shocked a field of more experienced Democrats and emerged from a state Assembly primary in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Aguilar was 18 when he was elected to the school board in 2018, becoming the youngest elected official in the Bay Area. He hopes a generational pitch will make him the second Generation Z lawmaker to win a seat in the Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m going to bring a really big and needed perspective in the Assembly,” Aguilar said, “because I come from the generation of people that are going to inherit the consequences of the decisions that my parents made, the consequences of the climate crisis, of an education crisis that’s here right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victor Aguilar\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879368\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 260px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11879368\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50136_headshot-qut-800x1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50136_headshot-qut-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50136_headshot-qut-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50136_headshot-qut-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50136_headshot-qut-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50136_headshot-qut-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50136_headshot-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Leandro vice mayor Victor Aguilar, a candidate for state Assembly in the 18th district. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Victor Aguilar campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Party: Democrat\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently: Vice Mayor, City of San Leandro\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closing Pitch: \u003cb>Pandemic Resilience. \u003c/b>Aguilar believes he’s uniquely positioned to turn the pain of the COVID-19 pandemic into lasting policy change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I started to campaign to run, I lost my mom to COVID-19,” he said. “Advocating for families who are frontline workers — my family are frontline workers — it’s been very challenging. California’s response to COVID-19 would have been different if we prioritized people over profit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aguilar said the state needs a universal single-payer healthcare system and worker protections like the hazard pay for retail workers he helped pass in San Leandro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mia Bonta\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879104\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 375px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11879104\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50114_004_Oakland_MiaBonta_06232021-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50114_004_Oakland_MiaBonta_06232021-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50114_004_Oakland_MiaBonta_06232021-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50114_004_Oakland_MiaBonta_06232021-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50114_004_Oakland_MiaBonta_06232021-qut-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50114_004_Oakland_MiaBonta_06232021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mia Bonta, candidate for state Assembly in District 18, which includes Oakland, Alameda and San Leandro, speaks with students at her campaign headquarters in Oakland on June 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Party: Democrat\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently: School Board President, Alameda Unified School District\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closing Pitch: \u003cstrong>Hitting the Ground Running.\u003c/strong> In her campaign to follow her husband in the Assembly, Mia Bonta has relished the opportunity “to be able to introduce people to my first name and what I stand for and what I’m about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But make no mistake, Bonta’s Capitol connections and relationships (more than 20 endorsements from sitting legislators) could prove invaluable in helping her enact her agenda and aid the district from Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been going through COVID and experiencing these dual pandemics of reckoning around systemic racism as well as the pandemic,” said Bonta. “It calls for this moment where we have make-sense, can-do, roll-up-your-sleeves, hit-the-ground-running legislators, and that’s me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Janani Ramachandran \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11878684\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 260px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11878684\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50020_Janani-Headshot-4-copy-942x1024-qut-800x870.jpg\" alt=\"A woman is smiling at the camera.\" width=\"260\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50020_Janani-Headshot-4-copy-942x1024-qut-800x870.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50020_Janani-Headshot-4-copy-942x1024-qut-160x174.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50020_Janani-Headshot-4-copy-942x1024-qut.jpg 942w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janani Ramachandran, social justice attorney and candidate for state Assembly in the 18th district. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Janani Ramachandran campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Party: Democrat\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently: Social Justice Attorney\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closing Pitch: \u003cstrong>Not a Politician.\u003c/strong> Unlike the other candidates at the top of the AD 18 field, Ramachandran has never held elected office. As an attorney, she’s worked with victims of domestic violence and residents facing eviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramachandran’s commitment to a grassroots campaign has won the backing of progressive groups like the Bernie Sanders-aligned Our Revolution and Indivisible East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m running in this race not as a politician, but as a public servant and someone that’s going to be able to change things from my direct services experience, from my knowledge of working with communities my entire life,” Ramachandran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Malia Vella\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879110\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 375px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11879110\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50122_002_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50122_002_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50122_002_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50122_002_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50122_002_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50122_002_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malia Vella, the vice mayor of Alameda, poses for a portrait in Alameda on June 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Party: Democrat\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently: Vice Mayor, City of Alameda\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closing Pitch: \u003cstrong>A Record of Accomplishments.\u003c/strong> In her four years on the Alameda City Council, Vella has been a leading voice in housing battles on the island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, Vella helped defeat a measure that would have restricted future rent protections. The next year, she led the enactment of an annual cap on rent increases. And in 2020, she drove an unsuccessful campaign to legalize multifamily apartment buildings in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve worked across coalitions, building coalitions throughout my time as an elected official to really be an effective leader,” said Vella. “I can speak about my record, about the housing that I have voted to make sure goes through and to talk to [voters] about how we can make sure that we take care of vulnerable community members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>The Rest of the Field\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nJoel Britton \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Party: No Party Preference\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently: Retail Worker\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About: Britton is a perennial candidate for state and local office. He appeared on the 2003 recall ballot to replace then-Gov. Gray Davis, and also ran for U.S. Senate, Congress and mayor of San Francisco and Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"ad18\" label=\"related coverage\"]\u003cstrong>Eugene Canson \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Party: Democrat\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently: Public Health Professional\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About: Canson works as a policy consultant for California Black Health Network, an advocacy organization focused on improving health equity for Black residents of the state. Before that, he was a policy analyst for the Alameda Health Consortium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Stephen Slauson\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Party: Republican\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently: Electrical Engineer\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About: Slauson advanced out of the 2018 and 2020 primaries in AD 18 before eventually losing to Rob Bonta in the general elections. During the campaign, he \u003ca href=\"https://www.alamedamagazine.com/recall-as-a-cudgel/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">questioned Bonta’s citizenship and later pursued a recall\u003c/a> of Vella from the Alameda City Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Voters in Oakland, San Leandro and Alameda are choosing a new Assemblymember in a June 29 special election. The seat opened up when former Assemblymember Rob Bonta was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11865953/newsom-names-east-bay-assemblyman-rob-bonta-as-californias-new-attorney-general\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">picked by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> to be California’s Attorney General after Kamala Harris was elected vice president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eight candidates will appear on the special election ballot. A candidate receiving a majority of votes wins the election, and if no candidate crosses the 50% threshold, the top two finishers will compete in a runoff scheduled for August 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a guide on how to vote and who is on the ballot:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>How to Vote? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Every registered voter in the district was mailed a ballot by default, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11860552/state-legislature-votes-to-extend-universal-vote-by-mail-through-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">result of legislation\u003c/a> signed by Newsom earlier this year. Vote-by-mail dropboxes are \u003ca href=\"https://www.acgov.org/rovapps/maps/ballotdropbox_map.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">available across the district\u003c/a> for voters looking to return their completed ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those who prefer to cast a vote in person, Alameda County is opening ten voting locations, beginning on Saturday, June 26. Any voter in the district can drop off or cast a ballot at the locations from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 29.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/dpf2SsvsjPL3Adq86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Island High School\u003c/a>, 500 Pacific Drive, Alameda\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/83isNsuHZ11CJjYt6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Shore Center\u003c/a>, 2130 Otis Drive, Alameda\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/AQasZB3C8H24wfNN7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland High School\u003c/a>, 1023 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/2yUqELoez5iBga848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sequoia Elementary School (Gym)\u003c/a>, 3730 Lincoln Avenue, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/uZjcbfmL6co5TRvEA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Think College Now\u003c/a>, 2825 International Boulevard, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/9AZQpWmwckyqqBAV8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kapor Center (Annex Warehouse)\u003c/a>, 1901 Poplar Street, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/ZtjMycza6y67YuCd7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Allen Temple Baptist Church\u003c/a>, 8501 International Boulevard, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/FKJfzEGE7BGYybfVA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eastmont Mall (Upper Level)\u003c/a>, 7200 Bancroft Avenue, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/JLJvpsv7LGtArM6H7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Leandro Veterans Memorial Building\u003c/a>, 1105 Bancroft Avenue, San Leandro\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/yLvzZUvxXyBkj5eR9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barbara Lee Center for Health and Wellness\u003c/a>, 2251 Bancroft Avenue, San Leandro\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>The Top Candidates \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>(\u003cem>Top candidates have been actively campaigning and regularly appearing at candidate forums)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>James Aguilar\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879369\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 260px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11879369\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50137_51086357591_cb2e8121e3_o-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50137_51086357591_cb2e8121e3_o-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50137_51086357591_cb2e8121e3_o-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50137_51086357591_cb2e8121e3_o-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50137_51086357591_cb2e8121e3_o-qut-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50137_51086357591_cb2e8121e3_o-qut-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50137_51086357591_cb2e8121e3_o-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Aguilar, San Leandro Unified School District board trustee and candidate for state Assembly in the 18th district. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of James Aguilar campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Party: Democrat\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently: Board of Education Member, San Leandro Unified School District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closing Pitch: \u003cb>Generational change. \u003c/b>Call it the Alex Lee effect. Last year, the 24-year-old Lee shocked a field of more experienced Democrats and emerged from a state Assembly primary in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Aguilar was 18 when he was elected to the school board in 2018, becoming the youngest elected official in the Bay Area. He hopes a generational pitch will make him the second Generation Z lawmaker to win a seat in the Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m going to bring a really big and needed perspective in the Assembly,” Aguilar said, “because I come from the generation of people that are going to inherit the consequences of the decisions that my parents made, the consequences of the climate crisis, of an education crisis that’s here right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victor Aguilar\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879368\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 260px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11879368\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50136_headshot-qut-800x1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50136_headshot-qut-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50136_headshot-qut-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50136_headshot-qut-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50136_headshot-qut-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50136_headshot-qut-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50136_headshot-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Leandro vice mayor Victor Aguilar, a candidate for state Assembly in the 18th district. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Victor Aguilar campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Party: Democrat\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently: Vice Mayor, City of San Leandro\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closing Pitch: \u003cb>Pandemic Resilience. \u003c/b>Aguilar believes he’s uniquely positioned to turn the pain of the COVID-19 pandemic into lasting policy change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I started to campaign to run, I lost my mom to COVID-19,” he said. “Advocating for families who are frontline workers — my family are frontline workers — it’s been very challenging. California’s response to COVID-19 would have been different if we prioritized people over profit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aguilar said the state needs a universal single-payer healthcare system and worker protections like the hazard pay for retail workers he helped pass in San Leandro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mia Bonta\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879104\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 375px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11879104\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50114_004_Oakland_MiaBonta_06232021-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50114_004_Oakland_MiaBonta_06232021-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50114_004_Oakland_MiaBonta_06232021-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50114_004_Oakland_MiaBonta_06232021-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50114_004_Oakland_MiaBonta_06232021-qut-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50114_004_Oakland_MiaBonta_06232021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mia Bonta, candidate for state Assembly in District 18, which includes Oakland, Alameda and San Leandro, speaks with students at her campaign headquarters in Oakland on June 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Party: Democrat\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently: School Board President, Alameda Unified School District\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closing Pitch: \u003cstrong>Hitting the Ground Running.\u003c/strong> In her campaign to follow her husband in the Assembly, Mia Bonta has relished the opportunity “to be able to introduce people to my first name and what I stand for and what I’m about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But make no mistake, Bonta’s Capitol connections and relationships (more than 20 endorsements from sitting legislators) could prove invaluable in helping her enact her agenda and aid the district from Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been going through COVID and experiencing these dual pandemics of reckoning around systemic racism as well as the pandemic,” said Bonta. “It calls for this moment where we have make-sense, can-do, roll-up-your-sleeves, hit-the-ground-running legislators, and that’s me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Janani Ramachandran \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11878684\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 260px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11878684\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50020_Janani-Headshot-4-copy-942x1024-qut-800x870.jpg\" alt=\"A woman is smiling at the camera.\" width=\"260\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50020_Janani-Headshot-4-copy-942x1024-qut-800x870.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50020_Janani-Headshot-4-copy-942x1024-qut-160x174.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50020_Janani-Headshot-4-copy-942x1024-qut.jpg 942w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janani Ramachandran, social justice attorney and candidate for state Assembly in the 18th district. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Janani Ramachandran campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Party: Democrat\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently: Social Justice Attorney\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closing Pitch: \u003cstrong>Not a Politician.\u003c/strong> Unlike the other candidates at the top of the AD 18 field, Ramachandran has never held elected office. As an attorney, she’s worked with victims of domestic violence and residents facing eviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramachandran’s commitment to a grassroots campaign has won the backing of progressive groups like the Bernie Sanders-aligned Our Revolution and Indivisible East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m running in this race not as a politician, but as a public servant and someone that’s going to be able to change things from my direct services experience, from my knowledge of working with communities my entire life,” Ramachandran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Malia Vella\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879110\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 375px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11879110\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50122_002_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50122_002_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50122_002_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50122_002_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50122_002_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50122_002_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malia Vella, the vice mayor of Alameda, poses for a portrait in Alameda on June 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Party: Democrat\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently: Vice Mayor, City of Alameda\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closing Pitch: \u003cstrong>A Record of Accomplishments.\u003c/strong> In her four years on the Alameda City Council, Vella has been a leading voice in housing battles on the island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, Vella helped defeat a measure that would have restricted future rent protections. The next year, she led the enactment of an annual cap on rent increases. And in 2020, she drove an unsuccessful campaign to legalize multifamily apartment buildings in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve worked across coalitions, building coalitions throughout my time as an elected official to really be an effective leader,” said Vella. “I can speak about my record, about the housing that I have voted to make sure goes through and to talk to [voters] about how we can make sure that we take care of vulnerable community members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Candidates\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878253/organized-labor-flexes-power-in-east-bay-assembly-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> jousting in a special election\u003c/a> to represent Oakland, Alameda and San Leandro in the state Assembly could provide key votes later this year on contentious housing proposals currently moving through the California Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The leading contenders in the 18th District, Democrats \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11869066/mia-bonta-enters-race-to-replace-husband-rob-in-the-state-assembly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mia Bonta\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11866499/east-bay-state-assembly-candidates-launch-campaigns-to-fill-rob-bontas-seat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Janani Ramachandran and Malia Vella\u003c/a>, have all vowed to prioritize solutions to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11818184/bay-area-housing-post-pandemic-whats-in-store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">state and regional housing crisis\u003c/a> if they emerge victorious in a June 29 special election or a potential Aug. 31 runoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But their contrasting approaches on the issue of housing can be seen in their stances on Senate Bills 9 and 10, two proposals aimed at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11860308/why-just-allowing-fourplexes-wont-solve-californias-housing-affordability-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">making it easier to build duplexes\u003c/a> and small apartment buildings across the state. The bills have reignited familiar debates over how or whether to maintain local decision-making and prioritize low-income housing in the quest to add units to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11666284/5-reasons-californias-housing-costs-are-so-high\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California’s lagging supply\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These bills have received quite a bit of pushback, especially from other regions in the state and I think it’s really important that the Bay Area continues to show leadership on working on these issues,” said Sidharth Kapur, a member of YIMBY Action East Bay, a group advocating for greater housing supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 9 would allow the development of up to two duplexes without local reviews or hearings, in neighborhoods in most cities that are currently zoned for single-family homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 10 offers cities the option to rezone certain land for the construction of as many as 10 units while bypassing an initial review under the California Environmental Quality Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bills are far less sweeping than recent zoning reforms pushed in the Legislature — namely \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11798945/__trashed-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate Bill 50\u003c/a>, a failed effort last session to force cities to allow more dense construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But with the fate of the two proposals now hinging on votes in the Assembly, opponents have ramped up their attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a longtime \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11741896/racially-charged-ad-puts-l-a-aids-group-back-in-middle-of-housing-debates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opponent of bills to increase housing density\u003c/a>, has launched a statewide mail campaign asking voters to contact their assemblymember and urge a no vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11878986\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11878986\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50110_IMG_3119-qut-800x608.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50110_IMG_3119-qut-800x608.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50110_IMG_3119-qut-1020x776.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50110_IMG_3119-qut-160x122.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50110_IMG_3119-qut-1536x1168.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50110_IMG_3119-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mailer from Housing is a Human Right, the advocacy arm of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, urges assemblymembers to reject Senate Bills 9 and 10. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The hope for supporters of the bills, like Kapur, is that a candidate in favor of the legislation can win the District 18 seat before the bills come to the Assembly floor. The seat has been vacant since Rob Bonta, Mia Bonta’s husband, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11870739/california-confirms-rob-bonta-as-first-filipino-american-attorney-general\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed as the state attorney general\u003c/a> in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>YIMBY Action has endorsed Vella, the current vice mayor of Alameda. Kapur cited her commitment to increasing multifamily housing in Alameda, and her unqualified support of Senate Bill 9 and Senate Bill 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’ve seen sometimes is this tendency to get into situations where we’re trying to correct and deal with every single issue in one piece of legislation,” Vella said. “And I think with housing, we can’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879110\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11879110\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50122_002_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50122_002_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50122_002_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50122_002_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50122_002_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50122_002_Alameda_MaliaVella_06232021-qut.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malia Vella, the vice mayor of Alameda, poses for a portrait in Alameda on June 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All three contenders in the eight candidate field have cited the specter of evictions — either in their neighborhoods or own lives — as a motivation for entering the race. But Bonta and Ramachandran said that if elected, they’ll push to change the two key housing bills to add protections for renters and low-income residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the only renter of the three, Ramachandran said her experience of providing legal assistance to tenants during the pandemic demonstrated the need for “true tenant warriors” in the state Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Janani is the one candidate in the race right now, that if you are a tenant, you should feel confident that she will have your back,” said Mark Dias, co-chair of the Oakland Tenants Union, which endorsed Ramachandran.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramachandran said she wants changes to Senate Bill 10 requiring that any apartment complex built in newly upzoned land — land rezoned for more dense construction — have units dedicated to affordable housing. [pullquote]All three contenders in the eight candidate field have cited the specter of evictions — either in their neighborhoods or own lives — as a motivation for entering the race.[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to upzone, but we can’t do it without a tenant rights lens,” Ramachandran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the bills say the status quo does nothing to make housing more affordable: Neighborhoods currently zoned for single-family housing have no state requirement for affordability, and barriers to upzoning prevent cities from approving denser housing at any income level. They fear opposition to the legislation plays into the hands of the principle opponents of zoning reform: local governments and groups that don’t want any construction of dense housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to build housing for middle-income residents, said Kapur, “if our strategy is that we only want to pass housing bills that are specifically geared towards affordable housing, like large, large projects.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Bonta said her childhood experience of constant moves and interactions with “some unkind and poorly acting landlords” have convinced her that requirements for affordability and tenant rights can’t be divorced from efforts to spur development. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Candidates\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878253/organized-labor-flexes-power-in-east-bay-assembly-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> jousting in a special election\u003c/a> to represent Oakland, Alameda and San Leandro in the state Assembly could provide key votes later this year on contentious housing proposals currently moving through the California Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The leading contenders in the 18th District, Democrats \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11869066/mia-bonta-enters-race-to-replace-husband-rob-in-the-state-assembly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mia Bonta\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11866499/east-bay-state-assembly-candidates-launch-campaigns-to-fill-rob-bontas-seat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Janani Ramachandran and Malia Vella\u003c/a>, have all vowed to prioritize solutions to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11818184/bay-area-housing-post-pandemic-whats-in-store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">state and regional housing crisis\u003c/a> if they emerge victorious in a June 29 special election or a potential Aug. 31 runoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But their contrasting approaches on the issue of housing can be seen in their stances on Senate Bills 9 and 10, two proposals aimed at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11860308/why-just-allowing-fourplexes-wont-solve-californias-housing-affordability-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">making it easier to build duplexes\u003c/a> and small apartment buildings across the state. The bills have reignited familiar debates over how or whether to maintain local decision-making and prioritize low-income housing in the quest to add units to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11666284/5-reasons-californias-housing-costs-are-so-high\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California’s lagging supply\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These bills have received quite a bit of pushback, especially from other regions in the state and I think it’s really important that the Bay Area continues to show leadership on working on these issues,” said Sidharth Kapur, a member of YIMBY Action East Bay, a group advocating for greater housing supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 9 would allow the development of up to two duplexes without local reviews or hearings, in neighborhoods in most cities that are currently zoned for single-family homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The seat has been vacant since Rob Bonta, Mia Bonta’s husband, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11870739/california-confirms-rob-bonta-as-first-filipino-american-attorney-general\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed as the state attorney general\u003c/a> in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>YIMBY Action has endorsed Vella, the current vice mayor of Alameda. 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"content": "\u003cp>Powerful California labor groups are flexing their political muscle in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11866499/east-bay-state-assembly-candidates-launch-campaigns-to-fill-rob-bontas-seat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">campaign for an open state Assembly seat\u003c/a> in the East Bay, spreading endorsements among the leading candidates ahead of a June 29 special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11803534/high-profile-candidates-compete-in-heated-costly-south-bay-senate-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">familiar split\u003c/a> between Democrats allying with either labor or business, leading candidates in the 18th Assembly District have all vowed to be strong allies of unions if elected to the state Legislature. And labor groups have returned the favor: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Catcoach24/status/1396145336272310274?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aiding candidates\u003c/a> in their door-to-door campaigning and outpacing all other spenders in the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's definitely one of the most liberal districts in the state ... so I don't really feel like there's a place for a business Democrat in that district,\" said Andrew Acosta, a Democratic political consultant. \"And it looks like the way the field has rolled out, there probably isn't any place where business would say, 'Yeah we have a candidate here.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This dynamic means that whoever wins the special election (or the Aug. 31 runoff if no candidate receives a majority) will likely be a solid vote for pro-worker policies and progressive tax policy in the Legislature, said Acosta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The division of union support reflects the different backgrounds and policy positions of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11866499/east-bay-state-assembly-candidates-launch-campaigns-to-fill-rob-bontas-seat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">race's leading contenders\u003c/a>: Malia Vella, the vice mayor of Alameda, Mia Bonta, the Alameda Unified School District board president and Janani Ramachandran, a social justice attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other Democrats in the field, like San Leandro Vice Mayor Victor Aguilar and San Leandro school board member James Aguilar, have also touted their connections to labor — reflecting the union ties of voters in a district that includes Oakland, Alameda and San Leandro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This district is really unique,\" said Vella. \"We have a lot of working families in Assembly District 18. In fact, this is one of the districts we see tens of thousands of households that have union members in them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11878681\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11878681\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50022_IMG_6586-2048x1365-1-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"A woman standing and smiling at the camera with her arms crossed.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malia Vella, city of Alameda vice mayor and candidate for state Assembly in the 18th District. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Malia Vella State Assembly)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vella has perhaps the most direct ties to organized labor of any candidate in the race. In addition to her role on the Alameda City Council, she also works as a lawyer for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 856. Vella's support for reforms to ease housing construction and her past backing of project labor agreements in Alameda have won her support and big checks from unions representing construction and electrical workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She has been a true champion for us at the city of Alameda, promoting worker-friendly legislation, especially for us at the Building Trades,\" said Andreas Cluver, secretary-treasurer for the Building Trades Council of Alameda County, at a press conference endorsing Vella in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vella, who also counts support from sheet metal workers, plumbers and other industrial workers, says she doubts the commitment of other candidates to labor's cause. She's taken particular aim at Bonta for accepting tens of thousands of dollars in donations from a business interest: southern California card rooms and their executives, who have been among the largest donors to Bonta's campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can say, hey, I'm the organized labor candidate, but if you're getting money from card rooms from Los Angeles, I'd really like to know why,\" said Vella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Bonta has an impressive array of labor support in her own right, and like Vella, credits union membership as a defining force in her family's history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Service Employees International Union California, an umbrella labor group encompassing more than a dozen locals, has endorsed both Vella and Bonta. And Bonta has the sole backing of unions representing firefighters and grocery workers, as well as the powerful California Teachers Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lisa Gardiner, a spokesperson for CTA, said Bonta's leadership on the school board in getting a parcel tax measure passed in 2020 to increase teacher salaries was key in winning over the local educators involved in the endorsement process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Campaigns make very, very, kind of fast friends,\" Bonta said. \"Working on that campaign was definitely a demonstration of us all coming together to lift up our teachers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11878683\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11878683\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50021_51189892808_d77aa7f25a_o-qut-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"A woman is standing and smiling at the camera, her hands are in her jean pockets.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50021_51189892808_d77aa7f25a_o-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50021_51189892808_d77aa7f25a_o-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50021_51189892808_d77aa7f25a_o-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50021_51189892808_d77aa7f25a_o-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50021_51189892808_d77aa7f25a_o-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mia Bonta, Alameda Unified school board president and candidate for state Assembly in the 18th District. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mia Bonta campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And the CTA's financial commitment to Bonta's candidacy has surpassed any other labor group's involvement in the special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to sending the maximum $9,700 donation to Bonta's campaign, the teachers union has pitched in $125,000 to an independent expenditure committee (also known as a super PAC) that has spent $312,077 in support of Bonta — running print, radio and TV ads with money from the teachers and groups representing school employees, doctors and dentists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"$300,000 in a low-turnout election is not insignificant,\" said Acosta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For comparison, the total combined spending of the other candidates in the race is $258,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike campaigns, independent expenditure committees have no limits on the size of donations they accept. And crucially, none of the unions backing Vella have opened up their wallets to match Bonta's presence on the airwaves with a super PAC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I would assume that they would have gotten together and done an [independent expenditure committee] for her, but it's a little late now,\" Acosta added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other unions have prioritized campaign platforms over specific past achievements in their decision to weigh in on the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, representing workers at the region's ports, was an early backer of Ramachandran. The union has been a vocal opponent of the Oakland Athletics stadium project at Howard Terminal, and Ramachandran is the only leading candidate to oppose the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11878684\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11878684\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50020_Janani-Headshot-4-copy-942x1024-qut-800x870.jpg\" alt=\"A woman is smiling at the camera.\" width=\"800\" height=\"870\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50020_Janani-Headshot-4-copy-942x1024-qut-800x870.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50020_Janani-Headshot-4-copy-942x1024-qut-160x174.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50020_Janani-Headshot-4-copy-942x1024-qut.jpg 942w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janani Ramachandran, social justice attorney and candidate for state Assembly in the 18th District. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Janani Ramachandran campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"They were one of the first major organizations to endorse me and support me in this race because they weren't thinking about the politicking behind this,\" said Ramachandran. \"They weren't scared about endorsing the wrong candidate or the candidate not backed by the Democratic Party establishment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melvin Mackay, president of the ILWU's Northern California District Council, said Ramachandran \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JananiforCA/status/1380302840959098883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visited Howard Terminal for a tour\u003c/a> and left her hosts impressed with her grasp of the issues surrounding the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She had all the answers that we wanted to hear,\" said Mackay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even candidates who don't enjoy any formal union backing in the race have taken the opportunity to voice support for labor's cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As a former union member I am dedicated to empowering unions,\" \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Victor_for_CA/status/1404176291696422916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted Victor Aguilar\u003c/a>, San Leandro's vice mayor. \"We must fight for better working conditions and higher wages!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And James Aguilar, the 21-year-old San Leandro school board member, said his entrance into politics has been shaped by the labor activism of his parents, who participated in strikes as Safeway employees with the United Food and Commercial Workers International union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have this respect and very, very close connection to labor,\" said James Aguilar. \"They've chosen to support other candidates in this race, which is OK, but I'm making sure that I'm still working with them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Powerful California labor groups are flexing their political muscle in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11866499/east-bay-state-assembly-candidates-launch-campaigns-to-fill-rob-bontas-seat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">campaign for an open state Assembly seat\u003c/a> in the East Bay, spreading endorsements among the leading candidates ahead of a June 29 special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11803534/high-profile-candidates-compete-in-heated-costly-south-bay-senate-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">familiar split\u003c/a> between Democrats allying with either labor or business, leading candidates in the 18th Assembly District have all vowed to be strong allies of unions if elected to the state Legislature. And labor groups have returned the favor: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Catcoach24/status/1396145336272310274?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aiding candidates\u003c/a> in their door-to-door campaigning and outpacing all other spenders in the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's definitely one of the most liberal districts in the state ... so I don't really feel like there's a place for a business Democrat in that district,\" said Andrew Acosta, a Democratic political consultant. \"And it looks like the way the field has rolled out, there probably isn't any place where business would say, 'Yeah we have a candidate here.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This dynamic means that whoever wins the special election (or the Aug. 31 runoff if no candidate receives a majority) will likely be a solid vote for pro-worker policies and progressive tax policy in the Legislature, said Acosta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The division of union support reflects the different backgrounds and policy positions of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11866499/east-bay-state-assembly-candidates-launch-campaigns-to-fill-rob-bontas-seat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">race's leading contenders\u003c/a>: Malia Vella, the vice mayor of Alameda, Mia Bonta, the Alameda Unified School District board president and Janani Ramachandran, a social justice attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other Democrats in the field, like San Leandro Vice Mayor Victor Aguilar and San Leandro school board member James Aguilar, have also touted their connections to labor — reflecting the union ties of voters in a district that includes Oakland, Alameda and San Leandro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This district is really unique,\" said Vella. \"We have a lot of working families in Assembly District 18. In fact, this is one of the districts we see tens of thousands of households that have union members in them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11878681\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11878681\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50022_IMG_6586-2048x1365-1-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"A woman standing and smiling at the camera with her arms crossed.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malia Vella, city of Alameda vice mayor and candidate for state Assembly in the 18th District. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Malia Vella State Assembly)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vella has perhaps the most direct ties to organized labor of any candidate in the race. In addition to her role on the Alameda City Council, she also works as a lawyer for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 856. Vella's support for reforms to ease housing construction and her past backing of project labor agreements in Alameda have won her support and big checks from unions representing construction and electrical workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She has been a true champion for us at the city of Alameda, promoting worker-friendly legislation, especially for us at the Building Trades,\" said Andreas Cluver, secretary-treasurer for the Building Trades Council of Alameda County, at a press conference endorsing Vella in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vella, who also counts support from sheet metal workers, plumbers and other industrial workers, says she doubts the commitment of other candidates to labor's cause. She's taken particular aim at Bonta for accepting tens of thousands of dollars in donations from a business interest: southern California card rooms and their executives, who have been among the largest donors to Bonta's campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can say, hey, I'm the organized labor candidate, but if you're getting money from card rooms from Los Angeles, I'd really like to know why,\" said Vella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Bonta has an impressive array of labor support in her own right, and like Vella, credits union membership as a defining force in her family's history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Service Employees International Union California, an umbrella labor group encompassing more than a dozen locals, has endorsed both Vella and Bonta. And Bonta has the sole backing of unions representing firefighters and grocery workers, as well as the powerful California Teachers Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lisa Gardiner, a spokesperson for CTA, said Bonta's leadership on the school board in getting a parcel tax measure passed in 2020 to increase teacher salaries was key in winning over the local educators involved in the endorsement process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Campaigns make very, very, kind of fast friends,\" Bonta said. \"Working on that campaign was definitely a demonstration of us all coming together to lift up our teachers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11878683\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11878683\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50021_51189892808_d77aa7f25a_o-qut-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"A woman is standing and smiling at the camera, her hands are in her jean pockets.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50021_51189892808_d77aa7f25a_o-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50021_51189892808_d77aa7f25a_o-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50021_51189892808_d77aa7f25a_o-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50021_51189892808_d77aa7f25a_o-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50021_51189892808_d77aa7f25a_o-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mia Bonta, Alameda Unified school board president and candidate for state Assembly in the 18th District. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mia Bonta campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And the CTA's financial commitment to Bonta's candidacy has surpassed any other labor group's involvement in the special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to sending the maximum $9,700 donation to Bonta's campaign, the teachers union has pitched in $125,000 to an independent expenditure committee (also known as a super PAC) that has spent $312,077 in support of Bonta — running print, radio and TV ads with money from the teachers and groups representing school employees, doctors and dentists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"$300,000 in a low-turnout election is not insignificant,\" said Acosta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For comparison, the total combined spending of the other candidates in the race is $258,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike campaigns, independent expenditure committees have no limits on the size of donations they accept. And crucially, none of the unions backing Vella have opened up their wallets to match Bonta's presence on the airwaves with a super PAC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I would assume that they would have gotten together and done an [independent expenditure committee] for her, but it's a little late now,\" Acosta added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other unions have prioritized campaign platforms over specific past achievements in their decision to weigh in on the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, representing workers at the region's ports, was an early backer of Ramachandran. The union has been a vocal opponent of the Oakland Athletics stadium project at Howard Terminal, and Ramachandran is the only leading candidate to oppose the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11878684\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11878684\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50020_Janani-Headshot-4-copy-942x1024-qut-800x870.jpg\" alt=\"A woman is smiling at the camera.\" width=\"800\" height=\"870\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50020_Janani-Headshot-4-copy-942x1024-qut-800x870.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50020_Janani-Headshot-4-copy-942x1024-qut-160x174.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50020_Janani-Headshot-4-copy-942x1024-qut.jpg 942w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janani Ramachandran, social justice attorney and candidate for state Assembly in the 18th District. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Janani Ramachandran campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"They were one of the first major organizations to endorse me and support me in this race because they weren't thinking about the politicking behind this,\" said Ramachandran. \"They weren't scared about endorsing the wrong candidate or the candidate not backed by the Democratic Party establishment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melvin Mackay, president of the ILWU's Northern California District Council, said Ramachandran \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JananiforCA/status/1380302840959098883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visited Howard Terminal for a tour\u003c/a> and left her hosts impressed with her grasp of the issues surrounding the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She had all the answers that we wanted to hear,\" said Mackay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even candidates who don't enjoy any formal union backing in the race have taken the opportunity to voice support for labor's cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As a former union member I am dedicated to empowering unions,\" \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Victor_for_CA/status/1404176291696422916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted Victor Aguilar\u003c/a>, San Leandro's vice mayor. \"We must fight for better working conditions and higher wages!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And James Aguilar, the 21-year-old San Leandro school board member, said his entrance into politics has been shaped by the labor activism of his parents, who participated in strikes as Safeway employees with the United Food and Commercial Workers International union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have this respect and very, very close connection to labor,\" said James Aguilar. \"They've chosen to support other candidates in this race, which is OK, but I'm making sure that I'm still working with them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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