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"content": "\u003cp>Every registered voter in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> should by now have received their ballot for the state’s June 2 primary election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But why are voters in the East Bay cities of Fremont, Hayward, Livermore and Pleasanton about to receive \u003cem>another \u003c/em>ballot in their mailbox?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s because the sudden resignation of former Rep. Eric Swalwell \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079746/rep-eric-swalwell-says-he-is-resigning-from-congress-amid-sexual-assault-allegations\">following sexual assault allegations\u003c/a> created a vacancy in California’s 14th Congressional District, where these voters live. A special primary election to fill that seat will be held on June 16, just two weeks after California’s regularly scheduled primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as a result of California’s monthlong window of early voting, there will be two weeks of overlap between voting in the primary election and special election — meaning thousands of voters in this district might be juggling two different ballots during that time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a guide to help East Bay voters sort through the unexpected election wrinkle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhoisrunninginthespecialelectiontoreplaceSwalwell\">Who is running in the special election to replace Swalwell? \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#IfSwalwellwasmyrepresentativehowcanIcastmyballot\">If Swalwell was my representative, how can I cast my ballot?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Why is there a special election for Congress in the 14th District?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Swalwell decided last year to run for governor instead of seeking another term in Congress. A crowded field of candidates jumped into the primary to succeed him in representing the 14th District — with the top two finishers in the June 2 primary, regardless of party, advancing to the November general election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on April 10, Swalwell was accused of sexual assault by a former staff member in reports published by the\u003cem> San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> and CNN. Since then, more women have come forward with sexual assault and misconduct allegations, which Swalwell has denied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078891\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078891\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260406-ERIC-SWALWELL-ON-PB-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260406-ERIC-SWALWELL-ON-PB-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260406-ERIC-SWALWELL-ON-PB-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260406-ERIC-SWALWELL-ON-PB-MD-03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Swalwell is interviewed on Political Breakdown by Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer at KQED in San Francisco on April 6, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On April 12, Swalwell \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079583\">suspended\u003c/a> his campaign for governor. A day later, he announced he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079746/rep-eric-swalwell-says-he-is-resigning-from-congress-amid-sexual-assault-allegations\">resigning\u003c/a> from Congress — a position he’d have otherwise continued to serve in for the rest of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swalwell’s departure leaves a vacancy in a district that includes Castro Valley, Hayward, Livermore, Pleasanton and Union City, and parts of Dublin, Fremont, and San Leandro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 14, Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026.04-Special-Election-Proclamation-CA-District-14-SIGNED-1.pdf\">called\u003c/a> a special election to fill the seat as soon as possible during the few months between Swalwell’s resignation and when his East Bay seat would change hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why isn’t this special election being held \u003cem>with \u003c/em>the June primary?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>First off, combining the special election vote with the June 2 primary would not have been legal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But with an election already underway to succeed Swalwell, Newsom could have chosen to leave the seat open until January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12075788\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12075788 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Rep. Eric Swalwell addresses the press in Hayward on March 9, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Instead, he called the special election within hours of Swalwell’s resignation and scheduled it for Aug. 18, the earliest date allowed under state law, which requires at least 126 days between the governor’s proclamation and an election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this vote to replace Swalwell in the 14th District first needed a \u003cem>primary \u003c/em>election. And since California election rules require a primary to be held nine Tuesdays before the special election, this has resulted in the June 16 primary special election date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With control of the House of Representatives separated by just a handful of votes, Newsom moved quickly to get a representative in the safely Democratic 14th District. For comparison, when Republican Rep. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068742/northern-california-republican-congressman-doug-lamalfa-dies-at-65\">Doug LaMalfa died in January\u003c/a>, Newsom waited 10 days before calling a special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhoisrunninginthespecialelectiontoreplaceSwalwell\">\u003c/a>Who is running in the special election to replace Swalwell in his East Bay congressional district?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Eleven candidates are on the special election ballot. State Sen. Aisha Wahab, former BART Director Melissa Hernandez and educator Rakhi Israni are the most notable Democrats in the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on the ballot: Democrats Alisha Cordes, a business administrator, administrative law judge Sheriene Ridenour and businessman Jot Thiara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Republicans running are real estate investor Wendy Huang, florist Dena Maldonado, businessman Tom Wong and educator Jack Wu. Victor Zevallos, a financial business strategist, is running as an independent.[aside label=\"From the 2026 Voter Guide\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/alameda,Alameda County: Your Voter Guide to Navigate the Candidates and Issues on Your Ballot' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2026/04/Aside-Voter-Guide-2026-Local-Elections-Alameda-County-1200x1200@2x.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What about the ‘regular’ June 2 primary election that was already planned to fill Swalwell’s seat as of January?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Hernandez, Huang, Israni, Maldonado and Wahab are also running in a field of nine candidates seeking a full term on the June 2 state primary ballot. Essentially, they want to not only fill Swalwell’s seat in January, but also to start earlier, thanks to the special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other candidates are only running in the regularly scheduled June 2 primary. You can learn more about the field, their supporters and where they stand on key issues in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/alameda/congress-14th-district\">KQED Primary Voter Guide.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The June 2 primary will take place under \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064834/how-prop-50-just-rewrote-californias-2026-congressional-map\">new congressional district lines approved by California voters last year through Proposition 50\u003c/a>, while the special election will take place under the current district lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The differences are subtle: the current district includes all of Castro Valley, while the new district splits the city and takes in a greater number of voters from Dublin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So not all East Bay voters who receive a special election ballot — to decide who’ll fill Swalwell’s seat for several months in 2026 — will get to vote on his long-term replacement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"IfSwalwellwasmyrepresentativehowcanIcastmyballot\">\u003c/a>Swalwell was my representative. How can I cast my ballot in the special election?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>All voters in the 14th District under the current lines will receive a special election ballot in the mail beginning on May 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters can \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082074/california-primary-2026-dropbox-near-me-san-francisco-bay-area-find-my-polling-place-election-day-voter-guide\">return or cast their ballots at the same drop boxes and voting locations\u003c/a> already open for the June 2 primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 3, the day after the primary, 28 drop boxes will remain open around the 14th Congressional District for the area’s voters to use, according to Cynthia Cornejo, Alameda County’s interim registrar of voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additional vote centers for the special election will open their doors on June 6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082075/california-primary-elections-2026-faq-governors-race-vote-ballot-signature-how-to-correct-mistake\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Read more about tips for filling out your vote-by-mail ballot, including how to correct a mistake. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When does the winner of the special election take office?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If one candidate receives a majority of the votes in the June 16 election, they win the election outright and head to Washington to be sworn into Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12062766\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12062766 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GettyImages-2244994619-scaled-e1778879389849.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1327\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A voter drops his ballot in a drop box inside of San Francisco City Hall on Nov. 4, 2025 in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But if no candidate receives a majority, the top two finishers advance to a runoff on Aug. 18. Ballots for that runoff would be mailed out to voters in mid-July. The winner of that race will be sworn in with just a couple of months to serve until the term ends in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The June 16 special election will cost Alameda County approximately $6 million, Cornejo said. If the race heads to a runoff in August, the county would be on the hook for another $6 million in election costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Is Swalwell still running for governor?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Swalwell’s name is still on the June 2 primary ballot for governor, even though he has suspended his campaign and disappeared from public view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swalwell’s exit from the governor’s race came after the deadline for candidates to remove their names from the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, the disgraced former Congress member remains one of the 61 names on the ballot for California’s top job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as a result of California’s monthlong window of early voting, there will be two weeks of overlap between voting in the primary election and special election — meaning thousands of voters in this district might be juggling two different ballots during that time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a guide to help East Bay voters sort through the unexpected election wrinkle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhoisrunninginthespecialelectiontoreplaceSwalwell\">Who is running in the special election to replace Swalwell? \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#IfSwalwellwasmyrepresentativehowcanIcastmyballot\">If Swalwell was my representative, how can I cast my ballot?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Why is there a special election for Congress in the 14th District?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Swalwell decided last year to run for governor instead of seeking another term in Congress. A crowded field of candidates jumped into the primary to succeed him in representing the 14th District — with the top two finishers in the June 2 primary, regardless of party, advancing to the November general election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on April 10, Swalwell was accused of sexual assault by a former staff member in reports published by the\u003cem> San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> and CNN. Since then, more women have come forward with sexual assault and misconduct allegations, which Swalwell has denied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078891\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078891\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260406-ERIC-SWALWELL-ON-PB-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260406-ERIC-SWALWELL-ON-PB-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260406-ERIC-SWALWELL-ON-PB-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260406-ERIC-SWALWELL-ON-PB-MD-03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Swalwell is interviewed on Political Breakdown by Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer at KQED in San Francisco on April 6, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On April 12, Swalwell \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079583\">suspended\u003c/a> his campaign for governor. A day later, he announced he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079746/rep-eric-swalwell-says-he-is-resigning-from-congress-amid-sexual-assault-allegations\">resigning\u003c/a> from Congress — a position he’d have otherwise continued to serve in for the rest of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swalwell’s departure leaves a vacancy in a district that includes Castro Valley, Hayward, Livermore, Pleasanton and Union City, and parts of Dublin, Fremont, and San Leandro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 14, Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026.04-Special-Election-Proclamation-CA-District-14-SIGNED-1.pdf\">called\u003c/a> a special election to fill the seat as soon as possible during the few months between Swalwell’s resignation and when his East Bay seat would change hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why isn’t this special election being held \u003cem>with \u003c/em>the June primary?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>First off, combining the special election vote with the June 2 primary would not have been legal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But with an election already underway to succeed Swalwell, Newsom could have chosen to leave the seat open until January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12075788\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12075788 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Rep. 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"content": "\u003cp>Former \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061916/federal-prosecutors-charge-san-leandro-city-councilmember-with-fraud-lying-to-investigators\">San Leandro City Councilmember Bryan Azevedo\u003c/a> pleaded guilty Wednesday to agreeing to accept money in exchange for using his position as an elected official to advocate on behalf of a housing company tied to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064908/judge-sets-2026-trial-date-in-bribery-case-of-former-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao\">FBI’s investigation of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao\u003c/a> and lying to federal agents when questioned about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Azevedo’s guilty plea follows months of speculation over whether he had worked out a deal to \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/02/05/feds-say-san-leandro-councilmember-could-testify-against-former-oakland-mayor-at-trial/\">cooperate with prosecutors \u003c/a>in their case against Thao and comes a day after he \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12072901/san-leandro-city-councilmember-accused-of-corruption-to-retire-on-eve-of-court-hearing\">formally resigned from his official duties\u003c/a> as a San Leandro City Council member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Azevedo appeared in a downtown Oakland courtroom alongside his attorney and listened as U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers explained the rights he gave up by pleading guilty to both federal charges against him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While a final sentence has yet to be determined, the maximum penalty for each of those charges is up to 20 years and five years, respectively, Gonzalez Rogers said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand you’re cooperating with the government,” she said. “And we’ll get to that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Azevedo and his attorney declined reporters’ requests for comment as they left the courthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12054533\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250902_SANLEANDROCITYHALL_GH-2-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12054533\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250902_SANLEANDROCITYHALL_GH-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250902_SANLEANDROCITYHALL_GH-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250902_SANLEANDROCITYHALL_GH-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250902_SANLEANDROCITYHALL_GH-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bryan Azevedo, San Leandro City Council member for District 2, attends a City Council meeting on Sept. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>City officials said Monday they had received a formal letter of retirement from Azevedo, effective Tuesday at 9 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve decided to retire from the City Council to focus on my family and deal with my legal issues,” Azevedo wrote in the email to San Leandro’s acting city clerk on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23SHB0jrkyg\">video statement\u003c/a> released shortly after Wednesday’s hearing, San Leandro Mayor Juan González reassured the city’s residents, describing trust between voters and elected officials as the foundation for democracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today’s admission by Councilmember Azevedo represents a violation of that trust,” he said, adding, “Our city’s integrity is not negotiable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Azevedo \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061916/federal-prosecutors-charge-san-leandro-city-councilmember-with-fraud-lying-to-investigators\">was charged in late October\u003c/a> with one count of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and one count of making false statements to a government agency. Honest services fraud is a crime that involves an elected official’s acceptance of a bribe or kickback in exchange for official action.[aside postID=news_12071314 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_1338-2000x1500.jpg']Prosecutors allege Azevedo agreed to secure a contract for a housing company in exchange for his own financial gain. They said he opened an LLC in his wife’s name and established a bank account for receiving bribery payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When questioned by federal agents, he lied, they allege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Azevedo pleaded not guilty to the charges at a Nov. 12 arraignment. A court filing about a week earlier had hinted that prosecutors were close to reaching a deal with Azevedo at that time, or already had.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The government and Azevedo are close to reaching a resolution of his case and do not expect contested pretrial litigation or a trial,” the filing reads. “There are unlikely to be further substantive hearings until a potential change of plea or sentencing hearing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Azevedo’s case is officially related to that of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and three others charged in a January 2025 indictment alleging a bribery scheme, meaning all of the defendants will appear before the same judge. Also indicted in that case were Thao’s partner, Andre Jones, and father and son businessmen David and Andy Duong, whose family owns Oakland’s recycling contractor, California Waste Solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an Oct. 28 filing, U.S. attorneys described a conspiracy in which Azevedo agreed to accept a bribe following his participation in a trip during the summer of 2023 to Vietnam sponsored by an unnamed business association. The business association allegedly paid Azevedo’s expenses, including business class airfare, accommodation and meals, for around 10 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022788\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00005.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022788\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00005.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00005-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00005-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00005-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00005-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00005-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheng Thao, center, stands next to her attorney, Jeff Tsai, left, as he makes a statement outside of the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland, on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the trip, the filing reads, Azevedo met with two unnamed individuals and allegedly agreed to use his power as a council member to help obtain a city contract for a housing company in exchange for a percentage of the sales price from whatever units the city of San Leandro ultimately purchased from the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors allege that in or around September 2023, Azevedo created an LLC in his wife’s name and arranged for a bank account to be opened for the purpose of receiving bribes and kickback payments from the two individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a November dinner in Alameda, one of the individuals allegedly gave Azevedo $2,000 in cash. He deposited the money into the recently opened bank account, prosecutors say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The filing alleges Azevedo advocated for an emergency homelessness ordinance that would have benefited the housing company, and later voted in favor of it. 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"content": "\u003cp>Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson has moved to dismiss manslaughter charges against the former San Leandro Police Officer who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11840071/mental-health-and-racial-justice-why-advocates-want-to-get-police-out-of-crisis-responses\">fatally shot a man in a Walmart store\u003c/a> nearly six years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Family members of Steven Taylor, 33, who was shot and killed in 2020, have been waiting years for the trial of former officer Jason Fletcher, whose case has been handed back and forth between county and state prosecutors amid a revolving door of district attorneys in Alameda County in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor’s supporters said Jones Dickson’s motion to drop manslaughter charges against Fletcher, 55, abandons “one of the only police accountability cases in Alameda County history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This decision is a slap in the face to Steven’s family, to the community, and to the fight for justice,” supporters wrote on social media on Wednesday. “We will not be silent while the DA shields killer cops from accountability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 18, 2020, a Walmart security guard alerted police officers that Taylor, who had schizophrenia and bipolar depression, was allegedly attempting to leave without paying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fletcher, who was the first to arrive on the scene, moved toward Taylor, who was carrying an aluminum baseball bat. The officer tried to grab the bat and used a taser before shooting Taylor in the chest with a gun, all within 40 seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055752\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055752\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Addie Kitchen (center) and Sharon Taylor (center right) chant Steven Taylor’s name at a rally in front of the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland on Sept. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then-District Attorney Nancy O’Malley brought manslaughter charges against Fletcher, marking the first time her administration elected to prosecute a police officer for a death, according to Cat Brooks, the executive director of the Anti-Police Terror Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After former District Attorney Pamela Price took office in January 2023, Fletcher’s lawyer, Mike Rains, argued that his client didn’t stand to have a fair trial under the former progressive prosecutor’s administration, and a judge turned the case over \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036569/alameda-county-da-retakes-police-manslaughter-case-from-state-after-prices-recall\">to California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor’s family and supporters, though, have long advocated for his case to be tried in the district where it occurred, and earlier this year, Superior Court Judge Thomas Reardon returned jurisdiction to Alameda County’s district attorney after Price was recalled from office last November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, Fletcher’s defense moved to dismiss the case, citing prosecutorial misconduct. He said prosecutors under Price had shopped opinions from several police use-of-force experts who concluded Fletcher’s actions were not criminal, and failed to disclose those opinions to the defense.[aside postID=news_12064150 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49486_005_Oakland_APTPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-qut-1-1020x679.jpg']During the hearing, Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Casey Bates acknowledged misconduct in the office and, in an unusual move, appeared to refuse to oppose the motion, despite continued questioning from Reardon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I agree that there has been outrageous prosecutorial misconduct,” Bates said during the hearing. “I don’t know if it rises to the level of dismissal. I think that’s for the court to decide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reardon \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064150/judge-rejects-bid-to-toss-case-against-former-san-leandro-officer-jason-fletcher\">rejected the bid to drop charges\u003c/a>, but now, a month later, Jones Dickson has filed a motion to dismiss the case altogether, saying her office cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Fletcher’s actions were criminal and out of line with lawful self-defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fletcher, in a confined space, was confronted by Taylor, who was armed, refused to comply with verbal commands, was tased twice without appreciable effect, and had verbally indicated an intention to force Fletcher to use physical force up to and including his firearm,” the motion reads. “Fletcher was left with no reasonable alternative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Addie Kitchen, Taylor’s grandmother, said Jones Dickson told her Tuesday that the case was old and she didn’t believe it was winnable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let the jury make the decision,” Kitchen, who filed a letter asking a judge not to let the charges drop, said. “If that was their decision that the officer wasn’t guilty, at least the people in Alameda would make that decision. Not the DA.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since taking office, Jones Dickson has undone many of Price’s more progressive reforms and dismissed charges against other law enforcement officers in multiple other high-profile cases, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053158/alameda-da-drops-charges-against-8-involved-in-maurice-monk-case\">2021 deaths of Maurice Monk\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ktvu.com/news/da-drops-charges-against-2-alameda-county-sheriffs-deputies-over-santa-rita-jail-suicide\">Vinetta Martin\u003c/a>, who were both found dead in Santa Rita Jail cells in separate incidents. The District Attorney’s office dropped charges against eight jail staffers in connection with Monk’s death, and three staffers continue to face charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055753\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055753\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cat Brooks speaks at a rally in front of the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland on Sept. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It is no surprise then to learn that Ursula [Jones] Dickson, who has vowed to undo every single progressive accountability measure around law enforcement … is making a motion to dismiss,” Brooks said during a press conference outside the Oakland courthouse on Wednesday. She accused the DA of filing the motion while Reardon, who she said has “kept [the case] in the court system,” is on vacation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is egregious, it is vile, it is vicious … it is an affront to what the DA’s office is supposed to do, which is represent the people,” Brooks continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her letter opposing the motion Wednesday, Kitchen said her constitutional rights had been violated since she wasn’t given timely notice. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>During the hearing, Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Casey Bates acknowledged misconduct in the office and, in an unusual move, appeared to refuse to oppose the motion, despite continued questioning from Reardon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I agree that there has been outrageous prosecutorial misconduct,” Bates said during the hearing. “I don’t know if it rises to the level of dismissal. I think that’s for the court to decide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reardon \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064150/judge-rejects-bid-to-toss-case-against-former-san-leandro-officer-jason-fletcher\">rejected the bid to drop charges\u003c/a>, but now, a month later, Jones Dickson has filed a motion to dismiss the case altogether, saying her office cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Fletcher’s actions were criminal and out of line with lawful self-defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fletcher, in a confined space, was confronted by Taylor, who was armed, refused to comply with verbal commands, was tased twice without appreciable effect, and had verbally indicated an intention to force Fletcher to use physical force up to and including his firearm,” the motion reads. “Fletcher was left with no reasonable alternative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Addie Kitchen, Taylor’s grandmother, said Jones Dickson told her Tuesday that the case was old and she didn’t believe it was winnable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let the jury make the decision,” Kitchen, who filed a letter asking a judge not to let the charges drop, said. “If that was their decision that the officer wasn’t guilty, at least the people in Alameda would make that decision. Not the DA.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since taking office, Jones Dickson has undone many of Price’s more progressive reforms and dismissed charges against other law enforcement officers in multiple other high-profile cases, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053158/alameda-da-drops-charges-against-8-involved-in-maurice-monk-case\">2021 deaths of Maurice Monk\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ktvu.com/news/da-drops-charges-against-2-alameda-county-sheriffs-deputies-over-santa-rita-jail-suicide\">Vinetta Martin\u003c/a>, who were both found dead in Santa Rita Jail cells in separate incidents. 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"content": "\u003cp>An Alameda County judge allowed a case against a former San Leandro police officer to proceed to trial on Friday after a dramatic hearing in which three former prosecutors invoked the Fifth Amendment and the current deputy district attorney acknowledged “outrageous prosecutorial misconduct” by his own office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Thomas Reardon denied a defense motion to dismiss charges against former San Leandro police officer Jason Fletcher, 55, accused of killing Steven Taylor, 33, inside a Walmart in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fletcher was the first officer to arrive at the store after a security guard reported that Taylor tried to leave without paying. Fletcher moved toward Taylor and tried to grab an aluminum baseball bat out of his hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He first used his Taser, causing Taylor to stumble forward, and then shot him in the chest — all within 40 seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then-District Attorney Nancy O’Malley filed charges in 2020, one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11849253/charges-have-been-filed-against-police-officers-in-the-bay-this-year-why-just-now\">first cases\u003c/a> charged under a change in California law that raised the legal threshold for justified police use of deadly force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Pamela Price succeeded O’Malley three years later, Fletcher’s lawyer, Mike Rains, filed a motion asking that the case \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036569/alameda-county-da-retakes-police-manslaughter-case-from-state-after-prices-recall\">be turned over to California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12011912\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12011912\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-OaklandPDDrunkDriving-06-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A middle-aged Black woman in a suit jacket speaks at a podium, with a 'Alameda County District Attorney's Office banner behind her.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-OaklandPDDrunkDriving-06-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-OaklandPDDrunkDriving-06-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-OaklandPDDrunkDriving-06-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-OaklandPDDrunkDriving-06-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-OaklandPDDrunkDriving-06-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-OaklandPDDrunkDriving-06-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price speaks to reporters during a briefing in Oakland on Oct. 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rains argued that Fletcher didn’t stand to have a fair trial under Price, who had worked as a progressive prosecutor before taking over the district attorney’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The motion was granted in March 2024, but the case returned to Alameda County this year when Reardon pointed out that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013442/alameda-county-voters-recall-district-attorney-pamela-price\">voters had recalled Price\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After current District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson inherited the case earlier this year, her office discovered that prosecutors under Price had sought opinions from several police use-of-force experts who concluded Fletcher’s actions were not criminal, according to court filings.[aside postID=news_12036569 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-08-KQED.jpg']Those opinions were not disclosed to the defense — a violation of the district attorney’s discovery obligations, \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26284294-sfm24vprts01-cpy-2sw-01-0457-001/\">both sides now agree\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fletcher’s defense filed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26284293-ppl-v-fletcher-20-cr-011755-defense-motion-to-dismiss-250829/\">voluminous motion to dismiss\u003c/a> in August, which was heard on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three former employees under Price invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination at the start of the hearing: Zachary Linowitz, who previously oversaw the case, as well as James Conger and Kwixuan Maloof, each of whom were formerly in charge of the district attorney’s unit that handles cases against public officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I stand before you in a position where I’ve never stood before,” Deputy District Attorney Casey Bates told the judge, “bringing forth what appears to be misconduct of others in my office. I’ve never been in a court where colleagues of mine asserted their right against self-incrimination. But that happened not just once, but three times.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Referring to one of the suppressed expert opinions, Bates said, “Your honor, I believe they received information they didn’t want to hear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know where you get that,” Reardon said, repeatedly indicating that he was unconvinced that former prosecutors had committed any so-called Brady violations for failing to disclose evidence to the defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055753\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055753\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cat Brooks speaks at a rally in front of the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland on Sept. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Reardon grilled Bates on whether the district attorney’s office agreed with the defense on any of three reasons to dismiss the case: due process violations, gross governmental misconduct or “in the interests of justice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I agree that there has been outrageous prosecutorial misconduct,” Bates said. “I don’t know if it rises to the level of dismissal. I think that’s for the court to decide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judge became more terse when Bates declined to state a clearer position. “You won’t answer the court’s question, so I think I’m done with you,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor’s mother and grandmother said after the hearing that they were grateful for the judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The judge did the DA’s job,” Taylor’s grandmother, Addie Kitchen, said. “The judge had to step up and do his damn job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reardon ultimately found there had been no Brady violation and ruled that any misconduct did not warrant dismissing the case. 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