East Bay MUD mulls releasing report on board director’s alleged racial bias
County supervisor blasts Trump as ‘authoritarian,’ warns we're ‘on the road to fascism;’ Former Oakland chief of staff files claim against city for workplace retaliation
☕️MORNING BUZZ
—The building drama at the East Bay Municipal Utility District is about to spill again into public view.
After seven months of infighting and accusations, the East Bay Municipal Utility District (MUD) board will meet at a special meeting on Tuesday to decide if it will release a potentially bombshell independent report into allegations of racially motivated misconduct by Board Director April Chan.
The probe centers on a March spat between Chan and artist Tiffany Conway, who was hired by the district to display a Black History Month installation.
Conway claims Chan snapped at her for parking in a director’s spot, sparking a heated confrontation inside EBMUD’s offices.
Chan told district investigators she feared Conway’s behavior. A June internal security report sided with Chan, even suggesting Conway violated workplace violence rules.
But the new independent review, delivered Thursday, could go much further—reportedly including testimony from district staff alleging Chan of other instances of bad behavior.
Now the board must decide: keep the findings locked away under attorney-client privilege, or throw open the doors and let the public see the dirty water.
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—More inside:
COUNTY NEWS: County supervisor delivered a rare (for the East Bay, at least), and blistering rebuke of the Trump administration.
CITY NEWS: Fired Oakland chief of staff files claim alleging retaliation by then-interim mayor.
Alameda lays groundwork for potentially large infrastructure bond measure, Part 2 of 4.
Hayward to provide budget update as the city reckons with looming deficit.
STATE NEWS: Bill Watch: Newsom vetoes an Ortega bill, but signs into law six others from the East Bay legislative caucus.
ALAMEDA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
—DA UJD SPEAKS—Part 2 of Lee Thomas’s conversation with Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson goes deeper into her fight against public corruption and her vision for rebuilding the DA’s office.
—“I need people to know this office is back to fight for victims,” she says, while warning it could take six years to restore the department to its former strength.
