Heat is coming to the Board of Supervisors

Oakland passes ceasefire resolution; San Leandro rivals had word(s); Congressional rivals Swalwell and Cruz talk dirty; and Assembly musical chairs

COUNTY NEWS

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

—DUELING UNREST—Three of four Alameda County supervisors appear likely to run unopposed next March. It’s a factoid that is at odds with the level of discontent scheduled to come their way later today.

—Starting at 9 a.m., supporters of the campaign to recall Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price recall will return to the Board of Supervisors to register opposition to a likely March primary ballot measure that could change the rules midstream for the current signature-gathering campaign.

—A second and final reading of the charter amendment ballot measure is set for today. The ballot measure will ask voters to approve an update of the charter’s provisions for recalls by aligning it with state election law.

—This version of the proposed ballot measure will only pertain to elected county officials, and does not include appointed officials, such as department heads. This wrinkle was viewed as an attempt to yet again protect embattled Alameda County Registrar of Voters Tim Dupuis.

—Leaders of the Price recall campaign have also scheduled a press conference outside the county building at 11 a.m. to offer new developments in the recall campaign.

—Starting at 3 p.m., protesters renew calls for the Alameda County supervisors to stop the $80 million expansion of the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin with a march from the Rene Davidson Courthouse to the county administrative building in Oakland.

—The group has periodically protested at the board’s chambers over the past year.

—Instead, they urge the Board of Supervisors to shift $26 million in county funds previously approved for the jail expansion to behavioral healthcare and housing.

—NEW PITCH—The 8.8 acre slice of the Coliseum Complex known as the “Malibu site” and potential temporary home of the Oakland Roots Soccer Club, to be declared surplus land by the county, which owns half of the entire Coliseum property.

—The Alameda County Board of Supervisors are expected to approve a resolution on Tuesday making the declaration. Under state law, the county must then notify other agencies and housing sponsors about the availability of the property.

—If the county receives no response after 60 days, the land will be put up for sale. The county has “no intended or planned county use for the share of the property,” according to the county’s General Services Agency.

—The Roots’ interest in the former plot once home to the Malibu Grand Prix, a once-popular arcade and go-kart track, is well known. The second division soccer club is working with the Coliseum Joint Powers Authority to construct a temporary 15,000-seat stadium at the site.