It's gettin' hot in here

Supervisor's reappointment is temporarily blocked; First hard-hitting mailers emerge in Fremont and Oakland. IEs are beginning spend at all levels of government. Plus, daily campaign finance numbers

COUNTY NEWS

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

—PAYBACK IS A…—Alameda County Supervisor David Haubert temporarily blocked the reappointment of Supervisor Keith Carson to the California State Association of Counties (CSAC), a position he’s held for the past six years.

—Haubert continued the typically perfunctory item on Tuesday.

—“I’m a little disturbed,” Carson said, before vaguely describing fellow CSAC members reaching out to him to express dismay about the reappointment issue.

—The reappointment request runs only through Jan. 6, 2025, the end of Carson’s 32-year tenure on the Board of Supervisors.

—The power play by Haubert could be a message. He is slated to become board president in January, taking over for Supervisor Nate Miley.

—When Haubert was elected to the board in 2021, Carson routinely hazed Haubert during public meetings. Haubert rarely lashed back, despite the poor treatment.

—In recent months, as Carson’s time on the board is winding down, his rhetoric toward Haubert has gotten more aggressive.

—In July, after Haubert voiced criticism against 16- and 17-year-olds voting in Oakland and Berkeley school board elections, Carson equated the position to historical attitudes going back to slavery.

—“Now we’re going back to that. I believe that certain people on this board have that kind of attitude,” Carson, said referring to Haubert on July 25.

—DADDY ISSUES—Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson’s mocking, then terse response to the tone used by Alameda County senior deputy counsel Jason Allen at Tuesday’s meeting, may have been rooted in collegial, but, at times, combative exchanges they had last week on the subject of releasing cast vote records.

—On Tuesday, Carson objected to Allen’s tone by responding, “Don’t daddy me.” Allen apologized, but added, “I don’t quite follow what you’re saying.”

—Last week, Carson, as he did on Tuesday, referenced a letter he received from a staffer in the office of State Sen. Steven Bradford, the author of an election transparency bill that the Alameda County Registrar of Voters and county counsel interpreted as containing legal risks if cast vote records were released on Election Day.

—Bradford’s office assured Carson that legal risks, such as felony penalties for releasing vote cast records, are not included in the new law.

—When Carson mentioned the letter at the Oct. 1 meeting, Allen said the office’s opinion was one of 40 senators. Allen went on to explain how a bill needs a majority of support in both houses of the Legislature.

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