Last throes

The fringe left officially loses its grip on the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee, spectacularly fails in bid to censure Eric Swalwell and Raj Salwan

☕️MORNING BUZZ

—Before the attempt by some Alameda County Democrats to censure Rep. Eric Swalwell and Fremont Mayor Raj Salwan for separate alleged transgressions last week, the far-left progressives on the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee were already in their last throes.

They went down without a whimper last Wednesday night as resolutions to censure Swalwell and Salwan were overwhelmingly defeated without much debate.

Both resolutions were penned by recalled Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price and former Fremont Councilmember Vinnie Bacon.

Each censure resolution appeared to be little more than attempts by Price and Bacon to enact retribution against former rivals.

Price suffered the ignominy of being recalled last November after just two years in office. Swalwell highly publicized his support of the recall.

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Bacon, despite spending more than $200,000 of his own money, lost last fall’s Fremont mayoral race to Salwan by 17 points.

It marked one of the biggest routs in the city’s electoral history. Bacon charged Salwan with violating the party’s bylaws after supporting a Fremont city ordinance earlier this year that prohibits camping in public spaces…

—More inside:

• More on what Swalwell and Salwan had to say to rebut the censure attempts.

• Pamela Price has a new club.

• Investigation into East Bay MUD board director’s conduct is not yet complete.

• County supervisor urges for unity in confronting Trump, says his aim is destruction.

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—Program note: I’m back in the saddle. Took a nice vacation in Puerto Vallarta with the boys from the East Bay Insiders Podcast. Surprisingly, Trump let us back into America.

—We have quite a bit to catch up on. I’ll get you updated on the county side this morning, and focus on city news on Tuesday.

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