Price name-drop

Another IE aims to negatively link opponent to DA Price; Alameda renters warn against voting for California Apartment Association-backed candidates; Thao recallers crash mayor's press conference

ELECTION 2024

12 days to Primary Day

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - DISTRICT 4

—GUILT BY ASSOCIATION—A second independent expenditure committee (IE) is using an opponent’s support for Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price against them.

—Preserving Agriculture in Alameda County sent a mailer to District 4 voters that links supervisorial candidate Jennifer Esteen with Price and labels both as “soft on crime.”

—The IE has long been a part of politics in unincorporated Alameda County. Its treasurer is Chuck Moore, an appointee of District 4 Supervisor Nate Miley’s to the Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council.

—Earlier this month, the California Apartment Association Housing Solutions Committee IE sent a more direct mailer that called out Esteen for two tweets.

—One highlighted Esteen’s support for defunding the police, the other in support of Price’s campaign for district attorney.

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7TH STATE SENATE DISTRICT

—HOMEWRECKER—An influential renters group in Alameda issued a recommendation to its followers on Wednesday to avoid voting for candidates in the March Primary that are backed by the California Apartment Association…

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