Many other cases against Trump — criminal and civil — have failed, but following a Washington D.C. court hearing, Lee and others said they believe they can win.
Author Archives: Eli Wolfe
Eli Wolfe reports on City Hall for The Oaklandside. He was previously a senior reporter for San José Spotlight, where he had a beat covering Santa Clara County’s government and transportation. He also worked as an investigative reporter for the Pasadena-based newsroom FairWarning, where he covered labor, consumer protection and transportation issues. He started his journalism career as a freelancer based out of Berkeley. Eli’s stories have appeared in The Atlantic, NBCNews.com, Salon, the San Francisco Chronicle, and elsewhere. Eli graduated from UC Santa Cruz and grew up in San Francisco.
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Oakland leaders reluctantly extend security contract again
Councilmembers held their noses and agreed to pay several million more dollars to ABC Security, a firm tied to a central figure in the FBI corruption probe.
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Oakland airport’s new guest program may risk feeding information to ICE
The airport launched its OAK Guest Pass to fanfare on Monday. But visitors must send sensitive information to the TSA – where it could end up in the hands of immigration enforcement.
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Oakland watchdog dismisses Ken Houston’s complaint against senior city staffer
That staffer, Josh Rowan, who directs public works and transportation, still has an active complaint against Houston, claiming he interfered with city contracting.
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Flying OAK this holiday season? TSA might be sharing your name with ICE
The New York Times reported that airport security officials around the country are sharing passenger data with federal immigration authorities. Oakland airport is in the dark about whether that’s happening here.
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The FBI’s Oakland corruption case relies heavily on the word of one man with a ‘checkered past’
Mario Juarez appears to be “Co-conspirator 1,” a key informant in the federal criminal case against Sheng Thao. For decades he’s been at the center of bitter legal disputes — and the subject of criminal investigations — all while maintaining high-level political connections.
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Feud between Oakland councilmember and city staffer escalates into ethics complaints
Transportation and Public Works chief Josh Rowan has accused Councilmember Ken Houston of trying to “rig” a city contract. Houston says Rowan defamed him.
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Oakland might not owe coal company hundreds of millions after new court ruling
A federal judge in Kentucky ruled a bankruptcy court’s judgment, which could have put the city on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars, was improper.
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Oakland council committee rejects Flock surveillance camera expansion
Scores of people voiced concerns about growing police surveillance, while others support more cameras to fight crime.
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Is Costco coming to Oakland?
The city wants to negotiate with Costco and a developer to bring the big box store to the former Oakland Army Base.
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Oakland police hit with lawsuit for sharing license plate camera data with feds
A former member of Oakland’s privacy commission wants OPD to shut down its automated license plate reader system, saying its data is vulnerable to federal immigration and anti-abortion enforcement actions.
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Oakland mayor announces interim police chief
Assistant Chief James Beere will take over as chief once Floyd Mitchell leaves the department in early December.
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Oakland corruption case: San Leandro official pleads not guilty. Will he cooperate with the feds?
Bryan Azevedo is accused of taking a bribe from representatives for a housing developer who also allegedly offered kickbacks to Oakland’s former mayor.
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Oakland Mayor Lee met with Southwest’s CEO days after city dismissed lawsuit against airline
The decision by city leaders to drop a labor lawsuit has outraged some union leaders. “This decision looks like abandonment. And it looks like appeasement.”
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Oakland’s trash collector sues city for breach of contract
A simmering legal squabble escalated on Halloween after Oakland and Waste Management hit a big snag during contract negotiations
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FBI raided Oakland businessman’s home based on word of informant with ‘history of fraud,’ defendant argues
David Duong wants a court to toss out all the evidence seized from his home and business, saying that the FBI withheld critical information from the judge who greenlit the search warrant.
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Oakland City Council kills lawsuit against Southwest Airlines
Southwest allegedly violated the city’s labor laws. Five councilmembers voted last Thursday to dismiss a legal action enforcing the rules.
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San Leandro councilmember charged in FBI corruption case linked to former Oakland mayor
Federal prosecutors allege Bryan Azevedo was part of a sprawling conspiracy linked to former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and executives from California Waste Solutions.
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Oakland’s ‘tortious interference’ bankrupted a coal company. Now the city could owe millions.
Yesterday’s decision, by a federal bankruptcy judge in Kentucky, is a massive legal blow against the city’s long-running effort to stop construction of a coal export terminal in West Oakland.
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Alameda County will invest $10M in food assistance programs
As CalFresh runs out of money due to federal cuts, the Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to spend more on food banks and meals.
