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| Oakland Councilmember Jean Quan |
The Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club's (WDRC) endorsement process started with a meeting last Thursday night, where members nominated candidates for consideration. For Oakland Mayor, only two candidates were named for consideration: Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan and Jean Quan. For Oakland City Council District Two, only Jennifer Pae was named for consideration and not the incumbent Pat Kernighan. For City Auditor, only Ruby was named for consideration.
The WDRC counted ballots and on Monday announced the votes for endorsements, and released the results on its website on Monday. Here's the full list of Oakland and Berkeley WDRC endorsements:
Oakland Propositions
MEASURE L - Oakland School District Parcel tax -- YES
MEASURE V - Marijuana Taxes -- YES
MEASURE W - Telephone Access Line Tax -- YES
MEASURE X - Public Safety Parcel Tax -- YES
MEASURE Y - Amendment (Restorepolics officer positions) -- YES
Berkeley
Berkeley Auditor: Ann Marie Hogan
Berkeley City Council District 1: Linda Maio
Berkeley City Council District 4: NO ENDORSEMENT
Berkeley City Council District 7 (runoff) -- NO ENDORSEMENT
Berkeley School Board: 3 Endorsed
Joshua Daniels
Karen Hemphill
Leah Wilson
Oakland
Oakland Auditor: Courtney Ruby
Oakland City Council District 2: Jennifer Pae
Oakland City Council District 4 (runoff) -- NO ENDORSEMENT
Oakland Mayor -- Jean Quan
EBMUD Director: Andy Katz
Peralta Community College Trustee: Abel Guillen
Superior Court Judge: Victoria Kolakawski
For more information on endorsements visit the WDRC website at wellstoneclub.org.
The Office of the City Auditor's mission is to serve as a model performance-auditing organization that delivers in-depth, unbiased, and meaningful results to the citizens of Oakland. We do this by identifying and auditing the areas of government most vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement.
ReplyDeletePlease explain why:
In the last four years the Office of the City Auditor has issued only 28 reports. Three of these reports were prepared by outside firms. In contrast, under the former City Auditor’s team (when I was the Chief Deputy), 190 reports were issued, all staff prepared.
In 2010 representatives from the Office of the City Auditor failed to present even a single report before the Finance and Management Committee.
So, the critical work of this office has been getting too little attention.
The ineffective capacity demonstrated by the City Auditor during our current fiscal crisis is clear. FAILURE!