Why we must engage the youth vote
Our democracy doesn’t differentiate between students in advocacy clubs and those who are not, so it’s important that we all are civically engaged.
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‘Rise together’: Ben Fong runs for AC Transit Board of Directors
Public policy veteran, community advocate and campus alumnus Ben Fong is running for the director seat in the AC Transit Board of Directors in Ward 1 under the campaign motto, “When we ride together, we rise together.”
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AC Transit board, union agree on tentative work contract
An hour before Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 threatened to strike, the AC Transit Board finally came to an appeasing resolution with a new three-year contract Tuesday evening.
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Local election results have big implications
While the focus Tuesday was on the national election and some statewide measures, voters also made decisions with local implications. Alameda County Measure A1 Measure A1, which would have established a 25-year tax to raise money for the Oakland Zoo, did not receive the two-thirds supermajority it needed to pass.
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