Endorsements
![District 4 candidate and chief of staff for Councilmember Terry Taplin can best address the city’s progressive goals. District 4 candidate and chief of staff for Councilmember Terry Taplin can best address the city’s progressive goals.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EBT-L-RUBENSTORY-1-1.jpg?w=123)
Editorial: In Berkeley, elect Hernández Story for vacant council seat
District 4 candidate and chief of staff for Councilmember Terry Taplin can best address the...
![Districts call May 7 special elections that depress turnout and then mislead voters with deceptive ballot wording. Districts call May 7 special elections that depress turnout and then mislead voters with deceptive ballot wording.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SJM-L-AIELECTIONS-XX-5.jpg?w=132)
Editorial: Bay Area school officials’ shameful tax-election manipulations
Districts call May 7 special elections that depress turnout and then mislead voters with deceptive...
![Special May 7 election for Measures E and F will depress turnout while deceitful ballot language hides true impact Special May 7 election for Measures E and F will depress turnout while deceitful ballot language hides true impact](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SRVUSD-seal.jpeg?w=88)
Editorial: San Ramon Valley voters should reject school tax proposals
Special May 7 election for Measures E and F will depress turnout while deceitful ballot...
![Special May 7 election for Measure A will depress turnout while deceptive ballot language hides impact. Special May 7 election for Measure A will depress turnout while deceptive ballot language hides impact.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LGW-L-PARCELTAX-0209.png?w=140)
Editorial: Voters in Los Gatos-Saratoga high school district should reject parcel tax hike
Special May 7 election for Measure A will depress turnout while deceptive ballot language hides...
![Ballots have already gone out in a special election that serves as a warning of the viciousness local officials must endure Ballots have already gone out in a special election that serves as a warning of the viciousness local officials must endure](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/James-Chang-March-2024-Headshot-1200-x-900-px-1-1.png?w=117)
Editorial: Elect Chang to Berkeley council vacancy that should not have been
Ballots have already gone out in a special election that serves as a warning of...
![A report says that Zuckerberg's luxurious new $300 million vessel was originally was commissioned by a Russian oligarch who was the target of sanctions imposed after that country's invasion of Ukraine. A report says that Zuckerberg's luxurious new $300 million vessel was originally was commissioned by a Russian oligarch who was the target of sanctions imposed after that country's invasion of Ukraine.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cnn-L19jb21wb25lbnRzL2ltYWdlL2luc3RhbmNlcy9jbHM0dzN0Mm4wMDA1M2I2aHZva2Y5NDVp-L19jb21wb25lbnRzL2FydGljbGUvaW5zdGFuY2VzL2NsczRzbno4cTAwMGtidnFkM2V6ZjhrcTE.jpg?w=140)
Keeping up with the Bezoses: Mark Zuckerberg buys a super yacht, reports say
A report says that Zuckerberg's luxurious new $300 million vessel was originally was commissioned by...
![On Measure F, nowhere in the official materials do city officials tell voters how much more they would pay. On Measure F, nowhere in the official materials do city officials tell voters how much more they would pay.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/021820-Piedmont-City-Hall.jpg?w=131)
Editorial: Even wealthy Piedmont residents deserve honest ballot information about their taxes
On Measure F, nowhere in the official materials do city officials tell voters how much...
![Lucky Sunnyvale School District voters should OK Measure C but recognize this teachable moment. Lucky Sunnyvale School District voters should OK Measure C but recognize this teachable moment.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Sunnyvale-School-District-logo-1-e1709234508813.jpg?w=140)
Editorial: Ballot plan shows California school construction inequities
Lucky Sunnyvale School District voters should OK Measure C but recognize this teachable moment.
![There's no free lunch. Measures in Antioch, Hayward, Moraga, San Leandro require more property taxes to pay off the debt. There's no free lunch. Measures in Antioch, Hayward, Moraga, San Leandro require more property taxes to pay off the debt.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/EBT-L-CHERRYLAND-0816-9-4.jpg?w=132)
Editorial: East Bay voters should OK only one of four school bond plans
There's no free lunch. Measures in Antioch, Hayward, Moraga, San Leandro require more property taxes...
![Alameda and Martinez districts transparent with voters. Albany and Berkeley ballot wording hiding tax increases. Alameda and Martinez districts transparent with voters. Albany and Berkeley ballot wording hiding tax increases.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/berkeley-high-school-3.jpg?w=135)
Editorial: Only two of four East Bay school parcel tax measures honestly portrayed on ballot
Alameda and Martinez districts transparent with voters. Albany and Berkeley ballot wording hiding tax increases.