Alameda County
Alameda County Candidate Endorsements
East Bay Action is thrilled to announce our endorsements for the November 2024 Election!
All endorsements are a part of EBA’s long term vision for the East Bay where all people are free and able to live and work with dignity.
Oakland City Council
District 1: Zac Unger
We are excited to early endorse Zac Unger, a progressive leader and new candidate for Oakland City Council District 1.
Zac has been a leader in raising revenue to ensure the City can provide the services our communities need. This includes his leadership role in passing Measure T, a progressive tax that ensures corporations pay their fair share for key services to our neighborhoods.
Zac, who is President of the International Association of Firefighters Local 55, has also been a leader on community safety. He has done so through the creation of MACRO housed, an alternative response program housed in the Fire Department and through serving on the steering committees for Public Safety-improving Measures Y and Z. If elected, Zac aims to create housing for everyone in Oakland, focusing on projects with affordable units, along with making Oakland one of the greenest cities in the country. Zac’s diverse experiences as a community leader, public worker, and union head assure us that he will fairly represent everyday District 1 Oaklanders!
District 3: Carroll Fife
East Bay Action is thrilled to early endorse Councilmember Carroll Fife for re-election to Oakland City Council. Councilmember Fife was elected to represent District 3 in 2020 and is doing a phenomenal job representing the needs of workers, renters, and BIPOC communities. She is one of the founding members of Moms for Housing, and has fought both in the halls of power and in the streets to protect the human right to housing.
Councilmember Fife has been a leader in addressing housing needs in Oakland as District 3 Councilmember. She introduced resoundingly popular ballot measures for authorizing low-rent housing, expanded tenant protections, and identified funding sources for affordable housing. She led the effort to establish the Lakeshore LGBTQ Cultural District. Councilmember Fife was key to the successful effort to create a progressive tax structure on big business to ensure our communities get the resources we need. We believe that she will not only continue to wholeheartedly listen to marginalized communities in Oakland, but she will also take action to address their needs by focusing on increasing access to affordable housing and a clean city with clean streets.
Alameda County Board of Supervisors
District 5: Nikki Fortunato Bas
Nikki Fortunato Bas was elected as Oakland District 2 Councilmember in 2018 and currently serves as Council President. Council President Bas has lived in District 2 of Oakland for 20 years, is the first Filipina-American Councilmember in Oakland, and is a lifelong community organizer who has fought for the economic and social well-being of working families.
She has numerous accomplishments as Council President and District 2 Councilmember, including prioritizing homelessness prevention and stable housing, worker justice, community safety, and equitable taxation. These policies have deeply impacted the lives of many Oakland workers, renters, and families, especially from BIPOC communities. We believe that she will not only continue to put her heart and soul into serving and listening to marginalized communities in Oakland, but she will also bring her experience with coalition building amongst community and other elected allies to this new role, which is critical for ensuring that Oaklanders voices are heard at the county level.
Make sure to vote for Nikki Fortunato Bas for the Alameda County District 5 Board of Supervisor election!