A JUDGE HAS RULED that Alameda County and its Board of Supervisors did not follow procedure when it appointed former interim Supervisor David Brown in 2021. “This is a victory for open and transparent government,” said Marcus Crawley, president of the Alameda County Taxpayers' Association, which filed the suit. “We sued because the Board used confusing and misleading language in the agenda to hide their intention to quickly appoint an 'insider' to fill Supervisor Wilma Chan's seat, so soon after she unexpectedly died.” On Nov. 3, 2021, Supervisor Chan was killed after being struck by a car while walking her […]
