Take Action
Each day, there are opportunities to advocate for increased funds for affordable homes, stronger tenant protections that help people stay housed, and resources for people who are living unhoused. Your elected officials need to hear from you – it really does inform how they make decisions, especially when they hear from many of us at once, or when they understand your personal hardship or experience and how their decisions could improve the situation.
Your city and county-level decision-makers meet regularly to vote on key decisions that impact your community. You can advocate for housing justice through an email or telephone call to your representative or by calling in to comment during the public comment period during the City Council or Board of Supervisors meeting. Find your local city and county representative’s contact information below.
Contact Your Elected Officials:
Below is a list of elected officials in the East Bay organized by county and city elected body. Click the + sign next to the city or county to view the contact for your representative.
Alameda County | Contra Costa County |
City of Alameda l Antioch | Berkeley | Concord l Danville l El Cerrito l Freemont l Hayward l Livermore l Newark Oakland l Piedmont l Pittsburg l Pleasanton l Richmond l San Ramon l Walnut Creek
Find their State Assembly and Senate representatives: https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/
Alameda County: Alameda County Board of Supervisors
D1- David Haubert – david.haubert@acgov.org (510) 272-6691 (Dublin, Livermore, most of Fremont; part of Sunol, most of Livermore-Amador Valley area)
D2- Richard Valle – richard.valle@acgov.org – 510-272-6692 (Hayward, Newark, Union City, northern part of Fremont, part of Sunol)
D3- Wilma Chan – wilma.chan@acgov.org – 510-272-6693 (Alameda, San Leandro; part of Oakland – including Chinatown, San Antonio, Fruitvale and Melrose areas; San Lorenzo and Hayward Acres, Ashland)
D4- Nate Miley – nate.miley@acgov.org – 510-272-6694
(Pleasanton, Castlewood and Happy Valley, part of Oakland – Lower Hills, South Hills and Elmhurst; Castro Valley, Cherryland, and Fairview; and most of Ashland)
D5 – Keith Carson – keith.carson@acgov.org – 510-272-6695 (Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont, part of Oakland – West Oakland, North Oakland, and the North Hills
Contra Costa County Elected Officials
Supervisor Karen Mitchoff: (Concord, Pleasant Hill, Clayton, Walnut Creek)
Phone: (925)-521-7100 | Email: supervisormitchoff@bos.cccounty.us | Twitter: @KMitchoff
Supervisor Federal Glover: (Pinole, Rodeo, Hercules, Martinez, Bay Point, Pittsburg) Phone: 925-608-4200 | Email: federal.glover@bos.cccounty.us| Twitter: @federaldglover
Supervisor Diane Burgis: (Antioch, Oakley, Brentwood)
Phone: 925-252-4500 | Email: supervisor_burgis@bos.cccounty.us
Supervisor Candace Andersen: (Orinda, Lafayette, Moraga, Alamo, Danville, San Ramon) Phone: 925-957-8860 | Email: supervisorandersen@bos.cccounty.us | Twitter: @AndersenCandace
Supervisor John Gioia: (Richmond, San Pablo, El Cerrito, Pinole, Bayview, East Richmond Heights, El Sobrante, Kensington, Montalvin Manor, Tara Hills, North Richmond, Rollingwood) Phone: 510-231-8686 | Email: john.gioia@bos.cccounty.us | Twitter: @supejohngioia
City of Alameda
Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft email: mezzyashcraft@alamedaca.gov, 510-747-4701
Vice Mayor Malia Vella email: mvella@alamedaca.gov, 510-747-4726
Councilmember Tony Daysog Email: tdaysog@alamedaca.gov, 510-747-4722
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer Email: tspencer@alamedaca.gov, 510-747-4728
Councilmember John Knox White Email: jknoxwhite@alamedaca.gov, 510-747-4721
Antioch
Mayor Lamar Thorpe lthorpe@ci.antioch.ca.us (925) 978-4663
Mayor Pro Tem, District 4 Monica E. Wilson mwilson@ci.antioch.ca.us, (925) 628-0749
Councilmember District 1 Tamisha Torres-Walker twalker@antiochca.gov, (925) 206-2340
Councilmember District 2 Michael Barbanica mbarbanica@antiochca.gov, (925) 775-9039
Councilmember District 3 Lori Ogorchock logorchock@ci.antioch.ca.us, (925) 628-7764
Berkeley
Mayor Jesse Arreguin (510) 981-7100; mayor@CityofBerkeley.info
Councilmember Rashi Kesarwani, District 1; (510) 981-7110; rkesarwani@CityofBerkeley.info
Councilmember Terry Taplin, District 2; (510) 981-7120; ttaplin@CityofBerkeley.info
Councilmember Ben Bartlett, District 3; (510) 981-7130; bbartlett@CityofBerkeley.info
Councilmember Kate Harrison, District 4; (510) 981-7140; kharrison@CityofBerkeley.info
Councilmember Sophie Hahn, District 5; (510) 981-7150; shahn@CityofBerkeley.info
Councilmember Susan Wengraf, District 6; (510) 981-7160; swengraf@CityofBerkeley.info
Councilmember Rigel Robinson, District 7; (510) 981-7170; rrobinson@CityofBerkeley.info
Councilmember Lori Droste, District 8; (510) 981-7180; ldroste@CityofBerkeley.info
Concord
Tim McGallian – tim.mcgallian@cityofconcord.org
Carlyn Obringer – carlyn.obringer@cityofconcord.org
Laura Hoffmeister – laura.hoffmeister@cityofconcord.org
Dominic Aliano – dominic.aliano@cityofconcord.org
Edi Birsan – edi.birsan@cityofconcord.org
Danville
Mayor Renee Morgan 925-918-3999 rmorgan@danville.ca.gov
Vice Mayor Newell Arnerich 510-366-0716 narnerich@danville.ca.gov
Council member Robert Storer 510-343-4415 rstorer@danville.ca.gov
Council member Karen Stepper 925-314-3378 kstepper@danville.ca.gov
Council member Dave Fong 925-963-3637 dfong@danville.ca.gov
El Cerrito
Mayor Paul Fadelli pfadelli@ci.el-cerrito.ca.us
Mayor Pro Tem Gabriel Quinto gquinto@ci.el-cerrito.ca.us
Councilmember Janet Abelson jabelson@ci.el-cerrito.ca.us
Councilmember Lisa Motoyama lmotoyama@ci.el-cerrito.ca.us
Councilmember Tessa Rudnick trudnick@ci.el-cerrito.ca.us
General phone # (510) 215-4305
Fremont
Mayor Lily Mei 510-284-4011 lmei@fremont.gov
Vice Mayor Shao 510-284-4019 yshao@fremont.gov
Councilmember Teresa Keng 510-284-4012 tkeng@fremont.gov
Councilmember Rick Jones 510-284-4083 councilmemberjones@fremont.gov
Councilmember Jenny Kassan 510-284-4018 jkassan@fremont.gov
Councilmember Raj Salwan 510-284-4082 rsalwan@fremont.gov
Councilmember Teresa Cox 510-284-4007 tcox@fremont.gov
Hayward
Mayor Barbara Halliday: Email: Barbara.Halliday@hayward-ca.gov
Phone: (510) 583-4340
Councilmember Aisha Wahab: Email: aisha.wahab@hayward-ca.gov
Phone: (510) 583-4356
Councilmember Angela Andrews: Email: Angela.Andrews@hayward-ca.gov
Phone: (510) 583-4353
Councilmember Sara Lamnin Email: Sara.Lamnin@hayward-ca.gov
Phone: (510) 583-4358
Councilmember Elisa Márquez Email: Elisa.Marquez@hayward-ca.gov
Phone: (510) 583-4357
Councilmember Mark Salinas Email: Mark.Salinas@hayward-ca.gov
Phone: (510) 583-4355
Councilmember Francisco Zermeño Email: Francisco.Zermeno@hayward-ca.gov
Phone: (510) 583-4352
Livermore
Bob Woerner, Mayor (925) 960-4020 mayorwoerner@cityoflivermore.net
Trish Munro, Vice mayor (925) 960-4016 pkmunro@cityoflivermore.net
Councilmember Gina Bonanno (925) 960-4013 rebonanno@cityoflivermore.net
Councilmember Bob Carling District 4 (925) 960-4018 rwcarling@cityoflivermore.net
Councilmember Brittni Kiick District 3 (925) 960-4019 bkiick@cityoflivermore.net
Newark
Mayor Alan L. Nagy alan.nagy@newark.org(510) 578-4914
Vice Mayor Mike Bucci mike.bucci@newark.org
Councilmember Luis L. Freitas luis.freitas@newark.org (510) 578-4915
Councilmember Maria “Sucy” Collazo sucy.collazo@newark.org (510) 578-4913
Councilmember Michael Hannon michael.hannon@newark.org (510) 578-4942
Oakland
The Oaklandside has compiled information on how to contact your local city council members and how to watch and participate in public meetings.
All Oakland residents are represented by the At-Large councilmember, Rebecca Kaplan. To find out which other councilmember represents you based on where you live, use this Council District Lookup tool.
At-Large (representing all Oakland residents): Rebecca Kaplan: rkaplan@oaklandca.gov
District 1: Dan Kalb: dkalb@oaklandca.gov
District 2: Nikki Fortunado Bas (Council President): nfbas@oaklandca.gov
District 3: Carol Fife: cfife@oaklandca.gov
District 4: Sheng Thao: sthao@oaklandca.gov
District 5: Noel Gallo: Ngallo@oaklandca.gov
District 6: Loren Taylor: LTaylor@oaklandca.gov
District 7: Treva Reid: TReid@oaklandca.gov
Piedmont
Mayor Teddy Gray King tking@piedmont.ca.gov (510) 420-3048
Vice Mayor Tim Roodtrood@piedmont.ca.gov (510) 239-7663
Councilmember Jen Cavenaugh jcavenaugh@piedmont.ca.gov
(415) 215-6933
Councilmember Betsy Smegal Andersen bandersen@piedmont.ca.gov
(510) 420-3048
Councilmember Conna McCarthy cmccarthy@piedmont.ca.gov
Pittsburg
Mayor Merl Craft
Vice Mayor Holland Barrett White
Councilmember Shanelle Scales-Preston
Councilmember Juan Antonio Banales
Councilmember Jelani Killings
citycouncil@ci.pittsburg.ca.us (925) 252-4850
Pleasanton
Mayor Karla Brown kbrown@cityofpleasantonca.gov
Councilmember Valerie Arkin varkin@cityofpleasantonca.gov
Councilmember Jack Balch jbalch@cityofpleasantonca.gov
Councilmember Kathy Narum knarum@cityofpleasantonca.gov
Councilmember Julie Testa jtesta@cityofpleasantonca.gov
City Council general phone # (925) 931-5001
Richmond
Mayor Tom Butt 510-620-6503 tom.butt@intres.com
Councilmember Nathaniel Bates 510-620-6743 natbates@comcast.net
Councilmember Claudia Jimenez (District 6) 510-620-6565 Claudia_Jimenez@ci.richmond.ca.us
Councilmember Eduardo Martinez, 510-620-6593 eduardo_martinez@ci.richmond.ca.us
Councilmember Gayle McLaughlin (District 5) 510-620-6636 gayle_mclaughlin@ci.richmond.ca.us
Councilmember Melvin Willis (District 1) 510-412-2050 melvin_willis@ci.richmond.ca.us
San Ramon
Mayor David E. Hudson Cell : (925) 570-0106
Home : (925) 828-5578 dhudson@sanramon.ca.gov
Vice Mayor Scott Perkins Home: (925) 833-7743
sperkins@sanramon.ca.gov
Councilmember Mark Armstrong Office: (925) 973-2545
marmstrong@sanramon.ca.gov
Councilmember Sridhar Verose Office: (925) 973-2548
SVerose@sanramon.ca.gov
Councilmember Sabina Zafar Cell Phone: (925) 272-9097 szafar@sanramon.ca.gov
Walnut Creek
Mayor Pro Tem Matt Francois
Councilmember Cindy Darling
Councilmember Loella Haskew
Councilmember Cindy Silva
Councilmember Kevin Wilk
City Manager’s Office: (925) 256-3504.
Email comments to the Mayor at mayor@walnut-creek.org
If you attend your local city council meetings, it is helpful to find the agenda to know what topics will be covered. In this video, we show you how to find the city council meeting minutes and agenda, using the City of Oakland as an example.
Find State Legislative Bills
In the video below, EBHO’s Policy Director, Jeff Levin, walks us through how to use the state legislative lookup tool to see where proposed bills are, who their sponsors are, and more.
Anti-Eviction Mapping Project:
The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project has made a map of tenant protections across the US the wake of COVID-19: https://www.antievictionmap.com/covid . Anyone can add policies and petitions to it and also go back and edit them as things change, so please feel free to add updated information if you have it.
COVID19 Policy & Support:
View our COVID19 Housing Policy page to see what housing policy changes have already been made at the the local, state, and national levels.
Do you need housing, food, help getting medication, or other support as you Shelter in Place? See our list of support available during the COVID19 pandemic or our general affordable housing resources page.
Donate to Support Funds
See our COVID19: Volunteer & Donate page for a full list of organizations you can donate funds and supplies to or sign up to volunteer with. View our COVID19: Volunteer & Donate page.