Bonta, Ramachandran Face Off in East Bay Assembly Race

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🗓️ 16 August 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Alameda school board member Mia Bonta and attorney Janani Ramachandran are vying to represent East Bay Assembly District 18 and succeed Bonta's husband, Rob Bonta, who resigned to become the California attorney general. A special runoff election on Aug. 31 will determine who will become the next representative for the district, which covers West Oakland to San Leandro. We talk with the candidates to get their views on housing supply, criminal justice reform and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.9	California Assembly District 18 in the East Bay is a fascinating place.
0:58.7	It encompasses all of Oakland south of 580, all of Alameda, and San Leandro.
1:04.1	It's got rich hill dwellers and some of the poorest neighborhoods in the Bay Area and a lot of places in between.
1:11.4	But in an upcoming special election to replace Rob Bonta, now state attorney general, voters in District 18 will face a choice that's become familiar to a lot of people between two progressive candidates, Mia Banta,
1:16.4	and a member of the party's ascendant-flank, Janani Remachandran.
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1:38.1	Alameda school board member, Mia Banta,
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