The Government Accountability Project

The Emeryville Government Accountability Project

Citizen Access

As part of the on-going effort to strengthen democratic institutions and citizen involvement in Emeryville, the Tattler will publish the telephone numbers of elected officials as they become known.  For decades here politicians made their phone numbers public and would take calls from constituents.  Sadly, this tradition has been waning, and citizen access has eroded.  Meanwhile, developers routinely meet with politicians and city staff in closed door sessions. We are dismayed to see this weakening of citizen access to the levers of power even while corporate access has never been stronger.  Accordingly, we now add the published telephone number of newly elected city council member Jac Asher to the list of numbers of Emeryville's elected officials.

Future would be politicians should take warning:  If you win office and try to keep your telephone number confidential, the Tattler will publish it if we can find it.

Here then is the newest contact-

Jac Asher, City Council Member:

(510) 333-8437

Here is the list so far:

City Council

Nora Davis -  (510) 652-2199

Kurt Brinkman - (510) 774-1551*

Jennifer West - (510) 420-5795

Ruth Atkin - (510) 915-0167* 

School Board

Josh Simon -  (510) 601-1480

Cheryl Webb - (510) 654-6012*

Melodi Dice - Unlisted

Joy Kent - (510) 922-1714

Miguel Dwin - (510) 381-2023* 

*unlisted but obtained by the Tattler