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 and other corporate interests who would feed 

at the public trough routinely meet with the 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 telephone numbers of  City Council members Scott Donahue and Dianne Martinez as well as School Board members Christian Patz and Donn Merriam 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 are the newest contacts-

Scott Donahue, City Council member:

(510) 658-5182

Dianne Martinez, City Council member:

(310) 748-6934

Donn Merriam, School Board member:

(415) 902-1983

Christian Patz, School Board member:

(510) 938-6917

Here is the rest of the list:

City Council

Nora Davis -  (510) 652-2199

Ruth Atkin - (510) 915-0167

Jac Asher - (510) 333-8437  

School Board

John Affeldt - (510) 547-7757

Joy Kent - (510) 922-1714

Melodi Dice - (510) 655-4354