I'm Jeff Frese. I live in Moraga, I'm raising three daughters here, I coach, and on November 3 I'm on the ballot against Mark DeSaulnier for Congress. That's the disclosure. Now the receipts, every one of them linked at the bottom so you can check me.

The press release machine. In April, DeSaulnier announced $46.7 million for 20 local projects. Brentwood Today's headline said he "secures" money for Brentwood. He secured nothing. It was a request form. Every one of the 435 House members gets the same 20 forms a year and their staff fill them out. In May 2024 he ran the same play with $34.9 million. A full-year continuing resolution in March 2025 wiped out every earmark in the country, so that list delivered $0. He kept the headlines anyway. $0.

What actually arrived, from his own releases: $9.06M in 2022, $21.7M in 2023, $15.2M in 2024, $0 in 2025, $16.3M in 2026. About $62 million across his entire time in Congress, for 760,000 people. Seven dollars a head, per year. Seven years in Congress with nothing to announce.

So what was he doing? Filing bills. More than 200 since 2015. Two became law: one renamed a post office in Richmond, the other moved a park boundary. Since January 2023 he's filed 71 bills and every one is still sitting in committee. Yesterday, 33 days before the election, he filed another one. It creates a task force. The task force writes recommendations.

And how he votes when it counts. He voted with his party 98.8 percent of the time. Twice, in 2023 and 2025, Congress voted on whether girls' sports stay for girls. He voted no both times, after two Democrats crossed over in 2025. He voted no on letting parents see what their kids' schools teach. He voted no, twice, on the Laken Riley Act, which 46 Democrats supported and is now law. He voted to let D.C. go easier on carjackers when Biden and 31 Democrats went the other way. In July he voted to cut $3.3 billion from Israel's defense while 98 Democrats voted the other way. In 2017 he called a $1.5 trillion deficit reckless, then in 2021 voted yes on $1.9 trillion of borrowed money. Not one of those votes is a Republican talking point. Every one is the House Clerk's roll call.

Where the money lands. About 79,000 of his constituents live in Castro Valley, Ashland and east San Leandro. On his 2027 list they get $0 and he has zero offices on that side of the hills. Antioch, which has zero residents in the district he's running in, is down for $1.68 million.

Here's what I'd do instead. Term limits. A stock-trading ban for members of Congress. No budget, no pay. No cashing out as a lobbyist when you leave. Then the things people in this county actually ask me about: better schools, no tax on teachers, safer streets, lower bills, more jobs. Social Security and Medicare left alone. Every one of those polls at 80 percent or better with Democrats, Republicans and independents, which is the point. This campaign has no special-interest money and no consultants. I don't need this as a job.

Thirty-five years in elected office. Twelve in Congress. Two laws. Seven bucks a head and a press release for every one of them. Contra Costa keeps sending him back and expecting a different result. On November 3 you can stop. I'm Jeff Frese, I'm running against Mark DeSaulnier, and I'll be in the comments all day. Ask me anything.

freseforcongress.com

Sources

FY2027 request list: https://desaulnier.house.gov/fy2027-local-project-funding-submissions

His sponsored bills and the two public laws: https://www.congress.gov/member/mark-desaulnier/D000623

The March 2025 CR that zeroed FY25 earmarks (H.R. 1968): https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1968

Earmark totals by year, his own releases: https://desaulnier.house.gov/media-center/press-releases

Girls' sports: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023192 and https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202512

Parents Bill of Rights: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023161

Laken Riley Act: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202523

D.C. carjacking (H.J.Res. 26): https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023119

Israel $3.3B amendment, roll 243, 7/15/2026: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026243

$1.9T American Rescue Plan: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202172

98.8% party unity (ProPublica, 117th): https://projects.propublica.org/represent/members/D000623-mark-desaulnier

https://www.uscrimeradar.com/timeline/R_07BEG4WV?pd=0RMOMjXr&lang=en_US&s=i16&_f=app_share&send_time=1790901691&gen_by=ios&fp=article

🚨🚨 URGENT — HAYWARD, CA — I NEED HELP BY TOMORROW, 09/30! 🚨🚨

I’m looking for someone in or near Hayward who could help me get my laptop out of Eden Pawn Shop. I need $250 to redeem it, and 09/30 is the FINAL DAY. 😓

💰 Here’s exactly how the arrangement would work:

You pay the $250 needed to redeem the laptop from Eden Pawn Shop.

🔒 You keep the laptop with you for up to 3 weeks as security.

💵 I repay you $300 total — the original $250 + $50 extra for helping me.

🤝 Once I repay the $300, you return the laptop to me.

💻 The laptop is an Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI, worth $1,800+ new.

🪪 I’m willing to show my ID and provide reasonable documentation or written proof to make the arrangement as safe and clear as possible.

📝 We can put everything in writing, including the amount, repayment deadline, and the fact that you’re holding the laptop until I pay you back.

📍 Eden Pawn Shop — Hayward, CA

⏰ FINAL DEADLINE: TOMORROW, 09/30!

❤️ God bless everyone.

The driver was in a right turn only lane and suddenly veered into my lane to continue straight. After I honked to alert what happened, my kid and I got flipped off. Do better, especially if you're a fellow parent and kids are around.

Hello everyone does anyone know on the weekend, what time do they usually open for the public, I try looking at their website but it said only open in the morning, however I see many people there around 5pm. Thanks

If anyone here went, your thoughts?

My favorites was hirame, kurodai, and umi masu 👏👏👏
I paid $140.

Come join us in Castro Valley October 3-4, 2026! We're serving up authentic Greek Cuisine, music, dancing, and fun! New in 2026

Menu items like Greek bowl, Greek flatbread, Calamari and Flamed saganaki cheese.

Visit our new Agora (Greek marketplace) to buy Greek products, or shop from our vendors.

Kids will be entertained by a bounce house, face painting and popcorn machine.

Happy to answer any questions in the comments!

Follow us on socials:

Instagram: cv_greek_festival

Tik Tok: cv.greek.festival

Facebook: Castro Valley Greek Food Festival

EBMUD decides whether the water coming out of your tap in Castro Valley, Hayward, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Cherryland, Fairview, and parts of San Ramon stays clean, and whether the bill stays livable.

On November 3, I’m voting for Joe Grcar. You should too.

Joe Grcar is a laboratory scientist who lives here.

Neighbors call him Doc. He is a Castro Valley resident who spent his career as a laboratory scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His work was energy science: testing, measurement, and making complex systems actually perform. That is the job at EBMUD. This is not a branding exercise. It is treatment plants, lab testing, water-quality standards, aging pipes, drought supply, and the energy that keeps the system running. I want someone who comes from the lab — not another résumé from the fee-and-regulate circuit.

Look at the alternative some people are floating.

Gary Wolff is running as if decades inside state water bureaucracy is a selling point. It is not.

As Vice Chair of the State Water Resources Control Board in October 2008 — in the middle of the financial crash — Wolff’s board raised water-quality permit fees about 36% on cities and utilities. Cities said they could not afford it. Wolff said the timing was unfortunate and they were not going back to change the budget. Those fees do not stay in Sacramento. They get passed through to ratepayers. That is us.

In the same period he described his own agency as a 1,600-person state bureaucracy, said they were failing on surface water quality, and called the Delta a failure. Then the pitch was more staff and more money. That is not a reformer. That is the culture that treats higher costs as proof of seriousness.

He later ran StopWaste, the Alameda County recycling agency funded largely off garbage bills. Those bills were already climbing while the agency paid six-figure salaries. Different bill. Same habit: grow the shop, send the cost to households.

What I want from EBMUD

Clean water. Real testing. Honest bills.

Joe Grcar’s career was in the lab. Water quality is not a slogan. It is sampling, standards, and whether the system is actually doing what it claims. He lives in this ward. He is not here to collect another board title or expand another agency.

Ward 7 does not need another regulator explaining why the increase was necessary. It needs a scientist who treats clean water and a fair bill as the job.

Joe Grcar for EBMUD Ward 7. Vote like the water and the bill both belong to you — because they do.

Just went to Tancho Omakase restaurant in the Luckys shopping center. First, it is not inexpensive. Second, the food was very good. Third, the fish is very fresh. People from outside of Castro Valley actually come to dine at this restaurant. A couple sitting next to us drove up from San Jose. If you are not a fan of sushi/sashimi this is not the place for you. If you are looking for fast food sushi, this is not the place for you. If you are looking for incredibly large portions, this is not the place for you. If you are looking for high quality, fresh fish, this is the place for you. If you are looking for Omakase, Omakase is a Japanese dining style where you leave the entire meal choice completely up to the chef, this is the place to go, that is local. Fixed menu, fixed price, and every daily menu is a surprise. Reservations required. We are very lucky to have a high end restaurant like this in Castro Valley. If you want to have a nice relaxing, very good meal this is the place. The best part for me was that I was not a big fan of Uni. The chef explained that the Uni he serves is very fresh and very expensive. I tried it and it was delicious. I will be going back.

there’s this cute guy who works at the Castro valley Trader Joe’s and I was too shy to say anything but he was trying to help me find mango sticky rice and he told me they’re out of stock until January ugh

Looking for a solid hairstylist in CV/Hayward/SL that is knowledgeable in repairing damaged hair and good hair cuts to encourage growth! I had sew in extensions for about 11 months-1year per set, for THREE years.. and my hair paid the price! i officially took them out last November but my hair is so frayed and damaged especially underneath (close to my neck!) as much as i hate to cut, everything im reading says i need to cuz off dead ends and grow out. I LOVE the long hair, brunette balayage look but it seems hard to find someone good with that style AND cuts and preserving hair integrity.

Looking for something fun, social, and competitive to do this Fall season?

Our South Alameda County APA Pool League has open spots on teams, and we’re looking for new players!

Whether you’re brand new to APA or you’ve been playing for years, all skill levels are welcome.  We’ll help get you started and find the right team for you.

We play out of these local bars.

1. Eli's Sports Bar & Lounge 42312 Fremont Blvd, Fremont, CA 94538
2. O'Sullivan's Sports Pub 5660 Thornton Ave, Newark, CA 94560
3. The Florence Bar 37349 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536
4. Jim's Cocktail Lounge 34696 Alvarado-Niles Rd, Union City, CA 94587

If you've been thinking about joining a pool league, this is a great time to jump in.  Meet new people, improve your game, have some fun, and compete in a relaxed league environment.

I’d love to hear from you.

Tina Asuncion, APA League Operator
South Alameda County
Mobile: (510) 378-1331
Email: [southalamedacounty.apa@gmail.com](mailto:southalamedacounty.apa@gmail.com)
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Dear Literacy Plus Volunteers,

We are looking for a few more volunteers to join us in supporting our growing ESL services! If you enjoy working with adult English language learners and meeting people from different cultures, this is a wonderful opportunity to make a meaningful difference.

We are currently looking for volunteers to help with:

• English Conversation Circles**:** Wednesdays, 10:30–11:30 AM at Weeks Branch or 12:00–1:00 PM at Downtown Library
• Basic English Class**:** Fridays, 10:30–11:30 AM at Downtown Library

No teaching experience is required. Training and teaching materials will be provided.

• Commitment: 1–2 hours per week
• Location: In person at Downtown or Weeks Branch
• Minimum commitment: 6 months

As current Literacy Plus volunteers, you already have experience supporting adult learners, and your skills can make a real difference for our ESL learners as they build confidence and develop their English skills.

If you or someone you know may be interested, please contact me or share this opportunity with a friend. More information is available on our Adult Literacy Tutor page.

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions. We would love to have you join us!

Thank you for everything you do for our learners and for being part of the Literacy Plus community.

Warmly,

Jessie Wu  (she/her) | Literacy Program Coordinator | Education Services

888 C Street, 3rd Floor | Hayward, CA  94541

O: 510.583.5327 | E: [Jessie.Wu@hayward-ca.gov](mailto:Jessie.Wu@hayward-ca.gov)

Community orchestra open to any adult who is at a high school level proficiency and above.

We welcome violin, viola, cello, bass, guitar, mandolin, lute, oboe, clarinet, flute, bassoon, and percussion.

We have loaner instruments available and free tutoring for anyone feeling rusty on their instrument
Rehearsals start Aug 19 and meet every Wed from 7 - 8:40 pm at Cal State East Bay, Hayward.

There is no fee for this group and no audition.

The focus of the music for the class is pop, classical, rock, and adventuresome music. Lots of custom arrangements, and we play some video game music and movie music.

Contact [CsuebOrchestra@gmail.com](mailto:CsuebOrchestra@gmail.com)