Who Is Janani Ramachandran, Candidate for Assembly District 18?
The article was originally published by the Post News Group. Post columnist Richard Johnson conducted the following interview with the candidate, which has been edited for length and clarity. (RJ): Tell us about your background and upbringing? (JR): I am the granddaughter of immigrants from a small village in South India who immigrated to this […]
This Social Justice Lawyer Is Running for California State Assembly
This article was originally published by Rift Magazine. We spoke with Janani Ramachandran, candidate for California State Assembly District 18. Ramachandran has experience as a healthcare worker, attorney, and as a part of both the Oakland Public Ethics Commission and the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs. She is running on a […]
Formal Complaint Details How California Democratic Party Endorsement Process Ignored Conflict of Interest Rules, Allegations of Forgery and Suppressed Votes in the AD18 Endorsement Race
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Janani Ramachandran directly at [email protected] to schedule an interview. A formal complaint filed by Janani Ramachandran’s campaign today with the California Democratic Party challenges the numerous irregularities in the party’s rushed endorsement vote over the holiday weekend, including clear violations of the party’s own conflict of interest rules and allowing delegates […]
Progressive Candidate Demands Attorney General Bonta Explain Why He Thinks It Is “Sexism” to Ask Him to Behave Ethically
June 23, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Social Justice Attorney Janani Ramachandran Challenged Rob Bonta to Recuse Himself from Issues Related to the Massive Special Interest Donations Flooding into His Spouse’s Campaign. Bonta Responded with Baseless Name Calling. Oakland – After being asked by Janani Ramachandran to remove the obvious appearance of corruption surrounding his office’s […]
East Bay Endorsement Alert: Janani Ramachandran
By Howie Klein Assemblyman Rob Bonta wasn’t a bad member of the state legislator, a garden variety member of the California liberal establishment. He represented a district– the 18th, mostly Oakland, Alameda and San Leandro– that is far more progressive than Bonta… or his wife, Mia, who feels entitled to her husband’s old seat. The […]
Bay Area Reporter: Editorial: Ramachandran for East Bay Assembly seat
By: Bay Area Reporter Editorial Board Residents in Alameda, San Leandro, and part of Oakland have started early voting in the June 29 special primary election for the 18th Assembly District seat. The seat became open after Governor Gavin Newsom tapped former Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D) to be the state’s new attorney general, after former […]
Green Party CA: Recommendations for State Assembly, District 18 special election, Tuesday June 29th
By: Dom Macleay The most dynamic of this progressive bloc is probably Janani Ramachandran. She is a ‘social justice lawyer’ and is an Oakland Public Ethics Commissioner. She is especially outspoken around housing issues, having been very active in opposing evictions. Ramachandran is also the only candidate who has highlighted her opposition to the proposed new […]
SF Chronicle: Bonta’s money and Sacramento ties a dividing wedge in East Bay Assembly race
By Dustin Gardiner SACRAMENTO — On paper, the top candidates vying for an open Assembly seat in the East Bay have plenty in common: They are progressives, women of color and have spent their careers focused on advocacy work. But in lieu of stark ideological differences, the candidates have clashed over the role of money and outside […]
IndicaNews: Young, desi, LGBTQ California lawmaker? Janani Ramachandran is ready
By: Ritu Jha Janani Ramachandran, who is running for the California state Assembly, insists that she is a “people person”and “not a politician.” If elected from the 18th Assembly District, Ramachandran, 28, will be the first Indian-American LGBTQ person to hold the state legislative seat. “I am specifically running for this because I am a community servant,” […]
Bay Area Reporter: EQCA splits support between queer, straight female candidates in special East Bay Assembly race
By: Matthew S. Bajko California’s statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization is splitting its support between two female candidates — one queer, the other straight — in the special election for an East Bay Assembly race to represent part of Oakland, Alameda, and San Leandro. Equality California announced Wednesday a dual endorsement of social justice attorney Janani Ramachandran, an […]
IndiaWest: Large Segment of Californians Left Out of Pandemic Relief, Says California State Assembly Candidate Janani Ramachandran
By: Sunita Sohrabji A large segment of Californians, among the hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, were left out of relief measures, noted Indian American social justice attorney Janani Ramachandran, one of eight candidates vying for California’s 18th District state Assembly seat, in a special election to be held June 29. The seat was held by […]
Indivisible East Bay: Support Janani Ramachandran for Assembly District 18!
By Rebecca Dean Editors’ note: Indivisible East Bay has endorsed Janani Ramachandran in the June 29, 2021 special election for Assembly District 18. The following is a piece from an IEB member working for Janani’s campaign. Hey Indivisible East Bay! Are you fired up by progressive elected officials who want to shake up the political process? Do you […]
SF Chronicle: Who will fill Rob Bonta’s East Bay seat? The most prominent local official isn’t interested
By: Lea Suzuki Janani Ramachandran waited roughly an hour after Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated Rob Bonta to be state attorney general to post on Twitter that she was running for Bonta’s soon-to-be-former East Bay Assembly seat. “I wanted to get a head start,” said Ramachandran, a 2020 Berkeley Law school graduate and social justice attorney […]
Mercury News, Letter to the Editor: Assembly race is chance to go young, progressive
Read the full Letter to the editor at The Mercury News It’s undeniable that young people have a massive impact on our politics, both local and national. If you don’t believe this fact, just look at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. As a progressive, she’s shifted the Overton Window back toward the left. Without her, neither the Green New Deal […]
Bay Area Reporter: Political Notes: Out East Bay leaders seek Bonta’s Assembly seat
By: Michael S. Bajko Aguilar is not the only out candidate in the race, as social justice attorney Janani Ramachandran, who is queer and lesbian, also announced Wednesday that she will seek to succeed Bonta. The Oakland resident had already launched her bid to run for the Assembly seat next year and gone live with […]