COUNCILWOMAN HAS EXPERIENCE ON ALAMEDA HOSPITAL BOARD Days after picking up an important endorsement from Alameda County Supervisor Alice Lai-Bitker, Lena Tam officially announced Wednesday her candidacy to replace her. “I believe my leadership and experience on the City Council,… Read More ›
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Supervisor Endorses Tam Over Chan
Citizen Exclusive! POLITICAL LAYING OF THE HANDS ON TAM THROWS CHAN INTO A FIT By STEVEN TAVARES The Citizen After her State of the County address Thursday night, Alameda County Supervisor Alice Lai-Bitker told The Citizen she will endorse Alameda… Read More ›
Lai-Bitker Paints State of a County in Disarray
SUPERVISOR SPEAKS BLUNTLY; DETAILS SIGNS OF LIFE ON THE HORIZON By STEVEN TAVARES The Citizen Alameda County Supervisor Alice Lai-Bitker, in her final State of the County address, made a blunt assessment for the year ahead: things are only going… Read More ›
Stress, Family Issues Led To Lai-Bitker’s Decision
SUPERVISOR SAYS SHE WOULD ENDORSE AIDE IF HE DECIDES TO RUN By Steven Tavares The Citizen The melancholy of her first Christmas since the passing of her mother, time missed with family and the pressures of the job convinced Alameda… Read More ›
Q&A with Supervisor Alice Lai-Bitker
On a foggy Sunday morning in Alameda, Supervisor Alice Lai-Bitker sat down with The Citizen to discuss her recent decision to not run for re-election, her accomplishments and her goals for her final year representing District 3. Q: Was there… Read More ›
Who Wants to be Supervisor?
The Corbett Effect | Meet the Underdog | SLH’S Holy Trinity | Cutter Gets Boost | Snitches Help S.L. What an eventful first week of 2010. Apparently, a few local politicians made New Year’s resolutions to call it quits. Alameda… Read More ›
LAI-BITKER NOT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION
CITIZEN EXCLUSIVE! By STEVEN TAVARES The Citizen Alameda County Board of Supervisors President Alice Lai-Bitker will not seek re-election in 2010. The announcement made late Tuesday afternoon comes as a surprise to many political observers opening the door to speculation… Read More ›
District Replacement to Come Down to Last Minute
NOV. 27 DEADLINE LOOMS; INTERVIEWS TO BE HELD IN TWO MEETINGS NEXT MONTHHAYWARD, Calif. – Eden Township Healthcare Director Carole Rogers forced the issue Tuesday night for selecting a replacement for Dr. Walter Kran who resigned Sept. 28, it’s just… Read More ›
PAPA JOHN’S CRUSADE
By STEVEN TAVARESThe Citizen FEATURE John Kalafatich is a big man. He doesn’t use his size to intimidate, nor does he raise his voice very often. His face is ruggedly ringed with a white beard and topped by a thick… Read More ›
Sutter Exercises its Right to Purchase San Leandro Hospital
BOS SUPERVISOR AIDE: ‘THIS IS THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO’….SUTTER MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT AT ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER BOARD MEETING….UNEXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT THROWS EVERYTHING IN THE AIR….PURCHASE COULD LEAD TO CLOSE OF SLH EMERGENCY ROOM SERVICES. SUTTER SPOKESPERSONS DENIED YESTERDAY ANY IMMINENT ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY… Read More ›
Fmr. Health Director Skewers Leaders of San Leandro
COUNCILMAN CHARGES KEARS WITH SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITY By Steven TavaresThe Citizen Retirement has a way of loosening lips. The former Director of Alameda County Health Services David Kears volleyed a barrage of pointed remarks at local politicians and specifically urged San… Read More ›
Poltical Potshots: Corbett Outflanks Hayashi
WAIVER EXTENDED TO FAIRMONT UNTIL 2020 COULD BE A GAME CHANGERThe threat of closing rehabilitation services at Fairmont Hospital because of California’s 2013 deadline to seismically retrofit state’s health care centers was a major talking point in the county’s cap…. Read More ›
Waiting for Sutter’s Next Move
SUPES CHIEF OF STAFF: ‘WE NEED TO GET SUTTER OUT OF THE WAY’Sutter Health can begin making definitive plans known to the community about embattled San Leandro Hospital as early as next Wednesday. Their year-long window starting July 1 may… Read More ›
‘We’re trying to figure this out’
CITY AWAITS THE NEXT SHOE TO DROP IN HOSPITAL SAGAOn June 15, Alameda County Board of Supervisors President Alice Lai-Bitker told a jam packed library audience she would recommend a motion to the board rescinding the county’s offer to turn… Read More ›
It’s Not Over: In Non-Binding Vote Directors Reject Alameda County
SUPERVISOR ALICE LAI-BITKER WILL RECOMMEND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RESCIND COUNTY OFFER…..DIRECTOR RATNESAR ABSTAINS FROM VOTE…..SUTTER CEO LEFT DUMBFOUNDED…..OVER 500 PEOPLE PACK LIBRARY…..UNION REP SAYS “IT’S NOT OVER” THOUGH. By STEVEN TAVARES The Citizen San Leandro Hospital lives to fight another… Read More ›
Hearings have Revealed Sutter’s True Intentions
By DOUG JONES The District Board will end hours of public comment on Monday by voting whether to accept or reject a proposal by Alameda County Medical Center’s Fairmont campus to move their rehabilitation unit to the Hospital campus, with… Read More ›
Supes Approve Eden EIR; Miley urges Hospital Owners to Deal
NOTICEABLE THAW AFTER NEWS OF PRIME’S POSSIBLE BIDOAKLAND, Calif. – Sutter Health is closer to breaking ground on their new $400 million hospital at Eden Medical Center. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the long-awaited final environmental impact… Read More ›
Hayashi did not vote on Similar Hospital Bill
ASSEMBLY SPEAKER SAT ON LEGISLATION AGAINST PRIME LAST YEARLast week, Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi trumpeted her efforts to save San Leandro Hospital with legislation that would allow for hospital district residents to have more control of the fate of their hospitals,… Read More ›
Alameda Supervisors Delay Vote on CV Hospital
PROVING ‘LINKAGE’ BETWEEN PLANS GAINS STEAM San Leandro ER Nurse Jennifer Hom speaks to demonstrators before Tuesday’s Alameda County Board of Supervisors meeting. By Steven TavaresThe Citizen OAKLAND, Calif. – The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted today to postpone… Read More ›
MILEY: VOTE ME OUT
SUPERVISOR’S ANGRY, CRYPTIC REMARKS PUZZLE Psychologists will tell you there is no way to predict what people will do under intense pressure. Some will berate others. Some will harm others and some will attempt to control anger bursting at the… Read More ›
