Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday had another council meltdown
Barbara Halliday
In a bind, Hayward tables long-standing plan for city to boot Bunker Hill tenants from homes
HAYWARD CITY COUNCILFor a Hayward City Council that has voiced strong support over the past few months for helping stave off its burgeoning affordable housing crisis, the optics of evicting up to 40 families from their homes put city officials… Read More ›
Joseph Hilson, three-term Hayward councilmember, passes
Joseph Hilson served on the Hayward City Council from 1992 to 2004. HAYWARD CITY COUNCILJoseph Hilson, a three-term Hayward councilmember, who was an early adopter of technology in local government, has died. Hilson was elected in 1992 and served through… Read More ›
Up for re-election, three Hayward officials seek to help renters as landlords fund their campaigns
Powerful landlord interests are making early bets on Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday, Councilmembers Mark Salinas, Sara Lamnin. HAYWARD CITY COUNCILThree Hayward officials received nearly maxed-out contributions from the powerful pro-landlord California Apartment Association (CAA) and affiliates last year, according to… Read More ›
2017 Year in East Bay Politics: The wild and wacky: Let’s Taco About It and Bill Quirk ‘Jumps Around’
2017 YEAR IN EAST BAY POLITICS>>>>The state legislature decides in January that a new portrait of Assemblymember Bill Quirk would be a good idea for his 20th District website. The resulting creation, though, inparts vampire-like features to Quirk’s face. Funny thing, according… Read More ›
Hayward elected officials voice strong support for Urban Shield
Activists protesting Urban Shield last year in Pleasanton. PHOTO/stopurbanshield.org HAYWARD CITY COUNCILFew local issues rankle East Bay progressive more than Urban Shield, the annual emergency training event and law enforcement trade show in Pleasanton founded and hosted by Alameda County… Read More ›
Hayward accepts new anti-discrimination plan, but still has ‘Commitment’ issues
Hayward’s Community Task Force on anti- discrimination during a meeting in April. HAYWARD CITY COUNCILA community task force’s list of nearly 50 recommendations to help foster equity and equality in Hayward was accepted by the council Tuesday night, although three… Read More ›
Hayward Councilman Mark Salinas announces challenge to mayor’s re-election
Hayward Councilmember Mark Salinas also ranfor mayor in 2014, finishing second. HAYWARDHayward Councilmember Mark Salinas made the ultimate political campaign gamble in 2014 when he eschewed likely re-election to the City Council for a run for mayor. His wager, though, came… Read More ›
LAST 5 THINGS I THINK ABOUT EAST BAY POLITICS
Rebecca Kaplan is going to sweep into the AD15 race late and take it. ELECTION 2018➤I think its absolutely useless to do an analysis of the 15th Assembly District’s current large field of candidates because the person who will sworn-in… Read More ›
Hayward officials voice strong support for affordable housing; state concern over rising rents
HAYWARD CITY COUNCILA week after Hayward elected officials roundly turned away a developer’s bid to build a slew of market-rate housing units on Mission Boulevard, councilmembers continued to voice a newfound pledge for more affordable housing in a city currently… Read More ›
Hayward City Council tells city manager to begin accepting applications for cannabis permits
HAYWARD CITY COUNCILHayward was originally one of the first cities in the East Bay to allow medical cannabis dispensaries. But after concerns over the safety of its dispensaries, including one instance when the current mayor toured one such establishment while… Read More ›
Hayward Mayor Halliday with yet another set of bizarre statements, this time about the homeless
Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday HAYWARD CITY COUNCILDuring a discussion over Hayward’s homeless count and possible solutions to housing them Tuesday night, Mayor Barbara Halliday offered a series of bizarre statements. They involved a comment that appeared to opine the homeless… Read More ›
Hayward City Council ‘bummed’ by ballooning budget deficit
Hayward’s proposed budget includes adding 6.6 full-time employees for staffing the new downtown library. HAYWARD CITY COUNCILHayward City Manager Kelly McAdoo didn’t want the City Council to ask many questions Tuesday night after they learned about the fiscal health of… Read More ›
Hayward City Council approves massive market rate-only downtown housing project
HAYWARD CITY COUNCILLincoln Landing, a 476-unit market-rate housing development with 80,500 square feet of retail space was unanimously approved Tuesday night by the Hayward City Council. The 11-acre project replaces the long-vacant Mervyn’s building on Foothill Boulevard includes the demolition… Read More ›
Hayward Task Force strongly recommends Council declare sanctuary city status
Some members of the Hayward Community Task Force discuss sanctuary cities at its meeting on Wednesday night. HAYWARD CITY COUNCILA Hayward community task force on Wednesday voiced near unanimity for recommending to the Hayward City Council that it formally declare… Read More ›
WATCH Hayward’s city manager alert mayor to clear room of children before teacher urges city to protect kids from Trump
HAYWARD CITY COUNCILhttps://hayward.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=358&starttime=1534&stoptime=1987&autostart=0&embed=1 Hayward has a history slyly tamping down public dissent. Former Hayward City Manager Fran David once sent a letter to a resident who frequently questioned the city’s use of no-bid contracts during the public comment portion of… Read More ›
Hayward mayor’s message to kids: City can’t protect you from Trump deporting your parents
Hayward teacher Irazema Guerrero reads letters from her students to President Trump during Tuesday’s Hayward City Council meeting. HAYWARD CITY COUNCILOn Tuesday night, a third grade teacher told the Hayward City Council that her students recently sent letters to President… Read More ›
Hayward City Council is open to dabbling in cannabis
Hayward city leader have shied away from the cannabis industry over the past seven years. HAYWARD CITY COUNCILThe Hayward City Council is now on track to allow cannabis businesses in the city at some point in the near future. During… Read More ›
Few Hayward elected officials support starting public discussion of sanctuary cities
Hayward Councilmember Elisa Marquez says she supports becoming a sanctuary city. HAYWARD CITY COUNCILWhile many East Bay city councils have offered almost unanimous support for defying President Trump and his immigration policies, Hayward is a notable outlier. Even the politically… Read More ›
Hayward officials showing resistance to becoming sanctuary
Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday, center, and City Manager Kelly McAdoo, left, at an anti- discrimination task force meeting last Monday. HAYWARD CITY COUNCILHayward stands to risk $33 million in current and future federal funding if it becomes a sanctuary city,… Read More ›
Hayward mayor offends Latina advocating for sanctuary city
Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday, leader of one of the largest Latino communities, in the Bay Area voiced skepticism Feb. 24 about sanctuary cities. HAYWARDHayward’s lack of urgency when it comes to alleviating the fears among its minority and immigrant communities… Read More ›
Hayward City Council approves 240-unit downtown housing development
A partial rendering of the 240-unit Maple & Main housing development approved by the Hayward City Council Tuesday night. HAYWARDMaple & Main, a 240-unit housing development in North Hayward, which city leaders hope will help kickstart improvement in the downtown… Read More ›
Hayward to form 22-person task force to combat discrimination
Hayward Councilmember Francisco Zermeno raised the subject of sanctuary cities during Tusday night’s council meeting. HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL |On the same night Alameda and Emeryville, with some urgency, declared themselves sanctuary cities, the Hayward City Council set the stage for… Read More ›
As Hayward’s $25 million education grant winds down, future funding is uncertain
Hayward Councilmember Al Mendall suggested the future administrative costs for Hayward Promise Neighborhood was deliberately omitted. HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL |The Hayward Promise Neighborhood program, born out of a 5-year, $25 million federal grant to improve education outcomes in Hayward’s impoverished… Read More ›
Latinos de Hayward el ayuntamiento no ofrece traductores en Español
Hayward Councilmember Francisco Zermeno serving as an impromptu translator at Tuesday night’s council meeting. Translation: Hayward does not offer Spanish translation at its city council meetingsHAYWARD CITY COUNCIL |Hayward’s diversity is boosted in part by the largest Latino population in… Read More ›
Hayward councilman received $9,000 contract without school board approval
Hayward Councilmember Mark Salinas was given a $9,000 contract by the school district without any apparent approval by the school board. HAYWARD | Hayward Councilmember Mark Salinas received a contract for unidentified services with the city’s school district worth nearly… Read More ›
Hayward’s Barbara Halliday exclaims ‘I am the mayor!’; ejects school trustee, another from council meeting
Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday booted two out of a City Council meeting Tuesday. HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL |The controversy surrounding fired Hayward Superintendent Stan Dobbs moved from the school board to the city council Tuesday night after Mayor Barbara Halliday ejected… Read More ›
A new day for the Hayward City Council includes a quartet of recognizable faces
Councilmember Francisco Zermeno takes the oath of office Tuesday night in Hayward. HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL |Hayward was in a self-congratulatory mood Tuesday as it celebrated the inauguration of four city council members and said goodbye to another. Councilmembers Francisco Zermeno,… Read More ›
Hayward city manager announces retirement
Hayward City Manager Fran David HAYWARD | Hayward City Manager Fran David announced her retirement Friday, effective sometime in the fall. David has served as head of the city’s day-to-day operation since being appointed to the position in 2010. Her… Read More ›
Quirk bill to dissolve Eden Health District moves forward
Assemblymember Bill Quirk’s legislation to dissolve the Eden Health District passed an Assembly committee May 4. ASSEMBLY | 20TH DISTRICT |A bill with the stated intent of dissolving the East Bay’s Eden Health District passed an Assembly committee last week,… Read More ›
