In late June, just as Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan was beginning her mayoral campaign, there came news of a particularly damning article in the Oakland Tribune alleging campaign finance rules may have been broken by her mayoral campaigns, this year… Read More ›
>>PROPOSAL OMITS EMERGENCY LOAN>>“As a public agency, ETHD cannot legally make a ‘gift of public funds’ for $1.15M for the benefit of a for-profit corporation”HEALTH CARE | The Eden Township Healthcare District really wants to support the purchase of Hayward’s… Read More ›
01.12Fremont Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski starts 2012 with a resolution asking Congress to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s infamous Citizens United decision. The bill, co-authored with Assemblyman Michael Allen passes in July and represents a huge win for Wieckowski’s growing credibility among… Read More ›
SAVE SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | A commitment by the Eden Township Healthcare District to help subsidize the short-term operations of San Leandro Hospital was unanimously approved this week even as the facility’s future remains in serious doubt following the transfer… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan’s latest attempt to turn the legislative screws on Sutter Health and its likely attempt to shutter San Leandro Hospital may result in further scrutiny over the health care provider’s lucrative non-profit tax… Read More ›
HAYWARD//ST. ROSE HOSPITALApril 23, 2012 | Despite the approval last week of a joint powers agreement by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and nearby Washington Township Health Care Distict hoping to stave off bankruptcy at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward,… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO HOSPITALApril 18, 2012 | With the Eden Township Healthcare District’s legal options expended, excluding a somewhat quixotic petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, what comes next for patients and employees of San Leandro Hospital is unclear. Sutter Health,… Read More ›
EXCLUSIVEPRESSURE BUILDING ON BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO RESCIND OFFER FOR ACUTE REHAB AT SLHBy Steven Tavares St. Rose Hospital is an independent163-bed community facility in Hayward. The president of Hayward’s St. Rose Hospital is in preliminary talks with the Eden Township… Read More ›
YEAR-IN-REVIEW / JANUARY – MARCH LAI-BITKER PASSES ON RE-ELECTION; SAN LEANDRO APPROVES RCV; HEALTHCARE DISTRICT SUES SUTTER BAD OMEN: A black cat strolls into a conference room at San Leandro City Hall in January as the finance director announces the city… Read More ›
SANTOS, GREGORY COULD HAVE BEEN ON THE HOOK FOR HOSPITAL IF DISTRICT HAD NOT ACTEDBy Steven Tavares A year ago, San Leandro’s economic outlook was the basically the same as today. More businesses were leaving than coming and the city’s financial… Read More ›
SUTTER: EDEN CEO RECUSED HIMSELF IN 2008; RATNESAR, RICO DO NOT HAVE CONFLICT OF INTERESTBy STEVEN TAVARESThe Citizen SUTTER vs THE DISTRICTSutter Health denies the chief executive officer of Eden Medical Center participated in negotiations with the Eden Township Healthcare… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
