The corner of Prospect and Rose in Hayward. PHOTO/Oakland Geology HAYWARD | Like many East Bay cities, Hayward has many streets and sidewalks in need of repair. However, Hayward’s city government found the one road improvement project that it may… Read More ›
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Quirky road signs in Hayward overshadow sobering economic news
There were no funny road signs at City Hall when a picketing city employee was nearly run over. HAYWARD | The new road signs around Cal State East Bay in Hayward are bringing loads of positive attention to the often… Read More ›
Hayward Budget Report Tamps Down Exuberance After $4.8M in New Revenue
HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL | Hayward is forecasting a significant bump in revenue in a mid-year budget adjustment report to be presented to the City Council this Tuesday. On the heels of increased real estate activity in Hayward, the city’s finance… Read More ›
Hayward City Employees Prepare For Three-Day Strike
Striking Hayward city employees set to picket in front of Hayward City Hall starting Tuesday. HAYWARD//STRIKE | In Hayward, the confluence of an uncompromising city manager, a complacent City Council and city employees hoping for relief following three years of… Read More ›
Alameda Council Candidate Proposes Plan To Lessen Unfunded Pension Liabilities
Tony Daysog ELECTION ’12//ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | Never shy to stray from the Democratic Party’s prevailing wisdom, Alameda city council candidate Tony Daysog says he has a plan to alleviate the city’s perplexing unfunded liabilities without affecting municipal services. Exactly how… Read More ›
Hayward Balances Budget With $8 Million in Labor Concessions
2012 FISCAL BUDGET SHORTFALL OF $20 MILLION SHORED UP WITH SOME UNIONS GIVING 13% BACKBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen.com HAYWARD – In the end 13 turned out to be not so unlucky a number for Hayward’s 2012 fiscal budget unanimously approved… Read More ›
San Leandro Set to Adopt Budget Despite Steep Cuts in Other Cities
PLEASANTON IN THE BLACK, OAKLAND IS NOT; SAN LEANDRO STABILIZES ITS ECONOMYSan Leandro is set to be one of the first municipalities in the East Bay to approve a fiscal budget for 2011-12. Its City Council was also relatively speedy in… Read More ›
Cassidy’s Inner Circle Asks To See City Employee Emails To The Citizen
EXCLUSIVE!IS SAN LEANDRO’S MAYOR TRYING TO SILENCE CRITICS; POTENTIAL WHISTLE-BLOWERS?By Steven Tavares A member of the San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy’s inner circle has made two requests in the past three weeks to retrieve emails sent by city employees to… Read More ›
Why Team Cassidy Is Keeping Tabs On City Employee Emails
IN THE NAME OF TRANSPARENCY, IS LACABE TRYING TO FOSTER FEAR AMONG GROWING ANTI-CASSIDY MOVEMENT AT CITY HALL?By Steven Tavares About a year ago, I was having a conversation about Margarita Lacabe, the wife of San Leandro School Board Trustee… Read More ›