Hayward Councilmember Marvin Peixoto’s re-election coffers received a boost Tuesday after he loaned $18,000 to his own campaign. The quick injection of cash, however, only adds to Peixoto’s already significant campaign debts. Following council campaigns in 2008, 2010 and 2014,… Read More ›
When the Hayward City Council first heard a proposal to transform a downtrodden parcel on 26601 Mission Boulevard into a mixed-use project that includes 35 market-rate town homes and 39 market-rate apartment units, the plan was derided by city officials… Read More ›
Hayward City Council Aisha Wahab reported the robbery to police on Saturday afternoon
When the Hayward City Council interviewed a slate of candidates for openings on the planning commission and other boards last month, a common question probed whether prospective appointees intended to fulfill their entire four-year term. In recent years, there are… Read More ›
Year-end campaign finance reports last February showed groups and individuals associated with landlords and property owners had contributed to three Hayward elected officials expecting to run for office this November. Two were not exactly surprising since they bend politically toward property… Read More ›
The proposed Real Property Transfer Tax would add roughly $2,000 to the price of $500,000 property, the city said.
Salinas, who is running for mayor this fall, called the City Council opportunistic for welcoming the cannabis industry into Hayward
Hayward elected officials wanted their new city manager to live in Hayward, so they gave her a favorable home loan to do it amid a brewing housing crisis in the city
Hayward councilmembers unanimously approved moratoriums on vacancy decontrol and added just cause protection to nearly 15,000 rental units.
Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday had another council meltdown
A 25-acre, 472-unit housing transit-oriented development in South Hayward was approved by the Hayward City Council Tuesday night. But despite evidence the city is in the grips of an affordable housing crisis, the project includes just 48 units of affordable… Read More ›
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 ›
Hayward Councilmember Elisa Marquez pushed for a moratorium on rents Tuesday, but gained only tepid support from her colleagues. HAYWARD CITY COUNCILThe Hayward City Council gave direction to staff Tuesday night to study a menu of new protections for the… Read More ›
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 ›
HAYWARDWhen Stephen Cassidy was the mayor of San Leandro he believed the city’s approval of medical cannabis dispensaries would put children at risk. As legend has it, Cassidy toured the nearby Harborside Health Center in Oakland and his views dramatically… Read More ›
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 ›
Assemblymember Bill Quirk has long been a strong supporter of cannabis. 20TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTWith the East Bay on the cusp of becoming awash in legal cannabis, a bill introduced Monday by Hayward Assemblymember Bill Quirk would afford local governments the… Read More ›
Then-Hayward school board member John Taylor ran for the City Council in 2016. HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARDDuring the spring of 2016, then-Hayward school board member John Taylor was entering the stretch run of his ultimately ill-fated campaign for the City Council…. Read More ›
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’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 CITY COUNCILA U.S. Department of Justice grant allocated to the Hayward Police Department worth $42,491 is likely at risk after the Hayward City Council instructed its staff to not sign a controversial new certification that runs opposed to its… Read More ›
Hayward Anti-Discrimination Task Force meeting last spring. HAYWARD CITY COUNCILAt a Hayward City Council meeting last June, city officials basked in the glow of a standing ovation from those who have long advocated for declaring the Latino-heavy city a sanctuary… Read More ›
Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday at a community task force meeting in March. HAYWARD CITY COUNCILA Hayward community task force created earlier this year to update the city’s 25-year-old Anti-Discrimination Action Plan is recommending the city’s police force end its participation… Read More ›
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 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 COUNCILIt took awhile, but the Hayward City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to join eight other East Bay cities by becoming a sanctuary city. “We started talking about this just after the election,” said Hayward Councilmember Al Mendall. “It’s taken us… Read More ›
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 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 ›
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 ›
THE WEEK OF APRIL 21-27When Alameda County Treasurer-Tax Collector Donald White decided to hang ’em up last year, the news seemed plausible. White had served the county for three decades, so retirement was obvious. However, his decision to retire during… Read More ›
