SAN LEANDRO | Feb. 10, 2012 | Although the Eden Township Healthcare District’s special public meeting was held in San Leandro last Wednesday, the real impetus for the gathering was to describe the District’s efforts to extend a lifeline to… Read More ›
Hayward
Alameda County May Use $325,000 To Fund Fixer For St. Rose’s Woes
Feb. 8, 2012 | The Alameda County Board of Supervisors may soon approve the hiring of a “Chief Turnaround Officer” to help facilitate recommended changes at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward at a salary of $325,000, according to staff reports.The board pushed forward the… Read More ›
Assembly Race In 20th District Increasingly Funded With Personal Finances
ASSEMBLY 20Feb. 4, 2012 | While monied interests flock to candidates in the 18th assembly district with open checkbooks, the flow of fundraising in the nearby 20th district is increasing becoming a race funded by personal finances. Hayward Councilman Bill Quirk… Read More ›
Hayward’s Call to Arms Fails To Be Heard By Apathetic Public
HAYWARDJan. 16, 2012 | On most nights, plenty of seat are available for those curious enough to witness the gears of government at Hayward’s plush City Council chambers. Aside from a few instances of pomp and circumstance over the last few years,… Read More ›
Despite Bleak Future, Redevelopment Ruling Won’t Impact Many Current Local Projects
Dec. 29, 2011 | The Legislature giveth redevelopment agencies and the Legislature can taketh, ruled the State Supreme Court Thursday. The court’s ruling to maintain the legality of Gov. Jerry Brown’s controversial plan to end redevelopment agencies and divert property tax revenue… Read More ›
Hayward Latinos Voice Concern Over Federal Anti-Illegal Immigration Program
Dec. 19, 2011 | The Department of Homeland Security cracked down on Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio last week for his often times overzealous use of a controversial federal program that tends to target Latinos–regardless of their immigration status. Half of those deported… Read More ›
Eden Township Healthcare District Failed To Renew Non-Profit Tax Exemption
ROUNDUP: SAVE SAN LEANDRO HOSPITALHAYWARD | Dec. 19, 2011 | Add this to the list of problems at the Eden Township Healthcare District. The governing body which oversees San Leandro Hospital lost a portion of its non-profit tax exempt status… Read More ›
Eden Healthcare District Says St. Rose Loan Is In Default; Hospital Set To Repay
SAVE SAN LEANDRO HOSPITALDec. 12, 2011 | The Eden Township Healthcare District notified financially-strapped St. Rose Hospital last week it was in default of a $2.35 million loan the elected body provided the Hayward private hospital last fall. The Dec. 6 letter… Read More ›
Lockyer Endorses Quirk For Assembly
ELECTION ’12 | ASSEMBLY 20Nov. 22, 2011 | Bill Lockyer’s blessing was probably a foregone conclusion for Bill Quirk’s run for the assembly. Nonetheless, Quirk announced state treasurer’s endorsement Tuesday night in an email to supporters. “I’ve worked with many local… Read More ›
Supervisor Haggerty Says Feds Cost Alameda County $860k In Regulatory Flap
BOS ROUNDUPNov. 22, 2011 | A difference of opinion between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Alameda County Public Works Department cost the county $860,000, Supervisor Scott Haggerty said Tuesday. In June 2010, the Board of Supervisors approved… Read More ›
Ro Khanna Is Making Ellen Corbett Very Nervous
Ro Khanna Nov. 21, 2011 | Many in the East Bay see Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett as the rightful extension of Rep. Pete Stark’s over three decades in Washington. Powerful forces in the Democratic Party and free-wheeling Silicon Valley… Read More ›
A Socialist Ghost From The 1930s Speaks To The Revolutionaries Of Today.
OCCUPYOAKLANDNov. 18, 2011 | Nate Thornton must love what’s going down in Oakland. I was reminded today of the former member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade who passed away earlier this year. He was one of thousands who trekked through Spain in the mid-1930s romancing the thought of rescuing… Read More ›
Housing Developers Return For More Breaks From Desperate Hayward
Nov. 18, 2011 | Inclusionary housing ordinances are usually a good thing. Progressives laud their existence for harmonizing the mix of affordable housing in urban settings. In Hayward, though, housing developers looking for a reason to bypass such ordinances, are… Read More ›
Sweeney Turning Up The Hayward Heat On Corbett
HAYWARD | Oct. 27, 2011 | Talking trash when the other person isn’t in the room is one thing, but taking shots right in front of the person is laudable, but also downright gangsta. This is what Hayward Mayor Michael Sweeney… Read More ›
Bay Area News Group Papers Vow More Local News; Discontinues Home-Delivery
ANALYSISOct. 27, 2011 | The editor of the Bay Area News Group chain of local papers said today, “The world is changing rapidly and we are going to have to change with it. It’s a whole new electronic world.”If you… Read More ›
Large Turnout for Quirk Assembly Kickoff Fundraiser in Hayward
ELECTION ’12 | ASSEMBLY 20HAYWARD | Oct. 23, 2011 | Political campaigns, usually cash-starved in the early goings, typically provide fundraising guests with a light menu of appetizers, a simple cold cuts platter from Costco and maybe a watered down cocktail. Bill… Read More ›
Calif. Supreme Court To Hear Redevelopment Lawsuits Nov. 10
Oct. 19, 2011 | The California Supreme Court announced Wednesday it will begin oral arguments Nov. 10 over a the state’s right to eliminate local redevelopment agencies. The lawsuit filed by the League of California Cities asserts Gov. Jerry Brown’s… Read More ›
Hayward Continues to Feel Effects of Poor Economy; Forecasts $14m Deficit Next Year
HAYWARD | Oct. 17, 2011 | Hayward is looking at the possibility of again trying to shave away a multi-million dollar budget shortfall next year “if we do nothing,” said the city’s finance director. The city, like nearly all municipalities in Alameda… Read More ›
Ban on Polystyrene Containers in San Leandro Starts in Late 2012
SAN LEANDRO | Sept. 21, 2011 | San Leandro passed a city-wide ban on polystyrene containers in its restaurants Monday night, but the 5-1 decision was far more contentious than first glance. Despite one speaker saying it will be an… Read More ›
Treasurer Lockyer Shows Support For Oil Severance Tax
HAYWARD | Sept. 15, 2011 | State Treasurer Bill Lockyer voiced support Thursday for taxing oil companies drilling in California–the only state in the union that does not excise a severance tax on oil production. Speaking to students at Chabot College, Lockyer… Read More ›
Alameda County Officials Learn the Depth of Fiscal Problems at St. Rose Hospital
OAKLAND | Sept. 2, 2011 | Hayward’s St. Rose Hospital is borrowing from Peter to pay Paul as its increasingly dire financial situation becomes clearer to county officials already struggling to maintain its underfunded health care system. A preliminary fiscal and… Read More ›
389 Seconds with Alameda County Health Director Alex Briscoe
As the average age of county residents increases in tandem with continuing cuts in federal and state funding, Alameda County Health Care Service Agency Director Alex Briscoe is at the center of one of the region’s most fundamental and vexing questions: how… Read More ›
Quirk Announces Candidacy for Hayward’s Redrawn Assembly Seat
Two-term Hayward Councilman Bill Quirk officially announced Thursday his candidacy to replace Mary Hayashi in the state assembly. In a letter to supporters, Quirk said he will focus primarily on job creation and education during his run next year…. Read More ›
St. Rose Gets $3 Million Loan From Eden District After Billing Snafu
It was only months ago that St. Rose Hospital sought to save the Eden Township Healthcare District and San Leandro Hospital, now the Hayward facility needs a short-term $3 million loan to meet payroll after a software problem stopped it… Read More ›
Could Justice Department Sweep In Stark For Pot Legislation?
MEMO WARNING AGAINST LARGE SCALE POT CULTIVATION IS SIMILAR TO ADVICE GIVEN BY RUSSO TO OAKLAND CITY COUNCILBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter Medical marijuana advocates say DOJ memo is meant to intimidate local leaders and legislation. In what some… Read More ›
Alameda County Supervisors Move Forward Consensus Redistricting Map
PROPOSED MAP WOULD KEEP PLEASANTON, HAYWARD INTACT; MOVE DUBLIN FROM MILEY TO HAGGERTYBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter Click to enlarge OAKLAND – The Alameda County Board of Supervisors moved forward a consensus redistricting map Tuesday with hopes of placating a… Read More ›
Hayward’s Russell City Energy Center Moves Closer To Construction
CALPINE, GENERAL ELECTRIC OBTAIN $845 MILLION IN FINANCING FOR CONTROVERSIAL EAST BAY POWER PLANTBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter The student and leadership at Chabot College may not think much about Calpine’s planned 619-megawatt power plant emerging out of the Hayward marshland… 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 ›
East Bay Cities Lining Up In Favor Of Splitting Pleasanton in Redistricting
HAYWARD ADDS ITS NAME TO LIST IN FAVOR OF ‘MAP A’ DIVIDING PLEASANTON AMONG DISTRICTS 1, 4By Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter Mayors from Dublin, Livermore and Fremont have sent letters of support for a proposed Alameda County redistricting map dividing… Read More ›
Instability in San Leandro Grows as Finance Director Resigns
VESELY SPENDS JUST SEVEN MONTHS AS SAN LEANDRO FINANCE DIRECTOR; ACCEPTS JOB WITH HAYWARDBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter San Leandro Finance Director Tracy Vesely is resigning from her position for a similar job opportunity with the City of Hayward,… Read More ›
