Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley, right, at a meeting in San Lorenzo last month. ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORSAfter a series of community meetings showing a building consensus among local residents in opposition to a plan for the Alameda County Sheriff’s… Read More ›
ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORSAn estimated 37,000 Alameda County residents may lose their health care insurance after the repeal last month of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, said the director of the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency. Low-income residents,… Read More ›
THE WEEK OF JUNE 23-29The last week was a good one for the accountability of Alameda County elected officials. First, the Alameda County grand jury report kicked dirt on Supervisors Keith Carson and Nate Miley for their handling of county… Read More ›
Texas-based Paramedics Plus won a controversial contract for Alameda County EMS services in 2010, but has financially struggled ever since. ALAMEDA COUNTYThe three-year extension of a controversial Alameda County contract for emergency ambulance services was moved forward by the Board… Read More ›
Alameda Healthcare District board members Gayle Godfrey Codiga and Dennis Popalardo being sworn-in Wednesday evening. ALAMEDA HEALTHCARE DISTRICTThe Alameda Healthcare District Board of Directors is back at full strength. After a pair of elected board members resigned earlier this year,… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTYAlameda County’s budget shortfall is either $68 million, a figure slightly lower than last year’s $72 million deficit, or a significantly more worrisome $108 million, the county administration announced Wednesday.The latter funding gap is a result of Alameda County… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTYAlameda County’s likely fiscal year budget shortfall will be additionally impacted by the state’s decision to begin asking municipalities to shoulder more of the costs for in-home health services. Last week, Alameda County Administrator Susan Muranishi told the Board… Read More ›
Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan has threatened dissolution of the health district for differing reasons since 2012. EDEN HEALTH DISTRICTThere is not a need for the embattled Eden Health District to be dismantled and its assets distributed to various health… Read More ›
Eden Health District CEO Dev Mahadevan EDEN HEALTH DISTRICTAlameda County elected officials and two East Bay assemblymembers have asserted for the past year that the Eden Health District no longer provides health care grants for its central county residents and… Read More ›
VP Joe Biden: No blood test for me, thank you. NEWARK | Vice President Joe Biden visited Newark Thursday to showcase a local company’s innovation in the health care field. Biden praised biotech firm, Theranos, which employs about 150 at… Read More ›
“I am quite outraged at what Eden does and how theydo it,” said San Leandro Mayor Pauline Russo Cutter. Cutter also questions Eden Township CEO’s pay SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | San Leandro Mayor Pauline Russo Cutter excoriated the local… Read More ›
A change in the county’s payer mix since 2010 led to mounting losses, says Paramedics Plus. Proposal fails with Carson’s no vote; Miley’s recusal BOARD OF SUPERVISORS | The exclusive provider of ambulance services in Alameda County says it needs a… Read More ›
Tim Orozco finished first in the San Jose City Council primary last April. STATE SENATE | 10TH DISTRICT | Tim Orozco, an aide to State Sen. Bob Wieckowski and candidate for the open District Four San Jose City Council seat,… Read More ›
http://player.ooyala.com/iframe.js#ec=8yN282cTrvfL3wf_wEQfNnmkjEBHlfL7&pbid=b171980b65ae4996bffea4da902c7846 CONGRESS | 13 DISTRICT | In contentious races across the country, Ebola has become a political hot potato. On Friday, Oakland Rep. Barbara Lee used the infectious disease to criticize House Republicans for past cuts to health care and… Read More ›
Roxann Lewis is the newest member of the Eden Township Healthcare District Board of Directors. EDEN TOWNSHIP | One of the people who helped San Leandro Hospital escape closure last year is now a member of the Eden Township Healthcare… Read More ›
The amount of outstanding debt Warriors owner Joe Lacob owes Alameda County is almost the same as its fiscal budget shortfall. ALAMEDA COUNTY | BUDGET | Starting next week, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors will begin deliberations on a… Read More ›
PHOTO/Shane Bond ERIC SWALWELL His upset victory two years ago surprised many, but Swalwell’s longevity was in some question as State Sen. Ellen Corbett stood in his way for a second term in Congress. Without Corbett in the general, there… Read More ›
Just so we’re completely clear. HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL If you drive east on A Street in Hayward near Hesperian Boulevard, you will see a billboard paid for by the union-backed political action committee, Healing the Heart of Hayward (ProTip: about… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS | During one of the most heartbreaking, riveting and longest Alameda County Board of Supervisors meetings in recent memory, a long-discussed proposal to approve the early stages of a court-ordered treatment program for the mentally… Read More ›
Alameda Health System received $88 million in tax revenue last year from Measure A. ELECTION 2014 | ALAMEDA COUNTY | Nearly every government agency seeking a ballot measure this election cycle characterizes its important in dire terms, but some come with… Read More ›
A large portion of Measure A tax dollars is used to operate Oakland’s Highland Hospital. ALAMEDA COUNTY | HEALTH CARE | Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan believes voters will not be asked to reauthorize a critical funding measure for the… Read More ›
PHOTO/Shane Bond 2013 | YEAR-IN-REVIEW | The spoils of the 2012 election season were received from Congress to the State Legislature to city councils throughout the East Bay. Crime continues to be a problem in Oakland, along with how to… Read More ›
State Sen. Ellen Corbett LEGISLATURE | State Sen. Ellen Corbett says the chain of events leading to 14 elderly patients in Castro Valley being left unattended and alone at an assisted-care facility for two days is unacceptable. When the State Legislature reconvenes… Read More ›
HEALTH CARE | It seems San Leandro Hospital got out from under the thumb of Sutter Health in the nick of time. The California Nurses Association on Tuesday harshly criticized the hospital provider for potentially putting patients at risk when… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY//HEALTH CARE | The fall and potential renaissance of two East Bay health care facilities in San Leandro and Alameda share similar qualities, they reportedly bleed money and struggle to compete in a market dominated by big players in… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY//BUDGET | A proposal to close an $80 million budget shortfall in Alameda County includes cuts to the safety net and one-time only savings from previous budget years. County employee will also receive a cost-of-living increase for the first… Read More ›
Mary Hayashi STATE SENATE 10 | Between running for Alameda County supervisor last year and ramping up for a run at the State Senate in 2014, there is time for Mary Hayashi to make some money. The former two-time Hayward assemblywoman… Read More ›
ILLUSTRATION/ Steven Tavares PHOTO/CNA SAN LEANDRO//HEALTH CARE | Sutter Health and the Alameda Health System are set to sign a letter of intent to begin negotiation terms of an agreement that will keep San Leandro Hospital open for, at least,… Read More ›
ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS//ROUNDUP | A multi-agency proposal that would add up to 90 public safety officers for high crime areas in Alameda County has some federal and local hoops to jump through before receiving the $67 million grant. This week,… Read More ›
LABOR | Food service workers at Pleasanton’s tony Castlewood Country Club, locked out for nearly three years, finally have a new contract. Unite Here Local 2850, the labor union representing 45 cooks, servers, and bartenders at the club announced the… Read More ›
