ORO LOMA SANITARY DISTRICT | Just over one year after the East Bay’s Oro Loma Sanitary District was thrust into controversy following racial comments by one of its elected members, the 104-year-old municipality now has its first black board member…. Read More ›
Laython Landis, in a photo from earlier this year, served 42 years in public office. SAN LEANDRO | OBIT | Layton Landis, the long-serving East Bay sanitary district member and former San Leandro City Councilman, who retired from public office… Read More ›
Howard Kerr also served on the San Leandro City Council. Howard Kerr announces retirement after 29 years ORO LOMA SANITARY DISTRICT | Howard Kerr, the current longest-serving member of the Oro Loma Sanitary District is retiring after nearly three decades… Read More ›
Former San Leandro Councilmember Surlene Grant is one of five applicants for the open seat on Oro Loma Sanitary District. ORO LOMA SANITARY DISTRICT | Five applicants to replace long-time Oro Loma Sanitary District member Laython Landis will make their case… Read More ›
Assemblymember Bill Quirk’s involvement with the Oro Loma ecotone project goes back to his time as a Hayward council member. PHOTOS/Steven Tavares ENVIRONMENT | Hayward Assemblymember Bill Quirk understood a rise in sea levels was impending way back in the… Read More ›
Laython Landis’ last meeting is Tuesday. ORO LOMA SANITARY DISTRICT | Over the last decade, the Oro Loma Sanitary District has kept a low profile. Elected board members stayed out of trouble and, most importantly, kept sewer and recycling rates… Read More ›
With Landis’ retirement next month, the Oro Loma board will begin searching for his replacement. ORO LOMA SANITARY DISTRICT | After repeated calls for his resignation following the use of a racial slur during a meeting last December, Oro Loma… Read More ›
Oro Loma Board Members Laython Landis, left, and Howard Kerr. ORO LOMA SANITARY DISTRICT | The Oro Loma Santitary District Board of Directors voted Wednesday to ask for permission from the State Attorney General’s office to sue for the removal… Read More ›
Oro Loma Sanitary District Board Director Laython Landis during public comment at meeting Tuesday afternoon. ORO LOMA SANITARY DISTRICT | The Alameda County Democratic Central Committee called for Oro Loma Sanitary District board member Laython Landis to resign this week… Read More ›
Laython Landis is resisting calls for hisresignation. ORO LOMA SANITARY DISTRICT | Oro Loma Sanitary District board member Laython Landis was censured by his colleagues for describing heavy rains in the area with an obscure racial slur. During a radio interview… Read More ›
ORO LOMA SANITARY DISTRICT | It took two attempts, but former two-time San Leandro Mayor Shelia Young is again a public servant. On Tuesday, Young was sworn-in as the first female board member in the 103-year history of the Oro… Read More ›
Haggerty Slams Quan | Another Schaaf, Parker Connection | Talking Sh*t at Oro Loma | Siegel Sings When A’s co-owner Lew Wolff arrived at the Aug. 6 Coliseum Joint Powers Authority meeting approving the team’s lease extension, one of the… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO | MAYOR | Following San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy’s decision not to seek a re-election and an early list of unsatisfying candidate, Shelia Young, the city’s former mayor had been contemplating another run this year. However, she ruled… Read More ›
