Michael Mahoney ALAMEDA COUNTY | Michael Mahoney once ran one of the most crucial safety net hospitals in Alameda County. His mismanagement coupled with the dim realities of running a hospital in pre-Obamacare America led to the near bankruptcy of… Read More ›
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Miley: A Lack Of Leadership In Oakland Is Hastening Crime Problem
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 ›
Sutter’s Change Of Heart Gives East Bay Officials Hope For San Leandro Hospital
St. Luke’s Hospital in San Francisco SAVE SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | Good news across the bay in San Francisco over Sutter Health’s deal to rebuild St. Luke’s Hospital and construct a smaller scale facility at Cathedral Hill is being viewed… Read More ›
State Attorney General Approves New Operator At St. Rose Hospital
HEALTH CARE | California State Attorney General Kamala Harris approved the transfer of operations at Hayward’s St. Rose Hospital to Alecto Healthcare Services last week in a deal public health officials hope will help bring the struggling safety net hospital back… Read More ›
Former St. Rose CEO Received $1.2 Million Severance After Being Pushed Out
>>COUNTY FOUND FUNDING TO MEET PAYROLL AFTER MAHONEY’S EXIT>>”Mahoney moved on to work for Tri CED, non-profit recycling center founded by Alameda County Supervisor Richard Valle.”HEALTH CARE | Sometime in March 2012, the then-CEO of Hayward’s St. Rose Hospital saw… Read More ›
Healthcare District Says New St. Rose Operator Will Not Repay $1.1M Loan
>>PROPOSAL OMITS EMERGENCY LOAN>>“As a public agency, ETHD cannot legally make a ‘gift of public funds’ for $1.15M for the benefit of a for-profit corporation”HEALTH CARE | The Eden Township Healthcare District really wants to support the purchase of Hayward’s… Read More ›
Sex Sells: The Most Read East Bay Citizen Stories In 2012
2012 YEAR IN REVIEW | What a year it was for the East Bay Citizen. Through hard-hitting coverage of the 2012 election season you could not find anywhere else in the Bay Area news media to the unfortunate, yet glorious,… Read More ›
Forerunner To St. Rose’s Questionable New Operator Hit With $95,000 Fine
Prime’s Dr. Prem Reddy HAYWARD | While the health care system in Alameda County undergoes significant growing pains in the run-up to Obamacare coming in 2014, the questionable acquisition of St. Rose Hospital by a group with close ties to… Read More ›
Valle’s Strategy For Hayashi: ‘Wait To See The White In Her Eyes’ And Attack
ELECTION ’12//ALCO SUPERVISOR DIST 2 | The hardscrabble fight between Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi and Supervisor Richard Valle for District 2 has oddly been missing the largest target for attack of all–Hayashi’s sordid tale of shoplifting $2,450 worth of clothes from Neiman… Read More ›
Valle, Hayashi Set Course For A Battle Over St. Rose Hospital
ELECTION ‘12//ALCO SUPERVISOR DIST 2 | The fate of St. Rose Hospital may be entwined with Supervisor Richard Valle’s bid to retain his seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors this November. Following a decade on its Board of Directors, the hospital now… Read More ›
Hayward’s St. Rose Hospital Faces $3M Funding Gap By Sept. 30
Supervisors Wilma Chan and Richard Valle, St. Rose interim CEO Mak Nakayama/Photo Shane Bond ALAMEDA COUNTY//HEALTH CARE | Hayward’s perennially cash-strapped St. Rose Hospital faces a projected $3 million hole by Sept. 30, according to county officials. In addition, another $3 million… Read More ›
South County Dems Issue Hayashi A Vote Of No-Confidence
ELECTION ‘12//ALCO DIST 2 | Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi received one of her most stunning rebukes yet last Wednesday from members of a local Democratic club that lies within the supervisorial district seem hopes to represent this fall. The chair of… Read More ›
Armas Interviewed School Board Candidates Vying For Chamber’s Endorsement
ELECTION ‘12//HAYWARD | By STEVEN TAVARES & SHANE BOND, The CitizenLess than five days after bowing out of the race for the Hayward school board, Jesus Armas may be in search of a successor. Armas, who, after two years, is not seeking… Read More ›
Board Of Supervisors Interview District 2 Candidates As Steele Withdraws Name
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS//REPLACING LOCKYERMay 29, 2012 | And then there were four candidates remaining to replace former Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer after her predecessor Gail Steele withdrew her name for consideration, according to County Administrator Susan Muranishi. No reason… Read More ›
Interim St. Rose CEO Says He Would Welcome Being Part Of Eden Township
HAYWARD//ST. ROSE HOSPITALApril 23, 2012 | Despite the approval last week of a joint powers agreement by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and nearby Washington Township Health Care Distict hoping to stave off bankruptcy at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward,… Read More ›
Nadia Lockyer Quits
NADIA LOCKYER RESIGNSApril 20, 2012 | Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer announced her resignation from the Board of Supervisors in a letter friday to constituents. Her resignation after just over a year in office ends one of the most scandalous periods… Read More ›
Sutter Health Feels Like It Was Attacked, Says County Official
SAN LEANDRO HOSPITALMar. 29, 2012 | San Leandro Vice Mayor Michael Gregory says Sutter Health is willing to come back to the negotiating table in the dispute over San Leandro Hospital “if they can come out of this honorably.” Gregory made the comment… Read More ›
St. Rose Gaining Recapitalization Money
ST. ROSEMar. 29, 2012 | The fundraising drive to save St. Rose Hospital from financial ruin has already brokered most of estimated $18 million the facility needs to stay in operation for the next six months, said the director of Alameda… Read More ›
Quirk’s Good Fortune With County Healthcare’s Revolving Door Of Solutions
ASSEMBLY 20Mar. 22, 2012 | In an interview earlier ths month, Hayward Councilman Bill Quirk, a candidate for the 20th Assembly District, playfully questioned an article last year in The Citizen stating his brief foray into the waters of San… Read More ›
St. Rose CEO Resigns As Hospital Searches For A Medical Miracle
Mar. 19, 2012 | The fight to keep St. Rose Hospital afloat will go on without Michael Mahoney. The Hayward hospital’s long-time chief executive offered his resignation last Friday, according to a hospital source. Despite repeated efforts over the past nine months by… Read More ›
Supervisors Decry St. Rose CEO’s Lack Of Transparency Over Financial Status
BOS ROUNDUPMar. 14, 2012 | Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson said the head of struggling St. Rose Hospital lied to the board last year about the financial status of the Hayward facility. During a marathon five-hour board of supervisors meeting Tuesday… Read More ›
Lockyer’s Absence From Board Of Supervisors May Affect The Fate Of Hospital
HEALTH CAREMar. 12, 2012 | Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer’s recent bout with addiction has obvious personal ramifications after she reportedly entered rehabilitation for drug and alcohol dependency in February. While the shorthanded Board of Supervisors has done its best to move… Read More ›
Controversial Health Care Provider May Be An Option For St. Rose
HEALTH CARE Prem Reddy, founder of Prime Mar. 9, 2012 | Several Alameda County and Hayward officials say Prime Healthcare, the controversial Southern California care provider under state investigation for its business practices, has shown interest in purchasing the struggling St. Rose Hospital…. Read More ›
Hat In Hand, St. Rose Tries To Woo District Residents For Potential Merger
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 ›
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 ›
St. Rose Asks Eden Township To Lower Interest Rate On $3 Million Loan
Jan. 17, 2012 | St. Rose Hospital’s financial woes are continuing. The crippled Hayward hospital is asking this week for more favorable terms on its recent $3 million loan from the Eden Township Healthcare District. Without it, it may not be… 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 ›
Emails Detail Controversial Lease Discussions for San Leandro Hospital
Sept. 26, 2011 | Sutter Health, the operator of San Leandro Hospital, and the Alameda County Medical Center acknowledged in correspondences the controversial lease they signed in July 2009 is expired and discussed renewal of the agreement after current litigation between Sutter… 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 ›
